Yakuza and Like a Dragon Franchise Steam Sale Offers Up to 80% Off

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Like a Dragon Yakuza sale

As the wait for Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties continues, SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio launched a Like a Dragon / Yakuza franchise sale on Steam with up to 80% off. Fans can catch up with Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 or begin the Judgment series and Ichiban Kasuga’s Like a Dragon games by taking advantage of the Steam sale, which runs through October 23.

Here’s a list of the most notable deals:

  • Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Deluxe / Standard Edition – 45% off
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Standard / Deluxe / Ultimate Edition – 70% off
  • Like a Dragon: Gaiden – The Man Who Erased His Name Standard / Ultimate Edition – 65% off
  • Like a Dragon: Ishin! Standard / Deluxe Edition – 80% off
  • Lost Judgment – 75% off
  • Judgment – 70% off
  • Yakuza: Kiwami – 45% off
  • Yakuza: Kiwami 2 – 45% off
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon – 60% off
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon Hero Edition – 60% off
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon Legendary Hero Edition – 60% off

In addition, the sale was accompanied by a new trailer:

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties launches February 12, 2026 for $59.99 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. There will be physical and digital editions, and pre-orders include the Ichiban Legendary Lad DLC. A Digital Deluxe Edition costs $74.99 with various add-on packs.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties includes a remake of 2009’s Yakuza 3 and Dark Ties, a Like a Dragon Gaiden-style game with Yoshitaka Mine as the protagonist. Yakuza Kiwami 3 features revamped gameplay, story changes, new cast members and English voice-overs, and new cutscenes in the Dragon Engine.

Players may choose to play Yakuza Kiwami 3 or Dark Ties in any order. Mine has a unique fighting style and access to mini-games like Karaoke. There’s also Kanda Damage Control, a new request-based system with substories, and Hell’s Arena, a underground fight club with Survival.

Dragon Ball FighterZ is Getting a New Update with Fixes for Version 1.40 Gameplay Issues

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Dragon Ball FighterZ hotfix update

Bandai Namco and Arc System Works announced a new update for Dragon Ball FighterZ will fix various gameplay issues from the recently released version 1.40 update.

Planned fixes for the next Dragon Ball FighterZ update include:

  • Cooldown time for Z Assist (Type A, Type B)
  • Hit: Instant Blow
  • Goku (Ultra Instinct): Unrestrained Will (Sparking! state only)
  • Gohan (Teen): Super Dragon Flight (Heavy)
  • Goku Black: Fierce God Kick (Heavy)
  • Zamasu (Fused): Wall of Light
  • Other unintended changes affecting certain moves and combos

Dragon Ball FighterZ update 1.4.0 went live on October 12. The update added new functionality to Z Reflect and makes adjustments and changes to all characters, and patch notes can be read in full at Bandai Namco’s official website. To celebrate the update’s release, all Dragon Ball FighterZ players can receive up to 14 lobby characters for free as gifts if they login before November 9 at 21:59 (UTC). 

More updates will likely release in the coming months, especially with Dragon Ball FighterZ DLC character Goku (SS4, DAIMA) launching in spring 2026. SS4 Goku from Dragon Ball Daima is currently playable in Dragon Ball: Sparking ZERO with the Dragon Ball DAIMA: Character Pack 2 DLC, which launched on September 24 alongside a free content update featuring the “First Demon World Stage”. Dragon Ball DAIMA: Character Pack 2 includes six new playable characters: Goku (Mini), Super Saiyan 4; Goku (DAIMA), Super Saiyan 4; Vegeta (DAIMA), Super Saiyan 3; Majin Duu; Third Eye Gomah; and Giant Gomah.

Lastly, Dragon Ball FighterZ is available now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam worldwide.

Overwatch 2 and One Punch Man Collaboration Returns

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Saras Rajpal
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Overwatch 2 Adds New One Punch Man Cosmetics

Blizzard has once again added cosmetics based on One Punch Man to Overwatch 2 to commemorate the anime’s third season. All of the skins from the original collaboration, alongside two new ones, are available now until October 29. 

The following One Punch Man cosmetics are available now in Overwatch 2:

  • New: Wuyang – Garou
  • New: Ashe – Hellish Blizzard
  • Doomfist as Saitama.
  • Genji as Genos
  • Kiriko as Terrible Tornado
  • Soldier: 76 as Mumen Rider

One Punch Man Season 3 premiered with a recap special on October 5 at 11:45 p.m. JST on the TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaido, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, and TV Kyushu channels. Netflix and Crunchyroll are streaming the anime in Latin America and Oceania.

JAM Project and BABYMETAL perform the opening theme song “Get No Satisfied!”. Saitama voice actor Makoto Furukawa performs the ending theme song “Soko ni Aru Akari (The Light, That’s There).”

J.C. STAFF animates the anime with Shinpei Nagai as director. Further, Chikashi Kubota, Shinjiro Kuroda, and Ryōsuke Shirakawa are the character designers. Tomohiro Suzuki is in charge of series composition, and Makoto Miyazaki is the music composer. Yūsuke Murata and ONE first launched the One Punch Man manga in 2012. VIZ Media releases the series digitally and in print in English.

Overwatch 2 initially released in 2022 as a free-to-play sequel to the 2016 hero shooter. The game is available now on PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. While the game was supposed to release a full PvE campaign, Blizzard cancelled it in 2024. Instead, the game has received collaborations with media properties such as Diablo, Cowboy Bebop, Transformers, Gundam Wing, Street Fighter 6, and more recently, Persona 5 Royal. 

Nippon Ichi Software to Release Fuuraiki 5 and Lens on Steam

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Soul Kiwami
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Fuuraiki 5

Nippon Ichi Software announced travel adventure game Fuuraiki 5 and Orgesta’s horror adventure game Lens are coming to PC via Steam (2). Both Fuuraiki 5 and Lens will be available for 7,920 yen (tax included) each on Steam, and English is not supported.

Fuuraiki 5 launched on July 31, 2025 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in Japan. Lens followed up on August 28 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in Japan as well.

Fuuraiki 5 is the fifth installment of the Fuuraiki series of adventure games by Nippon Ichi Software. Players take on the role of Toru Seta, a newbie journalist who visits Mie Prefecture to participate in the Mie-kuni Eikou Competition (Shortly referred to as Mie-kon), an inter-media article competition organized by the prefecture of Mie in Japan.

The game features more than 100 locations, including Nagashima Spa Land and Maruyama Senmaida. One of the new additions include a Ship Mode, where players can take the ferry to cross to the remote islands of Iseshima. Players will also get to meet several characters throughout their journey, including fellow participants of the Mie-kon competition.

A free demo version for the Fuuraiki 5 was previously released. In this demo version of Fuuraiki 5, players can experience the beginning of the game and explore some locations of the coastal city of Toba. It is worth noting that data cannot be carried over to the full version of the game.

The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest English Dub Premieres on October 18

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Soul Kiwami
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The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest English dub

Crunchyroll announced the English dub of The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest will premiere on October 18. The English dub cast and crew of The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest was also revealed.

English Dub Episode 1 Cast

  • Eduardo Vildasol as Alec
  • Mikaela Krantz as Yorha
  • Zac Loera as Ornest
  • Celeste Perez as Kracia
  • Parker Davis Gray as Regulus
  • Hayden Daviau as Leni 
  • William Ofoegbu as Iks
  • Daniel Van Thomas as Eldas
  • Izzi Raine as Young Alec 
  • Lily Gast as Misha
  • Ryan Seale as Dragon
  • Drew Kocour as Demon
  • Robin Clayton as Girl

English Dub Episode 1 Crew

  • Voice Director: Caitlin Glass
  • Producer: Samantha Herek
  • Adaptation: Audrey Drake Rigg
  • Mixer: Rickey Watkins
  • Engineer: Jeremy Woods

The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest premiered on October 4 at 11:30 p.m. in TV Asahi’s “IMAnimation” programming block. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide, excluding Asia.

Kiro Akiyama performs the opening theme song “Quest,” and Aruma performs the ending theme song “Kakera” (Fragment).

The previously announced cast includes:

  • Shūichirō Umeda as Alec Ygret
  • Yurika Kubo as Yorha Eisenz
  • Masumi Tazawa as Krasia Annerose
  • Masaaki Mizunaka as Ornest Rain
  • Atsushi Abe as Regulus Caldana
  • Hikaru Midorikawa as Eldas Mikayla
  • Sakura Tange as Rosa Alhatia
  • Akira Ishida as Loki Silveria
  • Naoya Uchida as Leviel Stantz

Ken Takahashi directs the anime at Gekkō with Masamune Hirata as assistant director. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu is handling the series scripts, and Yōko Satō is handling the character design with Nobuhide Hayashi as the sub-character designer. Diosta inc. and High Speed Boy inc. are composing the music.

Alto serialized the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website from October 2020 to September 2022. Kodansha published the first volume of the print version with illustrations by Yuunagi in August 2021.

Lastly, here’s a synopsis, via Crunchyroll:

Once a loyal court magician supporting the crown prince from behind the scenes, Alec Ygret is cast aside and exiled for only knowing support magic. But just as he hits rock bottom, he reunites with Yorha Eisentz, a former comrade from the legendary party Lasting Period. Invited to rejoin the team that once made history, Alec returns to dungeon exploration—and begins a new chapter in his life!

There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… Sequel Anime Gets a New Trailer

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There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover Unless... sequel anime

A new official trailer for the There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ sequel anime was released. There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ opens on November 21 in Japanese theaters with five episodes, and it will air on Japanese TV at a later date.

There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… premiered on July 7 and ran for 12 episodes. Akari Nanawo performed the opening theme song “Muri Muri Evolution (The Impossible Theory of Evolution),” and Philosophy no Dance performed the ending theme song “Mayocchauwa (I’m Confused).”

The staff of the anime includes: 

  • Director: Natsumi Uchinuma
  • Series Structure / Script: Naruhisa Arakawa
  • Character Design: kojikoji
  • Chief Animation Director: Misaki Kaneko / Haruki Moriya / Takashi Shiokawa / Kino
  • Tokino Keinosuke Ami
  • Color Setting: Mitsuko Sekimoto
  • Art Director: Yuri Takagi / Keito Watanabe
  • Director of Photography: Takuma Morooka
  • Editing: Ichiro Chaen
  • Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi
  • Music: Yoshiaki Fujisawa
  • Animation Production: studio MOTHER

The cast includes:

  • Kanna Nakamura as Rena Amaori
  • Saori Onishi as Mai Oduka
  • Yukari Anzai as Ajisai Sena
  • Kana Ichinose as Satsuki Koto
  • Takako Tanaka as Kaho Koyanagi
  • Mayu Sagara as Haruna Amaori

Writer Teren Mikami and illustrator Eku Takeshima launched the There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… light novel series in February 2020. The light novel series is published by Shueisha under the Dash X Bunko label.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime series, via REMOW:

A non-stop girls’ comedy-romance in a high school setting with a cast of richly individual characters. The main character, Renako Amaori, who had a lonely time in junior high school, makes her debut in high school and meets her classmate, school superstar Mai Oduka. The two share each other’s worries and become secret friends…

N++ ‘TEN++’ Update Brings ‘Most Challenging Levels Yet’

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N++ TEN++

Metanet Software announced the “TEN++” update for side-scrolling platformer N++ is now available for PC via Steam in celebration of the game’s 10th anniversary. The new TEN++ update is coming soon to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One versions of N++.

The new N++ update introduces the game’s “most challenging levels yet” for solo, co-op, and race modes, along with six new color palette. Metanet Software also confirmed that its next game is in development, and a teaser page is now open with sign-ups for a chance to play the beta.

Here’s an overview of the game, via Steam:

N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape. It’s the first N game on PC since 2004 and we’ve spent those 12 years perfecting the platformer.

N++ is all about using your momentum to complete levels and get high scores, but in this sci-fi world, there’s a slew of inadvertently homicidal enemy robots trying to prevent you from completing your goal.

