Individual developer Humecko released the horror novel game Kyofu Yawa: Second Night on Steam on October 14. Set in the 1990s, the player is a writer for an occult magazine who hears ghost stories from three people in an old coffee shop, in any order. There are four endings. It is 400 yen, 20 percent off, for 14 days. Estimated play time is 2 to 2.5 hours.
Sonic Powered announced on October 14 that the All-Line Return Trip Pack for Tetsudo Nippon! RealPro 3D Urban Transit! XROSS OVER Nagoya Edition arrives November 5 at 2,980 yen. The pack adds return-trip operation to all eight lines in the base game, which releases October 29 for Nintendo Switch. Sonic Powered also announced trial events in Gifu and Aichi, an early trial version at Retro Densha Kan, and an extended cashback deadline for the Limited Express Hida Edition.
Cosmetics brand iCouleur is releasing a collaboration line with Natsuki Kizu's manga Given. Four items go on pre-order from Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 10:00: eyeshadow palettes, lips, hand cream, and nail polish. Eyeshadows, lips, and nails come in 8 character types each. Pop-up events are planned in Tokyo and Osaka with original goods using newly drawn illustrations.
Nyx Foundation has launched Nyx Enterprise, a technical support program for companies. It covers security audits and formal verification of critical software, migration to post-quantum cryptography, and market and risk design for onchain finance, with each engagement shaped to a company's own problems. The foundation frames the program around verification: as generative AI drives down the cost of writing code, it says checking correctness is harder to do by hand.
Sega's Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Road to World launched the 8.5Half Anniversary FEVER STAR FES on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Rodrigo Hernandez, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, William Saliba, Marc Cucurella, Mikel Merino, Gregor Kobel, Charles De Ketelaere and Ayoub Bouaddi appear as new five-star players with the Side Attack specialty tactic. The scout runs to November 18, and a login bonus hands out four-star versions daily.
Universal Studios Japan will run its winter event Universal Holiday Wonders ~Discover U!!!~ from November 13, 2026 to January 17, 2027. The park's Universal Food Festival expands across all areas with holiday menus tied to Snoopy, Hello Kitty, Elmo, the Minions, Mario, and Harry Potter, including a Studio Stars Restaurant lineup, a Bob-themed pizza chicken plate, a Red Shell calzone, and a Holiday Feast platter.
In the second half of a PANORA interview, Studio LaRa's Gohgo describes how he builds HIMEHINA live sets alone in a DAW before staging, mixing songs with no gaps the way a club DJ would. He says he wrote lyrics for the first time on "Hitogata," and that his roots as a creator lie in Hatsune Miku, whose expression he sees carried into HIMEHINA's live shows.
ChillyRoom has launched early access for No Such Place, a 2.5D top-down PvE extraction shooter on PC via Steam. Players act as agents of U.R.C., investigating supernatural phenomena across maps like ruined facilities and burning forests, collecting relics and biological samples, and escaping within a time limit. Co-op supports up to four players. The update adds two maps, a neutral area, new weapons, merchants, enemies, and skill trees. It is 14 percent off until October 28.
CCP's MSS Godzilla EX line adds four painted soft vinyl figures: the 1962 Godzilla from King Kong vs. Godzilla in Standard and Dark Earth versions, plus Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla (1975) from Terror of Mechagodzilla as Luminous Red and Luminous Green glow-in-the-dark releases. Reference prices run from 5,280 to 5,720 yen, and Rakuten Books is taking preorders.
Cluster, Inc. announced on October 14 that it built a 3D virtual space for a municipal project supporting children who do not attend school. The space includes a Cheer button for sending reactions without speaking, staff tools for tracking where children spend time, and an Education Agency Floor with club rooms. Deloitte Tohmatsu was commissioned for the project. Token ward and city names were not disclosed.
Hamster announced on October 14 that Console Archives The Drugstore will join the Console Archives series for Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. The release date is October 15, 2026, at 800 yen. The original was a simulation game published by Human in 1998 for 32-bit home consoles, where players run a drugstore, weigh location, product mix, and customer base, and try to open stores and grow capital.
