Kadokawa lists the seventh collected volume of Momose Hanada's manga adaptation of Harunadon's Even a Replica Can Fall in Love as the final one, shipping October 27. Hanada has run the adaptation in Dengeki Maoh since April 2023. The sixth volume shipped May 27. The original novel won the grand prize at the 29th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2022, and its anime adaptation debuted April 7.
Metal Warriors, a Super Famicom mecha game developed by LucasArts and published by Konami, shipped in America in 1995 and was never released in Japan. It borrowed heavily from Cybernator, also known as Assault Suits Valken, including its six selectable mecha and side-scrolling stages, but let players leave the cockpit, fly as the pilot, fight human-sized enemies, and board a different mech. Some staff later worked on Titanfall.
The October issue of Square Enix's Shonen Gangan announced on Thursday that Kyo Shirodaira and Yuri Kimura's The Record of a Fallen Vampire will get a new series, Vampire Jujikai: Inu ni wa Inu no Uta, in the magazine's next issue on October 9. The magazine also teases an important announcement about the series in that same issue.
Tokyopop announced on Friday that it has licensed five manga titles for English release in spring-summer 2027: Can't Buy My Love by Pitari Mishima, A Fangirl's Guide to Learning How to Date 3D Men, Romantically Challenged by Hi Calo, LOVE IS PAIN by Arata Minami, and How to Fall In Love with You Again. The lineup runs across romance and omegaverse stories.
Game Spark interviewed Silent Hill series producer Motoki Okamoto and Screen Burn director John McLellan at gamescom. Townfall is a standalone first-person horror set in 1996 Scotland, following protagonist Simon Odel. The team discussed the setting, drawing from personal experience, and casting actors from LOST and 3 Body Problem for key roles.
Konami announced the Japanese voice cast for 'SILENT HILL: Townfall' during the 'KONAMI PRESS START 2026.09.04' broadcast, which streamed worldwide starting September 4, 2026. Hiroki Yasumoto plays the protagonist Simon, Yuko Kaida plays the nurse Zoe, and Akio Otsuka plays Richard, a mysterious man who communicates through the in-game gadget CRTV. The game is set in 1996 on the isolated island of St. Amelia, shrouded in fog, and follows Simon Odell, who washes ashore after being swept away by the sea. The broadcast also included messages from the English voice cast, including Jovan Adepo, who voices Simon in English. The Japanese voice option will be available via an update released on the game's launch day. 'SILENT HILL: Townfall' is scheduled for release on September 24, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and other platforms. The title is described as a completely new work that even newcomers to the series can enjoy, with puzzle-solving centered on the pocket TV device CRTV, which replaces the traditional radio.
Koei Tecmo released Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition for the Nintendo Switch 2 on September 3. The package includes the main game, all three DLC packs, and content from free updates, with a limited-time Black Tortoise Battle Armor Set for Switch 2 owners. The series has surpassed 8 million cumulative players worldwide, counting downloads, packaged sales, and subscription play. The sequel, Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember, is scheduled for early 2027.
Inforenz will run an INFOLENS GEEK SHOP merchandise booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026, selling new Fallout, Cyberpunk, and Poppy Playtime items. Newly handled lines include Pragmata, Ender Lilies, and Ender Magnolia. The booth is at 11-W01 in Hall 11, with a purchase bonus fan.
Bethesda Game Studios staff laid off in the Xbox reset say their careers ended in two-minute meetings, with no clear reason given for who was cut. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's July 6 email set 3,200 layoffs by fiscal 2027, with 1,600 roles eliminated immediately. Teams invitations arrived within an hour, and The Guardian reports the process showed no system.
The week of August 31 to September 6, 2026, brings a heavy slate of new game releases across Japan and North America, led by two major action titles. Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword launches on September 4 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, priced at 8,990 yen. The sword-fighting action game is set in early Edo-period Kyoto transformed by miasma, with players controlling swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, who bears the Oni Gauntlet and battles the supernatural Genma. Stages recreate real landmarks like Kiyomizu-dera Temple and Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine. A pre-order bonus offers an omamori charm and sword fittings set usable in-game. The Blood of Dawnwalker, a dark fantasy action RPG from Rebel Wolves, arrives on September 3 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S at 9,790 yen. It stars a Dawnwalker who lives as a human by day and a vampire by night, with day and night gameplay duality as a key attraction. Also releasing this week are Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition, My Hero Academia: All's Justice, and Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault.
