Hideo Kojima to make cameo in Zootopia 2’s Japanese version, at director’s personal request
Kojima will be playing the role of Officer Paul Moledebrandt in the upcoming Japanese version of Zootopia 2.
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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.
Japanese game developers face ridiculously high font license fees following US acquisition of major domestic provider. Live-service games to take the biggest blow
A change in license plans has made it up to 50 times more expensive for Japanese game developers to use commercial fonts in their games and apps.
“Like that one JRPG vocal finale song that has stuck with you for 20 years.” Octopath Traveler 0 devs on creating an ending theme befitting of a 100-hour game
Octopath Traveler 0's music was written with the desire to recreate a feeling many JRPG fans haven’t felt in years.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties include major hints about where the Like a Dragon series is headed, RGG Studio lead says
Like a Dragon series executive producer Yokoyama Masayoshi says the upcoming release will tell players a lot about the series' future.
Erotic gay web novel suspended for allegedly basing protagonist on pro League of Legends player Faker
A South Korean BL web novel has been delisted following controversy over its protagonist, which people think is based too closely on Faker.
Tribe Nine has officially ended services, but its story isn’t over. Everything we know about the original creators’ revival project “Neoneon Tribe”
Latest information about the Neoneon Tribe project, which aims to depict the conclusion of the prematurely shut down Tribe Nine.
Atlus and Square Enix were the biggest clients of “ghost developer” Tose in the past year
According to recent documents published by Tose, Atlus was the developer's biggest client in the past year, accounting for 22.3% of total revenue.
“Console game music is full-course dining; live-service music is delicious fast food.” Octopath Traveler 0 devs on creating the game’s addictive soundtrack
Octopath Traveler series composer Yasunori Nishiki presents his unique view on composing for console vs mobile games.
Two insanely dedicated gacha gamers awarded for logging into game for five thousand consecutive days ever since its launch 13 years ago
Two players of the Japanese gacha game Puzzle & Dragons have been awarded exclusive honors for logging in for 13 years without missing a day.
Shift Up signs global publishing deal for new multiplatform game Project Spirits
Shift Up has teamed up with NIKKE publisher Level Infinite for global publishing of its upcoming title Project Spirits.
Japan’s DLsite launches experimental service for playing SFW and adult doujin PC games on mobile devices
Over 20,000 PC doujin games hosted on DLsite are available for cloud streaming through the service. The campaign will run until November 30.
Gundam GQuuuuuuX was responsible for 20% of Japan top 100 viral buzzwords in 2025
20 out of 100 viral buzzword nominees in Japan are related to Gundam GQuuuuuuX, which is more than any other single franchise.