Nintendo will release The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition on November 5, 2026, a set built around the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2 that includes a specially designed Pro Controller and a pouch. Amazon.co.jp lists it at 24,138 yen as of October 14. The set also carries an acrylic coaster, art cards, and stickers.
Frontier Developments released Planet Zoo 2 on October 13 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with in-game text in Japanese. The Steam version passed 40,000 peak concurrent players shortly after launch. The sequel to 2019's Planet Zoo adds three elements to the previous game: an Aquarium for sharks and sea turtles, an Aviary for birds such as shoebills, and wildlife conservation areas.
The official website for Atsushi Nishigori's original anime film Grotesqqque confirmed on Wednesday that the film will feature "TERASE," sung by Mika Ichinose, one of the music contributors for the "A(E)liens" story. Ken Kamikita wrote the lyrics, scored and arranged the music. The song is available on music services, and a collaboration music video with the film is streaming. The film opens in Japan on November 6.
Banpresto Brand announced the crane game prize To Love-Ru Darkness Mug vol.1 on October 13, 2026. The set has four mugs, about 9 cm each, using Lala, Nana, Momo, and Nishirenji illustrations drawn by Kentaro Yabuki for the To Love-Ru 15th Anniversary Original Art Exhibition finale in Tokyo in January 2023. Each illustration sits on the handle-left side, so a lip mark on the back faces the holder. It appears from October 15, 2026 at amusement spots and online crane games.
Maracas Studio's Cat Post Office, a cozy postal simulation for PC and Mac, is built around removing the parts of work simulators that wear players down. In a Game Spark interview, 3D artist Melanie Mongabure said the team wanted to eliminate the stress, inconvenience, and frustration common in the genre. Co-founder Sophie Schiaratura said management elements, time limits, and penalties were cut. The game supports multiplayer for up to four players.
Keen Games announced on October 14, 2026 the worldwide release times for the full PC and PS5 versions of Enshrouded, an open-world survival craft RPG supporting multiplayer for up to 16 players. Sales begin at 12:00 AM JST on October 16. Save data from the early access version carries over. Cross-platform play is not supported at launch. An Xbox version is planned for spring 2027.
Hamster will release "Arcade Archives Tokushu Butai U.A.G." and "Arcade Archives 2 Tokushu Butai U.A.G." on October 15, 2026, the company announced on October 14. The Arcade Archives version covers PlayStation 4 at 837 yen and Nintendo Switch at 838 yen, both tax included. Arcade Archives 2 covers Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S at 1,100 yen each, tax included. Owners of the Switch or PS4 release can buy the Switch 2 or PS5 edition at 330 yen, tax included. The game is a shooting title Seta released in 1987. The player rides a machine gun-equipped bike toward an enemy base fortress. Destroying structures such as towers makes sidecars with cannons appear as power-ups. Sidecar types differ, including ones with longer bullet range and ones that fire only horizontally. The Arcade Archives release includes difficulty and screen settings, rewind, rapid fire, and multiple save slots. Arcade Archives 2 adds Time Attack Mode and supports VRR. A livestream, the "Tokushu Butai U.A.G. Special," is scheduled from 19:00 on release day.
The official X account for SD Gundam G Generation Eternal posted a unit introduction PV on October 14 showing two new UR pairs: Reborns Gundam (EX) with Ribbons Almark, and Gundam Dynames (EX) with Lockon Stratos. Both pairs are scheduled to be added to the game on October 16. The game is available on App Store, Google Play, DMM GAMES, and the PC version of Google Play Games.
The official Pokemon overseas site announced on October 13 a Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker with Pikachu and Mimikyu on the grille. It goes on sale on apple.com at 8:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time on October 15 for $149.99. Sales regions are the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. No Japan release has been announced. Accessories include a gray carry strap with a Monster Ball charm.
