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a sobering update from Toshimichi Kuwahara, president of Thousand Games (QUESTER series, Synaptic Drive, Indie Game Web Only event planners, etc): they've not drawn an income for the past 2yrs, and they're turning to fanbox for support in what may very well be their last year of operation
桑原Pです。ご支援よろしくお願いいたします。|サウザンドゲームズ|pixivFANBOX
こんにちは、桑原Pです。 今日はサウザンドゲームズの設立記念日だ! もう十年以上たったんだ。早いな~。 と、喜んでいたけど…… 冷静に考えてみると、この二年間は私個人の収入がありませんでした。 (ゲームの売上や専門学校の講師料も、すべて開発費用に使っています) これはヤバイ……。 貯金も残り少なく、このまま...
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February 17, 2026 at 11:38 AM
the first new official globally-released Medabots game in a long while: the mobile auto-shooter Medabots Survivors, out February 25 on iOS/AND

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/medabots-survivors/id6736600841

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.imagineer.medarotsurvivors
Medabots Survivors | Official Trailer - YouTube
The Medabots series finally returns to a global audience!A New Survivor Action Game is Here!Pre-registration Now Open!https://msv.onelink.me/nIe5/vj9ocdajRec...
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February 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM
the recent Steam version of Karous must've done well off the rip, because RS34's bringing Radirgy Swag to PC on March 4: $11.99/¥1800 for the game, $6.99/ ¥1000 for the soundtrack https://store.steampowered.com/app/3179820/
Radirgy Swag on Steam
Dodge, slash, and shoot your way through waves of enemies while collecting items. Blast off on a quick trip toward the Moon in Radio-allergic Shoot ’Em Up!
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February 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM
you wanted a new Puyo Puyo game, you got it: a coalition of four welfare facilities have assembled a production team to produce Puyo Puyo Trainer, a version specifically optimised for folks in aged/nursing care and for use with training cognitive functions
介護福祉向け『ぷよぷよ』活用ゲーム『ぷよぷよトレーナー』開発開始 | GLOE株式会社のプレスリリース
GLOE株式会社のプレスリリース(2026年2月17日 12時00分)介護福祉向け『ぷよぷよ』活用ゲーム『ぷよぷよトレーナー』開発開始
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February 17, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Gunvein, one of the standout games from the international danmaku renaissance of the last several years, is discounted on PC for the first time in years, and on Switch for what might be the first time ever

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/gunvein-switch/
Save 50% on Gunvein on Steam
Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.
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February 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM
big EGG Console news: the line's coming to Steam (not a console, but who's counting), starting with Hydlide 3 (PC88) on Feb.25

icymi, EGG Console's an emulated reissue series of vintage Japanese computer games, spun off from the decades-old JP PC subscription service Project EGG
EGGCONSOLE HYDLIDE3 PC-8801mkIISR on Steam
The final chapter of the Hydlide series, a fantasy action RPG. As an adventurer, can you save the fairy kingdom once more?
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February 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM
the APM3 arcade version of Cotton Rock With You, the upcoming sequel to Cotton Rock'n'Roll/Fantasy, will be going on location from Feb.25~Mar.3 @ HEY & Mar.4~10 @ Mikado https://www.success-corp.co.jp/topics/20260216/45093/ 🇯🇵 the loc build will include 8 characters & 10 stages
February 16, 2026 at 10:03 AM
as announced via their sns acct: Shutaro Iida ("Curry The Kid"), director of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night & a key figure on Castlevania's Aria of Sorrow, the DS trilogy & Harmony of Despair, among other games, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on February 10

