A new Form-ism figure of Kaine from NieR Replicant will release in Japan on December 27, 2025. The figure costs 7,700 yen (or approximately $52,27), and it is now available for pre-order from the Square Enix online e-store.

Additionally, the European Square Enix online store has a listing for the figure for 69.99‎€ (~$81,78.) The European release date for the Form-ism Kaine figure is May 2026. And while there is currently no information on a North American release, we can expect to see an announcement in the near future.

The static figure is approximately 18cm tall (or about 7.09 inches). In the figure, Kaine is wearing her signature blue lacey dress, with her left arm and leg also covered in bandages. Additionally, Kaine carries her twin swords in each hand, prepared for battle in an elegant combat pose.

You can check out the new NieR Replicant Kaine Form-Ism figure here:

As a reminder, Square Enix recently revealed that the NieR Poster Collection will come out overseas sometime along 2026, alongside the FFVII Rebirth: Material Ultimania and the FFIX Picture Book.

The new NieR Replicant Form-Ism figure of Kaine costs 7,700 yen (~$52,27), it is now available for pre-order, and is set to release in Japan on December 27, 2025. NieR Replicant is available on PS4, Xbox One, and Windows PC.

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Koei Tecmo announced the Atelier Ryza series is returning with a Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack that will bring the three games to platforms it previously appeared on and the Switch 2 for the first time. It will launch in 2025. There will be new and old content, and Gust will go over details in a livestream at 5am PT/8am ET/9pm JST on August 4, 2025.

The announcement confirmed this Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy collection will include the games Ever Darkness and the Secret Hideout, Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy, and Alchemist of the End and the Secret Key. The initial reveal teased new allies will be present. The first trailer for this collection started with Ryza acting as a teacher in front of a group of kids, then acting as a narrator as footage from all three games played. It also seemed to perhaps include a Serri tease.

We do know some details about this release, though! All DLC will be included, which happened with past pack releases in the series. The official website also addressed the issues of physical copies. In Japan, Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack will be digital-only for the Switch 2 and PC versions. The US and UK English sites says it will only be sold digitally for all platforms.

Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack will bring all three games to the Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, and PC in 2025, and the showcase discussing it will air worldwide at 5am PT/8am ET/9pm JST on August 4, 2025.

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If you’ve ever played one of Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball games, you know the company consistently supports them. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 came out almost 10 years ago. It got an add-on based on the Dragon Ball Daima new spin-off anime back in May 2025 and Future Saga updates in 2024. It’s totally plausible and even expected for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot to get its own Daima DLC five years after that installment’s debut and, after some initial time spent with it, it seems 

For those familiar with Dragon Ball Daima, I feel like the add-on starts off by quickly getting us introduced to the spin-off’s new characters and shuttled off to the Demon Realm where the story takes place. If you didn’t watch that show, it’s pretty good at quickly and concisely getting you started. As a quick summary, new Supreme Demon King Gomah got the Dragon Balls. He wished Goku and his allies would become kids. He took Earth’s Guardian Dende. The bad news for Gomah is that Goku was still super powerful as a kid. He and Supreme Kai Shin (also turned into a child) end up going into the Demon Realm with new allies Panzy (was a child even before the wish) and Glorio (the only “adult”) to save Dende and show Gomah what for. 

I really appreciated how quickly things get going. Which is a necessity here, since the whole point of the add-on is to get access to this new space, its original quests and characters, and the adventure tied to it. I experienced only the first parts. It’s a pretty solid introduction to this new story. I think that will bode especially well for newcomers, since the banter between existing characters like Goku and Shin works well, and this add-on maintains the same relationship I enjoyed between him and Glorio and Panzy for the parts I went through. I don’t feel like someone new to this story would feel left out. 

There are also marked design decisions present to make the Daima Demon Realm feel different than other places we’ve been in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. CyberConnect 2 made it look different, naturally. We’re also forced to explore it all on foot. This makes it feel like a more traditional type of open-world experience, and I also felt it encouraged me to do a little more exploring and investigating since I couldn’t just fly up and check out everything from above. Also, seeing his crew around him, running alongside as you explore areas, is just a nice touch and makes it feel a bit more like the newest anime.

