Koei Tecmo once again doubles profit forecasts thanks to remarkably successful stock investments
Koei Tecmo expects profit margins to far exceed original estimates, with ordinary profit and net profit doubling.
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Amber V
Editor-in-Chief since October 2023.
She grew up playing Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein with her dad, and is now enamored with obscure Japanese video games and internet culture. Currently devoted to growing Automaton West to the size of its Japanese sister-site, while making sure to keep news concise and developer stories deep and stimulating.
“It ends up working like a Ponzi scheme.” Japan’s blockchain and NFT game fad might be imploding
With multiple major titles including Sega's KAI Sangokushi Taisen announcing service terminations, Japan's blockchain game boom is declining.
Fox-girl bread baking action RPG Aeruta to fully launch on November 5 on Steam
The hybrid dungeon exploration x bakery management RPG Aeruta will officially exit Early Access on November 5, 2025.
Xbox playtime in Japan increased by around 20% in the past year across console, PC and cloud
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer shares insight on Xbox's activities in Japan and local playtime growth.
“I harbored despicable feelings.” In unprecedented move, Nijisanji parent company publishes interview with perpetrator of VTuber harassment case
An interview laying bare the psychological state of a woman accused of harassing and threatening Nijisanji's VTuber has drawn attention from Japanese users.
Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya says pretty graphics alone don’t do much for him. A good action game needs mechanics no other game has
Hideki Kamiya talks about how far 3D action games have come in recent years and what he values most in the genre.
Japan’s “worst game ever made” gets official sequel after 30 years. A “disrespectful breath of fresh air” amidst intensifying censorship
The infamous SNES bootleg game Hong Kong 97 is getting a sequel in which you're tasked with wiping out the population of "Amurikka."
“Find your own publisher.” NCSoft spins off in-house MMORPG dev team into subsidiary, tells them they’re on their own before cancelling project
The developers of the real-time strategy MMO Tactan were told by NCSoft, their parent company, to look for another publisher.
Nintendo silently donated DSi LLs and TV tuners to earthquake victims in 2011. Rare engraved console surfaces
"Quietly doing the right thing is the Nintendo way."
“Nearly half of them are fake.” NieR creator Yoko Taro says not to buy his autographs online
Nier and Drakengard creator Yoko Taro addresses issue of false autographs being resold online, warns against buying them.
Dragon Quest 7’s dark and sorrowful story may resonate with players now more than it did back in the day, remake producer says
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined producer Takeshi Ichikawa talks about how players' evolving tastes influenced his team's decision to remake DQ7.
Creator of one of Japan’s first open-world action RPGs struggled with unemployment in his 50s due to age discrimination in the industry
Game designer Tokihiro Naito opens up about the difficulties of finding employment amidst age bias in Japan's game industry.