Mabinogi Mobile Launches October 7 for PC and Smartphones
games 3 sources · Sep 17

Mabinogi Mobile Launches October 7 for PC and Smartphones

Mabinogi Mobile reaches Japan after launching in South Korea last year and taking the top Grand President's Award at the 2025 Korea Game Awards, so the Japan release arrives with an established track record rather than as an untested debut.

4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress), Automaton
Koei Tecmo Shares New Atelier Karia Character Video
games 1 sources · Sep 17

Koei Tecmo Shares New Atelier Karia Character Video

The returning cast ties the new entry to Atelier Yumia, and Koei Tecmo's marketing is leaning on that continuity as it builds toward a February 25 launch across four platforms.

Anime News Network
Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement Gets Tokyo Game Show 2026 Gameplay Trailer
games 3 sources · Sep 17

Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement Gets Tokyo Game Show 2026 Gameplay Trailer

This is the first new footage released since the delay to 2027 and since ArtPlay co-founder Koji Igarashi confirmed the game entered the final stages of development, making the trailer the closest look yet at the state of a project the studio has committed to finishing after the death of creative director Shutaro Iida.

Anime News Network, 4Gamer.net, Game Spark
Thunder 3 Episode 11 Delivers The Fight Back, Slowly
anime 1 sources · Sep 17

Thunder 3 Episode 11 Delivers The Fight Back, Slowly

The episode finally reaches the fight back the series had teased since the beginning, and the review reads it as impactless, with an extended stretch of ineffective attacks before the boys act.

Anime News Network
Persona 4 Revival Trailer Names Naoto Shirogane Voice
games 1 sources · Sep 17

Persona 4 Revival Trailer Names Naoto Shirogane Voice

Atlus is building out the remake's new English cast in public one character at a time, and the trailer also confirms the release is split across two dates by platform rather than a single launch.

Anime News Network
KADOKAWA Opens Studio One Base Hub For Five Group Anime Studios
industry 1 sources · Sep 17

KADOKAWA Opens Studio One Base Hub For Five Group Anime Studios

The stated premise is hiring and retention rather than capacity: Studio One Base Corporation president Tsuyoshi Kikuchi said creative production staff are not receiving sufficient benefits while the number of young people entering the industry falls, so the hub is built around working conditions and training space.

Real Sound Anime
Crazy Taxi: World Tour Shows Japan Map In Xbox Stream Video
games 2 sources · Sep 17

Crazy Taxi: World Tour Shows Japan Map In Xbox Stream Video

The steam page disclosure makes Crazy Taxi: World Tour a rare case of a major publisher stating on the record that generative AI tools were used in development, independent of the map reveal itself.

Anime News Network, Denfaminicogamer
Emberward Leaves Early Access With Full Steam Release
games 2 sources · Sep 17

Emberward Leaves Early Access With Full Steam Release

An Early Access tower defense that already holds a 96% positive rating out of more than 3,700 reviews now ships as a finished product, and the fifth area directly extends the block-on-void mechanics that define the game.

Denfaminicogamer
Edia Brings Four Revived Collections to Tokyo Game Show 2026
games 2 sources · Sep 17

Edia Brings Four Revived Collections to Tokyo Game Show 2026

Edia built its re-release business on Nihon Telenet properties, and this lineup, drawn from other rights holders, is the visible result of the internal pipeline it started with Cho Aniki in 2024.

GAME Watch (Impress)
GRIM RONIN Announces TOKYO WALLED CITY For Steam Early Access
games 1 sources · Sep 17

GRIM RONIN Announces TOKYO WALLED CITY For Steam Early Access

A retro cyberpunk immersive sim pitched at a lengthy Early Access run is a bet on systems depth over a finished launch, and the walled-city premise gives the stealth and audio work a closed space to do it in.

Game Spark
Once Human's Isles of Abyss Update Sets Sail on October 22
games 2 sources · Sep 17

Once Human's Isles of Abyss Update Sets Sail on October 22

The update trades the game's land-based survival loop for ship handling and open water, pushing Once Human toward an oceanic map where weather, randomized combat areas, and server-wide goals carry the progression instead of a fixed route.

Automaton
Mouse Computer Adds Intel Mobile CPU To NEXTGEAR JG Desktops
games 2 sources · Sep 17

Mouse Computer Adds Intel Mobile CPU To NEXTGEAR JG Desktops

Mouse Computer is betting that a mobile CPU can carry a desktop gaming line, trading the usual tower chip for quieter operation and multi-core headroom at a price that keeps the brand's first-gaming-PC pitch intact.

ASCII.jp
Kurasu Joins METI Circular Economy Action Week With Discount Campaign
industry 1 sources · Sep 17

Kurasu Joins METI Circular Economy Action Week With Discount Campaign

A startup being named among 10 supporting companies alongside established manufacturers and retailers for a METI-run circular consumption week gives the subscription reuse model a place in the ministry's public-facing push to normalize buying, using, separating, and circulating goods.

ASCII.jp
Netmarble Announces Bloomwalker for PC and Xbox Series X|S
games 3 sources · Sep 17

Netmarble Announces Bloomwalker for PC and Xbox Series X|S

The trailer's Level-5 and Ni no Kuni notices, plus Netmarble Neo's prior work on Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, suggest this new title may be tied to the Ni no Kuni series, though no source confirms the connection.

4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Automaton