Furyu producer Gaito Kidokoro told Automaton that ANOMALITH, the company's first shooter, was planned by staff who like shooting games rather than handed down by the company. The survival TPS is set in a fictional Japan where the Showa era continued. Basic systems reference the Resident Evil series, and the resource-gathering loop references Escape from Tarkov.
SAMANSA has added a limited 10-day run at Fukuoka's Yet Cinema Club starting Friday, October 23 for the four live-action shorts from its 2026 Academy Award program. The winner "Two People Exchanging Saliva" and nominees "Jane Austen's Period Drama," "A Friend of Dorothy," and "Butcher's Stain" screen there. Yet Cinema Club opened in Ohashi, Minami Ward, in February 2026 with about 15 seats.
AMANATION Inc. spun off its creator division and established AICON, a digital creator agency whose members work mainly on social media. The agency lists seven affiliated creators, among them Chiyuu with more than 5,000,000 followers, Hana no JK with more than 1,000,000, and Minahebi with more than 820,000. AICON draws on AMANATION's production staff, including illustrators and designers, for PR work.
Phoenixx will end download sales of 'Quiz☆The Correct Answer Is One Year Later presents Atsushi no Meitantei' on December 30, 2026, the company announced on October 14, 2026. The Nintendo Switch adventure game, based on the TBS variety show, casts players as host Jun Tamura investigating the murder of Razor Ramon RG. Buyers keep re-download access. A 50% off sale runs until 11:59 p.m. on October 31, priced at 500 yen with tax.
Claysoft, an emerging local developer, brought a playable demo of the rhythm adventure "Sophia" to SAGA Barcelona Game Fest 2026, held in Barcelona from October 9 to 11. The game pairs picture-book 2D art with classical music, following a young cellist named Sophia who uses her cello against enemies embodying the heart. The demo covered the first of 12 planned boss battles. No release date is announced, and the demo is not yet public on Steam.
TafayaGames, a Canary Islands team led by Juan Carlos Suarez Camacho, brought a playable demo of its debut 2D Metroidvania Tsukiyo: Battle Doll to SAGA Barcelona Game Fest 2026. The game is set in a Meiji and Taisho-era Japanese-style world with steampunk elements, following a girl named Tsukiyo who wields a katana against yokai and mechanical weapons. Suarez aims for a demo release within half a year while seeking a publisher.
PANORA, MyDearest, STYLY and Hashilus will run a joint booth, Cutting-Edge! XR Hiroba in Machi★Asobi, on October 17-18 at Amico in Tokushima. The booth is free and includes STYLY's location-based entertainment content, Hashilus's Hello! PokoPii! XR experience, a tutorial area for the Chou Kaguya-hime! Tsukuyomi Thanksgiving Festival world in VRChat, and MyDearest's The Exit 8 VR and Crowbar Climber.
Square Enix and Mitsubishi Estate Property Management will run the holiday event Yokohama Minato Mirai Winter Holiday 2026, a Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy collaboration, from November 11, 2026 to January 11, 2027. Landmark Plaza and MARK IS Minato Mirai host holiday objects, photo spots, a six-spot stamp rally, the SuraChoco Kitchen cafe, an iron bead workshop, and a two-venue SQUARE ENIX POP UP STORE.
Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor volume 25 goes on sale October 16, 2026, with preorders open on Amazon.co.jp. The Kindle edition is listed at 759 yen and the physical book at 770 yen. The volume closes out the Solomon arc, where Chase and Rikona pursue four Rick Doms to stop the Kraken Squad's poison gas dispersal.
Rapper VERRY SMoL has released the album "Anthem" on streaming services. The ten-track record includes "Very Small," "Koritsu Muenno Hana," and "Kaonajimi," all produced by Chaki Zulu, plus "Self Friday" with production by STUTS. Producers also include D3adStock and kary-Kary. A one-man live, "VERRY SMoL TOUR FINAL [Anthem]," will be held at Shibuya WWW in Tokyo, with ticket lottery applications open from October 14 at 18:00 until October 28 at 23:59.
