https://automaton-media.com/en/author/carlos-zotomayor/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:21:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/author/carlos-zotomayor/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dark-psychological-otome-game-cyber-paranoia-has-you-undergoing-experimental-therapy-sessions-with-a-beautiful-android/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dark-psychological-otome-game-cyber-paranoia-has-you-undergoing-experimental-therapy-sessions-with-a-beautiful-android/#respond Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69181 Cyber Paranoia is an indie dark otome game coming to PC (Steam), with a free demo out.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dark-psychological-otome-game-cyber-paranoia-has-you-undergoing-experimental-therapy-sessions-with-a-beautiful-android/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/persona-5-the-phantom-x-to-feature-p3ps-female-protagonist/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/persona-5-the-phantom-x-to-feature-p3ps-female-protagonist/#respond Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:05:40 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69142 In an upcoming P3P collaboration event, Persona 5: The Phantom X will feature female protagonist Kotone Shiomi.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/persona-5-the-phantom-x-to-feature-p3ps-female-protagonist/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5-gives-employees-significant-pay-raises-for-acing-quizzes-about-its-own-games-according-to-ceo/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5-gives-employees-significant-pay-raises-for-acing-quizzes-about-its-own-games-according-to-ceo/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69116 Akihiro Hino recently revealed that Level-5 has its employees take knowledge quizzes about the company's content, awarding high scorers with raises.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5-gives-employees-significant-pay-raises-for-acing-quizzes-about-its-own-games-according-to-ceo/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/428-shibuya-scrambles-spiritual-successor-led-by-jiro-ishii-crowdfunds-60k-usd-in-62-minutes-in-its-second-round-of-crowdfunding/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/428-shibuya-scrambles-spiritual-successor-led-by-jiro-ishii-crowdfunds-60k-usd-in-62-minutes-in-its-second-round-of-crowdfunding/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:04:45 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69104 Rewards for backers include the opportunity to appear as an extra in the game.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/428-shibuya-scrambles-spiritual-successor-led-by-jiro-ishii-crowdfunds-60k-usd-in-62-minutes-in-its-second-round-of-crowdfunding/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-release-date-moved-up-by-three-weeks-to-september-4/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-release-date-moved-up-by-three-weeks-to-september-4/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:27:19 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69078 Onimusha: Way of the Sword will be releasing on September 4 instead of September 25.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-release-date-moved-up-by-three-weeks-to-september-4/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/backrooms-japanese-movie-poster-sparks-debate-after-ditching-the-originals-minimalist-design-for-tacky-cluttered-redesign/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/backrooms-japanese-movie-poster-sparks-debate-after-ditching-the-originals-minimalist-design-for-tacky-cluttered-redesign/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69041 Backrooms' redesigned poster for the Japanese market has people understandably divided.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/backrooms-japanese-movie-poster-sparks-debate-after-ditching-the-originals-minimalist-design-for-tacky-cluttered-redesign/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/unity-gets-dev-kit-for-direct-in-app-purchases-helping-games-reduce-reliance-on-google-play-and-the-app-store/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/unity-gets-dev-kit-for-direct-in-app-purchases-helping-games-reduce-reliance-on-google-play-and-the-app-store/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69063 Unity Technologies just released its new Unity In-App Purchasing Software Development Kit (Unity IAP SDK) 5.4 update.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/unity-gets-dev-kit-for-direct-in-app-purchases-helping-games-reduce-reliance-on-google-play-and-the-app-store/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/romance-rpg-love-and-deepspace-cancels-release-of-new-love-interest-mere-days-after-announcement-due-to-backlash-says-there-will-never-be-another-one/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/romance-rpg-love-and-deepspace-cancels-release-of-new-love-interest-mere-days-after-announcement-due-to-backlash-says-there-will-never-be-another-one/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:27:27 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69033 Papergames has cancelled the release of Love and Deepspace's new male lead Valko, leaving players divided.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/romance-rpg-love-and-deepspace-cancels-release-of-new-love-interest-mere-days-after-announcement-due-to-backlash-says-there-will-never-be-another-one/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/my-dress-up-darling-and-spy-x-family-anime-studio-cloverworks-sees-widening-financial-losses-in-past-two-fiscal-years/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/my-dress-up-darling-and-spy-x-family-anime-studio-cloverworks-sees-widening-financial-losses-in-past-two-fiscal-years/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:48:12 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68995 In the fiscal year ended March 2026, CloverWorks' losses widened from 24 to 38 million yen.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/my-dress-up-darling-and-spy-x-family-anime-studio-cloverworks-sees-widening-financial-losses-in-past-two-fiscal-years/feed/ 10 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/needy-streamer-overload-creators-new-visual-novel-sister-other-paranoia-gets-august-15-launch-date/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/needy-streamer-overload-creators-new-visual-novel-sister-other-paranoia-gets-august-15-launch-date/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:02:15 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68977 nyalra's new game company HazeDenki has announced that the dark visual novel Sister Other Paranoia will launch on August 15.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/needy-streamer-overload-creators-new-visual-novel-sister-other-paranoia-gets-august-15-launch-date/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/armored-core-inspired-mecha-indie-game-omega-phenex-reaches-first-crowdfunding-target-in-a-day-now-at-174/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/armored-core-inspired-mecha-indie-game-omega-phenex-reaches-first-crowdfunding-target-in-a-day-now-at-174/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:50:34 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68951 Omega Phenex Commenced Project Six is Japanese a mecha action game set to launch in 2027.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/armored-core-inspired-mecha-indie-game-omega-phenex-reaches-first-crowdfunding-target-in-a-day-now-at-174/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/god-eater-director-acknowledges-fan-requests-for-a-sequel-says-the-franchise-remains-important-to-him/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/god-eater-director-acknowledges-fan-requests-for-a-sequel-says-the-franchise-remains-important-to-him/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:59:24 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68930 Hiroshi Yoshimura recently talked to Famitsu about the God Eater series' future.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/god-eater-director-acknowledges-fan-requests-for-a-sequel-says-the-franchise-remains-important-to-him/feed/ 0