SEGA and ATLUS released an official music video for “It’s Going Down Now” from the official soundtrack for Persona 3 Reload. The Persona 3 Reload music video features live-action performances from Lotus Juice, Azumi Takahashi, and ATLUS SOUND TEAM’s Toshiki Konishi, and it’s the first-ever officially produced by ATLUS.
Fans can expect the hit battle theme in the Persona 3 Reload demo, which is available now on Nintendo Switch 2. In the demo, players experience the opening of Persona 3 Reload all the way to the first major boss battle, and save data carries over to the full game. Fans can also pre-order Persona 3 Reload on Nintendo Switch 2 to receive a bonus Persona 4 Golden BGM (Background Music) Set, only available before launch. Episode Aigis and the Expansion Pass DLC will also be heading to the platform as separate purchases.
In Final Weapon’s 5/5 review, we wrote, “Persona 3 Reload is a JRPG masterpiece. It has an incredibly moving story about the value of life, a fun gameplay loop, great graphics, dynamic characters, and a satisfying conclusion. Plus, with the short playtime, it is not as intimidating as other games in the genre, with very little filler padding the runtime. While the remake may seem simple compared to other recent examples, Reload is a reminder that Persona 3 is still relevant even after eighteen years.”
Aniplex, Akatsuki Games, and Blast Edge Games have released pixel action RPG HYKE: Northern Light(s) for $27.99 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. To celebrate the game’s launch, a new HYKE: Northern Light(s) illustration was released by orie, and Isekaijoucho will be streaming a gameplay session on September 19 at 7:00 a.m. EDT.
Additionally, the game’s theme song “Silhouette feat. Isekaijoucho” by Projekt Hyke is now available on various streaming services, including Spotify. A 10% launch discount is available on Steam and the Nintendo eShop until October 3 as well.
Lastly, here’s an overview of HYKE: Northern Light(s), courtesy of Aniplex:
Story
A world devastated by the war between humans and witches. Hyke, a white-haired girl, follows in her mother’s footsteps, a witch, and continues her journey around the world.
Eventually, she enters an unexplored land called the “Forbidden Areas”. Hyke’s destiny is set in motion when she encounters the witches “Metheos,” who guards Forbidden Areas…
Characters
Hyke (voiced by Konomi Kohara) – A witch who travels the world in search of her mother. She cherishes the car, radio, and camera that her father gave her. An experienced traveler and seasoned camper.
Riko (voiced by Aoi Koga) – A witch who travels with Hyke. She carries Rabby, a plushie backpack that contains mana.
Fall Out (voiced by Manaka Iwami) – A witch who guards the rune deep in the Crimson Forest. She is able to communicate with plants, animals, and other creatures that do not have languages, and manipulates magic with their help.
Mother Brain (voiced by Yumiri Hanamori) – A witch who guards the rune deep underground on an isolated tropical island. She uses firearms and drones driven by magic, but fights in a way that bears little resemblance to magic.
Extra (voiced by Fairouz Ai) – A witch who guards the rune in the depths of the vast wilderness. Her values are fundamentally different from those of humans and witches, and often has trouble communicating with them.
Staff
Producer: Hiroaki Iwano
Character Design: orie
Dot art design: Setamo/Shiros
Theme song: “Silhouette feat. isekaijoucho” by Project HYKE, lyricist Shohei Yamanobe, and composer Yuuki Fukazawa
The official website for the TV light anime adaptation of Yoroida’s #Kanagawa ni Sunderu Elves (Kanagawa Elves) manga series has revealed the anime’s first teaser trailer, key visual, cast, and staff. Kanagawa Elves will premiere in December 2025 during TV Kanagawa’s (tvk’s) local midday news and variety program Neko no Hitai Hodo Wide.
Chiaki Kobayashi voices the protagonist “Elf from Yokohama” and Yuu Hayashi voices “the Human from Kawasaki.” Both of the voice actors hail from Kanagawa Prefecture, with Kobayashi from Yokohama city and Hayashi from Zama city.
