May 2026 Monthly Digest
While May Day (shown above) traditionally marks the arrival of summer and the turning of the academic calendar, for us at Drillimation, we’re representing a major creative rebirth. As the world gears up for graduation season, we’ve been busy graduating our own production pipeline to a whole new level. We will pull back the curtain…
Sakuya’s Spring Cleaning Review – A Fine Dusting in the Midst of Danmaku
Hello, and welcome to another assessment of a game that proves it’s not digital dreck that would clog the industry’s arteries. Today, I turn my eyes toward Sakuya’s Spring Cleaning, a title that, much like a live-service roadmap, promises a sparkling facade where you scrub the stains off a floor you want to stand on…
The Red Sea of the Gaming Industry – How Developers Abandoned Families For Restricted Ratings
Family-oriented games usually see overwhelming financial success, and more than half of all games rated by the ESRB receive E and E10+ ratings. But on the dark side, the Mature rating has become the default setting for many AAA developers, whether they release their games on Nintendo’s consoles or their competitors PlayStation and Xbox, the…
The Rise of Account Violations and Suspensions Due to Faulty AI
On the morning of Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at around 11AM EDT, while working on design documents for their next project after Touhou Meishuugeki ~ Cursed Sweeper and Bewildering Parallel, the Prophet Driller of Drillimation Systems encountered something very alarming in his Discord inbox: a community guidelines violation over something he did not commit. A…
Drillimation Announces Partnership With DistroKid to Distribute Game Albums on Music Platforms
Last week, Drillimation Systems opened up an Official Artist Channel for its in-house record label Drillimation Records. This venture has been made possible through a partnership with aggregator DistroKid, an industry-leading independent music distribution service. This collaboration marks a major milestone as the Drillimation Danmaku Universe game soundtracks will transition from being made exclusively on…
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