Top 20 Japanese game companies based on average yearly income revealed. Nintendo ranks third
According to findings by SalesNow, these were the Japanese game companies with the highest average salaries in the past year.
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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.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 uses Kawaii Physics, which comes as a pleasant surprise to the plugin’s creator
Former Capcom and Epic Games engineer Kazuya Okada was surprised to see Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 credit his passion project.
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP producer debunks rumor that he kept Suda51 in the dark about remaster project
After commenting on the difficulty of getting Lollipop Chainsaw's original devs back on board, Yoshimi Yasuda was accused of lying.
Activist investor of major Japanese game developer requests dismissal of CEO, calls him “unqualified and completely unaware of his responsibilities”
Strategic Capital is requesting the dismissal of GungHo's founder and president Kazuki Morishita from the company's board.
Kadokawa terminates publications by Japanese artist who admitted to statutory rape accusations; existing copies of his work to be recalled from stores
Gaou admitted to Kadokawa that recent reports about him were factual, after which the publisher decided to cut ties.
Sony acquires 2.5% stake in Bandai Namco in new anime-focused strategic partnership
Sony has acquired 16 million shares of Bandai Namco holdings for approximately $464 million dollars.
New Lollipop Chainsaw game and anime adaptation in the works. Publisher promises lots of dark humor and “no censorship”
Some of Lollipop Chainsaw's original staff members will be coming back to work on the new entry in the series.
“Gamers’ moral conduct hasn’t kept up with the times,” Japanese analyst suggests as Monster Hunter Wilds criticism escalates into death threats and personal attacks
Targeted harassment of Monster Hunter Wilds' developers in Japan has become a grave enough issue to earn coverage from major national media.
FromSoftware saw large-scale increase in revenue and profits in the past fiscal year
Elden Ring developer FromSoftware saw double-digit growth across all revenue and profit metrics in the fiscal year ended March 2025.
Japanese gacha game developer asks 100 employees to resign voluntarily, only 47 accept
After three consecutive years of operating in the red, KLab asked 100 employees to accept voluntary redundancy, but it has not met this target.
Japanese politician lambasted after cosplaying as Gundam character who famously tried to cause a global ice age by dropping an asteroid on Earth
Cosplaying as Gundam's Quattro Bajeena without permission was not the wisest move for getting people to vote, it turns out.
Detective game mysteriously taken down during Steam’s sex simulator purge was not a victim of crossfire. Devs confirm other reason for deletion
The whole confusion has boosted the game's visibility, though.