This decision also changes combat. Since this is a child version of Goku, our moveset is a bit different. He’s still going to use ki, but I appreciated the enhanced focus on using his Power Pole. It genuinely reminded me of watching the original Dragon Ball anime after school as a kid. The inability to fly comes up in fights as well. This means different types of evasive maneuvers or pursual tactics need to be employed to dodge or get in close for attacks. 

The first part of the Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Daima DLC seems like it could be a really worthwhile adventure. The brief segment I sampled seemed surprisingly large. It added a new type of gameplay experience that remained true to the source material. It could also serve as a good introduction to that storyline for folks who didn’t catch the series yet. I’m excited to see more. Especially since CyberConnect 2 made sure we get introduced to and comfortable with the new world so swiftly.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is available on the Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the first part of the Daima DLC debuts on July 17, 2025. The second part of the add-on’s story will arrive in 2026. The Dragon Ball Daima anime is streaming on Crunchyroll.

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Square Enix will introduce a new vocation, Hermit, in Dragon Quest X. It should come out in late August 2025. [Thanks, ryokutya2089!]

The official English name of the new Dragon Quest X vocation has not been announced yet. According to ryokutya2089, it will be a support-focused Master Vocation with its own unique gauge. This gauge will fill up over time, or with special skills. To become a Hermit, you’ll need to have enough levels as a Priest and a Ranger. The Hermit can use the power of spirits to offer multiple boons to the party. It’s unknown at this point if this new vocation supports with purely buffs, or if it can heal as well. Lastly, ryokutya2089 believes that the Hermit’s visuals are a little plain.

Dragon Quest X is the online MMORPG entry of the long-running Dragon Quest series, and it first came out in 2012. An offline remake version is also available under the name Dragon Quest X Offline. In Japan, you can even purchase it for mobile devices so you can play it on the go without bringing your console around.

Dragon Quest X is readily available on the PS4, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, and mobile devices. More information on the new vocation will appear at a later date.

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HoYoVerse shared a trailer for Genshin Impact that revealed Ruler of Time Istaroth, one of the Four Shades of the Heavenly Principles, shares the same voice actors as existing character Venti in every language. While the company didn’t officially announce that, it did share the character’s performer in the Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean trailers, which confirmed it.

Editor’s Note: If you haven’t been keeping up with Genshin Impact, the Teyvat Chapter Interlude Teaser trailer will include spoilers for the story.

Here’s the English version of the “Teyvat Chapter Interlude Teaser: The Gods' Limits” Genshin Impact video, which features Venti voice actress Erika Harlacher also acting as the actor for Ruler of Time Istaroth. 

To compare, here’s the English “Venti: A Bard’s Business” trailer that also shows Harlacher as his voice actor in Genshin Impact. 

Here’s the full list of voice actors who act as the performer for Venti and the voice actress for Istaroth in Genshin Impact. 

• Chinese: Miaojiang
• English: Erika Harlacher
• Japanese: Ayumu Murase
• Korean: Yoo-jung Jung

Venti is the Anemo Archon in Genshin Impact and the first Archon we meet in the game. However, when we do, he’s actually disguised himself as a bard, so nobody in the country knows he’s really their Archon Barbatos. He makes his home in Mondstadt, and the first Archon Quests deal with helping him save the dragon Dvalin. However, we also know that even before he became the Barbatos or Venti, he was an elemental spirit. 

As for Istaroth, we don’t know much about her in Genshin Impact yet. She’s a Heavenly Principles Four Shades who also goes by lots of names. The video referred to her as Ruler of Time, but in-game she’s also been referred to as Undying Wind. 

Genshin Impact is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, and mobile devices, and the next update will arrive on July 30, 2025.

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To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Great Ace Attorney, Sharp will release various home appliances featuring visuals and audio inspired by the two adventure games. These products include newly recorded voice lines by the original Japanese voice cast of the games.

In addition to new products, Customers who already own appliances compatible with COCORO VOICE can pick up the new releases. COCORO VOICE uses the character voice packs, which will also be available as separate purchases.

The first appliance in this collaboration is an air purifier available in two different versions, each featuring a different main visual from The Great Ace Attorney. It costs 121,000 yen (or about $826,42). The second and last is an electric cooking pot featuring a new visual displaying protagonists Ryunosuke Naruhodo, Susato Mikotoba, Kazuma Asogi, Herlock Sholmes, and Iris Wilson with cooking utensils. The pot costs 71,500 yen (~$488,51). The pre-orders for both Sharp x The Great Ace Attorney collaboration appliances are available in Japan between July 9 and September 30, 2025.

