Japanese co-development studio Tose sees major turnaround in profit as orders for new games increase
Prolific game developer Tose has reported a significant increase in profits thanks to rising demand from clients.
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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.
Bloodborne, Demon’s Souls producer establishes new game company Sirius Studio following departure from SIE Japan Studio
Bloodborne producer Teruyuki Toriyama will lead the new game company Sirius Studio, which aims for high-end console and VR game development.
SaGa series creator would rather players give up on his games for being too hard than risk being boring
Akitoshi Kawazu, creator of Square Enix's SaGa series, shares insights about his approach to balancing difficulty.
Stellar Blade to get official hyper-realistic Eve and Tachy figures
Stellar Blade's protagonist Eve and enemy character Tachy will be sculpted into super realistic figures by JND Studios.
Vampire Survivors runs into unexpected legal issue preventing cross-save on PS4 and PS5
Poncle has announced that Vampire Survivors will not be getting PlayStation cross-save support as planned due to a last-minute legal issue.
Nintendo Switch 2 pricing discourse in Japan reaches stunned silence as gacha gamers bring up their spending habits
Online discussions about the Nintendo Switch 2's price in Japan have taken an unusual course as gamers bring up gacha game pity systems.
Metal Gear: Solid Snake’s silent, tough guy personality was influenced by technical limitations of the first game, Kojima says
Hideo Kojima talks about technical constraints that drove him to make Metal Gear's Solid Snake a stoic and nearly mute protagonist.
The Hundred Line: Last Defense academy’s 100 endings are all dense enough to be “true endings,” with no fillers or “easy” bad endings, says Kotaro Uchikoshi
Too Kyo Game's upcoming tactical RPG The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy will have 100 endings, but none of them will be "easy."
“In my time, PC ports were prohibited,” former PlayStation executive on how the platform’s approach to first-party games changed last year
Sony and PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida says the company's strategy for first-party games changed last year.
Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut to include 26 minutes’ worth of new cutscenes; online mode will be playable solo
RGG Studio details new content in Yakuza 0 Director's cut, including extra scenes and new online multiplayer mode.
How to tell if a Kirby game is designed by Masahiro Sakurai? Fans notice telltale sign in new Kirby Air Riders
Fans have pointed out a characteristic that sets apart Kirby games directed by Sakurai Masahiro from other franchise directors.
Nintendo Switch 2 compatible microSD cards already being scalped for double the price in Japan
Online retailers in Japan are out of microSD Express cards and it hasn't even been a day since their compatibility with the Nintendo Switch 2 was announced.