https://automaton-media.com/en/author/akira-sada/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:47:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/author/akira-sada/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/cosmic-horror-game-the-dream-of-a-cockspur-which-traps-players-on-a-remote-island-investigating-a-fallen-celestial-object-releases-on-steam-on-july-22/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/cosmic-horror-game-the-dream-of-a-cockspur-which-traps-players-on-a-remote-island-investigating-a-fallen-celestial-object-releases-on-steam-on-july-22/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:47:43 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69676 The surreal cosmic horror game The Dream of a Cockspur has been announced for a July 22 Steam release.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/cosmic-horror-game-the-dream-of-a-cockspur-which-traps-players-on-a-remote-island-investigating-a-fallen-celestial-object-releases-on-steam-on-july-22/feed/ 0 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https://automaton-media.com/en/news/meccha-chameleon-developers-say-the-secret-behind-their-2-month-dev-cycle-is-asset-reuse-and-a-make-it-exist-first-perfect-it-later-approach/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69005 The secret behind Meccha Chameleon’s short dev cycle is making the the “bare minimum,” and then building upon it, devs explain.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/meccha-chameleon-developers-say-the-secret-behind-their-2-month-dev-cycle-is-asset-reuse-and-a-make-it-exist-first-perfect-it-later-approach/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/animes-growing-commoditization-could-lead-to-a-future-where-the-medium-itself-no-longer-matters-japanese-critic-warns/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/animes-growing-commoditization-could-lead-to-a-future-where-the-medium-itself-no-longer-matters-japanese-critic-warns/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68558 A famous Japanese critic discusses whether the evolutionary path of anime ends with its full transformation into a commodity. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/animes-growing-commoditization-could-lead-to-a-future-where-the-medium-itself-no-longer-matters-japanese-critic-warns/feed/ 18 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switchs-ring-fit-adventure-may-actually-help-with-depression-research-suggests/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switchs-ring-fit-adventure-may-actually-help-with-depression-research-suggests/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68236 Scientists at Jilin University in China recently published a research examining the effects of Ring Fit Adventure on people with depression. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switchs-ring-fit-adventure-may-actually-help-with-depression-research-suggests/feed/ 0 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https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-developers-of-a-viral-fishing-game-faced-countless-ai-slop-mobile-clones-but-the-rip-offs-were-so-bad-they-ended-up-promoting-the-real-game/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67681 Glass Gecko Games, the developers of fishing game Scale the Depths, say badly made mobile knockoffs of their game became advertising for the original.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-developers-of-a-viral-fishing-game-faced-countless-ai-slop-mobile-clones-but-the-rip-offs-were-so-bad-they-ended-up-promoting-the-real-game/feed/ 0