CEDEC2026 Keynote: Japan Needs a Playroom to Nurture National Wealth
The keynote reframes game development know-how as a model for building foundational technology that can raise Japan's future GDP.
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Minecraft Dungeons Joins Issai Trial Event With Discounts
The event pairs a free-play window with steep discounts on Minecraft Dungeons and its DLC, timed just ahead of the sequel's September release.
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EA Sports FC 27 Announced for September 25 Release
The return of Alex Hunter and the new social hub mode signal a push to blend narrative and casual play into the annual soccer sim.
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Original Metal Gear Solid Free on Steam Until July 28
The free play period ties directly to the August 27 launch of Master Collection Vol.2, giving Steam users a chance to revisit the 1998 classic before the new collection arrives.
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Steam Wishlists Gain Custom Categories and Email Gifting
The update turns the wishlist from a private tracking tool into a social and gift coordination tool, and it removes the friends-list requirement for gifting within the same country.
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Project Sekai Releases Full-Size 2D MV for Dame Ningen da! SEKAI ver.
The release gives Project Sekai players a full-size 2D MV for the SEKAI version of "Dame Ningen da!", expanding the song's presentation beyond the in-game rhythm experience.
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National Prefectural eSports Championship 2026 Goes Online With Three Titles
The 8th edition moves online for the first time since the pandemic as a special tournament ahead of a new format, dropping the National Sports Festival venue tradition.
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Thatgamecompany Marks 20 Years as Sky Passes 300 Million Downloads
The interview pairs the studio's 20th anniversary with its first narrative built around spoken and written language, a deliberate departure from the wordless games it has made for two decades.
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Shuhei Yoshida Looks Back on Crash Bandicoot and Gran Turismo in CEDEC 2026 Keynote
Yoshida's keynote offers a rare insider account of PlayStation's early hits, including the Japan-specific redesign of Crash Bandicoot and the initial rejection of Gran Turismo's concept.
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Capcom Reveals Pragmata Diana Hair and Facial Animation Secrets at CEDEC2026
The session shows Capcom's technical and artistic process for making Diana appealing, including the trade-offs of strand hair over traditional hair cards.
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Zatch Bell! Ichiban Kuji Figures Revealed for December 12 Release
The inclusion of Kiyomaro and Folgore with their spell books suggests the figures are designed for paired display, a detail that may appeal to collectors of the series.
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Ironmouse Joins Fortnite as a Sprite, With 2 New Bleach Cosmetics
The Ironmouse Sprite and the Bleach cosmetics expand Fortnite's crossover slate with a VTuber collectable and two more anime characters, following the December 2025 Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War collaboration.
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Fields of Mistria 1.0 Launch Adds Marriage, Japanese Beta
The 1.0 release pushed concurrent players to 27,074 on SteamDB, more than double the early access peak of 12,452, showing that the marriage and family content drew a larger audience than the farming sim's initial launch.
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The Emperor's Shaman Novels Get New Manga Adaptation
The new adaptation, drawn by Yuru Sasara, follows a completed first manga run and shifts the series to Hakusensha's digital platform, extending the reach of Agitogi's supernatural court fantasy.
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Eleceed Creators Discuss the Story's Cat Origin and Pacing at Anime Expo
The interview offers rare direct insight from the creators on how Eleceed's core concept formed and how the demands of weekly webcomic production influenced its pacing.
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Steel Ball Run Composer Yugo Kanno Calls Part 7 His Best Work Yet
Kanno's comments confirm the Steel Ball Run score breaks from the franchise's established enemy-defeat musical structure to fit the race format, and that he considers the result his strongest JoJo work to date.
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Sentenced to Be a Hero Season 2 Adds More Characters and Chaos
The interview confirms the second season will expand the cast and intensify the chaotic tone set by the first season.
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Pokémon Company International Sued Over Former Executive's Alleged Bathroom Cameras
The lawsuit extends criminal allegations against a former TCPI executive into a civil claim against the company itself, alleging negligence in its handling of his conduct.
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Bookworm Panel Teases Bigger Battles and Romance in New Season
The panel signals the new season is scaling up from book-making to large-scale battles, with the creator present during recording and romance teased after seasons of platonic and familial bonds.
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Atari Katagiri and Makoto Kisaragi Launch New Romantic Drama Manga
The new series reunites the creative pair behind established Manga UP! titles, with a premise that turns a high school romance into a sibling relationship after a family tragedy.
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Crunchyroll Adds English Dub for Middle-Aged Online Shopper Anime
The full 13-episode English dub arrives in one drop, giving the 2025 isekai comedy a simultaneous second-language release on the platform that already streams the Japanese version.
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My Happy Marriage Author Akumi Agitogi and Fiancée of the Wizard Artist Launch New Manga
The new manga pairs the author of My Happy Marriage with the artist of Fiancée of the Wizard for an original story that has not been published before, expanding both creators' bodies of work in Kadokawa's B's-LOG COMIC.
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Inherit the Winds TV Anime Casts Simba Tsuchiya as Harada Sanosuke
The addition of Simba Tsuchiya as Harada Sanosuke keeps the Inherit the Winds cast anchored in the historical Shinsengumi setting ahead of its January 2027 premiere.
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The Vermillion Mask Premiere Panel Offers a Truncated First Look
The truncated premiere still gave Watanabe and Ura room to explain why they adapted an obscure manga and how Ura's natural voice shaped the lead character Mok.
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