Shuhei Yoshida Takes Stage at First YoshiP Night Indie Talk Event
YoshiP Night gives Yoshida a recurring public platform to discuss indie games, reinforcing 404 Not Found's third-year goal of becoming a hub for game lovers.
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Mingmo: Wings of Despair Tops 5 Million Sales in First Year
The 5 million sales milestone, announced alongside the first anniversary, shows the dark fantasy title has sustained strong global demand a full year after launch, with the developer committing to continued balance updates based on community feedback.
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Inn Over Your Head Releases Steam Demo
The Steam demo gives players a first hands-on look at the full product, which expands on the free itch.io version with new traps, upgrades, floors, automation, and talent trees.
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Persona 5: The Phantom X Fan Event Crowns Kitazato Kiyoshi Top Character
The fan event used the popularity vote results to greenlight new content, including a short movie and the game's first ASMR, showing how fan engagement directly shapes the game's output.
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Shroud of Gloom Demo Updated With Japanese Support and New Trailer
The demo update and trailer give Japanese players a full look at a horror adventure that pairs classical point-and-click mechanics with survival horror tension and randomized puzzle design.
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Cyberpunk Village ADV Inshu Village 2200 Launches on Steam
The release adds a branching sound novel with multiple endings to Steam's indie lineup, priced at 600 yen with a 20 percent launch discount until August 10.
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Marvel's Wolverine Panel Reveals Jean Grey, Team X, and Japan Setting
The panel confirms Marvel's Wolverine is a full global adventure with a memory-loss premise, introduces Jean Grey as a central figure, and expands the Insomniac universe through Team X and a cross-game collaboration with Arc System Works' MARVEL Tōkon.
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FFXIV Patch 7.56 Adds FFVII Remake Gold Saucer and Keybound Brawler
The patch brings a full FFVII Remake crossover into FFXIV's Gold Saucer, pairing a themed attraction with a new multiplayer typing game that producer Yoshida says could expand to other FF and Dragon Quest themes.
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Furyu Brings ANOMALITH and CRYMELIGHT Demos to Six One Demo Days
The event gives players a limited-time chance to try both Furyu titles, with ANOMALITH's demo incorporating feedback from its June closed test.
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Blue Archive VR Event Returns for Four Days Starting October 30
The announcement, made during the Blue Archive 5.5th anniversary livestream, confirms the standalone VR event will run for four days at TOC Ariake, with ticket lottery details now open.
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FFXIV Dawntrail Evangelion Raid Ghost of Desire Adds Mahiro Maeda
Maeda's involvement signals a deep creative collaboration, bringing an Evangelion director's design sensibility directly into FFXIV's raid content.
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NHK's New Project X Airs Pokemon GO Developer Feature Tonight
The NHK documentary spotlights the developers of Pokemon GO as the game reaches its 10th anniversary, with the program's promotion drawing attention from Pokemon series figure Junichi Masuda.
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Katamari Damacy Sound Team Details 20 Years of Suteki Songs at CEDEC 2026
The session lays out the original 2004 blueprint for Suteki Songs and shows how the current soundtrack still follows that songwriter, singer, and genre formula.
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Deck-Building Birdwatching Game Feather Trace Announced for 2027
Feather Trace turns birdwatching into a non-combat deck-builder, with the encyclopedia doubling as the story key that unlocks the secrets behind the domes.
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Arena Remake Revives 1990s FMV RPG for Switch in Winter 2026
The remake brings a niche 1990s FMV-bundled RPG to modern platforms with a new story that connects to other Dat Japan remakes, expanding a shared worldview.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV Complete Edition Steam Pre-Orders Open
The Complete Edition bundles the base game, Power Up Kit, and all DLC into one package, with new systems that deepen both intelligence warfare and officer development.
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NGS ver.2 Summer Live Broadcast Airs July 24 with Fashion Show and Creative Space Tour
The summer broadcast is the game's annual seasonal program, bundling the fashion show and Creative Space tour with follow-up on the August 22 offline event into one four-hour run.
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Otterly Lost Open-World Otter Adventure Launches September 2026
The demo's availability and the developer's note that Otto's story has touched many people suggest strong early community interest, positioning the game as a notable indie release in the open-world adventure space.
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Pot's On! Release Date Set for July 31
The release date confirms that Pot's On!, with its distinctive MSG System and tag-based synergy mechanics, will be available within a week of the announcement.
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Obakeidoro 2 Nintendo Switch Version Launches Today With Custom Rules Update
The simultaneous launch of the Switch version, a major update, and a DLC pack shows Free Style is treating the Switch release as a full cross-platform push rather than a simple port, with a content roadmap extending into October.
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Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns Launches on Steam August 27
The separate sale of the desktop version and VR DLC makes the core experience accessible without VR hardware, potentially broadening the audience for a series that has been dormant for decades.
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RyzaChat:AI Chat RPG App Sets August 18 Release
The survey explicitly includes an option for users who still feel reluctant to converse with AI characters, showing the developer is courting skepticism as much as enthusiasm ahead of launch.
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Kazuma Kaneko's Tsukuyomi Launches on Steam With Second DLC
The Steam release and simultaneous second DLC expand the game's availability beyond Switch, adding five new Creation Cards for players.
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Emergency Buddies Ambulance Sim Announced for Steam
The game's comedic framing of patient death during transport, shown in the trailer, sets it apart from typical medical simulations and signals a deliberate focus on dark humor over realism.
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