https://automaton-media.com/en/author/djordje-p/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:03:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/author/djordje-p/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-pesticide-maker-launches-bizarre-cockroach-man-dating-game-where-all-characters-are-played-eren-voice-actor-yuki-kaji/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-pesticide-maker-launches-bizarre-cockroach-man-dating-game-where-all-characters-are-played-eren-voice-actor-yuki-kaji/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:54:42 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67719 Japanese pesticide company Earth Corporation recently launched Gokigen Lovely Days, a free browser-based otome visual novel about cockroaches.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-pesticide-maker-launches-bizarre-cockroach-man-dating-game-where-all-characters-are-played-eren-voice-actor-yuki-kaji/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/rpg-makers-new-unity-based-hd-2d-entry-will-address-some-of-the-performance-concerns-users-had-with-rpg-maker-unite-according-to-producer/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/rpg-makers-new-unity-based-hd-2d-entry-will-address-some-of-the-performance-concerns-users-had-with-rpg-maker-unite-according-to-producer/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67704 AUTOMATON talks to RPG Maker U2U producer Hiroyuki Ichinose about how his team handled performance issues working on a Unity-based project.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/rpg-makers-new-unity-based-hd-2d-entry-will-address-some-of-the-performance-concerns-users-had-with-rpg-maker-unite-according-to-producer/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/clannad-publisher-visual-arts-suffers-major-data-breach-including-overseas-leak-of-keys-latest-visual-novel-personal-information-potentially-compromised-too/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/clannad-publisher-visual-arts-suffers-major-data-breach-including-overseas-leak-of-keys-latest-visual-novel-personal-information-potentially-compromised-too/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:27:42 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67652 Visual Arts, owner of the visual novel brand Key, recently reported a major data breach with 10,000 personal records potentially compromised.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/clannad-publisher-visual-arts-suffers-major-data-breach-including-overseas-leak-of-keys-latest-visual-novel-personal-information-potentially-compromised-too/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67631 Gen Urobuchi, Nitroplus' scriptwriter and the author of Saya no Uta, talks about how visual novel audiences have changed in the past years.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/feed/ 4 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:20:13 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67518 TECOPARK announced on Jun 1 that it would stop distributing Pico Park: Classic Edition via Steam in the near future. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/feed/ 3 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-open-world-adult-romance-sim-which-lets-you-customize-your-dream-girlfriend-crowdfunds-345k-usd-reaching-5500-of-its-initial-goal/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-open-world-adult-romance-sim-which-lets-you-customize-your-dream-girlfriend-crowdfunds-345k-usd-reaching-5500-of-its-initial-goal/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67496 Japanese adult game developer Kiss announced that their open world romance sim Custom Romance City 3D3 had crowdfunded over $345k USD.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-open-world-adult-romance-sim-which-lets-you-customize-your-dream-girlfriend-crowdfunds-345k-usd-reaching-5500-of-its-initial-goal/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-creative-platform-temporarily-rolls-back-stricter-censorship-rules-for-2d-adult-art-following-widespread-backlash/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-creative-platform-temporarily-rolls-back-stricter-censorship-rules-for-2d-adult-art-following-widespread-backlash/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:26:21 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67479 Japanese content creator platform Fantia announces it will be reverting its strict censorship rules for 2D NSFW art.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-creative-platform-temporarily-rolls-back-stricter-censorship-rules-for-2d-adult-art-following-widespread-backlash/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/428-shibuya-scrambles-spiritual-successor-to-launch-second-round-of-crowdfunding-after-overwhelming-demand-for-revival-of-sold-out-reward-tiers/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/428-shibuya-scrambles-spiritual-successor-to-launch-second-round-of-crowdfunding-after-overwhelming-demand-for-revival-of-sold-out-reward-tiers/#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 09:22:40 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67451 Shibuya Scramble Stories, the upcoming game by director Jiro Ishii, will launch its second round of crowdfunding on June 28.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/428-shibuya-scrambles-spiritual-successor-to-launch-second-round-of-crowdfunding-after-overwhelming-demand-for-revival-of-sold-out-reward-tiers/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hand-drawn-japanese-indie-adventure-game-challenges-you-to-solve-surreal-rotating-puzzles-located-in-the-eyeball-of-a-mysterious-witch-mekururi-dizzying-witch-demo-hands-on-impressions/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hand-drawn-japanese-indie-adventure-game-challenges-you-to-solve-surreal-rotating-puzzles-located-in-the-eyeball-of-a-mysterious-witch-mekururi-dizzying-witch-demo-hands-on-impressions/#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67360 Our BitSummit demo impressions of the hand-drawn Japanese indie puzzle adventure game Mekururi: Dizzying Witch.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hand-drawn-japanese-indie-adventure-game-challenges-you-to-solve-surreal-rotating-puzzles-located-in-the-eyeball-of-a-mysterious-witch-mekururi-dizzying-witch-demo-hands-on-impressions/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-developer-behind-bizarre-tofu-action-game-says-becoming-a-certified-tofu-meister-is-what-helped-him-get-through-a-six-months-long-creators-block/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-developer-behind-bizarre-tofu-action-game-says-becoming-a-certified-tofu-meister-is-what-helped-him-get-through-a-six-months-long-creators-block/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67303 Japanese indie developer TomozoP talks about how he overcame a long creator's block during the development of The Strongest TOFU.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-developer-behind-bizarre-tofu-action-game-says-becoming-a-certified-tofu-meister-is-what-helped-him-get-through-a-six-months-long-creators-block/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-japanese-indie-survival-game-is-all-about-cooking-monster-meat-for-your-moe-fantasy-party-abyss-kitchen-demo-hands-on-impressions/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-japanese-indie-survival-game-is-all-about-cooking-monster-meat-for-your-moe-fantasy-party-abyss-kitchen-demo-hands-on-impressions/#respond Tue, 26 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67235 At this year's BitSummit, we got to try out the delicious fantasy survival action RPG Abyss Kitchen, developed by Pico Games.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-japanese-indie-survival-game-is-all-about-cooking-monster-meat-for-your-moe-fantasy-party-abyss-kitchen-demo-hands-on-impressions/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/muv-luv-developer-anchor-cancels-publishing-of-bishojo-card-rpg-destiny-code-due-to-changes-in-the-companys-organizational-structure-developer-to-self-publish-instead/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/muv-luv-developer-anchor-cancels-publishing-of-bishojo-card-rpg-destiny-code-due-to-changes-in-the-companys-organizational-structure-developer-to-self-publish-instead/#respond Tue, 26 May 2026 09:29:08 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67246 On May 26, game developer and publisher aNCHOR announced that they would step down from publishing Destiny Code. ]]> 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