Tokyo 7th Sisters is Ending Service After 12-Year Run

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Soul Kiwami
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Tokyo 7th Sisters

The official website for Donuts’ idol-raising mobile game Tokyo 7th Sisters confirmed that the game will be ending service on August 12, putting an end to the game’s 12-year run. The main story will end with the “Stella MiNE” group’s story in the game’s current “Episode 2053” story arc. 

An offline version of Tokyo 7th Sisters will be released featuring the game’s entire story, the music player, stage events, and acquired cards. Donuts plans to make the offline version maintain as much features and functionality from the main game as possible. In addition, the franchise will still receive new merchandise and further concerts. 

Tokyo 7th Sisters is set in the year 2034 in a world where idols are thought of as products of a bygone age. Players take on the role of one of the managers of the idol agency Nanastar and aim to bring back the age of idols by recruiting promising talent.

Tokyo 7th Sisters is available now for Android and iOS in Japan.

Here’s an overview of the game’s features, via the Google Play Store:

A full-fledged rhythm game anyone can enjoy!

Play rhythm games with over 150 original songs, including “Star Glitter” written and composed by kz (livetune)!

The “rating” system lets you find the right difficulty level for your skill level, so anyone from beginner to advanced can enjoy this game!

Includes numerous episodes!

Produce idols through a variety of stories, including main episodes depicting two eras and event episodes depicting the idols’ daily lives!

Charming and unique idols!

More than 60 idols appear! Interact with them and you’re sure to find your favorite!

Cygames Files New Trademarks for Real-Time Tactics Game Lost Order

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Soul Kiwami
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Lost Order

Cygames has filed new trademarks for Lost Order, the real-time tactics game co-developed by PlatinumGames, in the U.S. and Europe. It’s been nearly 9 years since the Lost Order closed beta test ended with little to no updates since then, but the trademark could be a sign that Cygames is preparing to finally share new information about the game.

Lost Order is still in development, according to a correction made by Cygames parent company CyberAgent to its Q&A for the fiscal year ended September 2024. Originally, it was disclosed that development of Lost Order was put on hold, but the game is still in development after all these years. 

Originally announced in 2016, the staff of Lost Order includes notable names from the Final Fantasy franchise. Yuito Kimura from Cygames and Atsushi Inaba from PlatinumGames are the game’s producers, and Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII scenario writer Yasumi Matsuno is the development director. Final Fantasy series illustrator Akihiko Yoshida (CyDesignation) is the art director, and Hideki Sakamoto from noisycroak is the music composer.

Cygames will release GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink – Endless Ragnarok on July 9 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. Players returning from GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink may carry over their save data and continue in GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink – Endless Ragnarok by purchasing the Digital Upgrade Kit. A CyStore-Exclusive Edition will be available with the full game, a Seven-Star Sword Metal Replica & Showcase Box, an artbook, a roulette keychain, and acrylic art block with an exclusive illustration.

GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink – Endless Ragnarok Trailers Introduce Gallanza and Maglielle

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Soul Kiwami
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Granblue Fantasy Relink - Endless Ragnarok Maglielle

Cygames has released two new “Meet the Crew” trailers for GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink – Endless Ragnarok introducing Gallanza (English VA: Crispin Freeman / Japanese VA: Koichi Yamadera) and Maglielle (English VA: Debi Derryberry / Japanese VA: Saori Hayami).

GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink – Endless Ragnarok launches on July 9 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. Players returning from GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink may carry over their save data and continue in GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink – Endless Ragnarok by purchasing the Digital Upgrade Kit. A CyStore-Exclusive Edition will be available with the full game, a Seven-Star Sword Metal Replica & Showcase Box, an artbook, a roulette keychain, and acrylic art block with an exclusive illustration.

The game features the original Relink story and new story, along with new Chaos-tier Quests and end-game challenges that provide valuable rewards for character growth. Seofon & Tweyen will return with story implications, and there will be new threats, such as Ragnalia and Beelzebub. Players may work with Lyria to harness the power of Summons as well, and there will be over 20 playable characters, including new additions like Beatrix and Eustace.

The game also adds a new roguelike single-player mode called The Conflux, which features randomly generated stages that award mode-specific buffs. Further, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC (Steam) players will be able to play together in co-op with cross-play. 

