Shine Post BRiGHT STARS FESTIVAL 2026 Adds Online Streaming
The first large-scale Shine Post live in three years now reaches fans who cannot attend the venue, with both days streamed online.
Denfaminicogamer
Terra Battle Core Creators Reunite for Puzzle Game HEIMA
The project reunites two former Terra Battle core members under a broadcaster's game label, with a playable demo set for Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Automaton
FIIO Snowsky ECHO NANO: Why a 33.5g Dedicated Music Player Still Matters
The piece frames the ECHO NANO as part of a revival of dedicated portable music players, arguing that a device built only for music restores a focused listening experience that smartphones interrupt with notifications.
ASCII.jp
Yurikawa Sasha's 4th DVD Brings Her First Snow Location Shoot
The novel-like script and her first snow location shoot push her DVD work in a new direction, with CosHolic 45 and a winter Comiket lottery already on her calendar.
ASCII.jp
Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers Sets October 11 Debut
The October 11 premiere date and the two theme song artists give the isekai adaptation a concrete broadcast plan, while seven new cast roles round out the roster ahead of debut.
Anime News Network
Amagami Konomi Takes First in Chao Girls' Favorite VTuber Ranking
Konomi is the first winner of the ranking who is not from Hololive, breaking a two-year run of Hololive talents at the top, and the win follows her drawing-focused Shorts content that built support among young Chao readers.
KAI-YOU, PANORA
Hypnosis Mic ARB Event Brings Juto, Rio, and Jushi Together with New Story
The event centers the three characters in a new written story while the anniversary campaign adds a new Division All Stars song, giving players two overlapping grinds.
Nijimen
HTC Adds Round Frame Design to VIVE Eagle AI Glasses
The Round design and the shared software update let HTC widen the VIVE Eagle lineup across style and function while expanding global sales, without splitting features between the two models.
PANORA
Suou Patra Bunny Ver. 1/6 Figure Now Available for Pre-Order at AmiAmi
This is the third Suou Patra figure, a 1/6 scale piece from Furyu's F:NEX line that Suou Patra herself supervised, priced at 24,750 yen for a June 2027 release.
PANORA
Weiß Schwarz Online Gets First Playable Demo at Tokyo Game Show 2026
The first hands-on demo gives players their first chance to try the digital adaptation of Weiß Schwarz before its spring 2027 launch, with the announced card lineup split across two editions.
PANORA
Hiroshi Kamiya Models 'GOD' Shirt for Masako Nozawa's 90th Birthday Line
The 'GOD' shirt worn by Kamiya, whose surname contains the Japanese word for god, turned the anniversary merchandise into a fan joke that spread across social media.
Anime Anime
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Hacker's Memory Steam Sale Cuts Price to 748 Yen
The 90 percent discount lands just weeks after the region lock was lifted, so Japanese players who waited roughly seven years can now pick the game up at a steep markdown.
Game Spark
CEDEC 2026 Talk Maps Game Dev Contract Disputes and Fixes
The lecture converts 15 years of game development litigation into contract design guidance, naming the four dispute points most court cases center on.
GameBusiness.jp
Street Fighter 6 Special Exhibition Event Set for October 1 at Midland Square Cinema
The event uses the cinema's large screen and sound system to bring the game, the film, and e-sports together in one venue ahead of the movie's release.
ASCII.jp
STARGLOW Reveals Artist Visual, Jacket Artwork for 1st Album Aurora
Aurora lands as the group's debut-year momentum peaks, with festival and award-show appearances booked through the fall, and the album frames their journey's first milestone.
ASCII.jp
REAL AKIBA BOYZ Release Akiba Saiko! Theme Song for Tokyo Gymnasium Live
The song is positioned as the bridge between the group's Akihabara origins and its current stage, and it lands two weeks before the September 19 Tokyo Gymnasium show it was written for.
ASCII.jp
AI VTuber Yumeminana's Third Song Ranks 36th on YouTube Top 100
An AI VTuber whose voice and expressions are machine-generated has landed on YouTube's weekly music video chart, and all three of her original songs have now passed one million views, giving KLab's AI VTuber project a concrete audience milestone.
PANORA
Reiwa no Dara-san Episode 11 Preview Reveals Orochi's Scheme
The preview shows Orochi working to lure Shū into a test of courage so he can gather life force, the scheme that drives episode 11.
Real Sound Anime
Dandelion Life Sim Tampopo wa Taeru Launches on Steam
A solo developer's 300 yen sim that turns a roadside dandelion's survival into a 30 minute to one hour session is the kind of oddball, low-cost release Steam keeps hosting.
Game Spark
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Gets Teen ESRB Rating with In-Game Purchases Flag
The in-game purchases flag on the ESRB listing, following the same pattern as Three Houses and Engage, points to paid DLC for Fortune's Weave after launch.
Game Spark
Kaiyodo Announces Hatsune Miku Goldfish Ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
The figure is Kaiyodo's 1/7 scale take on a goldfish-motif Miku, built from an original illustration co-created by ATDan and Hanasa and reproducing the eyes with 12-color pad printing.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Final Fantasy Resonance Preview Shows Gacha Reborn as Growth System
The preview shows how a ten-year mobile game's gacha economy was rebuilt as a buy-to-play growth system, and how HD-2D reframes a story its own veterans already know.
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Google's WeatherNext 3 Uses Satellite Data to Update Forecasts Hourly
By feeding on live satellite observations rather than delayed numerical model output, WeatherNext 3 shortens the gap between observation and forecast to one hour and sharpens resolution to 5km.
GIGAZINE
KAZUMA KANEKO'S TSUKUYOMI Steam Version Ends Devil May Cry Collab
The collaboration ends on Steam only while the Switch version keeps it, a split driven by an internal procedural failure rather than any licensing dispute.
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