Nagoshi Studio Closes, Phantom Blade Zero Sells 4 Million
Nagoshi Studio has closed after NetEase withdrew funding, ending work on Gang of Dragon, while Phantom Blade Zero sells 4 million copies in three days . Nintendo has also explained why its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake revisits the classic and what the team hopes to learn from it
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Nagoshi Studio Closes After NetEase Withdraws Funding
Nagoshi Studio, founded by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, officially closed on October 31 before releasing a game . Its debut project, the Yakuza-style Gang of Dragon, is also no longer moving forward
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NetEase’s funding withdrawal had been reported months earlier, when the studio was said to be looking for new backers . The closure ends a project that was announced only months before the studio shut down
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Phantom Blade Zero Sells 4 Million Copies on PS5 and PC
S-GAME’s action game Phantom Blade Zero sold more than 4 million copies across PlayStation 5 and PC in its first 72 hours . The game launched on October 29, and the studio has not provided a breakdown of sales by platform
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Nintendo Reveals Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Team and Design Choices
Nintendo says its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Nintendo Switch 2 is being developed internally by Entertainment Planning & Development Production Group No. 3 . Producer Eiji Aonuma says revisiting the game is intended to give younger developers new insights that could inform future Zelda titles
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The team considered adding fast travel, but dropped the idea after deciding it would take away from moments of discovery; Aonuma had initially asked the developers to add warp points .
Anthropic Restricts Claude Code from Cloning Existing Games
Anthropic has updated Claude Code’s rules to stop it from recreating specific existing games, while still allowing users to make original games and work from their own designs . The change follows concerns about using generative AI to clone games and infringe on other companies’ intellectual property
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Activision Will Remove Itaewon Crowd Crush Footage from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Activision has apologized to victims and bereaved families and says it will remove footage of the Itaewon crowd crush from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 in a November 12 update .