ThinkingAI will hold the ThinkingAI Summit 2026 Tokyo on November 10, 2026, at City Hall & Gallery Gotanda in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, with attendance limited to 300. Speakers include Takara Tomy, Bushiroad, Mirrativ, Imagineer, Betimo, South Korea's Underdog Games, and China's Duoniu Technology, plus Yoichiro Miyake of Tokyo University of the Arts, who gives the keynote. Ten lectures are planned for the day.
AND2BLE will hold "2026 AND2BLE FAN-CON <W!nter inside> In Yokohama" on December 11 and 12, 2026 at K Arena Yokohama, the group's second solo concert in Japan. The five-member group, managed in Japan by SMD Inc. under YH ENTERTAINMENT, released its 2nd Mini Album "Sequence 02: Attraction" on October 27. Reserved seats cost 14,800 yen, with a 5,500 yen upgrade fee.
AlphaTheta announced that KUVO has partnered with the International Nightlife Association, a body representing more than 15,000 nightlife establishments through its member organizations. INA will connect KUVO with clubs through its member network, so more venues can use music recognition to report what gets played. KUVO carries a library of more than 200 million tracks, reports a recognition rate above 92%, and is used at more than 160 venues.
Kocchi no Kento will digitally release "Kotonoha feat. SO-SO" on Friday, October 30. The song is the theme for the TV Asahi variety show "Nikagame." Kocchi no Kento wrote the lyrics, both artists composed it, and SO-SO arranged it. Pizza Kozo, known for cartoon-style animation, produces the music video.
NextNinja announced on October 14, 2026 that it will release the smartphone game JJK: Heavy-Armed High School Girls Wordless Record, an idle RPG based on illustrator neco's Heavy-Armed High School Girls illustration series. Pre-registration has opened on the official X account, YouTube channel, and website, completed by following, subscribing, and registering an email address. Pre-registration rewards will be announced later. Players watch over the girls from a cat's perspective, called the Principal in the game, and experience their battles and daily life. The game includes an ASMR feature and voice content. The protagonist Toka is voiced by Rie Takahashi, Kanade by Saya Aizawa, and Honami by Yoshino Aoyama. Each is a first-year student in the Ueno Sector's Going-Home Club. A follow-and-repost campaign on the official X runs until October 26, 2026, with three winners receiving colored paper signed by Rie Takahashi. The game supports iOS and Android.
Netmarble began accepting pre-registrations on October 14, 2026 for the DMM GAMES PLAYER version of Mongil: STAR DIVE. The DMM release was announced at a Tokyo Game Show 2026 stage event, where development PD Lee Dong-ju presented the latest information, and is scheduled for release within November. It supports data linking with the iOS and Android version. Pre-registration rewards include 10 Promise Compasses and one four-star Starter Select Ticket.
G.O.P announced on October 14 the changes coming to AVA RE:BIRTH at launch, following the closed beta test held from October 2 to 7. The new PvPvE extraction mode Hunting Field will have enemy NPC attack power, reaction speed, spawn positions, and behavior patterns adjusted, with the stated aim of a less stressful combat experience. Combat feel and hit feedback will be strengthened. Modes Occupation, Escort, and Deathmatch appear in the latest trailer, and the custom room feature from the closed beta will be unlocked along with server selection. A Black Market exchange will be added, where items can be bought and sold with lowest-price displays, search categories, and a favorites list. After launch, G.O.P plans an equipment cost limit system that caps the total cost of worn gear in every mode except Hunting Field, plus a clan feature at an unannounced timing. AVA RE:BIRTH is scheduled to begin PC service in fall 2026.
Silicon Studio, the Shibuya-based real-time 3D technology company, has established a mission, vision and values statement as its corporate philosophy and renewed its official website. The mission is "Inspire creators and audiences." The company said individual businesses were recognized but it could not fully communicate what it values as a whole, so it revisited the origin of "inspiration" it has held since founding.
