https://automaton-media.com/en/author/tamio-kimura/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Thu, 25 Jan 2024 03:30:01 +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/tamio-kimura/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20240125-26135/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20240125-26135/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2024 03:30:01 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=26135 Otome romance simulation game Love and Deepspace has drawn attention for its surprising sci-fi action combat system as well as its hot guys]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20240125-26135/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230110-25297/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230110-25297/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2024 04:31:18 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=25297 Japanese game developer STP WORKS shares a bit of trivia about their Pusher Friends series games that tells of a possible tendency in idle game development.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230110-25297/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20231011-22234/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:52:11 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=22234 Marvelous, the publisher of the Story of Seasons farming simulation series, received a Letter of Appreciation from a Japanese agricultural association after a youth decided to take up farming influenced by the games.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230607-19378/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230607-19378/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:56:32 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=19378 Porhythm, the official rhythm game of Japan's Metropolitan Police Department has recently gone viral for it's unexpected difficulty.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230607-19378/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230601-19280/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230601-19280/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 03:54:37 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=19280 Japanese game developer Vanpool announced that the company is dissolved as of May 31. They worked on Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland and several Kirby titles.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230601-19280/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230516-18913/ Tue, 16 May 2023 07:56:17 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=18913 David Wise, composer famous for the Donkey Kong Country 2 OST, shares insights about his creative process in an interview with a Japanese comedy duo.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/20230425-18610/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:05:32 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=18610 Fight Crab developer recently posted a video of a prototype of a sea lion fighting game. The video features sea lions holding swords in their mouths and fighting in a ring.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230417-18486/ Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:56:55 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=18486 Japanese game developer historia has released a map code for LAVA DEATH RUN, a game made with Unreal Editor for Fornite.]]>