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.
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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.
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.
Over 50% of Japanese game companies use AI in development, according to Tokyo Game Show organizer
According to the 2025 CESA Video Game Industry Report, 51% percent of domestic companies use AI in game development.
Entire development team behind crowdfunded Princess Maker game laid off mid-early access, project to be transferred to external company
D-ZARD, developer of Princess Maker: Children of Revelation, recently underwent abrupt restructuring and halted all development.
Japanese game publisher GungHo rejects activist investor’s proposal to fire longtime CEO
GungHo Online Entertainment voted against ousting its CEO Kazuki Morishita on September 24, but activists plan to continue pushing.
Steam and Switch versions of risqué bunny girl game differ in surprising ways. Japanese developer provides detailed chart
Merry Bunny Garden developer Qureate shares breakdown of differences between the game's Steam and Switch editions.
Nioh’s developers stick to the tradition of pre-launch demos because they believe player feedback helped shape the series into what it is today
Nioh 3 producers Fumihiko Yasuda and Kohei Shibata talk about Team Ninja's approach to developing the series.
Dragon Quest 7 remake “isn’t a rushed project,” director responds to criticism
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined director Masato Yagi seemingly responds to accusations of the remake being a "rushed" project.