Marvelous announced that one of its development studios, 1st Studio, is currently recruiting a wide range of developers, in order to strengthen its planning and development of next gen games, most notably on PS5 and Xbox series X. 1st Studio handled many games at Marvelous, such as Daemon x Machina, the Fate/Extella series, and the
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Marvelous announced on May 25 that Tencent will buy 20% stake in the Japanese studio, thus owning 20% of the studio. Tencent, which is China’s biggest gaming company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Image Frame Investment, will spend around 7 billion Yen ($65 million) on Marvelous. This will allow Marvelous to expand its existing IPs and
XSeed and Marvelous announced Kandagawa Jet Girls in North America on PS4 and PC via Steam. The game will launch “later this summer”. A day one “Racing Hearts” edition will be sold for $59.99. The digital version on PlayStation Store and Steam will be at $49.99. Kandagawa Jet Girls is a media mix franchise by
Marvelous published new gameplay videos for Kandagawa Jet Girls, showcasing some jet-ski races, the story mode, the online mode, and the paid DLC exclusive Senran Kagura characters. The first gameplay video features seiyuu Ai Fairouz, who voices Emily Orange, or the “blonde girl with a big chest” to quote her. Producer Kenichiro Takaki is there
When Kandagawa Jet Girls was fully revealed, Marvelous teased that Senran Kagura characters Asuka and Yumi would be playable. It later turned out they were included in the game’s limited edition. Now, Marvelous revealed the game will be also getting a digital limited edition, which includes even more kunoichi from Kenichiro Takaki’s flagship (and probably
Marvelous Games announced via Twitter that the latest installment in the Senran Kagura franchise, Senran Kagura Peach Ball, will be coming to Nintendo Switch this summer as a digital release for UK, Europe, and Australia. In the same thread, XSEED announced that they would be releasing a physical edition of the game for North America: BOING! BOING! BOING!
Japanese site Inside games published a new interview with Kenichiro Takaki, the president of Honey∞Parade Games, the studio at Marvelous Entertainment handling the Senran Kagura series. The interview was conducted during Taipei Game Show 2019 at the end of January. Takaki talked about Peach Ball Senran Kagura, censorship, and how it affects the development of Senran Kagura