HoYoverse unveiled its new title Nodus Fall at gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 on August 26th JST. Game*Spark attended a hands-on event in Cologne, Germany, and played a trial build. The multiplayer fantasy action game adopts a realistic art style, a departure from the studio's usual anime look. It blends Monster Hunter-style hunting with soulslike presentation. The play session covered 4-player co-op with classes including archer, knight, mage, and sorcerer, and featured two bosses: Qiongqi and Maldrake.
Strangely Interactive founder Josh Grafton discussed the SF space war game Angels Fall First in a Game Spark interview. The game released for PC on July 12 after about 10 years in Early Access. Grafton described its blend of large ship battles, FPS combat, and boarding actions, and noted the team communicated via IRC throughout development.
At gamescom 2026, Silent Hill: Townfall producer Motoi Okamoto and writer-director John McLellan discussed the series' new direction. The game, releasing September 24, is the first mainline Silent Hill played in first-person. The radio is replaced by a pocket television called the CRTV, and the story is set in a real town in Scotland.
Chengdu Cangmo and publisher 4Divinity showed a demo of the action RPG A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei at gamescom 2026. The game casts players as a double agent inside the Ming Dynasty secret police. Its core mechanic is a rewind that resets the world but keeps items, so each retry builds the player's hand. PC and PS5 versions are planned for 2027.
Amazon's "Smile SALE," running from August 29 to September 3, 2026, applies discounts to official graphic apparel sold on Amazon Merch on Demand. Eligible T-shirts are 10% off, with an additional 15% OFF coupon for a combined 25% discount, and a bulk purchase coupon that can raise the total to 30% off. Dengeki Hobby Web selected best-selling items from the sale's feature page, all of which sold over 100 units in the past month. Among the featured shirts are Marvel Studios' "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" designs, including the Delmar's Deli Logo, Vintage Paris Premiere Fan Event, Webs Between Buildings, and Big Logo versions, each priced at 2,160 yen. Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 5" Logo Character Collection and Sid Skull designs are also included at the same price. Other picks span "Project Hail Mary," "Ghostbusters," "Fallout," The Rolling Stones, and Fender. All shirts are available in multiple colors and sizes, including men's, women's, and kids. A separate article will cover "Star Wars: The Mandalorian" T-shirts in a second edition.
Developer holonaut announced Swaggerfall on August 24, an open-world RPG for PC that runs on a terminal. The game renders a 3D fantasy world using ASCII characters, with a procedurally generated map said to extend infinitely. Players gain experience from actions like jumping, mining, and cooking, and combat is turn-based with a QTE element. A demo is planned for itch.io.
Coco Uzuki's Fall in Love, You False Angels manga is going on hiatus due to the creator's health and to adjust her workload. The series will return in the January 2027-cover-dated issue of Kodansha's Dessert magazine in November. The announcement came in the October issue of Dessert.
HoYoverse announced a new action game, Nodusfall, during the Opening Night Live ceremony for gamescom 2026, held on August 26 in Germany. The title is a dark fantasy, multiplayer-focused action game with photorealistic graphics, a sharp departure from the anime-style fantasy RPGs the studio is known for, such as Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. Players take on the role of a "Weaver" tasked with severing the source of a mysterious "Death Knot" that is collapsing the world. A preview build offered a 30-minute session featuring three boss battles, combining Soulslike combat with hunting-action elements. The game supports four-player co-op with revive mechanics and combo moves, though solo play is also possible. HoYoverse confirmed that Nodusfall will be free-to-play with item-based monetization, and that characters will be unlocked through continued play rather than gacha. PC is confirmed as a platform, with others undecided. The project has been in development for about two years. PvE co-op is the main focus, with PvP and PvPvE content planned. The game is set to join HoYoverse's upcoming slate, which includes Petit Planet, Honkai: Nexus Anima, and Varsapura.
