Chiikawa Pocket Pop-Up Store Opens With Dinosaur and Alice Goods
The pop-up store pairs the third goods release with a multi-city tour, giving Chiikawa Pocket a physical retail presence across Japan.
Anime Anime
Hakos Baelz Releases New Single 'I found me' Ahead of Album and First Live
The single arrives as a lead-in to Baelz's second album and her first solo concert, with the early video release timed to build momentum for both.
PANORA
IDOLiSH7 Live Tour 4WARD JOURNEY Opens in Makuhari With 16 Idols
The tour marks a rare joint stage for all four IDOLiSH7 groups, and the opening report shows each unit's distinct performance style carrying the full event.
Anime Anime
BLUE GIANT Sendai Project Reveals Full Event Details
The project turns Sendai, the protagonist's hometown, into a full-scale event with an exhibition, goods, and local collaborations, giving fans a city-wide experience tied to the manga's setting.
Anime Anime
One Piece x NBA Figure Series Vol. 5 Puts Ace and Sabo in NBA Uniforms
The MASTER STARS PIECE line continues its NBA collaboration by pairing two brothers from the same story, Ace and Sabo, in different team uniforms, extending the series' pattern of dynamic basketball poses.
Anime Anime
A3! IDOL REWRITE Fair Starts at Animate on September 19 With 24 Bromides
The fair bundles the new IDOL REWRITE merchandise launch with a 24-character bromide campaign that spans all four troupes, giving collectors a reason to buy across the full lineup.
Nijimen
Futari wa Pretty Cure Collaborates With Wacoal Innerwear Brand AMPHI
The collaboration taps the Heisei girl boom by turning the 2004 series' characters into adult innerwear, with the popular Glamarich bra that has sold over 1.67 million units cumulatively.
Anime Anime
Director and Scriptwriter Izuru Narushima Dies at 65
Narushima's death removes a director whose live-action work earned major Japan Academy recognition and whose screenplay credits extended into anime with The Boy Who Saw the Wind.
Anime News Network
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Interview Details Relic-Based Hack-and-Slash DLC
The DLC shifts progression from leveling to relic-based builds, a deliberate response to fan requests for more combat in the existing world, and it keeps the open-world adventure structure instead of instanced dungeons.
Game Spark
Konami Credits eFootball's Growth to More Than the World Cup Tailwind
Konami's record quarter rests on a free-to-play foundation that was already in place to catch the World Cup tailwind, not on tournament excitement alone.
Magmix
GTA6 30fps Target Backed by Digital Foundry as Unique Technical Achievement
Digital Foundry's analysis backs Rockstar's 30fps decision, arguing that a 60fps target would have compromised the game's scale and detail.
Game Spark
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Master Collection Patch Delayed, Workarounds Issued
KONAMI acknowledged the problems quickly and provided concrete workarounds for both platforms, but the patch delivery is still unscheduled, leaving players with interim fixes.
Game Spark
gamescom Award 2026 Winners Announced: Sega Takes Two Jury Awards
The awards, chosen by a jury of industry experts and the community, highlight Sega's strong showing with two jury awards and multiple category wins across its slate.
Game Spark
Haunted Paws Confirms Switch and Switch 2 Versions as Steam Wishlists Pass 900,000
The 900,000 Steam wishlists and the newly confirmed Switch and Switch 2 versions point to a large pre-release audience for the co-op puppy horror across multiple platforms.
Game Spark
Sigil Games Launches Metroidvania Divinum on Steam
Divinum brings air-combo combat and a rune system built on playstyle-changing modifiers and trade-offs to Steam's crowded Metroidvania field.
Game Spark
Expedition: Into Darkness Demo Passes 100,000 Players in Under a Month
The demo's player count suggests appetite for a PvE-only take on the extract-and-escape rules popularized by titles like Escape from Tarkov and Dark and Darker.
Game Spark
Soulmask Shifting Sands DLC Gets Final Battle in Beyond Gravity Update
The 'Beyond Gravity' update completes the 'Shifting Sands' DLC by adding its final battle, giving players the full story arc.
Game Spark
Occult Cleanup Agency Steam Page Opens From Fall Guys Developer
The Steam page opening signals that the Fall Guys director's follow-up is moving toward a concrete release window, with a cleaning-focused twist on supernatural investigation as the core pitch.
Game Spark
Nowhere Road Released on Steam, a Winter Taxi Game Set in a Post-War City
The release adds a contemplative, music-driven driving game to Steam, where the lack of a built-in soundtrack turns the player's own playlist into a core part of the melancholic atmosphere.
Game Spark
EA's Marvel's Iron Man Account Breaks Silence After Leaked Footage
The first official post from the game's account, created in 2023, signals that EA and Motive Studio are ready to address the leak and hint at future reveals, ending a long silence since the 2022 announcement.
Game Spark
OpenAI Ends Cursor Partnership, Cites SpaceX Terms of Service Risk
OpenAI is cutting off a four-year partnership rather than trust SpaceX with its terms of service, citing a contract violation after X came under SpaceX following Musk's acquisition.
GIGAZINE
Portal: Alive & Kicking Mod Fully Rebuilds Original Game in Portal 2 Engine
A full remake of the original Portal built on Portal 2's engine has arrived, with the game's own developer publicly praising the fidelity of the rebuild.
Game Spark
Showlabs Streaming Analytics Service Launches in Japan
As anime gains international recognition, Showlabs brings cross-market viewing data into Japanese content planning, giving production companies and rights holders objective metrics for overseas expansion.
GameBusiness.jp
Homebuilt AI System Recreates a Lost Wife as Full-Scale Video
The project shows how consumer-grade AI video tools can be repurposed from music video production into a personal, always-on memorial that keeps a specific person visible at full scale.
GameBusiness.jp