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Loop
The name 'Loop' appears across multiple unrelated works in the Yomimono coverage, most recently an August 2026 medical suspense game on Steam and a music single by LUCY. As of the latest stories, the most recent Loop-titled release is Loop Syndrome, a loop suspense ADV developed by an active respiratory physician.
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Aug 28
Coverage under the name Loop spans several distinct properties with no shared continuity. The most recent is Loop Syndrome, a Steam game from TBCATGAMES released August 21, 2026. Players control young doctor Asakura Minato, who gains time-rewind powers after a specific event. The game sells for 790 yen, with a 15% launch discount to 671 yen through August 29.
Two weeks earlier, Taipei singer LUCY released the single LOOP on August 21, featuring Norwegian artist Moyka. The electronic pop track mixes Chinese and Norwegian vocals. It follows Looking at me, LUCY's first new single in about two years.
In manga, Kei Hozumi and Mito's Seishun wa Sankakukei no Loop ends with its next chapter in the November issue of Kadokawa's Dragon Age magazine, out in October. The love-triangle series began in March 2025, and its first compiled volume shipped September 9.
Koji Suzuki, creator of the Ring franchise, died in May 2026. His works include the novel Loop. Other uses of the name in coverage are incidental, including the publisher of Desktop Mate and Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns, and the title of a Seven Seas light novel license.
Key facts
- Loop Syndrome release
- TBCATGAMES released Loop Syndrome on Steam for PC on August 21, 2026, priced 790 yen with a 15% launch discount to 671 yen until August 29. ↗
- Loop Syndrome developer
- Loop Syndrome is developed by an active respiratory physician. ↗
- LOOP single release
- LUCY released the single LOOP on August 21, featuring Norwegian artist Moyka, with Chinese and Norwegian vocals in one song. ↗
- Seishun wa Sankakukei no Loop ending
- The manga by Kei Hozumi and Mito ends in the November issue of Kadokawa's Dragon Age magazine, releasing in October. ↗
- Koji Suzuki death
- Koji Suzuki, creator of the Ring franchise and author of the novel Loop, died at 68 in a Tokyo hospital. ↗
Timeline
- Aug 21, 2026 Medical Loop ADV 'Loop Syndrome' From Active Physician Launches on Steam
- Aug 21, 2026 LUCY Releases New Single LOOP With Norwegian Artist Moyka
- Aug 11, 2026 Seishun wa Sankakukei no Loop Manga Ends in October
- Aug 6, 2026 Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns Launches on Steam August 27
- Jul 23, 2026 Loopquarium Is a Deck-Building Roguelite Where You Manage an Aquarium
- Jul 12, 2026 Desktop Mate Releases MEIKO and KAITO DLC for PC Desktops
- Jun 26, 2026 Desktop Mate Sanrio Characters DLC Set Arrives With Six Characters at 20% Off
- Jun 4, 2026 Boxroom Steam Library Simulator Delayed Past May Early Access Window
- May 19, 2026 Ring Author Koji Suzuki Dies at 68
- May 16, 2026 Seven Seas Licenses Six New Manga and Light Novels for 2027
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Facts
- Release
- music_video · 2026-08-21 · 2026-08-21
- Noted
- featuring Norwegian artist Moyka · 2026-08-21
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All coverage
Oct 15
Infinite Loop released a new Desktop Mate DLC for the virtual artist IA on Steam on October 15, 2026. The DLC costs 2,200 yen including tax and supports Japanese and English on Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) and macOS Tahoe 26 or later. It uses IA's official 3D model, built by 1st PLACE, the company behind IA since the 2012 VOCALOID3 release IA -ARIA ON THE PLANETES-. Her appearance motion recreates the pose from that package illustration. She jumps up in orbs of light, lands, holds both hands forward, and says, "Hello! I'm IA." In her sitting pose she pulls out a plate of sakuramochi from behind, gazes at it, then puts it away as cherry blossom petals drift. In her standing pose a butterfly lands on her fingertip and flies off along an orb of light. Character voice uses VoiSona Talk "IA TALK," covering clicks, alarm messages, morning greetings, and bedtime lines. The DLC also works with Desktop Mate's multi-character function.
