ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs paints a quaint picture of life as a repairman in 2000s Tokyo. Here are our demo impressions
Our first impressions of the Steam demo for ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Carlos "Zoto" Zotomayor
Automaton West writer. Zoto has been playing video games for 30+ years now but has only recently come to grips with PC gaming. When he isn't playing video games, he watches romance anime and gets mad when his best girl never wins.
From shooting your neighbors with baked fish missiles to flipping off cult members: 5 Japanese high-octane/crazy indie games
We introduce five Japanese indie games on crack - from brawlers and Doom-likes to aggressive "Terms and Conditions" simulators.
Key’s new romance visual novel anemoi release postponed to April. Devs “will be making no compromises” until the game reaches intended quality
Key announced that the release of their upcoming visual novel anemoi will be postponed from January 30 to April 24, 2026.
Japanese publisher G-Mode to bring elusive Armored Core mobile game to Steam and Switch
G-Mode recently announced that it will be bringing the mobile-exclusive Armored Core: Mobile 3 to Nintendo Switch and Steam.
Action Taimanin developers confirm new series entry will be a turn-based squad RPG, coming in early 2026
Taimanin Squad was announced as a free to play turn-based RPG, slated for an early 2026 release for PC and mobile.
Japan’s massive population of otaku is dominated by anime fans, but idol fans are the biggest spenders, survey reveals
According to the results of a recent survey, Japan's anime otaku population is estimated at around 5.5 million people.
Monster Hunter Reddit user documents the “most pornified” monsters in the series
These the most pornified monsters of the Monster Hunter franchise, as documented by a Reddit user.
Sequel to offensive SNES game Hong Kong 97 not coming to Steam, developers considering alternatives
KaniPro Games and Happy Soft have announced that their indecent sequel to Hong Kong 97 will not be coming to Steam as planned.
Japanese streamer who spent $160k to make his dream game thinking “I don’t care if it doesn’t sell” hits 60,000 copies in under ten days
LiTMUS and streamer-turned-game developer Yoshinama say their debut collaboration game Mamon King has exceeded sales expectations sixfold.
Key releases demo for new romance visual novel anemoi
The demo includes the game's prologue and part of the common route.
From using Peepee and Poopie powers to escape prison, to working with humans to outsmart AI: 5 Japanese indie multiplayer party games
Showcase of upcoming or recently released Japanese indie party games with multiplayer support.
Deltarune Chapter 5 will take “several more months to release,” says creator Toby Fox. Most of the dev team to soon move to producing Chapter 6
Deltarune creator Toby Fox shed some light on the development of the upcoming Chapter 5 in his Winter 2025 newsletter.