Persona developer Atlus is finally profitable again after writing off all leftover goodwill from Sega acquisition
Goodwill from the 2013 Sega acquisition had been creating artificial losses on Atlus's financial reports for years.
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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.
Square Enix’s European branch reports worsening financial losses compared to previous year
London-based Square Enix subsidiary Square Enix Limited has seen operating losses and annual net losses increase in the past year.
Amidst persistent rumors, Tencent is once again saying reports of Nexon acquisition plans are false
Chinese entertainment giant Tencen doubles down on false reports about it planning to acquire Nexon shares.
Over 10% of Koei Tecmo’s revenue came through Steam in the past year, 13% via Sony
Koei Tecmo finally saw revenue from Steam grow to over 10% in the past fiscal year, after releasing 8 new titles on the platform.
Japanese game publisher considers replacing character designs as artist behind them faces allegations of committing lewd acts with a minor
Major Japanese game publisher DMM Games has responded to inquiries about an alleged sexual offender working on their character designs.
Capcom sees 61% surge in revenue from Steam, PlayStation revenue share decreases
Capcom has seen revenue from Steam sales increase significantly between April 2024 and March 2025, rising by over 61%.
Lollipop Chainsaw dev says working with Warner Bros. helped make protagonist Juliet cuter
Yoshimi Yasuda talks about how US publisher Warner Bros. influenced the development of Grasshopper Manufacture's Lollipop Chainsaw.
Hideo Kojima says shift to PS5 hasn’t fundamentally changed much about how his team makes games
Death Stranding 2 director Hideo Kojima on how the shift from PS4 to PS5 differs from past leaps in hardware.
Nintendo is so full of geniuses, even Zelda and Star Fox veteran Takaya Imamura felt a “constant sense of inferiority” working with them
Former Nintendo veterans talk about the unnaturally high concentration of "incredible" people working at Nintendo.
Level-5 CEO explains why delays happen so much and why “just announcing things later” isn’t always a solution
According to Akihiro Hino, Level-5 is set on polishing its games no matter how much it gets criticized for delays.
Death Stranding 2’s Kojima-related Easter Eggs were all self-inserted, because his team refused to humor him
Hideo Kojima says he was heartlessly ignored by his staff when it came to putting self-inserty Easter Eggs into Death Stranding 2.
Nintendo games completely excluded from Japan’s biggest speedrunning event, raising eyebrows
Nintendo titles like Super Mario 64 and Splatoon have disappeared from the roster of RTA in Japan Summer 2025.