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Oren Koren released Major Update 1 for the tank-focused roguelite Don't Lose Aggro on September 15, 2026. Parties now support three members, and the Summoner NPC from an earlier playtest is now an official companion, joining the existing Healer and Ranger. Three shields were added: the wide-range Martyr, the evasion shield Shredder, and the healing Absolver. The update also includes UI and UX improvements and bug fixes.
On September 15, Sega launched SEGAWAY, an owned media site built around its corporate mission "Empower the Gamers." Two articles published at launch cover a July 2026 NVIDIA and Sega joint gamer event in Akihabara and a report on Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026. Sega also renewed SEGA TECH BLOG.
Dream Craft Studios will exhibit the open-world survival crafting game Terra Taker at Tokyo Game Show 2026, with a Japanese-language playable demo shown for the first time. The build is a TGS-oriented version upgraded since the Steam store page went live in February 2026. The booth sits inside the KOREA PAVILION in Hall 3, with limited acrylic keychains and tote bags for visitors who try the demo.
OpenAI runs an internal project called Project Lily in which several hundred contract staff read real conversations between users and ChatGPT and evaluate response quality. Usernames are hidden and a Privacy Filter replaces names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers with labels, but the filter cannot remove everything. OpenAI says it may miss uncommon identifying information or details whose meaning depends on context. ChatGPT for individuals uses conversations for model improvement by default.
Kotobukiya's 1/8 scale figure of Steins;Gate heroine Kurisu Makise is back for preorder at Rakuten Books. The painted complete figure, listed at 11,000 yen with a Rakuten sale price of 10,171 yen, is based on the illustration from the Xbox 360 version's limited quantity package. Kurisu sits on a base of interlocking gears, and the sculpt reproduces her loosely worn jacket and necktie, boots, and broken cell phone. It is a re-production item with a price change from the initial run.
Capcom began offering Mega Man X Command Mission through the Classics Catalog for PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers on September 15, with the game available on PS5 and PS4. Individual sales started the same day for 1,000 yen, so users without a subscription can buy it. The 2004 PS2 and GameCube turn-based RPG was announced for the catalog during the September 3 State of Play broadcast.
The development team NERDY PENGUIN opened the Steam store page for CHIBBY: PROJECT PET on September 15, 2026, with a planned release window of summer 2027 and Japanese display and subtitle support. The game is a raising-and-observation horror title in which the player works a part-time pet care job, feeding and examining an animal, then treating abnormalities by selecting medicine that matches the symptom. The stated goal is to collect 80 rainbow-colored poops within 13 days. A wrong medicine adds abnormalities that build up, and a pet whose transformation advances attacks the player, while the poop quota continues regardless. Multiple endings are planned, with repeated playthroughs aimed at different conclusions. The opening section is scheduled for display at Tokyo Game Show 2026 in Hall 9 at booth 09-C67, where roughly 10 minutes is playable.
SAMANSA will theatrically release 'Tai to Ame to Yukionna,' an omnibus film of three shorts made through TRIPLEX, the production support program it runs with Shimokita-Ekimae-Cinema 'K2' and MotionGallery. The works are Shiomi Hasegawa's 'Tai no Ara,' Ryu Suzuki's 'Hakui,' and Takayuki Fukada's 'Kogoeru Hodo Chikaku.' It opens Friday, November 13, 2026 at K2 in Shimokitazawa and Theater Emu in Shinsaibashi.
Sensor Tower released first-month data on September 15 for hololive Dreams, the music and rhythm game QualiArts launched on July 23, 2026, for iOS and Android. Japan took more than 70 percent of both downloads and revenue from July 23 to August 22, with South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong ranking high. The iPhone version hit first place in Japan on July 25, 26, and August 1, and first in Hong Kong on July 28, August 7, 8, and 17.
Good Smile Company has opened pre-orders for the G.S.Collection Vell 1/7 scale figure, based on an original character by illustrator Trida Mono. The figure costs 29,800 yen including tax and pre-orders run until October 28, with shipping scheduled for November 2027. A character fine mat in 2L size, using the original illustration, is offered as a Good Smile Company official shop bonus.
