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Alibaba will make Qwen3.8-Max an open model with open weights, but plans to require major commercial users to share revenue, according to sources. The move follows Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 license, which mandates commercial contracts for businesses with annual sales over $20 million. Alibaba's revenue sharing rate is undecided.
AMNIBUS is taking orders for new The Quintessential Quintuplets merchandise featuring the five Nakano sisters in pastel-toned starry sky maid outfits. The Ani-Art KAWAII label lineup includes trading badges, acrylic stands, keychains, and more, with orders open until August 5, 2026, and shipments starting in late October.
Square Enix reported first-quarter results for the fiscal year ending March 2027, with net sales up 32.3% to 78.4 billion yen and operating income up 88.6% to 17 billion yen. HD game sales nearly doubled to 17.7 billion yen, and total game software units rose from 4.01 million to 7.38 million, with downloads accounting for about 90%.
KLab reported second-quarter net sales of 3.263 billion yen, up 91.3% quarter-on-quarter, and operating income of 493 million yen, reversing a first-quarter operating loss of 453 million yen. The launch of Dragon Quest Smash Grow, developed by KLab and published by Square Enix, drove the recovery. The first half still posted a net loss of 125 million yen.
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet: Girls' Miracle, a collection of magical girl RPGs and anime from Gust, launched on July 30, 2026, for PC, PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo Switch. Overseas reviews on Metacritic show high scores, with the PS5 and Switch 2 versions at 77 and the PC version at 71. Critics praise the story and entry point value, while some note uneven handling of included works.
The anime adaptation of Naruki's Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent manga is set for a 2027 television premiere. Makoto Hoshino directs at Studio Flad and Wao World, with Megumi Shimizu on series scripts and Ruriko Watanabe on character designs. Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in English.
id Software released Dawn of the Machine, a new episode for the original Quake, on August 7, 2026. Developed by MachineGames, the update adds 19 new maps, a looping campaign, new weapons, enemies, and a deathmatch mode. It is free for owners of Quake on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox, and Switch 2.
Square Enix Holdings reported its consolidated results for the first quarter of fiscal year ending March 2027 on August 10, 2026, covering April 1 to June 30. The company recorded net sales of 78.423 billion yen, up 32.3 percent year on year, operating income of 17.008 billion yen, up 88.6 percent, and ordinary income of 18.766 billion yen, up 172.4 percent. This marks the first quarter with year-on-year revenue and profit growth since the third quarter of fiscal year ending March 2022, roughly four and a half years ago. The Digital Entertainment segment drove the gains, with sales up 51.8 percent to 49.96 billion yen and operating income up 91.8 percent to 15.583 billion yen. Within that segment, HD games saw sales rise by 8.8 billion yen to 17.7 billion yen and operating income increase by 5.1 billion yen to 6.1 billion yen. The company attributed the performance to new titles such as Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and Microsoft Store, and Adventure Elliot's Millennial Story, along with strong catalog sales. MMO revenue and profit also grew, though profit rose only slightly by about 30 million yen due to costs for the upcoming expansion 8.0, Silver Wanderer, set for early 2027. Smart device and PC browser segments also improved, supported by Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest Smash Glow. Full-year forecasts remained unchanged.
Masamichi Sato announced on Kodansha's Comic Days platform that the Quality Assurance in Another World manga will take an extended hiatus while they recover from hospitalization for a hernia. The series will return at a later date to be announced. Kodansha ships the 18th volume in Japanese on Monday, and Kodansha USA releases the 17th volume on August 18.
Bandai releases the QMSV mini Hi-v Gundam figure on September 26, 2026. The lineup includes the original color, an Alternative Ver., several design variations, and two secret colors. Each set includes a figure and a card, priced at 2,420 yen.
Bandai will release Detective Conan Q posket Miniature Collection gashapon in the fifth week of August. The lineup includes Edogawa Conan, Toru Amuro, Shuichi Akai, and Kaito Kid, four figures total. Each comes in a miniature package designed after the real packaging, with the back detailed, and figures can be removed from the package. Each capsule costs 500 yen including tax.
Alibaba's Qwen team announced Qwen3.8-Max, a multimodal AI with 2.4 trillion total parameters and 95 billion active parameters. It handles text, images, and video, with a 1 million token context. In some benchmarks it surpassed Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. The model ran 16 days autonomously, producing 265 commits and 127 pull requests.
GAME Watch rounds up notable Nintendo Switch 2 titles slated for the second half of 2026, prioritizing console exclusives while also picking multiplatform releases. The list includes ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Fire Emblem: Banshi Senkou, Minecraft Dungeons II, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and Final Fantasy Resonance, with release dates from August through October.
Automaton's weekly Steam sale roundup for August 2-8 highlights high-discount PC games, including free giveaways of Moonlighter and Breathedge until August 10 at 2 a.m. Dragon Quest Monsters 3 is 75% off at 1,245 yen, and Ghost Recon Breakpoint is 95% off. The list also covers launch sales for new titles like Spiritstead.
Splatoon Raiders, the first spin-off in Nintendo's Splatoon series, released July 23 for Nintendo Switch 2. Its Metacritic user score of 9.3 is the highest among Nintendo games, ahead of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask at 9.2. The media review Metascore sits at 81.
Alibaba's Tongyi Lab released Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS, a text-to-speech model with two variants. The Plus model ranks first on Artificial Analysis's TTS leaderboard. It supports 16 languages including Japanese, offers natural-language control over emotion and pacing, and can clone voices from noisy reference audio.
Banpresto is releasing prize figures of Char Aznable and Sharia Bull from Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. Each figure stands about 26 cm tall and features detailed sculpting of costumes and fingertips. They appear sequentially in crane games starting August 25, 2026.
BITRIDERZ, a company founded in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture on June 25, will launch the public beta of its cycling app PEDAL QUEST on August 8 at 8:08:08 PM. The app combines GPS recording, indoor cycling with smart trainers, group rides, and ghost racing into one experience. Basic features are free without account or payment registration.
CLOViZ announced that its core technology for the poker learning app POKER Q'z has been registered as a patent on July 30, 2026. The patent covers a system that presents real-game poker scenarios as practice questions and provides AI-driven explanations for the correct moves, including equity and hand range visualization.
ORBcafe will host a limited-time collaboration cafe themed on the Diablo series from Quiz RPG Wizard and Black Cat, running August 7 to August 31 at its Shibuya and Osaka locations. The cafe features themed menu items, original goods, and character voice recordings.
Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIV for Nintendo Switch 2 on August 4. The launch includes three package tiers and a free trial covering most of four expansions. GAME Watch took the game to Tottori Sand Dunes to test it in a real desert setting, covering setup, account linking, and cloud-based UI transfer.
Wizardry Variants Daphne will start a collaboration with Final Fantasy XI on July 30, its first with another company's IP. Drecom's Keisuke Kanayama and Square Enix's Yoji Fujito discussed the collaboration's origins in an interview, with a full article planned soon.
Square Enix released patch ver.0.9.5 for KILLER INN, its early access deception multiplayer game on Steam, on August 7. The update adds the Revival respawn function, which lets defeated players become ghosts and interfere with the match by sending hints to allies or causing confusion. After a set time in ghost form, a player can revive once while retaining XP and gold. The patch also introduces two new characters: the Psychometrist, who can track the killer by investigating corpses, and the Journalist, who can display all items and player locations on the map. Both are investigation-focused, adding new layers to the game's suspicion-driven play. KILLER INN is an asymmetric online multiplayer game supporting up to 24 players, set in a mysterious old castle where a small wolf team hunts a larger sheep team. It lacks discussion or voting elements, instead relying on fast-paced, skill-based PvP combat with firearms, melee weapons, armor, and traps. Sheep players can also win by collecting keys to escape on a ship. The patch also includes balance and UI adjustments. A 75% discount sale runs until August 21, dropping the price to 300 yen including tax.
Mash Style Lab released the second wave of the Dragon Quest x Gelato Pique loungewear collaboration on August 7. The collection features newly drawn original art of Slime, Watahou, Baby Satan, and other monsters across knit, cut and sewn, and goods items, sold at stores and online.
The television anime adaptation of Nikumura Q's Giant Ojo-sama manga has its main staff, a teaser visual, and a January 2027 premiere date. The official website opened on Friday, August 7, 2026, to announce the project. Hiroshi Ikehata, known for WITCH WATCH, directs at Tatsunoko Production. Katsuya Oshima is the assistant director, Hajime Mitsuda is the character designer and chief animation director, and Yu Sato handles series composition and scripts. The story follows Oriko Fujido, the daughter of an ultra-wealthy family who received an entire town as a birthday present. When a giant invader attacks, her butler Sebastian gives her a drink that makes her grow to giant size to defend the town, though her efforts often cause destruction. The manga has been serialized on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry service since July 2020. Shogakukan will publish the 12th compiled volume on August 10. The manga was nominated for best web manga in the eighth Next Manga Awards in 2022 and ranked fifth in AnimeJapan's sixth Most Wanted Anime Adaptation poll in 2023.
Nobuo Uematsu's three-night talk event on the Final Fantasy VII soundtrack used Square Enix-provided para data to explain the music track by track. He said the PS's 24-voice polyphony was split between music and sound effects, so he asked the sound effects team for 16 channels for music. He also discussed why BGM was not streamed from CD-ROM.
Square Enix will release Dragon Quest Monster Shogi Lets catch monsters! on December 18 for 2,420 yen. The mini shogi set uses a 3x4 board with eight monster pieces, each marked with slime symbols showing legal moves. It includes a carrying bag and targets players aged four and up.
Google launched Gemini Quest on July 30, a free collaboration with Square Enix's Dragon Quest that runs through August 9. The event places monster statues across four Shibuya and Harajuku venues, where participants use the Gemini app to generate images of themselves battling monsters. An online social activation lets remote users generate Dragon Quest-style images and share them with the #GeminiQuest hashtag.
Daybreak Game Company and Game Jawn have launched EverQuest Legends, a modernized take on the 1999 classic. The game keeps the original's retro visuals, soundtrack, and areas but revamps systems for solo and casual play, including a multi-class system with over 560 build combinations. It is available now via a base package.
4Gamer's Weekly Steam Square column for July 25, 2026 highlights two notable Steam releases: Conqueror's Blade: Three Kingdoms, a large-scale strategy action game set in the Three Kingdoms era, and Scrap Mechanic, a multiplayer sandbox survival game. The column also covers other releases, announcements, and sales information on Steam.
gelato pique released a teaser video on X for its SPECIAL COLLECTION collaboration with Square Enix's Dragon Quest. The video shows two slimes and reads "7.28 tue 12:00 Coming soon..." New products inspired by the RPG are expected. The brands collaborated in 2025 on loungewear and nap cushions.
Square Enix announced at FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Berlin that Mahiro Maeda will join the collaboration alliance raid Ghost of Desire, planned for Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail. Maeda, an animator affiliated with Khara, will handle numerous designs for the Neon Genesis Evangelion crossover.
DESTINY 8, the official band for Square Enix's SaGa series, will hold its first one-man live, DESTINY 8 THE FIRST LIVE, on September 21 at Shibuya WWW X in Tokyo. The band is led by composer Kenji Ito and includes five other musicians. Tickets with an autograph session cost 12,000 yen, general admission 8,200 yen, plus a 600 yen drink fee.
The live-action adaptation of the webtoon High School Queen has confirmed its lead cast. Se-jeong Kim, Hyun-sung Bae, and Han-gyeol Jo will star in the fantasy action romance, which premieres on TVING in 2027. Studio Dragon confirmed the cast on July 31. Kim plays Queen Cheongha Kim and the bullied student Dajin Kim, while the other two actors also take dual roles across the Joseon and modern timelines.
THQ Nordic will begin early access for the PC (Steam) RPG 'Expeditions: Samurai' on August 7. Developed by Campfire Cabal, the game is the latest entry in the 'Expeditions' series of historical RPGs. Set in Japan around 1600, the protagonist travels from Europe aboard the Dutch frigate 'De Albatros' and becomes involved in the conflicts of the late Sengoku period. Players lead companions, choosing between stealth, diplomacy, or combat, with turn-based battles and the series' first two-player co-op. During early access, the developer will gather player feedback on game systems, balance, exploration, stealth, and turn-based combat, and use that feedback to shape the content of three major updates. The transition from early access to full release is planned for early 2027, and save data will carry over. The game currently does not support Japanese. A launch discount of 34% off is available until August 14.
Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine announced on July 24 that Ryuto's The Faceless Mercenary Wants to Settle Down light novel series is getting a manga adaptation, drawn by Daichi Matsuse, launching in the magazine's next issue on August 25. Seven Seas Entertainment will publish the first novel volume digitally on October 27.
AnimEigo announced five new home video licenses during its Otakon 2026 panel on Friday, all slated for Blu-ray release in 2027. The slate spans multiple genres and includes both previously released titles and a North American home video debut. Antique Bakery, the 12-episode 2008 adaptation of Fumi Yoshinaga's manga, will arrive on Blu-ray in 2027. Dog of Flanders: The Movie, the 1997 remake of the 1975 series, will receive a 4K restoration in late 2027 featuring both the uncut original and the edited Pioneer English dub with Robert Loggia. ReLIFE, the 2016 comedy series based on Yayoiso's manga, will get a new edition combining its 13-episode television run and four-episode OVA with subtitled and dubbed versions. Ruin Explorers: Fam & Ihrie, the four-part 1995 OVA directed by Takeshi Mori, will receive an HD restoration. Welcome to Irabu's Office, the 2009 Noitamina series directed by Kenji Nakamura at Toei Animation, will be released in North America on home video for the first time, with AnimEigo producing an English dub.
AMATA Games released the retro-style dungeon exploration RPG 'Dungeon Antiqua' for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on July 30, 2026. Developed by Shiromofu Factory, the game draws inspiration from 1980s and 1990s RPGs, with character graphics influenced by 'Final Fantasy' and systems like harsh battles, class change, and trap identification following 'Wizardry'. Players form a party of five and navigate an underground labyrinth filled with one-way doors and pitfalls. Despite the retro look, the battle pacing is modern and comfortable. The PC version launched in October 2024, and as of writing, Steam user reviews number 373 with 90% recommending it, earning a 'Very Positive' rating. The console version is priced at 1,000 yen on each platform, with launch sales. The game is also available on PC, iOS, and Android. Alongside the console release, AMATA Games announced that the sequel 'Dungeon Antiqua 2' will arrive on the same consoles on August 20. The sequel shifts from an FC-style to an SFC-style presentation, increases the number of dungeons to six, and introduces visible enemies and a job system similar to 'Final Fantasy V'.
Publisher HypeTrain Digital released Quasimorph, developed by Magnum Scriptum, on August 1 for PC via Steam. The 2D top-down turn-based roguelike, set in the 2200s, depicts inter-corporate warfare across space. Players act as the president of a PMC, accepting requests from corporations and controlling clone soldiers on missions. Failure means losing all items gained and brought in, plus the clone itself. Version 1.0 added 29 new firearms, multiple corporate stories and endings, changes to fire and liquid behavior, and a gas element. The game began early access in 2023 and has about 5,800 Steam user reviews, 83% positive, earning a Very Positive rating. Since full release, the player count surged to a peak of about 6,000 concurrent Steam players, according to SteamDB. Reviews in the last 30 days are 76% positive, with some negative feedback citing insufficient UI information and system depth. As of August 2, improvements were announced, with an update expected within a week. A 33% discount sale runs until August 15, pricing the game at 2,110 yen.
LINE Games announced on August 3, 2026 that it has started a playtest on Steam for its new PC title QUIET, a cooperative comedy horror game for up to four players. Players take on the role of duck-shaped aliens who crash-land on Earth and must sneak into houses to steal parts needed to repair their spaceship, all while avoiding a supervisor. The game's core mechanic is sound: any noise, such as dropping an object, reveals the player's position, and louder sounds make the supervisor pursue faster and more relentlessly. The playtest lets players challenge the first stage in cooperation with teammates, and LINE Games plans to improve the game's quality based on participant feedback. The full release is scheduled for within 2026, and a play movie showing actual gameplay has also been released. The test includes three difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, and Hard, with Normal as the default. Play data will not carry over to the full version, and controls are currently keyboard and mouse only, though controller support is planned for future updates. The game supports Japanese.
Indie developer azazeo released a free browser prototype of the MMO clicker 'Quintillion cubes to remove' on July 29, following a Reddit post that drew attention for its scale. The game tasks players with digging through a cube made of 100 quintillion blocks, each one meter in size, making each side 1000 kilometers long. Players move in first-person view, left-click to mine, jump with the spacebar, and hover by double-tapping space. Colored blocks yield resources or explode, and players can spend resources on three gears: BLAST DIG, SPEED, and LASER DRILL. The prototype tests performance, and the developer notes 100 quintillion is the maximum number implementable without precision issues. The game's world displays a memory percentage that decreases as players dig, resetting the world when it hits zero. Due to a flood of players, resets became frequent around July 31, prompting azazeo to release a free solo world on August 1. The solo world lets players dig alone and spawn up to 64 bots that also collect resources and buy gears. The developer also mentioned cheaters and bots appeared in the MMO world for the first time, and cloud server API errors occurred frequently on Amazon EC2.
Firesquid released the Early Access version of the simulation RPG Twilight Expeditionary Force on Steam on July 27, 2026. The game, developed by Quickfire Games, is set in the dark fantasy continent of Statera, which has been corrupted by an ancient calamity called Dark Pain. Players take on the role of Soren, a retired blacksmith, who gathers companions to fight against the maddened Ashen Holy Order and grotesque monsters that invade through rifts in the Veil, a barrier separating the real world from supernatural forces. The Early Access version features nine playable characters, with players selecting five from eight classes, including ranged attackers, magic support, and assassins. Each character has up to 25 skills and two skill trees, allowing for unique builds and synergies. Combat is turn-based on a grid, with terrain such as elevation, cover, and environmental gimmicks affecting the battlefield. The world map includes subquests and random events, and companions can be dispatched on missions to gather resources for crafting and upgrading equipment at the base. The original soundtrack includes contributions from composer Kumi Tanioka, known for her work on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Minecraft. The regular price is 2,600 yen, with a 10% discount to 2,340 yen until August 11. The Early Access period is planned to last one year, with the full version adding more than 20 playable characters, world missions, and raids.
Square Enix began service for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy XIV on August 4, 2026, starting around 7:00 PM JST. To stabilize servers, the service usage fee is free for approximately one month from launch. After that, the 30-day free period included with the product begins, followed by standard service fees. Players who already play on other platforms must pay a separate service fee for the Switch 2 version, but if they have remaining playable days on another platform, the fee is half price. The game can be played without a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, but a Nintendo account and a Square Enix account are required. A free trial version is also available on the Nintendo Store, letting players experience content up to level 80, covering A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. Character data from the trial carries over to the full version. To celebrate the launch, the Complete Pack is 30% off until August 12 at 23:59, dropping from 6,380 yen to 4,466 yen. The Collector's Edition is also discounted to 10,472 yen from 14,960 yen.
QualiArts and Cover have started the first in-game event for the rhythm and RPG "hololive Dreams," titled "Hello! Brand New Summer!," on July 28, 2026, at 12:00. The event runs until August 5 at 19:59 and is a point rally where players complete rhythm game live stages and mini-games to collect Event Pt and Event Badges. Five hololive members appear in the event: Subaru Oozora, Flare Shiranui, Noel Shirogane, Watame Tsunomaki, and Kanade Otonose, each with an original story. Alongside the event, the limited-time "Sunny Summer Vacation! Gacha" runs from July 28 at 11:00 to August 7 at 10:59, introducing five new ★5 members in swimsuit costumes. Obtaining these members grants Park Costumes and Live Costumes based on the swimsuit designs on the cards. The event adds six songs, including the original "Bakunatsu!! Tropical Vacation" and covers such as Flare Shiranui's "UNDEAD" and Watame Tsunomaki's "Renai Circulation." The full-size MV for "Bakunatsu!! Tropical Vacation" is available on the official YouTube channel. The game is available on iOS, Android, and PC.
Square Enix held the FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Berlin on July 25 and 26, where the keynote speech delivered a wave of new information for the MMORPG. The new tank job Bastion was unveiled, a main tank that fights with a weapon called Magakou, which combines a shield, melee weapon, and ranged weapon on both arms. Bastion will be implemented in the latest expansion Hakkin no Wanderer, scheduled for release in January 2027. The keynote also announced a new 8-person raid collaboration with the FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE series, titled BEYOND THE LIFESTREAM, with scenario by Motomu Toriyama, supervision by Kazushige Nojima, and design supervision by Tetsuya Nomura. The Nintendo Switch 2 version of FFXIV will release on August 4, with free service for about one month after release. Other details included a new battle difficulty between Normal and Savage, a rebuilt buddy chocobo system, and the Character Action Skins system. The Evangelion collaboration alliance raid Ghosts of Desire will feature Mahiro Maeda as a special guest artist and designer.
The manga Yang Can't Live Alone is ending its serialization on Square Enix's Manga UP! service, following a public breakdown in trust between creator sooncha and the publisher. sooncha announced the decision on X on Monday, August 3, stating that the series will conclude with the third part of Chapter 15 on August 13. The creator cited a "breakdown in the relationship of trust" with Manga UP! as the reason for the cancellation. sooncha is currently in talks with the editorial department to have the copyright reverted so the story can continue elsewhere. The third compiled volume remains scheduled for release on August 6, and sooncha noted that publication could not be halted in either print or digital format. The creator advised readers uncomfortable with the situation to cancel their pre-orders. Manga UP! issued its own statement on August 4, acknowledging shortcomings in how the assigned editor handled serialization and promotional work, and admitting that attempts to rebuild trust, including changing the editor, were unsuccessful. The publisher apologized to readers and the creator. The series launched on Manga UP! in December 2024, and the second volume shipped on November 7.
Publisher tinyBuild and Montreal-based developer Questing Goose Studio announced Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Pawnshop Simulator on August 4, 2026. The first-person management simulation is set in the lower levels of a massive space station divided by wealth and corruption. Players run a pawnshop and recycle shop, appraising and trading items that range from worn-out gadgets to illegal cyberware and suspicious goods that may be stolen property. Using scanners and tools, players assess condition and authenticity, negotiate prices, and can repair or customize items at a workbench to increase their value. Handling prohibited goods carries risks, including forced searches that may require bribes, and wanted criminals or AI-enhanced humans taken over by self-aware chips may visit the shop. Players can report wanted criminals for a reward or trade with them, while AI humans must be shot on sight. The game includes weekly rent increases, night scavenging, crafting, and the option to contract a security company against thieves. Probably Stolen is planned for PC via Steam with a release within 2026, and Japanese display is supported. A playtest is currently open for registration on the Steam store page.
On August 3, 2026, the production committee for the theatrical anime SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT released a new set of character cuts featuring six main characters. The film, based on FromSoftware's action-adventure game SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE, is produced by Qzil.la and directed by Kenichi Kutsuna, with character designs by Takahiro Kishida. The newly released cuts show Wolf, Kuro, Genichiro Ashina, Emma, Owl, and Isshin Ashina, each captured at a moment of resolve and unyielding conviction. Wolf, a one-armed shinobi, stands in a bamboo grove with a scar on his forehead, while Kuro, his master, holds a hand to his forehead with a smile that blends nobility and innocence. Genichiro Ashina, grandson of Isshin, wears a helmet catching ominous light, and Emma draws her sword on a dim grassland. Owl emerges from darkness, and Isshin, the Sword Saint, shows a dignified bearing despite his age. The film is scheduled for a limited three-week run in theaters nationwide starting September 4, 2026. A completion screening with stage greetings will be held on August 14 at United Cinemas Toyosu, featuring voice actors Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sato, Kenjiro Tsuda, and Shizuka Ito, along with director Kutsuna.
Koei Tecmo Games released BLUE REFLECTION Quartet: Shoujo-tachi no Kiseki on July 30, 2026, for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam. The Switch 2 version is download-only. The heroic RPG bundles four works from the BLUE REFLECTION series into a single package: the 2017 game BLUE REFLECTION: Higan ni Mau Shoujo no Ken, the anime BLUE REFLECTION RAY/澪, the app title BLUE REFLECTION SUN/燦, and the 2021 game BLUE REFLECTION TIE/帝. The standard edition costs 7,480 yen, with a Premium Box at 11,330 yen and a Special Collection Box at 24,200 yen. Each included work receives new features: the original game gets upgraded textures and faster field movement, the anime is re-edited with 3D-modeled main characters, SUN/燦 gains 24 newly written events, and TIE/帝 adds eight girls from RAY/澪 and SUN/燦 to battle. A REFERENCE database collects series lore. A launch trailer and a commemorative illustration by character designer Mel Kishida were also released.
Drecom opened the collaboration event between its 3D dungeon RPG Wizardry Variants Daphne and Square Enix's MMORPG Final Fantasy XI on July 30, 2026. The event, titled "Castle of the Deep Dark Fantasy," runs until September 10 at 12:59. It adds a collaboration-exclusive dungeon and story where a suspicious castle appears in Northern Hollow, the lord's sons go missing, and players must track the ghost castle to bring them back. Three Final Fantasy XI characters join as new adventurers: Prishe, the Cursed Child of Tavnazia, voiced by Aya Hirano; Iroha, the Singer of the Star's Song, voiced by Inori Minase; and Zeid, the Black Iron Whirlwind, voiced by Shin-ichiro Kamio. Players can obtain one of six recruitment items during the event, choosing among these three collaboration adventurers or three legendary adventurers: Red Beard, the Rebel Against God; Arboris, King of the Sea of Trees; and Avenius, the Flash. The collaboration also introduces Relic Weapons, special equipment obtainable with Gil and upgradeable through reforging, plus a Trade Broker in Northern Hollow Village for trading reforge materials. Special supplies and limited-time missions offer additional scrolls and Gil. A dedicated website includes a Collaboration Rank Test quiz and a promotional video.