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Layer Land launched on Steam Early Access on June 24, 2026, receiving mixed user reviews due to bugs and lag. Dustland, the official sequel to Crows and Worst, released its first volume on June 19, 2026, with endorsements from figures including actor Shun Oguri. Miniature LAND -Four Seasons- released a Steam demo on June 17, 2026, ahead of a full PC release later in the year. Coral Island received update 1.3 'Ocean & Kisses' on June 18, 2026, adding new romance options and a jealousy system.
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The Harvey Awards announced this year's winners on Friday at New York Comic Con, and Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's Billy Bat, released by Abrams ComicArts' Kana imprint and translated by Kristi Iwashiro, took Best Manga. The category's other nominees were He Rolled Me Up Like a Grilled Squid, Land, Miss Ruki, My Gorilla Family, and My Life in 24 Frames per Second. Spider-Noir won Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel.
Qookka Games launched the 2nd anniversary event for the MMORPG Tree of Savior: Neverland on October 8. The event's theme is home building: players place furniture and buildings in a home area and can post blueprints to the Workshop. New content includes Happy Tag, a hide-and-seek mode with Mouse and Cat roles, and Dream Weaving, a fashion DIY tool for designing outfits from patterns, colors, and textures. A player gathering and an anniversary-limited adventure server open on October 11.
At The Triple-i Initiative stream on October 9 Japan time, Daniel Mullins Games showed new footage of Pony Island 2: Panda Circus and set the release for April 28, 2027. Test play participants are being recruited on Steam. The earlier game Pony Island is free to claim on Steam until 2:00 on October 13.
The Triple-i Initiative returns on October 9 JST with 40 indie titles shown in about 45 minutes and eight world premieres. Pony Island 2: Panda Circus and Militsioner lead the unannounced-footage slate, alongside new looks at DAVE THE DIVER, Risk of Rain 2, Brotato, Chained Together, and Windrose, plus Outward 2 and Hela among pre-release titles. Evil Empire produces the stream.
Historia Inc. announced on October 8 that its free-to-play survival action racing game "Faaast Penguin" will add a new world, "FPX: Badlands," on October 15. The world is set in Sandbans (also rendered Sandbands), a wasteland town where sand and flames rage and where water and canned mackerel are treated as precious resources. Reckless racers gather there in the rowdy group "Mad Riders." Trick actions carry over from the existing world "FPX: Snowboarding," and the more tricks a player lands in the air, the more their base speed rises. A "Run Rank" displays during races and climbs C, B, A, S, X on points earned from tricks. Drum Rats, drums slung under flying seagulls, explode when a switch on a seagull's back is hit; the trailer shows players using the birds as stepping stones to run through the air. Two world-themed skins, "Crimson Ace Gear" and "Wasteland Courier Clutch," will be implemented. The game is free-to-play with cross-play and is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
German developer Ralph Schaedler posted a new gameplay trailer for Open Land on the game's Steam page. Players work with small eco-robots to restore land covered in garbage and oil, placing plants, structures, and restoration tools. Cleaning and recycling earn eco points that unlock buildings, upgrades, and restoration technologies. A free demo is available on Steam, with participation in October's Steam Next Fest planned.
AtomTeam will release a large-scale update to the original ATOM RPG to mark the studio's 10th anniversary in October. Update 1.2.1 adds weapons from ATOM RPG Trudograd, weapon customization, combat and companion AI improvements, plus interface and visual updates. Update 1.2.5, planned for later, adds co-op play, which will also appear in ATOM RPG 2. The story DLC Plague Island is scheduled for release on Steam in October.
A limited-time cafe tied to the in-game event "Master Chef" from Disney Twisted-Wonderland runs at OH MY CAFE in Omotesando, Tokyo, starting Saturday, October 24, 2026. The menu covers dishes credited to Riddle Rosehearts, Leona Kingscholar, Azul Ashengrotto, Kalim Al-Asim, Vil Schoenheit, Idia Shroud and Malleus Draconia, each arranged in the dorm's colors with sweets and drinks.
KAIJIUUUUU released a new trailer for Direland, a top-down sandbox survival crafting game. Players create a character, explore and develop a voxel world, place buildings, farms, and barricades from collected materials. Giant creatures several times the player's size can attack those bases. The trailer focuses on gameplay, including fights against giant creatures and character creation. Direland is scheduled for release on PC via Steam.
Jan Kucz has opened a vote on supported languages for Land Of Nowhere, a survival horror FPS set in a flooded world where players explore a giant tower that emits a mysterious signal. The vote runs through Google Forms, and Japanese is among the options. The Steam store page is now public, and the release date is undecided.
Sanrio's game brand showed two titles at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Sanrio Party Land is a party game with more than 145 Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, Umenoya Zakkaten, and Ghao-pa-wa-ru, with minigames themed around each character. It is set for October 29, 2026 on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Sanrio Kawaii Me Live is a smartphone rhythm game set for 2027.
AUTOMATON's 102nd weekly roundup collects seven game introduction pieces. The picks include Seikyu: Let's Go!, a four-player co-op camping car game from the Seikyu Monogatari developer; Monster Hunter Outlanders, a smartphone title supervised by Capcom with a release set for October 29; All Rats on Deck, a rafting co-op game for up to four players; Iconology from Idea Factory's new brand IFChronicle; AION 2, the free-to-play MMORPG; and Neighbors: Suburban Warfare.
Regista released a free demo for the Nintendo Switch version of the exploration adventure game Alice in Wonder Underland on October 1. A sale runs alongside it, dropping the price to 980 yen including tax, 60 percent off the 2,480 yen regular price. Demo save data carries over to the full game. The game is also available on PC via Steam.
The official Anime Times YouTube channel will stream all 12 episodes of Zombie Land Saga Season 1 for free, the channel announced. The original anime comes from MAPPA, Avex Pictures, and Cygames. Season 1 aired from October to December 2018, and Season 2, Zombie Land Saga Revenge, ran from April to June 2021. The story follows seven girls revived as zombies who form the idol group Franchouchou to save Saga Prefecture.
Furai no Shiren 6 peaked at 1,552 concurrent Steam players on September 21, an all-time high for the game and above the 1,492 recorded shortly after release. A 50% off sale through September 18 and the September 9 surprise launch of Torneko's Great Adventure Remaster appear to have driven the increase. The remaster shipped for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, iOS, and Android.
Aniplex released the web game EVOLVE RACER for the smartphone title Disney Twisted-Wonderland on September 24, 2026, for a limited time. Players switch between three lanes to dodge obstacles, collect items, and build score across 8 stages, with the background and BGM changing per stage. Filling the ENERGY gauge triggers Energy Fever, which nullifies obstacles and raises the score multiplier.
In its 10th weekend, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island fell from No. 1 to No. 2 at the Japanese box office, selling 182,000 tickets and earning 280,160,700 yen from Friday to Sunday. Star Detective Precure! The Movie stayed at No. 3 in its second weekend, with 134,000 tickets and 174,435,520 yen, while Cosmic Princess Kaguya! dropped to No. 10.
Capcom's Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch for iOS and Android on October 29, with a mainland China version scheduled for 2027. The open-world survival game supports multiplayer and a character-switch system, and adds a new Elder Dragon, Ruger Aidal. Chinese developer TiMi Studio Group is handling development, with franchise composer Tadayoshi Makino returning for the music.
Crunchyroll will screen Dive in Wonderland in select U.S. theaters for one day only on November 16, under its Crunchyroll Anime Nights program. The film, directed by Toshiya Shinohara at P.A. Works with a script by Yuko Kakihara, centers on Rise, a modern-day girl who stumbles into Wonderland and meets Alice. It opened in Japan in August 2025.
Wit Studio president George Wada said Attack on Titan was the only project the studio considered for its first anime. Speaking with Anime News Network at Anime Expo 2026, Wada said he chose Hajime Isayama's manga because it fit director Tetsuro Araki and because the studio's own situation matched the story. "It was the only one," he said when asked whether other options were discussed. Wada said the series helped Japanese anime reach audiences worldwide and showed what Japanese animation could do. He also noted the studio grew from six people to more than 300. Wada said Wit Studio is preparing The One Piece for release in February 2027, and he described some fear and anxiety about the adaptation alongside greater excitement. He also mentioned Tokyo Anime Next, an international animation event in Ikebukuro from October 30 to November 2, 2026.
