Co-op Roguelite FPS Ironsand Launches on Steam
Ironsand enters Steam's crowded co-op roguelite FPS space with a Titan-focused endgame and a discount window that ends August 28.
Game Spark
Riot Games Ends 2XKO Active Development at End of 2026
2XKO's shutdown comes roughly one year after its January 2026 full launch and follows a February layoff of about 80 developers, roughly half the team, making it one of Riot Games' shortest-lived major releases.
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Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi Gets New One-Shot for 20th Anniversary
The one-shot marks a return to a series that ended in 2011, timed to its 20th anniversary, and appears in a different magazine than the one where the original ran.
Anime News Network
Golden Axe Animated Series Trailer Sets September 16 Paramount+ Debut
The move from Comedy Central to Paramount+ places the series directly on the streaming platform where Sega's other game adaptations, like Sonic, have found their audience, and the involvement of Sonic movie producer Toru Nakahara suggests a similar cross-media strategy.
Anime News Network, Game Spark
Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Succession Arc Film Hits North America in November
The North American release follows the announcement of Part 2 of the anime's production, indicating the franchise's continued expansion in the West after the film's domestic run.
Anime News Network, Anime Corner
Japanese Government Moves to Abolish Cool Japan Fund
The fund's abolition, driven by years of losses and a lack of new budget, removes a major government funding source for anime and manga international promotion.
Anime News Network
Pop Pap Polters Trailer Reveals Cast, Staff, October 4 Debut
The trailer confirms the full cast and staff for Pop Pap Polters, a stop-motion series that combines miniatures with animation, and sets its premiere for October 4 within TV Asahi's PicoAniTime block.
Anime News Network
Houshou Marine HoloCa Card Drawn by To LOVE-Ru Creator Kentaro Yabuki
The collaboration pairs a major VTuber with a veteran manga artist, giving the HoloCa card game a high-profile crossover bonus in a physical magazine.
Inside
Akupara Games Sets First Showcase Event for September 6
The showcase marks Akupara's first self-hosted event in its ten-year history, positioning the publisher to reveal new titles and release dates directly to its audience.
Game Spark
Voxel Dropper Game Sensory Overload Launches on Steam
The release arrives with unusual pre-launch attention: a 70-million-view short video that turned the game into a social media phenomenon before its Steam debut.
Game Spark
Uta no Princess-sama 3rd Anniversary Concert Canceled
The cancellation, announced without explanation beyond "various circumstances," leaves the project's anniversary plans in limbo and raises questions about the future of its live events.
Anime News Network
Beyblade-Style Roguelite Slayblade Launches on Steam
Slayblade combines the Beyblade-style top-battling concept with roguelite progression and a life-sim layer, offering a niche blend that could appeal to fans of both genres on Steam.
Game Spark
Iceblade Sorcerer Season 2 Sets October 8 Premiere, Reveals Theme Songs
The season brings a studio change to Zero-G and a new character designer, marking a production shift that could alter the visual style of the sequel.
Anime News Network, Anime Corner
The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 Sets Steam Early Access for September 17
The title change signals a deliberate separation from The Guild II and III, positioning the remake as a faithful return to the 2002 original's systems.
Game Spark
Code Vein 2 Expansion Mask of Idris Launches September 9
The DLC's setting, a world built from the emotions of erased histories, directly extends the main game's time-travel premise, and the free Ver.2.0 update adds a post-clear exploration mode, giving players a reason to return beyond the new scenario.
Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, Game Spark
Screw Drivers Officially Releases August 21, Turns Paid
Screw Drivers leaves early access with a track editor and workshop features aimed at sustaining its community, while shifting from free to paid.
Game Spark
Cat Horror ADV Meowmories Released on Steam
Meowmories puts the player in a cat's perspective with a real-world microphone mechanic, offering a short horror experience with multiple endings on Steam.
Game Spark
The Duskbloods Hands-On: FromSoftware's PvPvE Puts Virtue Before Victory
The Duskbloods reframes FromSoftware's approach to online play, using a board-game-like Virtue system to let players win without direct PvP skill, a deliberate departure from the extraction-shooter format the term PvPvE usually implies.
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SNK Subsidiary SNK Entertainment Dissolves After Licensing Run
The dissolution formalizes the end of SNK Entertainment, whose licensing and development duties had already moved back to parent SNK in 2022, leaving the subsidiary with no active operations.
Game Spark
San Diego FC Teams With Viz Media on Captain Tsubasa Match Night
The partnership pairs an MLS club with a soccer-specific anime franchise, making it a crossover of two established fan communities rather than a generic marketing tie-in.
Cartoon Brew
16 VTuber Agencies Join 7-Hour Singing Relay on August 25
The relay brings 16 agencies into one stream, a scale that lets fans cross agency lines and discover new VTubers in a single event.
PANORA
A Bona Fide Killer Webtoon Views Rise 10-Fold After Live-Action Debut
The tenfold viewership jump, tied directly to the July 31 series premiere and Kakao's promotional campaigns, shows the live-action adaptation is driving readers back to the source webtoon.
Anime News Network
Lineage 2M Update Sanctuary Adds Orb Reboot and Preset System
The update introduces the third class reboot for Orb, adding new skills and systems that reshape combat and inventory management in Lineage 2M.
GAME Watch
MGS4 Master Collection Version Swaps Passwords for Photo Items
The change replaces a dated password system with a photo mechanic, showing how the re-release adapts original features for modern platforms.
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