EGG Console Puyo Puyo PC-9801 Lands on Nintendo eShop
The release extends the EGG Console line's reprint catalog to the PC-9801 version of Puyo Puyo, preserving a version-specific display quirk that modern players rarely see.
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Yume Monogatari No Machi Free DLC Manatsu No Yume Monogatari Launches on Steam
A year after launch, the relaxing cleaning and interior game expands with free seasonal content, adding fishing, barbecue events, and four new resident storylines to the core loop.
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Happinet Brings Over 13 Playable Titles to Tokyo Game Show 2026
Happinet's main booth gives attendees hands-on time with Game Freak's new action RPG Beast of Reincarnation and the renewed MELTY BLOOD fighter, both playable in demo form.
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Blood Lily: Cthulhu Mythos Horror Romance ADV Announced for PC
The announcement confirms the Blood Lily series is expanding into a horror-tinged yuri romance with a cult ritual setting, arriving alongside the September 2026 release of Blood Lily: Murderers Should Not Get in the Way of Yuri.
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NTE Producer: Monetization Runs on Player Goodwill, No Pity-Break Gacha
The producer publicly committing to a monetization model without a pity-break gacha, framed as players paying out of love, signals how Hotta Studio intends to sustain its expanding open world beyond the launch window.
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Fate/Grand Order Leads Japan Smartphone Revenue Ranking Again
Fate/Grand Order's continued dominance, driven by its August event and new summons, keeps it at the top of Japan's smartphone revenue chart for another week.
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Crystal of Atlan Teams Up With KOF '98, Mai Shiranui Arrives
The crossover brings a classic fighting game character into the action RPG as an NPC and companion, with event rewards tied to the collaboration.
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Horripilant Console Versions Launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch
The console rollout follows a Steam version that cleared 100,000 copies, giving the hybrid idle-and-puzzle RPG a wider audience across three platforms at once.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 OctoCamo Gets a Fashion Deep Dive as Master Collection Vol.2 Releases
The release of the MGS4 port, a long-requested re-release, gives the series' OctoCamo stealth tech a moment in the spotlight, and 4Gamer.net treats the camouflage patterns as a fashion story.
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Subnautica 2 Director Explains the 'Rule of Thirds' to Avoid 'Sequelitis'
The session reveals how the team discarded radical prototypes, like a fully simulated ecosystem and a multiplayer 'Void Expeditions' mode, to keep the sequel's identity intact while still allowing for evolution.
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Dancing Wings Aerobatic Simulator Demo Lands on Steam
The demo lets players try the game's signature solo-formation system, where flight replays are overlaid to simulate flying in a six-aircraft aerobatic team.
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Rami Ismail Tells Indie Devs to Skip Trends and Build Ugly Prototypes
Ismail's session offers a practical counter to the current investment downturn, telling developers that originality and rapid idea validation, not trend-chasing, are the path to surviving a market where publishers avoid risk.
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Assetto Corsa EVO Update 0.9 Adds Audi R8s, Mazda RX-7, and Special Events
The update pushes the early access build closer to a complete simulation with a new competitive mode and deeper race strategy options.
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Indie Studios Share Tech, Not Everything, at gamescom dev Session
The session offers a practical model for indie studios to share technical knowledge and avoid deadlocks without the cost or burden of outsourcing or co-development.
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Raw Fury's Steam Store Page Advice: Four Elements Decide in Seconds
Raw Fury's focus on the compressed 'More Like This' recommendation slot isolates the four elements that survive even the smallest display context, giving developers a concrete priority list for store page optimization.
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007 First Light Engine Session Reveals Glacier Platform Work at gamescom
The session shows how a proprietary engine built for HITMAN was retooled around Bond's character-driven animation and visual style, and how the team prepared for the Nintendo Switch 2 version.
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Skyrim Modder Tests Pre-Release DLSS 5, Showing Realistic Faces
This early test gives a concrete glimpse of how DLSS 5 will change game visuals, while the modder's involvement points to a future where such AI rendering is not limited to officially supported titles.
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Atelier Resleriana Smartphone Game Ends Service in Japan on November 25
The Japanese version of the smartphone game is shutting down, following the English version's closure, while the offline single-player Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian remains available on consoles and PC.
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gamescom Session Weighs Age Assurance That Fails and In-Game Grooming
The session frames child safety as a matter of ongoing behavior detection and human review, not a one-time gate, because children routinely bypass age verification by using borrowed accounts.
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EVE Online Executive Producer Details How CCP Rebuilt Trust After Stagnation
The talk is nearly the first time Fenris Creations, the renamed CCP Games, has discussed its internal affairs publicly, offering a rare look at how the studio diagnosed and addressed a period of paralysis.
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Omurice Management Roguelite Fuwa! Fuwa! Opens Steam Page
The game folds external economic events into a cozy restaurant management loop, forcing players to react to global conditions rather than just balance a ledger.
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Once Human Launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
The console release brings the PC and mobile survival hit to a wider audience with cross-play and cross-progression, while the October Forbidden Island update expands the game on all platforms at once.
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itch.io Showcase Opens Submissions for Q4 2026 Event
The showcase gives indie developers a free, open stage to present their games on itch.io, with selection prioritizing trailers and exclusive footage shown for the first time.
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Shadow-Shifting Puzzle Game THANKS, LIGHT. Sets October 15 Release on PC and PS5
An award-winning indie puzzle title moves to a full retail release on consoles and PC, bringing its shadow-mass mechanic to a broader audience after a Steam demo.
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