505 Games and German developer ION LANDS released the cyberpunk life and shop management sim Nivalis Nights on Steam on September 29, 2026, priced at 3,150 yen with a 10 percent launch discount to 2,835 yen running through October 14. The game is set in Nivalis, the same city as ION LANDS' 2020 adventure game Cloudpunk, and has players start with a small ramen shop, then grow into restaurants and high-end nightclubs. ION LANDS says the city holds more than 130 characters, over 100 quests, 240-plus ingredients, 190 dishes, and 620 furniture types, all rendered in voxel art with day-night cycles and weather. An Epic Games Store version is planned with no release date set. The game supports Japanese display and subtitles.
TiMi Studio Group is developing the smartphone title Monster Hunter Outlanders under an official license from Capcom, with a worldwide release set for October 29, 2026 in regions outside mainland China. The game is free to play with item-based microtransactions and runs on iOS and Android. At Tokyo Game Show 2026, outlets played a hunt against the game's original Elder Dragon, Luga Earda, a monster whose design concept TiMi producer Don Huang described as a holy knight clad in golden armor, drawing on swordplay and shield imagery. Players sortie in a four-person party, and in the demo three NPCs joined. The demo offered two control schemes: Starting Mode, played with attack, special, and evade buttons that connect combos automatically, and Hunting Mode, which hands players multiple buttons for manual combos and skills. Capcom producer Akio Sekino said the core cycle of hunting, gathering materials, and crafting equipment is preserved, with adventurers added as an Outlanders-specific element.
MBS Innovation Drive and Appland unveiled the four members of Tobariku on September 24, 2026, ending a teaser period that began with the project's announcement on September 9. The male VTuber group is built around the supernatural and mysteries, and its residents are Shimawatari Reigen, Niji Guuta, Minari Touga, and Ashiya Noi. Their first streams run in relay format on September 26, starting at 19:00 with Shimawatari Reigen, then Niji Guuta at 19:30, Minari Touga at 20:00, and Ashiya Noi at 20:30, each on the member's own YouTube channel. A project PV is also out. The TOBARIQ OFFICIAL STORE opens for debut merchandise and voice packs at 21:05 that same day, with acrylic stands at 1,900 yen, random cheki-style cards at 400 yen, and debut voices at 500 yen each or 2,000 yen for the complete set.
Fujimi is adding two versions of the Suzuki Jimny JB23 (Land Venture) to its 1/24 Car NEXT Series. The pearl white kit is priced at 4,950 yen and the non-color kit at 5,170 yen. Both are 1/24 scale, measure about 165 by 77 by 72 mm, and are scheduled for release on Thursday, December 17, 2026.
Dengeki Hobby Web compiled Amazon.co.jp's Kindle manga sales ranking for tankobon volumes as of September 18, 2026. The JOJOLands volume 9 tops the chart, followed by Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation volume 25, Gushing over Magical Girls volume 13, The Star of the Girls' Garden volume 5, and Benri-ya Saito-san, Isekai ni Iku volume 15.
Sanrio Games held a developer talk stage for Sanrio Party Land at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 17, the event's first business day. Katsuyoshi Tanabe, general manager of Sanrio's Game Business Division, and Toya Yoneda, senior manager in the same division's marketing section, spoke, with Hello Kitty and Pompompurin on stage. Sanrio Party Land is scheduled for release on October 29, 2026 as a Nintendo Switch party game priced at 6,380 yen. It supports solo play, local multiplayer, and online play for up to four players. The game features more than 145 Sanrio characters and over 45 original cooperative minigames set across five areas of Party Land. Tanabe said the team aimed for a game themed on Sanrio's corporate philosophy of everyone getting along, one that three generations of a family can play together, which led to the party game genre. Yoneda demonstrated three minigames live.
