Chiikawa Pon de Couleur Multi-Color Powder Releases November 23
The Chiikawa cosmetics line expands into a six-design gashapon-friendly compact powder, priced at 550 yen, timed for the November 23 release.
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FDA Approves Wearable That Tracks Blood Sugar and Ketones in Diabetes Patients
Continuous ketone tracking gives type 1 diabetes patients a way to catch dangerous ketoacidosis early, a capability single-point measurements could not offer.
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ORMOD: Directive Survival Sandbox Gameplay Video Debuts Ahead of 2026 Steam Release
The detailed feature list and wishlist count position ORMOD: Directive as a full-scale sandbox contender in the survival genre as it approaches its 2026 Steam launch.
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Patlabor Novel 'Sushi-ya no Goto' Pop-Up Shop Runs in Osaka Until August 30
The pop-up ties the new sequel novel by series writer Kazunori Ito to the ongoing 'EZY' theatrical project, putting both in front of fans in one Osaka venue.
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Prisma Illya Statues of Illya and Miyu Open Reservations
The statues translate the season one Blu-ray BOX artwork into large-format figures, and the roughly 35cm scale and January-to-April 2028 release window make them a long-lead collector commitment.
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Adobe Reveals Two-Thirds of GPUs Sat Idle During AI Training
The disclosure shows that even a major AI developer can lose most of its GPU budget to idle time, and that the fixes were about data plumbing, not model design.
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Construction Simulator: Evolution Trailer Shows Series-First Demolition Work
The trailer marks the series' first demolition work, adding a destruction phase before construction that changes how players approach their company's projects.
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Apex Legends Crashes On AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, EA Recommends Driver Rollback
The crash issue follows a patch on August 25 that addressed weapon effect problems, though the official notice does not confirm whether the two are connected.
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Geralt Skin Comes to Diablo IV as Battle.net Bonus for Witcher 3 Expansion
The skin purchase bonus ties the upcoming Witcher 3 expansion to Battle.net, pairing the partnership with the remastered game's September 29 Battle.net release.
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Ichiban Kuji Reptiles & Amphibians vol.3 Launches August 29
The lineup turns everyday items like bookstands and tissue cases into reptile-themed collectibles, continuing the series' run of animal-inspired kuji prizes.
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Backroom Cleaners Playtest Begins on Steam for 4-Player Co-Op Roguelike TPS
The playtest gives players a first look at the co-op roguelike loop of cleaning Entities with role-based squad play before the Q4 2026 launch window.
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Nintendo Removes Over 400 Switch Emulator Repositories From GitHub in One Day
The single-day sweep shows Nintendo still enforcing against Switch emulators years after Yuzu's shutdown, with the takedown notice processing entire fork networks, including 311 Suyu repositories at once.
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Servant of the Lake Scores 86 On Metacritic, Critics Praise Puzzles and Atmosphere
Servant of the Lake carries on the Rusty Lake series' signature style while resolving long-standing mysteries, and reviewers across outlets agree it ranks among the best recent point-and-click titles.
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Perplexity Ships Portable Computer, a Fully Local AI Agent
Portable Computer takes the cloud-based Perplexity Computer and runs the entire stack locally, meaning the agent operates with zero token costs.
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Tokyo University of the Arts and Rikkyo Tackle Game AI Knowledge Gap at CEDEC 2026
The lecture lays out a concrete supervision model for teaching game AI, addressing an industry-wide shortage of experienced AI developers by establishing a repeatable curriculum at the graduate school level.
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Plastic Bottles Become Protein-Rich Cookies in New μBites Research
The research reframes plastic waste not as a disposal problem but as a carbon source for food production, targeting projected global food demand increases by 2050.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Producer Explains the Shift to Social Commentary
The interview frames the next Silent Hill as a deliberate move from personal horror to the intersection of individual guilt and collective, societal fear, a stated departure for the series.
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RG Ground Type Gundam Puts the 08th MS Team in the Real Grade Line
The Real Grade line finally gives the 08th MS Team's Ground Type Gundam a fully detailed, gimmick-heavy kit, with the stored and popping weapon rack as the build's centerpiece.
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Stability AI Raises $76 Million in Series B Round
The funding brings entertainment heavyweights onto Stability AI's cap table, tying generative AI tools directly to the music and interactive entertainment industries.
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DNP and Metaverse Creators Open 3D Live Recording Project for VTubers
The project turns fan support into a direct selection mechanism, with the winning group receiving a professional motion capture recording at DNP's XR STUDIO and a 15-minute 3D live work to keep.
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Fans Praise milet's 'Asuka-fied' Selfie as 'It's Live-Action'
The reaction shows milet's fanbase reading her playful Evangelion reference as a spot-on live-action take on Asuka, coming shortly after her fourth album 'Made of Glass' released on August 19.
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Konami Unveils Metal Gear Cat Goods With Influencer Uno at CatCon
The tie-in is part of the promotion for METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2, and the limited quantities are expected to draw scalpers, per Polygon.
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OpenAI Publishes Benchmark Results for Custom Inference Chip Jalapeno
Jalapeño's published benchmarks show it overcoming the usual throughput-versus-latency trade-off in a single architecture, with the advantage growing on larger and more demanding workloads.
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Din's Champion Leaves Early Access With 1.0 Patch After Two-Year Run
The 1.0 release caps a two-year early access period for Soldak Entertainment's first side-scrolling game, a departure from the studio's isometric Diablo-style titles like Depths of Peril and Din's Curse.
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