Kakao Entertainment announced on September 22, 2026 that Tapas is shutting down, with operations winding down by the end of the year. Tapas hosts over 100,000 titles from 75,000 creators, and the press release gave no timeline for what happens to those titles.
Tapas is being shut down by Kakao Entertainment, which confirmed the closure on September 22, 2026. The shutdown came with no timeline for the titles on the platform and no explanation of what will happen to them. According to Animehunch, neither Tapas employees nor the artists were told before Kakao went to the press. The platform hosts over 100,000 titles from 75,000 creators, a number that now sits inside a closing business.
TurtleMe, the author of The Beginning After the End, said the future of his series is unclear. He wrote on his official X account that he is still in shock and does not know what comes next. He said he will do everything in his power to keep The Beginning After the End and Soul Forged going, and asked readers to follow creators on their social accounts to keep supporting them beyond Tapas. No replacement platform or timeline was named.
An earlier Yomimono story about Witch's Garden from August 2026 does not concern the platform Tapas. It covers a PC game from the South Korean developer Team Tapas, which has a different name and a separate release.
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TurtleMe, the author of The Beginning After the End, said the future of his series is unclear after Kakao Entertainment announced the shutdown of Tapas. Kakao confirmed the closure on September 22, 2026, with operations set to wind down by the end of the year. The press release did not give a timeline or explain what will happen to the titles hosted on the platform. According to Animehunch, neither Tapas employees nor the artists were told before Kakao went to the press. TurtleMe wrote on his official X account that he is still in shock and does not know what comes next. He said he will do everything in his power to keep The Beginning After the End and Soul Forged going, and asked readers to follow creators on their social accounts to keep supporting them beyond Tapas. The platform reportedly hosts over 100,000 titles from 75,000 creators.
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South Korean developer Team Tapas announced on August 3 that the roguelike action game Witch's Garden will officially release on PC via Steam on August 28. The game, which entered early access in May 2025, follows Sil, a witch who uses large scissors to persuade lazy witches across a crumbling dream world called the Garden, aiming to hold a tea party to save it from crisis. The official release adds Epilogues 2 and 3, completing the story that began with Epilogue 1 in early access. The combat system is being overhauled: the existing synergy system, which encouraged repetitive cooldown-based skill use, is removed. Each skill, weapon, rune, and magical tool now has its own unique mechanics and role. For example, basic and giant scissors trigger critical hits on combo finishers, while broken scissors accumulate sharpness to 100% for all-critical attacks. A keyboard-and-mouse control mode, requested by players, is added as the default, with the old control scheme still selectable. Japanese voice acting for story content up to Chapter 5 is included. The price remains unchanged from early access, with a 30% discount planned for release. A beta test is targeted for mid-August.