The official website for the television anime of Ryon's Are You a Landmine, Chihara-san? (Jirai nandesu ka? Chihara-san) posted the teaser promotional video on Friday. The anime will debut in January 2027 in the Super Animeism Turbo block on MBS, TBS, and 26 affiliated channels, running Thursdays at 00:26, effectively Fridays at 12:26 a.m. The staff had previously announced the anime would air in 2026. Yasuaki Fujii directs at Synergy SP. Keiichiro Ochi oversees series scripts, Majiro designs characters, and Arisa Okehazama composes music at King Records. The cast is Sayumi Suzushiro as Mai Chihara, Kazuki Ura as Kuroki, Maaya Uchida as Chinatsu Iwakura, Tomokazu Sugita as Hibiya, and Daisuke Ono as Kazami. The teaser shows Kuroki seated beside Mai Chihara at the start of a new semester. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga and will start its English release on September 29, 2026.
The TV anime dreamland has released a second promotional video ahead of its October 17 premiere on ABC TV and TV Asahi affiliates. Faulieu. performs the opening theme, movin'on, and Ai Tomioka performs the ending theme, dream catcher. The series adapts Reno Lemaire's French manga Dreamland, which has more than 800,000 copies printed. Sho Hatano voices Terence, the protagonist who awakens as a Dreamer.
Capcom began accepting applications on September 19 for a hands-on event for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds, limited to subscribers of the series email newsletter Monhan-bu. The Tokyo venue at the Capcom Tokyo Branch hosts on October 10 and 11, with applications closing at 13:00 on September 28. The Osaka venue at the Capcom Head Office runs October 17 and 18, with applications closing at 13:00 on October 5. Attendees can play four-player multiplayer over local communication, join a Hunter Card Exchange Meetup, and take part in a Team Competition Trial Quest Challenge. Commemorative items for participants include a Hunter Self-Introduction Card, a sticker, a microfiber handkerchief, and an original rubber keychain. The winning team in the quest challenge receives an original T-shirt. A trial version of the game is scheduled for release at a later date.
BANDAI SPIRITS will re-release Ichiban Kuji HUNTER×HUNTER GREED ISLAND 2 in 2027 at 850 yen per draw, with exact timing and participating stores to be announced later. The lottery covers the Greed Island arc: the A Prize is a G.I. Binder & Ring, the B through F Prizes are figures of Gon, Killua, Hisoka, Razor and Goreinu, and the Last One Prize is Biscuit Krueger in her muscle-bound form.
505 Games and developer ION LANDS announced on September 18 that the Steam wishlist count for Nivalis Nights has passed 1 million. The cyberpunk life simulation is set for release on Steam on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Japan time. Players start with a small eatery such as a ramen shop and work toward owning a popular restaurant or a high-end nightclub in the neon-lit city of Nivalis, where gangs, CorpSec crackdowns, and a mysterious serial murder case shape daily life. ION LANDS creative director Marko Dieckmann said he never imagined reaching 1 million wishlist additions, noting the wishlist count for the studio's earlier release Cloudpunk was about 130,000 at launch and felt like a major achievement at the time. In it, every action connects to the player's influence; the game also includes fishing by boat, chess tournaments against NPCs, home customization, and curfew-night sabotage of rivals.
United Arrows and Kiddy Land have launched a joint project called KIDDY LAND | UNITED ARROWS, timed to Kiddy Land's 80th anniversary in 2026. The lineup covers apparel, goods, and styled mascots for Hello Kitty, My Melody, Miffy, and Rilakkuma. Hello Kitty and My Melody reservations opened September 17, with a release set for October 9. Miffy and Rilakkuma items are scheduled for December 2026.
Appland announced on September 16 that it will stream two regular programs on the .LIVE (Dot Live) official YouTube channel. Appland TV, a television-style variety series, begins October 9. Appland NEWS, an information program, starts September 25 and is scheduled for the fourth Friday of every month. The announcement came as a surprise at the end of a large-scale prank project involving affiliated VTubers. Appland TV puts VTubers through studio segments, location shoots, pranks, physical challenges, and collaborations, drawing on production methods from television. The four regular members are Carlo Pino, Hima Megumi Pane, Vermouth Belluna, and Yamato Iori. Appland NEWS follows a summer special that streamed August 22, and it organizes information about VTuber activities, new content, events, and merchandise. A campaign tied to the Appland TV launch runs from September 16 at 21:00 to September 23 at 23:59, with Amazon gift cards as prizes.
SHEIK MAINLAND is taking preorders at AmiAmi and the AmiAmi Yahoo! Store for two Zabul 1/144 scale plastic model kits from its ULTRA ACTION TROOPER series. The improved black and green versions add two runners, plus new chest armor, a backpack, a rifle, and leg thrusters, and swap the elbow joints to two-stage articulation. Both are scheduled for release in November 2026.
Three Bonbon Drop Sticker sets for Chiikawa Land, Chiikawa Sushi, and Chiikawa Baby go on sale September 25, 2026 at Chiikawa Market, Chiikawa Land, and the Q-Lia Online Store. A separate OUTDOOR PRODUCTS pen case line by Sun-Star Stationery, printed with Chiikawa, Hachiware, Usagi, and friends, follows from late September at Chiikawa Market, Chiikawa Land, Amazon and stationery shops.
Intel's Crescent Island is an AI data center GPU built on the Xe3p architecture, described at Hot Chips as targeting agent-style AI workloads and the KV cache problem. It is a 32 Xe core part with five Xe3p cores per Compute Slice across four slices. Intel gives a 350W TDP, keeps air cooling, and adds native MxFP4 support using the OCP block size 32 definition without custom extensions. Shipments were discussed for the second half of 2026.
The Dragon Quest Island POP UP Caravan runs from September 18, 2026 to December 1, 2026 at the Takamatsu Expressway Toyohama SA inbound line, marking the event's first stop at an expressway service area. Video projection of the attraction's world will be shown, and seven exclusive goods go on sale, including a 5th Anniversary Key Holder at 1,650 yen with tax.
Zeverland is a co-op open-world survival crafting game set after a zombie-driven collapse of civilization, in development for PC via Steam with no release date or price announced. Its map covers roughly 5,000 square kilometers. Crafting lets players weld beds and sofas onto a camper van to make a mobile base, and infection is not game over: players gain a zombie's physical abilities and a second life. Recruited NPCs handle cooking, tailoring, construction, and guard work, while goals include rebuilding bridges, developing a vaccine, and planting trees to re-green contaminated land.
2K and Gearbox Software are running a Steam Free Weekend for Borderlands 4, with free play ending at 2:00 AM on September 15. The second DLC-added Vault Hunter, Loveless the Hacker, joined the roster on September 10. The second story DLC, FL4K and the Resort of Oblivion, is also available. Console free play is offered for PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass subscribers, and a 50 percent off sale is planned.
Mike McFarland, a voice actor who also worked as a line producer, ADR director, and ADR script adapter on ADV and Funimation series, died Wednesday at 56. He had brain surgery in January 2025 and was diagnosed with glioblastoma that August. His GoFundMe, launched by J. Michael Tatum and Brandon McInnis, has reached US$301,786 of a US$350,000 goal, with donations paused.
Mike McFarland died on September 9, 2026 at 56, according to a remembrance published by Beneath the Tangles. He voiced Master Roshi and Yajirobe in Dragon Ball, Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Jean Kirstein in Attack on Titan, and Buggy in One Piece, and worked as an ADR director, script writer, and producer. The writer interviewed him in 2018 at Wizard World Austin and recalls him as gracious.
SKZOO in Fuji-Q Highland Produced by GiGO runs from October 2 to October 26, 2026. The SKZOO Drone and Fireworks Show runs only on October 17 and 18, starting at 17:45 for about 15 minutes each night, using 500 drones, fireworks, and Stray Kids music. Food, a stamp rally, and photo spots fill out the run.
