Nihon Falcom share price rises following founder’s death
The death of Nihon Falcom founder and major shareholder Masayuki Kato has prompted the share price of the Ys and Trails developer to rise.
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.
Japanese convenience store gives Donkey Kong Country Returns HD buyers a real banana
Those who buy the upcoming Switch game Donkey Kong Country Returns HD at Lawson stores in Japan get a surprise potassium-packed snack.
Okami sequel developer CLOVERS aims to maintain independence from investors and prioritize uninterrupted creativity, explains Hideki Kamiya
Okami and Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya and Kenta Koyama reveal how they set up new studio CLOVERS to make unique, highly creative games.
Tales of Festival 2025 new information revealed, including line-up and ticket details
Tales of Fest 2025 will be held on June 7 and 8 at Yokohama Arena. New info, including which voice actors will appear, has just been revealed
Pokémon cards are so valuable that criminals are using them to launder dirty money, Japanese media reports
Criminals are using ingenious methods to find Pokémon card packs containing rares and then reselling them to launder money.
Tales of series fans can expect “consistent” releases of new remasters, says producer
Tales of series general producer Yusuke Tomizawa confirms that the team plans to consistently release remasters “for as long as we can.”
Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says his creativity “would have died” had he continued to work at PlatinumGames
Now hard at work on a sequel to Okami, Hideki Kamiya reveals why he left PlatinumGames, why he was unemployed for a year, and how his new company CLOVERS was created.
Japanese developer records miraculous 6214% profit growth thanks to explosive success of Gakuen Idolmaster
Gakuen Idolmaster dev QualiArts sees profits soar thanks to the runaway success of the idol-raising, Slay the Spire style deck builder.
(UPDATED) Visa payment suspended on legal dating site for otaku, prompting response from Japanese politician
Japanese Diet member Taro Yamada criticizes sudden bans by international payment processors that impact legally operating companies and their customers.
Sega is changing its global strategy to become an IP powerhouse, reviving dormant franchises and aggressively pursuing transmedia projects
Sega shared insight into their new global strategy- to make Sega a global company again by harnessing the power of their beloved IPs.
Elden Ring Nightreign announcement sends Bandai Namco stock price soaring
Today's reveal of FromSoftware's Elden Ring spin-off Elden Ring Nightreign increased investor confidence in publisher Bandai Namco.
Okami to get surprise sequel co-developed by original team and helmed by Hideki Kamiya
A sequel to 2006 cult classic Okami was unexpectedly revealed at The Game Awards 2024- along with a stunning teaser trailer.