Reverse: 1999 Version 3.4 ‘Spring Unending’ Phase 2 Now Live

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Saras Rajpal
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Reverse: 1999 Version 3.4 ‘Spring Unending’ Phase 2 Now Live

Bluepoch Games has released phase 2 of Reverse: 1999 version 3.4, titled “Spring Unending.” The update adds 6-star character, Cheng Heguang, alongside his dedicated Character Story.

His dedicated Character Story, titled “To Slay a Tiger,” will let you earn Clear Drops and growth materials. The new limited character, Paper Heron, is also still summonable in her banner “Her Heart-Cut Spring.” The update also adds the following gameplay enhancements:

  • The beloved Pre-Storm Protocol gameplay returns with upgraded systems and rewards, including a Message Board System, Fruits of the Practice System, and Expanded Exploration Content. You can earn free 4-star Arcanist Reed, additional growth materials, and limited items.
  • The brand-new party-style multiplayer mode, Musae’s Arcade, is still available to play. Players can compete or cooperate in mini-games to earn Horropedia’s themed garment, a Limited Portrait, Crystal Casket and upgrade materials.
  • Version 2.5 “Showdown in Chinatown” will return for a limited time from May 15 until May 25.
  • 100 free pulls from the selectable 6-star banner “The Snow of Dushuo”. Players can log in daily to receive 10 free summons. 
  • Additional 20 Unilog available via the Phase 2 Login Event.
  • A free garment for Noire, selectable 6-star Artifice, and various discount rewards are also available.
  • The Euphoria System now available for Tooth Fairy, Liang Yue, 6, and Willow.
  • New Photomancy updates for Tooth Fairy and A Knight.
  • Getian Anecdote and double resource drop events are available now.

Check out the trailer showcasing Cheng Heguang, the newest character in phase 2 of Reverse: 1999 version 3.4 below:

Lastly, Reverse: 1999 is available now for Android, iOS, and PC via Windows and Steam.

Sekiro: No Defeat Anime Gets 3-Week Screening in Japan

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Soul Kiwami
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Sekiro No Defeat

Kadokawa has announced that Sekiro: No Defeat, studio Qzil.la’s upcoming anime adaptation of FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice game, will receive a 3-week screening in theaters starting September 4 in Japan. A new key visual for the theatrical version of Sekiro: No Defeat was also revealed.

Sekiro No Defeat key visual
©FS. Published by Activision. ©KA/SNDP

The Sekiro: No Defeat anime will exclusively stream on Crunchyroll in 2026. 

The staff and the cast of the anime is as follows:

Staff

  • Director: Kenichi Kutsuna
  • Screenwriter: Takuya Satou
  • Character Designer: Takahiro Kishida
  • Deputy Director: Shunsuke Fukui
  • Chief Animation Director: Kaito Moki
  • Action Animation Director: Takashi Mukoda
  • Art Director: Yuji Kaneko
  • Color Designer: Azusa Sasaki
  • Cinematographer: Keisuke Nozawa
  • Editor: Yoshinori Murakami
  • Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura
  • Composer: Shuta Hasunuma
  • Produced by: ARCH
  • Production Company: Qzil.la

Cast

  • Wolf: Daisuke Namikawa
  • Kuro / The Divine Heir: Miyuki Satou
  • Genichiro Ashina: Kenjiro Tsuda

Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:

The time is Sengoku.

Japan is fractured into many independent nations entangled in ceaseless war. At the center lies Ashina, a land of sacred earth and ancient mystery. Two decades after Sword Saint Isshin Ashina reclaimed the region in a brutal coup, a new threat emerges from within: The Interior Ministry. Desperate to protect his homeland, Isshin’s grandson Genichiro turns to forbidden powers. The only hope lies in a kidnapped boy — the Divine Heir — and his silent protector: a loyal shinobi known only as Sekiro.

This is the story of a lord and his retainer — and their quest to restore balance to a nation on the edge.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. The game initially released in 2019 and received the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2019. 

Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History Book Releases on May 20

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Saras Rajpal
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Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History Book Releases on May 20

Bitmap Books has announced the Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History book, which releases on May 20. Both a standard and collector’s edition will be available for the book, which tells the history of the franchise in a “comprehensively written and gorgeously illustrated love letter to fighting game fans.”

The standard edition will cost £34.99, while the collector’s edition will cost £54.99. The latter only has 2,000 units available and includes a set of A5 Fatal Fury art cards and a postcard. The store page describes the book as follows:

The fighting game genre just wouldn’t be the same without the Fatal Fury series (known as Garou Densetsu in Japan). Beyond defining SNK and the rise of the NEOGEO hardware, the early Fatal Fury releases established a foundational template that has influenced every competitive fighter since – shaping arcade and console gaming in diverse and profound ways.

Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History tells that story in remarkable detail, informed by candid interviews with key developers from across the Fatal Fury series, including pixel artists Hitoshi Okamoto, Youichiro Soeda, and Nobuyuki Kuroki, planner and designer Takeshi Kimura, and Chief Producer of SNK Fighting Games, Yasuyuki Oda, who also authored the book’s foreword. Bitmap Books were also granted access to the celebrated gaming company’s vast archive of concept sketches, promotional illustrations, and cover art.

As a result, inside the pages of Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History you’ll discover an unprecedented visual and written history, which explores the series’ emergence within SNK, the design philosophies that guided the creation of each of the games, and the fascinating connections with other fighting icons such as KOF and Art of Fighting. The book also explores the new standards for world building and character development that the Fatal Fury games brought to arcade game design, shining a light on rostrum icons like Terry Bogard, Mai Shiranui, and Geese Howard. Every game in the series, meanwhile, is covered in-depth, from the famed NEOGEO console and arcade titles, to Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition, Fatal Fury: First Contact, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, and Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.

Across 460+ pages, readers will also be treated to all manner of visual delights, from vibrant full-page sprite sheets to carefully reproduced screenshots, as well as the aforementioned concept and promotional artworks by artists including Shinkiro, TONKO and Eiji Shiroi – all printed using special Pantone ink and high-quality paper.

Lastly, the most recent entry in the series, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, is available now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Season Pass 2 is available now for $19.99 and includes Kim Jae Hoon, Nightmare Geese, Blue Mary, Wolfgang Krauser, Kenshiro from the Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star-, and Mr. Karate.

The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker Anime Premieres July 5

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The World’s Strongest Rearguard – Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker

Earlier today, the official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Tōwa’s The World’s Strongest Rearguard – Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker (Sekai Saikyō no Kōei: Meikyūkoku no Shinjin Tansakusha) light novel series announced that the anime will premiere on July 5 at 10:00 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX. Additionally, a new key visual was released.

© 2026 とーわ・風花風花/KADOKAWA/世界最強の後衛製作委員会

The cast and staff of The World’s Strongest Rearguard anime include:

  • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Arihito
  • Aoi Koga as Theresia
  • Sakura Nakamura as Kyōka
  • Yui Ishikawa as Elitia
  • Saori Hayami as Suzuna
  • Kaede Hondo as Misaki
  • Kanon Takao as Madoka
  • Yuka Aisaka as Melissa

Yūji Yanase directs the anime at Maho Film. Deko Akao is in charge of series scripts, and Eriko Yanagimoto is the main character designer.

Tōwa launched the The World’s Strongest Rearguard novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in April 2017. Kadokawa published the novel’s first volume, featuring illustrations by Kazabana, in November 2017.

In March 2018, Rikizo launched the manga adaptation on Kadokawa’s Comic Walker web manga site. Kadokawa published the first compiled book volume in September 2018. Yen Press also publishes the manga adaptation in English.

Yen Press licenses the manga and novel in English and describes it as follows:

Corporate slave Arihito Atobe’s death in a freak bus accident marks the beginning of his new life as a kind of adventurer called a Seeker. Reborn into a fantasy world, he settles into a previously unknown job class called “rearguard,” capable of providing his (all-female) party with critical attack, defense, and recovery support. And it comes with an added bonus: Simply being at the back of the party line increases his companions’ fondness for him! Freed from the shackles of corporate life, Arihito is eager to start fresh as a newly minted Seeker!

Solo Leveling: ARISE Adds Antoine Martinez and Major System Updates

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Saras Rajpal
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Solo Leveling: ARISE Adds Antoine Martinez and Major System Updates

Netmarble has released a new update for Solo Leveling: ARISE, which adds a new hunter, Antoine Martinez, and major system updates. The update adds new story content, a new dungeon, and more. 

Martinez is a Light Elemental Stacke that specializes in axe-based combat. He utilizes an Ultimate Skill called “The Angel’s Stay,” which empowers his weapon before he strikes the ground to unleash shockwaves. Additionally, the final hit of his skills triggers the Wisdom effect and restores HP for allies. This makes him highly effective in both offensive and defensive roles. The update also adds refinements to the main story. Now, repetition in stages throughout chapters 3 to 20 has been removed. Special Stages are now playable in select chapters in Normal difficulty, where players must face unique boss encounters under restricted combat conditions.

Chapters 32 to 34 of the story are now available as well, alongside a new job change for Sung Jinwoo: “Monarch of Shadows: Exterminator.” The entry currency for the Gates, Unstable Dungeon, Battlefield of Chaos, and the Hunter Archive game modes have been unified to a single Dungeon Entry Key for improved convenience. Plus, a new dungeon known as the “Mind Rift” is also now accessible. Finally, the update adds new gameplay systems: the Successor system and Monarch Milestones. 

Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is available now for PC via Microsoft Store and Steam, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in Q3 2026. Final Weapon reviewed Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE and gave it a 4/5 score, noting that the game has “many improvements across the board, including major gameplay tweaks and additions, a more immersive story mode structure, and the removal of gacha mechanics.”

Lastly, Solo Leveling: ARISE is available now for Android, iOS, and PC. 

Meg’s Monster Available Now on iOS and Android

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Saras Rajpal
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Meg's Monster Available Now on iOS and Android

Odencat has announced that its RPG, Meg’s Monster, is available now on iOS and Android for free with optional in-app purchases. The Wish Upon a Cat anniversary title will release on both platforms in July 2026. 

The new version of Meg’s Monster is optimized for a vertical perspective, and features tap controls. It will also include the game’s DLC, “Lost Memories.” The game is entirely free-to-play with ads, however, you can use in-app purchases to remove the ads. In March 2026, as part of the game’s third anniversary, Odencat released a website for Meg’s Monster, which showcases its development history. Meg’s Monster is available now on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The Steam page describes the game as follows:

Welcome to the Underworld—a land of monsters and mutants who eat humans for breakfast.

One such monster—a hulking ogre by the name of Roy—has no interest in eating humans. But one day, he and his best friend Golan stumble upon a lost little girl named Meg, and discover something truly terrifying: the moment she starts wailing in fear, a blood-red hue washes over the sky, and the earth itself begins to tremble and quake.

That’s right: this small girl’s tears hold the power to bring forth the apocalypse—and the only way to stop it is for them to help find her mother so she can make it safely back home.

Meg’s Monster is a short, story-driven JRPG with a big twist. Players control Roy, who begins the game with 99,999 HP and is virtually untouchable—but the real concern is keeping Meg safe, because if she starts crying, it’s game over for everyone. Players will have to master the unique mechanics and mini-games baked into each battle, all while protecting Meg and using her favorite toys to keep her pacified.

Nintendo Switch 2 is Getting a Price Increase

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Soul Kiwami
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Nintendo has announced that Nintendo Switch 2 will receive a price increase due to “changes in market conditions.” Starting September 1, the recommended retail price of Nintendo Switch 2 will increase from $449.99 to $499.99 (tax excluded) in the U.S., and in Canada, the price will increase from $629.99 CAD to $679.99 CAD (tax excluded).

That same day, Europe will also receive a price increase for Nintendo Switch 2 from €469.99 to €499.99 (tax excluded). Nintendo also confirmed that price revisions will be applied to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 in other regions. 

In Japan, the price of the Nintendo Switch (Japanese-language system, Japan only model) will increase from ¥49,980 to ¥59,980 starting May 25, and the multi-language system model’s price remains unchanged. Nintendo Switch consoles will also experience a price increase that same day in Japan.

Nintendo Switch Current Price Revised Price
Nintendo Switch（OLED Model） ¥37,980 ¥47,980
Nintendo Switch ¥32,978 ¥43,980
Nintendo Switch Lite ¥21,978 ¥29,980
 

Starting July 1, Nintendo Switch Online pricing will also increase in Japan. 

The prices will be changed as follows:

Nintendo Switch Online the current After change
Individual plan 1 month 306 yen 400 yen
3 months 815 yen 1,000 yen
12 months 2,400 yen 3,000 yen
Family Plan 12 months 4,500 yen 5,800 yen
Nintendo Switch Online
+ Expansion Pack		 the current After change
Individual plan 12 months 4,900 yen 5,900 yen
Family Plan 12 months 8,900 yen 9,900 yen

Nintendo published its earnings release for the fourth quarter of fiscal year ended on March 31, 2026, confirming that Nintendo Switch 2 reached 19.86 million units in global sell-through. Roughly 2.49 million Switch 2 units were sold from January 1 to March 31, resulting in a total of 19.86 million units sold. In the same quarter, 10.78 million Switch 2 software units were sold.

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