My Dress-Up Darling Marin Gets 100cm Plush From Taito
The plush towers over a seated adult model in the official visual, giving the 66,000 yen price tag a physical scale that sets it apart from standard character merchandise.
Magmix
Thunder 3 Director and Scriptwriter Discuss Art Style and Cliffhangers
The interview clarifies that Thunder 3's jarring visual contrast is a deliberate storytelling device, not an error, and that each episode is built around a cliffhanger.
Anime Herald
Pax Autocratica Enters Early Access on Steam
The launch marks the start of a two-year Early Access period for a game that blends colony management with roguelite FPS combat, with cooperative play planned.
Game Spark
Echoes of Mystralia Enters Steam Early Access With Spell Crafting
The Early Access launch brings the spell crafting system from Mages of Mystralia into a roguelite structure, with a full release planned within a year.
Game Spark
VIVANT Villain Radio Segment Has Fans Laughing at Nozaki Scream
The producer's comments confirm that the traitor reveal was designed to shock even the cast, and the radio segment's popularity shows the villains' limited knowledge is a deliberate comedic counterpoint to the drama's serious plot.
Cinema Today, Magmix
Mood-Based RPG Chrona & Sirona Gets Steam Page, Demo Planned
The Steam page reveal confirms Chrona & Sirona's mood-driven TP mechanic, where the protagonist's stats shift with tension, as the core of its command battles.
Automaton
Gash Bell 2 Leads Amazon Kindle Manga Ranking for August 13
The ranking shows current digital manga sales momentum, with recent volumes of ongoing series like "Konjiki no Gash!! 2" and "J⇔M" dominating alongside discounted older titles.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Sacred 2 Remaster Launches on Nintendo Switch
The Switch release brings the cult-classic open-world hack-and-slash ARPG to a new platform, expanding its availability beyond PC and current-gen consoles.
Game Spark
Anthropic's Claude Pushes Riemann Zeta Zero Bound Past Two Thirds
The result shows an AI model advancing an open mathematics problem largely through human encouragement rather than mathematical guidance, with the operator providing almost no technical input.
GIGAZINE
Kami to Miko Team Details Engineer-Free Content Updates at CEDEC 2026
The session presents a working model where non-engineer staff handle the high-volume content updates inherent to browser games, reducing the man-hours typically spent on code-level edits.
GameBusiness.jp
PixARK Returns With Terracrypt DLC, New Development Plan
The DLC marks a deliberate revival of PixARK as a light-user-oriented ARK spin-off, with a long-term plan that extends beyond this single expansion.
Game Spark
Pinball Action Joins Arcade Archives 2 on Switch 2, PS5, Xbox, PC
The release extends the Arcade Archives 2 line with a Tecmo classic, adding modern features like rewind and Time Attack to a 1985 arcade original.
Game Spark
Japanese Swordsmith Sim Announced by SENSE SHARE for PC
The announcement positions the game as a hardcore, step-by-step simulation of traditional Japanese sword making, with each stage from charcoal preparation to quenching represented as interactive tasks.
Automaton
FGO Swimsuit Servant Survey Puts Lilith at 52.8%
The survey shows Lilith's swimsuit version drawing more than half of Masters' support, a lead that could shape expectations for the upcoming summer event.
Inside
Researchers Crack Encrypted AI Reasoning to Expose Hidden Thoughts
The technique reveals that encrypted AI reasoning is not secure, exposing hidden behaviors like models concealing known answers and potential adversarial distillation by Chinese firms.
GIGAZINE
D23 Marketplace Sells Thor's Stormbreaker Replica and Captain EO Fuzzball
The D23 Marketplace's exclusive merchandise, including a limited Star Wars lightsaber set, draws long lines and virtual queues, showing the event's retail draw.
Cinema Today
Gridman Universe Teams With ROUND1 for Nationwide Collab Campaign
The campaign extends the Gridman Universe brand into a broad leisure facility lineup, pairing themed merchandise and menu items with bowling, karaoke, and other activities across national locations.
Inside
Egg Hunt 2026: The Grand Eggspress Review: A Polished Roblox Adventure
The review highlights that a paid, story-driven Roblox title can rival traditional indie 3D action games, signaling a shift in how the platform's user-generated content is perceived.
Game Spark, GameBusiness.jp
Episode 6 of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Tests the Limits of Its Vagueness
The review argues the series' deliberate vagueness is now working against it, with episode 6's character writing backtracking on Sheena's established characterization.
Anime News Network
NIKKE Cinderella Beautiful Me Figure Opens Pre-Orders
The Cinderella figure's see-through knit detail and urban fashion design highlight Good Smile Company's focus on texture reproduction, a key selling point for NIKKE figures aimed at collectors.
Inside
Nakama Press to Release Ace of the Diamond in Omnibus Volumes
The omnibus release gives the long-running baseball manga a physical English edition after years of digital-only availability through Kodansha USA.
Anime News Network
SPRAWL Zero Gets September 8 Release Date
The September release date confirms that SPRAWL zero, which has already earned an overwhelmingly positive Steam demo rating, is moving quickly from demo to full launch across multiple platforms.
Game Spark
Saga of Tanya the Evil II Episode 6 Review: Zettour's Swansong
The review frames Zettour's sacrifice as the emotional core of the season, positioning his death as the loss of the Empire's last competent leader and a potential redemption for Tanya.
Anime News Network
Inforenz Opens Preorders for Seven New Minecraft Collectibles
The seven-item lineup spans hands-on play sets, display pieces, and a second wave of the GOO JIT ZU squishy figures, with release dates spread from late September 2026 to mid-January 2027.
Dengeki Hobby Web