Kenji Kamiyama is directing and writing series composition for Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, his first Gundam work, which shares a world with the game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT. Both projects target 2027.
Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO is Kenji Kamiyama's first Gundam project. He directs and handles series composition for the anime. Kamiyama said the anime and the game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT share one world, with the game set 100 years later. The game team proposed the enemy concept, and the anime team built the war structure. He kept the tricolor robot and human war as essential Gundam elements. Both projects target 2027.
Coverage of the series so far is limited to Kamiyama's statements. No studio, broadcast window, or cast has been confirmed in the provided stories. The shared-world setup and the 100-year gap between anime and game are the only concrete details established.
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CANTEEN's party series attic will host "Live from Margins: Tokyo" on Saturday, November 7 at Shibuya WWW X, a joint event with London's Eastern Margins and Berlin's Live From Earth. Billionhappy and MCR-T come from overseas. PAS TASTA, lilbesh ramko, kegøn, and Yurushitenyan represent Japan. Entry is 20 and over with photo ID required.
ANBERNIC is showing a dual-screen handheld called the RG DDS. The top display is about 4.7 inches at 1200x720, the bottom about 4 inches at 960x720, both at 300ppi and 500 nits, for a total pixel count reported as three times the Nintendo 3DS. It runs Qualcomm's Snapdragon G2 Gen 2 with a 6000mAh battery, and does not support glasses-free stereoscopic 3D.
GRYPHLINE released the Steam version of Arknights: Endfield on October 15, 2026, alongside the new version Danqing Du. The Steam release supports cross-platform account data linking, so players on the GRYPHLINK launcher can carry existing progress over instead of starting fresh. To celebrate more than 300,000 Steam wishlist registrations, in-game items including a Special Commemorative Frame and Originate Tickets are being distributed, with the Asia server serial code redeemable until 00:59 on November 26. Danqing Du adds the new map Su's Painting and the cold-attribute 6-star support operator Su, whose scout Wanxiang Yixin runs until 11:59 AM server time on November 5, 2026. The 6-star vanguard Minghuo follows on November 5 at noon server time. The version also adds the 6-star greatsword Yuzhong Shen and one-handed sword Wenyue to the Arsenal Exchange, plus equipment plan saving and other quality-of-life changes.
Bandai Candy Division scheduled FW GUNDAM CONVERGE #30 for October 19, 2026 at 693 yen tax included, sold in candy sections of mass retailers nationwide. The six-unit set includes ZZ Gundam, Gundam Bael, Gundam Mk-II (AEUG Spec), Cherudim Gundam, and the two units picked by the FW GUNDAM CONVERGE 15th Anniversary Reprint Survey: nu Gundam and Gundam Deathscythe Hell EW, both in 15th Revive Ver.
PROTOCORE and GustoDevelopment held MERGE 2026, a conference on AI-driven development and design, on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at Sakura Internet's Nishi-Shinjuku office in Tokyo and online. More than 300 engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, and business developers attended. The program ran five sessions on design, agent-driven development, 0 to 1 business building, UI/UX in 2050, and AI new-business launch, plus finals and awards for the AI Designathon 2026 hackathon.
Google opened general availability of its Gemini 4 Argon AI model on October 13, 2026. The model, announced on September 30, 2026, had been limited to a small set of users including trusted cybersecurity personnel before this release. It is now available to Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscribers through the Gemini app and AI Mode in Google Search, and an API is offered to developers. Google says the model is built for multi-step coding and research and for work in finance, law, cybersecurity, and science, with the ability to read large volumes of documents and code. The third-party organization Artificial Analysis scored Gemini 4 Argon 53 on its Intelligence Index v4.3.2, a value on par with Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 and OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra. ASCII.jp notes that strong benchmark scores do not guarantee the model can do real work.
In its 11th weekend, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island fell from #2 to #4, earning 178,447,600 yen. Its cumulative total is 17,169,165,400 yen on 11.76 million tickets. The Star Detective Precure! film dropped from #3 to #5 in weekend three with 117,562,850 yen, reaching 1,088,603,930 yen cumulatively.
Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment will screen Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising in North American theaters from January 16 to 19, 2027, the companies announced at New York Comic Con. Showings will be offered in Japanese audio with English subtitles and in an English dub. Tickets go on sale December 11 at online sellers and participating theater box offices. The film is the official sequel to Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion. Yukihiro Miyamoto directed it, and the returning staff includes chief director Akiyuki Simbo, scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi of Nitroplus, original character designer Ume Aoki, animation character designer Junichiro Taniguchi and composer Yuki Kajiura. The animation studio is SHAFT. Yuki Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction performs the theme song Kanata. In Japan the film opened on August 28, 2026 with IMAX screenings the same day, ranked first in its opening weekend and sold 535,000 tickets for 939,647,100 yen in its first three days.
Norsfell announced Aftergods at the Triple-i Initiative Showcase. The top-down survival-lite ARPG is set in a handcrafted mythological open world where Norse, Greek, and Egyptian mythologies coexist, and players take the role of a Godborn who survived Ragnarok. They gather followers, build temples, forge equipment, and fight giant monsters, solo or in co-op. It is announced for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with wishlists open.
The Department of Energy and Google will join the Virtual Biology Initiative, a five-year plan led by Biohub, the nonprofit founded with funding from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. Total co-funding reaches $1.8 billion, with more than $500 million from the Department of Energy over five years. Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs, and Meta each add $300 million, while the National Institutes of Health coordinates past federal datasets.
ASUS JAPAN will release the ROG CRONOX ARGB full-tower PC case on October 9, 2026, priced at 105,980 yen. The case has a curved tempered glass panel with aluminum trim for a panoramic view, and an angle-adjustable 9.2-inch IPS LCD with 1920x462 resolution and 60Hz support that can display system information or an always-on clock. It ships with four ROG Eurux GR120 ARGB fans and supports up to 14 fans total, with a rotating side bracket that aims airflow at the GPU. The case is available in black and white. ASUS also announced the ROG Eurux GR120 ARGB 120mm fan series, which uses a 30mm-thick frame, LCP blades, a 0.6mm blade gap, and a CNC-machined brass bearing housing. The daisy-chain connector lets fans link directly to each other to cut cabling. The fan comes in standard and reverse-blade types, single and 3-pack, at 6,480 yen and 19,980 yen.
Mistral announced Mistral Large 4, nicknamed Le Chonk, on October 6, 2026. The model has 1.05 trillion total parameters and 49 billion active parameters in a Mixture-of-Experts setup. It handles text and images, supports a 1-million-token context window and over 160 languages, and is available through the Mistral API, with open weights planned for the end of October, according to Mistral.
Delfin Japan has signed an official import agreement with Acoustic Energy and began bringing the British speaker brand into Japan on August 1, 2026. The launch opens with two 40th anniversary models, the AE1 40th Anniversary Edition and the AE2 40th Anniversary Edition, with a wider range from entry class to high-end large floorstanding speakers to follow.
Hypergryph and GRYPHLINE detailed the Arknights: Endfield update Tansei Watari. Two operators join: Xai, a Support/Cold unit who amplifies damage and creates an attack-target duplicate called Ink Soul, and Minho, a Vanguard/Electric unit who charges on a mount named Nuri. The update adds a new area, Xai's Painting, plus the inn-management event Mortal Bonds and the combat event Hundred Delights Martial Exercise.
SuperGroupies is taking pre-orders on three Nintama Rantaro collaboration items built around Rikichi Yamada and Hansuke Doi. Rikichi gets a green mountain parka at 24,200 yen, its sleeves folding back to reveal a shogi bishop piece and a deer doll, plus a blue-lined 2-way tote bag at 20,900 yen. Doi's black tote bag is 23,100 yen. Orders run through Animate channels until December.
Premium Bandai is taking preorders for a batch of Gunpla kits scheduled to ship in December 2026. The roundup spans Real Grade reprints including the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam Deactive Mode and the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam Deactive Mode, effect unit reprints for Strike Freedom and Destiny, the High Grade Leon, Gundam Griepe and Gundam Aerial Permet Score Six, and the SD BB Senshi Tenrei Gundamu Reprint Kirako Ver. Prices start at 1,870 yen.
Bandai Spirits' Hobby Division brought six new Gunpla kits to the 64th All Japan Model & Hobby Show, held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 2 to October 4, 2026, with October 2 as an industry invitation day. The lineup shown publicly for the first time includes the MGEX 1/100 Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam, the RG 1/144 Ground Type Gundam, the HG 1/144 Hamm-Hamm, the MGSD Double O Raiser, the HG 1/144 Gundam Lfrith Jiu Two, and the HG 1/144 Ryusei-go (Graze Kai San). The two HG kits opened reservations on Premium Bandai from 12:00 on October 2.
Good Smile Company opened preorders on Amazon.co.jp for a Nendoroid of Godzilla's second form from the 2016 film Shin Godzilla, listed as "Shin Godzilla Nendoroid Godzilla (2016) 2nd Form." The painted, posable, non-scale figure measures about 160mm and ships with a dedicated stand. Sculpting is credited to Nendoron. The jaw opens and closes, and the figure can be posed standing, with a bodily fluid effect among the optional parts. Amazon.co.jp lists the figure at 7,110 yen including tax, with a scheduled release date of February 28, 2027. Dengeki Hobby Web noted the article's contents reflect the page as of October 5, 2026, and warned that stock and prices may shift. The Godzilla design carries Toho's trademark and copyright notice.
TBS announced that Alim Qasimov, a national singer of Azerbaijan's mugham tradition, and his daughter Fargana Qasimova recorded vocals for a new VIVANT theme. Akira Senju, the drama's music director in Season 1, composed "Qarabag Sikestesi in VIVANT." The production team encountered mugham while shooting in Azerbaijan. A vinyl release, "'VIVANT' THE VINYL," is set for December 2.
The October 2026 Gunpla Journal rounds up Bandai's upcoming kit schedule, led by the MGSD 00 Raiser at 6,050 yen, the MGEX 1/100 Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam at 26,400 yen, the HG 1/144 Hamma Hamma at 4,400 yen, and the RG 1/144 Ground Type Gundam at 4,620 yen. All four are scheduled for 2027 releases.
Cause-of-death deduction games are multiplying, with free titles arriving in steady supply. The genre traces to Return of the Obra Dinn (2003) and later The Case of the Golden Idol and The Rise of the Golden Idol, while Type Help's text-input deduction format pushed a new wave. Recent free releases include Death Game Report, Welcome to the Guild Quest Team!, The Gary Residence Incident, The Innkeeper's Register of the Demon King's Castle Front Shop, UNKNOWN PASSENGER 47 and Unsorted Records.
Anime Feminist's write-up of Overgeared episode 1 follows Nagamine Takumi, a young adult chasing wealth and fame through the VR game Satisfy, where player skill turns into real-world celebrity status. The review calls the premiere tonally uneven, with forced comedy and quiet moments that do not land, and says Takumi's backstory of bullying is not conveyed well enough to earn sympathy.
Jason Jones, a Bungie co-founder, established the studio Stone Kite with author Margaret Stohl on October 2. Stone Kite's first project, One Zero One, is live as a four-volume graphic novel on the studio's website, with volume 1 free to read. It follows a conflict between humans and AI-equipped robots and draws on Jones's novel An Oral History of Humanity's Final Invention.
Arganoid Industries will release Reality Drift on November 12 for PC via Steam, with a Japanese release appearing on November 11 in-store depending on time zone. The roguelike racer sends players through 26 delivery missions, races 99 opponents who also collect upgrades, and uses a card deck drawn between areas. Some course designs are handled by Keita Takahashi.
ABEMA announced on September 25 that it will run a free nonstop marathon of Kabutoborg VxV starting September 26 at 24:00. All 52 episodes air over three days on Family Anime Channel 3, split into two blocks of 26. The full series stays free to watch for one week after the broadcast.
Take Charge of My Heart, the live-action Korean adaptation of the web novel of the same name, released its main trailer on September 28 ahead of an October 9 premiere. Young-kwang Kim plays third-generation chaebol executive Ho-rang Baek, whose artificial heart battery is running out, and Su-bin Chae plays Bo-bae Na, a drama writer who generates electricity after a childhood lightning strike.
Crunchyroll will stream a same-day English dub for Tempal: Item no Chikara, the television anime of REDICE STUDIO's Overgeared webtoon. Ricco Fajardo voices Grid, with Alexis Tipton as Irene, Morgan Laure as Yura, and Bradley Gareth as Doran among the leads. The Japanese broadcast starts October 2 on Tokyo MX and BS11, directed by Ayako Kono at J.C. Staff with EGG FIRM producing.
The Star Detective Precure! movie opened at #3 in Japan, selling 358,000 tickets and earning 446 million yen in its first three days, then 606,000 tickets and 746 million yen through September 23. Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu stayed at #1 in its ninth weekend, and Cosmic Princess Kaguya! returned at #6.
Animation is Film announced on Tuesday that it will screen Masanao Kawajiri's Cherry and Virgin and Shingo Natsume and Madhouse's ghost - end of night in competition at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood on October 16-19. The festival also plans a special screening of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Cherry and Virgin opens in 2027; ghost - end of night opens in Japan on February 11, 2027.
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.
Bandai Namco Filmworks will host GUNDAM-Con2027 SIDE MAKUHARI at Makuhari Messe from January 9 to 11, 2027. The company confirmed stage details and opened the second ticket lottery, which runs from October 2 to October 12, 2026. Adults pay 5,000 yen and children 3,000 yen. DAY1's headline stage covers the RG Project, the Gundam series' new cross-media initiative. It will reveal the latest information on the action game Gundam Rogue Orbit, which releases March 5, 2027. Kenji Kamiyama, director of the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, and voice actor Takuya Otsuka, who plays protagonist Azumi Rei, will appear. The anime begins airing in April 2027. DAY2 hosts the finale of the Gundam GWX 30th Anniversary Project, with Tomokazu Seki, Hikaru Midorikawa, and Wataru Takagi on stage. The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO stage is also planned. A giant Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam balloon will appear in the venue.
Bethesda president Jill Braff told Obsidian Entertainment employees that the studio's move under Bethesda Softworks is mainly a change in reporting structure. The Xbox division reorganization Microsoft announced on September 22, 2026 places Obsidian under Bethesda's purview. Braff said in the email that Obsidian's creativity and strengths remain at the core of the studio and its works, that current management including CEO Feargus Urquhart continues to lead the studio, and that the Fallout series stays with Bethesda Game Studios. According to the email text published by IGN, Braff also said there are no plans to rework current development plans or ask teams to change the work they are doing. Obsidian is working on a new Fallout project with Bethesda Game Studios, and Braff said more details will be shared in the coming months. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier reported in July that Josh Sawyer, a director on Fallout: New Vegas, is expected to lead the project.
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon on September 30, 2026, the first model in its Gemini 4 series. Google published benchmarks showing Argon leading on knowledge work, long-context processing, and business automation. On the Vals Index, Argon scored 68.9% against GPT-6 Astra's 63.1% and Claude Opus 5.5's 67.0%. On GraphWalks in the 256,000 to 1 million token range, Argon scored 84.2% against Astra's 71.8% and Opus 5.5's 66.8%. On AutomationBench, Argon scored 51.3% against Opus 5.5's 42.5% and Astra's 41.4%. Google did not release Argon to the public. It is being provided through the Fairwind Program to vetted cyber defense organizations and thousands of Google employees. Google plans to expand access in stages to paid API customers, Google AI Ultra users, developers, enterprises, and general users. Introductory pricing is $2 per 1 million input tokens and $10 per 1 million output tokens, rising to $4 and $20 after the introductory period.
Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann announced in a message closing out The Last of Us Day that two new projects in The Last of Us series are in progress. Both are in very early stages, and no details can be shared yet. Druckmann said both projects will expand the series canon beyond The Last of Us Part I and The Last of Us Part II. He also addressed Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, the studio's new sci-fi title announced at The Game Awards 2024. Druckmann said the team is pouring its effort into the game, called it Naughty Dog's most ambitious work, and said the full picture will be revealed in 2027. There will be no major announcements during 2026. The Last of Us Day is the series anniversary Naughty Dog marks each September 26.
Hiroya Oku, the manga artist behind GANTZ, stated on September 24, 2026 that Yuki Ikeda, the credited author of Thunder 3, is his own pen name. Oku posted the confirmation on his X account. He said the pen name existed because a chapter 1 twist would have been weakened if his real name had been attached, and he wanted first-time readers to be surprised. Thunder 3 began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine in May 2022 and reached its final chapter in the July 2026 issue, released on June 5, 2026. The collected volumes total 10, with the last volume released on August 17. The TV anime adaptation premiered on July 8, 2026 and its final episode, Episode 12, is set to air on September 30. Online speculation about the art style resembling GANTZ had circulated for some time before Oku's post.
Sega published details on 17 characters in STRANGER THAN HEAVEN on September 24, 2026, the company's new RGG Studio title for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The roster includes protagonist Shin Daito, played by Yu Shirota, alongside Yu Mashiro, a stowaway aboard the same ghost ship who aims for Japan and is played by Dean Fujioka. Genzo Iwaki, the great boss of Wu, is played by Bunta Sugawara with Tsuyoshi Ukaji on voice. Keiko Shirai, described in the materials as a songstress in wartime Osaka, is played by Ado. Screenshots accompanied the character information. The game is scheduled to release on January 15, 2027. The reveal followed the title's stage events at Tokyo Game Show 2026, including a Toei Company collaboration tied to Battles Without Honor and Humanity and the duet song Climb On by Yu Shirota and Dean Fujioka.
Furyu is producing Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht Rising as TENITOL TALL figures, both in school uniforms and both scheduled for May 2027. Each stands about 29 cm and 30 cm respectively and costs 10,450 yen with tax. A two-figure special set with interchangeable expression parts is exclusive to FURYU HOBBY MALL at 20,900 yen.
Wave will release a 1/35 scale plastic model of the Balarant Army AT "Fatty" under its ST Version line in February 2027, priced at 5,280 yen. The kit is a snap-fit, poseable model with polycaps at each joint, standing about 12cm tall. Wave also schedules a January 2027 reissue of the 1/35 Berserga DT [PS Version], priced at 6,380 yen, which includes a Fyana figure and a leg-stored landing gimmick.
Cover Corporation announced a collaboration with Pinfinity on augmented reality collectible pins for the hololive -Justice- unit, which debuted in 2024. Individual pins cover Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame, Gigi Murin, Cecilia Immergreen, and Raora Panthera. A limited edition set bundles all four with a serialized logo pin, capped at 2,024 sets worldwide. Each pin unlocks animation and sound through the free Pinfinity app. The collection is on sale now.
Bandai Spirits will open pre-orders for the METAL BUILD Strike Noir Gundam (20th MEMORIAL COLOR) on Premium Bandai and the Tamashii Web Shop at 4:00 PM on September 25, 2026. The figure is a re-release tied to the 20th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E.73 -Stargazer-, with coloring changed to reflect the machine's on-screen appearance, including firearms finished mainly in black. The Strike Noir Gundam is the Strike E, an improved Strike Gundam, fitted with the Noir Striker pack and operated by the Earth Alliance's 81st Independent Mobile Battalion, Phantom Pain. The set keeps the Noir Striker configuration and adds newly sculpted hand parts with expressions for the Beam Rifle Shorty. It stands about 180mm tall, uses ABS, PVC, and die-cast, and costs 39,600 yen including tax. Shipment is scheduled for March 2027. The acceptance period may close early once the prepared quantity is reached.
A first-impression review of the Overgeared anime reports that episode one delivers on the humor and pacing of the webtoon it adapts. The protagonist, Nagamine Takumi, known in-game as Grid, is a below-average Satisfy player whose discovery of the legendary blacksmith Pagma's techniques turns him into Pagma's Successor and opens a new quest. The review notes rushed pacing in the episode's first half and stronger later scenes. Episode 1 streams on Crunchyroll on September 27th.
Entergram announced new details for Sentimental Graffiti Remake at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 20. Six voice actors were chosen for the six heroines from a public audition that drew 1,864 applicants. Kana Sakura plays Taeko Adachi, Moeno Shiraki plays Asuka Hoshino, Noa Honda plays Rurika Yamamoto, Misa Segawa plays Miyuki Hosaka, Akari Yura plays Yu Nanase, and Yui Ninomiya plays Akira Endo. The theme song is SHAZNA's "Melty Love -30th Anniversary ver.," a rearrangement of the band's 1997 debut single, co-produced by SHAZNA and guitarist Masaki Suzuki. It will be released as a digital single on January 1, 2027, with a music video on the same day. The remake of the 1998 Sega Saturn romance simulation keeps the original character settings, redraws all illustrations for a 16:9 aspect ratio, and renews the game system and UI. A merchandise package, Sentimental Graffiti Remake First Window, is set for January 2027.
The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival will screen Masanao Kawajiri's Cherry and Virgin, Shingo Natsume and Madhouse's ghost - end of night, Atsushi Nishigori's Grotesqqque, and NOTHING NEW and Kohei Kadowaki's We Are Aliens in its Animation Section. The festival runs October 26 to November 4 in the Hibiya-Yurakucho-Marunouchi-Ginza area. A separate Women Directors section includes three anime films.
