War In The Dark Lets Players Command Units With Morse Code
The game turns the strategy genre's core information advantage into a literal mechanic, where reading enemy moves depends on successfully tuning the radio and decoding Morse code.
4Gamer.net
Dentsu Group Produces Roblox Adventure RPG Egg Hunt 2026
The project is a practical example of Dentsu's push into the UGC media domain, combining community building, content development, fundraising, and promotion to cultivate original IPs for the global market.
GAME Watch
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls Ends Service on September 3
The shutdown removes one of the few modern Castlevania titles from active circulation, and Konami has not indicated any plan to preserve it through an offline release or port.
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VTuber NewsDrop Presents VTubing Culture Survey at ONLive 2026
The presentation frames VTubing as a mature cultural sector with its own infrastructure, media crossovers, and career paths, rather than a niche streaming hobby.
VTuber NewsDrop
2K Games Launches Small Axe Studios With Former FIFA Developers
The new studio gathers veteran soccer game developers from EA in Vancouver, fueling speculation that 2K may enter the soccer market.
4Gamer.net
Video Editor Turns Timeline Editing Into a Puzzle Game
The game turns video editing software into the puzzle itself, with limited film and clip alignment as the core mechanics, shown at BIC 2026.
4Gamer.net
Student-Made City-Builder RTS Fusion Dawnkeep Shows at BIC2026
Dawnkeep brings colony sim population mechanics into the RTS genre, with day and night phases that change both the gameplay and the player's visibility of the map.
4Gamer.net
There's No Freaking Way Manga's First Part Ends, Second Part Set for Early 2027
The manga's first part has concluded, and the second part, with a new artist, is set to debut in early 2027, continuing the adaptation of the yuri romantic comedy.
Anime News Network
Solo Developer Park Kyung-uk Brings Manga Style to Oh! Robot: Legendary Mechanic
The game reflects a solo developer's manga background, blending top-down shooting with story mode and modes added after Japanese player feedback.
4Gamer.net
TGS 2026 Marks 30th Anniversary With Special Site, Projects
The 30th anniversary framing gives CESA a chance to position TGS2026 as both a retrospective of the industry's evolution since 1996 and a forward-looking platform, with the expanded sponsor roster and creator-focused initiatives signaling a push to broaden the event's appeal beyond traditional exhibitors.
GAME Watch (Impress)
Sullyland Nursery Rhyme CG Movie Shows Gameplay and Ending Theme
The new CG movie gives the first look at the game's dual tone and its ending theme, building anticipation ahead of the October 1 release.
4Gamer.net
Singer Kano Joins VTuber Agency Million Production as Kano Mahoro
The move brings a veteran anime singer with a 47.8万-subscriber YouTube channel into a growing agency that recently held its first 3D offline live and is expanding its music label, signaling a push to blend traditional music careers with VTuber artistry.
KAI-YOU, ASCII.jp, PANORA
Fatal Fury City of the Wolves Trailer Previews DLC Character Duck King
Duck King's August 27 release continues Season 3's six-character rollout, with two mystery characters still scheduled for October and December.
Anime News Network
Showa American Story Trailer to Premiere at gamescom Opening Night Live
The trailer premiere and playable demo at gamescom mark the first substantial update for Showa American Story since its delay from 2025 to 2026, signaling that NEKCOM is ready to show the game in a playable state to a Western audience.
4Gamer.net, Game Spark
GALLERIA Sets Tokyo Game Show 2026 Booth With REJECT, Vspo Collabs
The announcement marks GALLERIA's continued push into creator and VTuber culture, with the Vspo collaboration returning for a second year and the REJECT stage positioned as the show's closing event.
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Racing Miku 2025 Sepang Ver. Prize Figure Announced by Furyu
The Racing Miku 2025 Sepang Ver. figure extends the annual Racing Miku tradition with a summer-themed design, offering collectors a seasonal variant that highlights the character's energetic appeal.
Dengeki Hobby Web, Inside
Umiko Seto's Osake ni Yowai Ando-san BL Manga Gets AnimeFesta Anime
The adaptation extends AnimeFesta's track record of turning ComicFesta manga into short anime, with the source title still early in its run.
Anime News Network
Free Steam Puzzle Game The Apple Looks Up Lets Players Rewrite Reality
The release marks a rare free-to-play entry from Phoenixx, a publisher known for supporting indie creators, and it arrives alongside another free EASYHUMAN title, Cat Nyation, on the same day.
Denfaminicogamer, ASCII.jp, Automaton
Onimusha Way of the Sword Launches Nine-Part Character Video Series
The series uses the Oni no Kajin as narrator, a framing device that ties character reveals to the game's lore, and the schedule stretches to September 3, just one day before launch, keeping the game in the news cycle through release.
4Gamer.net, Game Spark
Noname Production Adds Three VTubers to Third Generation
The third generation's expansion to four members within roughly five months of Hinokuma Ran's debut shows Noname Production is growing its roster at a steady clip, with each new talent arriving through a distinct recruitment route rather than a single audition batch.
ASCII.jp, PANORA
Cat Meow-tilation Launches Free on Steam
The game repurposes a familiar children's game into a stealth-based capture mechanic, a design choice that the sources highlight as the core appeal, distinguishing it from typical cat-collecting titles.
4Gamer.net, ASCII.jp, Denfaminicogamer
To LOVE-Ru Returns With New One-Shot in Jump GIGA 2026 SUMMER
The one-shot revives a franchise that has been dormant in print, and Yabuki's own promotional post frames it as a 25-page opening-color feature, signaling a significant investment by Shueisha in the property's return.
Inside, Anime Anime
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Home Video Release Dates Set
The home video release follows a theatrical run that sources report as a mega-hit, with domestic earnings of 7.9 billion yen and worldwide revenue exceeding 1 billion dollars, making the disc launch a key test of the franchise's staying power beyond theaters.
GAME Watch (Impress), 4Gamer.net
Sega Opens TGS2026 Theater Reservations for Stranger Than Heaven
The theater gives attendees their first chance to hear the game's unreleased music, with the character-specific programs positioning the soundtrack as a central draw for the action-adventure title ahead of its January 2027 release.
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