What kind of game is Octopath Traveler 0? We ask the developers behind the 100-hour prequel
Square Enix's Yasuhiro Kidera and Hiroto Suzuki talk about what Octopath Traveler fans should expect from the upcoming 100-hour-long prequel.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
AUTOMATON WEST
Delivering gaming news from Tokyo/Osaka Japan.
Ninja Gaiden 4’s easy mode isn’t about effortlessly sweeping through the game, but learning. Directors on “flexible” difficulty design philosophy
We ask Ninja Gaiden 4 devs Masakazu Hirayama and Yuji Nakao about how they handled the different difficulty settings in the game.
Ninja Gaiden 4 creators say “fairness in dying” is what sets apart a challenging action game from an unreasonable one
Ninja Gaiden 4 directors Yuji Nakao (PlatinumGames) and Masakazu Hirayama (Team Ninja) on balancing difficulty with fairness.
“Pure action games never get old,” and Ninja Gaiden 4 will be the game to prove that. We ask Team Ninja and PlatinumGames about what players should expect from the new title
AUTOMATON asked Ninja Gaiden 4 directors Masakazu Hirayama and Yuji Nakao about what players should expect from the upcoming title.
Even with an unlimited budget, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wouldn’t have been a radically different or bigger game. We talk to creative director Guillaume Broche
Interview with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director Guillaume Broche ahead of the title's major "Thank You Update."
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is dripping with Sega’s “secret sauce,” borrowing from classics like Sega Rally and OutRun, devs say
In an interview with AUTOMATON, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds devs talk about how the game took on the essence of Sega's biggest racing classics.
Sonic Racing: Crossworlds is “like a party game on the outside,” but tuned like a fully skill-based racing game on the inside, developers say
Sonic Racing: Crossworlds creative director Masaru Kohayakawa and developer Kenji Arai talk about the new kart racer's design philosophy.
Valheim developers continue to work with only 8 team members. We ask them why they stick to small-scale development amid growing competition
Iron Gate lead engineer and game designer Jonathan Smårs talks about Valheim's small but focused development team.
Square Enix’s Emberstoria switched to elaborate lip-syncing technology only 6 months before launch, achieving a level of realism rarely seen in mobile games
Joint interview with Square Enix, Orange Cube, CRI Middleware and Live2D about the technology behind Emberstoria’s realistic lip syncing.
Square Enix’s Emberstoria pushes Live2D animation to its limits to achieve a hand-drawn feel 3D models can’t replicate
Joint interview with Square Enix, Orange Cube, CRI Middleware and Live2D about the technology behind Emberstoria’s animation.
Suda51-inspired hitman game Tokyo Underground Killer is a sleeper hit from an eccentric Japan-based studio
Interview with Phoenix Game Productions, the Japan-based studio that worked on Resident Evil 4 (2023) and just released its first original title.
Ghost of Yotei pushes the limits of draw distance far beyond its predecessor thanks to the PS5’s capabilities. We talk to the devs about what’s changed
Interview with Joanna Wang, art director at Sucker Punch Productions, about Ghost of Yotei's technical advancements.