{"id":2,"date":"2023-11-10T11:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T11:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startersites.io\/blocksy\/daily-news\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T00:59:22","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"gspb_heading-id-gsbp-ad05b35\" class=\"gspb_heading gspb_heading-id-gsbp-ad05b35 \">About Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"gspb_text-id-gsbp-fe37e27\" class=\"gspb_text gspb_text-id-gsbp-fe37e27 \">AUTOMATON is a website that publishes a wide variety of video game-related content, with a focus on Japanese gaming news. The Japanese version of AUTOMATON went live in June 2014. 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