R.I.P.
カレー仙人 (@CurryHermit): "兼ねてから闘病中だったカレー仙人ことSHUTAROが2月10日に膵臓癌のため旅立ちました。 ここに生前のご厚誼を深謝し謹んで報告申し上げます。 この世界でのSHUTAROの冒険は終わってしまいましたが、作品は残り続けます。 どうかこれからもSHUTAROの作ったゲームを楽しんで頂けると幸いです。 家族一同" | XCancel
兼ねてから闘病中だったカレー仙人ことSHUTAROが2月10日に膵臓癌のため旅立ちました。 ここに生前のご厚誼を深謝し謹んで報告申し上げます。 この世界でのSHUTAROの冒険は終わってしまいましたが、作品は残り続けます。 どうかこれからもSHUTAROの作ったゲームを楽しんで頂けると幸いです。 家族一同
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February 16, 2026 at 3:37 AM
big ups to whichever D4E employee has been tasked with capturing the screenshots for the intl EGG Console releases—they've clearly been told to obfuscate the untranslated, JP-heavy nature of these releases, which results in lots of technically-not-deceptive captures of menus/demos mid-text refresh
February 15, 2026 at 9:39 AM
as announced by online Sega history zine Beep21: Hideki Sato, the "father of Sega hardware" who stewarded the design of Sega's home consoles from the SG-1000 through to the Dreamcast & presided over the company from 2001~3, passed away on Feb.13 aged 77 🇯🇵

R.I.P.
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February 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
two asides from this interview w Tsuyoshi Kaneda (ex-ASCII), ostensibly about Derby Stallion 🇯🇵

they're doing an interest check for a followup piece on the unreleased FC roguelike Dungeon Houroki

they're still looking for leads on NES/Game Boy Wizardry director Hiroshi Mita, who's been MIA for yrs
あの“釣り専用コントローラー”の誕生にも関わっていた!?『ダビスタ』『バスランディング』など多数のゲームに関わった元アスキー・金田剛氏インタビュー | Game*Spark - 国内・海外ゲーム情報サイト
貴重すぎるゲームの歴史について語っていただきました!
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February 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
catching up on Hamster's stream: more Console Archives titles:

Dezaemon (FC)
Gekioh: Shienryu (PS)
The Drug Store (PS; unbranded reskin of The Drug Store Matsumoto KiYoshi de Okaimono!)
L'Empereur (FC)
Terra Cresta (FC)
Ninja-kun II: Ashura no Shou (FC)
Seicross (FC)
Wolf Fang: Kuuga 2001 (PS)
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Sanrio World Smash Ball is back! Sanrio Characters Smash Festa!, out this spring on Switch & PC; dev'd by indie studio Tatsumaki Games

local 4-player multi, with online 1v1 coming later via patch

(PC version's region-locked... https://store.steampowered.com/app/4337680/_/ )
『サンリオキャラクターズ スマッシュフェスタ!』プロモーションムービー - YouTube
Nintendo Switch、Steamで発売予定の『サンリオキャラクターズ スマッシュフェスタ!』をご紹介!公式HP:https://smash-festa.com/公式X:https://x.com/smash_festaみんなでいっしょに、はちゃめちゃスポーツをたのしもう!〜ゲームについて〜サンリオキャラ...
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February 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM
City Connection streamed Culdcept The First last night, including a look at the EN option (~44mins) https://youtu.be/M4TV9lmLVc0?t=2636 🇯🇵

it's also getting standalone physicals, separate from the Begins SE—what's odd is CC's publishing the PS5 version & Neos is publishing the Switch version
『カルドセプト ザ ファースト』7/30発売決定&予約開始!ゲームの基本ルール&便利機能を紹介 #はしとま その70 - YouTube
◆『Fカルドセプト ザ ファースト』公式サイトhttps://city-connection.co.jp/culdcept_the_first/◆『カルドセプト ザ ファースト』Steamストアページhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3825600◆Nintendo Switc...
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February 13, 2026 at 5:40 AM
two early-cut Hopemoon reissues announced for G-MODE Archives: the roguelike Kishinden STRIKE G, and the Japanese mythology-themed Shinseiki Densetsu Omagatsuka

additionally, Monstrewaltz hit Steam today; it's been on JP Switch for a minute https://store.steampowered.com/app/4192750/GMODE/

Save 10% on G-MODEアーカイブス+ 夢幻舞葬モンストラバルツ on Steam
A final dance with you — the unnamable waltz. Magician Norman confronts the last case of his life.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:25 AM
out now https://store.steampowered.com/app/3991300/Mukuro_no_Rasen/

