Nintendo Music Adds 7 Songs From Rhythm Heaven Miracle Stars
The addition marks the first time songs from a day-one release have been added to Nintendo Music on the game's launch date, rather than weeks or months later.
Inside
Good Smile Company Announces Three The First Descendant Figures
The simultaneous pre-order opening for three distinct figure types from a single game shows Good Smile Company betting heavily on The First Descendant's character appeal across its entire product range.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Valheim Price to Rise $10 With September Full Release
After five years in early access, the studio has set a concrete launch price for the full 1.0 release alongside the Deep North update, giving players a clear window to buy at the lower early-access rate.
Automaton
Re-Ment Reveals Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Desktop Collection 2 Figures
The second wave expands the desk-friendly figure line with a mix of duelists and monsters, including a two-character set and a god card.
Inside
Tama Indie Game Exhibition Dissonance #1 'Unease' Reportedly Draws Crowds
The exhibition's deliberate suburban location and quiet atmosphere signal a growing niche within indie game events that prioritize mood and authorial voice over spectacle.
4Gamer.net
Dungeon Exploration Rpg 'Dungeon Antiqua' Hits Consoles July 30
The console launch of 'Dungeon Antiqua' brings a deliberate Wizardry/Final Fantasy hybrid to modern platforms at a budget price, targeting players who want retro dungeon crawling without the old-school friction.
Game Spark
VTuber Konomi Amakami Announces Junior High English Vocabulary Book
Konomi Amakami, a VTuber known for handling her own character design and modeling, is expanding into educational publishing with a vocabulary book that uses her persona to teach junior high English.
MoguLive
Shirakami Fubuki Releases Animation Trailer for FBKingdom Story Novel Project
The animation trailer marks a significant production step for a VTuber-led narrative project that began as a text serialization on YouTube Community.
MoguLive
IVS 2026 Lawyers See On-Chain Finance as the Real Web3 Story
The session signals that the Web3 conversation in Japan has moved from speculative assets to regulated financial infrastructure, with major banks and legal frameworks actively building on-chain systems.
4Gamer.net
Tetris CG Animated Series 'World Builders' Announced at Annecy
The series introduces human child protagonists to the Tetris universe for the first time, framing the falling Tetriminos as a setting for problem-solving rather than a game-over threat.
4Gamer.net
Inti Creates to Stream Gunvolt Information Bureau Vol. 88 on July 8
The stream will provide the latest information on the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 port of Azure Striker Gunvolt: Triangle Edition, a title scheduled for release in October 2026.
ASCII.jp
Steam Personal Calendar Reshapes Game Marketing, Analyst Says
The personal calendar gives smaller developers a viable path to visibility on Steam, where the "Popular Upcoming" section has become prohibitively competitive.
Automaton
Bishoujo Sadako Skateboard Deck Launches From BAIT and Kotobukiya
The collaboration merges Japanese horror iconography with streetwear and anime aesthetics, targeting a crossover audience at major U.S. conventions.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Scopely Invests in Studio AuKnow, Founded by Former Uma Musume Content Director
The investment brings a key creative from one of Japan's biggest mobile hits under Scopely's umbrella, signaling a deeper push into Japanese game development.
4Gamer.net
Rabbitly Becomes Itera Affiliate in Capital Alliance
The alliance shifts Rabbitly from a contract development partner to an affiliate with integrated decision-making, aiming to eliminate structural time lags and speed up AI product improvement cycles.
ASCII.jp
Kinami Haruka Joins 'Mentor' Cast as Ayano Go's Wife
The new cast details flesh out the emotional core of a story about a traumatic past reunion, with Kinami's role as the deceased wife serving as a symbolic anchor for the film's central tension.
Cinema Today
Realty Star Livers Collaboration Cafe Runs July 2-7 at Cafe Asan
The cafe gives offline presence to REALITY's top streamers, turning in-app event winners into real-world merchandise and menu items.
PANORA
Gugenka Produces MR Game and Welcome Monitor for Sanrio Puroland Summer Event
The collaboration shows Gugenka applying its XR expertise to a theme park event, blending character appeal with mixed-reality gameplay for a seasonal attraction.
PANORA
Isayamax Solo Exhibition 'MIYABISM KYOTO' Opens July 11 at Art Cafe Itoyufu
The exhibition offers a concrete, gallery-level synthesis of two aesthetic lineages-Heian-era court art and modern kawaii culture-that isayamax has been developing under the concept 'MIYABISM,' and marks a rare physical venue for that synthesis in Kyoto.
ASCII.jp
Ippon Nippon Launches as Itinerant Dialogue on Trees and People
The project reframes wood not as a material but as a subject of cultural and spiritual inquiry, starting with a Paris exhibition that applies the Japanese craft concept of 'reading wood' to a global audience.
ASCII.jp
Staffer Retro: Psychic Detective Quest Switch Pre-Orders Open With Demo
The simultaneous Switch and PC release marks a platform expansion for Team Tetrapod's Staffer series, which previously only came to PC.
Game Spark
UBTech Launches Uworld U1 Humanoid Robot Series With Emotion AI
The UWORLD U1 is positioned as a personal home companion against loneliness, not an industrial tool, and its integrated platform from hardware to AI aims to solve real-world deployment problems that have kept humanoid robots out of homes.
GIGAZINE
V Collection's Second Song 'Resonance' Pairs Shumi Mingosu and Nao Hinata
The song adopts the 'Re-ride' baton-style production model, where other artists can freely add parts, turning a single release into an expandable collaborative project.
PANORA
Soala and the Monster's House TV Anime Adaptation Announced for 2027
The adaptation brings an otherworldly architectural adventure manga from Sunday Webry to the screen, with a strong staff lineup and a teaser already showing first footage.
Anime Anime