Reanimal Original Soundtrack Now Streaming
The soundtrack release signals the game is approaching a wider launch, with a new information drop scheduled for the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase in August.
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Touken Ranbu Online Adds New Sword Warrior Momotaro Sukesada Via Puzzgiri Collab
The addition ties a new Touken Ranbu ONLINE character directly to promotion of the upcoming puzzle spin-off, incentivizing cross-game engagement.
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IRyS Songs Added to Asphalt Legends Soundtrack From Late July
The collaboration places a hololive VTuber track alongside established Eurobeat artists in a major mobile and console racing game, broadening IRyS's reach beyond the virtual concert space.
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Msi Claw 8 Ex Ai+ Launches In Japan On July 29 With Intel Arc G3 Extreme
The Claw 8 Ex AI+ brings Intel's Arc G3 Extreme, which reviews say outperforms AMD SoCs, to the Japanese portable gaming PC market at a time when AMD-based devices dominate the category.
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Psychological Horror Game Ironwake Announced by Kazakhstan Indie Team
The announcement adds a short-form, atmospheric horror title to the indie scene, with a unique premise of playing as a robot in a bunker where survival depends on staying quiet and blind.
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Ichiban Kuji Hunter × Hunter Greed Island Volume 2 Launches August 29
The second volume of the Greed Island lottery expands the prize lineup with more MASTERLISE figures and prop replicas, giving collectors a second wave of high-end items from the arc.
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Hoxfall Crowdfunding Reaches Goal in 22 Minutes on Gamefound
The rapid funding of an original Teburu title suggests the platform is gaining traction beyond licensed adaptations, though Japanese support remains absent.
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Marvel Tokon Guide Video Shows Magneto Uses Debris and Magnetize to Control the Fight
The guide gives players a look at how Magneto's resource management of debris and the Magnetize state works before the second beta test starts.
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Chainsmoker Cat Anime Casts Niina Nakabayashi
The addition of a new character and voice actor mid-season signals the anime is expanding its cast beyond the core group introduced at the start.
Anime News Network
Gran Turismo Creator Releases Free Web Magazine Reconstructing Early Series Booklets
The release revives a physical booklet tradition that was dropped for cost reasons, preserving the series' educational approach to car culture in a free digital format.
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Rakuen Tsuihō Sequel Film Reveals 5th Teaser Trailer, Visual, Cast Addition
The new trailer and cast addition confirm the sequel is on track for its November release, with the original director, writer, and composer returning.
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Science Saru's Ghost in the Shell Adaptation Is a Wildly Kinetic Thrill Ride
This adaptation signals a deliberate departure from the franchise's established cinematic tone, prioritizing manga-faithful energy and visual chaos over philosophical minimalism.
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Inherit the Winds Original TV Anime Casts Ryōhei Kimura
The casting of Ryōhei Kimura as a historical Shinsengumi figure fills out the ensemble for a Bakumatsu-era original anime from playwright Yutaka Narui and Aniplex, set for a 2027 broadcast.
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So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? Anime Adds Cast, Theme Song Artists
The additions of Hanae, Shimono, and Tamura to the cast and the theme song artists round out the production ahead of the October premiere.
Anime News Network
Iron Wok Jan! Episodes 1-3 Deliver Sharp Characters and Clever Drama
The review signals that the 2026 revival of a 1995 manga entry in the cooking genre has successfully modernized its premise through sharp characterization and a fresh take on a well-worn antagonist archetype.
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Kyoto Animation's Minoru Ota and Satori Senami Discuss Sparks of Tomorrow at Anime Expo
The interviews offer the first extended look inside Kyoto Animation's production culture and the making of Sparks of Tomorrow, a project that resurfaced after seven years with no updates.
Anime News Network
One Piece Episode 1170 Delivers a Triumph of Weekly Animation
The review highlights how Toei's post-Wano animation quality has normalized a film-like visual standard for the weekly series.
Anime News Network
Akio Otsuka Joins Ghost in the Shell: The Ghost in the Shell as Colonel Mares
This adaptation deliberately returns to the tone and visual style of Shirow's original manga, breaking from the philosophical and realistic approach of earlier Production I.G adaptations.
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Alien Archeologist Digs Into Steam on October 12
Alien Archeologist combines the digging loop of A Game About Digging a Hole with the restoration detail of PowerWash Simulator, targeting a niche audience that enjoys methodical excavation and cleanup gameplay.
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Ichiban Kuji for The Apothecary Diaries Movie Reveals Maomao and Jinshi Figures
This Ichiban Kuji is the first merchandise tie-in for the film, launching before the movie's release date and introducing a new figure brand specifically for the property.
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Daisuke Matsumoto Details the Chaotic Sound Production of Cave's Muchimuchi Pork!
The interview provides a rare, firsthand account of how a ringtone production team, with no game music experience, created one of Cave's most eccentric shooters, and how its composer approached the challenge of rearranging his own work two decades later.
Game Spark
Tsunku Opens Up About 11-Year Wait for Rhythm Heaven Miracle Stars
Tsunku's note provides a rare, personal account of the decade-plus gap between Rhythm Heaven titles, revealing that he turned down outside offers for similar games out of loyalty to Nintendo, and that the company's continued development during his illness became a personal lifeline.
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Sentinel Reissues RIOBOT Soulgain in Super Robot Wars A Colors
This reissue in the original game's color scheme gives collectors a second chance at a figure that sold out quickly in 2025, while the LED gimmick and black-light-reactive parts add display features the first release lacked.
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Bushiroad Ends New Product Releases for Reバース for You and Weiβ Schwarz Blau
The simultaneous termination of two Bushiroad card game lines within months of each other signals a strategic consolidation of the company's tabletop portfolio, leaving the main Weiβ Schwarz line as the surviving flagship.
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