Hideaki Fujiwara

Hideaki Fujiwara

Automaton Japan Deputy Editor-in-Chief. Voracious gamer who plays everything. Loved Titanfall 2 and has been playing Apex Legends since its launch.

The Dark Souls Camera app sees a resurgence in Japan

Despite six years having passed since Bandai Namco Entertainment and FromSoftware released the Dark Souls Camera mobile app in 2016, it has seen a recent surge in popularity here in Japan. Dark Souls Camera is an app for iOS and Android that lets users create Dark Souls themed photos.

Japanese ice cream brand Pino releases an official otome dating sim

Pino are bite-sized pieces of vanilla ice cream covered in a chocolate coating. In Pino Koi, there’s a character with a giant Pino for a head that looks to be a male high school student. Players talk to the Pino guy to raise their affection levels with the goal of falling in love.

Splatoon 3’s QR codes on in-game illustrations cause concern among players

Splatoon 3’s QR codes on in-game illustrations cause concern among players. As for why there’s been concern over these messages with QR codes, there was a message gaining attention in Japan the other day that contained an image of a famous actor with a QR code next to it, although the link appears to not have been dangerous.