UpLand Inc. and its parent company MBS Innovation Drive Inc. launched the VTuber project Tobari-ku on September 9, 2026. The companies opened an official teaser site, an official X account, and an official YouTube channel the same day. A separate site, the Kaii Diagnosis Site, also appeared alongside the project, though its contents have not been disclosed. MBS Innovation Drive welcomed UpLand, which operates the VTuber agencies .LIVE and VuiPai, into its group in 2023, and the two companies have since worked to expand their business areas in content and reach new fan bases. Tobari-ku comes out of those efforts. Full details about the project are scheduled for the night of September 24, 2026, and the companies are directing people to follow the X account and YouTube channel ahead of the reveal.
Qookka Games is running a limited "10-Day Play-All-You-Want" server for its MMORPG Tree of Savior: Neverland from September 10 to 19 on PC, iOS, and Android. The server speeds up leveling so players reach high levels in minutes, grants gold costumes, a gold mount, and red-tier cards on login, and lets players carry some earned items back to the official server.
Square Enix announced during the September 9, 2026 Nintendo Direct that a trial version of Dragon Quest Monsters 4: Bianca and Flora of the Withered Land will be released after the broadcast ends. The demo covers the early story and supports partial data transfer to the full game, which is scheduled for release on December 3, 2026. The game stars Bianca and Flora from Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, who become Monster Masters capable of communicating with monsters. The Direct also introduced new gameplay systems, including field scouting where players can give meat to monsters to recruit them, and co-op battles for up to four players against powerful foes. Dragon Quest Monsters 4 is planned for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Windows. The trial version's immediate availability contrasts with the full release's later date, giving players a chance to sample the opening content and carry progress forward.
The TV anime adaptation of Reno Lemaire's French manga "Dreamland" has added three new cast members ahead of its October 17 premiere. Takuya Eguchi will voice Savana, a foul-mouthed, quick-tempered charismatic fighter; Hiroyuki Yoshino plays Saba, an easygoing art college student; and Masahiko Tanaka voices Yung, a mysterious old man who knows Dreamland's secrets. The series follows Terrence, a boy who lost his mother in a fire and, after overcoming his fear of fire within a nightmare, awakens as a Dreamer who travels the dream world. The original manga is a cult favorite in France with over 800,000 copies in print. The anime will air in the ANiMAZiNG!!! slot on ABC TV and TV Asahi affiliates across 24 stations nationwide. Production is handled by Ellipse and La Chouette Compagnie, with directors Juan Pablo Machado and Joe Celse at the helm. The Japanese localization features sound direction by Soichiro Kubo and production by Tohokushinsha and Amuse Creative Studio.
Takara Tomy's Dramatic Capture Series DinoBot Island part 1 is the 8th set in the line, a two-figure package with Grimlock and Ratchet. Both figures transform fully, Grimlock from robot mode to a mechanical Tyrannosaurus and Ratchet from robot mode to an ambulance. The set includes weapons, a sword for Grimlock, and flame effect parts. Preorders open September 9, 2026, at 17,050 yen including tax, with release planned for late February 2027.
Nijigen no Mori, the anime park on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, will sell original goods at its booth at Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair (Kyomaf) 2026, held September 19-20 at Miyako Messe and ROHM Theatre Kyoto. The lineup covers Godzilla Interception Operation, Crayon Shin-chan Adventure Park, NARUTO & BORUTO Shinobi Village, and Dragon Quest Island, plus goods from the limited-time Attack on Titan TV anime collaboration event.
Sensor Tower published a report on September 8 analyzing how the movie Chiikawa: The Secret of the Mermaid Island affected Chiikawa Pocket. On the film's July 24 release date, downloads of the idle RPG reached nearly 10,000, more than six times the previous day, driven by a commemorative campaign and the Mermaid Island event. Downloads stayed above 10,000 daily from July 29, and the game held a top 15 iPhone download ranking for a month.
Digital Hollywood will host a special seminar on November 14, 2026, featuring Sanrio staff Hitomi Yamashita and Ryutaro Kurai. The two will discuss the Virtual Sanrio Puroland permanent VR theme park project, how it creates fan touchpoints, and how it extends character worlds into virtual space. The free event is capped at 100 attendees, with a lottery for a park experience.