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
InterviewsNews2025-08-20 02:00AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES series producer’s policy is not to touch the work of the director and writers. His role is to give input from the “perspective of a player”Đorđe PNews (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2025-08-16 05:00Spike Chunsoft is in no rush to expand its overseas publishing. Long-term connections and a strong Japanese market are priorities, says executiveAUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)
Game DevelopmentInterviews2025-08-16 01:00Danganronpa’s creator wasn’t sure if anyone would partner with him to publish SHUTEN ORDER, his new visual novel “built around religious cults and dismemberment” AUTOMATON WEST
InterviewsNews2025-08-15 02:00AI: The Somnium Files’ first entry didn’t sell well at launch, but Spike Chunsoft made the call to keep pursuing the IP. Series producer tells us why Amber VNews (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2025-08-13 00:01What is Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage? We ask the devs why they decided on a new release instead of a port AUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2025-08-06 00:00Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says turn-based RPGs are selling better lately, but the prejudice is still thereAUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)1
InterviewsNews2025-08-01 02:00Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio doesn’t plan on expanding its scale of development. “We’re just the right size for a full-price turn-based RPG”AUTOMATON WESTNews (Global)1
InterviewsNews2025-07-23 04:00Ghost of Yotei’s open-world activities will be less repetitive than Tsushima’s, directors say. “We won’t make the players do the same things over and over again”AUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)2
Interviews2025-07-12 01:00AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES’ creator knew “everyone’s been wanting to play an escape game,” and No Sleep For Kaname Date leverages Zero Escape know-how to scratch that itch AUTOMATON WESTNews (Japan-related)
Indie GamesInterviewsNews2025-06-24 00:01Meet the creepiest publisher in indie games. Critical Reflex are “midwives bringing monsters into the world,” backing projects no one dares to touch AUTOMATON WEST
InterviewsNews2025-06-20 01:00Atelier Resleriana will take “completely different direction from Yumia,” bringing back classic mechanics of Atelier Sophie 2, devs sayĐorđe PNews (Japan-related)