Bandai Spirits will release a Figure-rise Standard Amplified kit of Magnagarurumon from Digimon Frontier on Saturday, September 19, 2026, priced at 6,600 yen including tax. The kit uses an arranged design by As'maria, with section-based parts division and stickers for color separation. It includes the Sniper Phantom, Strike Phantom, Magna Blade effects, an action base, Susanoomon parts, and an Orochi effect, and combines with the separately sold Amplified KaiserGreymon to recreate Susanoomon.
Serenity Forge announced Faraday Blues during Microsoft's XBOX Tokyo Game Show 2026 Broadcast on September 17. The game is scheduled for release in 2027 on Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam and Xbox on PC). It mixes a sci-fi visual novel with a strategy card game. The story follows Lina, who wakes in an unfamiliar place and finds a table holding a card game whose cards depict the faces of her parents. Those parents do not recognize her at all, and their lives ended in tragedy, so Lina resets the board and starts the card game over. Each card is a person rather than a creature that fights or deals damage. The 52-card deck holds characters, memories, items, and elements that can overturn the history of the Faraday family. Changing which person stands outside a bedroom, or having two characters spend time together, shifts the outcome. The game is built as three visual novels that change shape based on choices, with 64 endings.
Entergram opened a teaser website on September 17 for the visual novel KOYO -RE- NIUM, starring hololive VTuber Hakui Koyori, who also supervises the game. No other details were announced, and the official website opens October 22. Entergram also revealed a key visual of Hakui in a game-original school uniform. The game is Entergram's fourth collaboration with hololive.
Entergram released a Steam demo for the time-loop mystery adventure game VIRTUAL ENCORE on September 17, 2026 at 12:00. The demo covers roughly two hours, running from the morning six days before the story's solo live through the moment the loop begins. The game follows Wakaba Kusunoki, a manager at the VTuber agency Production Echoes. Wakaba supports talent Erika Tsukimiya through the six days before her first solo live. Just before the performance, Mirei Kisaragi, the real person behind Erika, dies, and Wakaba is sent back to the morning six days earlier. Players pick destinations from a map and watch scenes unseen in prior loops. The release is set for January 2027 on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch. The Steam and Switch download versions cost 3,960 yen. The Switch standard packaged edition is 4,400 yen and the complete limited production edition is 9,900 yen. Switch packaged preorders opened the same day.
McDonald's Japan published an anime-style opening sequence for a hypothetical series, Motto! Imadaketsukimi Tabemi!!, on September 9. The video follows a September 1 episode preview and dance clips posted through early September. The company said the series will not go into production because the characters are satisfied with the opening. Nine Tsukimi menu items accompany the campaign.
Entergram published a teaser site on September 17 for Koyorium, a novel game starring and supervised by hololive VTuber Koyori Hakui. Hakui is part of the hololive sixth-generation unit Secret Society holoX, where she appears as a researcher. The game is on display at the Entergram booth in Hall 3, stand 03-N05, at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to 21. The booth shows a large key visual, a standee bearing a handwritten signature, and a message video from Hakui. Visitors who photograph the key visual or standee, post the image with the hashtag Koyorium, and show the screen to booth staff receive a key visual sticker while the daily supply lasts. Supported platforms, release date, price, and story details are unannounced. The teaser site is scheduled to open as the official site on October 22, with updates promised via Entergram's website and its official X account.
Sega showed the opening of Stranger Than Heaven during the TGS2026 Special Opening Night Live stream on September 16. The action-adventure from RGG Studio opens with a young man mistaken for a murderer and chased by police; he misses the ship he meant to board, and the escape becomes the tutorial fight. The title is set across five eras and locations from 1915 to 1965: Kokura in 1915, Kure in 1929, Osaka in 1943, Atami in 1951, and Shinjuku in 1965. Protagonist Shin Oto grows through everyday actions, with movement raising stamina and mahjong raising spirit. The stream also revealed Showbiz, a music production system where Oto works as a promoter, gathering sounds around town, writing songs with composers, hiring singers and musicians, and staging shows with effects such as smoke and confetti. Stranger Than Heaven is scheduled for January 15, 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.