This Touhou Project-inspired online arena shooter will be a “bullet-hell battle royale”
Magic Chaos is an upcoming indie Steam release from Japan that combines Touhou Project-style bullet hell with online arena shooters.
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Taijiro Yamanaka
Senior writer for Automaton Japan. Loves gaming news from Japan and abroad. He buys more games than he can physically play, so he spends his days clearing his backlog.
Beloved indie metroidvania series Momodora ends on a high note with Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
Released to positive reviews on January 11, Momodora: Moonlit Farewell has you fighting off demons as magical priestess Momo in the series' final entry.
Adorable hiking-themed deck builder announced by Japanese indie dev
Yamafuda! Summit is an upcoming roguelike deckbuilding card game revolving around hiking. The Japanese indie game will be coming to in 2024.
Nostalgia for childhood games trends with “I grew up on these streets”
The phrase "I grew up on these streets" has been trending on X, as people recall the nostalgic video game towns that shaped their childhoods.
Dead or Alive creator involved in Tekken 8 development
Yohei Shimbori, known as the creator of Koei Tecmo’s Dead or Alive series, revealed that he is currently participating in the development of Tekken 8.
The Exit 8 inspires train-hopping subway escape game Station 5
Station 5 is a upcoming anomaly spotting walking sim set in a creepy deserted subway that is similar to recent indie game hit The Exit 8.
Watch an NPC reality show unfold in this AI-powered life sim
Ememe is an anime-style life sim in which you can "make your own Truman Show" with NPCs, whose words and actions are entirely AI generated.
Surgical horror Steam title Revenge Of The Colon to release in December
Lilou Studios' creepy game Revenge Of The Colon depicts a horrifying week in the life of a top doctor treating patients' nightmarish symptoms.
Steamy roguelike JRPG mixes dungeon crawling and hotspring bathing
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs: The Thrilling Steamy Maze Kiwami is a worldwide PC port of the Japan-exclusive PS4 RPG - complete with sexy anime girls.
Upcoming game engine “Arete Engine” claims to be 1000x faster than Unity, taking optimization out of developers’ hands
San Francisco-based developer Arete Games announced and released the 0.1 version of their Rust-based ECS game engine Arete Engine, which supposedly outperforms conventional engines like Unity greatly.
Develop and debug a game with your BFF in upcoming Japanese indie RPG/visual novel Debug Girl
Debug Girl is an upcoming Japanese RPG/visual novel in which you reunite with an old friend and spend your summer vacation creating a video game together.
Nintendo Switch puzzle game Suika Game breaks US best-seller ranking as soon as it releases
The Nintendo Switch puzzle game Suika Game ranked No. 1 in the US Nintendo eShop as soon as it released internationally, overtaking Among us and Stardew Valley.