FTL: Faster Than Light and Into the Breach Are 65% Off on Steam Until August 1
The sale puts two foundational indie games at a steep discount, making them easy to pick up for new players while the bundle offers extra value.
Denfaminicogamer
Ryusuke Furuya and Hikari Toriumi to Speak at Tokyo Anim Unite 2026
The event continues its focus on connecting aspiring creators with active professionals, this year featuring two artists recognized at the Annie Awards.
GameBusiness.jp
Yamanaka Webinar to Examine Georgia's Youngest Billionaire Auto Heir
The webinar highlights how a multi-shareholder ownership structure in an emerging market auto dealer can sustain growth while avoiding single-owner control, a model the host investor advocates for Japanese companies.
ASCII.jp
Oshi no Ko Teams With ROUND1 for Nationwide Collab Campaign
The Oshi no Ko x ROUND1 collaboration extends the series' merchandising reach into physical entertainment venues across Japan, offering fans a multi-month interactive experience tied to the anime's ongoing popularity.
Anime Anime
Turtle Beach Command Series KB7 Keyboard Packs a 4.3-Inch Touch Display
The keyboard combines a smartphone-class touch screen with high-performance gaming specs, moving beyond a gimmick to offer genuine utility.
ASCII.jp
Game Makers Scramble 2026 Reveals First Wave of Talks and Shifts to Paid Tickets
The transition from free to paid tickets marks a significant milestone for a web media-originated event that has grown from 300 to over 700 attendees in two years, indicating sustained demand for accessible game development talks.
GameBusiness.jp
Bandai Unveils One Piece Ticket-Like Collection With Connecting Backgrounds
Bandai expands the standard merch format with interactive designs-connecting backgrounds on tickets and transparent bookmarks-and bundles exclusive bookmarks into a dedicated file.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Bandai Rereleases Disney Embroidered Can Badge Biscuits 2 With Pixar Lineup
Bandai rereleases the second installment of its Disney embroidered can badge biscuit series, expanding the lineup to include Pixar scenes, six months after the original release.
Dengeki Hobby Web
ABEMA Streams One Piece, Love Live Sunshine, Grand Blue for Marine Day
ABEMA ties Marine Day to a curated slate of ocean-set anime, using the holiday to promote its streaming catalog.
Anime Anime
Sangokushi BOND Preview: Troop Type Matching Drives Auto-Battler Strategy
The preview highlights how the game's strategic depth comes from the recruitment and formation phase, but the absence of a battle speed-up in early access could become a friction point for roguelike repetition.
Game Spark
TENITOL Sportswear Figures of Rikka Takarada and Akane Shinjo Go Up for Preorder
FURYU is bringing sportswear versions of two key Gridman Universe characters to its budget-friendly TENITOL line, with a special set that adds interchangeable face parts for extra collector value.
Inside
4Gamer's Weekly Access Ranking Led by The Duskbloods Network Test
The ranking shows which game news stories drew the most reader attention on 4Gamer during the week, with FromSoftware's new PvPvE title topping the list.
4Gamer.net
AI Agents Now Control Blender Directly Via MCP, Lowering 3D Barrier
This integration of LLM agents with Blender via MCP could make 3D modeling accessible to non-experts and accelerate previs work for AI-driven video tools like Seedance 2.0.
ASCII.jp
Shuuen Majo no Tabitabi Releases on Steam With Custom Card Building and Character Art
The game's flexible card customization and strong character design give it a distinct angle in the crowded deck-building roguelite space.
Game Spark
Bandai Spirits Reveals Full Lineup for Ichiban Kuji Vincent van Gogh
The set applies the Ichiban Kuji format to a classic art subject, broadening the line's cultural range beyond its typical anime and game IPs.
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Premium Bandai Lottery Sale Opens for HG Gouf Ignited (Heine Custom) Gunpla
The lottery sale suggests demand for the newly released HGCE Gouf Ignited (Heine Custom) exceeds initial retail supply, pushing collectors to Premium Bandai's lottery system.
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Super Space Sheriff Gabban Infinity Gaiden Mini-Drama to Stream from August 2
The mini-drama bridges the narrative gap between 'Super Space Sheriff Gabban Infinity' and the upcoming 'Kakusei Hunter Omega Horn', setting up a crossover within the PROJECT R.E.D. universe.
Denfaminicogamer
Keiichi Sigsawa Writes First Original Manga, Kemono-tachi no Peregrinatio
Sigsawa, best known for light novel series, is now writing a manga for the first time, a shift from his usual novel-based work.
Anime News Network
Word Game 'The Farthest Word' Now Free on Unityroom
The AI-driven word distance mechanic turns the abstract concept of 'unrelatedness' into a measurable metric, a novel twist on word association games.
Denfaminicogamer
Sometimes Even Reality Is a Lie! Manga Gets TV Anime in 2027
The anime will adapt a manga that concludes with its ninth volume in September 2026, allowing the series to tell its complete story from the start.
Anime News Network, Anime Corner
Ghost Mikawa's Mercenary Sisters Novel Gets Manga Adaptation
The adaptation extends Ghost Mikawa's pattern of moving his light novel works into manga, following his other series that have already received both manga and anime adaptations.
Anime News Network
Prince of Tennis Anime to Stream All 178 Episodes on YouTube
The entire 178-episode series is being made available for free on YouTube for a limited time, a major event for the franchise's 25th anniversary.
Denfaminicogamer
Witch Hat Atelier Review Finds Quiet Menace Under Its Cozy Surface
The review articulates a key tension in Witch Hat Atelier that many initial impressions may have missed: the series uses its slice-of-life magic school setup to build a deliberate contrast with a darker, more dangerous world lurking beneath, making the fairy-tale menace part of the narrative's intentional structure.
Japan Powered
Nova Lands Developer BEHEMUTT Moves On to Fourleaf Fields After Concluding Updates
Nova Lands represents a distinct, non-violent branch of the survival genre that has completed its lifecycle, and the studio's shift to a radically different concept signals a new creative direction for BEHEMUTT.
Game Spark