CHICSTOCKS will release SNOOPY×CHICSTOCKS Sports Ankle socks on October 16, 2026. The socks carry one-point embroidery of Snoopy playing baseball, ice hockey, basketball, and American football, drawn from the PEANUTS comics. Two colorways are offered, Smoky Blue×Brown and Black×Off-White, in sizes S, M, and L at 2,420 yen each. They ship through the CHICSTOCKS online shop, its Rakuten Market store, and handling stores.
The four-member idol group Zoo from Idolish7 gets a made-to-order ZOZOTOWN lineup starting noon on October 20, 2026, and running to noon on November 20. The goods use newly shot visuals of Isumi Haruka, Inumaru Touma, Natsume Minami, and Mido Torao in original costumes, plus apparel that recreates those costumes, for eight types in total.
Sega released Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition for PC on October 14, adding Japanese voice acting and subtitles. At the time of writing, its Steam review rate is 19 percent positive across 1,522 reviews, rated Overwhelmingly Negative. Complaints center on heavy performance and stuttering, bugs carried over from the original version, incompatibility with existing mods, and added factions that reviewers say lack unique mechanics.
indie.io and Corecrew Games announced that Coal Duty, a co-op escape horror comedy for 1 to 5 players, begins Early Access on October 27 local time. Each shift sends players into a newly generated mine to hit a production quota, with loot to smuggle and smugglers to meet in restricted zones. It is planned for Steam on PC, with Japanese support and a 12 to 18 month Early Access period.
Bandai will release the [CAP'in GALLERY] miffy Glint Series in the fourth week of October 2026, priced at 500 yen per play. The capsule line has four types: miffy (Star), miffy (Pearl), miffy (Flower), and miffy (Aurora). Each mascot seals beads inside and accents the eyes and mouth with gold. Release timing may differ by region and store.
Bandai will release the gashapon "TOM and JERRY Puni Puni Squad ~Clear Color Version~" in the fourth week of October, priced at 400 yen per play with tax included. The lineup has four types: two Tom figures, two Jerry figures, and Tuffy. The series uses a squishy, soft-to-the-touch material, and this version casts the characters in clear color.
4th Branch has opened the Steam store page for blockia, a block simulator built around free creation with no set goal. The game offers more than 120 part types, spanning basic blocks, buildings, furniture, nature, and decorations. A recipe feature lets players assemble example builds such as Rocket, Rabbit, or House piece by piece. Completed works can be photographed in Photo Mode, kept in an in-game album, and exported as images. The PC (Steam) release is scheduled for fall 2026.
Indie developer YUKIMAHARUNA opened the Steam store page for The Chair Game on October 14, 2026, with a November 2026 release planned for PC. The physics action game has a man ride an office chair from a port up a single mountain path to his home, using keyboard-only controls. The route passes 12 locations, with no save points and documentary-style subtitles.
Hamster will release Arcade Archives Special Forces U.A.G. on October 15, 2026 for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Arcade Archives 2 Special Forces U.A.G. arrives the same day for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The original Seta shooting game shipped in 1987. Owners of the Switch or PS4 version can buy the Arcade Archives 2 release at a 330 yen discount.
Athena Technologies, a private AI startup in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, has begun a proof-of-concept trial with Kiwano Bank of Wakayama City for a sales support AI that runs in an environment isolated from the external internet. The system uses past transaction information and external information to generate hypothetical needs and meeting talking points for corporate customers, and the trial will test its effectiveness and practicality for bank sales work.
Bearded Pixels showed The Singular Ones at SAGA Barcelona Game Fest 2026. The PC puzzle adventure is set at Corvane Academy, a boarding school for teenagers with special abilities, where players investigate the mystery of the Soul Mirror. It alternates visual novel story scenes with puzzle stages that ask players to place five characters and five objects into five color-coded rooms under stated conditions. The studio is aiming for a Q1 2027 release, with a Steam page live and Japanese localization underway.
Hamster will release Arcade Archives Special Forces U.A.G. for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on October 15, priced at 837 yen for PS4 and 838 yen for Switch. The same day brings Arcade Archives 2 Special Forces U.A.G. for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 at 1,100 yen, with a 330 yen owner discount for those who already bought the PS4 or Switch version.