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, 04 Sep 2026 07:34:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 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/psychological-horror-bl-game-dissolution-of-my-self-out-now-on-steam-dissolve-a-persons-identity-with-your-own-hands/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/psychological-horror-bl-game-dissolution-of-my-self-out-now-on-steam-dissolve-a-persons-identity-with-your-own-hands/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71959 Dissolution of My Self is a "toxic BL" point-and-click visual novel out now on Steam.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/psychological-horror-bl-game-dissolution-of-my-self-out-now-on-steam-dissolve-a-persons-identity-with-your-own-hands/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/princess-maker-style-eastern-fantasy-daughter-raising-sim-my-fairy-princess-gets-steam-demo/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/princess-maker-style-eastern-fantasy-daughter-raising-sim-my-fairy-princess-gets-steam-demo/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71968 In My Fairy Princess, you become the guardian of an orphaned girl in an eastern fantasy world.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/princess-maker-style-eastern-fantasy-daughter-raising-sim-my-fairy-princess-gets-steam-demo/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/escape-game-captive-love%e2%99%a1melty-holic-follows-an-underground-male-idol-running-from-yandere-fangirls/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/escape-game-captive-love%e2%99%a1melty-holic-follows-an-underground-male-idol-running-from-yandere-fangirls/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71817 CAPTIVE LOVE♡MELTY HOLIC is coming to Steam in 2027.]]> 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https://automaton-media.com/en/news/shibuya-scramble-stories-crowdfunding-surpasses-625-thousand-usd-gameplay-demo-and-two-new-characters-unveiled/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71757 Shibuya Scramble Stories is a spiritual successor to 428: Shibuya Scramble, directed by Jiro Ishii himself.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/shibuya-scramble-stories-crowdfunding-surpasses-625-thousand-usd-gameplay-demo-and-two-new-characters-unveiled/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/muv-luv-girls-garden-mellow-days-gets-steam-demo-focus-on-your-work-to-unlock-story-episodes-with-meru-momozono/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/muv-luv-girls-garden-mellow-days-gets-steam-demo-focus-on-your-work-to-unlock-story-episodes-with-meru-momozono/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:01:36 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71777 MUV-LUV GIRLS GARDEN Mellow Days is a focus companion x story game coming to Steam.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/muv-luv-girls-garden-mellow-days-gets-steam-demo-focus-on-your-work-to-unlock-story-episodes-with-meru-momozono/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/aniplex-owner-sony-music-entertainment-becomes-largest-shareholder-of-gungho-with-23-stake/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/aniplex-owner-sony-music-entertainment-becomes-largest-shareholder-of-gungho-with-23-stake/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:17:08 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71744 Sony Music Entertainment owns Aniplex, a publisher known for Witch on the Holy Knight, Melty Blood: Type Lumina and Fate/Grand Order.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/aniplex-owner-sony-music-entertainment-becomes-largest-shareholder-of-gungho-with-23-stake/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/in-buzz-or-die-you-dive-into-the-minds-of-heinous-criminals-in-search-of-viral-content-a-grotesque-game-show-where-likes-decide-who-lives/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/in-buzz-or-die-you-dive-into-the-minds-of-heinous-criminals-in-search-of-viral-content-a-grotesque-game-show-where-likes-decide-who-lives/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71699 BUZZ or DIE is a point-and-click adventure game coming to Steam in 2026.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/in-buzz-or-die-you-dive-into-the-minds-of-heinous-criminals-in-search-of-viral-content-a-grotesque-game-show-where-likes-decide-who-lives/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hololive-discourages-fans-from-vigilante-behavior-in-guideline-update/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hololive-discourages-fans-from-vigilante-behavior-in-guideline-update/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:08:01 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71712 The new clause appears to be in response to often seen "witch hunts" among fans on social media.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hololive-discourages-fans-from-vigilante-behavior-in-guideline-update/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/satsubatsu-succubus-is-a-chaotic-retro-style-fps-where-a-succubus-praises-you-for-massacring-angels/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/satsubatsu-succubus-is-a-chaotic-retro-style-fps-where-a-succubus-praises-you-for-massacring-angels/#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71652 SATSUBATSU SUCCUBUS is coming to Steam in Q4 of 2026.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/satsubatsu-succubus-is-a-chaotic-retro-style-fps-where-a-succubus-praises-you-for-massacring-angels/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dragons-dogma-2-dlc-devs-faced-diametrically-opposed-feedback-from-players-in-the-west-and-japan/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dragons-dogma-2-dlc-devs-faced-diametrically-opposed-feedback-from-players-in-the-west-and-japan/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71647 Opinions are most polarized when it comes to mechanics that introduce friction.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dragons-dogma-2-dlc-devs-faced-diametrically-opposed-feedback-from-players-in-the-west-and-japan/feed/ 3 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/cocoro-a-humanoid-romance-vn-set-in-an-ai-dystopia-from-the-author-of-ginka-and-atri-my-dear-moments-releases-on-steam/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/cocoro-a-humanoid-romance-vn-set-in-an-ai-dystopia-from-the-author-of-ginka-and-atri-my-dear-moments-releases-on-steam/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=71628 COCORO, a romance visual novel developed by Frontwing, released on August 27 for Steam.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/cocoro-a-humanoid-romance-vn-set-in-an-ai-dystopia-from-the-author-of-ginka-and-atri-my-dear-moments-releases-on-steam/feed/ 0