https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:52:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/where-the-seeds-fall-began-as-a-standout-entry-in-cygames-internal-game-development-competition-we-talk-to-the-devs-about-designing-a-game-around-the-fear-of-descending-from-great-heights/ https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/where-the-seeds-fall-began-as-a-standout-entry-in-cygames-internal-game-development-competition-we-talk-to-the-devs-about-designing-a-game-around-the-fear-of-descending-from-great-heights/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73882 Interview with Shuichiro Hamada, producer of Where the Seeds Fall at CygamesEdge.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/where-the-seeds-fall-began-as-a-standout-entry-in-cygames-internal-game-development-competition-we-talk-to-the-devs-about-designing-a-game-around-the-fear-of-descending-from-great-heights/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/pocketpair-shares-stance-on-palworld-spin-off-games-and-why-a-live-service-format-with-tons-of-dlc-is-not-the-right-way-forward-for-us/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/pocketpair-shares-stance-on-palworld-spin-off-games-and-why-a-live-service-format-with-tons-of-dlc-is-not-the-right-way-forward-for-us/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:08:29 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73776 Pocketpair’s monster-taming survival title Palworld has been a sensation ever since its Early Access launch in 2024, and continues to enjoy popularity among gamers following its recent 1.0 launch. The company has since expanded its horizons, launching its own indie game publishing division called Pocketpair Publishing in January 2025, and Palworld’s own official TCG in August 2026. While the Palworld IP is also set to expand through spin-off games like Palworld: Palfarm and Pal♡world! ~More Than Just Pals~, the developers aren’t necessarily keen on continuing to expand Palworld itself in a live-service fashion. In a recent interview with MP1st, John “Bucky” Buckley, Pocketpair’s Head of Publishing and Communications, shared the […]]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/pocketpair-shares-stance-on-palworld-spin-off-games-and-why-a-live-service-format-with-tons-of-dlc-is-not-the-right-way-forward-for-us/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/what-are-the-indispensable-elements-crazy-taxi-world-tour-inherits-developers-talk-about-the-importance-of-music-balancing-freedom-map-design/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/what-are-the-indispensable-elements-crazy-taxi-world-tour-inherits-developers-talk-about-the-importance-of-music-balancing-freedom-map-design/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73589 Interview with Crazy Taxi: World Tour creative producer Kenji Kanno and Director Yo Momotani (Part 2).]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/what-are-the-indispensable-elements-crazy-taxi-world-tour-inherits-developers-talk-about-the-importance-of-music-balancing-freedom-map-design/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/former-capcom-developer-says-years-of-extreme-crunch-culture-are-part-of-why-japans-game-industry-has-so-few-female-directors/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/former-capcom-developer-says-years-of-extreme-crunch-culture-are-part-of-why-japans-game-industry-has-so-few-female-directors/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:52:57 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73465 Masakazu Sugimori, known for his work on Ace Attorney and Viewtiful Joe's music, recently talked about the lack of female directors in Japan's game industry.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/former-capcom-developer-says-years-of-extreme-crunch-culture-are-part-of-why-japans-game-industry-has-so-few-female-directors/feed/ 7 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-developer-alleges-unpaid-outsourcing-fees-for-4-games-drove-his-company-into-financial-ruin-with-70-employees-laid-off/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-developer-alleges-unpaid-outsourcing-fees-for-4-games-drove-his-company-into-financial-ruin-with-70-employees-laid-off/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:03:51 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73450 The CEO of Tokyo-based software developer OGIX recently blew the whistle on domestic mobile game company Poppin Games over unpaid dev fees.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-developer-alleges-unpaid-outsourcing-fees-for-4-games-drove-his-company-into-financial-ruin-with-70-employees-laid-off/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/capcom-now-has-a-dedicated-team-for-bringing-latest-re-engine-technologies-to-character-creation-across-all-of-its-games/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/capcom-now-has-a-dedicated-team-for-bringing-latest-re-engine-technologies-to-character-creation-across-all-of-its-games/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73378 During the CAPCOM Open Conference RE:2026, Hiroyuki Chi revealed details about the company's recently established cross-functional team. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/capcom-now-has-a-dedicated-team-for-bringing-latest-re-engine-technologies-to-character-creation-across-all-of-its-games/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stranger-than-heaven-developers-about-breaking-away-from-action-game-conventions-why-it-isnt-a-like-a-dragon-entry-and-making-long-games/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stranger-than-heaven-developers-about-breaking-away-from-action-game-conventions-why-it-isnt-a-like-a-dragon-entry-and-making-long-games/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=73054 An interview with 5 key members of Stranger Than Heaven's development team.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stranger-than-heaven-developers-about-breaking-away-from-action-game-conventions-why-it-isnt-a-like-a-dragon-entry-and-making-long-games/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/wo-long-2-wings-of-ember-developers-on-switching-to-an-open-field-design-making-combat-more-acrobatic-and-lessons-learned-from-the-first-game/ https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/wo-long-2-wings-of-ember-developers-on-switching-to-an-open-field-design-making-combat-more-acrobatic-and-lessons-learned-from-the-first-game/#respond Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:41:04 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72880 Interview with Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember producer Masakazu Hirayama and development producer Masaaki Yamagiwa.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/wo-long-2-wings-of-ember-developers-on-switching-to-an-open-field-design-making-combat-more-acrobatic-and-lessons-learned-from-the-first-game/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/we-could-only-pay-salaries-for-about-three-months-shift-up-ceo-talks-about-stellar-blades-difficult-development-and-facing-rejection-from-investors/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/we-could-only-pay-salaries-for-about-three-months-shift-up-ceo-talks-about-stellar-blades-difficult-development-and-facing-rejection-from-investors/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:05:07 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72791 The director says that for a time, he had doubts about developing a game like Stellar Blade in Korea.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/we-could-only-pay-salaries-for-about-three-months-shift-up-ceo-talks-about-stellar-blades-difficult-development-and-facing-rejection-from-investors/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/dragons-dogma-2s-major-convenience-updates-were-added-knowing-theyd-draw-divided-reactions-dark-arisen-developers-talk-design-philosophy/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/dragons-dogma-2s-major-convenience-updates-were-added-knowing-theyd-draw-divided-reactions-dark-arisen-developers-talk-design-philosophy/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:41:30 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72777 Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen devs talk about the importance of "increasing choices" amidst polarized demands from players.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/dragons-dogma-2s-major-convenience-updates-were-added-knowing-theyd-draw-divided-reactions-dark-arisen-developers-talk-design-philosophy/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/background-and-prop-artists-assistant-programmers-cited-as-game-industry-jobs-most-impacted-by-generative-ai-in-japan/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/background-and-prop-artists-assistant-programmers-cited-as-game-industry-jobs-most-impacted-by-generative-ai-in-japan/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:53:08 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72696 Hiraku Agent suggests that demand may be declining for "basic" tasks and work that has traditionally been handled by younger or less-experienced creators,]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/background-and-prop-artists-assistant-programmers-cited-as-game-industry-jobs-most-impacted-by-generative-ai-in-japan/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/over-85-of-japanese-game-developers-use-generative-ai-in-game-development-2026-cesa-survey-shows-an-increase-from-last-years-51/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/over-85-of-japanese-game-developers-use-generative-ai-in-game-development-2026-cesa-survey-shows-an-increase-from-last-years-51/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:45:07 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=72691 CESA is the organizer of Tokyo Game Show.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/over-85-of-japanese-game-developers-use-generative-ai-in-game-development-2026-cesa-survey-shows-an-increase-from-last-years-51/feed/ 25