Friendly Steps: Up to 4-Player Co-Op Action Game Announced
The game's core mechanic-separate foot controls and rope-tied cooperation-introduces a novel coordination challenge in the co-op genre.
Denfaminicogamer
DLsite Parent viviON Announces Cloud Service for PC Games on Smartphones
By eliminating porting costs and using a purchase model instead of subscription, viviON GAMES could lower the barrier for indie and doujin PC game creators to reach mobile audiences, a segment DLsite's parent already dominates in distribution.
Inside, GameBusiness.jp
Heaven Burns Red Announces Persona 5 Royal Crossover in Japan
The crossover brings two major narrative-driven franchises together and marks a notable first for Heaven Burns Red's roster.
Anime News Network
Final Fantasy XIV Free Trial Expands Through Shadowbringers Ahead of 2027 Expansion
The free trial now covers the critically acclaimed Shadowbringers expansion, giving new players a massive amount of content for free and a clear runway to reach endgame before the next paid expansion arrives.
GAME Watch (Impress)
Goddess of Victory: NIKKE Animated Shorts Start This Week
After years of fan demand for a proper NIKKE anime, Shift Up is testing animated storytelling with a low-commitment short format focused on slice-of-life content rather than combat.
Siliconera (Anime)
Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA Episode 6 Ties Bullying to Ghost Stories
The episode deepens the series' thematic architecture by treating institutional cruelty not as a backdrop but as a haunting as literal as any ghost story.
Anime News Network
WEBTOON and Paramount Launch Two Original Star Trek Webcomic Series
The partnership marks Star Trek's first expansion into the vertical-scroll webcomic format, with two series that introduce original characters and YA romance and mystery tones alongside canonical settings.
Anime News Network
Free Horror Game 'End Credit' Hides Anomalies in the Credits
The game repurposes a mundane, often-skipped part of media consumption into a source of tension, offering a novel horror concept that is immediately accessible to anyone with a browser.
Denfaminicogamer
The $60 Billion Anime Market Is Credible and the Industry Is Not Ready
The industry is growing faster than its own infrastructure can handle, and the fans who built it may be the ones who lose what made it worth watching.
Anime News Network
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring Episode 8 Review: Flashback Fatigue Sets In
The review signals that the series, which premiered in Spring 2026, has exhausted its audience's patience by prioritizing repetitive flashbacks over plot progression.
Anime News Network
Com2uS Targets 2027 for Gachiakuta and Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Games
The 2027 window aligns both games with the ongoing momentum of their source IP, as Gachiakuta's anime is already in its second season and Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint remains one of the most globally recognized Korean webtoon franchises.
Anime News Network
Nijisanji and NIJISANJI EN Launch 17-Character Nuimode Goods Line
The simultaneous JP/EN release and 17-liver roster show ANYCOLOR treating the Nuimode line as a cross-group merchandise event rather than a single-branch drop.
PANORA
17LIVE's NexuStella Opens Auditions for Pre-Made V-Liver Characters
The audition inverts the typical V-Liver creation process by having applicants compete to inhabit pre-designed characters rather than building their own from scratch.
MoguLive
Isekai Joucho's Flower Closet Live Weaves Costumes and Music at Zepp Haneda
The concert's costume-by-costume structure made the singer's visual history the narrative thread, a format that turns a live performance into a retrospective of her career arc.
PANORA
Isekai Joucho Recreates Her First Live at Zepp Haneda
The show proved that a virtual singer's early online-only work can be translated into a physical venue without altering the original arrangement, while still demonstrating artistic growth.
PANORA
Witch Hat Atelier Holds Top Spot in Spring 2026 Anime Rankings
Witch Hat Atelier's sustained lead across both major polling platforms suggests it has become the consensus standout of the season, while Wistoria's sharp climb indicates strong word-of-mouth momentum for its second season.
Anime News Network, Anime Trending
Hinano Tachibana Sets Dates for First One-Man Live at Tachikawa Stage Garden
The live marks the first standalone concert for a VSPO! member who has balanced competitive esports streaming with a growing music catalog.
Brave group
Hololive English Concert Screening Tour Expands to Five European Cities
The tour extends hololive's European footprint beyond the UK, turning a one-off London screening into a multi-country circuit that tests demand for VTuber concert events across continental Europe.
hololive production (EN)
Mugensho Record Releases First Full Album Dreamerise on July 15
The album is the label's first full-length release since renaming to Mugensho Record, marking a shift from EPs to a broader catalog for its VSinger roster.
Brave group
Hololive's Sakura Miko Teams With Gakken for Junior High Study Series
The collaboration extends Sakura Miko's brand into educational publishing, a move that follows other Hololive members' study books and signals continued crossover between VTuber IP and traditional print media.
hololive production (JP)
Sakura-Con Expands VTuber and Streamer Hub With SOBA Partnership
The hub's growth from a single booth to a multi-day dedicated space shows Sakura-Con treating VTuber and streaming culture as a permanent programming pillar, not a temporary trend.
VTuber NewsDrop
HIMEHINA World Tour 2026 Adds Tokyo Homecoming and Final 2Days
The tour, which the company calls the first solo live world tour by a VTuber act, is wrapping up with a scale of domestic and international dates that tests how far the format can travel.
Brave group
Hololive English Teams With Bandage Brigade for Justice Apparel Collection
The partnership marks hololive English's first apparel collaboration with a US-based brand, extending the agency's merchandising reach into a new market segment.
hololive production (EN)
VSPO VTuber Hinano Tachibana Reaches 1 Million YouTube Subscribers
Tachibana is the latest VSPO member to cross the million-subscriber mark as the project's total managed channel subscriber count passed 10 million in December 2024.
Brave group