Mukuro no Rasen is the second game in Matrix Corp's new "Matrix Creators" line of indie games from old-school veterans: the first game in this series, SAKA-DOH, launched last week

to my knowledge, this one's entirely a|-free
February 13, 2026 at 3:43 AM
ayy
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 AM
first Culdcept, now Brigandine: Brigandine Abyss, out worldwide for PC/Switch 2/PS5/XB this year

unlike Culdcept, the original creators aren't involved in this one, but lots of notable names are, incl. Masayuki Horikawa (ex-IntSys); dev's by Adglobe, studio of Sengoku Basara creator Makoto Yamamoto
Brigandine: Abyss - Announcement Trailer (Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Steam and Xbox Series X/S) - YouTube
The Abyssloa empire rises! Get ready to confront the dark in the brand-new Brigandine: Abyss, coming to PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S, an...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
now with demo, get at it (JP/CN-only; EN loc's still TBA) https://store.steampowered.com/app/4012840/Hyper_Euphoria/
lemme add that devs Cat Hui Trading put up a Steam page for their next game, to coincide with their presence at Digige over the weekend: Hyper Euphoria, a retro micom-style ADV with a silly yuri tinge store.steampowered.com/app/4012840/... many of Estique's collaborators returned for this one
February 12, 2026 at 3:48 AM
R-Type Tactics Cosmos 1+2 listings are up for Switch 1/2: no upgrade path, no cross-save, etc—they are multi-language, if you're not willing to wait for the intl release

https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000107381 🇯🇵

https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000060580 🇯🇵
R-TYPE TACTICS I・II COSMOS | My Nintendo Store(マイニンテンドーストア)
任天堂の公式オンラインストア。「R-TYPE TACTICS I・II COSMOS」ダウンロード版の販売ページ。マイニンテンドーストアではNintendo Switch 2 (ニンテンドースイッチ2)本体やソフト、オリジナルグッズ、公式ストア限定商品などを販売中。
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February 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
huh, Japan's getting LRG's reissue+expanded hack of the NES Jaws game alongside the rest of the world tomorrow... the store page (direct TL of one of the EN listings, probably) doesn't do much to explain or emphasise the origins of the game or the significance of the do-over, but what else is new
JAWS: Retro Edition | My Nintendo Store(マイニンテンドーストア)
任天堂の公式オンラインストア。「JAWS: Retro Edition」ダウンロード版の販売ページ。マイニンテンドーストアではNintendo Switch 2 (ニンテンドースイッチ2)本体やソフト、オリジナルグッズ、公式ストア限定商品などを販売中。
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February 12, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Pixel Co.ltd's delisting Horgihugh with Friends from the JP Switch eShop & discontinuing related merch from Feb.28: in short, the BGM came from Motoaki Furukawa, who went on to screw them via years of unpaid labour & then counter-sue for emotional damages, so they'd just rather not sell it anymore
ホーギーヒューwithフレンズ | My Nintendo Store(マイニンテンドーストア)
任天堂の公式オンラインストア。「ホーギーヒューwithフレンズ」ダウンロード版の販売ページ。マイニンテンドーストアではNintendo Switch 2 (ニンテンドースイッチ2)本体やソフト、オリジナルグッズ、公式ストア限定商品などを販売中。
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February 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I'm sure Inoue's just yapping, but I wonder... could the random Kinect-controlled DDP dump they crammed into Instant Brain be a remnant of them planning something like this for Esprade...?
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Reposted by GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON)
Back to our shmup roots, this week we have a super in-depth Esprade interview with art director Junya Inoue! I've wanted to do this one for a long time and it didn't disappoint: tons of fascinating lore on the characters and world design. Plus concept art! shmuplations.com/esprade/
Esprade – 2010 Developer Interview - shmuplations.com
This in-depth Esprade interview with creator Junya Inoue first appeared in the Guwange/Esprade Artworks book published in 2010.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
out February 25 on PC & smartphones: Revenger ORIGIN, a reissue of the galakei RPG Revenger, originally made for & distributed by Opendoor's RPG Daishuugo service and now back in the hands of its original creator https://store.steampowered.com/app/4340390/Revenger_ORIGIN/ 🇯🇵
Revenger ORIGIN (リベンジャーオリジン) - YouTube
steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/4340390/Revenger_ORIGIN/「Revenger ORIGIN」は、一人プレイ用のRPGです。特技には熟練度があり、使えば使うほど強くなります。鍛えた技で勝ちまくろう!ガラケー時代に人気を博したリベンジャーシリ...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM