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Yomimono stories · updated
Jul 3
The provided stories cover a wide range of topics-from Fumito Ueda's informal conversation with Goichi Suda about craft, to model kits for Armored Core VI, to Nintendo's Pictonico! app, to Sonic and PICO PARK crossovers-but none of them address the ICO series. ICO, the 2001 action-adventure game directed by Fumito Ueda and developed by Team Ico, is not mentioned in any of the 19 stories. There are no announcements, reviews, retrospectives, or merchandise items tied to ICO. The only story that involves Ueda is a general discussion about game development with Suda, which does not reference ICO or any specific project. As a result, the dossier for ICO is empty: no current status, no summary, and no key facts can be drawn from the provided material.
Timeline
- Jul 3, 2026 Fumito Ueda and Goichi Suda Discuss Craft Over Rainy Day Drinks
- Jul 2, 2026 Medicom Toy Re-Releases MAFEX Evangelion Unit-01 Figure at Revised Price
- Jul 2, 2026 Dystopian Life Sim 'Dystopicon' Launches on Steam July 27
- Jul 1, 2026 Armored Core 6 Balteus Gets Premium Bandai Model Kit
- Jun 29, 2026 Red Bull Launches In-Yo! Series With YAO Supergroup
- Jun 27, 2026 SMP Brand Commercializes Armored Core Vi Boss Balteus As A Giant 3D Figure
- Jun 22, 2026 Nicolas Cage Joins Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 as a Playable Operator
- Jun 20, 2026 Nintendo's Pictonico! Turns Phone Photos Into Surreal Mini-Games
- Jun 15, 2026 TV Asahi Launches PicoAni Short Anime Brand With New Broadcast Slots
- Jun 15, 2026 Life-Size Unicorn Gundam Statue Gets Final Decoration Before August Exhibition End
- Jun 13, 2026 Nintendo Launches Smartphone Game Pictonico! With WarioWare DNA
- Jun 13, 2026 Bandai Spirits Adds Armored Core VI VP-40S to 30MM Line
- Jun 7, 2026 Sonic Pico Park Announced as Sonic 35th Anniversary Collaboration
- Jun 5, 2026 Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Adds Godzilla and Evangelion, Sonic Pico Park Announced
- Jun 4, 2026 PICO PARK: Classic Edition Distribution to Halt on June 15
- Jun 1, 2026 PICO PARK: Classic Edition to Be Delisted Soon, Currently Free on Steam
- May 17, 2026 Anime Expo to Screen Macross Do You Remember Love Film for First Time in North America
- May 16, 2026 Unico: Lost Volume 3 Expands the World but Buries Its Hero
- May 16, 2026 Seven Seas Licenses Six New Manga and Light Novels for 2027
Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself
sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every
fact links the story it came from.
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3h ago
Idea Factory announced on September 30, 2026 that it has established a new brand, IFChronicle, which is focused on conversation-based adventure games and is planned as a global label rather than a domestic one. The first title from the brand is ICONOLOGY, a crime suspense adventure game for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, and PC via Steam. Character design is by Teita, whose credits include Fate/Grand Order and Charade Maniacs, and the scenario is by Makoto Fukami, who has written for the PSYCHO-PASS anime series and the Resident Evil: Vendetta and Resident Evil: Death Island films. Director is Asami Saito. The protagonist, art university student Haruho Tsubakiya, is scouted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Advanced Technology Investigation Division, nicknamed Sentoka. She uses a device called the White Cube, which extracts images from a suspect's brain as paintings, to work unsolved cases with a partner. Release date and price are undecided.
7h ago
Monochrome and Good Smile Company announced a new IP brand, Ignisphere, on September 25, along with its first game: the action RPG Dawngazer. Development is led by Takashi Noma, who directed and handled character design on Unicorn Overlord at Vanillaware. Noma left Vanillaware in March 2025, and game development now runs through Monochrome's studio, Ignisphia Studio. Monochrome handles planning and development, while Good Smile Company handles distribution and promotion. Music is by Yoshimi Kudo, credited on Unicorn Overlord and ELDEN RING. The teaser PV shows a medieval fantasy townscape, a white-haired figure carrying a sword, characters joining a procession, and a scene of kneeling before a grave. Dawngazer is scheduled for release in 2028 for PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam, with Japanese, English, and Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) support. The Ignisphere brand is planned for figures and multiple light novel projects, including a novelization under KADOKAWA's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko.
2d ago
The MGSD Kshatriya from Mobile Suit Gundam UC is on sale through a Premium Bandai Gundam Base Online Shop lottery, with applications open through Monday, October 5, 2026 at 15:00. The SD-scale kit carries MG-level detail, a movable internal frame through the body, four multi-function binders with deployable sub-arms, and a stand for displaying 24 funnels. It costs 7,700 yen including tax, released Saturday, September 26, 2026, with winners announced Wednesday, October 7, 2026 and shipping set for November 2026.
4d ago
Bandai Spirits is re-releasing two BB Senshi LEGENDBB plastic models. Pre-orders open at Premium Bandai from 11:00 on September 29, 2026. Knight Unicorn Gundam (Beast Mode Ultimate Battle Ver.) is priced at 3,080 yen and Zaku Head (Dark General Super Steel Ver.) at 3,300 yen. Both are non-scale assembly kits using PS and PE, scheduled to ship in March 2027.
Sep 23
Medicom Toy is adding two figures from the Batman storyline BATMAN: HUSH to its MAFEX action figure line, both listed as RECOLLECTION versions and both scheduled for release in July 2027 at 14,080 yen each with tax included. The Batgirl figure is about 15 cm tall and depicts her as Batgirl rather than as the information broker Oracle. It includes two head parts, one with a closed mouth and one with an open-mouthed smile, a grappling hook, two batarangs, and a cloth cape with a wire frame inside. The Batman figure, in RECOLLECTION Blue Ver., is about 16 cm tall and includes a damaged interchangeable body that recreates a wounded Batman with the upper half of his suit removed, plus three head parts: a standard masked head, an unmasked face, and an unmasked face with closed eyes. Both figures have articulated joints and a movable stand.
Sep 23
Medicom Toy is adding Neo from The Matrix to its MAFEX action figure line. The figure stands about 16 cm and includes three swappable heads: one with sunglasses, one with sunglasses and gritted teeth, and one without sunglasses. The cloth coat has wire framing. Weapons from the film are included, along with bullet trajectory effect parts and a stand for the bullet-dodging lean-back scene. It is priced at 14,080 yen and scheduled for release in July 2027.
Sep 21
Medicom Toy's fashion and lifestyle brand MLE is releasing Tom and Jerry apparel in November 2026. The lineup includes six T-shirt designs, five crew neck sweatshirts, and one tote bag, with several pieces built around Tuffy. Preorders run from August 29 to September 20, 2026 at the MEDICOM TOY OFFICIAL STORE. T-shirts are 3,960 yen, sweatshirts 6,600 yen, and the tote bag 4,620 yen, all tax included.
Sep 20
Kadokawa announced on September 20, 2026, at the "Machisuba Special Stage in TGS2026," that Machico's new song "WOOHOO!" is the theme song for the KonoSuba game "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! ~Prosperity to This Lovable Town!~" (Machisuba). The track was written for the game. Ikuko Iijima handled lyrics and composition, and Koji Mizuguchi handled arrangement. Machico, who has sung theme songs for the KonoSuba anime, said the song is packed with the power to make a chaotic everyday more lively. The game is an otherworld trouble life RPG with an original story, supervised by original author Natsume Akatsuki with cooperation from illustrator Kurone Mishima. Kadokawa plans distribution in 2026 for PC and mobile, with the date undecided. An X campaign runs from September 20 to September 28, drawing two winners who follow the official account and repost the designated post to receive canvas art bearing Machico's handwritten autograph.
Sep 20
Bandai Spirits Hobby Division has revealed the package art for the MGSD Kshatriya. The illustration shows the mobile suit face-on with its four binders spread wide and funnels deployed in all directions. The Kshatriya is the first non-Gundam-type kit in the MGSD line. It ships on September 26, 2026, priced at 7,700 yen including tax, with beam sabers and marking stickers.
Sep 19
Bandai's candy division is releasing ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON Assembly Collection Vol.01 on September 21, 2026, priced at 1,650 yen tax included. Each box holds one painted PVC mascot with a ball chain and one piece of soda flavor gum. The four types are LOADER 4, Nightfall, Steel Haze, and Milk Tooth, and parts can be swapped to recreate the game's Assembly system.