Oct 13
HeartLoop Games, a Montreal indie studio, opened Steam Early Access for Poly Fighter on October 13. The game is a single-player roguelike fighter with no online battles or ranked matches. A run begins with one character choice, and defeating an opponent lets you take one of their moves and add it to your set. The move pool draws on The King of Fighters, Tekken, and Street Fighter.
Oct 9
Infinite Loop will release the Desktop Mate DLC for the virtual artist IA on Thursday, October 15, 2026, with the Steam store page opening on Friday, October 9, 2026, and wishlist registration available now. The Windows- and Mac-compatible desktop mascot platform uses IA's official 3D model, with appearance motions, sitting and standing poses, VoiSona Talk "IA TALK" voice lines, and a petting response.
Oct 4
STUDIO CHARON began distributing the demo for its PC psychological horror adventure Akeno Yosuga - Twilight Loop on Steam on September 28, 2026. The story follows Keita, who relives the same day after a girl named Akane dies at 17:00. The demo covers the early story, showing Keita witnessing her death and noticing the anomalies in the repeating day. Save data cannot be carried into the full version.
Oct 3
Loopr Partners and developer Twin Beacon Studio announced the co-op adventure game All Rats on Deck for PC via Steam in Q4 2026. Players control rats driven from their swamp home who pilot a steamboat built from scrap toward the open sea. The game supports online co-op for up to four players and includes proximity voice chat. Crews split tasks: steering, repairing damage, fighting fires, and gathering materials. The ship carries a detachable boat grapple gun that can pull the vessel toward fixed objects, grab distant materials, pick up friends, or move rocks and activate mechanisms. Fuel must be fed continuously to the engine, and the game allows anything to be used as fuel, though some materials cause side effects or explosions. Twin Beacon Studio is a Netherlands-based indie studio founded in February 2026, and All Rats on Deck is its first game. A demo is planned for Steam Next Fest in October 2026. As of the store page, the game does not list Japanese among its supported languages.
Sep 29
Infinite Loop released a Desktop Mate DLC for the AHS speech synthesis software character Miyamai Moca on September 29, 2026. The downloadable content adds a 3D model of Moca to the Windows and Mac desktop mascot platform, with newly recorded voice work by Mayu Mineda. Moca's pet cat, Watson-kun, appears alongside her. GIGAZINE tried the DLC and found that Moca speaks to herself continuously while displayed on the screen. PANORA reports that Mineda recorded new lines for the release. Infinite Loop is based in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and is led by president Masahiro Ono. Desktop Mate lets users display 3D character models on their PC screen, and this DLC adds Moca as the latest character available for the platform. The release date for the DLC was September 29, 2026.
Sep 15
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.
Aug 21
TBCATGAMES released loop suspense ADV 'Loop Syndrome' on Steam for PC. Players live as young doctor Asakura Minato, who gains the power to rewind time after a certain event. In a medical setting where small mistakes can cost patients their lives, the loop ability lets players erase failures, but reality gradually breaks apart with each loop. The story branches significantly based on player choices, leading to many bad, good, and true ends. The game is available for 790 yen, with a 15% launch discount to 671 yen until August 29.
Aug 21
Taipei-based singer-songwriter LUCY released the new single LOOP on August 21, featuring Norwegian artist Moyka. The electronic pop track has LUCY singing in Chinese and Moyka in Norwegian, with the two languages overlapping within one song. It follows last month's Looking at me, her first new single in about two years.
Aug 11
Kei Hozumi and Mito's manga Seishun wa Sankakukei no Loop will end with its next chapter in the November issue of Kadokawa's Dragon Age magazine, releasing in October. The series, which follows a love triangle among three childhood friends, launched in March 2025. Its first compiled volume shipped on September 9.
Aug 6
ILLUMINATION and Infinite Loop will release the strip mahjong game Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns for PC via Steam on August 27. The main desktop version costs 4,980 yen, with a VR mode additional DLC priced at 1,980 yen and a bundle set at 5,916 yen. Distribution begins at noon on release day. The game is the official sequel to the arcade classic Super Real Mahjong, which ran in Japanese game centers from the Showa to Heisei eras. A crowdfunding campaign in 2025 raised roughly 33.8 million yen against a 2 million yen target, reaching 1,690 percent of the goal, which funded full voice acting and a grand finale. The game features four heroines, including series first heroine Shoko, at the mahjong cafe P's CLUB. It includes 35 episode parts for conversations, a memories function to revisit all 62 scenes, and a free camera for matches and reward scenes. The zero-distance stripping system is standard in the desktop version. A 20 percent off sale runs from August 27 to September 10.