Konami showed a new trailer for Silent Hill: Townfall during gamescom Opening Night Live on Tuesday, confirming the game's English cast and its September 24 release date. Jovan Adepo, Kezia Burrows, and Terry O'Quinn will voice the main characters Simon, Zoe, and Richard. The game is a co-production between Screen Burn, formerly No Code, and Annapurna Interactive. Silent Hill: Townfall follows Simon Ordell as he returns to the island of St. Amelia, a town quiet under a heavy fog. Played entirely in first person, Simon must explore, evade, and survive with limited weapons and tools, including a pocket television called the CRTV used to tune into unstable signals. The game is a full-length, self-contained psychological horror set in Scotland in 1996. It will launch on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Konami first announced Silent Hill: Townfall in 2022 alongside other projects like Silent Hill f and the Silent Hill 2 remake, both of which have since been released.
At gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live, HoYoverse announced Nodusfall, a new multiplayer action game with realistic graphics and a dark fantasy setting. The next day, a preview event let media and influencers try the game. Nodusfall is a four-player co-op action game where players hunt giant mythological monsters. The demo featured a warrior, an archer, and a spellcaster, with roles like damage dealer, tank, and support. Combat uses an Xbox controller with standard attacks, dodges, and lock-on, plus Divine Skills that charge a gauge and deliver powerful effects. The first boss was Qiongqi, a beast from Chinese classics, who fled mid-fight, leading to a second boss, the dragon Maldrake. The developers said characters are not obtained through gacha but unlocked by playing. Monetization will focus on cosmetic items. The game is free-to-play on PC, with other platforms and the release date undecided. Pre-registration has begun on the official website. The developers aim for a "wide entrance" with low barriers for new players and a high skill ceiling for veterans. They also plan a large RPG-style story map and small-scale PvP content.
Den Fami will broadcast gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live with simultaneous Japanese interpretation. The stream starts at 3:00 a.m. Japan time on August 26 on the Den Fami YouTube channel and the Den Fami X account. The interpreter is J-mon. Opening Night Live opens gamescom 2026, held in Cologne, Germany, one of the world's largest gaming events. The show is expected to include new footage of Final Fantasy VII Revelation and SILENT HILL: Townfall, plus the latest information on the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion pack Songs of the Past. gamescom 2026 features over 1,600 exhibitors and 47 country pavilions representing 40 countries, a record. A pre-show starts at 2:30 a.m. the same day. GAME Watch also summarized announcements from the show, including HoYoverse's new co-op action title Nodus Fall, open-world RPG Infinite Ananta releasing January 15, 2027, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Tactics, a turn-based single-player strategy game. Den Fami will also air Future Games Show: at gamescom with interpretation at 2:00 a.m. on August 27.
HoYoverse announced its new title Nodus Fall during the gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 broadcast on August 26. The reveal marks a departure for the company, known for anime-style RPGs such as Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, as the new game uses photorealistic graphics and a serious fantasy tone. The trailer showed a dark fantasy world where divine authority has collapsed and order has crumbled, with players taking on the role of Weavers to defeat powerful mythological beings. Footage included combat against a giant dragon and dodging enemy attacks with weapons. Multiple outlets described the gameplay as resembling a hunting action game, with one source noting a Monster Hunter-like atmosphere combined with flashy effects. The game appears to be a cooperative multiplayer title. Specific details such as the release date and supported platforms were not revealed in the footage.
Mistfall Hunter operators announced fair play penalties on August 21, targeting frequent and temporary teaming between enemy teams for the time. The move follows a community vote where over 80% of players supported making the behavior punishable. The first round of enforcement saw 76 accounts suspended for teaming, alongside 630 permanent bans for cheating and 395 penalties for sniping and unfair teaming.
Kana announced at Anime NYC on Friday that it licensed six manga titles for English release through 2027. The slate includes Children of the Afterlife, Happy at Home, Good Morning Leon, Why We Fall in Love, Pumpkin Night, and Soon the Fog Clears. Release dates span from May to November 2027.
