{"id":7,"date":"2023-11-10T11:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T11:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startersites.io\/blocksy\/daily-news\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:58:14","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"AUTOMATON WEST | JAPANESE VIDEOGAME NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sweet Hamster Days developers talk about\u00a0initial\u00a0Steam rejection and how they got the game approved for launch again\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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Crazy hamster POV live-action romance sim Sweet Hamster Days is Kodansha\u2019s bid to\u00a0bring Japanese gravure culture\u00a0into gaming.\u00a0We talk to the\u00a0devs\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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\"Dragon's<\/a>\n\n\n
Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen adds 25+ hours of content after\u00a0nearly two\u00a0years\u00a0in\u00a0development. We talk to the\u00a0devs\u00a0about how the expansion came to be\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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Narcissu creator\u2019s new visual novel Be Missed and Remembered: The Letter from\u00a0Mayoiga\u00a0is a supernatural tale set in Showa-era Japan,\u00a0designed with old-school VN lovers in mind\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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\"Atelier<\/a>\n\n\n
Atelier Karia is Gust\u2019s bid to realize Atelier\u2019s full potential in the age of free-to-play hits. Developers on creating a gaming experience \u201conly a full-price RPG can offer\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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\u201cMy target audience is myself.\u201d Suda51 and Fumito Ueda discuss their game design philosophies, the inherent violence of action games, and what it takes to be a director\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\"Atelier<\/a>\n\n\n
Atelier Karia is built upon the lessons Gust learned from Atelier Yumia. We talk to the devs about the revamped Synthesis system, and their pursuit of a more flexible gameplay experience<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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\"Saeko<\/a>\n\n\n
\u201cHer breasts are huge, but I\u2019m about to get killed.\u201d SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim devs on striking balance between terror and arousal<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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Dave the Diver\u2019s\u00a0In\u00a0the Jungle\u00a0expansion\u00a0is \u201cbasically Dave the Diver 1.7,\u201d says director.\u00a0\u201cEven players who usually skip DLC should give it a try\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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\"Tupac\"<\/a>\n\n\n
Stranger Than Heaven executive director talks about casting philosophy learned from Yakuza 0 and how Snoop Dogg\u2019s involvement led to Tupac\u2019s appearance<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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STRANGER THAN HEAVEN\u2019s massive 50-year saga intentionally prioritizes \u201cconvincing\u00a0lies\u201d over historical\u00a0accuracy, says RGG Studio\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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Dave the Diver\u2019s developers\u00a0aren\u2019t\u00a0indie, but making a small-scale game under a corporation came with its own\u00a0set of\u00a0challenges. We talk to\u00a0MINTROCKET\u2019s\u00a0Jaeho\u00a0Hwang\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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Granblue\u00a0Fantasy: Relink \u2013 Endless Ragnarok evolved by \u201cbreaking what needed to be broken in Relink.\u201d We talk to the developers\u00a0about\u00a0the massive expansion\u2019s\u00a0new\u00a0features and\u00a0added\u00a0silliness\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div>
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\"Village<\/a>\n\n\n
Nippon Ichi Software\u2019s new rural life sim Village in the Shade will focus on \u201ccreating unease\u201d instead of classic horror tropes, but cozy gamers won\u2019t be left out either, devs say<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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