Jaws T-Shirts Land on Amazon Merch on Demand
The Jaws franchise now has a direct-to-consumer apparel line on Amazon's print-on-demand service, with five designs offered across men's, ladies', and kids' sizes at a uniform price.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Pokémon Sleep Collab Fitbit Air Limited Model Launches September 15
The collaboration ties Pokémon Sleep's sleep-tracking premise to a dedicated wearable and bundles an in-game item with the hardware purchase.
ASCII.jp
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Declares AGI Has Arrived with GPT-6 Astra
The declaration is contested: skeptics argue GPT-6 Astra's 99.9 percent ARC-AGI-3 score does not meet the full AGI condition of human-equivalent thinking under all conditions, so the 'AGI has arrived' claim is a stretch.
ASCII.jp
Hono Kurashi no Niwa Game Trial Launches on PS Plus Premium
The save carryover turns the 5-hour trial into a direct conversion tool for a game that has already sold 200,000 copies in Japan, making the Premium tier the funnel for new buyers.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer
Razer Announces Clio X Headrest Speaker for 17,980 Yen
The sources frame the Clio X's roughly half-price tag as making Razer's headrest speaker format more accessible, widening the audience beyond the premium 34,380 yen original Clio.
4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress)
Furu Comi Furusato Tax Portal Runs Taxi CM with BizPot Footage
A furusato tax portal that officially opened on August 31 is already on taxi screens, using footage from a business talk program to reach donors.
ASCII.jp
LIGHTSUM Reveals 'Doushite' Choreography by YOASOBI 'Idol' Choreographer
LIGHTSUM's major debut leans on Japanese idol choreography, with the title track built by the creator of YOASOBI's 'Idol' and formations designed to keep the singing member visible.
ASCII.jp
ALBONA Refreshes Corporate Identity with New Purpose, Values, and Logo
ALBONA is entering what it calls a "second founding period" past 100 employees, and the refresh elevates its founding mission to a purpose while replacing five credos with four ONE-prefixed values meant to guide a larger organization.
ASCII.jp
AIFJ 2026 Sets October Dates with Alibaba Cloud, CapCut, ElevenLabs
The second edition positions the festival as a year-round ecosystem that moves AI-made films from screening to business, IP, and international market connections, building on a first edition that drew 563 submissions from 45 countries and regions.
ASCII.jp
POLYSTRIKE Passes 10,000 Steam Wishlists in Under Three Weeks
The wishlist milestone came with an outsized response from Japan, which at one point ranked third by country, prompting the developer to add Japanese language support and plan Japan-set maps before full-scale promotion has even begun.
4Gamer.net
Genshin Impact Ver.7.1 Preview Program Set for September 12
The Ver.7.1 preview program is the next update briefing for Genshin Impact, and the guest cast and thumbnail point to the characters the story will center on.
4Gamer.net
Black Clover Anime Season 2 Sets October 3 Debut With ONE OR EIGHT Ending Theme
The second season returns Black Clover to television after the first anime ended in March 2021, with the Sword of the Wizard King film's director leading Studio Pierrot's return.
Anime News Network
Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE Shiroha Gets 1/6 Scale Figure From Magi Arts
The white-haired heroine of the Key visual novel gets a 1/6 scale collectible, with reservations open now on Amazon.co.jp ahead of an October 2027 release.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Yu-Gi-Oh! Chronicles Adds Evil Twin Short Anime for January 2027
The Chronicles series keeps turning popular OCG themes into short anime, and Evil Twin becomes the next entry, a three-episode run set for January 2027 that follows Sky Striker, Magistus, and the currently streaming The Devil of Sin Treasure Hunting.
Denfaminicogamer
Kakintsuharuka Tour 2027 Tokyo Shows Open Official Resale via Ticketplus Trade
The Tokyo leg pairs the unit's return to the road with Ticketplus Trade's official resale, including an AI paper-ticket listing feature aimed at curbing unauthorized resale.
ASCII.jp
IGDA Japan to Hold Indie Game Promotion Seminar on September 29
The seminar is preparation for IGDA Japan's new SIG Indiedev, and its mobile indie game lecture addresses a knowledge gap the organization says is not widely known.
4Gamer.net
Final Fantasy Resonance Q&A Addresses FFBE Knowledge and Gacha Questions
The Q&A targets the two questions that decide whether newcomers buy the game: whether FFBE knowledge is required and whether the gacha system from the mobile original carries over.
Game Spark
Ado Hit Songs Become Bikkura Tamago Bath Products with Mascot Rings
Bandai is turning Ado's hit songs into collectible bath-product mascots, a capsule-style merchandise approach that puts the singer's catalog into a physical, pick-up line.
Dengeki Hobby Web
R WEAR Teams With Ghost in the Shell TV Anime for Limited Recovery Wear
The collab puts the new Ghost in the Shell TV anime, which began airing July 7, on a Sony recovery wear product, pairing the franchise's world with the brand's registered medical-device tech.
ASCII.jp
BLDB Launches SEMTO 7cc Inline Twin Engine Assembly Kit
The kit adds an inline twin layout to BLDB's metal engine model series, letting builders assemble and run a working engine rather than display a static replica.
ASCII.jp
BESTNET-GSERVER Launches Forge Modpack Hosting with Panel Version Control
The service targets the version-matching problem that trips up modpack servers, letting users align Forge and Java versions in the panel instead of troubleshooting a failed start.
ASCII.jp
Highlanders Unveils HLQ EDGE Quadruped Robot with 60kg Payload
Highlanders positions the HLQ EDGE as a work-ready industrial tool rather than a demo unit, keeping body, arm, walking AI, and mass production in Japan so field data can feed back into the next machine.
ASCII.jp
Bandai Namco Reveals TGS2026 Merchandise Lineup with Early Sales at Makuhari Messe
The TGS2026 merchandise slate includes items tied to the Ace Combat 8 and Tales of Eternia remaster titles alongside legacy series like Katamari Damacy, and the full lineup moves to ASOBI STORE pre-orders after the show.
Denfaminicogamer
Tetris Company Disavows White House Arcade Game as Site Uses Console IP
The White House's use of game IP for its Arcade site has drawn a public disavowal from The Tetris Company, while the console makers whose boot-up assets appear in the promotion have stayed silent.
Anime News Network