Game DevelopmentIndie GamesInterviews2025-09-12 23:00Eight years in development and over 1 million units sold. Solo creator of hit survival life sim Dinkum talks development and upcoming Nintendo Switch edition AUTOMATON WEST
Game DevelopmentInterviews2025-09-09 02:00From Trials of Mana to Romancing SaGa 2, Japanese contract developer Xeen has silently become a powerhouse in remake development AUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)2
Game DevelopmentNews2025-09-08 22:00At Nintendo, “every developer is a director.” If you make excuses, you get removed from the team, veteran saysAmber VNews (Japan-related) / Nintendo1
Game DevelopmentNews2025-09-06 01:00Konami’s erasure of P.T. let the indie hit The Exit 8 slip into its place, Hideki Kamiya saysAmber VNews (Japan-related)1
Game DevelopmentNews2025-09-05 22:00“Some of us practically lived at the office.” Sega veteran devs talk about phased out crunch culture and week-long office sleepovers Amber V
Game DevelopmentNews2025-09-04 22:00“We had to make sure you couldn’t run faster than the map could load.” Like a Dragon technical director on the series’ shift to PS3 Amber VNews (Japan-related)
Game DevelopmentNews2025-09-02 22:00Former Devil May Cry director Hideaki Itsuno isn’t making his dream games because “they wouldn’t sell” Amber VNews (Japan-related)8
Game DevelopmentInterviews2025-09-02 17:40Nihon Falcom’s in-house game engine is called “FDK”. We ask CEO Toshihiro Kondo about the technology behind Trails in the Sky 1st ChapterAmber VNews (Japan-related)
Game DevelopmentNews2025-09-01 22:00Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles dev team had to hunt down original source code from fan sites to create the remaster, director says Carlos "Zoto" ZotomayorFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)1
Game DevelopmentNews2025-08-28 02:00Square Enix’s 10-year-old mobile game grew so complex it became difficult to manage without serious bugs, producer reveals Amber VNews (Japan-related)
Game DevelopmentNews2025-08-27 22:00Japan’s gacha game industry in a “sinking Titanic-phase,” developer says. Switching to console game development not an easy solution for many Amber VNews (Japan-related)10
Game DevelopmentInterviews2025-08-27 00:01Japanese no-code RPG engine Bakin makes developing HD-2D style games easy. “Just start making your game and stop overthinking” Aki Nogishi
