Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden have released Vixen 357 on Steam. The port carries over the Mega Drive original Masaya put out in 1992: 16 grid maps, turn-based combat, free pairing of pilots with units, and permadeath, where destroyed pilots and units do not come back. The Steam version adds a gallery of original illustrations and posters, plus rewind, speed-up, save anywhere, screen filters, and cheats. It is 20 percent off until November 7.
Bethesda Game Studios creative director Jonathan Rush says Fallout 76's C.A.M.P. system will move toward more freeform building, and that new raids are among the planned initiatives. Speaking around Fallout Day and a collaboration cafe in Omotesando, Tokyo, Rush said the team's past updates favored builders and adventurers while social, interaction-focused players have been underserved. He also said a large-scale Fallout 30th anniversary event is planned for Washington, D.C. in 2027.
Shoeisha will publish ILLUSTRATION 2027 on Thursday, November 26, a 320-page B5 yearbook priced at 3300 yen. Peach Momoko, a Japanese artist known for Marvel Comics cover art, drew the cover. The book features 150 creators, all replaced from ILLUSTRATION 2026, and closes with interviews with manga artist Kamome Shirahama and concept artist gehn, plus a dialogue between Momoko and art director Tomoyuki Arima.
Hideo Kojima confirmed on Monday that he performed in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, reprising Hideyoshi Oshima, the braindance producer he played in Cyberpunk 2077. Kojima posted photos from his voice recording session. The sequel to Studio Trigger's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners premiered on Netflix on October 20. The first series, based on CD PROJEKT RED's Cyberpunk 2077 game, premiered on Netflix in September 2022.
Cygames announced on October 21 that it will refund accommodation and transportation costs for people who planned to attend the canceled Uma Musume Pretty Derby 7th EVENT WORLD TOUR "THE STAGE" in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles performances were scheduled for October 22 and 23, and the cancellation was announced as of October 20. Receipts and other payment documents will be required, and procedures will be posted on the 7th EVENT special site.
Trident Works and PANORA Inc. will run their November 2026 events together at Akihabara UDX. The CREATORS 7, a networking event for creators and entertainment companies, runs Friday 11/27 and Saturday 11/28. V-Karu biz, a VTuber industry business matching event, runs only on Friday 11/27. CREATORS 7 badge holders get free entry to the V-Karu biz VTuber and Creators Area, a conditional free-entry space.
Sega will run a free launch preview of Football Manager 27 from 3:00 a.m. JST on October 30 to 3:00 a.m. JST on November 4, with save data carrying over to the full release on November 11 for PC and Mac, Football Manager 27 Console for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and Football Manager 27 Mobile for iOS and Android via Netflix. Pre-orders open October 30 at 10% off.
The television anime Haru to Gen: 70-Sai, Hajimete no Kosodate will begin airing on tvk on Monday, January 4, 2027, every Monday at 21:55. A teaser PV is out, and three main cast members are set: Satoshi Shimada as the 70-year-old grandfather Gen, Hiromi Igarashi as his 3-year-old granddaughter Haru, and Mayuko Kazama as Gen's late daughter Sakura. The series adapts Yuka Oshima's manga on KADOKAWA's vertical-scrolling comic service.
Max Factory's PLAMAX line is issuing two 1/72 VF-1J Super Battroid kits from Super Dimension Fortress Macross, one for Maximilian Jenius and one for Milia Fallyna Jenius. Each builds as the Super Valkyrie configuration with propellant tanks and booster-mounted missile pods, or as a standard Battroid. Molded parts run to 9 colors for Max and 8 for Milia, with water-transfer decals and a same-scale pilot figure.
BTO PC maker STORM is running a Golden Sale on gaming PCs, and one listing is the GKB-57X56 at 199,900 yen including tax. The desktop pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 and 8GB of video memory, plus 32GB of DDR4 memory and a 1TB NVMe SSD. It ships with Windows 11 Home preinstalled and an 850W 80 PLUS GOLD power supply in a black case with a clear panel and RGB lighting.
