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A Hololive VTuber Pulled ¥36 Million Into a Shizuoka Museum Town, Researchers Find

Hololive's Juufuutei Raden drove roughly 34% of visitors to a Shizuoka art exhibition — and about ¥36 million in local spending, half the show's total, per a new academic study.

A Real Chef Plays 'Japanese Ramen Simulator,' Then Invents Ramen a Monk Could Eat

Working chef Tetsuya Onishi took on a ramen-shop management sim, felt the owner's pain, and built a shōjin bowl with no meat, no fish, and none of the five pungent roots.

Fallout 76's C.A.M.P. Is About to Get a Lot Less Fussy — Plus Harder Raids and a DC Blowout

Bethesda creative director Jonathan Rush details bigger build budgets, a smarter Transform Gizmo, tougher raids, and a Washington D.C. party for Fallout's 30th in 2027.

Genshin Impact's First Permanent Cafe Opens in Tokyo's Yurakucho in January 2027

HoYoverse will open 'Genshin CAFE,' the first official permanent Genshin Impact cafe, at Yurakucho Marui in Tokyo on January 20, 2027, with themed food and exclusive merchandise.

Idle RPG Houchi Shoujo Drafts the Student Council for an October 27 Anime Crossover

C4 Connect is bringing three heroines from 'Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru!' into free-to-play idle RPG Houchi Shoujo on October 27, complete with fantasy outfits and a new collaboration PV.

NIKKE Marks Four Years With Rapunzel: Sanctuary, a Healer Who Also Buffs Your Damage

Goddess of Victory: NIKKE unveiled Rapunzel: Sanctuary (voiced by Suzuko Mimori) at its fourth-anniversary event. The support unit arrives after the October 29 update.

Crazy Taxi: World Tour Launches a Passenger 300 Meters, Genshin Impact Gets Its First Permanent Cafe, and Final Fantasy Resonance Tops 20,000 on Steam 24 October 2026

Capcom Confirms 11.77 Million CAPCOM ID Records Exposed, Avengers: Doomsday Reveals Its Japanese Voice Cast, and Psyren Adds the Tenjuin Pair 23 October 2026

CRYMELIGHT's Free Console Demos, IGN Japan's Ocarina of Time Review Archive, and The Apothecary Diaries Game Gets a March Date 22 October 2026