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BeXide announced on September 8 that it will exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs September 17-21 at Makuhari Messe, and opened a dedicated TGS2026 site. The company's booth in Hall 3-N06 shows two new titles. NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains, a 3D puzzle game built around Namco arcade characters including Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Xevious, Mappy, and the Tower of Druaga, gets a playable demo of the versus mode added in an August update. Memory of Memorie: A Chill Story, a work-with-me adventure where magic apprentice Memorie studies beside the player during desk work, gets a video exhibit with a photo spot. The booth hands a special uchiwa fan to all visitors, a postcard to those who bought the game or added it to a wishlist, and can badges to X followers who repost a target post. BeXide also sells the Doko Demo Issho calendar 2027 at two other booths for 1,500 yen.
Aug 27
BeXide released Ver1.2.0 for the 3D puzzle game NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains on August 25, 2026, adding two versus modes: Score Attack and Voxel Race. In both modes, dropping voxels does not cause a game over, and players can practice alone if no opponent is available. Score Attack awards the win to the player with the most points within a time limit, while Voxel Race tasks players with creating the largest voxel faster than their opponent, with the ability to restart while keeping the largest voxel. The update also enables online play with others via Steam's Remote Play Together and Nintendo Switch 2's Share Play, even if the other player does not own the game. To mark the update, a 20% off sale runs until September 6, dropping the price from 2,480 yen to 1,984 yen on Steam, Switch 2, and Switch. Switch owners can upgrade to the Switch 2 version for 330 yen. Additional campaigns include a Collection Room Design Contest on X with daily gacha points, and a follow-and-repost campaign offering Steam download codes to 10 winners. The versus modes will be playable at gamescom 2026 and Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Aug 17
At BIC2026, 4Gamer.net spotlighted Oh! Robot: Legendary Mechanic, a top-down shooter developed solo by Park Kyung-uk, a former South Korean manga artist. The game features a girl named Judy piloting a robot against machines, with a demo on Steam. Park cited Tetsujin 28-go and The Wizard of Oz as inspirations.
Jul 14
The Japanese end song for the live-action Moana film, titled '旅立とう ～Along The Way～', will be performed by TSUZUMI (live-action Moana voice), Matsuya Onoe (live-action Maui voice), and Chinatsu Yabiku (animated Moana voice). The film opens July 31. A special video shows the US cast recording the same song.
Jul 6
Garage Arts released a demo update for the bishoujo mecha hack-and-slash STG Oh! Robot: Legendary Mechanic on Steam. The 1.1.3 update adds the Minimi weapon, improved tutorials, and a Survival Mode where players survive three minutes on an escalating-difficulty map. The full game is planned for PC via Steam.
Jun 30
Little Legendary's Metroidvania game 'SHADE Protocol' has exceeded 150,000 Steam wishlists. Its Kickstarter campaign, launched June 4, has raised about $270,000, unlocking ten stretch goals including new areas, weapons, a Primal Boss, and a boss rush mode. The game features a reality-rewriting mechanic and music by Manami Matsumae and Emi Evans.
Jun 28
Game Spark previews the demo for 'Oh! Robot: Legendary Mechanic,' a top-down shooter by Korean solo developer Garage Arts. The game pays homage to robot anime from 1995 to 2010, featuring a girl piloting a mech against a runaway AI. A demo is available on Steam with four story stages and a survival mode.
Jun 27
Yuichiro Shinozaki, the designer who created Gil, Kai, and Druaga for The Tower of Druaga in 1983, discusses his work in Namco's Creative Center-a department that handled corporate identity and advertising rather than game development. The interview accompanies the June 25 release of NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains, a voxel puzzle game featuring classic Namco characters.
Jun 25
BeXide released NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains on June 25, 2026, for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam. The game is a voxel-based 3D puzzle title themed around classic Namco arcade games. Players throw capsules containing voxels onto floating discs and stack them to earn points. The dot-style graphics of 1980s arcade titles are rendered in voxels. The game includes a main stage that mixes elements from multiple works, plus dedicated stages for Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Xevious, Mappy, and The Tower of Druaga. It features over 100 types of voxels viewable in a Collection Room. Online rankings allow competition with players worldwide. To mark the launch, a 10% discount is available on the Nintendo eShop and Steam until July 8, reducing the price from 2,480 yen to 2,232 yen. Future updates are planned, including a versus mode and a collection room contest. The game also uses music from the classic titles.
Jun 16
BeXide Inc. released demos for 'NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains' and 'Memory of Memorie: A Chill Story' at Steam Next Fest on June 16. The Namco-themed voxel puzzle launches June 25 on PC, Switch, and Switch 2. The witch desk sim arrives around summer 2026. A ranking event offers top demo players a credit spot.
Jun 11
Cover Corporation announced that hololive VTuber Rui Takamine will release the EP "The LEGENDARY" on June 11, 2026, and hold her first solo live concert "REBELLION" at Kanadevia Hall in Tokyo on December 16, 2026. A regular radio program on BAYFM78 will also begin July 3.
Jun 11
BeXide announced on June 11 that its voxel-based 3D puzzle game NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains will launch on June 25, 2026, for PC via Steam, Mac, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. The game is themed around classic Namco arcade titles, including Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Xevious, Mappy, and The Tower of Druaga. Players throw capsules containing voxels onto a floating disk, stacking them to earn high scores. The game features over 100 types of voxels, dedicated stages for each of the five classic titles, and a Collection Room where players can arrange acquired voxels freely. An online ranking system allows worldwide score competition. The standard price is 2,480 yen, and pre-orders on the Nintendo eShop offer a 10% discount until July 8. The game supports Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
May 16
At SusHi Tech Tokyo, executives from Production I.G, CoMix Wave Films, and MAPPA discussed alternatives to the production committee model. MAPPA's Manabu Otsuka, Production I.G's Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, and CoMix Wave Films' Noritaka Kawaguchi shared how their studios retain ownership. Studio Chizu's LLP model was also highlighted as a long-term alternative.