Nintendo makes shovelware less likely to enter charts with revision of eShop ranking system
The Nintendo eShop's revised ranking system bases popularity on total revenue, rather than number of downloads, making it harder for "slop" to enter charts.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Ayuo Kawase
Editor-in-Chief of AUTOMATON Japan
We wrote about a sexy bunny girl video game and Google torched our ad revenue. Thoughts and prayers appreciated
Our coverage of qureate's upcoming action game Hebereke Bunny Garden has caused Google to freak out, handing out violations left and right.
Even small-scale Japanese game companies like Gemdrops are raising entry-level dev salaries significantly. We ask them if they can keep it up
Japanese game developer Gemdrops has 88 employees, but they've raised starting dev salaries for new graduates to an amount that's challenging for such a small company.
How does Arc System Works greenlight game ideas for development? We take a peek at their internal audition process
A look at Arc System Works' internal audition process for evaluating game pitches and deciding what gets funded.
Despite being double the price of its predecessor, Japanese mecha roguelite Metal Bringer is selling much faster, largely thanks to US players
While you’d expect a steep increase in price between two games in a series to impact sales - this was not the case for Metal Bringers.
JRPG-style roguelike survival game The General Saga announced for PC and Switch by prolific Sega co-developer
O-TWO, co-developer of numerous Sega titles, has announced a new roguelike survival game inspired by Vampire Survivors.
TRIBE NINE to continue with large-scale improvements, including difficulty selection, fast-forward and quicker dailies
Tribe Nine's Ver. 1.0.10 update will add three-star character Azure Streak along with a bunch of QOL and system improvements.
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy’s management gets distracted by Monster Hunter Wilds and fails its own 100-day login challenge
The official Japanese X account for Too Kyo Games’ The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy has made a blunder - but no one can blame them.
Tribe Nine to overhaul gacha system, dropping Genshin-like format in favor of higher drop rates
In response to player feedback, Akatsuki Games has announced big changes to Tribe Nine's gacha (Synchro) feature, including higher pull rates.
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy demo launches to overwhelming praise, but reviews are amusingly vague as players skirt around spoilers
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy's free demo has already accumulated over 300 reviews on Steam, with 97% being positive.
Cloud and Aerith are not like brother and sister, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s director speaks out about misinterpretation of his statement
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi addresses fans' misinterpretation of Cloud and Aerith's relationship- we take a closer look.
RGG Studio teases new Project Century, fueling speculation that we may be getting a Like a Dragon origin story, involving Snoop Dogg in some way
RGG Studio's director Masayoshi Yokoyama teases new info about the studio's mysterious new game Project Century and involvement of Snoop Dogg.