Abriael_GN
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Since we all are disappointed that we haven't "peed out of our freaking butts" today, here's a big one to make it up.
The gist: Shueisha (publisher of the various Jump manga magazines and much more) has created its own gaming label, Shueisha Games.
It's starting with 4 indie games (Oni by Kenei Design, Ukiyo by Seaknot Studios, The Tower of Children by Tasto Alpha, and Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions by Momo-pi Studio), but from the announcement press release, they have large (both in terms of creative value and budgets) games in the works, including a mobile game with an original story with character design by a weekly shounen jump mangaka, and a multiplayer "trick speed action" game for unannounced platforms in collaboration with a major Japanese publisher and developer. Those will be fully revealed at a later date.
For anyone who knows who Shueisha is (and its absolutely massive IP power) this is pretty much news that'll make you "pee out of your freaking butts," but of course, it was completely under the radar (and will still be for a while if they'll ever notice) of certain hype people, since it's not western stuff. To give you an idea, besides the usual Dragon Balls, Bleaches, One Pieces, Saint Seiyas, and gazillions of Shonen Jump manga, this is a list of the IP Shueisha has access to, without even counting the crazy creative pool it can bring to bear.
And yes, they're aiming for the worldwide market.
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