One year after launch, Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO is still attracting over 1 million players every month
After selling 3 million copies within 24 hours of launch, Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO is seeing enduring popularity, according to the developers.
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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.
“For us developers, the higher the console specs, the better.” Japanese creator explains why performance matters even when it seems “underused”
Japanese game director pitches in on how high-performance consoles can reduce development costs, even with games that don't "look" high-spec.
Monster Hunter Wilds director’s offhand comment sparks misplaced outrage among Japanese fans about “Rise erasure” and “internal strife between dev teams”
Monster Hunter Wilds director Yuya Tokuda made a statement during the 2025 PlayStation Partner Awards that some fans weren't happy about.
Japanese video streaming platform abruptly announces “viewing deadline” for anime and shows users have already purchased as it pivots away from single-purchase content
Rakuten TV has been met with public outrage over the way it's phasing out single-purchase content on the platform.
Yes, Ghost in the Shell’s director is obsessed with Fallout 4, but you’ll never guess what he’s actually doing in the game
These are the eccentric self-imposed rules Mamoru Oshii has been using to play Fallout 4, his ideal game, for eight years.
Hideo Kojima to make cameo in Zootopia 2’s Japanese version, at director’s personal request
Kojima will be playing the role of Officer Paul Moledebrandt in the upcoming Japanese version of Zootopia 2.
Japanese game developers face ridiculously high font license fees following US acquisition of major domestic provider. Live-service games to take the biggest blow
A change in license plans has made it up to 50 times more expensive for Japanese game developers to use commercial fonts in their games and apps.
“Like that one JRPG vocal finale song that has stuck with you for 20 years.” Octopath Traveler 0 devs on creating an ending theme befitting of a 100-hour game
Octopath Traveler 0's music was written with the desire to recreate a feeling many JRPG fans haven’t felt in years.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties include major hints about where the Like a Dragon series is headed, RGG Studio lead says
Like a Dragon series executive producer Yokoyama Masayoshi says the upcoming release will tell players a lot about the series' future.
Erotic gay web novel suspended for allegedly basing protagonist on pro League of Legends player Faker
A South Korean BL web novel has been delisted following controversy over its protagonist, which people think is based too closely on Faker.
Tribe Nine has officially ended services, but its story isn’t over. Everything we know about the original creators’ revival project “Neoneon Tribe”
Latest information about the Neoneon Tribe project, which aims to depict the conclusion of the prematurely shut down Tribe Nine.
Atlus and Square Enix were the biggest clients of “ghost developer” Tose in the past year
According to recent documents published by Tose, Atlus was the developer's biggest client in the past year, accounting for 22.3% of total revenue.