Inspired by the supernatural romantic comedy anime Witch Watch, Starforge Systems is getting bewitched with their new collection that includes mousemats, wall-arts, and PC Cases.
One can make their DIY PC unique with whimsical artwork featuring Nico and other familiar faces. Items include a Desk Mat, Wall Art and UV-printed case starring the Starforge Platelight.
The world of Windup Games and Knights Peak’s enchanting 3D co-op title Hela: Of Mice & Magic made a splash these past few days at The MIX Summer Game Onsite Showcase, The Green Games Showcase, and Wholesome Direct 2026.
Happening early next month, Anime Expo 2026 will feature a number of SEGA/ATLUS Guests of Honor, including Takashi Iizuka, Atsushi Nomura, Kazuhisa Wada, Shigenori Soejima, and Yoshiyuki Asai.
A modern revival of Looking Glass Studios’ groundbreaking 1998 stealth classic, Nightdive Studios, Eidos-Montréal, and Atari today announced Thief: The Dark Project Remastered at the PC Gaming Show.
Making its debut at Summer Game Fest, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and SEGA’s Stranger Than Heaven received a new trailer that showcased its new cast additions – including legendary rapper and actor Tupac!
Happening early next month, Anime Expo 2026 will feature a number of SEGA/ATLUS Guests of Honor, including Takashi Iizuka, Atsushi Nomura, Kazuhisa Wada, Shigenori Soejima, and Yoshiyuki Asai.
Learn more about each of these Anime Expo 2026 Guests of Honor below…
Takashi Iizuka – Creative Officer of Sonic
Please welcome Takashi Iizuka to #AX2026 as a Guest! ✨
🕹️ Takashi Iizuka is a veteran video game director, producer, and designer. As Creative Officer of Sonic, Iizuka has been the driving creative force behind the Sonic the Hedgehog series for over 30 years. His contributions… pic.twitter.com/KErweVPlHb
The Creative Officer of Sonic, Takashi Iizuka is a video game director, producer, and designer.
As the creative force behind the Sonic the Hedgehog series for more than 30 years, he began his work on Sonic the Hedgehog 3, also working on NiGHTS into dreams, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Generations, and Sonic Mania.
Iizuka-san is also the creator of Shadow the Hedgehog, ensuring each new Sonic entry brings something fresh while also honoring the series’ legacy.
Takashi Iizuka will host an autograph session on July 3 from 10-11:30am PT at the JW Gold Ballroom – one can sign up here.
Kazuhisa Wada – General Producer for the Persona Team
Please welcome Kazuhisa Wada to #AX2026 as a Guest! ✨
General Producer of the Persona team. He has served as Design Director since Persona 3, and later worked as Director and Producer. He currently oversees the Persona team. He also serves as General Producer of Persona 4… pic.twitter.com/CrM9UoCwaS
Instrumental in shaping the Persona series since serving as Persona 3’s Design Director, Kazuhisa Wada has taken on increasingly senior creative roles.
His current position oversees the Persona team as General Producer, with Wada-san also serving as General Producer of Persona 4 Revival.
Kazuhisa Wada will host an autograph session on July 3 from 1-2:50pm PT at JW Gold Ballroom – one can sign up here.
Shigenori Soejima – Character Designer / Illustrator at ATLUS
Please welcome Shigenori Soejima to #AX2026 as a Guest! ✨
🖌️Character Designer / Illustrator at ATLUS. He has worked on character design and illustrations for numerous titles, including the Persona series since Persona 3, Catherine, and Metaphor: ReFantazio. He serves in a… pic.twitter.com/sRCedC44Qi
A Character Designer and Illustrator at ATLUS, Shigenori Soejima’s work spans the Persona series since Persona 3, alongside Metaphor: ReFantazio.
When it comes to Persona 4 Revival, he serves in a supervisory role as he oversees character design and key art.
Shigenori Soejima will host an autograph session on July 3 from 1-2:50pm PT at the JW Gold Ballroom – one can sign up here.
