Webtoon Purge List Gets Live-Action Film With Woo-Sung Jung, Sung-Il Jung, Ha-Joon Wi Woo-sung Jung plays the villain Han, not the hero. Purge List's live-action cast places the strategist at center, not the avenger Ihwa.

GEEKS RULE Releases First Elden Ring Collaboration T-Shirt on May 30 GEEKS RULE's first Elden Ring tee leads with Malenia, the boss whose difficulty became a community benchmark. The Erdtree back print suggests the brand is betting on icon recognition over novelty.

Dark Fantasy Strategy Game 'Dungeon Settlers' Demo Hits Steam CanOpener released a demo for dark fantasy strategy game 'Dungeon Settlers' on Steam. Colony sim meets dungeon crawling: base management, character development, four-person expeditions. Full release September 11, 2026.

Finding Polka Demo Strikes a Chord With Dog Lovers at BitSummit At BitSummit 2026, the Finding Polka demo is connecting with dog lovers. Players search a hand-drawn world for a dog that looks like a childhood pet. Published by PARCO GAMES, developed by lidlocks.

Game Spark Roundup: Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Leads May 25 Steam Picks Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight's 96% positive rate from nearly 4,000 reviews suggests the open-world formula translates smoothly to the Lego framework, a crossover that often struggles with pacing.

M2 Cancels Ubusuna Shooting Game After Lead Creator Hiroshi Iuchi Resigns Hiroshi Iuchi's departure stops Ubusuna, but his statement that he has not given up on the project leaves the door open for a revival outside M2.

Kuzuha's Second Mini Album 'Adamantite' Reveals Jacket Art and Creator Lineup Kuzuha's second mini album 'Adamantite' brings in Ayase, Eve, and Umeda Cypher for its seven tracks. Jacket art comes in three styles: kingly smile, mysterious shadow, and portrait-like. Out July 29.

Pipo Saru Monitor Top Figure From Sarugecchu Appears as Prize The Pipo Saru figure's 2-way base references the PlayStation controller layout, not the original game's hardware. The prize targets nostalgia for the console generation, not the game itself.

AI Revives a Game Lost 20 Years Ago, Its Creator Says A game engineer revived his own high-school game, lost for 20+ years, by feeding the demo binary to Codex GPT5.5. It now runs on Windows 11, with some glitches. A second game followed. A new path for unplayable games.

Historie Anime Unveils 11 Cast Members in First Promo Video LIDEN FILMS' Historie anime drops first promo video and 11 new cast members. Nobunaga Shimazaki leads as Eumenes. January 2027 premiere set.

U-NEXT HOLDINGS Acquires GoHands as Wholly Owned Subsidiary U-NEXT HOLDINGS is buying all shares of GoHands, the studio behind Seitokai Yakuindomo, to build a production-to-distribution pipeline. The deal closes June 1.

Google Opens Applications for Japan Developer Accelerator Program Google Play Accelerator Japan caps participation at 15 companies out of the entire domestic mobile market. That ratio signals selectivity, not scale.

Though I Am an Inept Villainess Anime Sets July 12 Premiere, Reveals Key Visual The July 12 date is a delayed premiere, not the original April slot. Studio Dōga Kōbō's production schedule slipped, and the extra months may tighten the margin for subsequent episodes.

Cat Horror Game Meowmories Sends a Feline Through a Nightmare World Meowmories uses a cute cat protagonist to lower the player's guard before delivering horror. The contrast between adorable character design and nightmare visuals is the game's core mechanic.

Half-Life 3 Hype Returns as Geoff Keighley Posts Steam GIF Ahead of Summer Game Fest Keighley's steam GIF is not a Valve hint. The same image could signal a steampunk title or even the long-dormant Steam Machine.

Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Tokyo Turns the Entire City Into a Playground for 10th Anniversary Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Tokyo runs May 29-June 1, turning the whole city into a play area. Zeraora debuts, Mega Mewtwo X/Y Super Mega Raids, Pikachu Dance Stage.

