Overview
- CEO Takuro Mizobe disclosed the policy in a Jan. 23 post on X, with the statement circulated via an Automaton translation.
- Applicants must submit screenshots of their Steam libraries and playtime, and those with zero Steam games are, in principle, filtered out at document screening.
- Candidates may include PlayStation and Xbox playtime, but Steam activity is prioritized to ensure awareness of indie titles available only on that platform.
- Interviews require applicants to analyze mechanics from their most-played games and explain why those design choices were adopted.
- Head of publishing John “Bucky” Buckley publicly backed the approach, citing a gamer-built culture reinforced by the company’s independence.