At IFA 2026 in Berlin, HP announced the HP OmniBook Ultra 16, the HP OmniBook X 14, and the compact HP OmniDesk, all built around Nvidia's RTX Spark. The laptops offer a choice of a 20-core N1X CPU with a 6144-core Blackwell RTX GPU or an 18-core N1X with a 5120-core GPU. Both ship in fall 2026; pricing will be given closer to launch.
HP Japan began offering the Japanese version of HP Build Workspace, a cloud service for the architecture, engineering and construction industry, on September 2. The service manages paper and digital drawings in one place so site workers always reference the latest version. Printed drawings carry QR codes that flag outdated copies. A separate AI feature converts scanned drawings into editable CAD data. HP also announced a compatible large format printer.
Moravian Games will release its new PC title Feed the Scorchpot on Steam on August 21, 2026. The turn-based strategy game with roguelite elements casts the player as a meal for a dragon, tasking them with developing an island on a hex grid board and cooking meals to satisfy the dragon's hunger each year.
Publisher Indieformer and developer Moravian Games will release Feed the Scorchpot on Steam on August 21 in Japan, with a global launch on August 20. The dice-rolling deck-building roguelike blends resource management inspired by Catan with Balatro-style scoring combos. A demo is available, currently in English and Czech only.
The HPSC eSports Lab opened at the Ajinomoto National Training Center East, applying sports medicine and science from Olympic and Paralympic support to eSports. The facility includes well-being, eSports, and virtual sports zones. Demonstrations featured Puyo Puyo eSports and eFootball players, with plans to measure brainwaves and vital data.
US startup Augmental began selling the MouthPad, a tongue-operated touchpad worn on the upper palate, in the US on July 22. The device, which costs $1400 per unit, has over 100 users including beta testers, and more than 6300 people are on the waiting list.
The Japan eSports Union (JeSU) opened HPSC ESPORTS LAB, a research facility for esports players, inside the High Performance Sports Center in Tokyo's Kita Ward. The facility was unveiled to media and the public on July 31, 2026, with demonstrations by players preparing for the 20th Asian Games.
Indie developer RetroSpecter has revealed on Reddit that his free Steam fighting game Crashphalt, released in 2018, is being used by players as a launcher for an unofficial Undertale multiplayer mod. The game, a 2D versus action title supporting up to four players locally, saw its concurrent player count jump from single digits to over 100 in 2022 after a user published a method to enable online co-op for the Undertale Together mod via Steam Remote Play Together. Crashphalt's Steam reviews have since grown to about 550, with 95% positive, earning an Overwhelmingly Positive rating. Many of these reviews mention Undertale, which initially confused RetroSpecter. He investigated and found that his game was chosen because it supports Remote Play Together and is free, though he noted many other games meet those criteria. Rather than being upset, RetroSpecter said he is pleased the game has found new life, especially since Undertale inspired him when he started developing. He also jokingly invited Undertale creator Toby Fox to collaborate on a future project. RetroSpecter is currently working on a roguelite puzzle game called Draftula.
Ghost Ship Games and Northplay released a making-of video for Dinolords, a Viking-dinosaur action strategy game. A closed alpha test with 5,000 participants saw high engagement but a 50% early dropout rate due to tutorial issues. The team is improving the tutorial before early access on Steam begins soon.
Bohemia Interactive announced a remastered version of the 2001 military sim Arma: Cold War Assault and released a free demo on Steam. The demo includes the mission Ambush and functions as a community asset pack with source code on GitHub. The full version is scheduled for a later release.
Yamaha Corporation has fully adopted Exmate, a food-safe resin for stereolithography 3D printers, in the research and development of its sensor-equipped mouthpiece SMARTMOUTHPIECE. The material, developed by Expert Material Laboratories, has been used since June 2023 and allows players to safely put the mouthpiece in their mouth during evaluation. The curved internal tunnel of the mouthpiece, which connects the oral cavity to a sensor, cannot be made by molding or cutting and requires integral 3D printing.
The first episode of Eren the Southpaw introduces three high school artists grappling with the tension between artistic passion and practical adulthood. Kyoichi, initially apathetic about his future, is reignited by classmate Eren's graffiti, but Eren herself is desperate to quit art after her father's death. Sayuri, their mutual friend, bridges the gap while declaring herself "average." The premiere shifts perspectives among the trio, offering depth but also a disjointed tone. The episode opens with a violent scene set in 2010, suggesting a darker future, while the main story takes place in 1998. The production is competent but unremarkable, with minimal animation and a realistic art style that lacks expressive fluidity. The opening song, a jazzy number called "Funkin' Beautiful," clashes with the slow, morose animation. The review notes the show has potential but no clear direction, calling it less than the sum of its parts.
The television anime of Kappi and nifuni's Eren the Southpaw manga has cast Natsumi Fujiwara as Sachiyo Saito, the manager of Akari Kishi's character. Saito appears in episode 6, which airs on Tuesday. The anime debuted on April 7 on TV Tokyo and streams on Amazon Prime Video in Japan.
VAP will release a Blu-ray box set of the Eren the Southpaw television anime in Japan on September 16, 2026. The three-disc set is priced at 36,000 yen and contains the full series with Japanese audio and no subtitles. On-disc extras include promotional videos and clean versions of the opening and ending theme songs. The physical package adds a special booklet and an original story and manga. The anime, which adapts the manga by writer Kappy and artist nifuni, began its broadcast on April 7, 2026. Toshimasa Suzuki directed the series, with scripts overseen by Taku Kishimoto and character designs by Takayuki Goto. Production was handled jointly by Signal.MD and Production I.G. The cast is led by Shoya Chiba as Koichi Asakura and Yumi Uchiyama as Eren Yamagishi. The opening theme is "Funkin' Beautiful feat. ZORN" by ALI, and the ending theme is "New Walk" by Ima Murasaki. The original manga ran in Shonen Jump Plus starting in 2017 and is complete in 24 volumes, though it has not been licensed in English.