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Tales of Arise Reveals Even More Gameplay, Details, & Glimpse of Anime Cutscene

Today, following the reveal in Japanese, Bandai Namco showcased even more of its upcoming JRPG Tales of Arise, this time in English. The gameplay was presented by Vtuber Takanashi Kiara, showcasing quite a lot of interesting elements. We start with a look at rates, skills, and other elements of combat gameplay. [embedded content] Next is the first look at weapon crafting. [embedded content] Next is a look at titles. They can be earned as the game progresses and help to customize your characters further. We also get to take a

Sega might be turning Sonic the Hedgehog into a VTuber

Kazuyuki Hoshino, one of the lead designers and current art director for Sega and Sonic the Hedgehog, has seemingly revealed that the blue blur is going to make his debut as a VTuber in the future.  VTubers, a digital YouTuber or a creator who uses a digital avatar of some kind to take the place of a normal webcam, have exploded in popularity over the last year, especially in Western media markets. And it appears that Sega is going to play on that popularity as it continues to celebrate Sonic’s

Kiryu Coco to leave Hololive

Kiryu Coco, the popular dragon vtuber from Japanese agency Hololive, will be bidding farewell on July 1. The news comes via an official announcement from Hololive, which was “saddened by her decision to leave.” The agency”decided to honor her wishes,” however. Coco herself reaffirmed her decision to leave and confirmed that she “will continue [her] activities until July 1.” “The reason involves a lot of things I can’t talk about,” Coco said in an 11-minute video posted to her own channel. “So you won’t hear anything from me. I know

Twitch to add over 350 new stream tags related to gender, sexual orientation, race, and more

Twitch is doubling down on changes to its platform today, announcing that more than 350 new stream tags related to gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ability, mental health, and more.  This is being implemented as a way to give streamers more descriptive choices in how they label their streams for additional discoverability.  We’ll have tags related to gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ability, mental health, and more.For the full details, check out the blog: https://t.co/dXLPrlayPX— Twitch (@Twitch) May 22, 2021 Twitch specifically noted that some of the new tags will

Allied Esports teams up with Xsens for mocapped shoutcasters for esports

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Allied Esports Entertainment has teamed up with Xsens to bring motion-captured animated broadcasters to esports tournaments. Xsens makes motion-capture body suits that can capture an actor’s movements and translate them into realistic 3D animations. And Allied Esports will take that technology and turn its human esports broadcasters, or shoutcasters, into animated figures in esports shows. Allied Esports will debut the technology in esports broadcasts at places like its HyperX

The ‘Muse Dash’ 2nd Anniversary Update is Out Now Bringing In New Songs, a New Collaboration, and More

Muse Dash ($0.99) from PeroPeroGames and X D Network just got a huge update today to celebrate its 2nd anniversary. The game turns two years old on June 15th and the update celebrates this with new songs, a new character, a collaboration, and more. For the collaboration, Muse Dash has an event featuring VTuber (virtual YouTuber) Fubuki Shirakami bringing one of her songs to the game. The song has been added for free. For the new character, School Girl Buro has been added to the game and she excels at