Kotobukiya's Megami Device line is producing a collaboration model that bundles the special color PUNI☆MOFU Xiao with Aoshima Bunka Kyozai's 1/12 scale Honda Z50J Gorilla '78. The Xiao figure wears a wine red and dark gray riding outfit with blue-green hair and new eye colors, and ships with a helmet, three wrist types, and a smiling face and mama face. Release is scheduled for May 2027 at 8,800 yen.
A new teaser for the short-format anime Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~ names its cast and its January 4 premiere. Bin Shimada plays Gen, a divorced 70-year-old man living alone. Hiromi Igarashi plays his granddaughter Haru, and Mayuko Kazama plays Sakura, Gen's only daughter, who died from an illness. The anime airs on tvk at 9:55 p.m. on January 4.
ASUS JAPAN will release two 4K OLED gaming monitors under its Republic of Gamers brand, the ROG Swift OLED PG32UCWM and the ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM, at electronics retailers and online stores nationwide starting October 23. The PG32UCWM is 31.5 inches and priced at 232,920 yen; the PG27UCWM is 26.5 inches at 205,820 yen. Both panels use a tandem RGB OLED design with a True RGB stripe layout and drop the white subpixel found in conventional WOLED panels, which ASUS says widens color gamut volume by up to 27 percent, mainly at high brightness. A dual mode switches between 4K at 240Hz and FHD at 480Hz through hotkey operation. The monitors list 0.03ms GTG response time, DCI-P3 99 percent coverage, Delta E under 2, 10-bit color, and a 1,500,000:1 contrast ratio, with NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro support.
PROOF has announced a 1/7 scale figure of Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, posed soaring with the Dream Wand in hand. The figure costs 39,600 yen including tax and is scheduled for release in July 2027. Preorders open Saturday, October 24, 2026 at hobby shops nationwide and online, with the FAN+Life e-commerce site taking applications from Monday, October 26, 2026.
Ratailaka Games has confirmed the port of Vixen 357 for PC and consoles, with Japanese language support. The robot SRPG was released by Masaya in 1992 for the Mega Drive, set in AD 2396 and following pilot Takuya Murasawa. The port includes a gallery, rewind and turbo, cheats including invincibility, save states, and screen filters. It is scheduled for October 23 on Steam, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
Kalypso Media Japan will release the Japanese version of Tropico 7 on January 28, 2027, the same day as the global version. The dictator state management simulation is coming to PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with the Xbox versions and PC also available through Game Pass from day one. Pre-orders for the PS5 Deluxe Edition physical release and the Nintendo Switch 2 Special Edition physical release opened on October 20. The PS5 physical edition costs 9,780 yen. The Switch 2 physical edition costs 9,780 yen. Digital pre-orders started October 19 at 10 percent off, and the PlayStation Store discount is limited to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Pre-ordering the game grants the World Domination Outfit costume DLC for El Presidente. A playable Japanese demo is out now. Demo saves cannot be carried over to the full version.
EDEN JAPAN Inc. has opened advance visitor registration for EDEN JAPAN EXPO 2027, set for March 29 to 31 at Tokyo Dome City Prism Hall. The BtoB trade show covers sexual wellness, femtech, intimate care, lifestyle healthcare, and AI/VR, and the organizer is recruiting exhibitors. The 2026 edition at Tokyo Ryutsu Center drew 1,032 visitors from 17 countries and regions and featured 59 companies and about 100 brands.
CD PROJEKT RED and animation studio TRIGGER began streaming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 on Netflix on October 20, 2026. The series is set in Night City, the world of the game Cyberpunk 2077, and runs for 10 episodes, released all at once. It is a standalone story with an entirely new cast, told as an ensemble drama built around four characters: Weeck (voiced by Kentaro Tone), a veteran edgerunner once called the King; D (voiced by Koki Uchiyama), a Nomad seeking revenge on the people who destroyed his clan; Roman (voiced by Momoka Terasawa), a boy who films everything with his camera; and Talia (voiced by Akari Kito), a girl devoted to gang culture, violence, and chrome. Kai Igarashi directs. Kazu Ichi Sugano is lead character designer. Masahiko Otsuka and Hugo Award winner Bartosz Sztybor write, with Sztybor also serving as showrunner. The Japanese-dubbed Episode 1 was also streamed free on Twitch at 19:00 on October 20, with no archive kept.
