Garage Arts released a demo update for the bishoujo mecha hack-and-slash STG Oh! Robot: Legendary Mechanic on Steam. The 1.1.3 update adds the Minimi weapon, improved tutorials, and a Survival Mode where players survive three minutes on an escalating-difficulty map. The full game is planned for PC via Steam.
Little Legendary's Metroidvania game 'SHADE Protocol' has exceeded 150,000 Steam wishlists. Its Kickstarter campaign, launched June 4, has raised about $270,000, unlocking ten stretch goals including new areas, weapons, a Primal Boss, and a boss rush mode. The game features a reality-rewriting mechanic and music by Manami Matsumae and Emi Evans.
Game Spark previews the demo for 'Oh! Robot: Legendary Mechanic,' a top-down shooter by Korean solo developer Garage Arts. The game pays homage to robot anime from 1995 to 2010, featuring a girl piloting a mech against a runaway AI. A demo is available on Steam with four story stages and a survival mode.
Yuichiro Shinozaki, the designer who created Gil, Kai, and Druaga for The Tower of Druaga in 1983, discusses his work in Namco's Creative Center-a department that handled corporate identity and advertising rather than game development. The interview accompanies the June 25 release of NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains, a voxel puzzle game featuring classic Namco characters.
BeXide released NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains on June 25, 2026, for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam. The game is a voxel-based 3D puzzle title themed around classic Namco arcade games. Players throw capsules containing voxels onto floating discs and stack them to earn points. The dot-style graphics of 1980s arcade titles are rendered in voxels. The game includes a main stage that mixes elements from multiple works, plus dedicated stages for Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Xevious, Mappy, and The Tower of Druaga. It features over 100 types of voxels viewable in a Collection Room. Online rankings allow competition with players worldwide. To mark the launch, a 10% discount is available on the Nintendo eShop and Steam until July 8, reducing the price from 2,480 yen to 2,232 yen. Future updates are planned, including a versus mode and a collection room contest. The game also uses music from the classic titles.
BeXide Inc. released demos for 'NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains' and 'Memory of Memorie: A Chill Story' at Steam Next Fest on June 16. The Namco-themed voxel puzzle launches June 25 on PC, Switch, and Switch 2. The witch desk sim arrives around summer 2026. A ranking event offers top demo players a credit spot.
Cover Corporation announced that hololive VTuber Rui Takamine will release the EP "The LEGENDARY" on June 11, 2026, and hold her first solo live concert "REBELLION" at Kanadevia Hall in Tokyo on December 16, 2026. A regular radio program on BAYFM78 will also begin July 3.
BeXide announced on June 11 that its voxel-based 3D puzzle game NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains will launch on June 25, 2026, for PC via Steam, Mac, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. The game is themed around classic Namco arcade titles, including Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Xevious, Mappy, and The Tower of Druaga. Players throw capsules containing voxels onto a floating disk, stacking them to earn high scores. The game features over 100 types of voxels, dedicated stages for each of the five classic titles, and a Collection Room where players can arrange acquired voxels freely. An online ranking system allows worldwide score competition. The standard price is 2,480 yen, and pre-orders on the Nintendo eShop offer a 10% discount until July 8. The game supports Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
At SusHi Tech Tokyo, executives from Production I.G, CoMix Wave Films, and MAPPA discussed alternatives to the production committee model. MAPPA's Manabu Otsuka, Production I.G's Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, and CoMix Wave Films' Noritaka Kawaguchi shared how their studios retain ownership. Studio Chizu's LLP model was also highlighted as a long-term alternative.