MAZZEL's RAN and EIKI Tackle Haikyu!! on the Court
The event lets fans physically confront the superhuman feats depicted in Haikyu!!, as MAZZEL's RAN and EIKI discovered the gap between the manga's athleticism and real-world limits.
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Pig Pearl Short Animation Released After TTFF 2024 Grand Prix Win
The release turns the TTFF 2024 Grand Prix winning animation into a full vertical short work, giving director Issun Saki wa Oji a new medium to express his worldview.
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Smoking Behind the Supermarket Episode 7 Brings a New Chief and a Shared Keepsake
The episode advances the adult drama's central bond by making the two characters' affection concrete through exchanged keepsakes, while the arrival of Chief Maezawa voiced by Yoko Hikasa expands the cast.
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Fate/Zero Cast Reads Love Letters to McDonald's Frappe, Chaos Ensues
The casting of three Fate/Zero leads in a McDonald's CM turns the ad into an accidental reunion of the Fourth Holy Grail War, and fans are treating the commercial as canon-adjacent chaos.
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Yani Neko Support Art by Shinsuke Kondo and Kei Keizan Draws Fan Buzz
The support illustrations show how established manga artists bring their own visual styles to the scumbag cats, generating fan excitement around each episode's broadcast.
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FGO Mash Kyrielight Paladin Joins 30MS Plastic Model Lineup
Mash's kit brings FGO into the customizable 30MS sister-making line, with the shield's Noble Phantasm gimmick as the standout feature.
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The Blood of Dawnwalker Shows PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X Modes
The console footage lays out the graphics modes across platforms ahead of the September 3 launch, giving players a clear picture of performance targets.
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Co-Op Horror Game C.U.B.E Enters Steam Early Access
C.U.B.E enters Early Access with a death-count scoring system that rewards both cooperation and sabotage, a design choice that sets the tone for its planned six-to-twelve-month update period.
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Grok Spits Out Nonsense Text, xAI Blames Rare Generation Error
A chatbot that suddenly outputs gibberish, with xAI insisting services are normal, is the kind of trust break that lands hardest right after the company touted a faster, lower-cost foundation model.
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Chiikawa Raccoon Gets Super BIG Plush Prize From Late August
Parade is scaling Raccoon, a fan-favorite top ranker, into a roughly 45 cm prize plush, giving the character a display-sized presence that recreates his signature sword.
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Initial D Bunta Fujiwara Zippo Opens Pre-Orders, Limited to 150 Units
The CAMSHOP Zippo series turns to one of Initial D's most recognizable supporting figures, a character with no prior item in the line, and prices the collector piece at 16,500 yen with a September 2026 ship date.
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Pornhub Says UK Age Checks Pushed Users to Rogue Adult Sites
The letter undercuts the premise of the UK's age verification regime by arguing the regulation is steering users toward unregulated sites, a claim Ofcom partially concedes while standing by the policy.
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Mouse-Only Arcade Slasher DAWN ONE Hits Steam
A mouse-only control scheme built around a character that runs toward the cursor and jumps toward the screen is the standout feature of this Steam release, which passed 5,000 wishlist registrations before launch.
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SF MMO 'Verse Project' Targets 2026 Steam Release With 1:1 Scale Solar System
The project's 1:1 scale solar system and unified single-server design aim for a fully continuous space experience, a notable ambition for the MMO genre.
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PC FISH: Taskbar Aquarium Swims to a Strong Steam Start
The free title proves a niche desktop companion format can land with players immediately, carrying fish into the Steam Community Market as tradeable items with set values.
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Medical Loop ADV 'Loop Syndrome' From Active Physician Launches on Steam
The game is developed by an active respiratory physician, whose medical supervision lends authenticity to the surgery and emergency treatment mini-games.
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Co-Op Climbing Game Sunset Summit Delayed to September 9
A same-day delay announced just before release shows the game is still dependent on Steam's approval pipeline, with the extra time spent on polish rather than a content overhaul.
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Vampire Survivors DLC Legacy of the Bloodmoon Sets August 28 Release
The expansion returns to the Moonspell family theme, connecting the eighth DLC directly to the first, and matches the reduced price of Legacy of the Moonspell on Steam.
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Car Park Capital Starts Steam Early Access on October 9
The early access launch gives players a chance to engage with the game's satirical take on car-centric urban development, offering three distinct scenarios from the start.
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Odaiba Unicorn Gundam Statue Finale Goods Announced as Display Ends August 31
The finale lineup centers on a Katoki-decorated Mega Size Model kit and STRICT-G apparel that fans can only get through Premium Bandai and the Odaiba-area Gundam Base stores before the statue comes down.
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MoonHack Rhythm Action ADV Debuts at Tokyo Game Dungeon 13
The play report confirms MoonHack's core 3D rhythm action and novel parts are playable, following its rebranding from a linked hacking event on official X.
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Agefield High: Rock the School Draws Brutal Reviews, 30 Metascore
The uniformly low scores show that following Rockstar's Bully playbook does not guarantee success when technical performance and basic mechanics fail, as multiple outlets explicitly compared the game to the established classic and found it lacking.
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Apple Music Makes AI Transparency Tags Mandatory
Moving AI tagging from voluntary to mandatory closes the loophole where AI-generated tracks went unlabeled simply because the uploader declined to declare them.
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Chill Adventure Memory of Memorie Adds Switch Farewell Feature After Feedback
The Switch version's missing farewell option became a notable oversight that the developer addressed swiftly based on player feedback, showing how a small quality-of-life detail can matter in a companion-focused game.
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