games 1 sources · Sep 18
Rabbitly is using a trial booth and a live demo at one of the country's biggest game events to put its transformation-driven adventure in front of players while the game is still in early access.
ASCII.jp
other 1 sources · Sep 18
The slate leans on missions, user-submitted mascot designs, and a ranked streamer battle rather than paid promotions, which is how a smaller live streaming app tries to hold onto listeners and livers in its second year.
ASCII.jp
games 1 sources · Sep 18
Paidy is treating games as the entry point where its younger user base already spends, and it is betting that fee-free installments can create spending that a card or prepaid code would have stopped at the checkout screen.
4Gamer.net
other 1 sources · Sep 18
The film applies a video game camera convention to live-action action cinema, a technique Game Spark ties back to the 2015 first-person film "Hardcore."
Game Spark
games 3 sources · Sep 18
Capcom is tying hands-on access to its own newsletter list while the Switch 2 port has no release date beyond December 4, and event details place the demo in front of players before a public trial version arrives.
4Gamer.net, ASCII.jp, Denfaminicogamer
games 1 sources · Sep 18
Square Enix is promoting a 2027 Danganronpa release through a floor-level photo spot rather than a trailer or demo, which puts the new Kyoki Mode scenario in front of the TGS crowd before any playable build.
ASCII.jp
other 1 sources · Sep 18
The two additions attach a veteran voice actress and a fan-turned-performer to a revival that already brings back producer Chihiro Kameyama, screenwriter Ryoichi Kimizuka, and director Katsuyuki Motohiro behind Yuji Oda.
Cinema Today
music 1 sources · Sep 18
A month into his solo run, G PLANTS is already widening his frame: the debut drew on lyrics written while he was held in a detention center, and the second single moves to what he saw and felt while traveling.
KAI-YOU
figures 1 sources · Sep 18
The tie-in turns a character's most recognizable silhouette into the merchandise itself, and the promotional video puts the actor wearing it at the center of the campaign rather than in a standard poster or trailer beat.
Denfaminicogamer
games 1 sources · Sep 18
Actor is following a title that drew attention partly for a prolonged Steam review process and a post-release nudity bug, and this next project moves the studio into co-op multiplayer FPS territory.
Game Spark
industry 1 sources · Sep 18
The severance terms were drafted while Mullenweg was out of control, which raises the question of whether the two executives arranged their own exit packages before the board's move against him collapsed.
GIGAZINE
games 1 sources · Sep 18
A playable demo puts Sukeban Games' second full project past the announcement stage in front of a public audience, showing how the studio moves its fragmentary storytelling from a dialogue-driven bar into close-quarters action.
Denfaminicogamer
games 2 sources · Sep 18
The stage ran alongside the announcement that a second app, SophieChat:AI, set in the world of Atelier Sophie 2, is in development with pre-registration opening the same day, so SpiralAI and Koei Tecmo are planning more than one title in this chat-app line.
GAME Watch (Impress), Automaton
other 1 sources · Sep 18
The health-tracking hardware on the back of the watch is the part Apple actually changed this cycle, while the case, thickness, and pixel count carry over, so the Series 12 stands or falls on sensor accuracy rather than on design.
GIGAZINE
figures 2 sources · Sep 18
The release leans on the packaging as the product: the inner bag ships with a stage illustration and enough wrapper designs for buyers to arrange their own scene, which is the part that carries a candy tie-in beyond the chocolate itself.
Inside
games 1 sources · Sep 18
A kitchen equipment manufacturer using its real lunch-center design know-how as a game system is the kind of booth that only works at Tokyo Game Show, where the draw is the oddity, not the GPU demo.
ASCII.jp
other 1 sources · Sep 18
The rename clarifies that the app's job is camera-based recording, positioning the phone app as the capture end of a solution Moegi also sells as map-making and custom development work.
ASCII.jp
anime 1 sources · Sep 18
A full three-season, 119-episode free run at five episodes a day turns ABEMA's catalog play into a daily viewing slot that runs nearly a month, and it puts a Cartoon Network title in front of a Japanese streaming audience episode by episode rather than all at once.
Denfaminicogamer
games 3 sources · Sep 18
The opening theme is performed in character by both heroines rather than by an outside artist, and the demo lets TGS2026 attendees play the prologue before either version ships.
Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
vtuber 1 sources · Sep 18
The marathon turns the app's anniversary into a mass catch-up window for a manga that started on X and now spans a long-running TV anime, a film, and a game with 3 million downloads in under a month, so ABEMA is betting the back catalog can still pull an all-ages audience.
Anime Anime
figures 1 sources · Sep 18
The merchandise turns in-game items and expansion pack art into physical goods sold through Pokemon Centers, tying the app's card design directly to retail shelf space.
Inside
other 1 sources · Sep 18
Alibaba is pricing audio and video input down hard while closing the benchmark gap to Gemini 3.8 Flash, which puts the cost of agent workflows built on omni-modal models under pressure.
GIGAZINE
games 1 sources · Sep 18
A labor-market tracker's comparison between Japanese and Western studio staffing has turned the layoff conversation toward retention numbers and executive pay ratios rather than just headcount, though the same thread questions how Japan's own employment practices actually work.
Game Spark
games 3 sources · Sep 18
SpiralAI is extending the chat-RPG format from one Atelier heroine to a second before the first app is a year old, and the stage numbers for RyzaChat:AI (15 million total utterances, over 100 million X impressions, top of the App Store free entertainment ranking) are the evidence the company is using to justify the expansion.
GAME Watch (Impress), 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer