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Publisher Panic released Big Walk, the new cooperative multiplayer puzzle adventure from House House, the studio behind Untitled Goose Game, on August 4. The game is available on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2, with the Switch 2 version priced at 2,300 yen. Big Walk supports 2 to 12 players and cross-platform play, and it is designed to be played with a group of friends from start to finish. Players control bird-like creatures with three spheres for bodies and explore a vast open-world island filled with puzzles and challenges. Communication is central to the experience, using a proximity voice chat system where voices fade with distance and muffle behind walls, and where players can temporarily lose the ability to speak. Various tools and toys, such as radios, laser pointers, binoculars, megaphones, smoke flares, whiteboards, and cowbells, help players coordinate. The game has a clear ending, but players can also ignore objectives and wander freely. Ahead of release, Big Walk earned a Metacritic score of 93, the highest for a new game this year, and many outlets, including Polygon, have called it a Game of the Year contender.
Jun 17
Orange Cat Industry and Wave jointly developed a 1/35 scale plastic model of the ARX-8 Laevatein with the XL-3 Emergency Deployment Booster from Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory. The kit has over 1,300 parts, LED lighting, and a special first-press price of 14,300 yen. It releases in July 2026.
Jun 11
Panic Stations released its cooperative puzzle action game Frog Sqwad on June 12, 2026, for PC via Steam and Xbox Series X|S. The base game costs 980 yen, with a supporter pack available for 600 yen. A launch sale on Steam offers a 38% discount for one week after release. The game supports Xbox Game Pass. Frog Sqwad is a cooperative chaotic puzzle action game for up to eight players. Players control frogs in the sewers, using their sticky tongues to jump between pipes, grab objects, and throw teammates. Eating food causes frogs to grow larger, eventually becoming giant Mega Frogs that can roll through stages. Taking damage shrinks frogs into small eggs, requiring teamwork to recover. The goal is to meet daily food quotas set by the Swamp King. Meeting quotas unlocks new developments, and gold earned in the sewers can buy toys and gadgets for future runs. The sewers change each playthrough, introducing new dangers. Voice chat is supported, with frog mouths syncing to player speech. In-game collaborations with PEAK and Roadside Research elements appear. The game supports Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and 12 other languages.
May 29
Developer Panic Stations announced that Frog Sqwad, a physics-based co-op action game about frogs collecting food for a hungry king, will launch on June 11 (June 12 in Japan) on PC and Xbox Series X|S, with Game Pass availability. The game supports up to eight players and centers on tongue-based movement and object manipulation.