Atsushi Nomura – Business Producer for the Persona Team
Please welcome Atsushi Nomura to #AX2026 as a Guest! ✨
💼Business Producer for the Persona team. He is responsible for IP production areas such as project planning and promotion for the series. His works include Persona 4 Revival, Persona 5 Tactica, and the remastered versions… pic.twitter.com/xTpgtKtb5B
Atsushi Nomura oversees IP production responsibilities as Business Producer for the Persona team, including series project planning and promotion.
Producing credits of his include Persona 4 Revival, Persona 5 Tactica, and the remastered releases of Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable.
Atsushi Nomura will host an autograph session on July 3rd from 1pm to 2:50pm PT at the JW Gold Ballroom – one can sign up here. Sign up link
Yoshiyuki Asai – Director
Please welcome Yoshiyuki Asai to #AX2026 as a Guest! ✨
🖌️ After working as an animator at Toei Animation, OLM, and Ajiado, Yoshiyuki Asai transitioned to directing in the early 2000s. He made his directorial debut with Charlotte and later directed Fate/Apocrypha and The Day I… pic.twitter.com/k9Kyj07oqe
Beginning his career as an animator at Toei Animation, OLM, and Ajiado before transitioning to directing in the early 2000s, Yoshiyuki Asai made his directorial debut with Charlotte.
Asai-san is well known for his nuanced portrayal of ensemble youth dramas and everyday life, featuring a distinctive directorial style that captures the dynamics, distances, and relationships between its different characters.
Yoshiyuki Asai will host an autograph session on July 3 from 1pm to 2:50pm PT at the JW Gold Ballroom – one can sign up here.
A modern revival of Looking Glass Studios’ groundbreaking 1998 stealth classic, Nightdive Studios, Eidos-Montréal, and Atari today announced Thief: The Dark Project Remastered at the PC Gaming Show.
Making its debut at Summer Game Fest, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and SEGA’s Stranger Than Heaven received a new trailer that showcased its new cast additions – including legendary rapper and actor Tupac!
A fan-favorite kaiju arena battler, Atari, Pipeworks, and Toho International announced that Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee: Remastered will release for PC and consoles November 3.
An official Summer Game Fest Community Spotlight Showcase, the inaugural Gayming Pride Parade featured LGBTQ+ games, developers, and community organizations in a digital Pride parade that celebrated queer creativity across gaming.
We recently asked Draw Me a Pixel’s Associate Producer and Communication Manager Freddi Malavasi questions around Crushed in Time’s meta, community, and more – learn more with our interview…
Crushed in Time Interview – Draw Me a Pixel’s Freddi Malavasi Talks Meta, Community & More
There is no doubt that there is a real audience interested in meta games that explore video games, their design, and the industry itself.
There Is No Game started out as a joke for a Game Jam; today, we’re bringing you its successor, developed by a full-fledged team.
Gamers Heroes
I saw that Crushed in Time is an “elastic” point-and-click game!
What inspired this direction, and what is one thing you hope players will notice in the final release?
Freddi Malavasi
We really wanted to make a point-and-click game, but we quickly realized that games of this genre are very austere these days.
As we thought about how we could make the whole experience more satisfying, we were inspired by Nintendo’s approach (Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, which breathes new life into the XCOM-style genre, is an excellent example), and we came up with the idea that elasticity could make the game much more fun and satisfying to play.
And above all, I hope players will notice the paradigm shift that Crushed In Time brings to point-and-click games.
Here, you aren’t playing a video game: you’re stuck inside it.
To put it simply, the game’s introduction explains that you’re at the Crushed In Time launch party at our offices, before suddenly being sucked into a screen.
So you won’t be controlling characters or an interface, but rather taking advantage of the universe’s strange elasticity to manifest yourself—a bit like a ghost—in order to help Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson restore order to their game.
We released There Is No Game six years ago, which is more than enough time for a community to fade away.
Yet we have a core group of fans on our Discord who have remained very active all this time, chatting with each other to try to imagine what we were creating, but also to share fan art and stories featuring the game’s characters.
