Japanese game and comic platform DLsite launches its own payment alternative following Visa and Mastercard suspensions
Following suspensions of transactions via Visa and Mastercard, DLsite has launched a semi-in-house payment alternative.
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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.
Like a Dragon “goes through 10 to 20 times more legal and ethical checks” than a typical game, RGG Studio chief says
RGG Studio director and Like a Dragon series executive director Masayoshi Yokoyama talks about the strict procedure each Yakuza game faces.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 fundamentally changes the meaning of the term “Kiwami,” developers say. It’s no longer just a technical upgrade
Like a Dragon series developers on how their philosophy on producing Kiwami remakes has changed with Yakuza Kiwami 3.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s progression boosts and sped-up cutscenes can reduce playtime to under 10 hours. Director Hamaguchi tells us why he personally pushed for them
Final Fantasy VII Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi on why he pushed for Streamlined Progression despite inevitable mixed reactions.
New Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure gacha RPG is pulling in average of $680 thousand a day in revenue
Developed by Final Fantasy Brave Exvius studio Gumi, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Ora Ora Overdrive is a top-down TRPG.
Capcom considered making Pragmata a two-player game, but decided that the fun should come from the “busyness” of cooperating with yourself
Pragmata’s director Cho Yonghee and producers Naoto Oyama and Edvin Edso talk about why they stuck to a strictly singleplayer system.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger pre-orders exceed Bandai Namco’s expectations, physical copies to be scarce at launch
Digimon Story: Time Stranger is having a happy accident - it seems pre-orders in Japan have exceeded expectations significantly.
Future Silent Hill games won’t necessarily follow Silent Hill f formula, producer says. “We want to keep experimenting with each new title”
Amidst Silent Hill f's success, series producer Motoi Okamoto talks about what players should expect from future entries.
Like a Dragon is getting its darkest story yet with Yakuza Kiwami 3’s Dark Ties spin-off, producer says
Like a Dragon chief producer Hiroyuki Sakamoto says players are in for the series' darkest narrative yet with Yoshitaka Mine's Dark Ties spin-off.
Japanese gacha RPG rejected by iOS review again, despite revising all in-game illustrations
Twinkle Star Knights has been unable to update on iOS since August.
Resident Evil Requiem devs say optimizing for Switch 2 was a smooth ride. “We accounted for scalability from the start, it wasn’t a forceful downgrade”
Resident Evil Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi and producer Masato Kumazawa shed light on what optimizing for the Ninendo Switch 2 was like.
Tales of Remastered Project’s unusual release order has to do with behind-the-scenes complications like missing source data, producer says
Tales of IP general producer Yusuke Tomizawa talks about his priorities in the Tales Remastered Project amidst technical difficulties.