Houshou Marine will withdraw from hololive RECORDS MUSIC STAGE 2027, the January 10, 2027 event, to concentrate on treatment for vocal cord nodules. The hololive production official X account said repeated discussions were held with her, and it was judged difficult for her to perform in top condition. Tsunomaki Watame will appear on DAY2. In a handwritten message, Houshou apologized and said she will recover and get in top shape for the next stage.
The open beta for NightCoop, a fan-made co-op mod for Cyberpunk 2077, starts October 24 at 12:00 a.m. Japan time. Up to eight players share one world tied to the host's save data, each controlling their own V. Quest progress, NPC life and death, and city state follow the host. Players vote on story choices, and the host can turn on PvP at any time. The mod needs the retail game on patch 2.31.
A Game*Spark review of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, streaming on Netflix from October 20, describes an ensemble story built around four characters: cameraman Roman Callacs, washed-up former mercenary Week Kingsley, revenge-driven netrunner D, and corporate daughter Talia Yang. Director Umi Igarashi takes over from the first series, and character designer and chief animation director Ichigo Sugano draws the cast with sharp, flat lines. The review says the sequel trades the first work's glaring neon for burning sun and dry concrete.
Houshou Marine will not appear on DAY2 of hololive RECORDS MUSIC STAGE 2027, the two-day live set for January 9 and 10, 2027 at K Arena Yokohama. Cover Corp. cited treatment for vocal cord nodules as the reason. The announcement says discussions with Houshou Marine led to the conclusion that she could not take the stage in full condition. Tsunomaki Watame takes her place on DAY2, joining Shirakami Fubuki, Kobo Kanaeru and FLOW GLOW. DAY1 stays as announced with AZKi, Sakura Miko, Hakos Baelz and ReGLOSS. Houshou Marine posted a comment on her official X account apologizing for declining and saying she wanted to meet everyone in person, adding that she could not stand on stage in perfect condition. Tsunomaki Watame wrote that she has received the baton. The event is the first real live for hololive RECORDS, the label set up in July 2025, and a selection album, hololive RECORDS HISTORY COLLECTION, is tied to its first anniversary.
DeepSeek released the open model DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on October 17, 2026, positioned as an updated, faster version of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash. On the DeepSWE v1.1 coding agent benchmark it scores above GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Fable 5 while keeping cost low, and it recorded the highest scores on multiple tests. Peak pricing is $0.3 per million input tokens and $1.2 per million output tokens, halved off-peak.
A solo developer known as Suika Tabetabe Usagi made the PICO-8 puzzle adventure PW7A in about three months, working around a day job and childcare. The free itch.io version passed 5,000 browser plays 17 days after its August 24 release, and a Steam version is in production. The developer cites Outer Wilds and TUNIC as influences and says knowledge, not items or abilities, opens the game's paths.
Kotobukiya's V.I. Series 1/72 Crest CR-C75U2 Delta Ver. from ARMORED CORE 3 is back in production and open for preorders on Rakuten Books. The kit is the fourth entry in the line's reprint project and represents the quadruped unit piloted by the Raven Scylla. It packs shoulder chain guns and a weapon-arm machine gun, and its independently poseable legs allow in-game poses. Reference price is 9,900 yen, listed at 8,143 yen with tax.
CD PROJEKT RED co-CEO Michal Nowakowski told the outlet Biznes PAP that the live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film will not be a one-to-one adaptation of the game. He said the studio wants to tell a story set in the Cyberpunk world instead. Paramount Pictures is producing the film, with CD PROJEKT RED also involved. No release timing has been announced.
