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, 24 Apr 2026 09:27:53 +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/dragon-quest-9-and-10-directors-new-psychological-indie-game-in-which-you-type-away-the-emotional-trauma-of-troubled-girls-to-release-on-may-20/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dragon-quest-9-and-10-directors-new-psychological-indie-game-in-which-you-type-away-the-emotional-trauma-of-troubled-girls-to-release-on-may-20/#respond Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65801 Directed by Jin Fujisawa, the inide psychological visual novel x typing game Pain Pain Go Away! is set to release on May 20.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dragon-quest-9-and-10-directors-new-psychological-indie-game-in-which-you-type-away-the-emotional-trauma-of-troubled-girls-to-release-on-may-20/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/live-service-fantasy-mmorpg-salvaged-by-japanese-players-who-established-their-own-company-to-take-over-operational-rights-after-the-titles-end-of-service-announcement/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/live-service-fantasy-mmorpg-salvaged-by-japanese-players-who-established-their-own-company-to-take-over-operational-rights-after-the-titles-end-of-service-announcement/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65788 Gensokishi Online players establish their own company in order to take over operational rights after the title ends services. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/live-service-fantasy-mmorpg-salvaged-by-japanese-players-who-established-their-own-company-to-take-over-operational-rights-after-the-titles-end-of-service-announcement/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/wizardry-variants-daphne-developer-drecom-sees-257-rise-in-operating-profit-thanks-to-the-games-strong-performance-and-a-shift-of-focus-to-self-published-titles/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/wizardry-variants-daphne-developer-drecom-sees-257-rise-in-operating-profit-thanks-to-the-games-strong-performance-and-a-shift-of-focus-to-self-published-titles/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65796 Wizardry Variants Daphne developer Drecom announces its consolidated financial forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2026.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/wizardry-variants-daphne-developer-drecom-sees-257-rise-in-operating-profit-thanks-to-the-games-strong-performance-and-a-shift-of-focus-to-self-published-titles/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-avoided-making-original-movies-for-a-long-time-because-establishing-canon-character-backstories-could-be-a-constraint-in-game-development-according-to-shigeru-miyamoto/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-avoided-making-original-movies-for-a-long-time-because-establishing-canon-character-backstories-could-be-a-constraint-in-game-development-according-to-shigeru-miyamoto/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:20:56 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65688 In a recent join media interview, Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto spoke about the production of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-avoided-making-original-movies-for-a-long-time-because-establishing-canon-character-backstories-could-be-a-constraint-in-game-development-according-to-shigeru-miyamoto/feed/ 5 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dmm-games-new-edgy-and-explicit-label-just-announced-its-debut-title-and-its-a-brothel-hack-and-slash-rpg-that-has-already-amassed-over-200k-prere/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dmm-games-new-edgy-and-explicit-label-just-announced-its-debut-title-and-its-a-brothel-hack-and-slash-rpg-that-has-already-amassed-over-200k-prere/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:49:48 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65646 Publisher EXNOA recently announced that Dot Abyss, their free-to-play adult RPG had reached over 200k pre-registrations in only 5 days. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dmm-games-new-edgy-and-explicit-label-just-announced-its-debut-title-and-its-a-brothel-hack-and-slash-rpg-that-has-already-amassed-over-200k-prere/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/air-and-clannad-publisher-visual-arts-launches-new-visual-novel-brand-visual-arts-scripts-with-three-new-titles-currently-in-production/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/air-and-clannad-publisher-visual-arts-launches-new-visual-novel-brand-visual-arts-scripts-with-three-new-titles-currently-in-production/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:34:36 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65541 Visual Arts Scripts is currently developing Sayagatari - Promise of the Cursed Blade -, Tekkai Jousai no Haika and Honjou Rendoku to Ushinawareta Ikou.