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The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake had a significant impact on the nation of Japan, including one of its most well-known economic sectors, the video game industry.The damage to Japan's infrastructure prompted delays in software and hardware releases, and also caused outright cancellations when the subject matter of the software was considered too similar to real-life events.
Initially, the game was planned for release on March 10, 2011, a day before the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but was pushed back to a Spring time frame. [5] Chief producer, Kazuma Kujo said the reason for the delay was because the game could not be completed in time. [5] The game was officially cancelled on March 14, 2011. [6]
The Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo's newest handheld console, releases in Japan. [5] February 28 – March 4 Game Developers Conference 2011 held in San Francisco, California. [6] March 11 As a result of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, certain video game releases were cancelled or postponed. Additionally, several servers used for Internet gaming were shut ...
— March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 earthquake strikes off the coast of northeastern Japan, triggering a towering tsunami that smashed into the Fukushima nuclear plant, knocking out power and ...
The planned UK release date of MotorStorm: Apocalypse was 16 March 2011, [1] but was delayed by Sony Computer Entertainment UK following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. [4] The Australian launch went ahead as planned on 17 March, but Sony announced further shipments of the game to that country were halted in the wake of the ...
The magnitude 7.1 quake occurred off the country’s northeastern coast late Saturday, local time.
Japan was set on Thursday to honour nearly 20,000 victims of a massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 10 years ago, destroying towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima, the ...
A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.