Wuthering Waves

Even from a developer’s perspective, Wuthering Waves’ use of Unreal Engine is borderline perverse. A UE4 game decked out in custom technology 

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Dragon Quest creator wants AI game characters to feel like real “friends,” hopes DQ10 players will confide in Slimey chatbot

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Japan’s major cosmetics brand faces backlash for AI-generated ad following Sailor Moon comparisons

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Stranger Than Heaven

Snoop Dogg collaborates with Ado in RGG Studio’s Stranger Than Heaven theme song, appears as an in-game character

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Astrae Oratio

Former Blue Archive developers’ new magic RPG Astrae Oratio is set in 1889 Tokyo. New teaser unveils robust worldbuilding 

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Nekopara

Nekopara Sekai Connect reinvents the series’ world as “a perfectly calculated dystopia ruled by AI,” according to creator Sayori

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Infinity Nikki

“We had to cater to the tastes of our largest player base.” Infinity Nikki level designer talks about philosophy behind large-scale gameplay and map expansions in version 2.0 

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Tokyo Game Dungeon

“You are the most hated demographic at game events.” A major Japanese indie game showcase is waging war on “unsolicited advice dudes” 

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Let me Fix You anime

Former Let Me Fix You animation staff announces separation from studio following founder’s grooming allegations 

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Neverness to Everness

Why can’t Japan make an open-world anime game of NTE’s scale? Japanese developers weigh in amid title’s domestic success

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Witch Hat Atelier

Witch Hat Atelier anime producer clears up misinformation about the show’s production period. It took 3 and a half years, not 7 

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Bizarre Korean game in which you have to raise a severed head of a goddess stuck in a flowerpot was only possible to make back in the 2000s because “things were much more immature,” according to devs

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