COVER Corporation announced delayed screenings of "hololive 7th fes. Ridin' on Dream" in Hong Kong and Macau with Emperor Cinemas, following the live event in March 2026. Shows run October 31 to November 1 across Emperor Cinemas Times Square and Lisboeta Macau, with four stages per venue. VIP tickets go on sale October 16, public sale October 17.
Fujimi Model will release 1/700 scale battleship kits of Yamato and Musashi in its Ship NEXT Series, each priced at 5,280 yen including tax. Both are full-hull kits reproduced down to the hull bottom, but the parts are divided at the waterline so each can also be built as a waterline model. Each kit includes a wooden deck sticker and pre-cut detail stickers.
NexuStella, the V-liver production run by live streaming app 17LIVE, will hold "NexuStella FESTIVAL Hoshitansei -2026- To the connected stars and scenery yet unseen." on Sunday, December 27, 2026 at ENSQUARE in Shin-Okubo, Tokyo. The event marks the production's 3rd anniversary on December 1, 2026. Around 20 affiliated V-livers appear, with Bushilive, NexuStella Colorful, V-iii, and Polaris Palette among the performing units.
Netflix released a trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 on October 15. The sequel to the 2022 anime based on Cyberpunk 2077 runs 10 episodes in Night City, and begins streaming October 20. The trailer moves quickly through residents of the city, starting on an emotional note before giving way to laughter and screams. An earlier preview showed the girl Talia meeting the boy Roman.
The roguelike action game Gatcha! Survivor now has a demo on Steam. FB777, a streamer with MSSP, planned and supervises the project; Bestman develops it and Unite publishes it. The full version is planned for release within the year. The demo starts with four characters, and new ones come from a gacha, with the official site stating more than 25 characters in total.
Affluent Inc. is accepting exhibitor applications for "Premium Lifestyle Zone by affluent," a zone inside THE GOLD ONLINE Fest 2027, set for Saturday, February 27, 2027 at Tokyo International Forum. The zone adds a fourth value to the event's aims of protecting, growing, and passing on assets. The previous edition drew more than 60 companies. General admission is free with advance reservation.
Kotaro Uchikoshi, the writer behind the Zero Escape series and AI: The Somnium Files, announced on October 15, 2026, that he established a new company called Crash Keys in March 2025. The studio is named after a fictional organization in Zero Escape and is headquartered in the Miyamasuzaka Building in Shibuya, Tokyo, the same building as Izanagi Games. Uchikoshi is representative director. Crash Keys will pursue original projects using his experience, with game development in planning, direction, and scenario writing, plus video and anime work in composition, original concept, and script. The company is seeking investment partners. Uchikoshi said he had planned to reveal the company in 2027 with a new game he and his team had worked on for about a year and a half, but the game was cancelled, so he announced early. The Crash Keys website lists members including Akira Mine and scriptwriter Muri Sasaki, plus two encrypted biographies and the phrases RHIZOME-9 and a Virtue's Last Reward line.
Sony Interactive Entertainment released Part 1 of the Gran Turismo 7 major update Spec IV on October 15, 2026 at 15:00. The update adds six cars: the Citroen 2CV 6 Charleston '86, Ferrari F355 Berlinetta '94, Honda Civic Si Group A version '87, Honda Step WGN Spada Premium Line '23, MAZDA RX-VISION GT3 EVO '26, and Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo. Sportsland SUGO, a technical circuit in Miyagi Prefecture, joins as a new course, with a total length of 3,586 meters, a maximum elevation difference of 69.83 meters, 13 corners, and a maximum straight of 704.5 meters. The opening movie is renewed. Brand Central adds Vintage for pre-2000 cars, Car Concierge for requesting a specific model, color, and condition after the ending, and Experience for four brands: Xiaomi, Yangwang, Hyundai, and Polestar. The Collector Level cap rises from 70 to 90.
