In a recent Famitsu interview, Japanese game creators famous for their storytelling – like Yoko Taro (Nier), Kotaro Uchikoshi (Zero Escape), Kazutaka Kodaka (Danganronpa) and Jiro Ishii (428: Shibuya ...

According to the listings, buyers will receive full ownership of all associated rights and complete freedom to expand and commercialize the IPs across any media, including global licensing. With the ...

After requests for more challenging content, Monster Hunter Wilds’ “A Silent Flash” Event Quest is finally live. This Hunter Rank (HR) 50 minimum requirement quest will have players fighting against ...

Bandai game producer Taira Nakamura recently caught the attention of industry peers – including former Ace Attorney developer Masakazu Sugimori – by raising a concern in today’s game industry: how ...

The funniest part about all this is that Sakurai recently uploaded a follow-up post showing him neuralyzing Nakamura in real life with what looks like a karaoke microphone. Nakamura’s open mouth and ...

Japanese developer Hytacka and publisher Kodansha released the new action RPG Rise of Rebellion on April 22 on Steam. A week later, Hytacka says that the ambitious game has had a poor launch both in ...

Ads powered by Google on Automaton Japan, the Japanese leg of our site, recently took a hit – and it’s kind of the biggest blow our editorial department has ever seen. To walk you through what ...

You’ve heard of pay-to-win weapons, gear, and cosmetics, but Monster Hunter Wilds has unintentionally put its own spin on pay-to-win emotes with its Photo Poses. It turns out that by striking specific ...

Metaphor: ReFantazio is currently considered Atlus’ fastest selling title ever. With the game simultaneously releasing across consoles and PC worldwide, it sold over a million copies on the first day, ...

As fun as it is to capture monsters for a life of servitude, part of the appeal of Pokémon is that you can view them in their natural habitats. With the release of the new official Pokécology book on ...

First introduced in SNK’s Samurai Shodown II, the Just Defense mechanic provides defending players more advantages than a regular block. Due to the precise timing needed to perform it, however, Just ...

With Deltarune Chapters 1-4 just around the corner, Toby Fox decided to give fans a look at his first character sketches of Noelle, Ralsei, and Susie. The drawings, dated April 2015, were made before ...