Game Spark's feature traces the history of proximity voice chat, from 2000's Planet Ring and 2001's Alien Front Online on Dreamcast to PC titles like FireTeam and Tribes 2. The article examines how modern co-op games such as R.E.P.O., PEAK, MIMESIS, and Big Walk use distance-based audio to shape gameplay and social dynamics.
Seven-member virtual idol group FouRTe Project opened its official EC store on September 1, 2026, the group's first anniversary. To mark the opening, four goods from the debut and 1st online live lineups get a limited re-release: can badges, Cheki-style cards, acrylic stands, and acrylic keychains, each in designs for all seven members. Pre-orders run September 1 through September 15, with delivery planned for November.
4Gamer's weekly VTuber file profiles Amanohare Hokaru, a Universe Production talent and the official VTuber of Okayama broadcaster OHK. The ten-question interview covers her February 2024 debut, her streams of VALORANT, fighting games, and FromSoftware titles, a monthly Okayama news segment, and a guest lecture at Fukuyama University. She names Made in Abyss and untaneko as favorites and lists 3D performances, original songs, and voice acting as goals.
Synthes Games has released a trailer for 'Verse Project', an SF MMO set in a 1:1 scale solar system. Players pilot spaceships with realistic physics, mine resources, trade, and fight. The game runs on a single server with no loading screens, and a playtest is underway on Steam. The PC release is planned within 2026.
The seven-member virtual idol group FouRTe Project held its first one-man live, "FouRTe Project 1st LIVE 'ALL IN'," on August 14, 2026, at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo. The performance featured all 10 of the group's original songs, performed with live vocals and a live band, blending real and virtual stage production. Special guests from Holostars, Astel Leda and Izuru Kanade, joined for a one-day-only collaboration. The event was streamed in real time on SPWN and Nico Nico Live Broadcast, with live viewing at 30 Aeon Cinemas nationwide. The opening portion was also streamed free on YouTube. Tickets for streaming and live viewing remained on sale as of the event date. The live took its title from the group's debut album, "ALL IN," released August 5, 2026, with all tracks produced by m-flo's Taku Takahashi. FouRTe Project, themed as an "idol group that carves open destiny," has released 10 original songs in under a year since debut.
Holostars members Izuru Kanade and Astel Leda will appear as guest performers at FouRTe Project's first offline live, "ALL IN," on August 14 at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo. The two male VTuber groups will perform a collaboration on stage. FouRTe Project, a seven-member virtual idol group, launched in 2025 and has released six singles.