The final update for Redfall, released on May 30, 2024, was developed by former Arkane Austin staff who had been laid off when the studio closed that month. According to an interview with The Game Business, director Harvey Smith negotiated with Microsoft to allow six or seven ex-employees back into the studio to finish the update. Smith, who was fired during the closure, asked Microsoft, "I know I don't work here anymore, but can you let me release this version?" and received permission. The team completed version 1.4, which added offline mode, a reputation gauge system, and other improvements. The update was initially announced as canceled, then reversed. Smith reflected that if the game had launched in this final state, it would have been "a far better game," though not a massive hit. He also noted the project was difficult, citing the shift to live-service design, the COVID-19 pandemic, and remote work departures. Redfall, an open-world co-op FPS, was released in May 2023 for PC and Xbox Series X|S, and received poor reviews for performance, AI, and bugs. Arkane Austin closed in May 2024 alongside other Bethesda studios.
Bethesda Game Studios announced the 'The Slasher' update for Fallout 76, launching September 15. It introduces Gen 9 Boost for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with native versions, performance and stability improvements across all consoles, plus new content and a legacy seasons system. The update is free.
Konami Digital Entertainment released a roughly 19-minute gameplay trailer for SILENT HILL: Townfall on August 20, 2026. The footage shows protagonist Simon Odel washing ashore on the fog-covered island of Saint Amelia and exploring a residential area using clues displayed on a pocket TV-style device called the CRTV. The trailer also depicts combat with creatures, hiding from enemies, and peeking around corners to avoid detection. In the latter half of the video, Simon enters the blood-red Otherworld, advancing through the town with a pistol. The game is set on the Scottish island of St. Amelia and adopts a first-person perspective throughout, a shift from the series' traditional third-person view. The CRTV replaces the series' hallmark radio and can detect creature locations through walls. SILENT HILL: Townfall is scheduled for release on September 24, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, priced at 7,480 yen. Pre-orders are available on each platform. The trailer was captured on a PS5 Pro.
Bethesda Game Studios released a Fallout 4 update on August 18 local time, raising the BA2 archive limit from 256 to 1024 to support large mod collections. The patch adds Creation Kit fixes, PlayStation archive support, new file formats for Creations, and resolves crashes on Steam Deck and Microsoft Store.
Developer Liviu G opened the Steam store page and released a trailer for Relicfall, a roguelite action game described as a fusion of Vampire Survivors and Path of Exile. Players combine three classes to create an original class, with the combination determining the passive skill tree structure. Active abilities called relics can be modified by socketing support relics that add effects like chain, pierce, split, and explosion. Equipment with random stats drops from enemies and bosses. Relicfall is scheduled for PC release via Steam in Q3 2027.
Falling Damage Games announced on August 18 that Ski-E-O! Ski Resort Tycoon will launch in Early Access on PC via Steam on November 13. A demo is available now. The management sim simulates snow quality and depth in 1-meter units, imports real LiDAR terrain data, and supports up to 15,000 independent guests.
Dwango announced on August 17 that it will live-stream gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 with Japanese interpretation subtitles on Niconico Live. The stream is scheduled for August 26 from 3:00 AM to 5:00 AM Japan time, ahead of gamescom 2026, which runs from August 26 to 31 in Cologne, Germany. The event will feature trailers for SILENT HILL: Townfall and FF7 Revelation, plus new information and gameplay footage for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past expansion. gamescom 2026 is the largest edition ever, with all exhibition floors sold out for the first time in the event's history. Exhibitors include Nintendo, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, Sega, Konami Digital Entertainment, Xbox, and EA. Niconico Live will provide real-time subtitles for the broadcast, which is hosted by Geoff Keighley and Eefje "sjokz" Depoortere. The viewing URL is https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv351102382.
Bethesda Game Studios announced via its official X account that a Fallout 4 patch will release on August 18 local time. The patch focuses on general Creations improvements. The studio also confirmed it is working on an update for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, with details to be announced soon.
Bellring Games reported on August 14, 2026, that the total player count for Mistfall Hunter, available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, has surpassed 1.5 million. The game launched on July 30 and reached 1 million by August 5. A recent stream with director HAO covered anti-cheat measures, class balance, and trade features.
