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Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro says Square Enix anniversary tease just means the publisher wants to “milk” the game for more money

Square Enix loves a good collaboration

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'NieR Reincarnation' Revival: Fans Bring Back Automata's Hidden Sequel as Debate Over Unofficial Servers Grows

Fans revive "NieR Reincarnation" via private servers, restoring Automata's unofficial sequel while sparking debate over game preservation and piracy concerns.

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Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro sees it "as a form of respect" when devs "say outright that they copied" his action RPG, but he's not sure "how Square Enix would feel about that"

"I'm happy when people say they were influenced by Nier: Automata"

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Nier fans have zero expectations as Square Enix teases Automata will "be continued": "It's probably some merch or some bulls**t"

People have grown wary of false hope

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Nier Automata "to be continued," Square Enix says, giving stunned fans some hope as the Yoko Taro-led JRPG flies past 10 million copies sold

Nier Automata 2B continued

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Renewed hopes of a Nier: Automata sequel as the cult action RPG's 9th-anniversary livestream ends with a teasing message

2B or not 2B?

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Former Square Enix exec says "we would love to make more Yoko Taro games," but "the audience size isn't big enough for the costs" if you ignore the Nier games that are big enough for the costs

The Nier Automata director recently said a lot of his recent projects have been canned

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Yoko Taro wanted Nier: Automata to be 'a story I'd have trouble grasping myself,' so job done, then goes on amazing extended digression about cubes and 'aspiring to perfect' them

"I would say that building a story is like making a cube out of clay."

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When making Nier Automata, Yoko Taro "aimed for a story I'd have trouble grasping myself" and "attempted to make something more confusing" than Replicant

Nierly there

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This Is the Underrated Sci-Fi Flick You Need to Stream on Prime Video Right Now

'Automata' is heavily influenced by the works of Philip K. Dick and Isaac Asimov.

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Stellar Blade and Call of Duty Mobile weren't enough: Nier Automata is adding yet another crossover to its collection as Square Enix finally collabs with Astro Bot

Only a matter of time until Fortnite comes calling...

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Nier: Automata creator shoots down rumor Square Enix forced the RPG's devs to alter character designs to avoid outrage: "I've never heard of such a thing"

One of Nier's producers was the subject of a mistranslation

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15 Years Ago, Almost Everyone Overlooked One Of The Most Important RPGs Ever Made

Before 'Nier: Automata,' director Yoko Taro was already revolutionizing what games could be with a bizarre, overlooked RPG.

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After PlayStation boss praises Nier Automata as a savior for Japanese games overseas, Yoko Taro says he was specifically told to focus on Japan because it wouldn't fly overseas

Although the game's producer responded saying it wasn't quite as harsh as it sounds

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Square Enix points to Tifa and this $2,600 Nier Automata 2B statue for driving its "strong" merch sales - and I need to know how many of you bought it

Square Enix unlocked the infinite money cheat with 2B's iconic design

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Dystopian smash-hit Nier: Automata reaches 9 million copies sold

Still going strong

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After teasing Nier 3, Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro signs up for some brutal irony: an AI telling him to stop posting on social media and start writing games that make sense

Everyone and their roastbot wants a Nier Automata sequel

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Sweeten the wait for Nier 3 with this Nier Automata wine that was blasted with the RPG's amazing soundtrack during aging, which had to be Yoko Taro's idea

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Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro says Stellar Blade is "much better" than the beloved RPG: "Stellar Blade actually makes me quite jealous"

Stellar Blade director Hyung-Tae Kim isn't having it

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"We like to keep the fans on their toes, and we like to keep ourselves on our toes too." The story of Between The Buried & Me's Automata concept albums

US prog metallers Between The Buried & Me Automata concept albums were so complex the band released them as two separate discs

Inverse

10 Years Ago, Yoko Taro’s Weirdest RPG Paved the Way For His Biggest Hit

'Drakengard 3' was a necessary expirement in order to get to the success of 'NieR: Automata.'

PC Gamer

NieR producer promises the series will continue as long as creator Yoko Taro is alive to work on it

I want this man jogging, meditating, eating his greens, all of it.

Inverse

'Nier: Automata' Visionary Yoko Taro Is Dreaming of an 8-Bit Call of Duty

Taro’s pessimism toward the games industry sits uncomfortably alongside his unflinching optimism about the medium’s potential for storytelling.

The Independent UK

Robotic sample processor ‘could help diagnose cancer faster’

The new system is expected to be in place with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust by 2024.

Inverse

6 Years Ago, Square Enix Released a Modern Masterpiece

Yoko Taro and PlatinumGames' masterpiece is a singular video game that shows what video games can do when they reach their fullest potential as a medium.

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