Xross Stars Adds Signed LEO Card Featuring Yamada Ryosuke
The signed card gives the booster pack a collector draw beyond the card's stats, since the signature and the low inclusion rate are what fans are chasing.
Inside
Yu Yu Hakusho Ichiban Kuji Full Lineup Adds MaFūkan, SOFVICchu, Kuro no Shō Charm
The complete prize list for the Yu Yu Hakusho lottery is now fixed, pairing the previously announced MASTERLISE figures with a MaFūkan MASTERELIVE COLLECTION, SOFVICchu plushies, and a Kuro no Shō charm for the September 25, 2026 launch.
Dengeki Hobby Web
DeNA and Utopai Studios to Test AI Anime Production Workflow
DeNA is extending its company-wide "AI all-in" strategy into anime production, with the stated boundary that final creative decisions remain with human creators.
ASCII.jp
Zombie Wrap Simulator: Grill the Dead Announced for PC in 2027
The announcement pairs Digital Melody's shift from mobile titles like Timberman toward Steam management sims with a day/night loop that splits kebab cooking and delivery from defending the shop against zombie attacks.
Automaton
Project ZETA Second Global Community Test Begins with Two New Heroes
The second test is the first live check of whether the comeback-focused balance changes, built around the S-Prism and stronger growth mechanics, keep a four-team free-for-all competitive in real matchmaking.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
"Dissolution of My Self" BL Horror Launches on Steam September 4
The game inverts the standard memory-recovery hook: the player's job is to help the protagonist forget, making the player the agent of his self-erasure, and that structure is the work's central device.
Nijimen
Microsoft Releases MAI-Transcribe-2 Speech Recognition Model
Microsoft has shipped three transcription models since April, and MAI-Transcribe-2 claims the top FLEURS score while undercutting OpenAI, Google, and ElevenLabs on both speed and price.
GIGAZINE
Xsolla Brings Hands-On Demo Zone to Tokyo Game Show 2026
Xsolla is using TGS to press its off-app-store direct sales case to Japanese developers, with the AI Toolkit getting its first domestic showing as Google's Play Store fee structure shifts.
GameBusiness.jp
Silent Hill f Fox Masked Man Joins Nendoroid Line in March 2027
The Fox Masked Man figure pairs with the separately sold Nendoroid of protagonist Hinako Fukumi, letting collectors recreate the game scene where he shields her.
Dengeki Hobby Web
The Tenth Mosaic Festival Lines Up Kodaka, Mizuguchi, Toyama Talks
The festival gathers a rare cross-section of Japanese and French game creators in one Tokyo venue, with several talk sessions already sold out before the event opens.
Denfaminicogamer
MAGES. Brings Kanno's Detective Gentleman to Switch and PS4 on September 10
The September 10 port brings Kanno's 2000-era detective adventure to Switch and PS4 with a new opening movie, and the story is set one year before the 2025 Mysteryt release.
Denfaminicogamer
Phantom PHANTOM OF INFERNO, Gen Urobuchi's Debut Work, Launches on Steam
The Steam release puts the work that founded Nitro Origin and launched Gen Urobuchi's career in front of a modern audience with multilingual support.
Denfaminicogamer
Hope of Elements Demo Update Makes Companion HP the Cost of Victory
The demo update lands with a battle system that makes the player spend the HP of the companion they are trying to save, so resource management and story weight are the same decision.
Automaton
Backrooms Film Stakes Out Akasaka with Real 3D Ad and Hidden Live Stream
The campaign extends the film's found-footage conceit into the real world, hiding the live stream link so viewers discover it on YouTube rather than being handed it.
Cinema Today
PDOLE, Cross Marketing, gr.a.m Form Overseas Expansion Support Partnership
The partnership targets the gap between research data and actual decision-making, aiming to leave expansion know-how inside client companies instead of outsourcing it.
ASCII.jp
Dictatorship Defense Game Zettai Rocket Boueishugi Launches on Steam
The game's defense toolkit is built entirely from coercive mechanics, so the satire is the design: every standard strategy option, from boosting allies to managing morale, is recast as a dystopian abuse of power.
4Gamer.net
Shochiku Games to Publish 3D Rhythm Game Estella With TGS 2026 Demo
Shochiku Games enters rhythm game publishing with a Taiwanese indie title, and the TGS 2026 demo gives players a hands-on look before the winter Steam early access launch.
4Gamer.net
September 9 Dubbed 'Attack on Titan Day' by Anniversary Association
The franchise is formalizing its anniversary as an unofficial holiday, pairing the designation with a key visual and a livestream featuring the main cast.
Anime News Network
Tanuki to Kitsune Anime Cast Revealed in New Promo Video
The cast and premiere date are now locked in for an anime that arrives as the franchise crosses 1.35 million copies in circulation and marks its 10th anniversary.
Anime News Network
Live-Action Look Back Clip Spotlights Kyomoto and Fujino Creating Manga
The clip centers the creative partnership between the two leads, the core of the story, ahead of the September 11 Japan opening.
Anime News Network
Battlestate Games Launches Publishing Arm for Hardcore, Niche Titles
The studio that built the extraction shooter genre is now using its player base and funding to back the kind of uncompromising projects mainstream publishers pass on.
Denfaminicogamer
Streamer LEON Representative Admits Using Shiromanta Art in AI, Apologizes
The case turns less on the AI use itself and more on Shiromanta's stated reason for staying silent about his view of AI: he stressed the harm came from being deceived by someone he considered a friend.
KAI-YOU, Inside, GameBusiness.jp
Final Fantasy VII Revelation Locks April 8, 2027 Release Date
The release date pins the third entry in the FF7 Remake series to April 8, 2027, with official assets and trilogy art now out ahead of launch.
GAME Watch (Impress)
Alawar Announces Wall World 3 as Final Chapter of the Trilogy
The final installment of the trilogy introduces the Cave Scanner, a pre-mining risk assessment tool, and shows the protagonist leaving the Robo Spider behind, both new directions for the series' established loop.
4Gamer.net