Nier creator Yoko Taro says he isn't prioritizing a new game, pleads for updates from people who are: "Work comes second… well, probably third" Seems he knows exactly how his fans feel GamesRadar · Jan 5
For Nier Automata's 9th anniversary, series producer teases "just a little something" but tells fans not to get too excited Yosuke Saito says something is definitely coming - just temper your expectations GamesRadar · Dec 27, 2025
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 GamesRadar · Nov 20, 2025
'I've had so many projects that have been discontinued lately': Nier creator Yoko Taro says he's been working on plenty of games—but they keep getting cancelled before he can announce them Lot of that going around lately. PC Gamer · Nov 17, 2025
Nier creator Yoko Taro says he isn't lazy like fans think, his "weird" new projects just keep getting canceled: "It never ended up seeing the light of day" He still got paid though so, "I personally have no issues with that," GamesRadar · Nov 17, 2025
Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro says 'nearly half' of his autographs 'being resold are actually fake', since he puts 'small unknown features' in them That's a bad sign(ature). PC Gamer · Oct 21, 2025
Nier creator Yoko Taro says he includes "small unknown features in my real autographs," so you might be getting scammed: "Nearly half of the autographs being resold are actually fake" What I do have are a very particular set of autographs GamesRadar · Oct 20, 2025
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." PC Gamer · Sep 22, 2025
Nier creator Yoko Taro says "I don't really have any regrets" about his work, but "never felt like I carried out anything completely" As he compares his game dev process to clay making GamesRadar · Sep 21, 2025
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 GamesRadar · Sep 20, 2025
"I think this is the future that games are holding for us": Nier Automata's Yoko Taro thinks tech advancements like "AI's generative capabilities" will see game interactivity "evolve into fulfilling what the players want" "I want the game to ultimately belong to the players" GamesRadar · Sep 19, 2025
"My producer will get really mad if he hears this": Nier creator Yoko Taro says "how slow I am" defines his writing style, but he's "sneaky" enough to get away with the consequences "I'm good at creating situations where my writing is essential, but I'm just late at it" GamesRadar · Sep 19, 2025
Nier Automata’s infamously quirky creator Yoko Taro has been an enigma for years, and now the legendary RPG veteran is getting an entire book filled with interviews that are sure to be unmissable It's launching on Kickstarter next month GamesRadar · Aug 21, 2025
Echoing Nier's Yoko Taro, Peak devs blast "puritan" group behind recent Steam and Itch game takedowns: "It'd be foolish to assume that any game is safe" "It threatens video games' ability to operate as art in any way whatsoever" GamesRadar · Jul 31, 2025
GamesRadar · Jul 21, 2025 Steam removing adult games shows "you can even censor another country’s free speech," claims Nier creator Yoko Taro This is about more than games
PC Gamer · Jul 21, 2025 'Dangerous on a whole new level'—while Steam's policy change is new, the shadow of credit card porn-hibition has been looming for a while, with Nier: Automata's Yoko Taro sounding the alarm last year "A security hole that endangers democracy itself."
PC Gamer · Jun 23, 2025 Resident game industry weirdo Yoko Taro laments that there aren't as many 'weird' people making videogames as there used to be Where my certified freaks at?
GamesRadar · Jun 18, 2025 Nier creator Yoko Taro reckons "there’s less 'weird people'" making games nowadays although he's not sure if it's "something that's happening to the world as a whole" Yoko Taro has previously called esoteric titles like Ico "epoch-making"
PC Gamer · Jun 13, 2025 A rumor that Nier: Automata's character designs were censored for Western audiences came from a mistranslation, creators say A mistranslation from a recent live stream caused some confusion.
GamesRadar · Jun 13, 2025 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
GamesRadar · May 29, 2025 Even Yoko Taro says it was "more dangerous," and other devs tried to stop him, but Danganronpa's creator insisted on having 100 endings in his absurd new RPG Taro began making games with multiple routes at a time where short games were out of fashion
GamesRadar · May 1, 2025 "Nothing has changed" with the new game from Nier Automata leads that might be Nier 3, producer says, and it might even be announced in 2027 if they're still "alive by then" 2027 would be the RPG's 10th anniversary
GamesRadar · Apr 28, 2025 Yoko Taro says Nier: Automata has so many endings because "Square Enix told us" to "add more content" Thanks, Square
GamesRadar · Apr 28, 2025 Yoko Taro hid Nier's save-deleting twist from the game's producer, who thought it was an homage to Dragon Quest: "Apparently it wasn't an homage to Dragon Quest" "My favorite memory is probably choosing to let this slide"
GamesRadar · Apr 28, 2025 Nier director Yoko Taro says "everything" he makes is influenced by Neon Genesis Evangelion, and that "I have zero charisma" Yoko Taro reflects on 15 years of Nier