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.
Game Spark
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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Nijisanji Plushie Dress-Up Line YumYum! for Nijimarutto Launches May 27
The line expands Nijisanji's physical merchandise beyond standard apparel and accessories into a modular dress-up system for its existing plushie mascot, a format more common in toy lines than VTuber goods.
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Bandai Spirits Announces 650mm DX Chogokin SDF-1 Macross Figure
At 99,000 yen and 650mm long, this is the largest and most expensive DX Chogokin release to date, and the first product in the Macross 45th anniversary lineup.
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Indie Game Lab Japon Brings French Creators to BitSummit PUNCH
The program is a structured exchange that immerses French developers in Japan's indie scene and market, with hands-on feedback from local professionals and a public showcase at a major indie event.
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BeXide Revives Legendary Pinball Game Last Gladiators at BitSummit
The revival of a cult-classic Saturn pinball title by an indie-focused publisher signals a growing willingness to reissue niche 1990s digital pinball games with modern platform support.
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Arcane Merchant Shop Management Sim Sets Steam Release for June 2
The June 2 release date gives a concrete launch window for a niche management sim that blends potion crafting and magic weapon sales in a fantasy setting.
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Rokudenashi Blues Returns for Second McDonald's Collaboration
The second McDonald's tie-up in five months keeps a 1988-1997 Shonen Jump title in active commercial use, with the actor returning to voice the same character.
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Toei Games to Publish Yatara's Ballpoint Pen Horror-Adventure HINO
HINO marks Toei Games' entry into indie publishing with a title that adapts a social-media-born art style into a full game, while the developer's approach of animating static illustrations by hand-part separation could set a template for similar artist-to-game collaborations.
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Star Citizen Crowdfunding Surpasses $1 Billion
The milestone cements Star Citizen as the most crowdfunded game ever, while the nearing completion of Squadron 42 suggests a concrete deliverable may finally emerge from a project long nicknamed the 'Sagrada Familia of gaming.'
Game Spark
Hazbin Hotel Season 2 Pop-Up Shop Opens in Tokyo and Osaka
The physical retail push signals that the series, which streams on Amazon Prime Video in Japan, has enough domestic demand to warrant dedicated pop-up events in two major cities.
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Kamui, Peanuts-kun, Poser Shiraishi to Host Hip-Hop Show on ABEMA
The show marks Kamui's first regular broadcast program and is framed by the host as the final project of ABEMA's outgoing president, giving it a transitional significance for the platform's music programming.
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Momokawa Nijimasu Named Official Ambassador for Saitama Super Nijimasu Matsuri
The appointment ties a fish-themed VTuber to a rainbow trout event, using her existing audience to promote food education and fish-eating culture through direct participation.
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Schrödinger's Call Play Report Details a Phone Call After the End of the World
The report offers the first detailed look at a contest-winning indie game that uses a phone-call mechanic and a post-apocalyptic premise to explore memory and grief.
Game Spark
Tom Holland's Spider-Man: Brand New Day Japanese Poster Revealed
The poster and tagline confirm the film's central tension: Peter Parker erased himself from his loved ones' memories and now faces a physical mutation and a new threat alone.
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Debug Nephemee Developer Noroma Talks Buggy World and Cute Characters at Bitsummit
The interview reveals how a solo developer with no prior art or game-dev experience built a multi-screen puzzle game inspired by Cave Story, now backed by a major publisher's indie label.
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Schrödinger's Call Launches May 28 After 4.5 Years of Development
The game's release caps a long development cycle that began with a six-page proposal and a team that had to incorporate a company and learn game development from scratch.
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NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains Demo Launches on Steam
The demo offers a hands-on preview of how BeXide translates retro arcade aesthetics into modern voxel-based puzzle mechanics, ahead of a multiplatform launch that includes the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2.
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ZOZOTOWN and NIKKE Announce Camp-Themed Collaboration With Four Characters
This collaboration marks one of the first major apparel tie-ins for NIKKE, translating its character designs into wearable fashion items rather than standard merchandise.
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City of None Play Report: Celeste Creators Show Monochrome Exploration Game at BitSummit
The first hands-on report of City of None reveals how the Celeste creators are translating their precision-platformer expertise into a slower, puzzle-driven exploration game with a distinctive monochrome visual style.
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