{
  "id": 19155738,
  "title": "Rockstar were \"definitely\" thinking about giving a Japanese studio the keys to GTA, says former tech director - \"I have a name, but I'm not gonna say it\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/rockstar-were-definitely-thinking-about-giving-a-japanese-studio-the",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-09T12:41:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-were-definitely-thinking-about-giving-a-japanese-studio-the-keys-to-gta-says-former-tech-director-i-have-a-name-but-im-not-gonna-say-it"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Since time immemorial, North American and European publishers have racked their brains over ways to make their games sell in Japan, ancient heartland of mythical beings like Mario, Sonic, and Polaroid Pete. In the late noughties, Microsoft launched a big push to give Japanese youth the Xbox virus with such targeted console exclusives as Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. And Rockstar once dreamed of…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}