Roman Sands RE:Build Finally Ships September 17, Ending Release Limbo
A game once described as stuck in eternal release limbo is finally shipping, and the preview confirms its two-reality absurdist structure is intact.
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Delta Force Adds Japanese Voices for All 17 Operators as Season Reorientation Opens
The full Japanese voice cast and anniversary season arrive as Team Jade pushes Delta Force into the Japanese market, with one Japan slot in the Stockholm invitational and an offline Tokyo event in October.
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Open-World SRPG Veterum Leaves Early Access With Full Release
The full release closes nine and a half months of early access with a reworked town and mission system, an 11-language localization, and the final chapter of Sir Edward's story, all carrying a 15 percent launch discount through September 15.
Game Spark
Tianji: Shadow of the Ancients Modernizes Turn-Based Combat With Action Systems
Tsai Ming-Hung's first independent project reworks the classic turn-based RPG by layering action-game mechanics onto the command system, keeping the player active between turns.
Automaton
Chiikawa Pocket Downloads Jump Sixfold on Movie Release Day
The movie release produced a measurable and sustained spike in Chiikawa Pocket downloads, evidence of the franchise's cross-media pull in Japan's summer of 2026.
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Street Fighter 6 Adds Arjun to Year 4 Roster on October 13
Arjun is built around stacking recoverable damage, a pressure style that punishes blocking and forces opponents to take risks.
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Ace Attorney Steam Sale Puts Six-Game Collection at Half Price
The Complete Pack bundles all four titles at 1,794 yen below the separate price, making the full series the cheapest single purchase in the sale.
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Co-Op Horror Game Invokyr Launches Early Access October 8
The demo's success, reflected in its 94% positive user reviews, suggests the full early access release will need to maintain the unpredictable multiplayer chaos that has drawn praise, rather than simply adding more content.
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PRAGMATA Gets First Steam Sale in Capcom TGS Sale
PRAGMATA's first discount lands during the CAPCOM TGS SALE, giving a new IP that survived repeated delays and holds an Overwhelmingly Positive Steam rating its first chance to reach players who waited for a price cut.
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Okko The Exiled Lands September 30 on PC with Consoles in Early 2027
The September 30 launch lands a three-person team's 2D action game after a year of demo-driven tuning, with console ports following in early 2027.
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Sukeban Games Brings .45 Parabellum Bloodhound Demo to TGS 2026
Sukeban Games, known for the bartender sim VA-11 Hall-A, is bringing a shooter to TGS, giving players hands-on time with its new Active Time Action combat before the fall Steam release.
Denfaminicogamer
Biohazard Steam Sale Cuts RE:4 to 997 Yen at Deepest Discount Yet
RE:4 and Revelations 2 hit their deepest discount ever in this sale, and nearly the whole series now sits under 1000 yen, making this the cheapest point to enter the franchise.
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Steam Anime Game Festival 2026 Opens with over 600 Anime-Style Games
The third edition of the festival gathers more than 600 anime-style games into a week-long sale, pairing discounted titles with demos and a dedicated indie showcase.
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Delta Force Launches Reorientation Season with Rover, Mog Old City, Japanese Voices
The Reorientation season is Delta Force's 2nd anniversary update, and it delivers the Japanese voice implementation announced on September 2 alongside a new operator, a Black Hawk Down-inspired map, and a revamped operations mode.
4Gamer.net
Thief Simulator 3: First Loot Announced as Free Co-Op Prologue
The free prologue confirms the 4-player co-op that was listed among the improvements when the May demo was pulled, and brings Noble Muffins back to the series after CookieDev handled the second game.
Automaton
Azur Lane 9th Anniversary Event MUSI9 FES. Brings a Wide Range of New Goods and Collabs
The talk stage slate shows Yostar spreading the 9th anniversary across goods, audio, food, and regional collabs, while in-game content was published in a separate report.
4Gamer.net
Tiny Eden Brings Cat and Rooftop Gardening to Steam
The game's design is built around limited indoor space, which the developers say makes placement and choices more important than in a typical farm simulator.
Denfaminicogamer
Taiwan FF 47 Cosplay Roundup Spotlights NIKKE and Wuthering Waves Characters
The roundup captures Taiwan FF 47 as a cross-Asian cosplay gathering where NIKKE and Wuthering Waves characters dominated the featured set despite three days of rain.
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Tsujimoto Reveals His Monster Hunter Now Weapon Is Not the Hammer
The second carnival moves to Osaka and expands into the Midosuji street festival, while producer Tsujimoto's reveal that he plays Sword and Shield, not Hammer, gives the event a memorable hook.
GameBusiness.jp
MD Engine Brings No-Code Mega Drive Development to Steam
The tool drops the programming barrier for retro homebrew, letting non-coders design Mega Drive games that run on original hardware.
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Proximity Voice Chat's History Runs from Xbox Live to R.E.P.O.
The feature argues that proximity voice chat, a mechanic simple enough to explain in one sentence, has a lineage reaching back to the first days of Xbox Live, and that current co-op games build entire experiences on the spatial information it creates.
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Kodansha Creators Lab's Looter-Strategy Game MissMon Launches on Steam
This is a solo-developed release from a single creator under the Kodansha Creators Lab label, and its launch discount and bundle with Mach Habanero's previous game suggest a push to build a player base for a niche genre on Steam.
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Forastero Announced as Western Beat 'em Up with GOD HAND Echoes
The developer has not confirmed a link to Capcom's GOD HAND, but has responded positively to the comparison and mentioned Shinji Mikami on X, making the connection the story's center of gravity.
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Japan Game Rankings: Rhythm Heaven Groove Holds Top Spot for a Fourth Week
Rhythm Heaven Groove's four-week run at the top and the debut of ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition at #2 show a strong late-summer release slate holding steady in Japan.
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