https://automaton-media.com/en/author/emmett-harris/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:51:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/author/emmett-harris/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-pc-98-bishojo-game-that-looks-like-an-otakus-fever-dream-revived-on-steam-with-english-support/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-pc-98-bishojo-game-that-looks-like-an-otakus-fever-dream-revived-on-steam-with-english-support/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69282 Publisher Fakku announced Cocktail Soft's 1992 adventure game Dengeki Nurse for PC (Steam), with English language support. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-pc-98-bishojo-game-that-looks-like-an-otakus-fever-dream-revived-on-steam-with-english-support/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kadokawa-lets-go-of-154-employees-following-call-for-voluntary-early-retirement/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kadokawa-lets-go-of-154-employees-following-call-for-voluntary-early-retirement/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:30:22 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69227 Aiming for a "leaner" organizational structure, Kadokawa will be letting go of over 150 employees who applied for voluntary redundancy.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kadokawa-lets-go-of-154-employees-following-call-for-voluntary-early-retirement/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/even-if-tempest-a-dark-witch-trial-otome-game-with-danganronpa-style-mystery-solving-is-finally-coming-to-pc/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/even-if-tempest-a-dark-witch-trial-otome-game-with-danganronpa-style-mystery-solving-is-finally-coming-to-pc/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:46:56 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69205 even if TEMPEST is a time rewinding, dark fantasy otome game in which you investigate witch trials alongside four handsome partners.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/even-if-tempest-a-dark-witch-trial-otome-game-with-danganronpa-style-mystery-solving-is-finally-coming-to-pc/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-cult-2000s-flip-phone-jrpg-that-did-the-neet-gets-isekaid-plotline-before-it-was-cool-is-now-playable-on-pc-globally/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-cult-2000s-flip-phone-jrpg-that-did-the-neet-gets-isekaid-plotline-before-it-was-cool-is-now-playable-on-pc-globally/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69154 2006 cult JRPG Bravest! has received a full remaster and Steam port, becoming playable again after a long time.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-cult-2000s-flip-phone-jrpg-that-did-the-neet-gets-isekaid-plotline-before-it-was-cool-is-now-playable-on-pc-globally/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bizarre-japanese-property-listing-includes-a-three-story-building-stuffed-with-manga-for-under-12000/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bizarre-japanese-property-listing-includes-a-three-story-building-stuffed-with-manga-for-under-12000/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68962 An old manga library in Japan has been listed on a real estate website for just under $12,000, and it's actually filled with books. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bizarre-japanese-property-listing-includes-a-three-story-building-stuffed-with-manga-for-under-12000/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/pr/this-japanese-visual-novel-is-a-time-bending-mystery-that-offers-a-chilling-look-into-an-ai-dominated-future-a-look-at-dusk-index-gion/ https://automaton-media.com/en/pr/this-japanese-visual-novel-is-a-time-bending-mystery-that-offers-a-chilling-look-into-an-ai-dominated-future-a-look-at-dusk-index-gion/#respond Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68895 Our impressions of Bushiroad's suspense visual novel Dusk Index: Gion. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/pr/this-japanese-visual-novel-is-a-time-bending-mystery-that-offers-a-chilling-look-into-an-ai-dominated-future-a-look-at-dusk-index-gion/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/zero-programing-required-rpg-development-tool-bakin-gets-live2d-support/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/zero-programing-required-rpg-development-tool-bakin-gets-live2d-support/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:34:17 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68845 SmileBoom's RPG Developer Bakin now has a free Live2D ToolKit for importing Live2D models.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/zero-programing-required-rpg-development-tool-bakin-gets-live2d-support/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/800-dragon-quest-music-box-sells-out-in-less-than-24-hours/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/800-dragon-quest-music-box-sells-out-in-less-than-24-hours/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67956 One of Square Enix's premium pieces of merch for Dragon Quest's 40-year anniversary shocked fans with its price tag, but it didn't stop it from selling out.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/800-dragon-quest-music-box-sells-out-in-less-than-24-hours/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/jirai-kei-yuri-visual-novel-menhera-maiden-puts-you-at-the-mercy-of-three-landmine-girls-as-an-international-student-researching-japanese-culture/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/jirai-kei-yuri-visual-novel-menhera-maiden-puts-you-at-the-mercy-of-three-landmine-girls-as-an-international-student-researching-japanese-culture/#comments Fri, 01 May 2026 02:41:59 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66016 Menhera Maiden, the debut title from developer MOONHERA, is a yuri romance where all the heroines are jirai-kei menhera girls. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/jirai-kei-yuri-visual-novel-menhera-maiden-puts-you-at-the-mercy-of-three-landmine-girls-as-an-international-student-researching-japanese-culture/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-psychological-horror-visual-novel-lets-you-step-into-the-role-of-a-teacher-visiting-the-homes-of-mentally-unstable-hikikomori-girls-in-your-class/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-psychological-horror-visual-novel-lets-you-step-into-the-role-of-a-teacher-visiting-the-homes-of-mentally-unstable-hikikomori-girls-in-your-class/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65932 The psychological horror visual novel Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster is set to be released on Steam sometime later this year.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-psychological-horror-visual-novel-lets-you-step-into-the-role-of-a-teacher-visiting-the-homes-of-mentally-unstable-hikikomori-girls-in-your-class/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-prefecture-in-japan-will-offer-single-people-money-to-use-matchmaking-apps/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-prefecture-in-japan-will-offer-single-people-money-to-use-matchmaking-apps/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65359 Kochi prefecture, which launched the initiative, is one of the least populous prefectures in Japan.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-prefecture-in-japan-will-offer-single-people-money-to-use-matchmaking-apps/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/tomonobu-itagakis-former-collaborator-reminisces-about-the-late-game-creators-life-including-that-one-time-they-were-held-at-gunpoint-by-the-los-angeles-police/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/tomonobu-itagakis-former-collaborator-reminisces-about-the-late-game-creators-life-including-that-one-time-they-were-held-at-gunpoint-by-the-los-angeles-police/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=64979 In a recent interview Kengo Aoki shares some of his memories with late Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden director Tomonobu Itagaki.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/tomonobu-itagakis-former-collaborator-reminisces-about-the-late-game-creators-life-including-that-one-time-they-were-held-at-gunpoint-by-the-los-angeles-police/feed/ 0