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• Undertale and Deltarune creator Toby Fox addresses lack of official translations other than Japanese and English. “If I release something official, I want it to match my vision” - AUTOMATON
• Shift Up abruptly announces suspicious Goddess of Victory: NIKKE sequel “NIKKE2″ - AUTOMATON
• Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless - The Library of Congress (.gov)
• Atelier Ryza’s voluptuous figure was a result of extensive market research conducted by Gust. “We wanted her to be in the middle of the cultural and economic trend spectrum at the time” - AUTOMATON
• We ask Final Fantasy VII Remake director Naoki Hamaguchi about the Switch 2 version’s “hair problem.” Why does it happen, and can it be avoided? - AUTOMATON
• Part of Koei Tecmo’s Team Ninja to be transferred to Atelier studio Gust in upcoming internal reshuffling - AUTOMATON
• Kadokawa’s activist shareholder Oasis Management raises stake to 11.85%, exceeding Sony’s - AUTOMATON
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy’s third entry is progressing “very smoothly.” We ask director Naoki Hamaguchi why the team chose not to switch to Unreal Engine 5 - AUTOMATON
• Monster Hunter Stories 3’s gameplay was designed to “make you think and learn.” Dev team talks about changes compared to past entries - AUTOMATON
• We ask Kojima Productions why they’ve stuck to Decima for nearly ten years. Chief technology officer on what makes Death Stranding’s engine irreplaceable - AUTOMATON
• Kadokawa says its policies are “not influenced by the actions of individual shareholders” as overseas activist investor becomes largest shareholder with 13.76% stake - AUTOMATON
• Photo Report: Inside The Whimsical Workshop Of François Junod, Master Of Automata - Hodinkee
• “Chainsaw Man embodies the reason why I chose to work in animation.” MAPPA president reflects on the studio’s bold decision to 100% self-fund the project - AUTOMATON
• Pragmata's newly revealed New York stage was painstakingly made by human developers to look "AI generated," according to director - AUTOMATON
• "Great games almost never sell just because they're great." Gnosia producer talks about the importance of having a good business lead rather than just focusing on "raw creativity" - AUTOMATON
• Street Fighter 6 director addresses Alex backstory controversy, announces revisions to certain text passages in a future update - AUTOMATON
• Steam’s updated pricing tools could push game prices in Japan higher with weak yen reflected - AUTOMATON
• Taito’s nationwide search for Japan’s first crane game machine ends without success - AUTOMATON
• The official March newsletter for Steam’s chaotic roguelike Elin has been released. The "Adventurer Q&A Box" is now open! - AUTOMATON
• Resident Evil Requiem’s dual-protagonist system will be like repeatedly “jumping into a cold bath after a hot sauna.” We ask the devs about Leon’s role and "RE4-style" battle mechanics - AUTOMATON
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy’s third entry “will not compromise on graphics whatsoever” despite multiplatform shift. Director Naoki Hamaguchi addresses concerns - AUTOMATON
• SaGa series artist Satoshi Kuramochi leaves Square Enix - AUTOMATON
• Capcom says it will not be using AI-generated content in its games. Plans to utilize the technology for “improving efficiency and productivity of development” - AUTOMATON
• Gothic action JRPG featuring sexy demon slaying nuns gets Steam store page after selling over 100,000 copies on DLsite - AUTOMATON
• Persona developer Atlus to raise starting salaries for new hires and increase existing employees’ base pay by 15%. Fixed overtime to be reduced - AUTOMATON
• Monster Hunter Stories 3 devs studied modern turn-based RPGs like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Expedition 33 for a game system that’s “convenient, but not easy” - AUTOMATON
• NieR: Automata-inspired indie studio behind Homura Hime gets candid feedback from Yoko Taro and Takahisa Taura, leading to last-minute improvements - AUTOMATON
• AI-generated rip-off of unfinished Japanese indie game beats original to release, sparking concerns about safety of sharing dev progress - AUTOMATON
• Sony plans to minimize effect of rising PlayStation 5 memory costs by boosting software and network service revenue, according to CFO - AUTOMATON
• A new RPG Maker project is in the works that will allow “deeper expression.” Teaser showcases HD-2D style graphics - AUTOMATON
• NieR: Automata creator Yoko Taro says he’s actually been working on a lot of projects recently, it’s just that they got cancelled midway - AUTOMATON
• Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says English translations inevitably strip away a lot of a game's "flavor" - AUTOMATON
