JAPAN GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT 
Umamusume: Pretty Derby will add a “skill set” feature in its September 11 update, letting players register skill combinations in advance and acquire them all in a few taps. Ban, a main character from the original series, has been added to The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, and the free Korean mystery game No Results Found has reached “Overwhelmingly Positive” on Steam.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby to Add “Skill Set” Feature for Bulk Skill Acquisition in September 11 Update
On August 22, 2026, Cygames, Inc. revealed details of the update coming to Umamusume: Pretty Derby on September 11. The new “skill set” feature lets players register skill combinations in advance, with skills organized into three groups—top priority, priority, and normal—and then load a set from a shared ID, the trainer’s guide, or a hall-of-fame Umamusume to acquire all the skills in a few taps. The update will also add a career plan sheet that automatically sets Support Cards, rotations, and skill sets to match a career goal; trainer abilities that offer effects such as reducing the skill points needed by 4%; and a new event centered on Agnes Tachyon that lets players strengthen all factors up to three stars.
Source: AUTOMATON (August 22, 2026) / Umamusume: Pretty Derby official website (publication date unconfirmed)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin’s 0.5th Anniversary Update Adds Ban, Free SSR Meliodas Distributed
Netmarble Japan announced a 0.5th anniversary update for the Korean-developed open-world RPG The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin during a special broadcast, the fourth official Japanese livestream, on August 21, 2026. Ban, known in the original series as Fox’s Sin of Greed, has been added as an SSR character who fights by switching between three weapon forms: a three-section staff, a greatsword, and gauntlets. A new event is scheduled to launch on August 26, and a solo-only weekly content mode is scheduled to launch on September 2. It was also announced that the SSR character Meliodas would be distributed for free.
Source: PR TIMES (August 20, 2026) / AUTOMATON (August 22, 2026)
Free Short Mystery Game No Results Found Earns “Overwhelmingly Positive” Rating on Steam
The free Korean game No Results Found has earned an “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating on Steam, with 97% of its 1,151 reviews positive. It is a short adventure game in which players unravel the drowning deaths of 227 people connected to a fictional new religious movement called the Church of the Nine-Tentacled Octopus by searching an in-game PC and investigating databases. It was developed by Zzangdol Games, a graduate of KRAFTON, Inc.’s developer training program Jungle Game Lab. The game supports English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Source: AUTOMATON (August 22, 2026) / Steam (viewed: August 23, 2026)
18TRIP Collaborates with Sanrio Characters, First Half Rolls Out from August 24
18TRIP (iOS/Android), produced by Liber Entertainment Inc. and Pony Canyon, will begin recruiting for a collaboration with Sanrio Characters starting August 24, 2026. In the first half, titled “HAMAツアーズ feat.NAKAYOSHI side:sweet&love,” a collaboration SSR card will pair Ten Murakumo with Kuromi, and a collaboration SR card will pair Ryui Shiramitsu with Little Twin Stars. The second half of the collaboration is scheduled for August 29.
Source: Liber Entertainment Inc. official press release (August 22, 2026) / 18TRIP official website (publication date unconfirmed)
STAND MY HEROES Celebrates 10th Anniversary on September 5, Commemorative Video Released
STAND MY HEROES, the romance puzzle game operated by coly Inc., will mark its 10th anniversary on September 5, 2026, ten years after its launch in September 2016. Ahead of the anniversary, a special commemorative video was released.
Source: coly official press release (August 22, 2026) / STAND MY HEROES official website (publication date unconfirmed)