Founded in 2007, eastasiasoft is a Hong Kong based publisher and distributor that caters to niche interests. While many of the big publishers offer low-risk titles at premium prices, eastasiasoft has offering some compelling counterprogramming. ...
Read More »Q&A with Virtuos: The Biggest Developer You Haven’t Heard Of
While the name might not be familiar, if you’ve played a recent triple-A title, there’s a chance that Virtuos had a hand in it. Since 2004, the international production company (headquartered in Singapore, with operations ...
Read More »Q&A with Goodbye, Don Glees’ Atsuko Ishizuka
Since joining Madhouse in 2004, Atsuko Ishizuka has served as animator, storyboard artist, and director for notable works such as No Game No Life, A Place Further than the Universe. With the release of Goodbye, ...
Read More »Q&A with Howard Scott Warshaw
Revered for making one of the Atari VCS’ best games (Yars’ Revenge) and unjustly reviled for making a hurried adaptation of E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Howard Scott Warshaw is one of gaming’s prodigious pioneers. We spoke ...
Read More »Striving for Fighting Flawlessness: A Q&A with Arc System Works
Found in 1988 by Minoru Kidooka, Arc System Works spent the better part of a decade as a contract developer for publishers like SEGA, Sammy, Bandai, and Banpresto. From futuristic racers like Cyber Spin to ...
Read More »Q&A With Nihon Falcom’s Toshihiro Kondo (Part One)
For nearly forty years, Nihon Falcom has crafted a steady succession of enjoyable, consistently charming and wonderfully melodious role-playing and action role-playing games. In anticipation of the release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, ...
Read More »Q&A With HORGIHUGH’s Sasaki “PiXEL” Hide
Occasionally, the stories behind game development are as interesting as the stories told by games. That’s likely the case for HORGIHUGH, a shooter created by Sasaki “PiXEL” Hide. Described as a “modern retro” title, HORGIHUGH’s ...
Read More »Q&A with Mirai’s Mamoru Hosoda
As the director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, Mamoru Hosoda has crafted films that have delighted audiences, charmed critics, and won numerous awards. With ...
Read More »Super Dungeon Tactics’ Post-Release Adjustments: A Q&A with Underbite Games
Game launches are complicated affairs- we’re repeatedly reminded of that statement every time a triple-A, big budget title stumbles at release and PR issues it’s subsequent apology. For smaller studios without the payroll to hire ...
Read More »Q&A With Sniper Elite 4’s Rebellion Developments
Most E3 demos follow a predictable pattern. You sit down, listen to a long-winded debriefing that highlights key features, all before getting a taut-leashed, fleeting taste of gameplay. Pleasingly, that wasn’t the case with Rebellion ...
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