Video game
Nintendo has sunk another piracy shop operator in court. In the case Nintendo of America brought against James Williams, who operated under the name “Archbox,” the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington awarded $4.5 million (about 710 million yen) in damages on September 23, 2026. The number is not the most interesting…
Anime
I never expected that theatrical cut to turn into eight full episodes. SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT, the anime based on FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, has been confirmed for a TV broadcast starting in January 2027. Eight episodes total. It will follow the story of the theatrical version while rebuilding it with a large number of…
Game Walkthroughs & Guides
This is a full Chrono Trigger strategy guide, and it covers every version from the original Super Famicom (SNES) release to the Steam version. Dungeon layouts, boss weaknesses and the stats of all seven characters are identical across every release, so everything here applies no matter which version you’re playing. The only things that change…
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The JRPG Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness, helmed by Wild Arms creator Akifumi Kaneko, has been canceled. The news came from Italy’s Digital Bros group, buried in a single line of the financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 2026, published on September 24, 2026. A game that raised roughly 379…
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Epic Games Store is giving away Mechabellum and Astrea: Six Sided Oracles right now. The deadline is October 2, 2026 at 0:00 JST. Normally they run 4,180 yen (tax included) and 2,800 yen (tax included) respectively, so that’s 6,980 yen (tax included) worth of games going to zero this week. Both of them support Japanese….
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Dragon Quest Monsters 4: Bianca and Flora in the Land of Withered Trees launches December 3, 2026, and the digital Standard Edition runs 7,700 yen (tax included). The headline additions from September’s info drop are “Field Scout,” which lets you recruit monsters out in the field without ever entering combat, and “Co-op Battle,” which throws…
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Konami is giving away the smartphone version of the original Castlevania for free. The window runs from September 25, 2026 to October 24 at 11:59 PM, and it covers both iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play). Here’s the important part. If you download it during that window, it stays playable after October 25. You…
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Xbox’s “reset” has gone one step deeper. Microsoft announced on September 22, 2026 (local time) a total of 268 employee cuts across Halo Studios and other subsidiaries, as well as the administrative departments of Xbox Game Studios (XGS). This marks the “phase 2” of the 3,200-person restructuring announced in July, with roughly three-quarters of the…
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Undead Labs, developer of the State of Decay franchise and newly independent from Xbox, announced layoffs on September 23, 2026 (Japan Standard Time) via LinkedIn. While the number of employees affected was not disclosed, the statement described it as “a day when we must say goodbye to many colleagues.” Meanwhile, development of State of Decay…
Video game
HoYoverse’s brand-new title “NODUS FALL” is a realistic action game set in a mythologically-inspired world where you battle massive monsters. According to an FAQ released on HoYoverse’s official X account (@Nodusfall_jp) on September 23, 2026, three key pieces of information have been newly revealed: no character gacha, co-op multiplayer as the main focus, and PC…
