Hollow Home Crowdfunding Launches With Cat Naming Rights Reward
The campaign lets backers shape the final quality of a war-themed RPG whose development was interrupted by the invasion itself.
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Indie FPS HOLE Passes 100,000 Sales, NEGAFISH Announces Extraction Shooter
The sales milestone for HOLE backs NEGAFISH's move into a larger-scale extraction shooter, a genre shift from its short, hardcore gunfight design.
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SF and Computer Tech Timeline Tool Lets Users Map History Against Their Own Lives
The tool reframes technology history as a personal timeline tied to the user's own age and school stage, and it was itself built using Claude Code in a Vibe Coding workflow, connecting the history it charts to the current method of AI-assisted development.
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IRON NEST Heavy Turret Simulator Launches on Steam
The game's demo ranked second among the 50 most-played demos at the June 2026 Steam Next Fest, and its Steam reviews had surpassed roughly 7,500 with an overwhelmingly positive rating at the time of reporting.
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Sento Survivor: Slip and Grab! Now on Steam With Switch Release Dated
The Steam launch and a September 24 Switch date put the bathhouse water-gun shooter on two platforms within weeks of each other.
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Egret II Mini Adds New Software, Series Reaches 100 Total Titles
The Egret II Mini's expansion via SD card software reaches a milestone of 100 total titles, with the next release's details set to be unveiled on the upcoming Famitsu LIVE broadcast.
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Roblox Explains Age-Based Accounts and Its Safety Culture
The roundtable frames the new age-based accounts as the visible result of a company culture that spends a significant share of executive meeting time on safety, rather than as one-off features.
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eFootball Tops Japan's Weekly Mobile Game Revenue Chart
The weekly chart shows event-driven revenue spikes, with eFootball's festival and #COMPASS's collaboration with Mahjong Soul driving significant week-over-week gains.
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Short Games Showcase 2026 Launches on Steam With 100 Games
The event gives short-form games a dedicated Steam showcase with discounts, making compact experiences the focus for a ten-day period.
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Pikmin Bloom Adds Permanent Yokosuka Walk Event
The permanent event reuses the 2023 Yokosuka tour course but updates spots and obtainable Golden Seedlings, giving both new players and past participants a reason to walk the city again.
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Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Downloads Pass 500 Million as Larian Releases Three-Year Stats
The data shows how player behavior has evolved over three years, with the Dark Urge accounting for 62 percent of Isobel's deaths and a joke weapon being used only four times in the final chapter.
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NetEase Announces Escape-Action Adventure 'Beneath the Mist'
The announcement introduces a monster-eating ability system that ties cooking directly to combat builds, a mechanic that shapes each playthrough's strategy.
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UCC Japan Opens a Coffee Farm on Roblox
UCC Japan is using Roblox to teach the next generation about coffee's journey from farm to cup, addressing sustainability issues like the '2050 problem'.
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Nobunaga's Ambition Art Talk Video Released Online
The release extends the museum exhibition's concept of games as interactive art to a wider online audience, while offering a look at the design philosophy behind the series' latest installment.
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The Legend of Khiimori Corruption Update Adds New Threats and Crafting
The Corruption Update expands the Early Access game's core survival loop with a new threat system and crafting options, while the launch discount marks a pricing shift since release.
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Disney Sparklink Stars Opens Pre-Registration on App Store and Google Play
The start of pre-registration, which has already passed 300,000 sign-ups, signals the project is moving toward launch and gives players their first detailed look at the game's world and mechanics.
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Graveyard Keeper 2 Demo Shows Zombie Army Battles and Town Restoration
The demo frames the sequel's story as a direct consequence of the previous game's zombie automation, tying the eight-year gap to the 2018 original.
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THE IDOLM@STER TOURS Launches Second Stage Series With Tour Mode on August 6
The Second Stage update introduces Tour Mode and the game's first original song, expanding THE IDOLM@STER TOURS beyond its initial content with new mechanics and a higher card rarity.
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Slavic Mythology Horror ADV Manus Sors Set for Q4 2026 on PC
The announcement confirms a specific release window for Nest Union's Slavic mythology-inspired horror adventure, which distinguishes itself through dual-protagonist perspectives and a setting rooted in Slavic beliefs about the afterlife.
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Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 Broadcast Set for September 17 With FanFest
The broadcast pairs the Tokyo Game Show stream with a free, Japan-only community event, giving local fans a direct entry point into Xbox's show-week announcements.
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PS5 Version of Dune: Awakening Sets October 29 Release Date
The announcement gives the Arrakis survival game a fixed PS5 release date with three editions and a physical preorder window, moving the title from announcement to a concrete launch plan.
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Sky: Children of the Light Hosts Dear Van Gogh Pop-Up in Shibuya
The pop-up marks the in-game launch of Dear Van Gogh with a physical, reservation-based wheat field installation in central Tokyo, drawing crowds at Shibuya Scramble Crossing on its opening day.
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EVE Online Creator Fenris Creations Partners With Google DeepMind on AI Research
The rebrand and DeepMind partnership signal a shift toward AI research for the EVE Online developer, with the company's CEO framing human traits as increasingly valuable as machine intelligence grows.
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JeSU Opens HPSC ESPORTS LAB Training Facility in Tokyo
The facility marks a formal step in integrating sports science into esports training, with plans to open access to Japanese players across competitive titles after the Asian Games.
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