JAPAN GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT 
Stupid Never Dies is an action RPG where a zombie hero eats the elite monsters he defeats and takes on 11 forms. The Steam version launches October 21, and a demo of about two hours is available now.
Devour Monsters, Change Shape: The Stupid Never Dies Team Breaks Down the Music
In Stupid Never Dies, the zombie hero Davy eats the elite monsters he defeats and takes on 11 forms. SEGA has released the third episode of DEEP BITE, a video series in which the developers explain the game. This episode covers the music and features Hiroyuki Kobayashi, head of GPTRACK50 and the game’s producer, on camera. The video opens with Davy’s theme. The tracks are metal, rock, and electronic, and the music changes between dungeon exploration, the hub, and boss fights. The First Bite Demo is out now on PlayStation Store and Steam. It runs about two hours, and save data carries over to the full game. The Steam version launches October 21, with English audio and subtitles.
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gamebiz (October 6, 2026) / Steam “Stupid Never Dies” (accessed October 6, 2026)
A Ramen Shop for Up to Six: Japanese Ramen Simulator Enters Early Access October 9
Japanese Ramen Simulator, from Tokyo’s Wild Dog, is a ramen shop management sim that puts you in charge of prepping ingredients, boiling noodles, adding toppings, serving customers, and cleaning up. You can play in first or third person. Online co-op supports up to six players, and when you play alone, you hire NPC staff. Early access starts October 9 on Steam. The launch was originally set for September 28 but was delayed by Steam’s review process. Early access is planned to last about six months. English is supported.
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AUTOMATON (October 6, 2026) / Dengeki Online (October 6, 2026) / Steam “Japanese Ramen Simulator” (accessed October 6, 2026) / Wild Dog official site (accessed October 6, 2026)
Banishing Spirits With a Missing Mother’s Cell Phone: Horror Game Signal Veil
Tokyo’s Serafini Productions and Time Hunters of Chile are co-developing Signal Veil, a third-person survival horror game. The protagonist is a high school student, Aki Mizuno. Her missing mother’s old cell phone vibrates and gives off static when spirits are near. The phone is a radar for finding spirits, a flash that stuns them, and a weapon that deflects their attacks. The setting, Nishikawa High School, warps as Aki’s sanity wears down. Each enemy goes down in five steps: find it, provoke it, stun it, expose its true form, and purify it. The game uses fixed camera angles, and ammo and medicine are scarce. The game is in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC, with no release date announced. English is supported.
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Serafini Productions press release (October 2, 2026) / Steam “Signal Veil” (accessed October 6, 2026) / Serafini Productions official site (accessed October 6, 2026)
Solving a Box With More Than 15,000 Input Combinations: Puzzle Game How to Use Arrives March 2027
RENGAME and NANICA have announced How to Use, a first-person puzzle adventure. The player is strapped to a chair inside a mansion, with only a mysterious box covered in buttons and levers within reach. There are no instructions. You press buttons, pull levers, and watch how the box reacts to work out how it functions. It has more than 15,000 input combinations. The box can be rotated to inspect the mechanisms on all six sides, and the more of it you solve, the more you can do with it. As you go, the story of how you ended up trapped comes out bit by bit. The game is planned for release on Steam in March 2027, with support for English.
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AUTOMATON (October 6, 2026) / Steam “How to Use” (accessed October 6, 2026) / How to Use official site (accessed October 6, 2026)