Interviews2026-09-25 12:03Former Vanillaware veteran Takafumi Noma on new action RPG DAWNGAZER and building a transmedia fantasy IP that will “accommodate all kinds of stories and forms of gameplay”AUTOMATON WEST
Game DevelopmentInterviews2026-09-24 18:41Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember developers on switching to an open-field design, making combat more acrobatic, and lessons learned from the first gameTakayuki Sawahata
InterviewsNews2026-09-24 15:19Astrae Oratio developers detail combat system, including Street Fighter and Persona influences, during TGS 2026 media sessionTakayuki Sawahata
Interviews2026-09-22 20:06Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance developers talk about revisiting “lessons learned from Wilds,” making Boost Bracers work across 14 weapon types, and evolving returning monstersAUTOMATON WEST
Game DevelopmentInterviews2026-09-22 13:41Dragon’s Dogma 2’s major convenience updates were added knowing they’d draw divided reactions. Dark Arisen developers talk design philosophyAUTOMATON WEST
Interviews2026-09-18 13:20Crazy Taxi: World Tour devs on the “miraculous” timing that revived the series after 25 years and the challenge of making a modern console game that still feels like Crazy TaxiAUTOMATON WEST
Interviews2026-09-16 22:00Ninjala 2: The Uncharted Planet developers talk about huge shift to open-world PvE, preserving “high-mobility” ninja gameplay, and why the sequel isn’t a live-service gameAUTOMATON WEST
InterviewsNews2026-09-16 09:50Another Eden Begins dev says Chrono Trigger fans should find much of scenario writer Masato Kato’s signature depth and complexity in the new JRPGAUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)
Interviews2026-09-15 14:39Steam Frame developer interview: standalone VR gaming, making Half-Life: Alyx work, APK support, and future SteamOS ambitionsNobuaki Shibuya
Game DevelopmentInterviews2026-09-15 09:56Another Eden Begins was rebuilt from scratch in a new engine so the 10-year-old RPG could live on beyond its service. “We want gamers who hate gacha to try it,” devs sayAUTOMATON WEST2
Game DevelopmentInterviewsNews2026-09-14 22:00Another Eden Begins dev wasn’t surprised by FF Resonance and Octopath Traveler 0 making the same move from live-service to console RPGs. “We’re all thinking the same way”Amber VNews (Japan-related)2
InterviewsNews2026-09-08 22:00Denshattack!’s soundtrack was “like trying to turn a train station into music”. We talk to composer Tee Lopes about the creative processGenkiNews (Japan-related)
