BIC 2026 Opens in Busan With Record 856 Submissions
The record submission count and expanded conference lineup signal BIC's growing pull as a global indie showcase, with Japan represented among the top award finalists.
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Games
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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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.
GameBusiness.jp
PixARK Returns With Terracrypt DLC, New Development Plan
The DLC marks a deliberate revival of PixARK as a light-user-oriented ARK spin-off, with a long-term plan that extends beyond this single expansion.
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Pinball Action Joins Arcade Archives 2 on Switch 2, PS5, Xbox, PC
The release extends the Arcade Archives 2 line with a Tecmo classic, adding modern features like rewind and Time Attack to a 1985 arcade original.
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Japanese Swordsmith Sim Announced by SENSE SHARE for PC
The announcement positions the game as a hardcore, step-by-step simulation of traditional Japanese sword making, with each stage from charcoal preparation to quenching represented as interactive tasks.
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FGO Swimsuit Servant Survey Puts Lilith at 52.8%
The survey shows Lilith's swimsuit version drawing more than half of Masters' support, a lead that could shape expectations for the upcoming summer event.
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Egg Hunt 2026: The Grand Eggspress Review: A Polished Roblox Adventure
The review highlights that a paid, story-driven Roblox title can rival traditional indie 3D action games, signaling a shift in how the platform's user-generated content is perceived.
Game Spark, GameBusiness.jp
SPRAWL Zero Gets September 8 Release Date
The September release date confirms that SPRAWL zero, which has already earned an overwhelmingly positive Steam demo rating, is moving quickly from demo to full launch across multiple platforms.
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Sign: Broken Crown Chapter Trial Version Now Available on Steam
The trial version offers players a first taste of the reverse isekai adventure, which is planned as a series, ahead of its fall release.
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