It feels really strange to say this, but we’ve even seen some young teenagers grow into adults and share with the community the inevitable anxieties of that time: exams, driver’s licenses, first romances…
It’s a bit like a little family, and we genuinely love them.
What is your favorite Draw Me a Pixel team story throughout Crushed in Time’s development?
Freddi Malavasi
The fact that we’ve managed to work together for so many years without having an office and with a no-crunch policy.
Draw Me A Pixel is 100% remote, and our team is (or has been) made up of people from all over France.
We even worked with an Austrian VFX artist for a year. So, of course, this sometimes comes with its share of minor hassles, like when we try to describe a character’s movement over our microphones.
But personally, I think that managing to release a game under these conditions is a testament to the role remote work should play in the video game industry.
And, yes: creating a game without crunch is possible.
A Professional Actress, Content Creator, and Clairvoyant, Kelsi Davies has welcomed millions on her spiritual journey. From her popular Haunt Escape release to Disneyland, learn more with our interview….
— Nightdive Studios (@NightdiveStudio) June 7, 2026
Setting an early foundation of “pure stealth” gameplay, Thief rewards a slower, more deliberate approach.
Players will use both light and sound to stay hidden or misdirect enemies. When required, Thief also provides signature ferocious moments of violence that remain hidden in the shadows.
See it for yourself with the trailer below:
Thief Remaster premiere – PC Gaming Show 2026
Stephen Kick, CEO at Nightdive Studios, said the following:
“Thief didn’t just introduce stealth mechanics, it defined them.
With this remaster, we’ve preserved the tension and intelligence of the original while enhancing it for modern players, ensuring that its legacy continues to influence how stealth games are played today.”
Patrice Baig, General Manager at Eidos-Montréal, also said the following:
“Few games have had an impact as enduring as Thief. It set a standard for immersion and atmospheric storytelling that still resonates today.
This remaster ensures a new generation can experience what made it so influential, and we’re proud to see it treated with such care.”
Thief: The Dark Project Remastered will launch for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Play Anywhere, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG this winter.
Making its debut at Summer Game Fest, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and SEGA’s Stranger Than Heaven received a new trailer that showcased its new cast additions – including legendary rapper and actor Tupac!
A fan-favorite kaiju arena battler, Atari, Pipeworks, and Toho International announced that Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee: Remastered will release for PC and consoles November 3.
An official Summer Game Fest Community Spotlight Showcase, the inaugural Gayming Pride Parade featured LGBTQ+ games, developers, and community organizations in a digital Pride parade that celebrated queer creativity across gaming.
Launching as part of the Secrets of The Spiral Expansion Pass, The Backstage DLC for Supermassive Games and Bandai Namco’s Little Nightmares III will release June 12.
An official Summer Game Fest Community Spotlight Showcase, the inaugural Gayming Pride Parade featured LGBTQ+ games, developers, and community organizations in a digital Pride parade that celebrated queer creativity across gaming.
Produced by and benefiting the Gayming Foundation and sponsored by Logitech G and Fireshine Games, this showcase featured LGBTQ+ games, developers, and community organizations in a digital Pride parade.
If you've enjoyed our Pride Parade, please consider donating to the Gayming Foundation to support our work. Our Gaymer Group Growth Fund is making grants to IRL gaymer groups in the UK & US to help them grow.
One can donate to the Gaymer Group Growth Fund, which will making grants to IRL gaymer groups in both the UK and US to help them grow – learn more via its official website.
For those feeling social, make sure to follow the official Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and Bluesky social media channels.
A fan-favorite kaiju arena battler, Atari, Pipeworks, and Toho International announced that Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee: Remastered will release for PC and consoles November 3.
Launching as part of the Secrets of The Spiral Expansion Pass, The Backstage DLC for Supermassive Games and Bandai Namco’s Little Nightmares III will release June 12.
Following its recent Summer Game Fest appearance, SEGA and RGG Studio provided an extended look into VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS around its story, battle, and writing team.
