Growth Verse Expands Tokyo Headquarters by 1.6 Times as Business Grows
The expansion signals that GROWTH VERSE is scaling its physical operations to keep pace with demand for its AI agent services in marketing, retail, and voice.
ASCII.jp
Anthropic Overtakes OpenAI in Enterprise AI Accounts, Okta Data Shows
The index confirms that enterprise AI adoption is moving decisively from chat interfaces to autonomous agents, with Anthropic surpassing OpenAI in both accounts and active users.
ASCII.jp
Escape Academy Leads Three Free Games for Amazon Prime Members on Luna
The free distribution gives Prime members access to the first game ahead of its sequel's release in September.
Game Spark
Dear Passengers Hits 1M Wishlists in Two Days Amid Controversy
The game's rapid wishlist milestone highlights how quickly a controversial concept can gain traction on Steam, while also raising questions about originality and the influence of Roblox trends on the platform.
Game Spark
Fate/Grand Order Exhibition Opens in Tokyo With 11 Years of Development Materials
The exhibition is the first major retrospective of Fate/Grand Order since the conclusion of its 10-year second part, giving fans a physical archive of the game's production history and narrative scale.
GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer
Stream Train Co-Op Horror Pits Streamers Against the Uncanny Valley
Stream Train turns the streamer's dilemma into a game mechanic, forcing players to weigh survival against the demands of an audience that rewards risk.
Automaton
Hela: of Mice & Magic Gets Q4 2026 Release Window, 1 Million Wishlists
The game's 1 million wishlists and broad platform support indicate strong early interest, but the Q4 2026 release date means a long wait for a co-op title that deliberately avoids combat in favor of exploration and puzzle-solving.
Denfaminicogamer
FBI Arrests Florida Man for Stealing Cryptocurrency via Malware-Infected Steam Games
The arrest follows the FBI's March 2026 announcement of a malware investigation on Steam, and the case demonstrates how investigators traced stolen cryptocurrency through Uber Eats gift card purchases to the suspect's home and university.
Automaton
MIXI CEO Traces 27-Year Path from SNS to Games to Sports Betting
Kimura's account shows MIXI treating the viral engagement mechanics of Monster Strike as a repeatable formula, now applied to sports betting to replicate the same social excitement.
GameBusiness.jp
NVIDIA and Noetra to Build Japan's National-Scale AI Factory
The project positions Japan as a testbed for physical AI infrastructure, combining government backing with NVIDIA's hardware to build a foundation model for real-world industrial applications.
ASCII.jp
Nintama Rantarou Gets Squishy Figures in Mocchiri Kororin Meets
The meets series expands the Mocchiri Kororin brand into character licensing, starting with a long-running NHK anime property.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Kimi K3 Surpasses Claude Fable in Long-Duration Coding Benchmarks
Kimi K3 shows that Chinese open-weight models are now competitive with frontier US models on long-duration coding tasks, while still trailing in debugging.
ASCII.jp
New Marvel's Wolverine Footage Reveals Photograph Quest in Tokyo, Canada
The emphasis on a single photograph as a narrative anchor suggests Marvel's Wolverine will prioritize a personal, character-driven story over the open-world spectacle of Insomniac's Spider-Man series.
Denfaminicogamer
INMO GO3 AI Smart Glasses Launch in Japan with Translation, Teleprompter, Navigation
The INMO GO3 brings a practical, lightweight AI smart glasses option to Japan, focusing on everyday productivity features like translation and meeting support rather than AR entertainment.
ASCII.jp
Bandai Opens Project Sekai Sticker Biscuits Pre-Orders
The sticker biscuits extend Project Sekai's merchandise into Bandai's popular candy toy line, a standard format for game franchises in Japan.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Zoom's CX Summit 2026: AI and Human Co-Creation in Contact Centers
The summit signals Zoom's push to position itself as a cross-enterprise CX platform, moving beyond standalone contact center software toward integrated, AI-driven customer experiences.
ASCII.jp
Otani Design Laboratory Launches TenoVerse Hand-Tracking Content Service
TenoVerse introduces a contactless hand-tracking method for VTuber and character interaction at physical events, addressing common issues of customer attraction and setup costs in event promotion.
PANORA
Something Genuine Interview With Anastasia Munoz Explores Life Beyond Voice Acting
The interview exemplifies the series' premise of profiling voice actors as full people, revealing how Muñoz's roles in education and community arts shape her perspective on the industry.
Beneath the Tangles
Touken Ranbu ONLINE Nail Oils Inspired by 10 Sword Warriors Now Available
The immediate announcement of a second volume suggests the nail oil line is planned as an ongoing series, expanding Touken Ranbu ONLINE's merchandise into beauty and lifestyle products.
Anime Anime
UNISON SQUARE GARDEN Hiatus Prompts Fan Poll for Favorite Anime Tie-Up Song
The poll turns the band's hiatus into a moment for fans to reflect on the anime theme songs that defined UNISON SQUARE GARDEN's legacy in the industry.
Nijimen
Alliance Arts Spotlights Yunyun Syndrome and Drunken Goddess Reflux at Anime Expo 2026
Alliance Arts demonstrated two distinctive titles that blend rhythm gameplay and survival drinking mechanics, signaling a push for niche indie games with streaming appeal and community-driven development.
VTuber NewsDrop
Glintseeker Island Demo Debuts on Steam After Big Japanese Response
The demo launch caps a development cycle where Japanese players, who accounted for a third of playtesters, became a central audience for the game, prompting the developer to prioritize Japanese support.
4Gamer.net
Nagareboshi Gasshoubu's First One-Man Live Tickets Now on Sale
The group's rapid advance from formation to first live within three months shows a fast-tracked debut for a VTuber act under Avex.
PANORA
Sins of KALEIDO: Latest Witch Series Game Launches on Switch
The franchise continues to expand with a new entry that keeps the same director and writer from the well-received 'even if TEMPEST' series, maintaining narrative continuity.
Anime Anime