Typebits Launches Time-Travel Escape Game No.13813 on Steam
The release marks the commercial revival of a 13-year-old indie escape game, now rebuilt with modern design and available on Steam for the first time.
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Artis Impact Wins BitSummit Grand Prize, Switch Version Coming in 2026
The award from a major indie game showcase, combined with a publisher-backed Switch port, signals a significant leap in visibility and market access for a Malaysian-developed title that judges praised for its Japanese-style expression.
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Igi Indie Game Incubator Shows Five New Titles at Bitsummit Punch
The slate shows the incubator's continued support for mechanically distinct indie projects, with each title built around a single novel gameplay hook.
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Konami Keeps the iPod Alive in Metal Gear Solid 4 Master Collection
The confirmation that a discontinued real-world product remains in the re-release signals Konami is preserving the original game's licensed content rather than stripping or replacing it.
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Bandai Spirits Adds 28cm RX-78-2 Gundam Prize Figure to Xian Xie Tu Po Line
The Xian Xie Tu Po line brings a large-scale, affordable prize figure of the iconic RX-78-2 Gundam to the Japanese arcade market.
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Anemoi Original Soundtrack CD to Release on July 29 With 63 Tracks
The soundtrack collects the full score and vocal songs from the love adventure game, with new art by original character designer Na-Ga.
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Mirrativ Adds 'With AI' to Guiding Principles, Shifts All Operations to AI Collaboration
Mirrativ has codified AI as a default colleague in every workflow, moving beyond individual tool use to a company-wide operational redesign that it says is already producing measurable results.
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Street Fighter 6 Previews DLC Character Ingrid in New Moveset Video
Ingrid's arrival completes the Year 3 Character Pass lineup, giving players the full picture of the game's third season of downloadable content.
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Bad Cheese Developer Simon Lukasik Shows Kopernicus: Extraction at BitSummit
Lukasik follows his breakout Mickey Mouse-inspired horror with a survival-loop game that aims to hook players through tight difficulty balance and a grotesque atmosphere.
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Mr. Karate Joins Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves as DLC on May 27
The addition of Mr. Karate continues the steady rollout of Season Pass 2 content for SNK's revived fighting franchise, which has been releasing a new DLC fighter roughly every month since January.
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BitSummit Bloody Soccer Game FEAR FA 98 Mixes Silent Hill and FIFA 98
FEAR FA 98 is an unusually direct genre mashup that treats soccer not as a minigame but as a structural driver of horror exploration, a design approach with few precedents.
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Tomomi Kobayashi Draws Sephiroth for Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy
The crossover brings a major Final Fantasy 7 antagonist into the Dissidia mobile title with art from a veteran Square Enix designer known for a very different series, creating a notable stylistic collision.
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Natsuki Hanae Joins Uso Tantei Tomanto as Detective Lemonade
The addition of a prominent voice actor like Natsuki Hanae signals that the updated version of the short anime is expanding its cast and scope beyond the original TRAIN TV run.
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Nexus Code Aims to Teach Programming Through Play
Nexus Code positions itself as a hobby-like competitive game that teaches programming concepts to children through a versus battle format, with plans for puzzle missions to ease learning.
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Horror Adventure Game Dawn Bell Gets June 23 Release Date
The announcement locks in a specific release date and a playable demo for a modestly priced indie horror title that emphasizes memory loss and cooperative puzzle-solving in a castle setting.
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Xiaohai Wins Combo Breaker 2026 Street Fighter 6 Tournament
Xiaohai, a long-established fighting game champion, continues to dominate the Street Fighter 6 competitive scene, while Hinao's second-place finish signals a new generation of talent rising.
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The Mandalorian & Grogu Debuts Atop Japanese Box Office
The Mandalorian & Grogu is the first Star Wars film to top the Japanese box office in about seven years, while the rest of the top 10 is dominated by holdovers and local titles.
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Realistic Train Sim 'RUNNING TRAIN | 走ル列車!' Launches in Early Access on Steam
The game's rapid achievement of a 'Very Positive' Steam rating and its support for multiple master controllers signal that a solo developer can deliver a polished train sim that competes with larger studio titles in the niche railway simulation market.
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Yujiro Hanma Joins Tekken 8 as Season 3's Fourth Fighter
The addition of Yujiro Hanma, a character who has never lost in his source material, to a fighting game where he can be defeated raises both excitement and concern among players.
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Jujutsu Kaisen World Hands-On Event Announced for Four Japanese Cities
The event offers a free, immersive experience tied to the anime's world, with original goods and an illustration by Tomoya Mizoguchi exclusive to the venue.
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Knights of Fiona VR Action RPG Hands-On: A Promising BitSummit Debut
CharacterBank, known for the VR action RPG "RUINSMAGUS," is applying its VR combat design experience to a new title that blends anime-style characters with immersive VR mechanics, as shown in this early hands-on preview.
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Dragon Ball Z Prize Figures Recreate Goku vs. Vegeta First Battle
The figures give collectors a way to display the iconic first clash between Goku and Vegeta as a matched set from a prize figure line focused on battle scenes.
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Path of Exile 2 Free Weekend Runs May 30 to June 2 on PC and Xbox
The free weekend gives a large audience unrestricted access to Path of Exile 2's current state, including its newest content, while the discounted Supporter Pack lowers the barrier to permanent early access.
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Hela: Of Mice & Magic Deep Dive Video 'Forest Friends' Released
The video provides Japanese players with a localized, in-depth preview of the game's setting and mechanics ahead of its release.
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