Swords & Slippers Hits 100,000 Steam Wishlists in Four Days
The wishlist milestone, reached within 100 hours of the store page opening, shows strong early demand for the stylish action roguelite before its Steam release.
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RED STONE Gold Server Opens for Summer With 36,026x Experience Boost
The Gold Server's stacked multipliers and early access to Phase Stone make this year's summer event the fastest leveling setup the 21-year-old MMORPG has offered, letting returning players reach endgame content in days rather than months.
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Gears of War: E-Day Limited Edition Xbox Controller Launches September 30
The controller's design directly ties into the upcoming Gears of War: E-Day, which launches October 6, giving fans a themed peripheral ahead of the game's release.
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Ignite the Depths Wishlists Top 100,000, First Playtest Set for September
The wishlist surge, driven by a focused visual style, aggressive social media use, and a heavily invested trailer, shows a small three-person team can generate significant early demand for a co-op dungeon crawler.
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PengPong, a Vampire Survivors-Style Hockey Game, Sets Steam Release for August 20
PengPong shifts the auto-attack formula of Vampire Survivors into a manual, skill-based hockey format where players must hit the puck themselves, and the studio is preparing a collaboration bundle with BALL x PIT.
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Kenshi Gets Real-Life Sake in Ceramic Bottle and Wooden Box
The collaboration marks the first Japan-exclusive product for Kenshi and the first tie-up between Lo-Fi Games and a Japanese company, extending the game's brand into physical merchandise.
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Panzer Knights: Commander Edition Rolls Out on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
The console release brings the full PC package, including all DLC tanks, to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S players at a set price.
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Creator Chronicle Puts a Game Developer Inside His Own MMO
The game's Conqueror difficulty makes guild members permanent losses when they die or quit, turning the simulation into a management test where hired adventurers behave like real players.
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Oblivion Remastered Runs Well on Switch 2, Comparison Shows
The Switch 2 version holds its own against other platforms, making it a viable portable option for the remaster.
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Ratocalypse Lets Players Program Battle Conditions for a Zombie Rat Kingdom
Ratocalypse shifts Cassel Games from direct control to pre-programmed tactics, letting players design each character's behavior and then watch the battle unfold.
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Surveillance Thriller The Watcher Announced for PC
The Watcher puts the player in a surveillance role where reporting or ignoring anomalies changes residents' fates, while the protagonist's own life is also at risk, making trust the central mechanic.
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Witch's Lounge Rhythm Game Redesigns Around Keyboard Input
The game's development shows a doujin team repeatedly discarding systems that felt unplayable or derivative, ending on a keyboard-only design that players reportedly recognize as distinct from Groove Coaster.
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Banjiha Games Reveals Word-Search Mystery ADV The Ninth Record
The game's search-based document restoration system, built by a former prosecutor's office employee, shifts mystery ADV gameplay from choosing options to actively guessing keywords, and the studio is positioning Japan as a primary market.
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BIC 2026 Panel: What Makes a Game an IP, and Why SANABI 2 Waits
The panel reframes IP as a receiver-granted concept, not a developer goal, and explains Wonder Potion's deliberate detour into a new game before SANABI 2.
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Creature Lab 2 Announced, Steam Release Set for Q2 2027
The sequel expands the original's corpse-processing loop into a global dispatch system, with monsters gathering resources and defending the lab, aiming for a 2027 Steam release.
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Busan Team OddBallGames Shows Mask-Shifting Puzzle Game Worn By The Forgotten
The chapter-based release plan and the team's decision to rebuild the game after a year of development suggest OddBallGames is testing reception of the revised version before committing to a full rollout.
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Orbitals Creator's Voice Video Details 80s Anime Style
The video positions Orbitals as a deliberate homage to 80s and 90s Japanese anime, with a veteran hand-drawn animator shaping the character performance.
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VanySlash Launches on Steam With Butt-Focused Melee Witch Action
VanySlash stands out in the Steam action RPG space by centering its combat and customization on a melee witch whose design and gear emphasize the rear, a niche focus the developer openly prioritized.
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Sengoku Horror Game 'Susuki Kaidan' Opens Steam Store Page
The Steam page opening puts Odyssey Cocktail's Sengoku-era ghost story in front of PC players, with the survival horror title now scheduled for release on the platform.
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Stray Switch 2 Physical Edition Dated for November 12
The physical release gives Switch 2 owners a retail option for the acclaimed cyberpunk cat adventure, adding package sales to the existing download version.
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Stonewards Early Access Earns Very Positive on Steam
Stonewards is off to a strong start in early access, carrying momentum from a well-received demo and high wishlist numbers into a Very Positive review status.
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Red Experience Turns the Death Game Whodunit Into a Whodunit About Cake
The demo reframes the death game genre by replacing murder with a cake theft, and the full game will weave multiple cases into one branching narrative with 60 routes.
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BIC 2026 Opens in Busan With Record 856 Submissions
The record submission count and expanded conference lineup signal BIC's growing pull as a global indie showcase, with Japan represented among the top award finalists.
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Pot-Breaking Clicker RPG Greedy Greedy Gnomes Launches on PC and Android
The release turns the familiar RPG pot-breaking action into a full idle management loop, where clicking gives way to automated gnome labor and town-building investment.
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