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Hololive’s indie publishing label to temporarily halt all new game submissions and reorganize its review system amidst rising interest

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2026-02-27 16:00

Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation’s newest character is Nozomi, a strait-laced new owner of the Venus Islands 

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2026-02-27 15:49

Black Lagoon director’s anime studio Contrail to be absorbed by MAPPA amidst financial losses

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2026-02-27 11:47

Sony’s game division announces record-high starting salary increases in Japan 

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2026-02-26 23:00

Anime’s massive success in US theaters has more to do with the power of fandoms than the medium itself becoming dominant, according to Japanese filmmaker and journalist

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2026-02-26 22:00

Suda51 doesn’t know what makes a “Suda51 game” a Suda51 game 

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2026-02-26 20:00

Stellar Blade director’s celebratory image of new Yoko Taro Evangelion anime earns dissatisfaction from NieR: Automata modeler over alleged AI use 

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2026-02-26 19:00

Resident Evil Requiem doubles down on Umbrella Noodles by creating a bizarre official commercial for the fake product

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2026-02-26 18:15

The official February newsletter for Steam’s chaotic roguelike Elin has been released, packed with more nyan nyan nyans!

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2026-02-26 18:00

Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy’s third entry is progressing “very smoothly.” We ask director Naoki Hamaguchi why the team chose not to switch to Unreal Engine 5 

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2026-02-26 16:55

Japanese indie dev “thrilled and embarrassed” after viral boob POV clip gets their sci-fi gender-bending “sexyroid” FPS to 40k Steam Wishlists

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2026-02-26 15:34

10-year-old adult visual novel Senren Banka celebrates over 1 million units sold, witnessing a huge jump in sales over the past two years

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