Suspicious Emails Offer Steam Developers $100 for Game Rights
The emails exploit Steam's $100 fee structure and target games with poor sales, raising concerns about malware injection or brand misuse.
Automaton
Trickshot Lab Announces FPS 'GUNJUTSU' for Steam in 2026
The announcement signals a niche genre entry that prioritizes style and trick-shot creativity over traditional competitive shooting, aiming to capture the audience that grew up with console trick-shot culture.
Game Spark
Hololive OCG Extra Booster Summer Hologram Reveals Swimsuit Cards
The booster set gives the hololive TCG a seasonal summer theme with new swimsuit illustrations for multiple talents.
Inside
Shironeko Project NW Launches 12th Anniversary Eve Festival With 99 Daily Gacha Chances
The eve festival is the final lead-in campaign before Shironeko Project NW's 12th anniversary, with aggressive daily gacha incentives and a live broadcast that will likely reveal anniversary content.
ASCII.jp
Nissan and BE@RBRICK Release Third Collaboration GT-R Bearbrick
The third collaboration between Nissan and BE@RBRICK marks a tribute to the R35 GT-R after its production ended, using the art toy format to preserve the model's legacy.
Inside
Chinese Indie Horror Game Hariti Demo Launches on Steam
Hariti stands out for grounding its horror in Chinese cultural elements and Buddhist mythology rather than Western tropes, a direction still uncommon in indie horror.
4Gamer.net
Arknights Figure Diorama Miss Christine Promotion Stage 2 Ver. Announced
The figure expands Myethos's Diorama line for Arknights with a detailed Miss Christine sculpt that includes interactive features like eye-tracking and a backlight board.
4Gamer.net
Silence Suzuka and Oju Chosan Join Thoroughbred Collection Mega Big Plush Line
The fourth MEGA BIG Plush wave introduces a new lying-down pose format and two of the most recognizable racehorses in Japanese Thoroughbred history, expanding the collectible line's appeal beyond horse racing fans.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Laid-Back Camp Season 4 Voice Recording Begins, Yuru Fes Draws 13,000
The start of voice recording and the director's public comments on music progress confirm Season 4 is in active production, two years after the last festival and ahead of a 2027 broadcast.
Anime Anime
Nintama Rantaro x MAYLA Ear Accessories Preorders Open June 23
The collaboration offers adult fans a subtle, wearable way to represent the series, with each design keyed to a specific class or group from the show.
Nijimen
The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for The Throne Anime Adds Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ai Kayano
The new cast additions round out the supporting roster ahead of the July 6 premiere, which will be simulcast by Crunchyroll.
Anime News Network
Pop Mart to Release Monster Hunter Palico Figure Series on June 26
The collaboration brings Pop Mart's blind-box figure format to Capcom's Monster Hunter series, offering collectors a randomized lineup of Palico designs based on iconic monsters.
Denfaminicogamer
Intel and AMD Publish Ace AI Extension Spec for X86 Chips
The ACE specification gives Intel and AMD a shared, standardized path to speed up AI inference on x86 hardware, reducing reliance on separate accelerators.
GIGAZINE
EA Sports UFC 6 Draws High Scores for Realism and Content
The review consensus positions UFC 6 as a solid but iterative entry, with strong praise for its in-ring realism and content depth, but criticism for not pushing the series forward significantly.
Game Spark
Hololive Talents Return for M Hold'Em Poker App 5th Anniversary
The return of four Hololive talents for the app's 5th anniversary signals a sustained cross-promotion strategy between VTuber agencies and mobile game platforms.
PANORA
Valorant Blackspire Collection Blends Sci-Fi and Mystery
The Blackspire Collection is the first skin line to launch alongside a new map and game mode in the same act, bundling cosmetic and gameplay content into a single update.
Game Spark
DAN Releases Sakamoto Days T-Shirt Collaboration
The collaboration extends SAKAMOTO DAYS merchandise into fashion, with a print technique that ages the shirt over time.
ASCII.jp
Burgie's Cozy Kitchen Anti-Piracy Mode Drives Sales Surge
The developer's playful anti-piracy system turned a piracy problem into a marketing success, showing that unconventional DRM can generate positive attention and revenue.
Automaton
Avantiez Returns to YouTube After 2-Year Hiatus With Recognition Test
The video directly measures whether a two-year break has eroded the group's public recognition, a concrete test of relevance for a channel with 1.27 million subscribers that has undergone multiple member changes and a hiatus.
KAI-YOU
Yostar Official Shop to Raise Prices From July 1
The price hike signals that even major game publishers like Yostar cannot fully absorb rising production and logistics costs, passing them to consumers across merchandise lines.
Inside
Human Pupation Project Launches Acrylic Keychain Series for VTuber Cast
The KEY-UNIT series is a concrete attempt by a VTuber training project to create merchandise revenue streams that do not depend on streaming alone, treating character goods as narrative fragments rather than standard character merchandise.
PANORA
Kirito Tops Anime Anime's Dual-Wielding Character Poll
The poll shows Kirito's dual-wielding identity remains the defining image of the trope for a broad age group, even as newer series like Demon Slayer produce strong contenders.
Anime Anime
Granblue Fantasy and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Collaboration Gets Event Title
The event title reveal confirms the collaboration is on schedule for its July 22 start, with a crystal giveaway campaign now running to help players prepare.
4Gamer.net
How to Make a Girl in Love TV Anime Adaptation Announced
The adaptation signals growing industry interest in crossdressing-boy romantic comedies, a niche that has proven commercially viable with over 600,000 copies in print.
Denfaminicogamer