Bandai Namco sees 995% annual growth in video games profit, bouncing back from MMO losses and cancelled projects
Bandai Namco's consolidated financial report for fiscal year 2025 suggests significant growth of the group's video game sector.
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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.
Dynasty Warriors Origins focused on balanced sex-appeal that doesn’t compromise female characters’ roles and backgrounds, says series producer
Dynasty Warriors Origins producer and Omega Force lead Tomohiko Sho talks about team's approach to fanservice.
Shin Megami Tensei artist Kazuma Kaneko says teaching AI to draw like him was more time-consuming than making art from scratch
Persona and Shin Megami Tensei artist Kazuma Kaneko trained an AI model based on his art for his new game, but it was anything but time-saving.
Dynasty Warriors Origins’ gay undertones were kind of an accident, series producer admits
According to Dynasty Warriors Origins producer Tomohiko Sho, the game's homoerotic lines weren't entirely intentional.
Koei Tecmo profits hit all-time high thanks to strong performance of game and investment sectors
Koei Tecmo has hit record highs across multiple profit metrics in the fiscal year ending March 2025 thanks to strong game sales and investments.
Square Enix targeted by activist investment fund known for “aggressive” involvement in management
An activist fund known for making strong demands from its investees has acquired a 5.47% stake in Square Enix Holdings.
Japanese game developer auctioning off full ownership of past IPs for over $2 million to fund new projects
Full, exlcusive rights to the PS1/Sega Saturn franchises Harukaze Sentai V-Force and BackGuiner are being sold over Yahoo Auctions.
Former FromSoftware dev says his ambitious new action RPG “bombed” commercially and critically
Former FromSoftware developer and Dark Souls 3 designer's new independent project Rise of Rebellion has underperformed significantly.
Ace Attorney became a hit IP only because Capcom pushed past the “failure” of first game, according to former dev
Former Capcom developer Masakazu Sugimori talks about the early days of Ace Attorney - when it was considered a failure by Capcom.
Switch 2’s cheaper, region-locked version is overwhelmingly popular among Japan’s 2.2 million pre-order applicants, survey suggests
Only 2.9% of pre-order applicants in Japan expressed interest in the Switch 2's multi-language version, according to unofficial survey.
Capcom to see another year of record-high annual sales and profit thanks to Monster Hunter Wilds
Capcom's performance had been weaker during the first three quarters of the fiscal year, but Monster Hunter Wilds has turned things around.
AI: The Somnium Files creator says new title No Sleep For Kaname Date “frighteningly” resembles his work and is too well-made to be called a spin-off
Kotaro Uchikoshi is not the scenario writer for No Sleep For Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files, but he's impressed by how much it resembles his work.