10 NieR: Automata Characters Who Feel Completely Different After a Second Playthrough

With their motivations and backgrounds revealed, these are the NieR: Automata Characters Who Feel Completely Different After ...
GitHub

regex-automata

A low level regular expression library that uses deterministic finite automata. It supports a rich syntax with Unicode support, has extensive options for configuring the best space vs time trade off ...
siliconera

NieR: Automata 2B Virtuous Contract Sword Replica Heads to US

Following a Japanese release in November 2025, Hibino and Square confirmed the 1:1 replica of the 2B Virtuous Contract sword from NieR: Automata will appear in the US. Pre-orders are live now. The ...
Polygon

Nier: Automata's Overwatch collab is here

Overwatch's next big crossover collaboration will bring the characters of Nier: Automata to Blizzard Entertainment's hero shooter, featuring Kiriko as 2B, Vendetta as A2, and Wuyang as 9S. Blizzard ...
AV Club

Library of Congress finds cinema's previously lost "first robot"

The legacy of the robot in film is a long and storied one, whether we’re considering such synthetic cinematic luminaries as Andy Kaufman’s character Val in 1981 comedy Heartbeeps, or Bernadette Peters ...
IGN

Nier: Automata Has Now Sold 10 Million Copies

Nier: Automata, Yoko Taro and PlatinumGames' 2017 action RPG follow-up to Nier and the Drakengard series, has officially sold 10 million copies nine years after its release. This comes from a tweet/X ...
PCGamesN

As Nier Automata hits a massive sales milestone, Square Enix drops its most promising sequel hint yet

Platinum Games has produced some truly great action games in its time, and Nier Automata is right up there near the top of the pile. It's hard to believe it's celebrating its ninth birthday - I think ...
Kotaku

Square Enix Teases What Fans Pray Is A New Nier Automata Game

It’s been nine years since Nier: Automata first graced the PlayStation 4 and broke through to players beyond director Yoko Taro’s usual esoteric action-RPG fandom. But there hasn’t been a new game ...
Greek Reporter

The Byzantine Emperor Who Revolutionized Automation With His Rising Throne

An AI depiction of the Golden Lions that flanked the Byzantine imperial throne, designed to roar and move using hydraulic systems. Credit: Greek Reporter archive. When you think about Byzantine ...
PC Gamer

Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro says 'nearly half' of his autographs 'being resold are actually fake', since he puts 'small unknown features' in them

Gaming Industry Fallout designer Tim Cain thinks influencers have changed how people make and play games: 'more people seem to be abdicating their own judgement to that of people they see online' ...
Kotaku

Credit Card Companies Censoring Adult Content ‘Endangers Democracy Itself,’ According To Nier: Automata Director

As a fight with credit card companies over adult games leads to renewed concerns about censorship on Steam and even on indie platforms like itch.io, a recent warning by Nier: Automata director Yoko ...
Greek Reporter

Philo of Byzantium: The Ancient Greek Who Could Have Worked in Silicon Valley

Philo of Byzantium thrived in Hellenistic Alexandria, where he created most of his automata. Credit: Greek Reporter archive (left), mharrsch, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 (right) Let’s be honest, when you think ...