Sep 18
A hands-on session with Tropico 7 at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to 21, ran through the Modern era of four available eras: Colonial, World Wars, Cold War, and Modern. The demo city already faced supply problems, and the new terraforming feature lets players fill in sea, level mountains, and flat land, while a council page consolidates faction requests ahead of elections.
Sep 18
Kalypso Media Japan announced on September 18 that a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Tropico 7 is set for release on January 28, 2027. The Switch 2 edition is titled Tropico 7 Special Edition and is handled by porting studio Engine Software, with series developer Gaming Minds Studios on the main game. It joins PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, Xbox PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5, and arrives on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on day one. The Switch 2 build supports Joy-Con 2 mouse controls for construction and island management, plus voice chat and screen sharing through GameChat. El Presidente and the palace exterior can be customized. Tropico 7 is a dictatorship simulation where the player runs a Caribbean island nation across the colonial period, the World Wars, the Cold War, and the modern day, with a revised constitution system, new edicts, a political matrix, and terraforming.
Sep 17
Medicos Entertainment has opened Amazon.co.jp preorders for two JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 figure releases, both scheduled for May 31, 2027. The Super Action Statue set pairs Joseph Joestar and Iggy, with Joseph at roughly 150mm tall and Iggy at roughly 35mm. It includes wrist parts for summoning Joseph's Stand, Hermit Purple, plus a Polaroid camera and photos from the story, and Iggy ships with both his early and late faces for swapping. The set is priced at 9,176 yen including tax and is made of ABS, nylon, and polyvinyl chloride. Separately, The Fool returns to the Statue Legend line at 8,182 yen including tax, standing about 95mm with a silver-based color scheme. Medicos lists the distributor for both items. The figures do not stand on their own and require the included base.
Sep 14
JR West Japan Commercial will release five collaboration goods on September 18 pairing the denim brand EDWIN with ICOCA's official character, Kamonohashi no Ikocchan. The lineup is a plush toy at 3,080 yen, a mascot at 2,530 yen, a pouch at 1,980 yen, a mini tote bag at 2,420 yen and a sneaker keyring at 1,320 yen, all tax included. Items use denim material from EDWIN jeans and keep the red tab and stitchwork.
Sep 13
MAYLA will release two "Iconic Skirt" designs based on the TV anime Rozen Maiden, one for Shinku and one for Suigintou. The Shinku skirt uses glossy damask fabric with a peplum waist and a fishtail silhouette. The Suigintou skirt has an inverted cross embroidery, a large back ribbon, and corset-style lacing. Reservations run from September 14 to October 14, 2026, at 30,800 yen each.
Sep 12
MAYLA will take pre-orders for a Bungo Stray Dogs Iconic Dress from September 17 at 5:00 PM to October 19 at 5:00 PM, priced at 31,900 yen with tax. The dress draws on the 15-year-old Osamu Dazai, with a tailored collar, brown tortoiseshell buttons for his eye color, a trench-coat-style waist belt, and embroidery reading No Longer Human, his ability in the series.
Sep 11
Medicos Entertainment has opened pre-orders at Rakuten Books for a 1/4 scale painted figure of Mutsu Komaro from the TV anime Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru, dressed in her gym uniform. It comes from Medicos' new brand Re▼Dress. Reference price is 24,200 yen with tax; the Rakuten Books sale price is 22,557 yen with tax. Photos show a product still in development.
Sep 10
TORCH TORCH will sell five new T-shirts at Tokyo Game Show 2026 ahead of general release. The designs come from Elden Ring Nightreign, Elden Ring and Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. The five characters are Lady, Libra the Night Demon, the Pursuer, Zolayus the Summoner and G5 Iguazu. Lady's shirt uses new art by painter Kaoru Aoki, and Libra's new art is by illustrator Pisha.
