Tanuki: Pon's Summer Gets New Demo on June 15
The demo gives players a substantial early look at a game that blends delivery puzzles, BMX movement, and town-building across real-world Japanese settings.
Denfaminicogamer
New 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Photos Reveal Punisher and MJ
The images confirm the Punisher's role and MJ's post-college life with Ned, setting up a new status quo for Peter Parker after his isolation spell.
Eiga Natalie
Remake of Free Mystery Game 'Type Help' Gets July Release Date
The remake pairs the acclaimed developer of 'The Roottrees Are Dead' with a well-received free game that won a Best Free Game award and earned an IGF nomination, raising expectations for the full commercial release.
Automaton
Xiaomi Open-Sources MiMo Code, an AI Agent That Beats Claude Code in Blind Test
Xiaomi has published a competitive open-source AI coding agent that, in its own testing, beats a well-known proprietary tool on both benchmarks and human preference.
GIGAZINE
Shugo Chara! Pop-Up Store Opens at Ikebukuro Loft With Ice Cream Party Theme
The store offers fans the first new official merchandise in years, with original character illustrations and a café theme that departs from the series' usual visual style.
Nijimen
Stella& Unveils Mithril, an AI Production OS for Short Anime
Mithril aims to shorten anime production from years to months by using original IP as core input data rather than AI prompts, with professional staff managing final quality.
ASCII.jp
Content Tokyo 2026 Adds Fan Community Marketing Expo, Runs June 17-19
The addition of a dedicated Fan Community Marketing EXPO signals the industry's growing focus on direct fan engagement as a formal business strategy, alongside traditional licensing and production.
GameBusiness.jp
Persona 4 Revival Footage Sparks Remix Speculation and Inaba Nostalgia
The short clip is the first extended look at the remake's environments and music, and the hint of a remixed classic track is driving fan conversation ahead of the 2027 release.
Denfaminicogamer
Marvel Announces New Mangaverse One-Shots With Hell's Paradise Artist Covers
The project brings a major manga artist into Marvel's manga-style imprint for a full cover run, signaling continued crossover between American superhero comics and Japanese manga aesthetics.
KAI-YOU
Japan Acer Launches Four Predator Gaming Laptops With RTX 50 Series
The new Predator lineup brings desktop-class GPU performance to laptops with the RTX 50 series, and the Helios Neo 16S AI targets a thinner form factor for streaming and content creation beyond pure gaming.
ASCII.jp
Eternal Fantasy 2nd Album Revival Announced for Switch in Spring 2027
The remake continues Taito's revival of the 'Eternal Fantasy' series with the original creative team intact, a pattern established by the first remake six months prior.
Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, Game Spark
Nintendo Adds Play Time Condition to Switch 2 Multilingual Purchases After Hoarding
Nintendo reimposed a play-time requirement on the multilingual Switch 2 after detecting hoarding, reversing a late-May relaxation and signaling tighter enforcement of purchase limits.
GAME Watch (Impress)
NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains 3D Puzzle Launches June 25
This is the first time BeXide has packaged multiple Bandai Namco arcade IPs into a single puzzle game, using voxel art to bridge retro aesthetics with modern 3D gameplay.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer
Draw Me A Pixel Releases Meta-Puzzle Game Crushed In Time
The studio follows its acclaimed meta-puzzle predecessor with a new title that already holds a 'Very Positive' Steam rating based on early reviews.
Denfaminicogamer
Max Factory Opens Orders for Macross VF-1J Max & Milia Plastic Model Set
This release packages the iconic couple's signature Valkyrie as a single plastic model set, offering a dedicated kit for fans of the series' most famous pairing.
Inside
Visa and OpenAI Partner to Let AI Agents Make Purchases
The partnership replaces OpenAI's failed Instant Checkout service with Visa's established payment infrastructure, addressing the trust and merchant adoption problems that sank the earlier effort.
GIGAZINE
SK Telecom Plans Gigawatt-Scale AI Cloud With NVIDIA DSX Platform
The project positions SK Telecom as a dedicated AI Cloud operator using NVIDIA's full-stack reference architecture, marking a shift from general-purpose cloud to GPU-specialized infrastructure for South Korea's industrial AI deployment.
ASCII.jp
Roguelite Action Game SWAPMEAT Gets Official Release Date
The full release marks the end of SWAPMEAT's early access period and brings a major content update that completes the core gameplay loop with a final boss.
Game Spark
Funnel Runners Launches July 16 on Steam With 8-Player Co-Op Tornado Escape
The debut title from Supernova Studios, which has already drawn attention from a US weather service and accumulated over 170,000 Steam wishlists, positions itself as a co-op survival game where the weather itself acts as the central threat.
Automaton
Nijisanji Chips Vol.9 Launches June 23 With 46 Original Cards
The ninth volume of Nijisanji's snack-card collaboration continues the franchise's regular merch cycle with a larger card set and expanded retail distribution.
4Gamer.net
Osomatsu-San Sextuplets Join Haruka Fukuhara in CD Energy Commercial
The commercial marks a rare cross-promotion between a long-running anime property and a utility company, blending the sextuplets' slapstick brand with a mundane household setting.
Comic Natalie
Exe Arena Pre-Registration Campaign Begins on iOS and Android
The campaign gives the first concrete look at how the game will monetize and what rewards players can expect at launch.
ASCII.jp
Nekome: Nazi Hunter Launches in Early 2027
The announcement gives a release window and first gameplay details for a revenge-driven stealth-action title set in 1941, with a focus on brutal melee and a notoriety system that affects enemy behavior.
Game Spark
OpenAI Bans ChatGPT Accounts Linked to Chinese Influence Operations on US AI Debates
The incident shows Chinese operatives testing narratives against US AI infrastructure, the foundation of American technological leadership, though OpenAI assessed the operations had no meaningful impact.
GIGAZINE