Kinky horror game Saeko: Giantess Dating Sim was deeply inspired by Va-11 Hall-A, and Va-11 Hall’s creator loves its “punk spirit”
Joint developer interview with VA-11 Hall-A creator Christopher Ortiz and SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim creator kyp.
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Brainwashing society into embracing furries. We ask Fuga: Melodies of Steel’s developers about their long history of furry-themed passion projects
Interview with Hiroshi Matsuyama, CEO of Fuga: Melodies of Steel developer CyberConnect2, about the studio's long history of furry-themed in-house games.
The market for furry games is huge, and the Fuga: Melodies of Steel series was saved by it
Interview with Hiroshi Matsuyama, representative of Fuga: Melodies of Steel series developer CyberConnect 2.
Like a Dragon’s devs invest not only in debugging, but in developing “tools to prevent bugs,” like heat maps for VRAM consumption
Interview with SEGA's quality engineers about how they prevent bugs in the Like a Dragon and Super Monkey Ball series.
How do Like a Dragon games come out so fast? One of RGG Studio’s secrets is a highly efficient testing and debugging cycle that starts as soon as development does
Interview with SEGA's quality engineers about the automated testing cycle used to maximize the efficiency of Like a Dragon's development cycle.
Interview: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy’s devs needed players to think they were “completely out of their minds” to compete in the game market
Pre-launch interview with The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy's co-directors Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi.
Interview: Nitroplus missed Armored Core so much, they started making their own mecha action game Dolls Nest – then AC6 got announced
Developer interview with Nitroplus's Yojo Ota and Keiichi Ogami - director and sub-director of 3D mecha action game Dolls Nest.
Interview: Tokyo Xtreme Racer is selling like hot cakes thanks to an IP name more powerful than any marketing strategy. We talk to Genki about the successful Early Access launch
Interview with Tokyo Xtreme Racer producer Noguchi Kentaro and marketing representative Takatoshi Sato about the game's performance on Steam so far.
Interview: Tokyo Xtreme Racer’s big comeback after 18 years was fueled by the booming popularity of Japanese cars in the real-life car scene
Interview with Kentaro Noguchi, the producer of Tokyo Xtreme Racer. We ask him about what led to the series' reboot after 18 years.
Interview: Drawing influence from HADES, the run-and-gun shooter Project Tachyon shows that the roguelite genre and storytelling work well together
Interview with HIKE and STUDIO N9, the publisher and developer of the new run-and-gun roguelite shooter Project Tachyon.
Interview: Koei Tecmo’s WARRIORS: Abyss is a major Japanese developer’s take on the roguelite genre, made by a hardcore roguelite lover
Interview with Kotaro Hirata, developer at Omega Force and producer of Koei Tecmo's new tile WARRIORS: Abyss.
Automaton West’s top 5 most bizarre moments of 2024
A round-up of the top 5 weirdest, most random and downright bizarre topics Automaton West covered in the year 2024.