Taimanin series’ new free-to-play turn-based RPG amasses over 200,000 pre-registrations in just one month since initial reveal
Published by GremoryGames and developed by Lilith, Taimanin Squad is set to release in the first half of 2026.
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.
Resident Evil Requiem pushes the limits of its age rating in Japan, but it’s not gory just for the sake of it, director says
Resident Evil Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi on why the game will be releasing only as a CERO Z title in Japan.
Ex-Capcom developers’ PvP mobile game Outrankers to end services after just three months
Developed by Street Fighter 2 producer Yoshiki Okamoto alongside other ex-Capcom names, Outrankers will end service on February 27.
Japanese indie studio spends over 300 hours making a 30-minute-long end credits scene after promising to credit over 60,000 names
Japanese indie dev reveals it took over 300 hours to add 64,901 names into the 30-minute credits scene for their game Twilight Moonflower.
Former Ubisoft Osaka employee dismisses claims about shares plummeting “because of DEI”
Kensuke Shimoda, a former Ubisoft Osaka game designer, has recently addressed rumors about the company's plummeting shares being a result of "devotion to DEI."
Chilla’s Art’s creepy fishing game UMIGARI coming to Steam on February 4
UMIGARI, a surreal first-person fishing game by horror indie game developer Chilla's Art, is coming to Steam on February 4.
From slipping into unhealthy relationships to playing as a self-debugging game: 5 Japanese psychological horror indie games
Introducing five upcoming or recent Japanese indie games in the psychological genre horror - including hidden gems and much-awaited releases.
Beast of Reincarnation director explains why Japan was the perfect setting for the game
Beast of Reincarnation game director Kota Furushima talks about how he came to choose post-apocalyptic Japan as the story's setting.
Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! series gets restaurant management mobile game
Avex Pictures has released a casual restaurant management sim based on the Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant! light novel series and anime.
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii appointed Japanese city’s tourism ambassador after revitalizing its popularity with his 1984 murder mystery
Yuji Horii was appointed Abashiri City’s tourism ambassador, not for his work on Dragon Quest, but for his 1984 murder mystery title The Hokkaido Serial Murder Case.
The story of Yakuza Kiwami 3’s Dark Ties spin-off was based on the Yakuza Online mobile game, according to series producer
Dark Ties, Yakuza Kiwami 3's Mine-centric spin-off game, uses Yakuza Online's story as the basis of its narrative.
Bunny Garden studio’s bizarre soccer sim where uniforms are literally ripped to shreds when using special moves to release on February 12
Fantasista Asuka, Qureate's upcoming soccer sim, is set to release on February 12 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam).