No Rest for the Wicked Full Release Delayed to March 2027
The delay pushes the full release and the PS5 launch into the same window, with the studio citing performance and class system work as the reason for the extra months.
Automaton
Age Signals From Apple and Google Are Only a Starting Point for Game Compliance
The piece reflects a shift in the industry where platform age signals are becoming a practical compliance component, driven by laws like Texas's requirement for app stores to verify ages, yet regulators have not confirmed whether Apple's or Google's methods meet legal standards.
GameBusiness.jp, Game Spark
Busan Adds Anime Spotlight Strand With Rintaro, Angel's Egg, Metropolis
Busan is giving Japanese animation a dedicated festival strand that spans the medium's history and its current festival-circuit titles, with Rintaro appearing in person.
Cartoon Brew
Tokyo Film Festival Sets SUKIYAKI and Colony as Opening and Closing Films
The 39th edition bookends its program with a music biopic about the song Sukiyaki and a new zombie film from the Train to Busan director, with a new Godzilla as the centerpiece.
Cinema Today
Sonos 27 Ties New Beam Ultra and Ace Ultra to AI Agents
Sonos 27 opens the speaker system to outside AI agents through an MCP API, extending the company's app-based aggregation approach to voice control.
ASCII.jp
Atlus Reveals TGS2026 Booth Plans for Persona 4 Revival and Metaphor
The booth gives Persona 4 Revival its first public hands-on ahead of a February 2027 launch, while Metaphor: ReFantazio's Switch 2 version opens pre-orders the same week, pairing the two titles in one marketing push.
Denfaminicogamer, Inside, Game Spark
INDIE Live Expo 2026.12.1 Opens Free INDIE Waves Submissions
The new application questions about team size, debut status, and production setup, plus the added 30-second trailer requirement, show INDIE Waves moving from rapid-fire game clips toward profiling the people behind the games.
Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
Pluto TV Adds Two Anime Channels and 1,300 Hours of Dubbed Programming
Pluto TV is treating anime as a growth category, betting that free English dubs and dedicated channels will hold the young, high-engagement audience that Western studios have struggled to reach.
Cartoon Brew
DJI Osmo 360 II Brings 8K60P Full-Sphere Video and 14.5-Stop Dynamic Range
The Osmo 360 II raises the ceiling for consumer 360 capture to 8K60P with a 14.5-stop dynamic range while keeping the predecessor's body size and weight, and it ships the same day it was announced.
ASCII.jp
Eri Sasaki's 'Goodbye To You' Begins Distribution as Her First 5pb. Music Release
The single is Eri Sasaki's first release under 5pb. Music and opens the label's new musical development.
ASCII.jp
BABYMETAL Lands on Marvel Zombies: War Zone Variant Cover
The variant cover extends BABYMETAL's Marvel Zombies connection from a trailer song to a physical comic product, and the cover was conceived directly from that earlier collaboration.
KAI-YOU
Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Marks 20th Anniversary With REBORN! Music Month
The anniversary project centers on the series' music catalog, bringing theme song videos that were previously only in packaged releases to the web.
Denfaminicogamer
AlgoX CEO's AI Management Book Tops Six Amazon Categories
The pre-release Amazon performance points to demand for AI management skills that go beyond prompt techniques, framing generative AI as a subordinate to be managed rather than a tool to be operated.
ASCII.jp
Ma no Sabaki Pop Up Shop Reveals Drink Lineup, Goods, and Stamp Rally
The month-long run with a rotating drink lineup and a 13-stamp rally spreads attendance across the full event period rather than concentrating it at the opening.
Denfaminicogamer
Orion Beer Releases ORANGE RANGE 25th Anniversary Draft Can
The second installment of a year-long collaboration between two Okinawa-born entities, with a third installment already scheduled for September 4, extends the partnership beyond a single commemorative can.
ASCII.jp
Chalk Warfare Lets Players Draw Their Own Weapons into Battle
The game makes the drawing itself the combat system, where the shape a player sketches directly changes weapon stats, handling, and utility instead of picking from a fixed loadout.
Denfaminicogamer
Colorful Runway! Precure Stage Play Announced, Fashion Is the Theme
The announcement extends the stage-original male Precure line past Dancing☆Star Precure, with fashion as the new series theme.
Denfaminicogamer
World Sweeper Puts a 100 Million Tile Minesweeper Board on the Real World Map
The release turns a browser experiment about rendering 100 million checkboxes into a free, fully playable Minesweeper roguelite on a real world map, from a developer making his first game.
Automaton
Hololive ART JAM!!! Fair Opens with Member-Drawn Self-Portraits
The fair puts member-drawn self-portraits at the center of a physical exhibition, a format the report notes is rare for gathering Hololive members' hand-drawn art in one place.
GAME Watch (Impress)
Ikai Magakuen Horror Adventure Demo Lands on Steam
The original manga creators are adapting their own series into story-focused text adventures, and this fourth installment's demo shows how they redesigned Chapter 1 for the format.
4Gamer.net
Director and Animator Yūji Yanase Dies
Yanase's death ends a career that ran from in-between animation on Akira in the late 1980s to directing a string of isekai and fantasy adaptations, with his latest series having premiered barely a month earlier.
Anime News Network
VIVANT Episode 16: Fans Debate Whether Ryu Returned as Ally or Enemy
The show has left Ryu's loyalty deliberately unresolved, and the ally theory has become the dominant reading on social media, so the next episode will settle a question the audience has already split on.
Magmix
Milki Delivery: Milki's Milk Shop Launches November 17, 2026
The confirmed release date gives fans of Welcome to Minami Street a concrete timeline for the duo's next project, which carries the same hand-drawn rural charm and has already earned a Very Positive demo rating on Steam.
Automaton, Game Spark
Orbitals Review: Two-Player Co-Op Adventure Earns Praise, Story Pacing Draws Criticism
The reviews show that while the game's cooperative design and nostalgic presentation are widely praised, the story's uneven pacing and lack of manual save options are notable weaknesses that could affect player satisfaction.
4Gamer.net, Automaton, Game Spark