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/air-and-clannad-publisher-visual-arts-launches-new-visual-novel-brand-visual-arts-scripts-with-three-new-titles-currently-in-production/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/creator-of-otaku-schoolgirl-visual-novel-girlfailure-art-club-launches-fanclub-to-fund-development-several-million-yen-needed-to-support-localization-voice-acting-and-more-content/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/creator-of-otaku-schoolgirl-visual-novel-girlfailure-art-club-launches-fanclub-to-fund-development-several-million-yen-needed-to-support-localization-voice-acting-and-more-content/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:55:29 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65530 Uka Todoki announces the launch of an official development blog for Girlfailure Art Club in order to collect funds for producing the project.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/creator-of-otaku-schoolgirl-visual-novel-girlfailure-art-club-launches-fanclub-to-fund-development-several-million-yen-needed-to-support-localization-voice-acting-and-more-content/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-340k-crowdfunded-visual-novel-is-still-missing-more-than-half-its-funds-after-issues-with-platform-but-devs-confirm-that-development-will-absolutely-not-be-halted/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-340k-crowdfunded-visual-novel-is-still-missing-more-than-half-its-funds-after-issues-with-platform-but-devs-confirm-that-development-will-absolutely-not-be-halted/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:29:15 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65475 Shibuya Scramble Stories developers make new update on the game's progress amidst continuing issues with crowdfunding platform. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-340k-crowdfunded-visual-novel-is-still-missing-more-than-half-its-funds-after-issues-with-platform-but-devs-confirm-that-development-will-absolutely-not-be-halted/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bunny-garden-2-debuts-as-japans-number-one-top-selling-game-on-both-steam-and-switch/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bunny-garden-2-debuts-as-japans-number-one-top-selling-game-on-both-steam-and-switch/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:04:46 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65421 Japanese developer qureate announces that their new game Bunny Garden 2 debuted as top -seller on both Steam and Nintendo Switch. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bunny-garden-2-debuts-as-japans-number-one-top-selling-game-on-both-steam-and-switch/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-foreign-affairs-minister-criticizes-white-house-over-unauthorized-use-of-nintendo-gameplay-footage-in-iran-war-campaign-video-on-x/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-foreign-affairs-minister-criticizes-white-house-over-unauthorized-use-of-nintendo-gameplay-footage-in-iran-war-campaign-video-on-x/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:53:35 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65399 Minister Toshimitsu Motegi recently criticized the White House for unauthorized use of Nintendo's clips on their X account. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-foreign-affairs-minister-criticizes-white-house-over-unauthorized-use-of-nintendo-gameplay-footage-in-iran-war-campaign-video-on-x/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-man-gets-prison-sentence-and-million-yen-fine-for-writing-monetized-spoiler-heavy-summaries-of-movies-and-anime/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-man-gets-prison-sentence-and-million-yen-fine-for-writing-monetized-spoiler-heavy-summaries-of-movies-and-anime/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:03:30 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65390 A Japanese website admin was recently charged with violating the Copyright Act for posting summary articles of the Overlord anime series and Godzilla films.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-man-gets-prison-sentence-and-million-yen-fine-for-writing-monetized-spoiler-heavy-summaries-of-movies-and-anime/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/metal-slug-devs-modern-revival-of-forgotten-monster-taming-rpg-navinosuke-will-add-togglable-quest-and-objective-markers-to-the-game-if-we-dont-add-them-people-will-get-an/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/metal-slug-devs-modern-revival-of-forgotten-monster-taming-rpg-navinosuke-will-add-togglable-quest-and-objective-markers-to-the-game-if-we-dont-add-them-people-will-get-an/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65369 Metal Slug artist Akio shares update on the dev progress of Navinosuke: The Yo-Kai Buster, revealing some "polarizing" new QOL updates. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/metal-slug-devs-modern-revival-of-forgotten-monster-taming-rpg-navinosuke-will-add-togglable-quest-and-objective-markers-to-the-game-if-we-dont-add-them-people-will-get-an/feed/ 1