Resident Evil Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem’s mysterious in-game domain already claimed by a Gabe Newell lover 

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Japanese indie horror game lets you go on a bizarre, dreamcore-inspired date through liminal spaces with a cute Santa Claus maid

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Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says English translations inevitably strip away a lot of a game’s “flavor” 

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Pragmata’s sci-fi worldbuilding was supervised by Macross creator Shoji Kawamori to balance out Capcom’s “accessibility-focused” approach to the genre, producer says

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Romeo Is a Dead Man

One of Suda51’s wild unused Romeo Is a Dead Man ideas included tiring out players’ fingers with button-mashing right before boss fights 

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Pokemon Pokopia

Night-owl Pokémon Pokopia players in Japan heartbroken about having to wake up sleeping Pokémon 

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Sony

New data ranks 7 major Japanese game companies by average yearly income, overtime and employee satisfaction 

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Homura Hime box art and Nier developers

NieR: Automata-inspired indie studio behind Homura Hime gets candid feedback from Yoko Taro and Takahisa Taura, leading to last-minute improvements

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WarioWare: Move It!

Following departure from Nintendo, WarioWare series creator Goro Abe will continue making small-scale, unconventional games 

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Nintendo Switch 2

The Switch 2’s cheaper, Japan-only model may be generating loss of $160 per unit for Nintendo, Japanese analyst says 

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OCTOPinbs

Aniplex announces “arsonist vs firefighter” multiplayer impostor game, co-developed by Fate/Grand Order and Star Ocean devs 

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Japan doesn’t have a shortage of light novel authors, but the number of readers is decreasing. Kadokawa’s pursuit for foreign talent is a way to “stir things up in the market”

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