Game DevelopmentInterviews2025-12-02 22:00The Like a Dragon series still can’t be called mainstream in the West, developers say. “There’s an audience, but we still have a long way to go” AUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)
Game DevelopmentInterviews2025-12-02 00:01New VIRTUA FIGHTER Project is fully aiming for GOTY. A game that’s “fundamentally fun,” beyond the confines of the fighting game niche AUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)1
Interviews2025-11-29 00:01“Like that one JRPG vocal finale song that has stuck with you for 20 years.” Octopath Traveler 0 devs on creating an ending theme befitting of a 100-hour game Amber VNews (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2025-11-28 01:00Arknights: Endfield draws influence from a variety of “classics,” from Factorio and Satisfactory to Death Stranding. “We didn’t want to simply ride a trend”Ayuo KawaseNews (Global)
InterviewsNews2025-11-27 22:00“Console game music is full-course dining; live-service music is delicious fast food.” Octopath Traveler 0 devs on creating the game’s addictive soundtrack Amber VNews (Japan-related)
Game DevelopmentInterviews2025-11-26 23:00“Interrupting gameplay for visual flair is unacceptable in a fighting game.” New VIRTUA FIGTHER Project producer talks about the title’s pursuit of “reality” AUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)1
Interviews2025-11-26 22:00“It wouldn’t have been possible anywhere but Japan.” COVER talks about hololive’s tight ties to Japanese game development and anime productionAUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2025-11-25 23:00Arknights: Endfield is a long and complex game releasing in an era of quick and easy entertainment, but the developers know there’s a demand Ayuo KawaseNews (Global)1
Interviews2025-11-25 22:00Not quite a game, not a typical metaverse. What exactly is hololive production’s open-world virtual platform Holoearth? AUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)
Game DevelopmentInterviews2025-11-25 15:25Rune Factory 4’s creators are doing everything they left undone in their new life sim RPG Farnia Village. We ask them what comes after the massively successful Kickstarter Ayuo KawaseNews (Japan-related)2
Interviews2025-11-23 22:00hololive’s indie publishing label was launched to “return the favor” to game creators. We ask CEO Motoaki Tanigo (YAGOO) about the project AUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)1
Game DevelopmentInterviewsNews2025-11-22 01:00Is Arknights: Endfield an open-world game? The devs say “No, but we won’t get mad if you call it that” Ayuo KawaseNews (Japan-related)
