{"id":65646,"date":"2026-04-23T14:49:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=65646"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:49:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:49:50","slug":"dmm-games-new-edgy-and-explicit-label-just-announced-its-debut-title-and-its-a-brothel-hack-and-slash-rpg-that-has-already-amassed-over-200k-prere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dmm-games-new-edgy-and-explicit-label-just-announced-its-debut-title-and-its-a-brothel-hack-and-slash-rpg-that-has-already-amassed-over-200k-prere\/","title":{"rendered":"DMM Games\u2019 new \u201cedgy and explicit\u201d label just announced its debut title and it\u2019s a \u201cbrothel\u201d hack-and-slash RPG that has already amassed over 200k preregistrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Publisher EXNOA, who owns DMM Games, recently revealed that their free-to-play RPG <strong>Dot Abyss <\/strong>had reached over 200,000 pre-registrations, only 5 days after the title\u2019s official announcement on April 14. Developed as the debut title by Kumasan Black, a brand-new sub-division of the company\u2019s Studio Kumasan, the video game merges SNES-inspired retro graphics with bishojo game elements, but with a rather risqu\u00e9 twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Kumasan Black\u2019s representative director Yudai Hasegawa revealed in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202604\/71642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a>, while they do go on adventures and battle alongside the protagonist, all of the heroines in Dot Abyss are, to put it bluntly, brothel workers (if playing the R-rated version). And yes, the game does include \u201cintense bedroom scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\uff3c\u4e8b\u524d\u767b\u9332\u8005\u6570 20\u4e07\u4eba\u7a81\u7834\uff01\uff0f<br><br>\u611f\u8b1d\u611f\u6fc0\u3067\u3059\u3063\u2728<br>\u958b\u59cb5\u65e5\u76ee\u306b\u3057\u3066\u3001\u3064\u3044\u306b\u4e8b\u524d\u767b\u9332\u8005\u6570\u304c20\u4e07\u4eba\u3092\u7a81\u7834\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\ud83c\udf8a<br>\u53f8\u4ee4\u5b98\u306e\u71b1\u3044\u3054\u58f0\u63f4\u3001\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff01<br><br>\u8a18\u5ff5\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3001\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u5f8c\u306b\ud83d\udc8e<br>\u3010\u30a2\u30d3\u30b9\u30b8\u30a7\u30e0\u30114,000\u500b\u3092\u7686\u3055\u3093\u306b\u30d7\u30ec\u30bc\u30f3\u30c8\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\ud83c\udf81\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IRv9O2YdEZ\">pic.twitter.com\/IRv9O2YdEZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30c9\u30c3\u30c8\u30a2\u30d3\u30b9\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011 (@dot_abyss_pr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dot_abyss_pr\/status\/2046077390955381035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dot Abyss\u2019 core gameplay loop centers around hack-and-slash combat elements and treasure hunt-style item collection. Players set out to explore the depths of the \u201cGreat Hole,\u201d a massive hole at the center of the world, and defend their frontline bases from deadly \u201ccalamities\u201d that emerge from it. But as Hasegawa notes, the game\u2019s most distinctive feature are the brothels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a reason why we chose brothels as our theme. Some characters work there unwillingly, and there are probably opposite cases as well. Like I\u2019ve previously mentioned, Kumasan Black aims to release \u2018really edgy\u2019 works, and this is where that edge lies in the case of Dot Abyss. All of the characters work at the brothel for their own reasons, and I wanted to depict another side of that appeal through gritty presentation.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Hasegawa mentioned, the game\u2019s out-of-left-field concept makes sense considering that <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dmm-games-new-kumasan-black-label-will-be-dedicated-to-edgy-and-explicit-adult-games-according-to-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kumasan Black was recently established<\/a> as Studio Kumasan\u2019s \u201cedgy\u201d new label dedicated to making \u201cextremely erotic games.\u201d As for how far their dedication to erotic content goes, Kumasan Black apparently assembled a specialized team for producing and animating the bedroom scenes in Dot Abyss, investing a significant amount of production resources into making a \u201cdetailed\u201d final product. That being said, Dot Abyss is set to have an X-rated version as well as an all-ages version,\u201d in which the brothel is replaced with a tavern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u30c9\u30c3\u30c8\u30a2\u30d3\u30b9\u3011\u516c\u5f0f\u30d7\u30ed\u30e2\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc \u516c\u958b\u4e2d\uff01\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_oHPiw7Zj_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dotabyss.dmmgames-official.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dot Abyss<\/a> is coming soon for PC (Browser\/Windows) and mobile (DDM GAMES STORE\/App Store\/Google Play).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher EXNOA recently announced that Dot Abyss, their free-to-play adult RPG had reached over 200k pre-registrations in only 5 days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":65653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-65646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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