Video game
The origin point of the Trails series is finally moving again. On September 16, 2026, Nihon Falcom announced that it has signed a commercialization license agreement with South Korea’s NEOWIZ covering The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean—known in Japan as Shiroki Majo, the 1994 PC-9801 RPG—for development on PC and consoles and…
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The Apex Legends x Street Fighter 6 crossover goes live on September 22, 2026 (2:00 a.m. JST on September 23). The headline items are eight fighter skins spread across eight Legends and a limited-time mode called Apex K.O. that swaps the camera to third person. The event runs from September 22 to October 13 local…
Anime
The 1986 animated feature The Transformers: The Movie opens in Japan on Friday, November 27, 2026, screening at 30 Lawson United Cinemas locations nationwide. The film will be shown in a Japanese-dubbed version, and this marks the first time it has ever played in regular Japanese movie theaters. Mubichike digital advance tickets are priced at…
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Let’s get straight to it. Taito’s psychic-powered fighter Psychic Force 2012 is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Steam, with a 2027 release window. Cosmo Machia is handling the port, and it’s built on the NESiCA x Live version – the rebalanced arcade build that went live in 2012. Pricing is still unannounced as…
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The first new Warcraft III campaign since 2003’s Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne just landed out of nowhere, 23 years later. Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom was shadow-dropped during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony. Here’s the bottom line. It released September 12, 2026, and it’s available now on PC via Battle.net. The standalone campaign runs…
Steam
The Steam Frame is an easy buy if you want to play PC VR wirelessly. If you’re hunting for a standalone headset that does everything on its own, sit this one out. At $1,300 it costs roughly twice what a Meta Quest 3 does — and whether that gap is justified is the question this…
Anime
A live-action Crazy Taxi movie is officially happening, announced as the opening salvo of a new partnership between Netflix and Sega. There’s no release window yet, but the script is locked in with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, the duo behind 2025’s The Naked Gun. And Crazy Taxi isn’t the only thing this deal put…
Anime
Episodes 1 through 5 of the TV anime PERSONA5 the Animation (the Persona 5 anime from here on) go up for free on Atlus’s official YouTube channel starting Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 19:30. One episode premieres every day at 19:30 through Saturday, September 19. Each one stays up until 23:59 two weeks after it…
Anime
Kenji Kamiyama’s new Gundam TV anime, Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO (pronounced “Alex Zero”), will premiere on television in April 2027. SOLA ANIMATION is handling animation production, with Kamiyama serving as both director and series composer. The show’s official website announced the premiere window on September 14, 2026, and published an interview with Kamiyama at…
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The Game Boy Advance (GBA) launched in Japan on March 21, 2001. Nintendo’s 32-bit handheld crammed Super Famicom-level graphics into the palm of your hand. Metroid Fusion, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire — time and again, the GBA left players wondering, “A handheld can really do this?” In this article, we’ve dug…
