Zombie Survival Inspired by DayZ and Surrounded Hits Early Access
Not Quite Dead enters early access as a classical-style zombie survival game, drawing on DayZ and Surrounded, with a planned one to two year development period.
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PS5 Cities: Skylines Remastered Blocks PS4 Physical Upgrade on Release Day
The publisher reversed a promised physical-to-digital upgrade path on launch day, blaming a last-minute confirmation with Paradox Interactive, while downloadable owners still get the discount.
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Series Passes 8 Million Players as Complete Edition Hits Switch 2
The Switch 2 release arrives with a player milestone that stretches beyond sales, and it sets up the franchise's next chapter before Wo Long 2 arrives in early 2027.
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Papabile, a Papal Election Simulation Set in 1492, Launches Free on Steam
The game offers free access to a niche historical setting where the player wins the papal seat through negotiation and intimidation rather than combat, with five candidates eliminated each voting round until one remains.
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Showa American Story Hands-On: Bloody Combat and a Strong Ninja at gamescom
The demo confirms that the project announced in 2022 has reached a playable state, with the developer balancing crowd-pleasing power fantasy against boss encounters that demand pattern reading.
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Sapporo Game Camp 2026 Adds High School and CG Programs
The new programs position the event as a career hub for Sapporo's next-generation creators across the wider content industry.
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Netmarble Brings Three Localized Titles to Tokyo Game Show 2026
The TGS lineup is the first major output of Netmarble's shift from a single global version strategy toward deep localization, aimed at correcting a revenue imbalance where Japan has remained stuck at 7-9% of sales.
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inZOI Update Adds Active Mode, Lets Players Punch Zois Into the Hospital
The update shifts inZOI's combat from menu-based actions to direct player input, while the developer frames Active Mode as an experimental feature with family members excluded from targeting.
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Project Sekai Launches Vocaloid Song Collaboration The Music Style
The collaboration introduces six new ★4 members with live costumes, expanding the game's character and costume offerings through a Vocaloid song-themed event.
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Chiba Police Team With Urban Legend Dissolution Center for TGS2026 Clear File
The collaboration is the first between Urban Legend Dissolution Center and a public administrative body, suggesting the game's theme of debunking false information resonates with official efforts to combat online misinformation.
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Horror ADV Sitter Set for November 13, 2026 Release
Sitter stands out in the horror genre by making the ever-changing mansion itself the antagonist, rather than relying on creatures or ghosts.
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Level-5 Sets LEVEL5 VISION 2026 II Yume for September 10 Stream
The event arrives as expectations on X center on Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, which is scheduled to launch within 2026, and on the Yo-kai Watch series, giving the September broadcast a release-date question to answer.
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Guns of Escaton Hands-On: Viktor Antonov's Final Work Is a Thorough Soulslike
Guns of Escaton layers occult horror onto a Western setting and leans fully into soulslike mechanics, making it a distinctive final project from Half-Life 2's art director.
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Stronghold 4 Returns to Series Roots With UE5 and Castle Customization
Stronghold 4 aims to recapture the series' early identity as a castle simulator, pairing the return of the Honour system with Unreal Engine 5 visuals and larger maps.
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Stick Figure Mini-Game Bundle 1+2 & Extreme Hits Switch 2 on December 3
The bundle consolidates all three stick-figure mini-game collections into a single Switch 2 package, with the Extreme edition adding 124 new stages and a monthly ranking mode.
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Astral Party Adds Mahou Shoujo no Saiban Characters Sherry and Hanna
The collaboration brings Mahou Shoujo no Saiban characters into Astral Party as purchasable characters with a dedicated limited-time mode, expanding the game's crossover content.
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Tencent Details Generative AI Use in Game Production at CEDEC2026
The lecture outlines a practical framework for integrating generative AI into game production pipelines, addressing industry skepticism by focusing on support rather than replacement.
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Star Wars Zero Company Was Originally an Apex Legends Tactical Game, Court Docs Suggest
The court documents reveal that the late Vince Zampella, known for Call of Duty and Apex Legends, directly steered the project from an Apex-based concept to Star Wars, shaping the studio's founding and the game's final identity.
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Malware-Laced 'Escape from Duckov' Mod Banned After Account Thefts
The incident shows how fraudulent rating inflation can push a malicious mod onto the trending page, turning popularity into a vector for credential theft.
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UNDERTALE Museum Key Visual Revealed, Tokyo and Osaka Runs Set for 2027
The exhibition marks UNDERTALE's first large-scale museum event, with Toby Fox directly involved in shaping the visitor experience.
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Fruitbearer Brings Suika-Style Merging to Deck-Builder Roguelikes on September 21
Fruitbearer takes the simple Suika-style merge rule and layers enemy interference and deck-building onto it, a combination that has already drawn a Positive rating from demo players before its September 21 launch.
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FFXIV Dawntrail Patch 7.56 Adds Beastmaster Job on September 8
Patch 7.56 closes out Dawntrail's main story and introduces Beastmaster, the second limited job after Blue Mage, setting up the transition to The Silver Wanderer.
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The Midnight Barber Cuts Hair of Supernatural Beings in Late-1970s Barcelona
The Midnight Barber stands out at gamescom 2026 by pairing a Spanish historical setting with a Midnight Diner-style late-night narrative format, aiming for a Japanese audience through planned localization.
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Elden Ring Pull-Back Cars Announced as TGS 2026 Purchase Bonus
The pull-back cars turn three of the game's most lethal enemy types into collectible toys, a tonal shift that has players on X reacting with both humor and approval.
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