Mobile game development costs in Japan have risen by 4.7 times in the past decade, study finds
According to official study conducted by JOGA, mobile game development costs reached approximately 3.3 million USD per game.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
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Persona series’ Atlus Sound Team jumps to second place in Spotify’s 2025 ranking of most popular Japanese artists overseas
Persona soundtrack composer Atlus Sound Team debuted on Spotify's top 10 in 2024 at 3rd place, and reached 2nd place in 2025.
Gundam series original creator says “humans will never be able to live in space” after exploring the idea of space colonies for 20 years
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The House in Fata Morgana author shares exciting update on their next game. “It’s going to be my masterpiece”
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Metal Slug artist Akio says his elaborate pixel animations made his programmers want to rip their hair out, but it was so worth it
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Legendary Capcom artist Akiman says he worked overtime like crazy because he wanted to “beat other big game companies”
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Final Fantasy 14’s Yoshi-P says a recent anime gave him a master class in reconnecting old and new fans of a series
Final Fantasy 14 producer Yoshida Naoki talks about his recent favorite anime and inspiration, Gundam GQuuuuuuX.
Japanese FPS dev shares theory on why AAA developers in Japan fail at making FPS games. “They all try to copy CoD and set themselves up for failure”
Developer of indie FPS game Beyond Citadel shares their theory on why the Japanese game industry never made a successful FPS.
Kill la Kill, Promare animator faces backlash over supporting openly racist politician
Studio TRIGGER animator Sushio was confronted by Japanese fans due to endorsing an openly racist far-right politician.
Pokémon TCG Pocket dev requires staff to make “AI prototypes” for every project proposal
DeNA, the developer behind Pokémon TCG Pocket, announced that their staff is required to make AI-assisted prototypes for all their projects.
Sega rhythm game patches out controversial line about “making lots of babies,” meanwhile fans can’t tell if its sexist or an mpreg reference
Sega's CHUNITHM and Ensemble Stars!! collab causes chaos among fans over a patch update fixing line about "making lots of babies."
Earth Defense Force producer has been trying to make a cyborg-girl action game for the past 10 years, and it’s finally here
Earth Defense Force producer Nobuyuki Okajima reveals FULL METAL SCHOOLGIRL is a passion project he's been trying to make for 10 years.