For the most part, otome titles have been ignored, which is why we’re interested in Aksys who has been localizing romance games for the West. We spoke with Ben Bateman to talk about Sweet Fuse and the state of the otome market.

Siliconera spoke to producer Sakari Masaki from Mages to talk about how Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds was developed and how a guest character from Steins;Gate got into the game.

Kei Hirono, producer of Time and Eternity, talks about what made the game a title Namco Bandai wanted to publish and why they picked a female protagonist.

Monster Hunter series producer, Ryozo Tsujimoto talks about how the development team comes up with monster designs, and how Capcom gauge fan feedback.

Also, Nippon Ichi Software’s president wants to know if you really want Asagi to be the star of her own game.

We recently got in touch with Konami’s Dave Cox to ask a few quick questions about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate’s combat.

Before NIS America’s press conference we sat down with Sohei Niikawa to talk about Disgaea Dimension 2. Niikawa spoke to Siliconera about Disgaea Dimension 2: A Brighter Darkness, The Witch and the Hundred Knights, and his thoughts on Vita.

Crystal Dynamics’ creative director, Noah Hughes, shares how the new Tomb Raider balances story and gameplay, and how the studio designed around both.

Crystal Dynamics creative director, Noah Hughes, discusses the character of Lara Croft and how Tomb Raider’s new Lara will be different from the old.

“I really like the skills for Inafune san, Endo san and Mouri Meijin. That delicate balance (perhaps surreal balance) between the cute characters and pictures of real people is just great as well as powerful.”

Primal Carnage has a concept for a game that grabbed my attention, it’s a team vs. team shooter where you can either play as a dinosaur. You can terrorize trappers as a Tyrannosaurs Rex or swoop down and grab players as a Pteranodon.

Idea Factory and Knights in the Nightmare developer Sting formed a new company called Super Sting. Their first title together was Generation of Chaos: Pandora’s Reflection for PSP, which is actually the sixth game in the series.

Instead of using the same art as CyberConnect2′s fighting game, Inti Creates has super deformed character models and a comical storyline. We talked with Atsunori Kawachi, development producer, about the art of making a Naruto platformer.

“No other studio around Ubisoft would pick [Scott Pilgrim] up. They wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. Why? It’s like five months to make 80% of the game. Who in the right mind will sign up for that? But it was a great opportunity for us. I’m like, no problem.”

Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro and Tomio Kanazawa from Toybox, the two brains behind Deadly Premonition, talk about adding combat, inspiration for the story, and visiting America.

CyberConnect2 talks about making Mifune, adding ring outs, the new Awakening system, and the Dragon Ball costume crossover.