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.
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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.
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."