Jul 23
Developer Fellswell announced Loopquarium, a deck-building roguelite in which players summon fish from cards, balance predator and prey, and defend the tank against deep-sea bosses at night. The game is planned for PC via Steam with Japanese display support.
Jul 12
Infinite Loop released DLC for virtual singers MEIKO and KAITO on the Desktop Mate platform on July 9, 2026. The paid add-ons, each priced at 2,200 yen, are available on Steam and add new 3D models supervised by Crypton Future Media, along with original motions and voice lines. MEIKO, who debuted in November 2004 as the first Japanese-language virtual singer, can be seen striking poses, singing, fixing her hair, relaxing with a drink, and waving when pinched. KAITO, the first male Japanese virtual singer since February 2006, performs singing gestures, poses, eats ice cream, and exits with a polite bow. Both characters have an alarm function that displays them full-screen at a set time. Desktop Mate itself is a free app that displays 3D characters on the PC screen, with additional DLC available for other characters. With the release of MEIKO and KAITO, all six Piapro Characters are now represented in Desktop Mate.
Jun 26
Infinite Loop began sales of the Desktop Mate Sanrio Characters DLC Set on June 26, bundling six previously released character DLCs for the desktop mascot platform. The set includes Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, Cinnamoroll, Pochacco, My Melody, and Kuromi, each with officially supervised voices and personality-specific animations. Pompompurin dozes off while sitting, Pochacco hops around, and Kuromi occasionally takes selfies. The bundle is priced at 10,560 yen including tax, a 20% discount from the regular combined price of 13,200 yen. It is the first six-DLC bundle for Desktop Mate. A multi-character feature allowing Sanrio characters to interact on screen is scheduled for a full release soon. A promotional video showing the characters moving on a desktop has been published on YouTube. The set is available on Steam for Windows 10 and 11, with macOS support added for Tahoe 26 and later via open beta. The sale period runs until March 4, 2027.
Jun 4
Nested Loop Studios and Pantaloon's room-building simulator Boxroom, which turns a player's Steam library into physical 3D packages for display and game launching, was scheduled for Early Access on May 26, 2026, but the Steam store page still reads "Coming Soon" as of June 4. A 4Gamer.net play report published ahead of the intended launch details the game's library-scanning feature, room customization with 1990s UK-themed furniture, and the privacy settings required to sync a user's account.
May 19
Koji Suzuki, the novelist who created the Ring horror franchise and helped launch the J-horror boom in the west, died in a Tokyo hospital on Friday. He was 68. His 1991 novel Ring spawned films, manga, and spinoffs, and his other works include Dark Water, Spiral, and Loop.
May 16
Seven Seas Entertainment announced six new licenses on Wednesday. The slate includes four manga and two light novels, all scheduled for release between January and April 2027. The manga titles are Pendulum: The Beastmen Omegaverse Saga by Hana Hasumi, Good Night, My Little Bird by RICO SAKURA, The Cat Who Didn't Believe in 'What-ifs' by Oki Eiko, and The Tomorrow I Want to See with Kako: A Time-Loop Romantic Comedy by KNOTS. The light novels are Goetia Shock by Dokuzu Kento with art by Nekosuke Ookuma, and Wandmaker of the Ruined World by Hagane Kurodome with art by Kayahara. Pendulum and Good Night, My Little Bird will appear under the publisher's mature-rated BL label. Pendulum is a companion story to Remnant: The Beastmen Omegaverse Saga, already available from Seven Seas. The Cat Who Didn't Believe in 'What-ifs' began as a popular webcomic and will receive its first English print edition. Goetia Shock will be a digital-only release on the Airship imprint. The Tomorrow I Want to See with Kako carries a release date of January 2027 in the press release and March 2027 on social media. Pricing for the print volumes ranges from $15.99 to $16.99 in the United States.