Games

gamesannouncement 1 sources · Sep 1

Warota, Ore no Ie no Tonari Maou-jou www Opens Steam Open Beta Test

The open beta opens the game to unlimited players in three languages, letting One or Eight gather feedback on the hat-based job system and the demon king live-show raid loop before the game reaches Steam, Switch 2, and PS5.

4Gamer.net
gamesannouncement 2 sources · Sep 1

Puyo Puyo Quest Launches SPY×FAMILY Collab Event

Sega is running the collab across two X-based giveaways, a character present campaign and a voice actor autograph campaign, alongside the in-game events, spreading the promotion beyond the game itself.

4Gamer.net, Nijimen
games 1 sources · Sep 1

BEYBLADE X Team on the X Dash and Surpassing Burst

The interview lays out the design logic behind the X Dash and the team's aim to turn BEYBLADE into a competitive sport, backed by first-year domestic sales that tripled the prior generation.

Anime News Network
gamesrelease 2 sources · Sep 1

Crimson Desert Browser Demo Now Playable Free on Twitch

The no-install demo arrives right after a free update that added Japanese voice support and main story improvements, giving players a low-friction way to try the Enhanced version without buying it.

Game Spark, GameBusiness.jp
gamesannouncement 2 sources · Sep 1

Matsuken Samba II VRChat Costume and Dance Motion Launch September 9

The release turns a real-world celebrity stage act into purchasable VRChat digital fashion, with the in-world event running concurrently with the sale and the dance gimmick explicitly built for desktop users.

Denfaminicogamer, PANORA
games 3 sources · Sep 1

Bit Reactor Furloughed 80% of Staff Before Star Wars Zero Company Launch

The studio's financial distress is notable because it follows a $50 million funding contract with EA from 2021 and a launch that drew more than 77,000 concurrent Steam players, with the co-founders' ownership dispute still headed to trial in early 2027.

Automaton, Game Spark
gamesevent 2 sources · Sep 1

CEDEC2026 Session Explains the Theory Behind Convincing Fighting Game Action

The session gives fighting game designers a concrete vocabulary, phase fusion, kinetic chain, and energy escape, for making over-the-top moves read as convincing rather than weightless, and it grounds that vocabulary in live Chinese martial arts demonstration rather than abstract theory.

GameBusiness.jp, Game Spark
gamesrelease 2 sources · Sep 1

Living on Plain Pasta Gets September 10 Steam Release

The Steam store page discloses that AI was used in parts of graphics, music, and scenario production, a detail Game Spark flagged that the other coverage did not mention.

Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
gamesrelease 2 sources · Sep 1

Metal Gear Solid 4 Master Collection Hits Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam

The first port of a game locked to the PS3 for 18 years is being welcomed on Steam, while Peace Walker, the other major title in the same Master Collection Vol.2, is drawing Mixed reviews over keyboard and mouse issues and missing Japanese audio for overseas buyers.

Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
games 2 sources · Sep 1

Bodycam Wishlists Pass 3 Million Ahead of September 2 Update

The wishlist count continued to grow during production of the commemorative video, reaching 3,111,000 at announcement, a sign that demand is still rising ahead of the September 2 update.

Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark