Ancestors Sequel Plans Confirmed, Work Remains Distant
Desilets confirms the 2019 survival hit was built as the first volume of a planned series, with any sequel work still waiting on his current project.
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Chinese Multiplatform Titles Lead the Charge at Gamescom ONL
The column argues that China-based developers are now competing in the same spaces as the traditional triple-A industry, while keeping mobile platforms in mind even for their biggest announcements.
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Project Sekai Releases Four Character Solo 2D MVs in Four Days
The four press releases all went out on September 8 but describe videos released on four separate days, September 5 through 8, each starring a different character and a different Vocaloid producer.
4Gamer.net
GRAPHT Announces First Persona Collaboration with 30th Anniversary Collection
The earphones are the only item withheld from venue sales, so the pre-order is the sole route to the flagship product while the rest of the lineup is TGS-first, a split that makes the event the primary sales channel for the collection.
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qureate Gives "Bunny Garden" Tissues "Ideal for Wiping Something" at TGS2026
The giveaway is a deliberate joke about the series' adult content, and qureate is running it inside Konami's booth at a mainstream trade show rather than in its own corner.
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Monsterest Crosses 70,000 Steam Wishlists After New Trailer
For a two-year-old indie project with no release date, 70,000 wishlists on the back of a new trailer is a concrete sign of demand while the demo keeps updating toward early access.
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LET IT DIE: INFERNO Season 4 Drops PvEvP for PvE-Focused Play
Season 4 removes player-versus-player encounters entirely, shifting the game to a PvE experience, and the change lands alongside the original LET IT DIE going offline with a definitive offline edition.
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Elden Ring Patch 1.17.1 Fixes Item Bug, Tarnished Edition Excluded
The patch fixes a multiplayer item exploit but explicitly excludes the Switch 2 Tarnished Edition, leaving the just-released portable version outside the fix.
Game Spark
Shift Up CTO Responds to AI-Generated Stellar Blade: BLOOD RAIN MV Criticism
SHIFT UP is drawing a line between experimental AI work and how it promotes the actual game, after the July music video drew criticism over AI use and quality.
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Night Portable Demo Puts a 2000s Used Game Shop Night Shift in Survival Horror
The demo lets players try a survival horror built around a mundane night shift, where a retro handheld doubles as both a mini-game device and a survival meter.
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Keroro Gunsou Hachamecha TV Show PV Reveals 300-Plus Minigame Stages
The game's design leans on short play sessions, a gacha for custom name plates, and nationwide score competition, a casual competitive structure that matches its 'play quickly, once more' catchphrase.
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He Who Watches Brings Gravity Puzzles to Steam with Strong Early Reception
A solo developer's gravity-based puzzle game earned a Very Positive Steam rating within days of release, and the developer has already responded to difficulty complaints with a patch.
Automaton
FSO Polonez Drifts into JDM: Japanese Drift Master with Three Body Kits
A Polish studio is putting a Polish cultural icon into its Japan-set drift game, with body kits that mirror the car's real barn-built tuning scene.
Game Spark
Spoon-Digging Horror THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY Launches on Steam
A solo-developed low-poly horror built around a spoon-digging and light-based stealth loop is drawing strong early Steam reviews at 96 percent positive.
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Dream Racers Puts Generative AI Vehicle Creation into Roblox Gameplay
Dream Racers is an early test of Roblox Cube's 4D generation built into actual gameplay rather than asset creation, and it lands alongside a fall lineup aimed at an aging user base.
GameBusiness.jp
Food Devils Enters Steam Early Access on November 6
Food Devils enters Early Access with a demo already live, a console release planned, and a Japanese version in development, positioning Studio Daimon's roguelite SRPG as a genre blend built on Fire Emblem, Hades, and Persona 5 influences.
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Path of Exile's Former CEO Calls Decoy Data Mining Traps a Waste of Time
A former CEO of a major ARPG studio publicly concedes that decoy data mining countermeasures were largely wasted effort, and argues for encryption-based approaches instead.
Automaton
Street Fighter 6 Fighting Pass Preps Arjun Arrival with Giga Wing and Film Tie-In
The pass is a pre-release momentum play that keeps the player base active in the weeks before Arjun lands, while the film collaboration extends the franchise push into October.
ASCII.jp
Super Night Riders S1 Reboots the 2016 Racer With Distance-Based Scoring
The reboot keeps the original's distance-based scoring, where how far you travel matters more than your finishing position, and brings that design to Steam with 12 stages, customization, and world rankings.
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SlashZero Producer Explains Why the Game Skips Live Service for Pure Action Fun
The interview shows how the decision to avoid long-term service design lets the team concentrate on core action feel, and how playtest feedback reshaped the chip system so basic moves are never locked behind RNG.
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Project Sekai's After the Fire Event Runs Through September 12
The event pairs a new Vivid BAD SQUAD song from Amala with a gacha carrying live costumes, keeping Project Sekai's September content cycle moving.
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BeXide Announces TGS2026 Lineup With Playable Puzzle and Video Exhibit
The playable demo goes to the Namco-licensed puzzle while the work-with-me adventure, rated 'very positive' on Steam, appears only as a video exhibit, a split that puts the arcade brand at the center of the booth.
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Game Spark Picks Five Backrooms Games to Try After the Film
The Backrooms, an urban legend with no single original author, now spans a major film and a steady run of Steam games, and Game Spark's picks show the genre stretching beyond pure horror.
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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Teams With Jujutsu Kaisen Anime for September Collab
The crossover puts Jujutsu Kaisen's four main sorcerers into PUBG as costumes and progressive weapon skins, with Erangel itself receiving anime visuals during the event window.
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