At Nintendo, “every developer is a director.” If you make excuses, you get removed from the team, veteran says
Former Nintendo veteran Motoi Okamoto talks about the company's "everyone's a director" approach to game development.
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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.
Konami’s erasure of P.T. let the indie hit The Exit 8 slip into its place, Hideki Kamiya says
Game designer Hideki Kamiya talks about the huge influence of P.T. on game design and why we shouldn't forget it.
“Some of us practically lived at the office.” Sega veteran devs talk about phased out crunch culture and week-long office sleepovers
"It didn’t really feel like a company, in some ways it felt more like a club activity.”
“We had to make sure you couldn’t run faster than the map could load.” Like a Dragon technical director on the series’ shift to PS3
RGG Studio technical director Yutaka Ito recently shared insights about the development of the Like a Dragon series' first PS3 title.
Nintendo employs surprisingly high ratio of master’s and PhD graduates in Japan, independent research suggests
Game industry blogger Papen found that out of 60 Nintendo employees they looked into, 21 had advanced degrees.
Japanese air purifier makes you better at Valorant, according to study
Pro Valorant players' average damage per round reportedly rose by 18 points with Sharp's Plasmacluster technology.
Former Devil May Cry director Hideaki Itsuno isn’t making his dream games because “they wouldn’t sell”
Instead, Itsuno combines what he likes with what sells.
Nihon Falcom’s in-house game engine is called “FDK”. We ask CEO Toshihiro Kondo about the technology behind Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo talks about the company's recently developed in-house engine, the Falcom Developer Kit (FDK).
Rainbow Six Siege pro will not be prosecuted in alleged kidnapping and torture case
Prosecutors have dropped the charges against Sho Hasegawa (BlackRay) following his arrest in July this year.
If Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter doesn’t get a sequel, our fans will go “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Nihon Falcom CEO on future releases
Nihon Falcom CEO and president talks about the company's future plans for remakes and new entries in the Trails series.
Super Robot Wars series is running out of letters to name new titles, but the devs are prepared
The developers considered switching to kanji for a brief moment.
Japanese game companies rarely give abandoned IPs a second chance. Neoneon Tribe’s founders hope to set a positive precedent by reviving Tribe Nine
Former Tribe Nine producer Shuhei Yamaguchi talks about Japanese companies' tendency to shelf old IP's even when fans want a revival.