Max Factory plans to reissue two entries in its PLAMAX Naked Angel line in February 2027. The Yuria Satomi kit returns as the 19th entry, and the Ushijima Iiniku kit returns as the 10th. Both are 1/20 scale assembly plastic models, about 80mm tall, priced at 3,080 yen each with tax included, released by Max Factory and sold by Good Smile Company. Each is a two-figure set: Yuria Satomi comes with a sitting pose looking back and a standing pose in a tight tube top, while Ushijima Iiniku comes with a sitting pose holding a smartphone and a standing pose in underwear. Adhesive is required to assemble both kits, and the photos shown are painted finished samples. The line builds figures by capturing a subject's body with 3D scanning and turning it into a plastic model. The nude versions do not explicitly depict genitalia.
Siremo Inc. released Flare for iOS and Android on September 14, 2026. The camera has no preview and no retakes, and photos taken by a user and their invited friends open together at 12:00 the next day. Siremo says advance testing found users were freed from SNS fatigue and shared more small daily moments with partners and friends.
Konami Digital Entertainment will run a merchandise booth, KONAMI STYLE TGS STORE, at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which opens September 17 at Makuhari Messe. The article reports this is Konami's first merchandise booth in 12 years. Offered goods cover "SILENT HILL: Townfall," releasing September 24, and "Castlevania: Belmont's Curse," releasing October 15, plus shirts marking the 40th anniversary of the ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA command. Shoppers spending 3,000 yen or more receive an original sticker while supplies last.
Drecom announced on September 15, 2026, during its Wizardry Day event, that the Super Famicom version of Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge will be ported and released in 2027. The port is handled by D4 Enterprise. The Steam wishlist page opened the same day, with price and full platform details to follow. The original SFC release was published by ASCII on September 29, 1995, and the Steam page describes the port as keeping its 1995 atmosphere, with 3D dungeon exploration and turn-based command battles. Drecom also confirmed four soundtrack albums are now streaming worldwide via Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music, distributed by Bandai Namco Music Live. Those albums collect music composed by Kentaro Haneda for earlier Wizardry entries. Merchandise includes signed reproduction art prints of new 45th anniversary art by illustrator Jun Suemi, apparel, a relief-style art board, and an upcoming collaboration with BEAMS MANGART.
Elon Musk's X and SpaceXAI have withdrawn their antitrust lawsuit against Apple, according to a September 14 filing. The companies had argued that Apple lowered the App Store rankings of Grok and X, and sought damages. The filing did not state a reason for the withdrawal or whether a settlement was reached. A separate suit against OpenAI over ChatGPT integration into Apple Intelligence continues.
The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging, a Los Altos camera company founded in 2019, for more than $300 million. Glass Imaging develops GLASS AI, which improves image quality at the time of shooting by learning a target camera's aberrations and noise. Its Neural ISP is used in HONOR's HONOR 600. Co-founders Ziv Attar and Tom Bishop are former Apple engineers who led the team behind iPhone Portrait mode. TechCrunch says OpenAI had not responded to a request for comment.
Snail Shell has opened pre-orders for RPGEX-10 Kunoichi Reppu, a 1/12 scale action figure, at Rakuten Books. The figure ships with three interchangeable face parts (mask, serious, blushing, counting the one on the body), a movable eyeball gimmick adjusted with the included Gaze Change Mini Tool NEO, and removable throat ring, sleeves, and waist wrap. The back sash is cloth with a built-in wire. Reference price is 12,430 yen including tax.
Sen-Ti-Nel opened pre-orders on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 for its SV Action Miles G. Morales figure, a 150mm articulated figure of the Earth-42 Miles from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The figure ships in March 2027 at 16,500 yen and comes with two facial expressions, Prowler mask molded with clear parts for both eyes, hand parts, two effect parts, and a base. The costume reacts to black light sold separately.
WWE Japan announced on September 15 that WWE programming will begin streaming on Netflix from October 1. A promotional image released with the announcement names three shows: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. The announcement says the details of the arrangement will be announced soon, and a follow-up update is promised. The image carries the Netflix logo alongside the WWE mark and points viewers to the Netflix Japan account. Both announcements come from WWE Japan's own account, which posted the same image and the same line about details to come. No information has been given about what form the streaming arrangement takes, which regions it covers, or whether the three named programs will stream live, on demand, or on a delay. WWE is a US-based professional wrestling promotion and sports entertainment company. Further specifics, including any schedule or catalogue detail, are still pending.
Shueisha Games said on September 15, 2026 that Jujutsu Kaisen RUMBLE: SURVIVATON has moved from a 2026 release window to 2027. The stated reason is to deliver the game in a better form. A specific date will be announced later. The survivors battle royale is developed by poncle, the studio behind Vampire Survivors, and is set for Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam, with one to eight players and an online mode for up to eight. A second trailer is out. It shows the Co-op Build system, in which level-ups let a player fold another character's normal techniques into their own attack build, and pixel art for eight bosses, among them Naoya Zenin, Kenjaku, Junpei Yoshino, Jogo, Mahito, Uraume, Eso, and Toji Fushiguro. The same eight bosses appear in the playable demo. Price and rating are undecided.
Bandai Namco Experience revealed details for PERSONA Memoria, an event marking the Persona series' 30th anniversary. It runs at Bandai Namco Cross Store locations in Tokyo from October 9 to December 6, 2026, Osaka Umeda from January 22 to February 23, 2027, and Hakata from March 5 to April 4, 2027. Attractions include Quiz DE Battle Velvet and three mini-games, plus original goods and themed food.
Publisher 2P Games announced on September 14 that Hanamiriro's Alice Nation launches October 15 local time, which is October 16 in Japan. The narrative card game is coming to PC via Steam, supports Japanese display and subtitles, and is priced at $7.99 with a 10 percent discount for 14 days from release. A demo is available now.
Overlap Inc. revealed the cover designs on September 15 for Pocket Monsters Visual Art Book, an art collection marking the Pokemon series' 30th anniversary. The three volumes release December 18. The set spans Pocket Monsters Red and Green (1996) to Pokemon LEGENDS Z-A M Dimension Rush (2025), gathering pixel art, 3DCG, illustrations, promotional art, and design documents, including unpublished material. Each volume runs roughly 500 pages, about 1,500 total, at 5,500 yen per volume.
Osaka Prefecture and the Osaka Industrial Promotion Organization will hold the Reborn Next Showcase at MOBIO from September 1 to October 28, 2026, closing on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. The free exhibition at the Creation Core Higashi Osaka north building gathers 14 organizations showing technologies such as lunar hopping robots, remotely operated robot systems, and eco-friendly circular toilets. A business day follows on October 21.
COFO Inc. opened advance reservations for COFO Desk Studio on Tuesday, August 25, and the total passed 100 million yen as of Friday, September 4. To mark the milestone, advance reservations for the COFO Desk Mat open on the COFO official website on Tuesday, September 15 at 11:00.
Infinite Loop released Desktop Mate DLC for the voice synthesis character Tsukimaki Maki on September 15, 2026, via Steam for Windows and Mac. The release lands on the character's birthday. Voice actress Manami Tanaka recorded new lines for hanging, petting, poking, appearing, leaving, and alarms. Motions include the guitar Musutan, and costumes follow the Synthesizer V designs. Multi-character display is not supported on the Mac open beta.
Bushiroad opened the Steam store page for Weiss Schwarz Online on Tuesday, September 15, and began taking wishlist registrations for the digital card game. The title ships in two editions, Weiss and Schwarz, with anime, game, and VTuber cards, online matches, tutorials, and CPU play. It is scheduled for spring 2027 on Nintendo Switch and Steam, and a playable demo is planned for Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Lovebox's meet-and-greet idol VTuber unit Rabipare!! will hold "Rabipare!! 2nd Anniversary Live Drawing Voyage ~Increasing Our Treasures~" on Sunday, November 8, 2026, marking the unit's second anniversary. Tickets go on general sale from Sunday, September 20 at 21:00. The live will be the last performed by the two-member lineup of Kanon Aozora and Yomogi Inumori, as the unit is currently holding auditions for new members.
OTAGROUP has opened applications for the Meta Grandma Silver Shield Project, a collaborator drive aimed at bringing the YouTube channel of late-stage elderly VTuber Meta Grandma to 100,000 subscribers. The channel has roughly 80,000 subscribers, and the project notes the timing could work as a Respect for the Aged Day plan. Hiroko, the 84-year-old original member from Mihara City, debuted in December 2022.
NVIDIA announced the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition, a professional GPU with 21,760 CUDA cores, the same count as the GeForce RTX 5090. Its GDDR7 memory is 84GB with ECC support, 52GB more than the RTX 5090's 32GB. Memory bandwidth is 1398GB/s, and the maximum power consumption is 600W.
