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On April 21, Sanrio announced that it would establish its own game brand “Sanrio Games” and release its first title, “Sanrio Partyland” (Switch / Switch 2), in the fall of 2026. “Sanrio Partyland” is a city where many Sanrio characters appear, and users can create their own avatars and enjoy…
Event News
The open town-type game event “Burari Kawagoe GAME DIGG” will be held in Kawagoe, Saitama on April 25th. “Burari Kawagoe GAME DIGG” is an open town-type game event that you can enjoy while walking around the city of Kawagoe. There will be three venues: Renkenji Temple, Resona Koedo Terrace, and…
Overseas Events
The Korean game exhibition “2026 PlayX4” will be held at KINTEX in South Korea from May 21st ~ 24th. PlayX4 is Korea’s largest game exhibition, which will be held for the 11th time this year. Various game industry officials, including Korean indie games, leading game developers, publishers in the global…
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The real event of “Cat War” “Everyone Sortie! Cat War Exhibition” will be held at YOKOHAMA COAST (Aso Building 2F ROOM1) in Yokohama from April 24th ~ May 24th. “Cat War” is a tower defense game for smartphones developed by Ponos. At the venue, content that allows you to realistically…
Event News
On April 13th, the Game Pavilion JP Preparatory Committee announced that the indie game exhibition “Game Pavilion JP 2026 Summer” will be held on July 25th at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka. “Game Pavilion JP” is an indie game exhibition that has been held in Osaka since 2021. Continuing from…
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On April 16th, Shueisha Games began releasing “OPUS: Prism Peak” (Switch 2 / Switch / Steam), which is jointly developed with Taiwanese game studio “SIGONO”. “OPUS: Prism Peak” is a photography-themed adventure game. The player takes on the role of a middle-aged photographer who has wandered into the “Land of…
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Shueisha Games announced on April 13 that it will release its new adventure game “Kamito Miko” on April 23. “Kami and Miko” is a world-creating mystery-solving adventure game that solves numerous issues that occur in human history from ancient times to the present day with modern knowledge and mystery solving.…
Event News
IGDA Japan will hold the “Tokyo Serious Games Summit” from April 17th ~ April 18th. Participation is free. The “Serious Game Summit” is an event that shares the forefront of “serious games” that use the knowledge of games to solve real-world problems, such as education, medical care, corporate training, and…
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Team Baeb Sae, an indie game development team, has launched the game “Wobble Wobble” for Steam on April 10th. The price is 265 yen (tax included), and it is 15% off to commemorate the release until April 25th. “Wobble Wobble” is a physics simulation game set in the world of…
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Toge Productions and The Wild Gentlemen announced on April 10 that the animal mystery adventure game “Moses & Plato – Last Train to Clawville” (Steam / GOG) will be released on April 14. Also available in Japanese. This game is an animal mystery adventure game in which you and your…
Business News
On May 13, the Indie Developers Conference Executive Committee announced that the Indie Developers Conference 2026, a conference for indie game developers, will be held in Ginza, Tokyo on November 28th. The “Indie Developers Conference” is a conference for developers who are creating original game works with individual ~ small…
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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…
