Big Walk Players Meet the Legendary Helper Known as John Bigwalk
A fan who is not affiliated with the studio has become an in-game legend, turning the act of playing Big Walk into a community story the developer did not script.
Automaton
Ken Miyake and MAZZEL's RYUKI Star in New RYUJI Ryuji Character PVs
The third PV wave sets up the two opposing forces around Ryuji, his sworn brother Kazu and the vengeful Miyanchi, ahead of the October 30 release of the 43-years-later remake.
Cinema Today
NVIDIA Tells Big Customers AI Server Prices Rise Over 15%
The 15% price increase, applied to flagship AI platforms like Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell from early 2027, passes the cost of the memory shortage directly to NVIDIA's biggest customers.
GIGAZINE
Tank Battle Classic Rolls Out on Steam in September
The game trades hit points for realistic penetration and armor modeling, and a single well-placed shot can end a tank, which puts the focus on positioning and aiming at weak points.
Game Spark
Hakonet Debuts Two New VTubers With Relay First Streams
Hakonet, a VTuber agency active since June 2021, is expanding its roster with two members whose distinct character concepts reflect the agency's stated focus on tailored management for each affiliate.
MoguLive
Final Fantasy Resonance Shows Shiva Freeze All Enemies With Diamond Dust
The new footage confirms how phantom beasts like Shiva will function as battle-changing allies in the HD-2D Final Fantasy Resonance, which arrives on October 22, 2026.
Game Spark
MGS4 Graphics Comparison Shows Switch 2 and PS5 Versions Running at 60fps
After 18 years of PS3 exclusivity, MGS4 arrives on other platforms with a 60fps target, and the comparison shows the Switch 2 port holds up visually against the PS5 version despite using upscaled resolution.
Game Spark
Akemi Homura Bunny Ver. Figure Gets Re-Release From FREEing
The re-release pairs Homura with the Madoka Kaname Bunny Ver., which is also accepting reservations, letting collectors display both figures together.
Inside
The Isle Hits New Concurrent Player Record After 11 Years in Early Access
A long-running early access title seeing a record player count without a major update suggests sustained user trust and streamer influence are driving renewed interest.
Game Spark
LinkedIn AI Slop Report Button Passes 1 Million Clicks
The button's rapid adoption gives LinkedIn a direct user-feedback signal to train its moderation systems, and the company reports it is already seeing a measurable 40% drop in views of flagged content.
GIGAZINE
Google DeepMind Turns EVE Online Into an AI Research Lab
EVE Online's persistent, player-driven universe gives DeepMind a testbed for AI that must plan over weeks or years, a departure from match-based games with clear goals.
GIGAZINE
Kitten Space Agency Is a Physics-Based Successor to Kerbal Space Program
RocketWerkz, which placed third in the Kerbal Space Program 2 development competition, has reworked the concept with the original KSP creator on board as a consultant, giving the project legitimacy as the spiritual successor it claims to be.
4Gamer.net
Bookshop Simulator Lets Yoshida Run a Store, Keep Four Cats
The piece reads as a hands-on diary of Bookshop Simulator, focusing on the cat-keeping feature and Yoshida's plan to match his real-life four-cat household in the game.
Game Spark
JoJo Part 3 Desk Figures Bring Jotaro, DIO, and Stands to Desks
The set's gimmick is practical: these deformed JoJo Part 3 figures double as card stands and trays, letting collectors put DIO and Polnareff on a desk while staging iconic confrontations.
Inside
Iron Blight Passes 30,000 Wishlists Ahead of August 25 Release
The wishlist count crossed 30,000 just days after topping 20,000, suggesting the July delay from August 10 to August 25 gave the no-UI survival horror more time to gather attention before launch.
Game Spark
Psychic Photo Horror ADV 'BLACKOUT: Fatal Exposure' Gets Publisher, 2027 Steam Release
The Dark Deception developer taking on publishing puts a horror-focused label behind a no-jumpscare, decision-driven pixel horror title that also expands to multiple consoles and mobile.
Game Spark
Atproto Spaces Alpha Released, Paving Way for Private Accounts on Bluesky
The alpha release gives Bluesky a concrete technical path toward private accounts, a long-requested feature the service has lacked since its start.
GIGAZINE
Horror ARPG Withering Realms Launches Early Access September 3
The new title shares the world setting of the developer's previous work Withering Rooms, which gathered approximately 1,180 Steam user reviews and achieved an Overwhelmingly Positive status, and this story stands independently.
Game Spark
One Piece Film BAAD Title Theories: Will of D. and Blackbeard Top Fan Speculation
The fan theories, centered on the emphasized 'D' and Blackbeard, suggest the 2029 film, which lands in the anime's 30th anniversary year, may tackle the series' central mysteries.
Magmix
Arcanadea TV Anime Sets January 2027 Debut, Adds Cast
Kotobukiya's plastic model franchise, which has shipped over 500,000 figures, moves into a full TV anime with a major broadcast slot and a confirmed cast that keeps Kaede Hondo from the short-form YuruCanadea videos.
Anime News Network
90% of Professional Developers Now Use AI Coding Agents Weekly
The survey shows Claude Code has overtaken GitHub Copilot to take the top spot in professional AI coding tool usage, nearly doubling its share.
GIGAZINE
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Store Page Discloses AI Use, Gamers Split
The Steam disclosure and the earlier gamescom placeholder image incident mean AI asset use is now a visible part of how a flagship Call of Duty title is being made and discussed.
Game Spark
GIGAZINE July 2026 Amazon Best-Sellers: Anime Film Interview Leads
The ranking shows which GIGAZINE articles found a paying audience on Amazon, offering a direct measure of reader interest that bypasses search-driven traffic.
GIGAZINE
Google DeepMind's Backstory Speeds Up Media Fact-Checking
Backstory collapses what previously required five separate tools and logins into one workflow, cutting the most time-consuming part of image verification for fact-checkers.
GIGAZINE