Konami Opens First Physical Store in 11 Years With Osaka Pop-Up
The pop-up marks Konami's return to a physical retail presence after over a decade, bundling its major game franchises and a new Yu-Gi-Oh! art label into a single limited-time store.
The pop-up marks Konami's return to a physical retail presence after over a decade, bundling its major game franchises and a new Yu-Gi-Oh! art label into a single limited-time store.
The appearance of two major virtual figures at a professional baseball game shows the growing crossover between VTuber/idol culture and traditional sports entertainment in Japan.
The event publicly formalizes the decades-old relationship between SEGA and NVIDIA, with a new Virtua Fighter game serving as the flagship title for NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform.
The trailer and cast reveal complete the main voice roster for the film, which adapts a 2017 novel and is set for an October release in Japan.
The live marks the first time Mellow, a Vocaloid artist built on an AI production and distribution workflow, will appear in a real-time 3D form, expanding her IP beyond voice-only releases.
The trailer confirms the South Korean team as a playable side, expanding the roster ahead of the August 28 launch across multiple platforms.
The release adds a new indie horror title to Steam that explicitly draws from Silent Hill and Mouthwashing, using low-polygon visuals and a ferryman premise to build atmosphere.
The update moves NoLang from a static asset display tool to one that can add motion, making it more competitive for social media and presentation video production.
The announcement marks a new project from the solo developer of Omno, this time a compact pirate game built around a polished core loop rather than large-scale systems.
The event marks the formal start of ivory as a music act, expanding Yoshii So's career from modeling and illustration into a new creative direction.
The return of Detective Marnie after 12 years, with a planned three-month run of new one-shots, marks a rare revival for a series that ended in 2014 and recently saw renewed attention from a Kindle sale.
Aoki returns to Comic Yuri Hime with a new fantasy series after wrapping a spinoff manga in 2022.
The book uses horror folklore as a hook to teach children geography and history, a format that turns curiosity about scary stories into structured learning.
The card uses CoDaMa's mimi/Le NFC voice technology to deliver exclusive original audio, timed to the group's first Japanese fan meeting in two years.
The game stands out for its punishing difficulty-no checkpoints, full reset on death-and its unusual premise of fighting a partner's entire social circle in a rhythm battle framework.
The 14th campaign continues the rhythm game's regular reward cycle with a new soundtrack volume and character-themed merchandise, keeping player engagement through in-store incentives.
The game's route-choice and real-time car management mechanics add a tactical layer to the trade-and-survival genre, distinguishing it from other post-apocalyptic train sims.
The expansion of KIJI from a sales agency tool to a group-wide data platform shows how AI-driven corporate intelligence is becoming a core operational layer for B2B service providers that depend on accurate targeting.
The entrance exam preview is the first extended look at how the live-action adaptation translates the manga's high-stakes, elimination-based training structure into a practical, physical challenge on screen.
The last-minute delay, after a court cleared the legal path to release, shows that procedural hurdles with Steam's review process can be as disruptive as publisher disputes for indie studios.
The free all-episode broadcast brings the social-phenomenon first season and its divisive sequel to a new streaming audience, potentially rekindling interest in the franchise ahead of any future projects.
The collaboration formalizes a rare systematic training pipeline for a specialized camera role that in Japan has traditionally been learned only through on-set experience.
A digital-native marketing company is deliberately turning to a print manga magazine to reach older, high-spending readers that SNS cannot touch.
The game combines crime scene investigation, interrogation, and courtroom judgment into a single simulation loop, with players facing risks like bribery or attack as they uncover the truth.