Bakery management dungeon crawler RPG Aeruta fully launches on Steam, with new pet farming update
The hybrid RPG Aeruta is now officially out on Steam, with a massive content update and 20% launch discount.
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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.
Rune Factory and Story of Seasons publisher sees revenue soar thanks to new entries, but still faces losses due to high dev costs
Marvelous saw sales surge by over 98% year-on-year in the first half of FY 2025, but its core game business still ended up in the red.
Colopl, developer behind Kazuma Kaneko AI game, to downsize by 70 employees amid struggling mobile game business
Amidst worsening conditions in Japan's mobile game industry, Colopl is asking 70 full-time employees to apply for voluntary resignations.
Bandai overtakes Sony as top patent holder in Japan’s game and entertainment industry in 2025
Patent analysis agency ranks Japanese game and entertainment companies based on the quantity and relevance of their patents in FY 2025.
Anime studio bankruptcies and closures continue to rise for third consecutive year in Japan
According to a new study, 2025 has seen anime studios shut down or go bankrupt at an even higher pace than previous years.
Cygames steps in to refund Umamusume: Pretty Derby fans after expensive blunder by third-party vendor
Cygames will be refunding fans on behalf of Flosta, who has declared that it will be unable to carry out refunds as previously promised.
Level-5 fans who won “day-one” free copies of game delayed into oblivion finally get to redeem it after 7 years
People who won free copies Inazuma Eleven; VIctory road back when it was slated for release in 2018 have been contacted by Level-5.
Shift Up says it “doesn’t tolerate any expressions of hate” in NIKKE following backlash over alleged “small genital” gesture
Following backlash over an offensive hand gesture allegedly inserted into Goddess of Victory: Nikke, Shift Up has made a statement.
Sony’s Aniplex, Bandai Namco and other Japanese publishers demand end to unauthorized training of OpenAI’s Sora 2 through CODA
Major Japanese anime, game and manga publishers have lodged a written request to OpenAI regarding the use of their content for machine learning.
Tales of series producer says over 70% of players come from overseas, but luckily, JRPG fans want the same things regardless of where they’re from
Tales of producer Yusuke Tomizawa talks about the remastered project's reception and his team's stance on changing player demographics.
Developer who accidentally listed game as “Shitty Dungeon” in Japan says Steam Wishlists skyrocketed in aftermath
For indie developer Fix-a-Bug, accidentally calling their own game "shitty" in Japanese became unintentional marketing.
Hideo Kojima never even heard about Konami being offered a Matrix game. “No one told me in all these 26 years”
Shockingly, it seems no one at Konami remembered to tell Hideo Kojima that the Wachowskis offered him a Matrix game.