JAPAN GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT 
The creator of Schrödinger’s Call says the game was at risk of being canceled partway through its four years of development.
Schrödinger’s Call creator on four years of development and the next game
Schrödinger’s Call is an adventure game themed around the telephone. Achabox of Acrobatic Chirimenjako appeared onstage for a talk with Shuhei Yoshida and others at OSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026. Achabox studied illustration, worked in video production, then got into the games industry through volunteering at BitSummit and doing debugging work. Development ran four years, and two and a half years in, the project was in danger of being canceled. For the next game, Achabox has two directions in mind: a genuinely terrifying horror game, or a pop-styled game built on showmanship. The goal is to finish in two to three years. SHUEISHA GAMES publishes the game, which is out on Steam and Nintendo Switch with English support.
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4Gamer.net (October 4, 2026) / Steam “Schrödinger’s Call” (accessed October 4, 2026) / SHUEISHA GAMES “Schrödinger’s Call” (accessed October 4, 2026)
Cat-eared mages fight demons in a modern city in Korea’s Catgirl Rage: Claws of Fury
Catgirl Rage: Claws of Fury, from Korea, is a beat ‘em up in which cat-eared mages fight demons in a modern city. The demo on Steam supports local two-player co-op. It has air combos, parries and magic attacks, and its stages are modeled on Tokyo, Times Square, the Alps and Mexico. The studio head said they intend to add online co-op later. The Steam release is set for Q4 2026, with PlayStation 5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch versions also planned.
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4Gamer.net (October 4, 2026) / Steam “Catgirl Rage: Claws of Fury” (accessed October 4, 2026) / Minimum Studio official site (accessed October 4, 2026)
Eydis joins SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream as a new character
A new character, Eydis, joins SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream in the Rogue role, and a character trailer went up alongside the announcement. The game features SAO’s characters, with raids for up to 20 players at once, co-op quests and free roam. It’s available on PlayStation 5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Steam, with crossplay support.
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Dengeki Online (October 3, 2026) / Steam “SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream” (accessed October 4, 2026) / Bandai Namco Entertainment America (October 1, 2024)
Korean MMORPG AION 2 officially launches on Steam after topping 170,000 concurrent players
The Korean MMORPG AION 2 officially launches on Steam on October 5. It is the Steam version of a game that has been running in Korea and Taiwan since November 19, 2025. It’s free to play, developed and published by NC. During the head start for Founder’s Pack buyers, it peaked at 171,530 concurrent players on Steam. The sky is the battlefield, with more than 200 dungeons for solo, 5-player and 10-player runs, and character creation with more than 200 options.
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AUTOMATON (October 4, 2026) / AUTOMATON (October 1, 2026) / Steam “AION 2” (accessed October 4, 2026) / NCSOFT “AION 2 Launches in Korea and Taiwan on November 19” (September 12, 2025)
Elin’s dev build adds a notebook that kills whoever wrote it when you read it
Elin, the roguelike sequel to Elona, has a new item in its development build (EA 23.351 Nightly): a notebook recording a past the writer would rather nobody knew about. Reading it gives points used to strengthen a character, and the person who wrote the notebook dies on the spot. Deciphering it requires a well-developed character, and the payout in points is small. The notebook comes from a shop that unlocks as the story progresses. Elin is in Early Access, and the notebook is due to be added to the stable branch soon.
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AUTOMATON (October 3, 2026) / Steam “Elin” (accessed October 4, 2026)