News by Matt S. Many thanks to DDNet reader, Maria Adelaide Borromeo, for spotting this awesome bit of news: A Chinese game developer is working with Crypton Future Media to develop a new Hatsune Miku mobile game, and it looks incredible. Titled Hatsune Miku: Dreamy Vocal, the game is a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It might be a few years before Hatsune Miku runs for Prime Minster herself (mind you, I’d vote for her), but if you needed yet more proof that Miku is a serious phenomenon that needs to be taken seriously, look no further than the Prime Minister…
Read MoreGame Theory by Matt S. I’ve touched on the topic of Hatsune Miku’s presence in reality in the past, but as I was playing through Steins;Gate 0 over the last couple of weeks, the discussion over the “realness” of virtual people got me thinking about the topic all over again.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. SEGA recently released the “Second Stage” DLC pack for Hatsune Miku: VR Project Live on PlayStation 4, for PlayStation VR. Having already reviewed the first pack when it launched with PSVR, there’s not enough different to this second pack to justify reviewing it again. It’s basically…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Well, colour me very pleasantly surprised. The greatest rhythm game ever made, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone is being localised into English. Related reading: Matt’s writeup of the experience of going to a Hatsune Miku live concert. I honestly didn’t think this would happen. Future…
Read MoreList by Matt S. Look, this week has been hell for a lot of us, so let’s not even pretend that this week’s list is anything other than a bit of fun to try and relieve some of the stress. We all love Miku, and she makes us all happy,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s not enough that she’s voiced thousands of music tracks, sold out concerts across the world, appeared in best-selling games and even modelled haute couture (Victoria’s Secret next, please). No, Miku continues to prove just why digital people are so much better; they can do anything,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Having Hatsune Miku in Virtual Reality was one of the key reasons that I was interested in the PlayStation VR, and I’m not even going to pretend otherwise. The first game to feature the waifu to end all waifus is less of what you’d call a…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Prepare to never see the Hatsune Miku fans in your life again, as Miku: VR Future Live has been bumped up to an October 13 release to coincide with the PlayStation VR launch. And we’re not talking only in Japan — Miku is hitting the stage…
Read MoreTourism by Matt S. Yeah, it wouldn’t be a trip to Japan without spending time in Akiba, the Mecca to otaku, nerds, geeks and weeaboos the world over. Despite the city’s reputation for being the place where sweaty socially-awkward men go to indulge their fantasies, Akihabara is actually a vibrant…
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