The four-member idol group Zoo from Idolish7 gets a made-to-order ZOZOTOWN lineup starting noon on October 20, 2026, and running to noon on November 20. The goods use newly shot visuals of Isumi Haruka, Inumaru Touma, Natsume Minami, and Mido Torao in original costumes, plus apparel that recreates those costumes, for eight types in total.
Yamaha will release two compact network audio components: the WXA-70A streaming amplifier, which has a Class D amplifier and can drive speakers directly, and the WXC-70A streamer, which adds network functions to an existing amplifier. Both use an ESS SABRE ES9039Q2M DAC, draw on Yamaha's D.O.P.G. circuit concept, and carry YPAO room correction, MusicCast, Roon Ready support, and an eARC HDMI terminal with Dialogue Level Adjustment.
COUNTDOWN JAPAN 26/27 announced its first batch of 97 artists on Wednesday, October 14. Netflix film 'Cho Kaguya-hime!' will appear with sound producer TAKU INOUE as 'TAKU INOUE × Cho Kaguya-hime!' on December 29 at Makuhari Messe. The five-day festival runs December 26, 27, and 29 through 31, spread across 4 stages with 179 acts scheduled.
Sega released a feature explainer video titled Training and Tactical Effectiveness for Football Manager 27, the next entry in the Football Manager series. The training screen has been revamped into the main navigation bar, schedule duplication returns, and load can be checked several weeks ahead. A new Tactical Effectiveness system shows four gauges, and Tactical Complexity frames the trade-off between plug-and-play and long-term systems.
Diecast Master is releasing three Christmas ornaments, each a transparent sphere holding a 1/87 scale painted diecast Caterpillar machine on a bed of cotton that looks like snow. The set covers the CAT 320FL hydraulic excavator, the CAT 950G wheel loader, and the CAT 730 articulated truck. Platz is scheduled to import and sell all three in November 2026 at 3,300 yen each.
KTC Japan announced on October 12, 2026 that the 27-inch gaming monitor M27P6S will launch in November. The Fast IPS panel runs 3840x2160 at 160Hz, or 1920x1080 at 320Hz in dual mode. The unit lists at 81,000 yen including tax, or 72,900 yen with a 10 percent discount coupon, and is already on sale at Amazon.co.jp. Mini LED backlighting with quantum dots drives 2304 local dimming zones, double the 1152 of the previous M27P6. KTC's A.R.T.display anti-reflection technology is new to this model. Ports include DisplayPort 1.4, two HDMI 2.1, and USB Type-C with DisplayPort Alternate Mode and up to 65W Power Delivery. A KVM switch shares one keyboard and mouse across two PCs, and the stand supports tilt, swivel, height adjustment, and pivot.
The Japan e-Motorsport Organization has opened team recruitment for UNIZONE 2027, with applications accepted from October 13 to November 13, 2026, at 18:00. Selection runs in two stages: a document review, with results by November 17, 2026, and a presentation review. The league's 2026 season drew six teams based in Hokkaido, Iwate, Tokyo, Shizuoka, Aichi, and Kumamoto.
F:NEX, the hobby brand run by FuRyu, is taking pre-orders for a 1/7 scale Nachoneko Birthday ver. figure based on an original illustration by Natsuki Amashiro and produced under her supervision. The pre-order window runs to December 4, 2026, at 29,975 yen with tax. Delivery is scheduled for June 2027. Hennyano motifs are tucked into the hairpins, slippers, and a front-facing pocket.
Team17 released Silver Pines, developed by Wych Elm, on October 9 for PC via Steam. The Metroidvania-style survival horror game casts private detective Red Walker in a rural town crawling with fog-covered creatures while he searches for a missing musician. At the time of writing it holds over 900 Steam reviews at 94 percent positive, earning a Very Positive rating, with in-game Japanese text supported.