Kurt Himebauch released v0.14.1 of Decky LSFG-VK, a frame generation plugin for Steam Deck. The plugin ports the frame generation portion of THS's Lossless Scaling, first brought to Linux as lsfg-vk by programmer PancakeTAS. This version rewrites the code from scratch, incorporates lsfg-vk v2.0.0 with FP16 acceleration, makes per-game setting profiles easier to manage, and lets frame generation work without editing a game's launch options. Installation still requires buying Lossless Scaling and installing lsfg-vk plus Decky Loader.
Game Freak opened pre-registrations on September 14, 2026 for Ame Nochi Harejo, a smartphone game that uses Weathernews meteorological data so real-world weather changes play conditions. Players follow Harejo girls and their Kumorin partners. The reveal names six characters and voice actors, including Himawari Hiwatari (Hiyori Kawano), Yuri Amanohara (Minika Kawa), and Izu Shinozuki (Chinatsu Hirose), plus a laundry system that restores soiled Haregi battle outfits. A Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth runs September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe.
The live-action adventure game Shibuya Scramble Stories is running a third crowdfunding round on CAMPFIRE, with director Jiro Ishii, cinematographer Ayumu Iino, and actor Fumihiro Kitagami explaining why. The round runs September 1 to 30 and is styled as development-participation crowdfunding. A gameplay demo video went up September 1 to show the quality the team is aiming for and to answer backers' questions about production costs and still-image quality.
Valve released the Steam Frame VR headset on September 15, 2026, sold in Japan by KODOMO at 199,980 yen for the 256GB model and 244,980 yen for the 1TB model. A review finds the 440g unit compact and light against Meta Quest 3 and PICO 4 Ultra, with controllers that add buttons and move the stick inward, but notes the fit is tight for glasses and performance falls short in standalone mode.
SEGA announced an official partnership with Balenciaga, with the "Balenciaga | SEGA" collection going on advance sale on September 15 at select Balenciaga stores in Japan and the official online store, including Japan-exclusive items. A worldwide rollout follows on September 22 at select Balenciaga stores and balenciaga.com. Ready-to-wear includes a Japan-exclusive varsity jacket and long-sleeve T-shirt; merchandise includes a nylon bomber jacket, oversized T-shirt, zip-up hoodie, and brim cap.
Sega announced on September 15 that Kotone Shiomi, the female protagonist of Persona 3 Portable, will appear in Persona 5: The Phantom X on September 24. A collaboration OP animation movie was released the same day. Full details of the crossover event will be announced during the September 21 Persona X-Stream broadcast. P5X is a free-to-play title on iOS, Android, and PC via Steam, developed by BLACKWINGS Studio under Sega and Atlus supervision.
Drecom announced on September 15 that a port of Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge will come to PC via Steam in 2027. The version being ported is the 1995 Super Famicom release of the sixth entry, which first appeared on PC in 1990. The announcement came as part of a batch of 45th anniversary items, including streaming soundtracks, an apparel collection, and in-game gifts for Wizardry Variants Daphne players.
Life Below, the underwater city builder from developer Megapop and publisher Kasedo Games, will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs September 17 to 21. Three demo stations will be set up at the Norwegian Games booth, 08-C14, in Hall 8. Sessions run roughly 15 to 20 minutes, and a lottery for players who try the game offers a hardcover art book.
IzanagiGames has published streaming guidelines for AKIBA LOST, its long-form live-action suspense game, ahead of the September 17 release. Commentary, live streams, and social media posts are permitted up to the Day 6 chapter, with platform monetization such as YouTube ad revenue and tips allowed. Content from Day 7 onward and the live-action drama DLC are off limits, and streams that publish footage as-is without commentary or editing are not permitted.
Apple's AirPods 5 go on sale September 18 as the successor to the AirPods 4. The higher-end model with the wireless charging case costs 27,800 yen and adds volume control by swiping the earbud stem, wireless charging, and a case speaker for Find My. Apple kept the H2 chip and the open-type design, and reworked the internal acoustic structure and algorithms instead.
