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Point-and-Click Mystery Lost Museum Arrives Summer 2027; TGS 2026 Demo
Happinet has announced the point-and-click adventure Lost Museum -Kaigami Tsui Sou Tan- (カイガミ追想譚), coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and PC in summer 2027, alongside the opening of a teaser site and release of a teaser trailer. The game unfolds in the Lost Museum, an art museum where Kaigami dwell—beings born from the emotions and memories [...]
Extetra HD Remaster Brings Kiss-Powered RPG to Switch 2 and PS5
FURYU Corporation released the HD remaster of its fantasy RPG Extetra (エクステトラ) today, September 3, 2026, for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5. The game carries a price of 3,278 yen including tax (about $22, or roughly ¥160), and a limited launch sale now underway across participating stores knocks 20 percent off, lowering [...]
GTA 6 Strip Club Visits Could Damage Lucia-Jason Bond: Report
According to IGN, which cites insider sources, GTA 6 will feature more than five strip clubs scattered across its world. Players who visit them too frequently, however, could face a direct penalty: a hit to the relationship between the game's dual protagonists, Lucia and Jason. The revelation adds a fresh talking point around the highly [...]
Orbitals Out Now on Switch 2: Retro Anime Co-Op Space Adventure
Tokyo-based developer Shapefarm and publisher Kepler Interactive have released Orbitals (オービタルズ) for Nintendo Switch 2, arriving today, September 3, 2026. The retro anime-styled two-player co-op adventure game follows two explorers, Maki and Omura, bound by a strong friendship as they confront cosmic threats to save their crumbling home space station. Drawing inspiration from beloved anime [...]
The Witcher 4 Ditches REDengine for UE5: CDPR Promises Soul Intact
CD Projekt RED co-CEO Michał Nowakowski has detailed the reasoning behind The Witcher 4's move away from the studio's proprietary REDengine in favor of Unreal Engine 5 (UE5). In a recent interview, Nowakowski explained that each previous new title required rewriting the core toolchain from scratch, a process that severely slowed development. To reach the [...]
TGS 2026: Nine Playable Titles Unveiled by Kakehashi and Devolver
Kakehashi Games has announced its full Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth lineup, where it will share space with Devolver Digital in a joint presentation. Nine titles will be on display, and every one of them will be playable on site. The selection includes three Japanese demo premieres — Epoch Reset, What Goes Up, and Greak [...]
Ace Combat 8 Online Mode ACE COMBAT ONLINE Revealed Ahead of Launch
Bandai Namco Entertainment has released new information about ACE COMBAT ONLINE, the multiplayer component of the upcoming Ace Combat 8: Wings of Xifu (空战奇兵8 希孚之翼). Announced on September 2, the details arrived alongside a promotional video for the mode, which the publisher describes as the largest online experience in the series' history. Players step into [...]
Fenestra Lets Players Raise a PC-Dwelling Girl With Real Focus Time
New indie game label STAYRESIDENT has announced Fenestra: my focus, her future, a Windows PC focus-support title with a princess-maker-style raising system. Alongside the announcement, the studio opened the game's official store page, where wishlist registration is now available, and released an announcement trailer. Described as a "focus support × princess-maker-style raising adventure," the game [...]
CODE VEIN II Mask of Idris DLC Launches September 9 with Free Update
Bandai Namco Entertainment announced on September 2 that CODE VEIN II, the dramatic exploration RPG currently available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, will receive its expansion DLC "Mask of Idris" on September 9. A free Ver. 2.0 update, arriving the same day, and a story recap video for the base game were [...]
PARCO GAMES Brings Three Indie Demos and Anniversary Sale to TGS 2026
PARCO GAMES has announced its Tokyo Game Show 2026 (TGS2026) exhibition plans, bringing a four-title booth to Makuhari Messe from September 17 to 21. Business days run September 17–18, with the general public admitted from September 19–21. Located at booth 09-C65, the publisher will offer hands-on demos of Finding Polka, Constance, and DEPERSON, alongside its [...]
Palworld Exec: Peak Player Counts Misjudge a Game’s Real Reach
Speaking at Gamescom 2026, Palworld publishing director John Buckley weighed in on how the game industry judges a title's success, urging players not to define a game's popularity based solely on its peak concurrent player count on a single PC platform. Concurrent player data, long treated by the community as a key benchmark for measuring [...]
Ikari, Dragon Buster, Ninja Gaiden III Join Famicom Classics Today
Three classic titles have been added to the Family Computer (Famicom) Nintendo Classics lineup as of today, September 2, 2026. SNK's Ikari (怒), Bandai Namco Entertainment's Dragon Buster (ドラゴンバスター), and Koei Tecmo Games' Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (忍者龍剣伝III 黄泉の方舟) are now playable through the paid Nintendo Switch Online service on Nintendo [...]