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Steam Controller official distributor site in Japan temporarily goes down amidst traffic surge, units sold out the same morning automaton-media.com/en/news/steam-…

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie wasn’t “localized” from English to Japanese, but rebuilt. Shigeru Miyamoto explains new approach to script automaton-media.com/en/news/the-su…

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CRYMELIGHT, a brand new entry in FuRyu's dark action "Cry" series, lands in November 2026! To celebrate, we’re giving away 5 Steam keys for 2019's CRYSTAR, the 1st JRPG in the series 🎁 TO ENTER: 1⃣Follow @AUTOMATON_ENG 2⃣Follow @FURYU_GAMES_EN 3⃣RT and comment 🗓️Ends May 4

Roblox Steal a Brainrot’s huge popularity among Japanese kids raises concerns over school violence, microtransactions and excessive play sessions automaton-media.com/en/news/roblox…

“You can’t touch people’s hearts by just piling together visual information.” Infinity Nikki art director explains how outfits are designed to express narrative and symbolism in each detail automaton-media.com/en/news/you-ca…

After 8 years in development, 3D mecha passion project Omega Phenex celebrates 100,000 Steam Wishlists and 45,000 beta players automaton-media.com/en/news/after-…

Robot Hospice is a wholesome Japanese indie game in which you care for five robots in their last moments, coming to Steam in 2026 automaton-media.com/en/news/robot-…

Tokyo’s anime hub is getting a dedicated yuri book café, housing one of Japan’s largest yuri libraries automaton-media.com/en/news/tokyos…

Cygames acquires Japanese animation, VFX, and motion capture company credited on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Ninja Gaiden 4 automaton-media.com/en/news/cygame…

Open-world anime RPG Neverness to Everness hits $14 million globally on day one, led by Japan and US automaton-media.com/en/news/open-w…

Indie developer lands in Steam approval limbo after being flagged for IP infringement over in-game references to their own past work The demo release for WIRED TOKYO 2007 has been delayed due to the issue automaton-media.com/en/news/indie-…

From building cozy villages alongside an apprentice witch to infecting the world with brainrot denpa songs: 5 Japanese 2D indie games automaton-media.com/en/indie-games…

Dragon Quest 9 and 10 director says Yuji Horii taught him the important lesson that “Dragon Quest isn’t about the scenario” automaton-media.com/en/news/dragon…

Indie developer claims their ready-to-ship game has been waiting for Steam approval for three years. Holdup likely related to game engine automaton-media.com/en/news/indie-…

Demons’ Timeline is a deduction game where you surf a fictional social media network to solve paranormal crimes with the help of a demon girl sidekick automaton-media.com/en/news/demons…

Nippon Ichi Software announces no dogs or cats will die in its “totally cute and not at all sinister” new farming simulator, despite Yomawari comparisons automaton-media.com/en/news/nippon…

Hololive’s indie publishing label comes back with new triannual game submission format following two-month hiatus automaton-media.com/en/news/hololi…

Konami’s cringe but gold eFootball x Naruto collab trailer has famous real-life players performing CGI ninjutsu automaton-media.com/en/news/konami…

Jirai-kei yuri visual novel Menhera Maiden puts you at the mercy of three “landmine girls” as an international student researching Japanese culture automaton-media.com/en/news/jirai-…

90% of Resident Evil Requiem players prefer third-person perspective with Leon, but Grace’s sections have players more divided, according to Capcom’s data automaton-media.com/en/news/90-of-…