Sep 10
Entergram and RICOL announced ARIA BLUE on September 10, a multi-part youth fantasy ADV set in the northern town of Haguri-cho. Vol. 1, ARIA BLUE I. Natsune., releases January 28, 2027 for PC (Steam/Windows), Nintendo Switch 2, and PS5. Protagonist Tategawa Yuma moves from the city searching for his younger sister, who tells him she has no older brother. Two heroines, Suzue Shuka (CV: Hanai Wakana) and Mizugahara Oto (CV: Hasegawa Rena), anchor the story, and nine characters and cast members are introduced.
Sep 3
Mangobits Studios and Aico Labs announced September 2 that Fruitbearer launches September 21 on PC via Steam, with a demo available now. The game mixes Suika Game-style fruit merging with deck-building roguelike mechanics. Players drop fruit cards, merge matching fruits for juice, and contend with enemies that rot cards or steal from the hand. The demo earned a Positive rating on Steam with all 30 reviews positive.
Sep 3
Prime Video will stream a live-action drama based on Yugo Aosaki's novel Jirai Glico, which won nine mystery awards, from Friday, November 13. Nana Mori and Aju Makita star as dual leads, with Kosuke Seki directing. A teaser video has been released.
Sep 3
The music project YAO, made up of Awich, CHICO CARLITO, ONE OK ROCK, and Paledusk, will release its second song digitally on September 4. Titled "Arufu na Sekai no Hate ni," the track grew out of the members' dialogue about Okinawa's history and culture, and was previewed during ONE OK ROCK's August tour dates.
Sep 2
Tropico 7 was shown in a hands-off presentation at gamescom 2026 in Cologne. The series adds terraforming for the first time, letting players raise and carve land, build lakes, and expand islands, alongside curved roads and free building placement. Citizen simulation now includes parked cars, walking residents, and garbage collection. The political system is overhauled with a political matrix that ties the president's ideology to available decrees, plus factions, media influence, and a new Council.
Sep 2
Game music composer Yoshimi Kudo announced on August 30 that he opened a YouTube channel. He will upload tracks he wrote for Shingetsu Doukou, a game that ended service on July 23, 2026, with the developers' permission. Four videos are already published. Kudo's credits include Unicorn Overlord, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, and Elden Ring.
Aug 29
Bandai Namco Filmworks posted the archive of the Life-size Unicorn Gundam Statue Final Ceremony to the official Gundam Channel on YouTube. The August 29 event marked the end of the statue's display at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, which began in September 2017. Hiroyuki Sawano and SennaRin performed, and the statue remains on view through August 31.
Aug 29
Kalypso Media has set Tropico 7's overseas release date for January 28, 2027, with the domestic date to come. A hands-on demo on a 5,000-citizen island confirmed that each individual is fully simulated from birth to death. Satisfaction is calculated from actual visits, so a hospital without available appointments fails to meet health needs.
Aug 29
Bandai Spirits is adding Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon to its 30 Minutes Missions plastic model line. The Dual Nature unit piloted by V.IV Pater and a weapon set with large armaments are scheduled for February 2027 release, priced at 5,280 yen and 1,925 yen respectively.
Aug 29
ISC and Sorohamu have developed the Big Wing pico, a 35 mm diameter spinning top that they call the world's smallest bearing-equipped top. It will be sold early at the Spin Gear booth at TOKYO TOY SHOW 2026, running August 27 to 30 at Tokyo Big Sight, with general release on September 1. Two models launch: a bimetal and a monometal.
Aug 29
Developer Claudio shared a post-mortem of the dog-sled Arctic survival game Arctico on Reddit. The game, once an early access build he calls an absolutely buggy and confusing mess, grew through pivots based on feedback. Sales reached 420,000 units over 12 years, including 57,000 units during early access and a steady climb after full release in 2022.
Aug 28
Commemorative merchandise for the end of the life-size Unicorn Gundam statue display is now available from STRICT-G, the Gundam apparel brand. The statue, a fixture in Odaiba, Tokyo, since September 2017, will conclude its 8-year-11-month run on August 31, 2026. Finale events are underway, including a special video screening and a final ceremony scheduled for August 29. The new product lineup includes two photo T-shirt variants featuring the statue: a full-color version on a white body and a monochrome version on black, each priced at 5,830 yen. A "TWC FINAL" T-shirt with a red Unicorn Gundam silhouette and an embroidered sleeve mark also sells for 5,830 yen. A ceramic mug bearing the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam design and the statue's display period retails at 1,980 yen. A tenugui collaboration with Kyoto-based Kamawanu, featuring the Unicorn in Unicorn Mode with clouds in light blue or black, is priced at 2,750 yen. All items are produced by Bandai, with cotton apparel made in China or Vietnam and the tenugui in Japan. In-store sales begin August 29 at the STRICT-G Tokyo Odaiba store, with advance orders on Premium Bandai starting August 28 at 1:00 PM.
