Destiny 2 Dating Sim Prototype Rejected by Management Every Year
The revelation highlights a persistent internal push for lighthearted content in a game known for its serious tone, ultimately blocked by management.
Automaton
Project Motor Racing GT Icons Pack Adds 9 Classic Cars and New Circuit
The DLC adds a curated set of period racing cars and a new track to Project Motor Racing, deepening its historical motorsport content.
4Gamer.net
NTE: Neverness to Everness Adds S-Rank Kaos and Fight Club Mode
The update adds a time-limited character and a new PvP mode, continuing the live-service content cycle for NTE.
4Gamer.net
AI Music Video Revives Hibari Misora's Unreleased 1956 Song
The project demonstrates a commercial use of AI to restore and visualize a historical unreleased recording, blending past music assets with generative technology for a modern audience.
ASCII.jp
Walkers Co. Launches FDE Service for AI Implementation Support
The FDE Service positions Walkers as a partner that embeds engineers with clients, addressing the gap between generic AI tools and the specific business processes that often stall adoption.
ASCII.jp
Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun Anime Film Opens September 11
The film brings the Space Academy franchise to theaters with a hybrid animation and live space footage approach, following two TV seasons.
Anime News Network
The Elusive Samurai NAMJATOWN Collaboration Event Set for July 2026
The event is a modest promotional tie-in for the second season, offering a resale of previously released goods and limited interactive activities rather than a major new merchandise launch.
ASCII.jp
Chooning App Redesigns as Personal Music Diary, Drops Social Focus
The pivot reflects a broader trend of users seeking private, non-social spaces to document their music experiences, moving away from public SNS engagement.
ASCII.jp
ReBear Launches AITORA Service for AI Search Optimization
AITORA offers corporate marketers a way to measure their brand's relative inclusion in AI search results, a competitive dimension that existing SEO tools do not address.
ASCII.jp
Mouse Computer Lays Out 2026 Roadmap With AI Mini PCs and Lightweight Notebooks
Mouse Computer's roadmap signals a strategic pivot toward AI-capable compact PCs and ultra-light notebooks as the company seeks to maintain growth amid industry headwinds.
ASCII.jp
SAEKO Developer on the Fear and Arousal Design of Its Misleading Dating Sim
The interview reveals the deliberate design choices behind SAEKO's misleading marketing and its focus on fear over romance, clarifying the game's true genre as psycho-horror.
Automaton
Tom Cruise and Iñárritu Release 'DIGGER' Trailer Tracing 45-Year Career
The trailer frames 'DIGGER' as the culmination of Tom Cruise's career, a claim supported by Cruise's own statement that the role required 40 years of preparation.
Eiga Natalie, Cinema Today, Denfaminicogamer
Ken Doi to Speak at Marketing LEADERS 100
The session addresses how lean teams can leverage AI to build growth businesses, a topic central to the conference's goal of overcoming growth stagnation.
ASCII.jp
Uchu Nanchara Kotetsu-kun Film to Blend Anime With NHK, JAXA Footage
The film extends the franchise's educational space outreach by blending fiction with real NHK/JAXA footage, reinforcing its role as a children's space ambassador property.
Denfaminicogamer
Meta CEO Zuckerberg Forms Team to Develop Prediction Market App Arena
Meta is attempting to re-enter the prediction market space after its earlier Forecast app failed, as it seeks new growth avenues beyond its core social platforms.
GIGAZINE
Asilla's Custom VLM Boosts Security Detection Accuracy by 80%
Asilla's move from motion detection to contextual understanding with a custom VLM marks a practical shift in AI security, leveraging proprietary data and edge computing to address real-world facility needs.
ASCII.jp
TransRecog AI Cuts Shift Scheduling Time by 90% for Suita City Water Department
The deployment shows AI optimization delivering measurable efficiency gains in a municipal public service setting, where complex scheduling conditions had previously required extensive manual effort.
ASCII.jp
Felo to Join AWS Summit Japan 2026 With AI Matching Project
The participation positions Felo's enterprise AI platform as a key tool for real-time business matching at a major cloud industry event.
ASCII.jp
CD Projekt Shareholders Approve Name Change to CD Projekt Red
The name change marks the end of CD Projekt's identity as a publisher and cements its focus on game development under the CD Projekt Red brand.
Automaton
Mika Pikazo's Level Robochica Original TV Anime Production Announced
The announcement extends Mika Pikazo's reach from character design for games and VTubers into original television storytelling, adapting a project she began as a self-published doujin in 2017.
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BE@RBRICK Series 52 Adds LOVOT Robot as a Collectible Figure
The collaboration brings a functional robot into the world of collectible toys, blending tech and pop culture in a format that has previously featured characters and brands.
ASCII.jp
Sokuresukun AI Bot Offers Text-Based Scheduling Without URLs
Sokuresukun directly addresses a common social friction in business communication by replacing URL-based scheduling tools with text-based AI-generated candidates, making the process less intrusive for the sender.
ASCII.jp
KIT LLC Fact-Check Report Targets PayPay Money Lite Scam Misconceptions
The report provides a legal basis for direct digital asset transactions, potentially shifting the industry away from gray-area gift certificate resale models that violate platform terms of service.
ASCII.jp
DefoReal Godzilla (2016) Awakening Light Ver. Returns for Shin Godzilla 10th Anniversary
The reissue of a 2019 figure for the 10th anniversary of Shin Godzilla offers collectors a second chance at a previously limited lighting-effect figure without a new sculpt.
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