Street Fighter 6 Previews DLC Character Ingrid in New Moveset Video
Ingrid's arrival completes the Year 3 Character Pass lineup, giving players the full picture of the game's third season of downloadable content.
Anime News Network
Bad Cheese Developer Simon Lukasik Shows Kopernicus: Extraction at BitSummit
Lukasik follows his breakout Mickey Mouse-inspired horror with a survival-loop game that aims to hook players through tight difficulty balance and a grotesque atmosphere.
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Mr. Karate Joins Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves as DLC on May 27
The addition of Mr. Karate continues the steady rollout of Season Pass 2 content for SNK's revived fighting franchise, which has been releasing a new DLC fighter roughly every month since January.
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BitSummit Bloody Soccer Game FEAR FA 98 Mixes Silent Hill and FIFA 98
FEAR FA 98 is an unusually direct genre mashup that treats soccer not as a minigame but as a structural driver of horror exploration, a design approach with few precedents.
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Tomomi Kobayashi Draws Sephiroth for Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy
The crossover brings a major Final Fantasy 7 antagonist into the Dissidia mobile title with art from a veteran Square Enix designer known for a very different series, creating a notable stylistic collision.
Game Spark
Natsuki Hanae Joins Uso Tantei Tomanto as Detective Lemonade
The addition of a prominent voice actor like Natsuki Hanae signals that the updated version of the short anime is expanding its cast and scope beyond the original TRAIN TV run.
Anime News Network
Nexus Code Aims to Teach Programming Through Play
Nexus Code positions itself as a hobby-like competitive game that teaches programming concepts to children through a versus battle format, with plans for puzzle missions to ease learning.
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Horror Adventure Game Dawn Bell Gets June 23 Release Date
The announcement locks in a specific release date and a playable demo for a modestly priced indie horror title that emphasizes memory loss and cooperative puzzle-solving in a castle setting.
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Xiaohai Wins Combo Breaker 2026 Street Fighter 6 Tournament
Xiaohai, a long-established fighting game champion, continues to dominate the Street Fighter 6 competitive scene, while Hinao's second-place finish signals a new generation of talent rising.
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The Mandalorian & Grogu Debuts Atop Japanese Box Office
The Mandalorian & Grogu is the first Star Wars film to top the Japanese box office in about seven years, while the rest of the top 10 is dominated by holdovers and local titles.
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Realistic Train Sim 'RUNNING TRAIN | 走ル列車!' Launches in Early Access on Steam
The game's rapid achievement of a 'Very Positive' Steam rating and its support for multiple master controllers signal that a solo developer can deliver a polished train sim that competes with larger studio titles in the niche railway simulation market.
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Yujiro Hanma Joins Tekken 8 as Season 3's Fourth Fighter
The addition of Yujiro Hanma, a character who has never lost in his source material, to a fighting game where he can be defeated raises both excitement and concern among players.
ASCII.jp
Jujutsu Kaisen World Hands-On Event Announced for Four Japanese Cities
The event offers a free, immersive experience tied to the anime's world, with original goods and an illustration by Tomoya Mizoguchi exclusive to the venue.
Nijimen
Knights of Fiona VR Action RPG Hands-On: A Promising BitSummit Debut
CharacterBank, known for the VR action RPG "RUINSMAGUS," is applying its VR combat design experience to a new title that blends anime-style characters with immersive VR mechanics, as shown in this early hands-on preview.
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Dragon Ball Z Prize Figures Recreate Goku vs. Vegeta First Battle
The figures give collectors a way to display the iconic first clash between Goku and Vegeta as a matched set from a prize figure line focused on battle scenes.
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Path of Exile 2 Free Weekend Runs May 30 to June 2 on PC and Xbox
The free weekend gives a large audience unrestricted access to Path of Exile 2's current state, including its newest content, while the discounted Supporter Pack lowers the barrier to permanent early access.
Game Spark
Hela: Of Mice & Magic Deep Dive Video 'Forest Friends' Released
The video provides Japanese players with a localized, in-depth preview of the game's setting and mechanics ahead of its release.
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Nijisanji Plushie Dress-Up Line YumYum! for Nijimarutto Launches May 27
The line expands Nijisanji's physical merchandise beyond standard apparel and accessories into a modular dress-up system for its existing plushie mascot, a format more common in toy lines than VTuber goods.
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Bandai Spirits Announces 650mm DX Chogokin SDF-1 Macross Figure
At 99,000 yen and 650mm long, this is the largest and most expensive DX Chogokin release to date, and the first product in the Macross 45th anniversary lineup.
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Indie Game Lab Japon Brings French Creators to BitSummit PUNCH
The program is a structured exchange that immerses French developers in Japan's indie scene and market, with hands-on feedback from local professionals and a public showcase at a major indie event.
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BeXide Revives Legendary Pinball Game Last Gladiators at BitSummit
The revival of a cult-classic Saturn pinball title by an indie-focused publisher signals a growing willingness to reissue niche 1990s digital pinball games with modern platform support.
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Arcane Merchant Shop Management Sim Sets Steam Release for June 2
The June 2 release date gives a concrete launch window for a niche management sim that blends potion crafting and magic weapon sales in a fantasy setting.
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Rokudenashi Blues Returns for Second McDonald's Collaboration
The second McDonald's tie-up in five months keeps a 1988-1997 Shonen Jump title in active commercial use, with the actor returning to voice the same character.
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Toei Games to Publish Yatara's Ballpoint Pen Horror-Adventure HINO
HINO marks Toei Games' entry into indie publishing with a title that adapts a social-media-born art style into a full game, while the developer's approach of animating static illustrations by hand-part separation could set a template for similar artist-to-game collaborations.
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