Aug 28
BANDAI SPIRITS has announced the productization of two new prize figures in the hololive IF series, which imagines various situations for Hololive members. The first colored prototypes of the figures were revealed on August 27, 2026, via the Banpresto Brand X account. The lineup pairs Houshou Marine with the Crossbone Gundam X1 and Usada Pekora with the Unicorn Gundam, both in a Nui Armor (Plush Armor) style. Despite the cute chibi proportions, the designs retain distinctive elements such as head decorations and costumes. Both prize figures are scheduled to appear in crane games nationwide in February 2027. The announcement came with the hashtag hololive IF and the Gundam collaboration tag, and the copyright notice lists both Sunrise and COVER. The figures are part of the Banpresto Brand, a label under BANDAI SPIRITS, and the reveal marks the first time colored prototypes have been shown for this collaboration.
Aug 21
Bandai announced commemorative goods for the end of the Life-Size Unicorn Gundam Statue display in Odaiba, which concludes on August 31. The main item is the Mega Size Model 1/48 Gundam Base Limited RX-0 Unicorn Gundam Ver.TWC FINAL, a Gunpla with special decoration by Hajime Katoki, priced at 14,300 yen. STRICT-G items including T-shirts, mugs, and tenugui towels are also planned.
Aug 20
The second entry in the Mobile Suit Gundam MS Mechanical Bust DX bust model series features the Unicorn Gundam Unit 2 Banshee. It includes two armor types reproducing Unicorn Mode and Destroy Mode, plus an internal mechanism with two Luminous Units. Available as capsule and boxed items, priced at 800 yen and 880 yen respectively, releasing in the 5th week of August 2026.
Aug 20
MegaHouse will release the Realistic Model Series Mobile Suit Gundam UC 1/144 HG Use Nahel Argama Catapult Deck (UC ver.) in late August 2026 for 44,000 yen. The RMS Catapult Deck display line returns with seven newly sculpted, pre-painted mini figures including Banagher and Marida. The three catapults rearrange into Center Catapult Mode and Side Catapult Mode, launch bay hatches open and close, and the top surface lights up with LEDs. Decks connect for a three-deck panoramic display.
Aug 19
Dengeki Hobby Web interviewed Bandai Candy Division developers Keisuke Iida and Yohei Nagasawa about the SMP Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon AAP07: Balteus model kit. The pair discussed how the project began, why Balteus was chosen as the first unit, and the challenges of building a large-scale model with a 156-tube missile launcher.
Aug 18
Broccoli and T's Creation held the real event LicoBiTs FESTA -W Vacation- on July 18, 2026, at the Nerima Cultural Center Main Hall in Tokyo. The day performance brought together the casts of Utopia of Foam and UN:LOGICAL for reading dramas, games, and live performances. Nobuhiko Okamoto hosted as MC.
Aug 18
Epic Games released the trailer for Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 7 Season 4 "Override," which teases characters from Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona, Pac-Man, Crash Bandicoot, Mega Man, Spyro, Mortal Kombat, and Tetris. The season launches August 20.
Aug 18
Nintendo will increase the number of free mini-games in its smartphone app Pictonico! to 10 for a limited time until September 15. The app turns player photos into mini-games. The free lineup now includes Oshizuka ni, Straw, Gardening, Seiza, Kumi Taiso, Jigsaw Puzzle, Hanage, Shampoo, Pero Pero Candy, and Kamu. Coins earned in free games can be used for the Photo Lottery fortune feature.
