Kenta Hatakenaka is attached to HoYoverse's Nodusfall, the four-player co-op action game announced at gamescom 2026. No other credit appears in the three stories.
Kenta Hatakenaka appears in Yomimono's coverage attached to Nodusfall, the multiplayer action game HoYoverse announced at gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live. The announcement described a four-player co-op game with realistic graphics and a dark fantasy setting, in which players hunt giant mythological monsters. A preview event the following day let media and influencers try a demo.
The demo featured a warrior, an archer, and a spellcaster, with roles split into 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, and that 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 two other Yomimono stories about him cover merchandise and a weapon update: Razer's Wuthering Waves Collection, sold since September 4, and the PET Shooter Replica added to Splatoon 3. Neither story is about Nodusfall, and neither adds to what the gamescom coverage establishes about the project.
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Razer has sold the Razer | Wuthering Waves Collection, a collaboration with the open-world action RPG Wuthering Waves, since September 4. The lineup centers on the Resonator Dania, added in May 2026, and includes four products: the Viper V3 Pro SE gaming mouse, the Gigantus V2 XXL mouse mat, the BlackWidow V4 TKL HyperSpeed keyboard, and the Iskur V2 X gaming chair, priced from 8,980 yen to 69,980 yen.
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.
Nintendo announced on August 14 that a new weapon, the PET Shooter Replica, will be added to Splatoon 3 for the Nintendo Switch. The weapon reproduces the PET Shooter that appears in the spin-off title Splatoon Raiders. Its performance matches the Splattershot Collab, with the Splat Bomb as the sub weapon and Triple Tornado as the special weapon. The PET Shooter Replica is scheduled to be implemented ahead of the Summer Nights festival, which runs from August 22 to August 24. To obtain it, players must apply a future update and have save data that has cleared the main story of Splatoon Raiders. The weapon is not tied to the festival, so players who meet the save data condition can receive it from the lobby terminal at any time after implementation. The announcement also noted that gear distributed during past Summer Nights events remains available through the in-game news feature, the Squid Research Lab, by launching Splatoon 3 from the relevant news articles.