Project Sekai Releases Full-Size 2D MV for Lag Train Sekai Ver. Project Sekai has released a full-size 2D music video for Lag Train (Sekai ver.). The MV is now available in-game for Wonderlands×Showtime's track.

Tiny Build Booth at Bitsummit Features Silent Road and Speedrunners 2 Demos At BitSummit, Tiny Build showed Silent Road, a horror game where you drive a taxi through a dark rural town with no GPS. Passengers are unsettling. Also playable: SpeedRunners 2.

Black Butler Pop-Up Shop Opens at Laforet Harajuku in Late May The pop-up shop covers both the Boarding School Arc and the Green Witch Arc, but the bonus shikishi is limited to one day only. Laforet Harajuku's private party drives that exclusivity.

Game Streamer P-P's Debut Rhythm Game Step Theater Shown at BitSummit BitSummit diary: Step Theater, a rhythm game from streamer P-P's Pixel Smile, uses simple button-timing across mochi-themed stages. A pestle controller was playable. Steam release in 2026.

Fuji TV to Broadcast Kore-Eda's Our Little Sister Ahead of New Film Release Fuji TV airs Kore-eda's Our Little Sister on May 30, one day after his new film The Sheep in the Box opens nationwide. Ayase, Nagasawa, Kaho, Hirose star.

Indie Game 'Trash's Coffee Talk' Lets You Cook for a Messy Senior Indie studio Granité Works is making an adventure game whose concept is 'trash's Coffee Talk.' You cook for an alcoholic senior with whatever ingredients you have. No platforms announced yet.

Undefeated: Genesis Delayed to Early 2027, Developer Cites Story Ambition Undefeated: Genesis's delay to early 2027 stems from the team expanding scope to include narrative events like boss battles and base defense, moving beyond the sandbox heroism of the original.

Nijisanji 8th Anniversary Live Concerto Day1 Brings 25 Songs and Three-Hour Show Nijisanji Concerto Day1 featured four first-time anniversary performers, including two from EN and one from KR, marking the broadest cross-branch participation yet for a single anniversary show.

Juna Shinno Covers Cream June 2026 Issue for Third Time Cream's third cover for Juna Shinno arrives in her 10th anniversary year, a rare repeat that signals the magazine's long-term investment in a single idol persona rather than cycling through fresh faces each season.

Bandai SMP Brave Exkaiser Ranks 4th in Amazon Hobby New Arrivals Chart SMP Brave Exkaiser sits at 4th, behind a Blade Runner blaster and a Kamen Rider Zero-One figure. Mecha model kits face stiff competition from non-robot pop culture licenses on Amazon's shelves.

Teamfight Manager 2 Enters Steam Early Access May 26 Teamfight Manager 2 swaps its predecessor's arena combat for MOBA lanes, a structural change that rewrites the entire strategy layer. Early access means the meta is still being built.

The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for The Throne Anime Adds Yūki Kuwahara, Masahiko Tanaka Kazuko Tadano, known for Sailor Moon, is designing the characters. That is a specific visual lineage for this SS-rank prince story.

Anchor Details Underwater Creatures and Hunting Mechanics Anchor dev Fearem details underwater creatures: fish, sharks, whales with varied reactions. Hunting gives resources but blood attracts predators. 150-player survival game due on Steam in 2027.

VacuuBot: Home Cleaning Simulator Lets Players Become a Robot Vacuum Cleaner VacuuBot: Home Cleaning Simulator offers both time attack and Zen mode, letting the same game serve speedrunners and relaxation seekers without splitting the audience.

Berserk Chapter 384 Gets June 12 Release Date After Eight-Month Hiatus Berserk's three-consecutive-issue plan is the first time Studio Gaga has committed to a defined publishing arc since taking over. It suggests a production rhythm they were not ready to promise before.

Indie Mystery ADV KILLA Blends Puppet Show and Revenge at BitSummit BitSummit PUNCH featured KILLA, a gothic mystery ADV where players solve puppet show puzzles to uncover a revenge story.

Steam Store Page Goes Live for Money Laundering Roguelite Spin Cycle Spin Cycle turns money laundering into a turn-based strategy loop. The moral framing sits entirely with the player, not the game's systems.