The exhibition MAPPA EXPO 15th Anniversary opens September 16 at YURAKUCHO MUSEUM in Yurakucho, Tokyo, running through December 7. It is divided into areas by work, with original drawings, production materials, and sculpted displays. Highlights include a life-size Bomb figure from Chainsaw Man: The Reze Arc and a life-size Yuji Itadori figure in the Jujutsu Kaisen area, plus a Rumbling display combining video and three-dimensional art. Some contents swap between the two periods.
NOTHING NEW released a new trailer and visual for the We Are Aliens anime film on Tuesday, both built around the heroine Konatsu, voiced by Sakurazaka46 member Ten Yamasaki. Ryota Bando and Amane Okayama play Tsubasa and Gyotaro as young adults, with Yuto Maki and Tasuku Nakagome voicing the characters as children. Kohei Kadowaki wrote, directed, storyboarded, and edited the film, which opens in Japan on September 25.
Level Infinite will implement the latest Goddess of Victory: Nikke version, "COIN RUSH SHOWDOWN," on September 17, 2026, following maintenance scheduled from 11:00 to 18:00. The update adds two SSR Nikkes: Guilty: Mighty Bunny, voiced by Rina Sato, enters special recruitment after maintenance and runs until October 8, while Sin: Swift Bunny, voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki, opens September 24 at 5:00 and runs until October 15. The new story event is set at the first Three Great Companies Expo, where the Commander joins a battle royale with the Plan C Squad and becomes caught up in a conspiracy. The event runs until October 8 at 4:59. A limited-time selective recruitment lets players pick one of six limited Nikkes, among them Ruby: Winter Shopper and Guillotine: Winter Slayer. New costumes include Sugar's Killer Rabbit, Mana's Drunken Rabbit, and Crust's Treat Chef, and six past limited costumes return. A mini-game, a 14-day login event, Solo Raid, Co-op, and FULL BURST DAY fill out the schedule.
The TBS drama VIVANT gets an immersive event, VIVANT IMMERSIVE MISSION, running from September 16 to November 27, 2026 at CREATIVE MUSEUM TOKYO in Kyobashi. Visitors tour sets used in filming, including the Bukinist bookstore operations room, the Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau Foreign Affairs Division 4, and the underground tent prison, while completing missions through the Auris app. An adjacent cafe serves items supervised by the production team.
Industry analyst Mat Piscatella, of the research firm Circana, said the #PSBlackout boycott over the end of disc production for new PlayStation games produced no noticeable change in player count or engagement in the firm's tracking. The boycott ran from 7:00 PM on August 23 to 7:00 PM on August 30, 2026. Organizers later called for indefinite participation. Replies on the Bluesky thread pushed back on how the data was framed.
REALFORCE announced it will reveal details of a hololive collaboration on September 17, at its booth at TGS2026. A posted image shows two silhouettes, and fans are naming Koyori Hakui and Kanade Otose, who finished first and second in last year's Hololive Typing Fastest King. Both names are quoted from the official website.
Avengers: Endgame: Encore opens in Japanese theaters for a limited run from Wednesday, September 23 to Thursday, October 8. The standard version runs 3 hours 3 minutes, two minutes longer than the 2019 original. The INFINITY VISION version, playing in Disney-certified theaters, runs 3 hours 6 minutes and carries Japan-only extra footage. Russo brothers and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige have tied that footage to Avengers: Doomsday.
AVITA Inc. will begin offering physical AI that pairs autonomous control with remote human operation, using a Human-in-the-Loop model. The company says robots can enter real operations without waiting for full autonomy, targeting picking, packing, kitting, sorting, cycle counting, material transport, and customer service. Deployments are aimed at factories, logistics sites, and stores. Human operation data collected on site is used to train the AI and reduce human intervention over time.
The Japan Internet Media Association announced a second round of speakers for Internet Media Day 2026, set for Saturday, November 7, 2026. SESSION 04 covers media subscriptions with speakers from Nikkei, Diamond, AbemaTV and Oita Godo Shimbun. SESSION 05 covers video content strategy with speakers from Bungeishunju, TBS Television and Diamond. Ticket applications close Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
AGEHARIDe Inc. staged its drone show LIGHTDANCe at Waters Takeshiba Plaza on September 12, 2026, the first Takeshiba staging in three months. The finale carried a private marriage celebration requested by a youth community, including the community's logo, a fried horse mackerel motif, and a prose poem written for the day by representative Ken Kato.