From feeding an insatiable pet dragon girl to scouring dungeons for cooking ingredients: 5 Japanese indie games about food
Showcase of upcoming or recently released Japanese indie games centered around food and/or cooking.
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.
Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada denies rumors about wanting to monetize official tournament streams
Alongside Harada, Tekken senior producer Naoya Yasuda has also explicitly stated that tournaments will never adopt a pay-per-view model.
Gundam GQuuuuuuX yassified the original anime’s Challia Bull so much he’s made it into Japan’s top 10 most popular Gundam characters
Jokes aside, Challia Bull's makeover in Gundam GQuuuuuuX was also accompanied by a lot more screen time and a deeper exploration of his character and friendship with fellow Newtype Char.
“Overwhelmingly Positive” action platformer Sanabi gets free DLC with expanded story, new playable character, and unique gameplay mechanics
Sanabi's new "A Haunted Day" free DLC is a prequel featuring Major Isun Song (an ally of the Brigadier General) as a playable character.
Rare Final Fantasy 7 and 10 crossover artwork by series’ concept artist Yoshitaka Amano auctions for over $7.8k USD
A rare unseen Final Fantasy artwork by concept artist Yoshitaka Amano sold for over $7.8k on Yahoo! Japan Auction.
A Super Sentai series revival is “possible,” but Japanese TV stations are hoping to “create new heroes” after 50 years of the franchise
Last month, it was announced that Japan's legendary Super Sentai series would be ending after 50 years. TV Asahi's CEO recently commented on the decision.
“We pretended to mistakenly ship the game just to get feedback” Silent Hill f writer Ryukishi07 reminisces on his humble beginnings as a game creator
Silent Hill f writer and When They Cry series creator Ryukishi07 reflects on 25 years of his work at 07th Expansion.
Silent Hill f: Shu’s Japanese voice actor to livestream the game and reminisce about what filming was like
Natsuki Osaki, who provides the Japanese voice of Shu Iwai, will also be doing a live playthrough of Silent Hill f this year.
Atelier Ryza official ASMR tops DLsite rankings, makes over $100k in five days
The new Atelier Ryza ASMR compilation is set after the trilogy, featuring interactions between Ryza and Klaudia.
Steins;Gate Re:Boot to have a brand new ending, producer reveals
At the WePlay Expo 2025 in Shanghai, Steins;Gate series producer Tatsuya Matsubara revealed new details about the upcoming reboot.
From depressed game dev simulator to cozy store management with crunchy ASMR sounds: Japanese indie games about jobs
Showcase of upcoming or recently released Japanese indie games centered around jobs and working.
Evangelion creator reveals early idea for Rebuild series’ ending, and fans can’t get over what could have been
Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno initially had very different ideas about how the Rebuild tetralogy should end.