HD remastered versions of 14 works from Toei Video's OVA label Toei V Anime are streaming on d Anime Store, rolled out from October 10, 2026. The launch batch is Teito Monogatari, Desert Rose: Yuki no Mokushiroku, Elf 17, and HEN. Further batches follow on October 24, November 7, and November 21, including titles never released beyond VHS.
Asmec Corporation has begun handling Vecow's EAC-7000, an Arm-based fanless edge AI computer built on NVIDIA Jetson Thor and aimed at robots and autonomous mobile bodies. The higher-end Jetson T5000 module carries a 14-core Neoverse V3AE CPU and a 2,650-core Blackwell GPU, with AI performance up to 2,070 FP4 TFLOPS. A T4000 configuration reaching 1,200 FP4 TFLOPS is also offered. Five models cover camera input, PoE+, and 10GigE variants.
Nijisanji and Takara Tomy will release the trading card game Nijisanji 7 Colors Card Game on December 26, 2026. The first wave has four pre-constructed starter decks (Tsukino Mito, Kuzuha, Sasaki Saku, Kagami Hayato), nine-card booster packs sold at 440 yen each with a 12-pack box at 5,280 yen, and card sleeves in four types at 1,210 yen each. The basic rule is to collect seven colors to make a rainbow.
Yamaha Corporation announced VOCALOID7 on October 9. The VOCALOID7 Editor is scheduled for release on November 11 at 16,500 yen including tax. Users of VOCALOID3 through VOCALOID6 can buy an upgrade version for 8,580 yen including tax, and from November 11 to December 20 that upgrade costs 5,500 yen including tax. All voicebanks from VOCALOID3 through VOCALOID6 remain usable, and both the standard and upgrade versions include the voicebank asa. Buyers who purchase VOCALOID6 Editor on or after October 9 receive a 5,500 yen coupon for the VOCALOID SHOP. Internet Co., Ltd. will release VOCALOID7 Voicebank AI Megpoid the same day at 16,500 yen including tax, or 13,200 yen when bought with the editor. That voicebank is produced based on the voice of singer and voice actor Megumi Nakajima and is optimized for VOCALOID7's AI technology.
BenQ exhibited its MOBIUZ gaming monitor brand at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held from September 17, under a museum concept split into four themed areas. The first area let visitors compare the standard sRGB setting against the Fantasy mode on identical monitors using AION2 demo footage. A second area introduced Game Art Color HDR, a new BenQ feature with Clear, Balanced and Rich settings. The third area ran playable demos and video of Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember and Pragmata, each set to a BenQ-recommended color mode. The fourth area showed new WQHD monitors: the EX271QZ at up to 500Hz, the EX271QMZ at 240Hz, the IPS EX271QM at 320Hz and the entry-class EX271QP at 260Hz. The EX321UZ and EX271UZ, both 4K quantum dot OLED at 240Hz, appeared in the first two areas.
Paramount Pictures is developing a feature-length live-action film set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077, the open-world RPG from Polish studio CD Projekt Red. The report originated as a Deadline exclusive. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, whose producing credits include the Transformers film series and The Matrix during his time at Warner Bros. Pictures, will produce alongside CD Projekt Red, the game's developer. CD Projekt Red co-CEO Michal Nowakowski responded to the report on his X account, saying the company has great expectations for Paramount as a future partner that shares its creative ambitions, and that details will be shared at the appropriate time. No director, screenwriter, cast, or release timing has been announced. Cyberpunk 2077 released in 2020 and has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, while the 2023 expansion Phantom Liberty has sold 15 million.
Dospara is selling two GALLERIA gaming desktops tied to Thirdwave's three wins at AMD PARTNER ADVANCE 2026 JAPAN: Outstanding Growth Partner Award, Ryzen Channel Champion of the Year, and Radeon Channel Champion of the Year. The GALLERIA FDR7A-R57-W pairs a Ryzen 7 7800X3D with a GeForce RTX 5070 12GB, 32GB DDR5 memory, a 2TB Gen4 SSD, and a 360mm MSI liquid cooler. Base price is 399,980 yen.