• Resident Evil Requiem’s Leon Kennedy became a “hot uncle” thanks to hawk-eyed female Capcom staff who reviewed “even the finest wrinkles on his neck,” director says - AUTOMATON
• Rethinking self-replication: detecting distributed selfhood in the outlier cellular automaton - Nature
• Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo will close its doors until further notice following knife attack - AUTOMATON
• Nintendo bans infamous Japanese “Adult Only” Animal Crossing island. Creator says “Thanks for turning a blind eye all these years” - AUTOMATON
• The Like a Dragon series still can’t be called mainstream in the West, developers say. “There's an audience, but we still have a long way to go” - AUTOMATON
• Capcom reveals Resident Evil 4 remake Merchant’s total revenue and expenses, and the poor fellow is drowning in debt - AUTOMATON
• Love Complex Automata? Don’t Miss The Archer - Hackaday
• Square Enix’s major shareholder drops 100-page presentation criticizing how the company is managed, rallies other shareholders - AUTOMATON
• Hideo Kojima says OD is something completely different from a standard horror game. “We still don’t know if it will work out” - AUTOMATON
• Resident Evil Requiem's boss battles will be more like the original's and RE2's, but will still include several new combat options - AUTOMATON
• “Anime is to Japan what Silicon Valley is to America.” Japan’s IP content has immense growth potential, but a “switch in mentality” is needed to sell it globally, famous fund manager suggests - AUTOMATON
• Saudi Arabian investment firm that owns SNK has acquired a significant stake in Capcom - AUTOMATON
• Nintendo Switch is the second most popular brand name among Japanese teenagers, beating Pokémon, Disney and Nintendo itself, according to large-scale survey - AUTOMATON
• Sega is aware its past “definitive version” releases could be deterring players from buying games at launch - AUTOMATON
• Chrono Trigger's original supervisor Yuji Horii says "I can't talk about it," "Don't ask," and "I'll get in trouble" when asked about new developments - AUTOMATON
• Koei Tecmo announces BLUE REFLECTION Quartet for July 30, compiling enhanced versions of the mainline games with rebuilt anime and mobile stories - AUTOMATON
• Former Nippon Ichi Software president says the “salaryman-ification” of Japan’s game industry is why there are fewer “individual creators” like Hideo Kojima and Suda51 - AUTOMATON
• Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says he's “never used generative AI, and never will.” Hardship is what makes the creative process rewarding - AUTOMATON
• Silent Hill and Siren creator Keiichiro Toyama’s game studio is recruiting for a new “large-scale project” - AUTOMATON
• Japan’s game industry may not be seeing mass layoffs, but reductions are happening “beneath the surface,” devs say - AUTOMATON
• “Interrupting gameplay for visual flair is unacceptable in a fighting game.” New VIRTUA FIGTHER Project producer talks about the title’s pursuit of “reality” - AUTOMATON
• Yes, Ghost in the Shell’s director is obsessed with Fallout 4, but you'll never guess what he's actually doing in the game - AUTOMATON
• “It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments following Arc Raiders launch - AUTOMATON
• Sony has developed an AI tool that protects creators’ copyrights by prohibiting “Ghibli-style” outputs and providing compensation - AUTOMATON
• Krafton launches voluntary resignation program for employees as it transforms into an “AI first company” - AUTOMATON
• New VIRTUA FIGHTER Project is fully aiming for GOTY. A game that’s “fundamentally fun,” beyond the confines of the fighting game niche - AUTOMATON
• Arknights: Endfield draws influence from a variety of “classics,” from Factorio and Satisfactory to Death Stranding. “We didn’t want to simply ride a trend” - AUTOMATON
• If Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter doesn’t get a sequel, our fans will go “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Nihon Falcom CEO on future releases - AUTOMATON
• Final Fantasy 14’s unexpected bump in age rating from 15+ to 17+ praised in Japan for “taking the players’ side” despite commercial downsides - AUTOMATON
• Stellar Blade developer Shift Up looking to strengthen its self-publishing capabilities - AUTOMATON
• Stellar Blade director says using AI will be essential for competing with overwhelming manpower of China and US developers - AUTOMATON
• Final Fantasy VII Remake director says the key to a good-looking Switch 2 port is not compromising on lighting - AUTOMATON
• “Getting rid of gacha is beneficial for developers too.” Duet Night Abyss producer says keeping players satisfied is key for stable monetization - AUTOMATON
• PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida says Japanese studios are unlikely to replicate the production scale and speed of Chinese games like Genshin or Honkai: Star Rail - AUTOMATON
