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Game DevelopmentInterviewsNews2025-09-23 02:00How to make a hit visual novel? Getting intimate with your fans is the key, say Urban Myth Dissolution Center and Gnosia devs Đorđe PNews (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2025-09-19 22:00Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma’s developers looked to other life simulator games to improve playability and minimize tedious gameplayĐorđe PNews (Japan-related)
Game DevelopmentInterviews2025-09-18 22:00Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma’s devs set out to rectify the series’ buggy reputation with the mindset “we’re not releasing a day-one patch” Amber VNews (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2025-09-17 22:00Rune Factory devs see the series’ “final form” as a game you can keep living in foreverĐorđe PNews (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2025-09-17 00:01Remake of 23-year-old romance visual novel D.C Re:Tune will offer an authentic taste of Japanese culture and school life to global audiencesAmber VNews (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2025-09-16 22:00Rune Factory devs created Guardians of Azuma as a way to experiment with the IP before tackling a new mainline entry Amber VNews (Japan-related)2
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
InterviewsNews2025-09-11 00:01Earning the trust of major Japanese developers like Capcom is not an easy task, but GOG is getting there, one classic at a time. We ask GOG about preservation and censorshipAUTOMATON WESTNews (Global)2
InterviewsNews2025-09-10 01:00Romancing SaGa 2 remake developer Xeen is raising a generation of devs who understand the core strengths of Japanese game makingAUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)
