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Amber V
Novice 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.
GeGeGe no Kitaro inspired co-op survival horror game announced for 2025
Toei Animation announced the Gegege no Kitaro inspired horror game NOROI KAGO: the Grudged Domain for 2025.
Despite the influx of young and female fans, the Like a Dragon series will keep being about middle-aged guys doing middle-aged guy things, according to devs
Like a Dragon series director Ryosuke Horii and lead planner Hirotaka Chiba say the series will keep being about "middle-aged-guy" shenanigans.
Touhou Project creator ZUN and Undertale creator Toby Fox to collaborate on new music
Touhou creator ZUN and Undertale creator Toby Fox have announced their second musical collaboration for Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost!
PS2 becomes the first console to be selected as “Future Technology Heritage” in Japan
Sony's PlayStation 2 becomes the first dedicated console to be entered into Japan's “Future Technology Heritage” registry.
Fate series developer TYPE-MOON goes viral after fans discover it’s quietly running a charity to feed children
Fate and Tsukihime series developer TYPE-MOON (Notes Co., LTD) has been running a charity organization for kids since April last year
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP dev goes into detail about exact changes made to the game’s “Original Mode” and what to expect from the Day 1 patch
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP producer talks about what to expect from the Day 1 patch and how much the "Original Mode" will differ from the 2012 game.
Japanese 3D girlfriend simulator crowdfunds entire development budget in just 2 hours
The upcoming 3D dating simulator VR-Kanojo achieved its crowdfunding goal in less than two hours, and is currently 179% funded.
Nintendo can now ban streamers and content creators from using their games if they are caught posting “immoral” content and leaks
Nintendo is fortifying its guidelines for online content creators using their games and other copyrighted material.
Delicious in Dungeon was born from the author’s lifetime “guilt” and struggle with food
Delicious in Dungeon author Ryoko Kui opens up about what led her to write a story about food and eating.
Chinese publishers such as NetEase might be abandoning Japanese developers after years of investment
Major Chinese publishers such as NetEase and Tencent are backing out from the Japanese market after years of investment yielded few hits.
Like a Dragon series’ director: If there’s no healthy fighting during development, you can only make a “lukewarm” game at best
Does SEGA’s Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio fight when they make Like a Dragon games? The short answer is yet, but there's a lot more to it.
Like a Dragon devs to make new announcements at RGG Summit on September 20
Like a Dragon series developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has announced that the next RGG Summit will be held on September 20.
FAIRY TAIL 2 will have a bigger world map, less puzzle-like battles and more animated characters, according to producer
Producer of Koei Tecmo's FAIRY TAIL 2 talks about what's new and improved in the sequel to the 2020 title.
Japanese co-development company Tose shuts down two bases overseas and in Japan to tackle growing scale and complexity of game development projects
TOSE has announced the closure of two of its bases to battle the rising need for efficiency and new technology in game development.
Blue Protocol to end service without making it to the West
Bandai Namco Online announces end of services of Blue Protocol and cancellation of planned Western release.
Bandai Namco Online shares views on DEI and its implementation in Western releases of Japanese games
Bandai Namco Online, developer of Blue Protocol, recently held a seminar in which they shared their views on DEI.
PS5 just significantly raised its prices in Japan, and people aren’t happy
Sony Interactive Entertainment announces steep new prices for the PS5 and its peripherals, citing severe global conditions.
Street Fighter 6’s CPU is designed to feel “pressured” just like a human and make input mistakes
Capcom's engineer breaks down the structure of Street Fighter 6's human-like CPU using a card game analogy.
Nintendo looked for ways to automate game development processes “without losing something valuable” in Tears of the Kingdom
Nintendo's engineers talk about how they automated game development processes to create The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdoms caves.
Nintendo takes down popular YouTuber’s video promoting sexual encounters through Splatoon in just 20 hours
Nintendo requested the takedown of a YouTube about Splatoon 3, directly telling the content creator that the video was "unacceptable."
Nintendo made Tears of the Kingdom load seamlessly by predicting when the player would jump in a hole
Nintendo's efforts to make The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's vast 3D world run seamlessly on the Switch involved some creative solutions.
PS5 is teaching AI how to play games like a human to automate testing
Sony's PS5 quality assurance team is using imitation machine learning to make an AI model that can play games like a human.