• Even with an unlimited budget, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wouldn’t have been a radically different or bigger game. We talk to creative director Guillaume Broche - AUTOMATON
• Future Silent Hill games won’t necessarily follow Silent Hill f formula, producer says. “We want to keep experimenting with each new title” - AUTOMATON
• Nintendo’s Game-Key Cards and pricing are not about greed, ex-Capcom dev argues. “They are acting to protect the industry” - AUTOMATON
• Mid-size game company in Japan asks potential recruits to draw in front of them to avoid generative AI fraud - AUTOMATON
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says turn-based RPGs are selling better lately, but the prejudice is still there - AUTOMATON
• Yakuza 3 was a game with many rough edges, and making a good remake meant confronting that reality, says director - AUTOMATON
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is selling well, no need to worry about the trilogy’s finale, director Naoki Hamaguchi says - AUTOMATON
• Four men referred to prosecution for selling modified Nintendo Switch consoles in Japan - AUTOMATON
• Yakuza Kiwami 3’s new Life at Morning Glory content is the single most crucial part of the game, director says - AUTOMATON
• The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy was actually “two games in one” all along, publisher reveals - AUTOMATON
• Hyperchaos and the fusion of Moore’s automaton with gold sequences for augmented medical image encryption - Nature
• 92-year-old grandma wins Tekken 8 tournament trophy in Japanese senior citizen esports league - AUTOMATON
• Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad comes with a "Death Game" mode that deletes your save data when you die, but it’s not a soulslike, devs say - AUTOMATON
• Sony’s Aniplex, Bandai Namco and other Japanese publishers demand end to unauthorized training of OpenAI’s Sora 2 through CODA - AUTOMATON
• Steam rules updated to prohibit content that violates rules set forth by payment processors and banks - AUTOMATON
• “Players hate them, and they won’t even try to look for them until they absolutely have to.” Japanese game developers discuss the pitfalls of tutorials - AUTOMATON
• Neon Genesis Evangelion director Hideaki Anno doesn’t believe creating for the global market is the way to go. “I’m sorry, but the audience will have to be the one to adapt” - AUTOMATON
• “Our player base was shrinking, and the development team needed a breather.” Trails producer explains why the series is getting remakes while fans await story’s conclusion - AUTOMATON
• Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties include major hints about where the Like a Dragon series is headed, RGG Studio lead says - AUTOMATON
• "I don't care if it doesn’t sell, I just want to make the game I want to make" Japanese streamer-turned-game dev on why he invested $160k into a niche passion project - AUTOMATON
• Digimon Story: Time Stranger may have taken 8 years to make, but the team “is now gradually expanding in scale,” with various ideas for future games - AUTOMATON
• Future Dynasty Warriors remasters will depend on success of Dynasty Warriors 3 remaster, producer says. PS2-era games surprisingly costly to revisit - AUTOMATON
• Resident Evil Requiem's mysterious in-game domain already claimed by a Gabe Newell lover - AUTOMATON
• Clair 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
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s battle system was designed around the premise of “no frustrating deaths” and “a game you can clear without taking a single hit,” director says - AUTOMATON
• Three years later, Tears of the Kingdom's engineering scene is still seeing crazy progress as Japanese Zelda player builds flying fighter jet with manual missile launcher - AUTOMATON
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword is “not a soulslike and not open-world,” director says. Instead, it expands on what the series is known for - AUTOMATON
• Anime creators received “0.0%” of Japanese government’s entertainment industry subsidies in 2024, official documents show - AUTOMATON
• Danganronpa creator says live-service games should offer players a genuine conclusion before ending services - AUTOMATON
• PS5’s steep price a barrier for potential Monster Hunter Wilds players, Capcom president says - AUTOMATON
• Japanese streamer who spent $160k to make his dream game thinking “I don’t care if it doesn’t sell” hits 60,000 copies in under ten days - AUTOMATON
• Multi-texture synthesis through signal responsive neural cellular automata - Nature
• Capcom veteran says Nintendo was the only one making steady revenue from NES game carts. Capcom’s profits really took off with the PS1 - AUTOMATON
• Early access periods should ideally be around six months, research suggests - AUTOMATON