Blue Archive Swimsuit Figures of Mika and Seia Arrive From Sega in August
The two figures join a broader August and September Blue Archive lineup from Sega, expanding the series' presence in the prize figure market.
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Pot-Breaking Clicker RPG Greedy Greedy Gnomes Launches on PC and Android
The release turns the familiar RPG pot-breaking action into a full idle management loop, where clicking gives way to automated gnome labor and town-building investment.
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Battlefield 1942 VR Mod BFVR Released Free on GitHub
The mod brings the 22-year-old classic into VR with controller support and compatibility with other mods, expanding how the original can be played.
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Hololive Wachawacha Gakuen-sai Event Set for November at Keio Arena TOKYO
This event marks a significant expansion of Hololive Production's live offerings, bringing together a diverse roster of talents across two days at a major Tokyo arena, with a tiered ticketing system that includes premium goods bundles.
hololive production (JP), GAME Watch (Impress)
Phantom Blade Zero Pre-Orders Open, State of Play Set for August 18
The dedicated State of Play segment gives S-GAME a full 20-minute platform to showcase an unrevealed story character and the build system, marking the final marketing push before the October 29 launch.
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Sengoku Dynasty Marks Third Anniversary With Kagura Update
The Kagura update shifts Sengoku Dynasty's focus from survival mechanics toward spiritual and cultural needs, adding faith-based furniture and a kintsugi-inspired legendary weapon set for the game's third anniversary.
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Pixel-Art Sci-Fi JRPG Stillsun Ark Announced for PC
The developer's explicit stance that Japanese is the top priority among languages under consideration signals that Stillsun Ark is courting the Japanese market even while it ships English-only at first.
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Area 51 Guard Sim Security 51 Launches on Steam and GOG
Security 51 brings a Papers, Please-style document-checking loop to a sci-fi setting, with consequences that can surface days later in the shift.
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VTee x hololive Collection Launches August 13 With Four Talents
The collection marks VTee's debut project, pairing the new apparel brand with four popular hololive talents in a limited release that includes a pop-up event.
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Stonewards Enters Steam Early Access With Co-Op Dwarf Defense
The early access launch pairs a tight mining-forge-combat loop with a public roadmap that promises new maps, characters, and activities over the next year, giving players a clear sense of how the game will evolve.
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Social Deduction Cleaning Sim Sneaky Clean Launches on Steam
Sneaky Clean blends cleaning simulation with social deduction, letting players either clean or sabotage, a twist on the typical cleaning sim genre.
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The Sinking City 2 Trailer Reveals Cast, Story Details
The trailer gives the clearest look yet at the game's story and characters, confirming the lead voice cast ahead of the August 18 release.
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Zom 100 Anime Gets RTS Tower Defense Game for PC in 2027
The Zom 100 anime is expanding into a strategy game with an original story, letting players control the zombie-immune protagonist in a preparation, defense, and exploration loop.
Denfaminicogamer
The Summer Vacation with Hachishaku-sama Developer Interview Details Creation Process
The interview reveals the solo developer's intent to fuse cute characters with horror, using the famous Hachishaku-sama legend to make the game accessible to a broad audience.
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My Dress-Up Darling Marin Gets 100cm Plush From Taito
The plush towers over a seated adult model in the official visual, giving the 66,000 yen price tag a physical scale that sets it apart from standard character merchandise.
Magmix
Thunder 3 Director and Scriptwriter Discuss Art Style and Cliffhangers
The interview clarifies that Thunder 3's jarring visual contrast is a deliberate storytelling device, not an error, and that each episode is built around a cliffhanger.
Anime Herald
Pax Autocratica Enters Early Access on Steam
The launch marks the start of a two-year Early Access period for a game that blends colony management with roguelite FPS combat, with cooperative play planned.
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Echoes of Mystralia Enters Steam Early Access With Spell Crafting
The Early Access launch brings the spell crafting system from Mages of Mystralia into a roguelite structure, with a full release planned within a year.
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VIVANT Villain Radio Segment Has Fans Laughing at Nozaki Scream
The producer's comments confirm that the traitor reveal was designed to shock even the cast, and the radio segment's popularity shows the villains' limited knowledge is a deliberate comedic counterpoint to the drama's serious plot.
Cinema Today, Magmix
Mood-Based RPG Chrona & Sirona Gets Steam Page, Demo Planned
The Steam page reveal confirms Chrona & Sirona's mood-driven TP mechanic, where the protagonist's stats shift with tension, as the core of its command battles.
Automaton
Gash Bell 2 Leads Amazon Kindle Manga Ranking for August 13
The ranking shows current digital manga sales momentum, with recent volumes of ongoing series like "Konjiki no Gash!! 2" and "J⇔M" dominating alongside discounted older titles.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Sacred 2 Remaster Launches on Nintendo Switch
The Switch release brings the cult-classic open-world hack-and-slash ARPG to a new platform, expanding its availability beyond PC and current-gen consoles.
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Anthropic's Claude Pushes Riemann Zeta Zero Bound Past Two Thirds
The result shows an AI model advancing an open mathematics problem largely through human encouragement rather than mathematical guidance, with the operator providing almost no technical input.
GIGAZINE
Kami to Miko Team Details Engineer-Free Content Updates at CEDEC 2026
The session presents a working model where non-engineer staff handle the high-volume content updates inherent to browser games, reducing the man-hours typically spent on code-level edits.
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