Sony Interactive Entertainment said the first part of Gran Turismo 7's Spec IV update goes live at 15:00 on October 15, 2026 on PS5 and PS4. It adds the Sportsland SUGO circuit in Miyagi Prefecture and six cars, among them the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo, Ferrari F355 Berlinetta '94 and Honda Step WGN Spada Premium Line '23. A 30th anniversary DualSense controller was also announced.
The Kinnikuman official online store KIN29.COM will release a limited-edition NEW ERA 9FIFTY cap on Friday, October 16, 2026. The design uses a black visor and six panels in khaki, light navy, and storm gray, with the KIN Mark embroidered on the front. The theme is royal succession, and side embroidery shows Kinnikuman and Meat-kun. The cap costs 8,800 yen including tax.
STP WORKS released the Nintendo Switch version of French Fries Pusher Friends on October 15 for 470 yen including tax. Players fire fries to fend off training robots while assembling burger sets, solo or with up to four players, and compete on a ranking for sets served before HP reaches zero. Permanent upgrades use saved wages, and items and skills appear during runs. A Steam version has been available since January 12, 2024.
Bandai Namco Entertainment released Tales of Eternia Remastered on October 15 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. The remaster is based on the 2005 PSP version. The standard edition costs 3,960 yen and the Deluxe Edition 6,930 yen. New features include destination icons, a boost function, high-speed auto-battle, and a graphics and SE mode switch.
Ratatan, the roguelite rhythm action game with design by Patapon's Hiroyuki Kotani, left Steam Early Access and released on October 15, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Players command Kobun troops by matching button inputs to the BGM, with eight Ratatans and weapon types including swords, spears and bombs. A 2023 Kickstarter raised 219,314,335 yen.
Croatia-based developer Gamepires announced layoffs on the official X account for SCUM, its live open-world survival game. The studio says the downsizing is a response to harsh market conditions and a move toward long-term sustainability. Studio staff and SCUM development team members are affected; the number has not been disclosed. Gamepires says the decision is a business one and not a reflection on the team's work, and that SCUM development, updates and additional content will continue.
Hasegawa revealed a completed sample of its 1:72 scale Su-33 Flanker-D "Shadows" kit on October 14. The aircraft is the Su-33 of the 44th Squadron flown by Lux Lunae, an ace unit of the Sotoan Republic, which is hostile to the protagonist side's Central Usean Federation in ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE. Release is scheduled for around December 16, 2026 at 5,500 yen.
On October 13, HypeTrain Digital announced Modulink, a third-person action roguelite in development at brainglyph for Steam. The game takes place several centuries after a great disaster cost humanity its understanding of its own technology. The player is Tinker, a young researcher who leaves their hometown with Repo, a floating companion and digital journal, to reconnect a divided world.
Keen Games will release the 1.0 update for its survival action RPG Enshrouded on October 15, 2026, moving the game out of early access. Set in Embervale, a kingdom ruined by the corrupting Shroud, the game has players build bases with voxel tools, recruit sleeping NPCs for new equipment, and fight with melee, ranged, and magic skills. Multiplayer supports up to 16 players.
Voodoo Fishin', a fishing adventure for up to four players, left early access on October 14, 2026, with proximity voice chat and a cursed swamp where gear can be lost if you die. Nientum - Op.ZERO, a two-key rhythm adventure with full Japanese voice acting, launched the same day at 2,200 yen. Game Spark's weekly roundup covers both among 16 recent Steam releases.
Mahjong Pros, a company founded in 2022 to teach mahjong to anime and manga fans, has moved into publishing with an eight-book manga imprint. Founder Harrison Doan said the Western market treats mahjong manga as a subject while Japan treats it as a structure of storytelling, covering horror, political satire, comedy, BL, and yuri. The lineup runs from high school comedy to biography.
Developer cloudyyrust canceled his Star Citizen offline mod, ChrisWareOffline, after Cloud Imperium Games contacted him about files the mod included. He complied, deleting the GitHub repository, all download sources, the build channels on the mod's official Discord, and the Discord server, and asked users to remove downloaded files and re-uploads. Posts about the mod on the Star Citizen subreddit were removed after CIG sent an unofficial DMCA notice to moderators.
Himeko released the psychological horror novel Kyoufu Yawa: Dai Ni Ya on Steam on October 14, 2026, priced at 500 yen with a 20 percent launch discount to 400 yen through October 29. The game follows a freelance occult writer who hears three ghost stories in an old coffee shop on a rainy night in the 1990s. Play time runs about two to two and a half hours.
A website opened on Wednesday to announce a smartphone game for illustrator neco's Heavily Armed High School Girls project. NextNinja is developing JJK: Ju Heisogata Joshi Kosei Wordless Record, a casual idle RPG where players watch over the characters from a cat's perspective. Rie Takahashi plays Touka, Sayumi Suzushiro plays Kanade, and Yoshino Aoyama plays Honami. The project is also getting a television anime in 2027.
An annual Teikoku Databank survey of 189 anime studios found the share doing business with foreign subcontractors fell 3.4 points in 2026 to 41.8 percent, as a weak yen raised outsourcing costs. Deals with Chinese studios dropped nearly 30 percent from a 2023 peak, while South Korean transactions were flat. The briefing also covers Hayate's webtoon slate, a new Crunchyroll division, and domain oversight talks.
Moonbat will begin early sales at PLAZA from around mid-October for four winter accessory items designed with The Powerpuff Girls. The lineup is two scarves, a bag, and a knit hat: a reversible Knit Scarf at 3,960 yen, a Faux Fur Embroidered Scarf at 3,960 yen, a Faux Fur Embroidered Bag at 4,620 yen, and a Cat-Ear Knit at 3,520 yen. From early November, they are scheduled to release sequentially at Loft, ZOZOTOWN, and other retailers.
Hytacka, the developer of the action RPG Rise of Rebellion, has released a trailer for OVERSEEKER. The roughly nine-minute video is built from conversation scenes about a female hitman named Ivy and a murder she says she committed for herself. Hytacka handles direction, game design, and co-writing, with Yuka Nishibe on original story and co-script. Genre, release timing, and supported platforms are unknown.
HypeTrain Digital began a multiplayer-supported playtest on Steam for Harvest Skies: Crop Dusting Simulator on October 13. Digital Chiefs Studio develops the co-op simulation, which supports up to 5 players who mix chemicals and spray them on farms from a biplane. It is scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2027 and will support a Japanese interface.
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 began streaming an overview trailer on Wednesday for its Nintendo Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and opened preorders ahead of a November 5 launch. The trailer introduces the Hall of Fallen Foes, an area where statues of defeated enemies let players rematch bosses. The remake adds traditional camera controls, motion controls, a jump button, and a roll dash action. An item can be equipped to the ZR button and swapped through a pop-up menu. A Threads of Time menu recaps the story and shows the next objective, and time now passes in town. Players can hum into the Switch 2 microphone to play music in-game, and the game recognizes music from a purchasable ocarina. The game supports the Zelda Notes function in the Nintendo Switch App, including Today's Record, Gossip Quests, and an Ocarina of Time Quiz with over 2,000 questions. New amiibo for Young Link and Young Zelda ship in 2027. The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 console, Pro Controller, and carrying case ship on October 29.
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.