BODY: It's Friday, which means Japanese gaming outlet 4Gamer has rolled out another edition of "Weekly Steam Hiroba" (Weekly Steam Plaza), its long-running column tracking notable Steam releases and sales. Issue #168 spotlights two heavy hitters that landed on the storefront this week.
The headline act is Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, the newest entry in Asobo Studio's rat-swarmed, plague-ravaged saga. After the emotional one-two punch of A Plague Tale: Innocence and Requiem, the series expands its grim medieval world once more, promising the same blend of stealth, survival, and story-first design that earned the franchise a devoted following.
Sharing the marquee is Star Wars Zero Company, a tactical game set during the Clone Wars era. Turn-based squad tactics have a passionate niche audience in Japan, and pairing that genre with the Star Wars license gives the release plenty of crossover appeal for both strategy fans and galaxy-far-away devotees.
Beyond the two flagship launches, the column rounds up the week's other noteworthy Steam debuts and ongoing discounts — the kind of curated snapshot that helps Japanese PC players cut through an increasingly crowded release calendar.
The insider take
"Weekly Steam Hiroba" is something of an institution among Japanese PC gamers, and its longevity says a lot about how Steam has cemented itself in a market once dominated by consoles. From Tokyo, the steady drumbeat of these weekly roundups reflects a real shift: PC gaming, long treated as secondary here, now commands serious editorial attention. That two globally marketed Western titles headline the same issue — rather than domestic releases — underscores how thoroughly Japanese players have embraced Steam as a global storefront.
Originally reported by 4Gamer.net − 最新記事 (Japanese).