Elden Ring Nightreign’s devs thought it looked funny to revive teammates by attacking them
Doubling down on the "friendly" in friendly fire, Elden Ring Nightreign allows you to bring back dead teammates by relentlessly attacking them.
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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.
AI in Kazuma Kaneko’s new game seemingly outputs images similar to Disney characters and other copyrighted material, raising concerns
Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter's AI model was supposedly trained only on art drawn by Kazuma Kaneko after he joined Colopl.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach emphasizes combat and player choice with a game system shaped by feedback from the first game
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach lead level designer Hiroaki Yoshiike talks about the sequel's new game system, which focuses more heavily on combat and choices.
Bandai Namco is making its executives’ salaries more dependent on how they perform
Bandai Namco has announced a revision of its compensation system that will make executive pays more heavily performance-based.
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.
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.