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games 3 sources Oct 3

Forza Horizon 6 Support Team Says Itasha Bans Are Reviewed by Hand

The clarification answers the mechanics of moderation but not the complaint: players say unpublished designs still in progress were used as grounds for bans, so the stated human review process does not by itself explain the cases that started the backlash.

Automaton, Game Spark, GameBusiness.jp
gamesrelease 2 sources Oct 3

Dai Senryaku SSB2 Details Campaign Mode Ahead of Season 2

The permanent loss of leveled units turns a turn-based strategy sim into a game about when to walk away from a fight, a design choice that shapes how the 30-map run plays out.

4Gamer.net, Automaton
gamesannouncement 1 source Oct 3

Sega Reveals 17 Characters For STRANGER THAN HEAVEN

Sega is rolling out the cast in stages, and the 17-name drop lands a week after the TGS stage shows already introduced several of these performers in person, so the character list is the company consolidating names the booth had teased piecemeal.

4Gamer.net
gamesbusiness 3 sources Oct 3

Nex Playground Heads to Japan in 2027 with Sega and Bandai Namco Titles

Nex is treating Japan as a localization problem rather than a port: Yamamoto said the Japanese lineup will change from the US one, and Kang said the company is developing content with Japanese IP and a Japanese developer, which makes the region a content market rather than just a sales territory.

Automaton, GameBusiness.jp, Game Spark
gamesrelease 4 sources Oct 3

Sengoku Rance Steam Version Launches October 2

The Steam store page is not set to an adults-only rating, so the direct release likely has adjusted content, with an adult-content restoration patch expected separately on the publisher's site, and numbered Rance titles Rance 01 + 02, Rance 03, and Rance IX are announced for sequential Steam releases.

Automaton, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark, and 1 more
gamesannouncement 4 sources Oct 3

Ace Attorney 5 VR Heads To Meta Quest In 2027

The adaptation hands the Meta Quest a full-length, 15-plus-hour premium adventure rather than the short VR experiences the platform has usually hosted, and it does so under a license deal rather than an in-house Capcom build.

GAME Watch (Impress), 4Gamer.net, Game Spark, and 1 more
games 2 sources Oct 3

Inkblood Hands-On At TGS2026: CRITICAL REFLEX Shows Inquisitor Mystery Adventure

The demo shows a mystery structure where each solved case feeds into a larger thread, since Inquisitor #133, the protagonist's missing predecessor, is tied to the burned inn, and the carriage manual states an inquisitor's heart is removed and placed in the Engine's glass vessel on the first day of assignment.

4Gamer.net, Game Spark
gamesrelease 2 sources Oct 3

Deified Leaves Early Access With Japanese Support And 96 Percent Steam Rating

The publisher change mid-early-access pushed the 1.0 date back, and that delay is now visible in the review count: 281 reviews at 96 percent positive is a small sample for a Steam roguelite, so the launch discount is doing the work of pulling in the wider audience the extended polish period was meant to reach.

Automaton, Denfaminicogamer
gamesbusiness 3 sources Oct 3

Xbox Moves Halo to Activision, Shifts Studio Oversight, Cuts 268 Jobs

The reorganization moves Halo, Sea of Thieves, and Age of Empires under the same publisher that runs Call of Duty, concentrating several of Xbox's largest franchises inside Activision while Ninja Theory faces a closure proposal.

Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, Game Spark
gamesrelease 4 sources Oct 3

Graveyard Keeper 2 Launches With 51,019 Peak Concurrent Players

The sequel's quick Steam traction follows a free giveaway of the first game and a September 15, 2026 demo whose save data carried into the full release, two moves tinyBuild's CEO credited with building attention before launch.

4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, and 1 more
gamesannouncement 4 sources Oct 3

NEOGEO AES+ Adds Five Titles, Including a New Zero Wing Port

The addition of Zero Wing, a game that never existed on NEOGEO hardware, shows the lineup is not limited to the SNK catalog and pushes the console past a straight reproduction of the original library.

4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer, and 1 more
gamesannouncement 1 source Oct 3

Suikoden II Stage Play Set for Tokyo and Osaka in July 2027

The sequel adaptation keeps the same director and brings back two actors from the first play, so Konami is treating the stage line as a continuing series rather than a one-off tie-in.

Anime News Network
gamesannouncement 1 source Oct 3

Clear River Games to Release Lufia 1 and 2 Collection in 2027

The two Super Nintendo Lufia RPGs have been tied to their original hardware for three decades, and Clear River Games is now packaging them together for current platforms under the Taito license.

Anime News Network
gamesreview 1 source Oct 3

Cupid Parasite Lands on Steam and Holds Up

The Steam version gives PC players a route to a title that has only been available on Switch, and the port keeps the writing that carries its five love interests.

Anime News Network