Knights of Fiona Open Beta Runs Three Sessions From August 14
The open beta gives players a free, crossplay-enabled look at Knights of Fiona across Meta Quest and Steam VR before its full release, with feedback steering final adjustments.
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RTA in Japan Winter 2026 Set for December 25 to 31 at Bellesalle Iidabashi First
The winter event returns to the same venue as last year, continuing its seven-day format and charity fundraising for Médecins Sans Frontières.
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Casual Puzzle Game WOODO Launches September 17 in Japan With Full Japanese Voice Support
The September launch locks in full Japanese voice support for a quiet wooden puzzle game, a localization commitment that goes beyond subtitles.
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Rideshare Stimulator Store Page Adds AI Content Disclosure as Writer Dispute Continues
The store page update directly addresses the Valve policy concern raised by media, but the publisher and the former writer remain in open conflict over the reasons for her removal.
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Infinite Backrooms Launches in Steam Early Access With Seamless Procedural Map
The game's chunk-based, seamless infinite map distinguishes it from the many other Backrooms titles on Steam, and its Early Access launch has already drawn 20,000 wishlist registrations.
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Swords & Slippers Doubles Wishlists to 200,000 in Five Days
The game doubled its wishlist count in five days, a pace that follows the studio's pattern of releasing risqué heroine images at each milestone to keep attention on the title.
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Capcom Details Monster Hunter Stories 3 NPC Battle AI at CEDEC 2026
The presentation shows a practical fusion of machine learning with conventional AI that keeps characters expressive while remaining adjustable by planners, a common pain point in RPG development.
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WARDOGS Wishlist Count Passes 1 Million After '10 Reasons Not to Buy' Video
The self-deprecating '10 Reasons Not to Buy' video appears to have driven a surge of 200,000 wishlists in a few days, pushing the total past 1 million ahead of the September 10 Early Access launch.
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NEO BERLIN 2087 Detective Thriller Set for 2028 Release
The partnership and 2028 window confirm that Elysium Game Studio's cyberpunk detective project is moving toward release, with a playable preview planned for select media at gamescom 2026.
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Rogue Eclipse, a Star Fox and Armored Core Influenced Roguelike, Launches on Steam
The release pairs a roguelike structure with the flight combat of Star Fox and the customization depth of Armored Core, a combination that sets the game apart in the space action genre on Steam.
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Nyarura's Imouto, Tasha, Paranoia Hits Steam
The release brings Nyarura's signature 'comfortably unpleasant' writing to Steam, offering a dark, branching story where the protagonist's mind-reading ability leads to murderous outcomes.
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Bethesda Sets Fallout 4 Patch for August 18, Skyrim Update in Work
The announcement confirms Bethesda continues post-launch support for Fallout 4 into 2026, with a Creations-focused patch arriving next week and a Skyrim update in active development.
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Trick x Trick Mystery Death Game ADV Launches on Steam
The release brings a solo-developed death game mystery with a Danganronpa and Ace Attorney pedigree to Steam, backed by a cast chosen from roughly 3,000 anonymous audition applications.
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Tanken ∞ Rogue-like Uses Emoji and Kanji for Its Hero
The game applies the developer's infinite music engine to a text-based rogue-like, using emoji and kanji to solve the staticness of text-based games.
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Kairosoft Steam Bundle Nears Catalog Completion With Final Two Bundles
The final bundles would mark the completion of Kairosoft's Steam catalog, leaving no pure Kairosoft games outside the bundle lineup.
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CICADAMATA" FPS Action Game Launches August 22 on Steam
The release date trailer emphasizes the automaton's sensual gun-handling motions, a stylistic quirk that stands out in the store page description and character design.
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Luminary Hotfix Lands Three Days After Early Access Launch
The developer's stated plan to repeat the demo's review-score climb through steady patches is the core strategy for Luminary's Early Access period.
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Sword Forging Simulator Katana Kaji Opens Steam Page
The Steam page details an 11-stage sword-making process that treats each step as a core mechanic, signaling a niche simulation that prioritizes fidelity over arcade-style play.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Update 2.0 Details Revealed Ahead of Cost of Hope DLC
The update pairs the story DLC with a broad set of gameplay and visual changes, including a new engine version and custom difficulty rules, which could reshape how players experience the Zone.
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Shibuya Scramble Stories Reveals Aren Ando and Kaiji Kayama Illustrations
The reveal confirms two playable protagonists and their returning actors, while the September crowdfunding Part 2 signals continued development-participatory funding for the project.
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Mistfall Hunter Surpasses 1.5 Million Players
The player count milestone, reached within two weeks of launch, comes alongside the studio's detailed plans for anti-cheat enforcement and balance adjustments, signaling a focus on long-term sustainability for the extraction RPG.
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Dragon Sword: Awakening Adds Story and Bosses in Late 2027
The roadmap clarifies that the open-world ARPG's next major content drop is over a year away, with Hound13 planning interim endgame additions to cover the gap.
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Mortal Shell II Beta Passes One Million Downloads Ahead of August 20 Launch
The beta's one million downloads, announced less than a week before launch, gives the soulslike sequel a measurable pre-release audience across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
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Magical Girl Emergency Surgery Horror SLG Launches October 27
The game asks players to make triage decisions with limited beds and stamina, where kindness alone cannot save everyone, framing the horror SLG around moral judgment rather than pure medical simulation.
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