South Korean developer RoyalCrow announced Waste The Fallen on August 13, a free-to-play cosmic horror extraction shooter for PC via Steam. The game casts players as Deviants, beings who have imbued abyssal power into their arms, who descend into ruins to scavenge weapons, materials, and rare items. They face monstrous Fallen, rival Deviants, and environmental hazards, with deeper areas offering better loot but also greater danger and a creeping sense of strangeness that erodes sanity. The game supports solo play or teams of up to three. To soften the harsh setting, most secured loot can be protected in oversized safe boxes, and crafting is cheap and quick, making recovery after failure easy. Between expeditions, players return to an expandable hideout to upgrade crafting stations, unlock blueprints, and create new equipment. A closed alpha test runs from September 4 at 19:00 to September 8 local time (September 5 at 11:00 to September 9 in Japan), with participants earning exclusive skins. Japanese language support has not been announced. RoyalCrow previously developed CROWZ, a free-to-play PvP shooter that entered Early Access in 2022 and ended service in 2023.
Jan Zizka, the solo developer of the Earth-scale RTS Machinefall, discussed the game's 32 trillion map tiles, its Stone Age to Nuclear Age campaign, and his heavy use of generative AI for translation, music, and textures. He also noted that Tokyo is a major enemy base and that Japan is the easiest starting location.
Hong Kong toy maker threezero is displaying painted prototypes of its 1/6 scale fully articulated Fallout power armor figures, the T-51 Vault Tech Power Armor and T-60 Power Armor Rust Color. The display runs August 8-16 at the Kikoten 2026 mecha hobby event in Osaka. Each figure comes with a signature weapon.
Former Bethesda graphic artist Nate Purkeypile said the original Fallout 3 development was heavily constrained by technical limits, including a cap on the number of lights that could be placed. He expressed hope that a modern remaster will deliver the full vision without such restrictions.
Bellring Games announced on August 6 that Mistfall Hunter has surpassed 1 million total players since its July 30 release. The studio also released a roadmap for Season 1 and Season 2, including a solo mode for Brandar Fortress in mid-September and a new Javelin weapon for Black Arrow in Season 2.
Skystone Games announced on August 3, 2026, that it will take firm action against cheating and malicious cooperation in Mistfall Hunter, the PvPvE extraction ARPG from Bellring Games that launched on July 30. The player count surpassed 500,000 as of August 2. Confirmed cheaters face immediate permanent bans, while unfair team play leads to matchmaking suspensions and escalating penalties.
Bethesda Softworks announced July 31, 2026, that it is holding sales across multiple stores to commemorate its 40th anniversary, alongside a new logo reveal. Discounts cover The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, DOOM, Wolfenstein, and Starfield titles on Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG.com, PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, and Nintendo Store.
GOG has started offering the massive Fallout: New Vegas mod Fallout: New California, originally released in 2018 by Radian-Helix Media. The mod features an independent story involving faction conflicts inside Vault 18 and survival in the outside world. It was previously available on ModDB and Nexus Mods. GOG users can download it via GOG Galaxy or a standalone installer, requiring Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition. The Ultimate Edition is currently 60% off as part of the Bethesda 40th Anniversary Sale.
Trey Powell and Jason Bond released Episode 2 of the comic-style crime noir FPS Fallen Aces, titled Shadow of Death, on Steam Early Access. The update adds commandable NPC Delia Price, drivable cars with non-scripted chases, new enemies and weapons, and smoother animations. A recap video of Episode 1 is also available.
A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei, a martial arts spy action game set in the late Ming Dynasty, was playable at ChinaJoy 2026. The demo featured time-rewinding deduction, True Qi-based combat, and five steps including three bosses. The developer assembled a PS5 build in a short period for the event.
HiKing Mind Studio's point-and-click puzzle adventure Falling Apart was playable at ChinaJoy 2026. The game follows Steve, a man tormented by painful memories who undergoes hypnotherapy and enters a deteriorating mental world rendered in monochrome. Players gather clues and solve puzzles to reach the root of his trauma. The demo ends on a cliffhanger, and the full release is planned for 2027.
Sandfall Interactive, the French studio behind the turn-based RPG "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33," stated at a postmortem event in Yokohama on July 26 that it will not expand its team despite the game's success. CEO Guillaume Broche said that creativity comes from the constraints of being small, and that knowing you cannot do everything creates the necessity to focus on what is important. The studio currently has about 26 people, and Broche wants to maintain that scale for the next project, aiming to tackle something "a bit crazy." The event, co-hosted by Epic Games Japan, also included a roundtable with developers from Atlus and Tango Gameworks. Broche described the team's achievement as "a reproducible model," not a miracle, thanks to the right people and tools like Unreal Engine and MetaHuman. The game, released in 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, sold 1 million copies in three days and 5 million by October 2025, and won Game of the Year at multiple major awards, including The Game Awards 2025 and the BAFTA Game Awards 2026. Despite this, Broche said the ideal is a scale where everyone knows each other's faces and names.
