Weekly Treasure Hunt: War Thunder in 1998, Boltgun 2 Dated
This weekly column aggregates under-the-radar releases and updates, offering a curated snapshot of core and niche gaming news that mainstream outlets often miss.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Shows Off Kill Block and Inflation Modes
The beta preview shows Infinity Ward pushing beyond standard multiplayer by adding modes that force adaptability, with Kill Block changing the battlefield and Inflation keeping comebacks alive until the final moment.
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Canvas City Demo Puts Street Culture at the Center of a Grid SRPG
The demo tries to make movement and street art the core combat loop, a real departure from the usual tactical RPG formula, even if the current build still settles into familiar clumping.
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WORLD END ECONOMiCA: Spice and Wolf Author's SF Finance Visual Novel Gets Steam Spotlight
Automaton's feature frames the stock market as an adventure stage where price swings test characters' humanity, turning what could be a dry finance lesson into a personal youth drama driven by a single dream.
Automaton
Three Games Not Yet Released in Japan: Xingtu Tiancheng, Honor of Kings Chess, Bringa
The roundup tracks the mobile battleground beyond Japan, where live-service titles like 'Ananta' and 'NODUS FALL' dominate, and these three aim to carve distinct niches.
Inside
ZEFT R65YC Review: Noctua-Packed Quiet PC Hits 30dB Range in Forza Horizon 6
The review shows the 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti combo can handle max-settings gaming quietly, though single-channel memory holds back multi-threaded CPU performance.
ASCII.jp
Dragon Ball: Gekishin Squadra Shifts to Third-Person View in Year-End Renewal
The renewal directly answers feedback about the complex Gekishin Rule and role performance issues, trading depth for the flashy battles associated with the Dragon Ball property.
Automaton
Game Spark's Indie Picks Feature Backrooms TPS, Sheepdog Adventure, Screw Sorting Sim
The roundup shows indie variety, from co-op horror-adjacent roguelikes to calm organizing sims, with specific release dates and platforms for each.
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Terranigma Remaster Confirmed as Enhanced Version, Bloody Mary Adjusted
A 1995 SNES classic that never received a port until now gets an official licensed remaster with quality-of-life changes and a rebalanced notoriously hard boss, per the developer's first detailed comments.
Automaton
Three JN-VC236F Curved Displays Make a 5760x1080 Setup for 38,940 Yen
The piece argues that a three-display setup at this price undercuts the cost of a single high-end monitor while delivering a wider, more immersive field of view for current racing and flight sims.
ASCII.jp
NTE Beach Volleyball Turns Serious, Then Turns Heavy Machinery
The minigame's depth and the player-driven discovery of heavy machinery tactics show NTE's casual content can carry real mechanical complexity when players push past the surface.
Automaton
Free 'Fire Emblem'-Like SRPG 'Euresia Hero Chronicles' Gets Solo Dev Interview Digest
The digest highlights how a solo creator, constrained from monetizing side projects, still shipped a full SRPG for free as a way to show what they can make.
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Gallop Diva Steam Demo Puts 3D Races at a Girls' Equestrian Academy
The Steam demo signals Gamemiracle, a smartphone horse-racing game maker, bringing its data-driven racing approach to a PC adventure title with a dark academy setting.
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Game Spark Weekly Spalan: Steam Sale, PS3/PS Vita Store Closure
This week's most-read stories highlight a surge of interest in securing legacy PlayStation titles before the PS3/PS Vita store shutdown and the continued popularity of indie zombie survival games on Steam.
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This Week's New Game Releases Include Onimusha: Way of the Sword
The week's top releases pair a return to Capcom's classic Onimusha series with Rebel Wolves' debut vampire RPG, giving players two distinct takes on supernatural action in the same window.
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HoYoverse Unveils Nodus Fall, a Dark Fantasy Co-op Action Game
HoYoverse, known for anime-style games like Genshin Impact and Zenless Zone Zero, is pivoting to a realistic art style with Nodus Fall, a multiplayer hunting action game that mixes Monster Hunter mechanics with soulslike elements and a constant stream of dynamic events.
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Needle In A Haystack Simulator Steam Page Goes Live With 8-Player Co-Op
The creator's confirmation that online co-op for 8 players is supported addresses the most-requested feature from users and shifts the grueling solo search into a group activity.
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Fun2 Studio Brings XR Rhythm Fitness Game Puffit GO! to Startsphere Taipei 2026
The exhibition targets overseas companies, media, and partners including Japan, ahead of the game's scheduled appearance at Tokyo Game Show 2026 in September.
PANORA
Love Live! Series x Monster Strike Part 2 Adds A-RISE and Saint Snow
The collaboration expands beyond the main groups to include rival units A-RISE and Saint Snow, deepening the crossover's roster for fans of the earlier series.
Anime Anime
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Collab Hits Puzzle & Dragons
The collaboration brings the anime's final arc characters, including Yhwach and Sternritter "A" Uryu Ishida, into the game for the first time in this renewal, alongside a reskin drop and chibi avatars.
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Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Interview Details Relic-Based Hack-and-Slash DLC
The DLC shifts progression from leveling to relic-based builds, a deliberate response to fan requests for more combat in the existing world, and it keeps the open-world adventure structure instead of instanced dungeons.
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Konami Credits eFootball's Growth to More Than the World Cup Tailwind
Konami's record quarter rests on a free-to-play foundation that was already in place to catch the World Cup tailwind, not on tournament excitement alone.
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GTA6 30fps Target Backed by Digital Foundry as Unique Technical Achievement
Digital Foundry's analysis backs Rockstar's 30fps decision, arguing that a 60fps target would have compromised the game's scale and detail.
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Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Master Collection Patch Delayed, Workarounds Issued
KONAMI acknowledged the problems quickly and provided concrete workarounds for both platforms, but the patch delivery is still unscheduled, leaving players with interim fixes.
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