https://automaton-media.com/en/author/taijiro-yamanaka/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:45:45 +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/taijiro-yamanaka/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/indie-publisher-says-offering-a-paid-game-for-free-for-4-days-brought-in-250000-in-revenue-on-steam-the-key-is-dlc/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/indie-publisher-says-offering-a-paid-game-for-free-for-4-days-brought-in-250000-in-revenue-on-steam-the-key-is-dlc/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:45:42 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65283 The CEO of indie game publisher tinyBuild has shared the impressive results of a four-day free givaway campaign for Graveyard Keeper.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/indie-publisher-says-offering-a-paid-game-for-free-for-4-days-brought-in-250000-in-revenue-on-steam-the-key-is-dlc/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/steams-updated-pricing-tools-could-push-game-prices-in-japan-higher-with-weak-yen-reflected/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/steams-updated-pricing-tools-could-push-game-prices-in-japan-higher-with-weak-yen-reflected/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=64372 Valve has announced an update to Steam’s pricing conversion tools for game developers, and it looks like games in Japan might be getting pricier.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/steams-updated-pricing-tools-could-push-game-prices-in-japan-higher-with-weak-yen-reflected/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/valve-announces-new-standalone-vr-headset-steam-frame-compatible-with-both-vr-and-non-vr-games/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/valve-announces-new-standalone-vr-headset-steam-frame-compatible-with-both-vr-and-non-vr-games/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=53827 Valve has announced its own VR headset called the Steam Frame. It works as a standalone device, with no gaming PC needed.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/valve-announces-new-standalone-vr-headset-steam-frame-compatible-with-both-vr-and-non-vr-games/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/valve-announces-new-steam-controller-model-featuring-steam-deck-style-trackpads-and-proprietary-wireless-connection/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/valve-announces-new-steam-controller-model-featuring-steam-deck-style-trackpads-and-proprietary-wireless-connection/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=53833 Valve has announced a brand new model of its Steam Controller, equipped with trackpads much like the Steam Deck.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/valve-announces-new-steam-controller-model-featuring-steam-deck-style-trackpads-and-proprietary-wireless-connection/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/valves-brand-new-steam-machine-is-a-gaming-pc-six-times-more-powerful-than-the-steam-deck/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/valves-brand-new-steam-machine-is-a-gaming-pc-six-times-more-powerful-than-the-steam-deck/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=53843 The brand-new model of Valve's Steam Machine will be available for purchase in early 2026; more details coming soon.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/valves-brand-new-steam-machine-is-a-gaming-pc-six-times-more-powerful-than-the-steam-deck/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kirby-air-riders-appears-to-use-bandai-namco-studios-new-in-house-engine-sol-aves/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kirby-air-riders-appears-to-use-bandai-namco-studios-new-in-house-engine-sol-aves/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:04:52 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=53745 According to Kirby Air Riders' Intellectual Property Notices, the game was made using Bandai Namco Studio's in-house engine SOL-AVES.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kirby-air-riders-appears-to-use-bandai-namco-studios-new-in-house-engine-sol-aves/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/12-people-arrested-in-japan-over-fraudulent-in-game-currency-purchases-in-sega-and-square-enix-games/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/12-people-arrested-in-japan-over-fraudulent-in-game-currency-purchases-in-sega-and-square-enix-games/#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:01:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=49632 The 12 people arrested were online game users who hired “microtransaction brokers” through an RMT website to obtain in-game money for them.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/12-people-arrested-in-japan-over-fraudulent-in-game-currency-purchases-in-sega-and-square-enix-games/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switchs-infamous-hentai-girls-series-gets-renamed-due-to-possible-shadowban-by-eshop/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switchs-infamous-hentai-girls-series-gets-renamed-due-to-possible-shadowban-by-eshop/#respond Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:30:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=49229 "Hentai Girls" for the Nintendo Switch gets renamed to "Kawaii Girls" as the games stopped appearing in Switch 2's new releases section.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switchs-infamous-hentai-girls-series-gets-renamed-due-to-possible-shadowban-by-eshop/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/silent-hill-f-ban-in-australia-retracted-age-rating-up-for-review-again/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/silent-hill-f-ban-in-australia-retracted-age-rating-up-for-review-again/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:09:12 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=46004 The Australian Classification Board has retracted its "Refused Classification” rating of Konami's Silent Hill f.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/silent-hill-f-ban-in-australia-retracted-age-rating-up-for-review-again/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/it-used-to-sell-only-70-copies-a-month-the-house-in-fata-morgana-creator-touched-as-the-game-sells-10000-copies-in-a-single-week-years-after-launch/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/it-used-to-sell-only-70-copies-a-month-the-house-in-fata-morgana-creator-touched-as-the-game-sells-10000-copies-in-a-single-week-years-after-launch/#respond Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:19:24 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=45917 The House in Fata Morgana creator Keika Hanada shares an important milestone, thanking players for spreading word about the game.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/it-used-to-sell-only-70-copies-a-month-the-house-in-fata-morgana-creator-touched-as-the-game-sells-10000-copies-in-a-single-week-years-after-launch/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hit-visual-novel-pulled-from-japanese-nintendo-switch-store-only-four-days-after-launch-as-age-rating-is-brought-into-question/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hit-visual-novel-pulled-from-japanese-nintendo-switch-store-only-four-days-after-launch-as-age-rating-is-brought-into-question/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2025 02:49:36 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=45721 The dark visual novel game The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty was suddenly suspended from the Japanese Switch store due to a revision of its age rating.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hit-visual-novel-pulled-from-japanese-nintendo-switch-store-only-four-days-after-launch-as-age-rating-is-brought-into-question/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-eshop-seemingly-takes-action-against-notorious-hentai-puzzle-games/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-eshop-seemingly-takes-action-against-notorious-hentai-puzzle-games/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2025 03:37:23 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=45183 A bunch of suggestive puzzle games like Hentai Girls and Hentai Golf have had their alternative DLC editions delisted from the Nintendo eShop.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-eshop-seemingly-takes-action-against-notorious-hentai-puzzle-games/feed/ 1