Bellring Games and Skystone Games released the dark fantasy PvPvE extraction action RPG Mistfall Hunter on July 30 for PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The game is also available on Xbox Game Pass from day one. Players take the role of Gold Hunters, revived by a mysterious girl named Tia, who must collect sand gold and loot from a blighted land consumed by a golden fog while fending off monsters and rival hunters. Death means losing all carried equipment and loot. The game supports solo play or three-player co-op teams. Season 1, Soulhunt, launched alongside the release, tasking players with stopping the Valga tribe's plot to create a false god. The standard edition costs 3,150 yen, and the deluxe edition costs 5,100 yen. A 10 percent off sale runs until August 13. The open beta held in June during Steam Next Fest drew over 430,000 players. At launch, Steam concurrent users peaked around 22,000, but user reviews are mixed, with complaints about server latency, performance stuttering, and crashes.
Bethesda Game Studios' labor union, OneBGS, announced on its official Bluesky account that it has taken legal action against the studio over severance terms given to laid-off employees. The layoffs, affecting dozens of workers in Canada who worked on the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series, were first communicated via video call on July 6, 2026, with employment initially set to continue until September while the union and company discussed severance. However, on July 17, the same day Bethesda announced future developments for both franchises, affected employees received an email notification stating they would receive only the legally minimum severance pay, including pay in lieu of statutory notice and unused vacation pay, without union negotiation. Affected workers also lost group benefits at that point. OneBGS stated that this response violates Canadian labor law and that it has initiated legal proceedings. The union commented that while Xbox and Bethesda generate large profits from their workforce, workers are being discarded, and it aims to end the cycle where employees bear the cost of management's decisions.
The week of July 27 to August 2, 2026, sees a slate of major releases across platforms. Leading the lineup is 'Halo: Campaign Evolved', a Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original 2001 campaign, launching July 29 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S at 7,900 yen. It includes 10 original missions plus three new ones, 4-player online co-op with cross-play, and a Campaign Remix mode with randomized modifiers. Early reviews are positive, with Metascores of 81 on PS5 and 84 on Xbox Series X as of July 26, though the lack of competitive multiplayer drew some criticism. Also releasing July 30 is 'Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition', an enhanced version for the new console. The same day sees the extraction shooter 'Mistfall Hunter' on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, along with 'BLUE REFLECTION Quartet: The Miracle of the Girls' (7,480 yen), 'Culdcept the First', 'Volcano Princess', 'TATSUJIN EXTREME', and 'Honoboshi no Niwa'. On July 31, dark fantasy action RPG 'The Relic: First Guardian' arrives on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The week's releases span genres from FPS and RPG to puzzle and simulation, with several titles also available on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
Xplored launched a Gamefound campaign for Hoxfall, a cooperative board game using the Teburu digital-linked system. The 50,000 euro goal was met in under 22 minutes. The game is an original IP, set in a Nevada underground facility where players escape mutant swarms. It does not support Japanese, and shipping to Japan is unconfirmed.
Koei Tecmo Games opened digital pre-orders on July 21 for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition, the dark Three Kingdoms action RPG developed by Team NINJA. The game is set for release on September 3, 2026, priced at 7,480 yen. The Complete Edition bundles the base game with all three DLC packs: Battle of Zhongyuan, Little Conqueror of Jiangdong, and Storm of Jingzhou. It also includes new weapon types (gauntlets, long sword, whip), additional scenarios for Cao Cao, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei's forces, expanded stage difficulty, the endgame content Thousand-Mile Journey of the Demon Realm, and collaboration equipment and stages from NARAKA: BLADEPOINT, Lies of P, and Nioh 2. The Switch 2 version supports both online and local multiplayer for up to three players. Pre-order bonuses include the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger battle armor sets, plus the Historical Records item that reveals flag locations on the minimap. A limited-time Black Tortoise Battle Armor Set will be distributed to Switch 2 version owners until September 30, 2026. The sequel, Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember, is planned for early 2027 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.