Konami enters global partnership with Major League Baseball to bring baseball videogames to a bigger audience
New global partnership agreement between Konami and MLB centers on the mobile game eBaseball: MLB PRO SPIRIT.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Verity Townsend
Automaton West Editor and translator. She has a soft spot for old-school Sierra adventure games and Final Fantasy VIII (yes, 8!). Can often be found hunting down weird forgotten games and finding out everything about them. Frequently muses about characters and lines from Metal Gear Solid and Disco Elysium. Aims to keep Automaton fresh and interesting with a wide variety of articles.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth CGI studio forms alliance with Visions of Mana co-director’s new company Studio Sasanqua
Kenji Ozawa's Studio Sasanqua has formed a business partnership with experienced CGI and video production company Glitz Visuals.
Team Ninja recommends removing Ninja Gaiden 2 Black’s entire HUD to make the difficulty even more extreme
Here's how to play Ninja Gaiden 2 Black in the most hardcore way- "with only your Ninja senses on Master Ninja difficulty."
Having a Nintendo Switch logo in your game’s YouTube trailer boosts views big time, Japanese dev finds. But does it translate to sales?
Japanese indie game brand ANMC, known for Moonless Moon, has noticed that the Nintendo Switch logo majorly boosts their YouTube views.
“This wasn’t something Capcom forced me to do” Mega Man 2 creator talks about why the game was made in only three months
Akira Kitamura sheds light on the super-short development of Mega Man 2, giving insight into the young Capcom team's aims and inspirations.
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi talks about his decision to leave Bandai Namco and the inspiration behind his new game
"I thought if I could develop games with more people from other countries, I would be able to get ideas from different perspectives," says Takahashi.
Ender Magnolia devs removed contact damage in response to player feedback: “It felt unconvincing to take damage just from bumping into an enemy”
Lead designer Yasuhiro Yokoyama gives insight into Ender Lilies' contact damage, and its removal from the sequel Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist.
Ender Lilies and Ender Magnolia were inspired by the director’s desire for a new Vanillaware game
Ender series director Keisuke Okabe reveals how his love for Vanillaware games like Odin's Sphere influenced Ender Lilies and Ender Magnolia.
Atelier Yumia demo’s motion sickness-inducing camera effects to be patched out in full release, says Koei Tecmo
Koei Tecmo's quick move to address common player issues with the Atelier Yumia demo has been praised by the community.
Anime figure and model kit maker Kotobukiya opens official US online store
Good news for game/anime figure and model kit collectors stateside- Kotobukiya now has an official online storefront in the US.
FromSoftware adds three classic Armored Core games to PlayStation Store
Armored Core (1997), Armored Core: Project Phantasma (1997) and Armored Core: Master of Arena (1999) are now playable on PS4 and PS5.
Japan reveals the top 10 anime adaptions of manga that people want to see in 2025
The 2025 results for the annual Japanese poll of manga people most want to see made into anime are in- with Nue’s Exorcist taking the top spot.