NicoNico Video Returns With a New Version in August 2024
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NicoNico Video Returns With a New Version in August 2024

Dwango and Kadokawa announced that video hosting site NicoNico will return on August 5, 2024 with a new version. The website and most of its services have been inactive, with only a few active in a limited capacity ever since the cyberattack perpetrated on June 8, 2024.

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Some of the services being restored include NicoNico Douga, NicoNico Live, NicoNico Pedia, Niconi Commons, and Niconi Solid, among a few others. Other additional services will sequentially roll out throughout the rest of August 2024. However, due to the loss of data caused by the cyberattack, the NicoNi Community service will not return.

In a new statement provided by both Dwango and Kadokawa both companies apologized for the inconveniences caused. The message also confirmed that by the time the NicoNico video service returns it will feature a “new version.” However, the specifics of this new version have not been detailed yet. The name of this new version of NicoNico will be announced on August 1, 2024.

Users of various membership and premium NicoNico services will receive compensation measures as well. Dwango previously stated that the compensation will include the months of June and July 2024, and the new announcement confirmed that the compensation measures will extend to include the month of August as well.

NicoNico will return with a new version on August 5, 2024 and various other services will sequentially appear throughout the month of August.


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