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PlayStation
PS5 system software update version 26.07-14.20.00 rolled out on October 21, 2026. The official release notes amount to a single line – “we’ve improved the messaging and usability on some screens” – and the file weighs in at roughly 1.2GB. It’s the second update this month, following 26.06-14.10.00 on October 1. Outlets in Japan and…
Video game
Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Granblue Fantasy and Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond all went into emergency maintenance at 11:00 p.m. Japan time on October 21, 2026. The reason: two vulnerabilities rated 9.2 on the CVSS v4.0 scale were found in PHP, the programming language running their servers. The PHP development team gave advance notice on October 20 and…
Anime
The TV anime Just Like Mona Lisa (Seibetsu “Mona Lisa” no Kimi e.) is set to air in 2027. On October 21, 2026, the main visual and the first main trailer went live, and alongside Chika Anzai as protagonist Hinase Arima, seven additional cast members were announced: Yoshino Aoyama, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Daisuke Sakuma, Chiharu, Kakeru…
Xbox
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is coming to Xbox Game Pass on October 29, 2026. It’s available on Xbox Series X|S, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming across three plans — Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass — and that includes FF7R EPISODE INTERmission, the bonus episode starring Yuffie. Xbox Wire made the announcement…
Video game
EA is bringing the Fight Night boxing series back. On October 20, 2026 (US time), a newly created official X account, @EASPORTSFN, posted “To everyone who stayed in our corner: Fight Night is coming back,” paired with an image of gloves hanging over a ring and the line “The Fight Is Never Over.” The last…
Video game
Tropico 7, the seventh entry in the dictator-sim series, gets its Japanese release on January 28, 2027 — the same day as the global version. Kalypso Media Japan is publishing, with Gaming Minds Studios handling development. A playable demo with Japanese support has also gone live on Steam, and a story trailer is out now….
GANPLA
THE GUNDAM BASE SHIBUYA, a store carrying Gunpla, apparel, stationery and more, opens on Friday, November 20, 2026 on the 5th floor of Shibuya PARCO. The address is 15-1 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, hours run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the floor space is 51.57 tsubo (roughly 1,830 square feet), and admission is free. Within…
Anime
TOHO Games, the game label of TOHO, opened pre-registration today, October 20, 2026, for the smartphone app Haikyu!! ALL Challengers on both the App Store and Google Play. A main visual and a promotional movie went up alongside it. This is the first full-fledged training simulation game for the Haikyu!! anime. It’s billed as simulation…
Video game
PEGI, Europe’s game ratings body, is raising the age ratings on games that are already on sale. The targets are digital-only games currently classified PEGI 3, 7, or 12 that include paid random items such as loot boxes. Those will be updated to PEGI 16 with a “Paid random items” descriptor attached. The updates begin…
Video game
Capcom has launched the early-game demo for the Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds, live today, October 20, on the Nintendo eShop. It’s free, and it covers character creation plus the prologue through Chapter 1-3, “To the Forest.” What’s playable here is the real thing. You can fight Chatacabra and Quematrice, two monsters making…
