VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Verity Townsend
Automation 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.
Earth Defense Force 6 doubles predecessor’s peak player count in just one day
Releasing on July 25, Earth Defense Force 6 has surpassed over 17,000 concurrent players on Steam in just a day, more than double EDF5's peak
Veteran Capcom game music composer takes TikTok by storm, composing tracks in 5 minutes
TikToker revealed to be Mega Man music composer Harumi Fujita cooks up tunes in the style of well-known game franchises in just 5 minutes.
FromSoftware’s Armored Core 6 surpasses 3 million copies sold worldwide in under a year
Since it's August 2023 release, Armored Core 6 has become the best selling entry in the mech action game series Armored Core by a long shot
An impressive 16% of Rise of the Ronin players have collected all 100 cats
Cuddling all the cute cats in Rise of the Ronin has become quite an attraction for players seeking a purrfect playthrough.
Nintendo’s surprise title The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club tops Japan’s preorder charts
The first new title in Nintendo’s Famicom Detective Club series in 35 years, Emio- The Smiling Man has you investigating a grisly murder
Is Silent Hill creator’s upcoming Slitterhead horror? Action? Developers discuss genre and what awaits players
We spoke to Slitterhead director Keiichiro Toyama, composer Akira Yamaoka and character designer Tatsuya Yoshikawa to find out more.
Koei Tecmo’s Representative Director sets up fund to support children from single mother households
Koei Tecmo's Keiko Erikawa sets up scholarship fund help children from low income households in Japan to pursue higher education.
Ubisoft agrees to remove flag from Assassin’s Creed Shadows artbook, issues overall message to Japanese community
Ubisoft will remove the Sekigahara Teppo-tai historical re-enactment group's flag from it's Assassin's Creed Shadows' artbook
Square’s Chrono Trigger almost had a fighting game, according to veteran dev Seiichi Ishii
A desire to work with Akira Toriyama’s character designs almost led the Tekken creator to make a Chrono Trigger 3D beat’em up...
Konami’s new Shohei Ohtani tie-in baseball game under fire for game-breaking bugs
Rampant bugs mean that Konami's Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 isn't the big hitter Shohei Ohtani fans were hoping for right out of the box
Visions of Mana: details on new characters, class switching and Elemental gameplay
New insights into Visions of Mana's elemental, class switching gameplay and the characters the party meets on their journey to the Mana Tree
Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano’s Kickstarter for first European exhibition reaches target in just 3 hours
A Kickstarter for a retrospective art exhibition in Italy celebrating Yoshitaka Amano has already surpassed its 50,000 euro goal.
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess gets traditional Japanese puppet show prequel
Capcom collaborates with Japan's National Bunraku Theater to give its new game Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess a puppet play prequel.
Unreal Engine 5 has tremendous potential as an anime production tool, according to Japanese studio
Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab give insight into how they used Unreal Engine 5 in the production of their anime I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince
Protect a birthday cake from a crowded Japanese station in this hyperactive sidescroller
Coming to Early Access on July 19, The Cake is a quirky action game from Japanese developer Racjin, known for some of the Bomberman games.
New Pokémon Sleep study shows that Germans get the most sleep, while Japanese get the least
The Pokémon Company's new study using data from 7 million Pokémon Sleep app users gives insight into average sleeping hours by country
Japan mod for Euro Truck Simulator 2 goes viral for crazy level of realism
The Project Japan mod for Euro Truck Simulator 2 has impressed Japanese netizens by how close it is to actually driving a truck in Japan
Nikke jiggly butt physics perfectly recreated by model kit enthusiast… with a twist
Goddess of Victory: Nikke is known for its curvy anime girls. One model maker recently recreated the game's bouncing butts using a Gundam kit
DoDonPachi series developer Cave sees 527％ yearly profit increase in video game sector
Touhou Project game and Monster Strike perform strongly for renowned bullet hell shooter developer Cave in their 2024 fiscal year.
Square Enix’s new book explains AI usage in game development, features Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Square Enix's AI Division have compiled a comprehensive book on AI usage in games, featuring examples from Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.
(UPDATE) Ubisoft’s apology for stolen imagery in Assassin’s Creed Shadows followed by further call for revision of Collector’s Edition artbook
After apologizing, Ubisoft is being petitioned to remove re-enactment group's flag from Assassin's Creed Shadows Collector's Edition artbook
Oshi no Ko anime studio Doga Kobo acquired by Kadokawa
The anime studio behind global hit series Oshi no Ko and Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian has become part of the Kadokawa Group.