https://automaton-media.com/en/author/automaton_en/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:16:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/author/automaton_en/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/lost-museum-is-an-art-inspired-visual-novel-featuring-object-head-characters-and-a-scenario-by-veteran-writer-rika-suzuki-we-talk-to-the-producer-about-how-the-title-came-to-be/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=74829 AUTOMATON West interview with Lost Museum -Echoes of the Chromageists- producer Honoka Ohara. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/navinosuke-the-yo-kai-buster-is-a-faithful-rebuild-of-metal-slug-developers-long-lost-game-we-ask-the-director-what-it-took-to-bring-back-the-obscure-creature-collector-from-over-20-years-a/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/navinosuke-the-yo-kai-buster-is-a-faithful-rebuild-of-metal-slug-developers-long-lost-game-we-ask-the-director-what-it-took-to-bring-back-the-obscure-creature-collector-from-over-20-years-a/#respond Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=74511 AUTOMATON West interview with Navinosuke: The Yo-kai Buster director and programmer Shinano Ishiguro (Seki Ryota).]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/navinosuke-the-yo-kai-buster-is-a-faithful-rebuild-of-metal-slug-developers-long-lost-game-we-ask-the-director-what-it-took-to-bring-back-the-obscure-creature-collector-from-over-20-years-a/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-official-october-newsletter-for-steams-chaotic-roguelike-elin-has-been-released-shearing-forest-putits-yields-big-leaves-what-even-counts-as-fur/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-official-october-newsletter-for-steams-chaotic-roguelike-elin-has-been-released-shearing-forest-putits-yields-big-leaves-what-even-counts-as-fur/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=74431 Elin State of the Game – October 2026, the 8th edition of Elin's official newsletter.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-official-october-newsletter-for-steams-chaotic-roguelike-elin-has-been-released-shearing-forest-putits-yields-big-leaves-what-even-counts-as-fur/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/uta-macross-offline-revival-crowdfunding-blows-past-developers-most-optimistic-expectations-we-ask-project-lead-kei-hirono-what-the-funding-will-make-possible/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/uta-macross-offline-revival-crowdfunding-blows-past-developers-most-optimistic-expectations-we-ask-project-lead-kei-hirono-what-the-funding-will-make-possible/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:07:51 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=74516 Interview with AUGUST representative Kei Hirono on the Uta Macross revival project and its crowdfunding campaign.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/uta-macross-offline-revival-crowdfunding-blows-past-developers-most-optimistic-expectations-we-ask-project-lead-kei-hirono-what-the-funding-will-make-possible/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/ominous-farming-life-sim-village-in-the-shade-has-sold-more-than-3-times-its-target-we-talk-to-the-devs-about-making-a-content-packed-hit-in-just-2-years-with-only-a-dozen-people/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/ominous-farming-life-sim-village-in-the-shade-has-sold-more-than-3-times-its-target-we-talk-to-the-devs-about-making-a-content-packed-hit-in-just-2-years-with-only-a-dozen-people/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=74292 In-depth, spoiler-free interview with Village in the Shade leads Yu Mizokami and Mio Katsumata.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/ominous-farming-life-sim-village-in-the-shade-has-sold-more-than-3-times-its-target-we-talk-to-the-devs-about-making-a-content-packed-hit-in-just-2-years-with-only-a-dozen-people/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/steinsgate-reboot-developers-on-adding-the-games-harshest-route-yet-their-criteria-for-script-revisions-and-relaunching-the-science-adventure-series/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/steinsgate-reboot-developers-on-adding-the-games-harshest-route-yet-their-criteria-for-script-revisions-and-relaunching-the-science-adventure-series/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:06:01 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=74091 Interview with Tatsuya Matsubara, producer of the Science Adventure Series at MAGES., and Naotaka Hayashi, the scenario writer for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/steinsgate-reboot-developers-on-adding-the-games-harshest-route-yet-their-criteria-for-script-revisions-and-relaunching-the-science-adventure-series/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/neither-a-musou-nor-a-soulslike-stupid-never-dies-offers-hardcore-action-gamers-an-alternative-to-mainstream-aaa-games-and-remakes-we-talk-to-the-developers/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/neither-a-musou-nor-a-soulslike-stupid-never-dies-offers-hardcore-action-gamers-an-alternative-to-mainstream-aaa-games-and-remakes-we-talk-to-the-developers/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:08:51 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=74042 Pre-launch interview with Stupid Never Dies producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi and director Eiichiro Sasaki.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/neither-a-musou-nor-a-soulslike-stupid-never-dies-offers-hardcore-action-gamers-an-alternative-to-mainstream-aaa-games-and-remakes-we-talk-to-the-developers/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/where-the-seeds-fall-began-as-a-standout-entry-in-cygames-internal-game-development-competition-we-talk-to-the-devs-about-designing-a-game-around-the-fear-of-descending-from-great-heights/ https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/where-the-seeds-fall-began-as-a-standout-entry-in-cygames-internal-game-development-competition-we-talk-to-the-devs-about-designing-a-game-around-the-fear-of-descending-from-great-heights/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73882 Interview with Shuichiro Hamada, producer of Where the Seeds Fall at CygamesEdge.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/where-the-seeds-fall-began-as-a-standout-entry-in-cygames-internal-game-development-competition-we-talk-to-the-devs-about-designing-a-game-around-the-fear-of-descending-from-great-heights/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/cygamess-new-brand-cygamesedge-will-focus-on-developing-smaller-experimental-games-but-without-stepping-into-indie-territory-we-talk-to-the-producer/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/cygamess-new-brand-cygamesedge-will-focus-on-developing-smaller-experimental-games-but-without-stepping-into-indie-territory-we-talk-to-the-producer/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73871 AUTOMATON WEST interview with CygamesEdge brand producer Shuichiro Hamada about the new development label. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/cygamess-new-brand-cygamesedge-will-focus-on-developing-smaller-experimental-games-but-without-stepping-into-indie-territory-we-talk-to-the-producer/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/crymelight-is-a-heavily-story-driven-action-roguelike-exploring-the-messy-relationships-and-twisted-emotions-of-young-girls-we-talk-to-director-takumi-isobe-2/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/crymelight-is-a-heavily-story-driven-action-roguelike-exploring-the-messy-relationships-and-twisted-emotions-of-young-girls-we-talk-to-director-takumi-isobe-2/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73823 TGS 2026 interview with CRYMELIGHT director and producer Takumi Isobe. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/crymelight-is-a-heavily-story-driven-action-roguelike-exploring-the-messy-relationships-and-twisted-emotions-of-young-girls-we-talk-to-director-takumi-isobe-2/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/what-are-the-indispensable-elements-crazy-taxi-world-tour-inherits-developers-talk-about-the-importance-of-music-balancing-freedom-map-design/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/what-are-the-indispensable-elements-crazy-taxi-world-tour-inherits-developers-talk-about-the-importance-of-music-balancing-freedom-map-design/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73589 Interview with Crazy Taxi: World Tour creative producer Kenji Kanno and Director Yo Momotani (Part 2).]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/what-are-the-indispensable-elements-crazy-taxi-world-tour-inherits-developers-talk-about-the-importance-of-music-balancing-freedom-map-design/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/transport-fever-3-developers-sit-down-with-the-creators-of-the-a-train-series-for-a-railway-geek-out/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/transport-fever-3-developers-sit-down-with-the-creators-of-the-a-train-series-for-a-railway-geek-out/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73477 Roundtable interview between the developers of Transport Fever and the A-Train series.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/transport-fever-3-developers-sit-down-with-the-creators-of-the-a-train-series-for-a-railway-geek-out/feed/ 0