Escape From Tarkov Adds PvE-Only Icebreaker Map in Update 1.0.5.0 The Icebreaker map is fully PvE, a first for Escape From Tarkov. The design suggests Battlestate is testing a separate PvE-only track alongside the core extraction experience.

Mr. KARATE Joins FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves on May 27 Mr. KARATE's Italian accent is a new detail not present in earlier Art of Fighting or FATAL FURY appearances, suggesting SNK is retooling the character's identity beyond the Takuma Sakazaki origin.

Crashout Crew Release Date Set for May 28 Crashout Crew's May 28 release skips PlayStation entirely, an unusual choice for a co-op party game that typically leans on Sony's install base.

Flawless Abbey Blends Music Box Puzzles With Watercolor Art Flawless Abbey's developer is a student, not a studio. The game's watercolor puzzles carry a handmade quality that larger productions rarely achieve.

Top-Down Co-Op Survival Game Romestead Launches May 26 Romestead, an 8-player co-op top-down survival game about rebuilding Rome, launches May 26. Base building, farming, automation, and night hordes. 250k wishlists.

Brazilian Game Onikura Brings Parry-Focused Boss Rush to BitSummit Onikura is a boss rush game where parrying is the only offensive and defensive move. That design constraint forces every encounter to be a duel, not a brawl.

Nippon Ichi Software Releases Free 'GOBBLE' Mini-Game 'Harapeko Kamaeru' Online Nippon Ichi Software put a free mini-game, 'Harapeko Kamaeru,' on the 'GOBBLE' site. You click lanes to eat meat while a monster comments. Score posts on X can win a sticker. The main game ships September 24.

You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 Reveals Theme Song Artist in New Trailer 7co's major debut single is the opening for You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2. Lapin Track adds two chief animation directors from the first season, suggesting a larger or more complex production.

Detective Conan Pin Badges With Rotating Gimmicks Launch in July The pin badge with the rotating door design turns a static collectible into a wearable diorama, letting fans toggle between Conan and the iconic door frame.

Nijisanji Fest 2026's Uncharted Spheres Stage Runs 3.5 Hours With 31 Songs Berry Saotome's first 3D live debut in Uncharted Spheres drew the loudest cheers of the opening, a signal that Nijisanji's newest generation already carries live-stage presence.

The Opposites of You and Me Season 2 PV Reveals July 5 Premiere and 7co Opening The Opposites of You and Me Season 2 PV drops July 5 premiere date and opening theme "Nekojarashi" by 7co. New footage shows Suzuki and Tani's cheerful days plus other characters' changing dynamics.

Nijisanji En's Noctyx Gets Roller Skate X Y2K Fashion Goods Lineup Noctyx's roller skate Y2K goods skip the usual fantasy styling for a grounded period look. The lineup leans into retro-pop but uses modern silhouettes.

Nijisanji Sends 38 Livers Into Pubg Mobile for Grand Sports Festival 38 Nijisanji livers will compete in the NIJIPUBG Grand Sports Festival on May 30, split into 12 teams across five Pubg Mobile challenges including parkour, relay races, and a bounty match.

Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy X House Music Arrangement Album Square Enix's House Grooves series treats Final Fantasy X as dance music source material, not nostalgia bait. The tracklist skips the usual battle themes in favor of ambient and emotional cues.

Pixel 10th Anniversary Title Horgi Hugh Releasing on Switch October 22 Horgi Hugh is a polished version of a 10-year-old title, not a new game. Pixel is betting that nostalgia plus modern hardware can sell a decade later.

Sunsoft Revives Route 16 Series After 41 Years With ROUTE16R ROUTE16R replaces the classic power-up item with a robot transformation and battle item system, a mechanical shift that changes the risk-reward calculus of the original dot-eating formula.

Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn Edition Scores 80 on Metacritic for Switch 2 The 30fps cap on Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn Edition for Switch 2 is the trade-off for portability. Reviewers praise the handheld experience but note the frame rate limit as the technical compromise.