Yūji Umoto directs the light anime series at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio. Taeko Miura is the sound director, Shin Kawamoto is the music composer, and Kazuya Takahashi is the production supervisor. What’s more, Usagiou is credited for animation production assistance.
Yoroida launched the Kanagawa Elves manga series on Comic Elmo in August 2020. Micro Magazine published the manga series’ first compiled book volume in 2021. The fifth volume on March 10.
A live-action adaptation of Kanagawa Elves will premiere on September 30, and it will air during the Neko no Hitai Hodo Wide news and variety program, just like the anime.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga, via Manga Dex:
2 years ago, the elves who lived in the hidden forest lost their homes due to a forest fire. Now they are living in the Kanagawa Prefecture.
This story however focus on a human who is becoming a roommate to an elf in an apartment.
SEGA has revealed various brands that will be featured in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds with collaborative decals. In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, players can place decals on vehicles from brands like AirAsia, Alienware, ASUS, BEYBLADE X, CoCoICHIBANYA, Demaecan, Don Quijote, HI-CHEW, ICHIRAN, KURASUSHI, LEGION, MSI, PUMA, Razer, Samsung, and V Jump.
Customize your in-game vehicles with decals featuring logos, products, and characters from 16 companies and brands! ✨
The Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds single-player demo is available now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Save data from the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds demo carries over the full game, with the exception of Time Trial records and user settings changes.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds launches on September 25 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The digital Nintendo Switch 2 version launches in holiday 2025, while the physical copy will release in early 2026. Nintendo Switch users may upgrade to the Switch 2 version for $10.
Players can expect a slew of free and paid DLC characters, including Hatsune Miku and Ichiban Kasuga from Like a Dragon. Recently, SEGA and Bandai Namco announced a collaboration between Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will receive a PAC-MAN DLC Pack in early 2026, while PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC will receive a Sonic the Hedgehog DLC Pack in late 2025.
SNK and Netmarble has released a new update for THE KING OF FIGHTERS AFK featuring series icon Terry Bogard. To celebrate the arrival of Terry Bogard, the Terry Bogard Pick-Up Event is now available until October 1, giving THE KING OF FIGHTERS AFK players an increased chance to acquire the fighter. In addition, players have a higher chance to summon fighters with [Deathblow] Synergy during [Deathblow] Synergy Fighter Summon Event. Further, the Summer Festival Event is available through September 24 with chances to obtain the Legendary Pet “Koyo.”
THE KING OF FIGHTERS AFK is available now for Android via Google Play and iOS via App Store. At launch, players have access to 114 fighters, including 36 Legendary fighters. There are up to 12,600 stages, 10 different types of dungeons, 10 growth systems, and a variety competitive content. Players can also expect free post-launch updates with new fighters and content.
Lastly. here’s an overview of the new RPG, via Netmarble:
The King of Fighters AFK is Netmarble’s next character collectible AFK RPG based on SNK’s The King of Fighters IP. The game features iconic fighters from The King of Fighters series reimagined in pixel art graphics that gamers are familiar with from The King of Fighters R-2 on Neo Geo Pocket Color, allowing players to build their own team of favorite characters and enjoy dynamic combats. The excitement intensifies with 5v5 team battles, and players can strategically create their decks by combining different characters and formations to become the ultimate The King of Fighters.
As an AFK RPG, The King of Fighters AFK offers players fast-paced growth and effortless progression. Players can rapidly power up their fighters, and a variety of events providing numerous rewards will further support player growth.
Capcom and Niantic have launched Monster Hunter Now Season 7: Advent of the Exploration Base with new monsters, new ways to customize weapons, and the long-awaited Exploration Base feature. The new feature arrives after successful beta testing in recent months.
In Monster Hunter Now Season 7, Exploration Bases is a local landmark that hunters can develop and work together on. Within a 3-week wave, nearby hunters can cooperate by submitting Exploration Emblems through exploration reports to help grow their base.
Moreover, the new season introduces various new monsters, including Espinas, Garangolm and Lunagaron. In addition, Riftborne Deviljho arrives September 22, and Deviljho weapons will now be eligible for style customization, which has been improved in Season 7. Going forward, parameters that increase with each level of style customization will be raised, and weapons that have been sufficiently customized will gain a special effect.
In addition, Season 7 introduces six new skills for players to master, including Pursuit, Ballistics, Reckless, Defender, Vital Fire and Vital Ice. These skills can be added to the armor of Espinas, Garangolm and Lunagaron. A new feature lets players select monster groups, making it easier for players to find the monsters they want to hunt.
What’s more, starting in Season 7, the amount of materials required to forge and upgrade most weapons will be reduced. This gives players an opportunity to forge and upgrade weapons hunters haven’t tried before. Lastly, more details about Season 7 can be read at the official blog for Monster Hunter Now.
As the launch of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds approaches, SEGA released a new music video featuring the main theme song “Cross the Worlds” by James Bourne. Fans can tune into the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds music video to catch the lyrics of the theme song as well.
The Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds single-player demo is available now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Save data from the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds demo carries over the full game, with the exception of Time Trial records and user settings changes.
In addition, SEGA announced the Project ONSUKU collaboration for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, featuring five new songs celebrating Sonic the Hedgehog and Hatsune Miku. The Project ONSUKU songs will be released weekly leading into the game’s launch, and all five songs will also be available in the game.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds launches on September 25 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The digital Nintendo Switch 2 version launches in holiday 2025, while the physical copy will release in early 2026. Nintendo Switch users may upgrade to the Switch 2 version for $10.
Players can expect a slew of free and paid DLC characters, including Hatsune Miku and Ichiban Kasuga from Like a Dragon. Recently, SEGA and Bandai Namco announced a collaboration between Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will receive a PAC-MAN DLC Pack in early 2026, while PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC will receive a Sonic the Hedgehog DLC Pack in late 2025.
Nacon announced Competition Company and Teyon’s racing simulation game RENNSPORT launches on November 13 for $59.99 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Epic Games Store and Steam. Pre-orders are available now for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and a RENNSPORT Deluxe Edition will be available for $79.99.
Deluxe Edition contents include 72 hours of early access, the Nordschleife circuit, the Porsche 911 GT3 R RENNSPORT car, $1,100 Rennsport (in-game currency), Endurance Classics Pack Part 1, and Touring Classics Pack 1. The Endurance Classics Part 1 and Touring Classics Part 1 DLC packs will be released at a later date.
Lastly, here’s an overview, via Steam:
More Than a Game
RENNSPORT is the playground car enthusiasts have been waiting for.
It is a photo-realistic racing simulation offering the highest levels of multiplayer competition. It is where gamers, drivers, pro athletes, modders, and car enthusiasts come together to drive, live, and share their passion for racing and special cars.
Best in Class Cars
Drive different car classes like GT3, GT4, Hypercars, and more in both single-class and multi-class races.
Iconic Locations
Explore the world of racing at iconic locations like Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, and Daytona International Speedway, among others.
Intense Multiplayer
Drive against other players of matching skill in multiplayer races or rise through the ranks in league racing.
Thrilling Time Trials
Show the world your skills by dominating the leaderboards in Time Trials or challenge your friends directly with any car and track combination you can think of.
Disordered Media has announced first-person single-player horror puzzle game oneway.exe launches on October 7 for PC and Mac via Steam. The first “Module” of oneway.exe will be available at launch, followed by subsequent chapters at a later date.
Lastly, here’s an overview of oneway.exe, via Disordered Media:
Stuck inside an unfinished game created by three developers whose lives took a tragic turn, explore the haunted halls of UNTITLED.EXE to discover digital horrors underlying reality itself. Meet an ensemble cast of eight memorable characters inspired by scary internet stories as they claw into real life from digital realms beyond comprehension.
Navigate a virtual environment that simulates a full operating system, allowing interaction with applications and files just like any old, real-life computer. Explore fully realized 3D environments full of grim implications for future chapters. Fall down rabbit holes and chase the truth to come face to face with your own past — and the horrors that brought you here.
Now, what’s that sound from underneath the door? Could be a router, or a table saw, or…Spiderface. Maybe it’s Mikey’s radioactive airwaves trying to spread the rockstar’s dominion over the real world? Or, perhaps, the whispered dregs of Ophelia’s suffocating revelations uttered through a gurgling throat? Let’s hope so, for the horror of what else awaits is immeasurable.
Submerge into suffocating spheres of otherworldly influence, sleuth around environmental clues, and dig through the sentimental sediment of 7 different paths before reality becomes replaced. Find more than one way to escape from the deranged characters haunting the program’s digital halls to the tunes of an original soundtrack composed by Marcy Nabors (DELTARUNE).
Ryo believes his life will be a lot more peaceful after being reincarnated in the world of Phi, but he’s got a lot ahead of himself in The Water Magician. As Ryo gets his new life sorted out, Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the release dates and schedule for all episodes of The Water Magician.
In The Water Magician, Ryo is quite literally adept in water magic, but he had to content with deadly monsters in this new world he found himself in. Fortunately, he’s blessed with the “Eternal Youth” trait. 20 years later, Ryo discovers that his life has only just begun, thanks to one fateful encounter.
The Water Magician Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of The Water Magician will premiere on Thursdays at 12:00 p.m. PDT / 3:00 p.m. EDT on Crunchyroll. The anime will be streaming with English subs first, followed by same-day English dubs at 3:00 p.m. PDT / 6:00 p.m. EDT. 12 episodes are expected to air this season.
Here are the release dates and schedule for The Water Magician (subject to change):
Episode 1 – July 3 – OUT NOW
Episode 2 – July 10 – OUT NOW
Episode 3 – July 17 – OUT NOW
Episode 4 – July 24 – OUT NOW
Episode 5 – July 31 – OUT NOW
Episode 6 – August 7 – OUT NOW
Episode 7 – August 14 – OUT NOW
Episode 8 – August 21 – OUT NOW
Episode 9 – August 28 – OUT NOW
Episode 10 – September 4 – OUT NOW
Episode 11 – September 11 – OUT NOW
Episode 12 – September 18 – OUT NOW
New episodes of The Water Magician will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
English Sub
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT): 12:00 p.m.
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT): 1:00 p.m.
Central Daylight Time (CDT): 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT): 3:00 p.m.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): 7:00 p.m.
English Dub
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT): 3:00 p.m.
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT): 4:00 p.m.
Central Daylight Time (CDT): 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT): 6:00 p.m.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): 10:00 p.m.
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Meiyo Densetsu performs the new opening theme song “Blue Motion,” and Misaki performs the ending theme song “Tayutau Mamani (Sway as You Please).”
The cast of the anime includes:
Ayumu Murase as Ryo
Kazuki Ura as Abel
Kaede Hondo as Sera
Genki Muro as Nils
Naoya Miyase as Eto
Kōhei Amasaki as Amon
Kaori Ishihara as Lihya
Sara Matsumoto as Rin
Satoshi Mikami as Hugh McGrath
Miku Itō as Nina
Takehito Koyasu as Michael (alias)
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Lewin
The staff of The Water Magician anime includes Hideyuki Satake as director, Jun Kumagai as series composition writer, and Haruka Otsuzumi as character designer. Typhoon Graphics and Wonderland are producing the anime.
TBS Animation released a new trailer for the TV anime adaptation of Tadashi Kubou’s The Water Magician isekai light novel series, confirming it will premiere on July 3. The anime will air on TBS, BS11, d Anime Store, and other channels and streaming services, including Crunchyroll outside Japan.
What is The Water Magician About?
Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime, via Crunchyroll:
Reincarnation had Ryo dreaming of peace, but instead he lands into a monster-infested wilderness. With water magic and eternal youth, he survives countless wicked concoctions for 20 years, becoming one of the most powerful magicians ever. Ryo’s fate shifts when he meets Abel, a genius knight, thrusting him into magical society’s spotlight. Thus, the Water Magician’s wild adventure begins!
