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
News2025-09-09 00:01Onimusha’s almost 20-year hiatus was caused by a lack of resources as Capcom stretched out its assets across multiple IPs Carlos "Zoto" ZotomayorNews (Japan-related)
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
News2025-09-06 04:00Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s director has a lot of love for the Sega Genesis and other classic consolesCarlos "Zoto" ZotomayorNews (Global) / News (Japan-related)
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
News2025-09-06 00:01“We didn’t want to just nerf the enemies and call it a day.” Onimusha: Way of the Sword devs on designing a story mode that isn’t trivially easy Carlos "Zoto" ZotomayorNews (Japan-related)
News2025-09-05 02:00Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles’ alternative character color schemes were only possible due to a clever workaround from the original game’s graphic systemĐorđe PNews (Japan-related)
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)
News2025-09-04 11:18Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada confirms he will never return as an in-game characterCarlos "Zoto" ZotomayorNews (Japan-related)1
Indie GamesNews2025-09-04 02:00The indie game boom has been propped up by the short-form content culture of TikTok and peoples’ shortening attention spans, Japanese game artist suggestsĐorđe PNews (Japan-related)
News2025-09-04 00:01Nintendo employs surprisingly high ratio of master’s and PhD graduates in Japan, independent research suggests Amber VNews (Japan-related) / Nintendo
News2025-09-03 22:00Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles developers don’t consider the game a remaster nor remake Carlos "Zoto" ZotomayorNews (Japan-related)