Through the hand-crafted (NOT procedurally generated) levels, you’ll experience platforming at its most intense. Using only your fluid movement, you need to ‘solve’ each level and get to the exit.

In addition to the lengthy and challenging single player campaign, we’ve packed a ton of features into this one last entry in the N series including:

      • 4,690 hand-made levels
      • Custom Levels, Level Editor & Global Level Sharing
      • Leaderboards and replays for every level (even the ones you make)
      • Local Co-op Mode (up to 4 players)
      • Local Competitive Mode (up to 4 Players)
      • Hardcore Mode, an intense single-player challenge which only the best ninjas will survive
      • Intense, hidden Secret challenges to discover
      • 63 tracks by top electronic artists
      • 125 different color palettes let you customize the game’s look and keep it fresh every time you play and more!

Play a little, or a lot — there’s no skill ceiling, so you can always get better and better. N++ is a game that has enough bite-sized gameplay to last you a lifetime.

Monster Hunter Now Reveals Autumn Hunt 2025 Event

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Monster Hunter Now Autumn Hunt 2025

Capcom and Niantic has revealed new details about the Monster Hunter Now Autumn Hunt 2025 event, which runs from Thursday, November 20 to Friday, November 21 and Saturday, November 22 to Sunday, November 23. Tickets for the event will go on sale starting November 5, and ticket holders will gain access to various different perks.

The Monster Hunter Now Autumn Hunt 2025 event lets players hunt down Elder Dragon Malzeno for a variety of rewards in a limited-time quest. By slaying or repelling Malzeno in the Autumn Hunt 2025 quest, players will receive an exclusive hunter medal, exclusive guild card background, Weapon Refining Parts, Armor Refining Parts, and Malzeno Materials.

Ticket holders have access to a number of exclusive perks, including special rewards like Malzeno Motif layered equipment and an Autumn Hunt 2025 sticker upon purchase. Malzeno will appear in Elder Dragon Interceptions, the access range has expanded by 50% at all times, and players will earn double the materials from slaying small monsters and using gathering points. 

What’s more, there are no cooldowns after joining Elder Dragon Interceptions or Hunt-a-thons. Elder Dragon Interceptions will occur more frequently at points where Elder Dragon Interceptions and Hunt-a-thons typically occur. 

Lastly, Monster Hunter Now is available now for Android and iOS, and fans can read up on more details about the game and upcoming events at the official blog.

SHY Manga is Ending in Just 3 Chapters

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SHY manga

2025’s 46th issue of Akita Publishing’s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine announced that Bukimi Miki’s SHY manga will end in just three chapters. The ending of the manga was foreshadowed when the magazine confirmed that SHY was entering its “last battle” with the September 18-due chapter.

SHY is a story about the titular character being the superhero representative for Japan. In an age where superheroes have brought worldwide peace, the timid young girl is a beacon of peace with a heart of gold. Miki began the story as a one-shot in January 2017, and Weekly Shōnen Champion would serialize the manga series with its first chapter in August 2019.

The manga went on to receive an anime adaptation with two seasons, which are streaming now on Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll released an English dub for the series with the following cast members: 

  • Veronica Laux as Shy
  • Natalie Rose as Spirit
  • Bryn Apprill as Iko
  • Molly Zhang as Ai
  • Hannah Alyea as Asuka
  • TJ Anthony as Century
  • Emi Lo as Mianlong
  • Derick Snow as Doki
  • Kristian Eros as Natsukawa
  • Jill Harris as Lady Black
  • Aaron Campbell as Stardust
  • Nazeeh Tarsha as Shrimpy
  • Marisa Duran as Stigma 
  • Molly Searcy as Unilord

Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:

On the brink of a third World War, superheroes appeared on Earth. Gifted with powers, their appearance brings peace to the world. The heroes each selected a country in which they would reside, serve, and protect its citizens. Shy is Japan’s hero, endowed with super strength. Her most daunting enemy yet? Crippling shyness. Join Shy and her super friends as she defends Earth and gains confidence!

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