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VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Đorđe P
Automaton West Editor
The Silent Hill series is like good-old soy sauce ramen, producer says. Adding Ryukishi07’s rich and dramatic writing to it required immense care
Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto talks about the challenges he faced when incorporating Ryukishi07's writing in the latest series title.
Silent Hill f’s success was helped greatly by memes, fanart and theories it inspired, devs say. A new approach to writing characters unlocked potential for virality
Silent Hill f director Motoi Okamoto and writer Ryukishi07 talk about how the game's character-driven narrative helped attract a large fan community.
Trails in the Sky the 3rd or from Zero could be next in line for a full remake, but the devs are torn about what order to go in, Nihon Falcom CEO says
In a recent interview, Nihon Falcom CEO Toshihiro Kondo talked about future Trails series remakes potentially coming after 2nd Chapter.
Sega is aware its past “definitive version” releases could be deterring players from buying games at launch
Sega’s full-price games aren’t selling much compared to how highly they’re rated, and the company cites "definitive editions" as one of the possible reasons.
Bandai Namco Filmworks to fight Japan’s chronic animator shortage with in-house anime schools
Bandai Namco Filmworks recently disclosed their new midterm strategy for combating Japan's chronic animator shortage.
Tokyo Xanadu was always supposed to get a sequel, but Nihon Falcom was too busy developing Trails, says president Toshihiro Kondo
In an interview about the upcoming Xanadu title, Toshihiro Kondo revealed why it took so long for Nihon Falcom to start working on a sequel.
Magical Girl Witch Trials developer preparing for North American expansion as the “Overwhelmingly Positive” title sells over 200,000 copies on Steam
In a recent interview, Magical Girl Witch Trials developers shared that they are making preparations to promote the title in North America.
Steins;Gate Re:Boot postponed for 2026. New artwork and gameplay stills revealed, more details coming this November
Steins;Gate Re:Boot, the remastered version of Mages' flagship visual novel, will have its released postponed for 2026.
More than 70% of gacha and live-service games in Japan get discontinued before their third year, gacha game researcher finds
According a database recording almost 2,200 different live-service games, more than 70% of titles ended services before their third year.
NieR: Automata creator Yoko Taro says he’s actually been working on a lot of projects recently, it’s just that they got cancelled midway
NieR series creator Yoko Taro reveals that he's hasn't been able to announce any projects due to them getting cancelled midway.
Disgaea’s new 3D action spin-off was not easy to develop, and it won’t be easy to play, but at least you can deal “quadrillions in damage”
Kyouran Makaism developers recently shared some more info on the game, including the overall difficulty level and crazy damage scaling.