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Thunderrock Innovations launched the game “Islantiles” for Steam on May 5th. The price is 1,700 yen (tax included), and it is 1,360 yen (tax included), which is 20% off until May 19th. “Islantiles” is a simulation game that combines deck-building roguel and city-building sim. The game is designed around tile…
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Amber and Madbricks started distributing a demo version of the action game “Mexican Ninja” for Steam on May 8th. “Mexican Ninja” is a roguelike belt-scrolling action game set in Nuevo Tokyo, a city born from the collision between Japan and Mexico. The player takes on the role of a Mexican…
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On May 10, the first tournament of the official tournament of the fighting game “Street Fighter 6”, “CAPCOM Pro Tour 2026 World Warrior Japan”, was held. The “CAPCOM Pro Tour 2026 World Warrior Japan” is an official tournament held over a total of five times from May ~ November. Points…
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On May 8, 2026, Toei Corporation announced that its game business brand, Toei Games, will exhibit at BitSummit PUNCH, which will be held from May 22 (Friday) to 24 (Sunday), 2026 at Kyoto City Kangyokan Miyako Messe. BitSummit is one of the largest indie game exhibitions in Japan, held every…
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SQOOL announced on April 30 that the Steam game “Sill Cats” will be released on May 12th. The price is basically free. “Sill Cats” is a pet app game in which a small cat resides on the user’s desktop screen. Cats can walk on open windows, jump from window to…
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Evil Raptor and Fireshine Games began releasing the early access version of their game Far Far West for Steam on April 28th. The price is 2,400 yen (tax included). Far Far West is a cooperative cowboy FPS set in the Wild West, where bullets and magic intersect. Players team up…
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On April 29, the Old Century Retina Museum announced that the Steam version of the mystery novel ADV “Crimsooon Sun” will be released in the summer of 2026, and also released the store page. “The Red Sun” is a short mystery adventure game that solves the mystery of the double…
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On April 25, Beside announced that “Memory of Memorie: A Chill Story” (Steam / Switch / Switch 2) will be released in the summer of 2026. “Memory of Memorie: A Chill Story” is a work adventure game in which you work at a desk with Memory, a wizard apprentice girl…
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On April 24th, Alliance Arts began releasing the game “Yunyun Radio Syndrome” for Steam. The price is 2,190 yen (tax included), and it is 1,971 yen (tax included), which is 10% off until May 8th. “Yunyun Radio Syndrome” is a rhythm adventure game in which you send out mysterious documents…
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Indie game developer Yaya Mitani started releasing the game “SHEROK’s Case: Recollection” for Steam on April 28th. “SHEROK’s Case: Recollection” is a branching visual novel game in which the player’s choices influence the development. The player and Detective Sharok construct a hypothesis and proceed with the reasoning to get to…
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viviON announced on May 8 that it has entered the indie game publishing business and established the indie game label ‘viviON Lab’. viviON is a company that has been involved in content distribution platform services for about 30 years, including “DLsite”. In conjunction with the launch of the label, they…
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Akatsuki Taiwan, based in Taipei, Taiwan, announced on May 6, 2026 that it has started providing “game support services” on X. Akatsuki Taiwan is a Taiwanese subsidiary of Akatsuki Co., Ltd., and since its establishment in 2014, it has been operating overseas versions of Akatsuki’s mobile games, developing localization, and…