Aug 17
NHN comico announced on August 17 that the manga app comico will end service on January 6, 2027 at 23:59, after 13 years of operation. The service began in October 2013 under NHN PlayArt and was known for popularizing vertical-scroll, full-color webtoon-style manga in Japan. The shutdown will happen in stages: on August 31, 2026, new chapter distribution, work rental updates, coin sales, and new member registration will stop. On September 28, 2026, sales and rentals of works will end, and rental gauges and tickets will no longer be usable. Until the service ends, users can still view purchased works from their bookshelf. Purchased works will be transferable to the Mecha Comic digital bookstore, with a transfer period from January 7 to April 30, 2027. Only titles available on Mecha Comic and approved by publishers or rights holders are eligible. Unused paid coins will be refunded, with details announced by January 6, 2027. The company said it will continue its webtoon editing and production business, focusing on creating works for multiple platforms.
Aug 14
Medicom Toy's SUPER MANGA POWERS soft vinyl figure line is adding two figures from the Superman comic series The Return of Superman: Cyborg Superman and Steel. Both stand about 24 centimeters tall and cost 19,800 yen including tax. Orders open July 24 through August 31, with shipment planned for January 2027.
Aug 14
Medicom Toy is releasing VCD figures of pop artists Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, designed by Eric So. Previously limited editions, they now return as general releases with mini art in dedicated frames. Each figure is about 20 cm tall and priced at 16,280 yen, with a November 2026 release.
Aug 12
Medicom Toy's MLE brand will release fashion items based on the TV drama Ikebukuro West Gate Park in November 2026. The lineup includes T-shirts, a raglan sleeve T-shirt, a crew neck sweatshirt, a hoodie, a cap, and a stadium jacket, all featuring the I.W.G.P. logo or G-BOYS mark. Orders are open at the MEDICOM TOY OFFICIAL STORE until August 16.
Aug 12
FURYU Corporation announced the second Nintama Rantaro lottery, "FURYU Kuji Nintama Rantaro Fuwari Sakura Mochipiko no Dan Ni," for winter 2027. The top prizes are BIG plushies of five fifth-year students: Hisashi Kukizaki, Kanemon Obama, Raizo Fuwa, Saburo Hachiya, and Hachizaemon Takeya. The first round launched March 14, 2026.
Aug 11
The fashion brand MAYLA and the anime Nintama Rantaro have collaborated on the pumps Nintama Rantaro Iconic Shoe Objet Pumps. Reservations start August 7, 2026 at 17:00. Two colors inspired by the 5th and 6th year students of the Ninja Academy are available, each priced at 30,800 yen (tax included).
Aug 11
The theatrical anime 'Movie Detective Pretty Cure! The Mysterious Garden and the Two Secrets' is collaborating with the Purico print sticker machine from August 3 to October 4, 2026. Two courses offer six photo frames and one sticker design each, with the movie's insert song and ending theme playing during photo taking and doodling.
Aug 10
Bandai Namco Filmworks will run a special video, "UNICORN GUNDAM Statue - BEYOND POSSIBILITY -", at the life-size Unicorn Gundam statue in Odaiba from August 22 to August 31, the statue's final day of display. The 10-day finale event also includes related exhibitions, campaigns, and a scheduled lineup of nightly projections.
Aug 9
The producer of the unreleased Nicolas Cage film Fortitude is suing Netflix for at least $105 million after a storage drive containing the master copy was stolen from a Netflix office in Los Angeles. The suit claims the film's market value was destroyed because piracy risk now scares off distributors.
Aug 9
At CEDEC 2026, Shuhei Yoshida delivered a keynote recounting his nearly 30-year career, from joining Sony Computer Entertainment in 1993 as employee number 32 to founding yosp Inc. He discussed his involvement with 'Crash Bandicoot' and 'Demon's Souls,' and stated his career-long stance of choosing the creator over IP.
Aug 8
Medicom Toy's MAFEX line adds Wonder Woman from the Superman: For Tomorrow comic arc, where she clashes with Superman over a certain incident. The figure stands about 15 centimeters tall, includes three head parts, a sword and shield, an interchangeable body with cape, and a movable stand. It is scheduled for release in April 2027 at 14,080 yen including tax.
Aug 8
Bandai Spirits is re-releasing the 30 Minutes Missions plastic model kit of the Steel Haze AC from Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon. The kit uses the series' common structure for head, core, arms, and legs, allowing assembly like in the game. It includes 3mm joints, a replacement part for the Vvc-774LS, and a weapon hanger. AmiAmi is taking orders for the August 2026 shipment at 2,880 yen.