You can check out the new The Great Ace Attorney products here:

The first title in The Great Ace Attorney series released in Japan on July 9, 2015 exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. Capcom teased at the end of 2024 a campaign to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the adventure game series.

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is available on the PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PC.

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The release date and price of the physical Nintendo Switch 2 version of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time have appeared on the official Level 5 webpage for the game. As Level 5 announced earlier this year, the physical editions are Japan exclusive, and there’s no information as of yet regarding a Western release.

The Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game will cost 7978 JPY ($54.45). It’ll come out on August 7, 2025 in Japan. Meanwhile, the Nintendo Switch and PS5 versions cost 7678 JPY ($52.40), and are already available. If you have a physical copy of the Nintendo Switch version already, you can pay 300 JPY to upgrade to the Nintendo Switch 2 edition. However, if you play the Switch 2 version on a Switch console, the graphics and such will still be the Switch version’s.

Aside from news of the physical release, Level 5 also announced Photo Mode. It’ll appear later this month. You’ll be able to customize it with poses, emote, and angles. As well, Level 5 will hold a contest to see who can take the best picture. Information on that contest, including what the “awesome prizes” are, will come out later.

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is readily available on the PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC.

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The Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories playing cards, which are designed to resemble the cards used to make decks and attack in Chain of Memories and the PS2 remake, will be sold once again. The Japanese Square Enix e-Store listing is live ahead of its November 29, 2025 return. It will cost 3,080円 (~$21). 

This is a standard deck of playing, but they’re designed to look like the cards we used in both Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Re:Chain of Memories to attack. This means that many still feature the same designs of Keyblades and characters on them. In the bottom right corner of each, there’s a circle with the number/rank, and the suit is noted there as well. Each one has a crown shape at the top, just like the cards in-game. You end up with 54 cards total, with two being Jokers.

Here’s how those look:

We’ve seen these Kingdom Hearts playing cards before. They first showed up in September 2023. Those did appear worldwide, though the US Square Enix store doesn’t currently have a pre-order listing for this new run of the deck.

The Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories playing cards deck returns to Japan on November 29, 2025. The original Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories appeared on the GBA, and the remake showed up on the PS2. The PS2 version of the game is also found in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix.

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During the Tekken Summer Updates trailer, we got to see the free DLC that will be available in both Atelier Yumia and Tekken 8 as part of the promised crossover event. The Gust JRPG’s cosmetics will be in Tekken 8 starting on July 8, 2025. The fighting game outfit and quest will be in the JRPG once July 23, 2025 arrives.

The Tekken 8 items are a bit more subdued. Two accessories will be in the free section and can be used with any character. One is a floating Puni slime that appears behind the fighter’s left shoulder. You can also get the special art for the crossover as a profile background, plates, and an avatar t-shirt. The other is an ahoge that resembles’ Yumia’s hair curl. 

The Atelier Yumia crossover with Tekken 8 seems a bit more involved. The portion of the Tekken Summer Updatesshows the start of a side quest that has Viktor sending Yumia to a certain place for a challenge. He also mentioned she should wear the outfit provided. The outfit is the Tekken Collab Costume that makes Yumia look like Reina. That mission involves facing a Heihachi Puni. 

You can see two screenshots of the additions below:

Here’s the full Tekken Summer Updates showcase. The Atelier Yumia and Tekken 8 discussion comes up at the 29 minute mark.

The last Atelier Yumia crossover involved another Bandai Namco series. A Tales of Graces f costume is available for free for the game.

Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land is available for the Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and PC. Tekken 8 is on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. 

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Square Enix released Final Fantasy IX in Japan on July 7, 2000, and it shared a special movie video and kicked off a 25th Anniversary official Fan Art Project to celebrate. This follows up on other promotions to honor this Final Fantasy title, like Zoff glasses and Adorable Arts figures. The art collection takes place between July 7, 2025 and October 31, 2025, and is divided by region. As an example, folks in North America, Europe, Oceania, South America, Africa, and some regions and Asia submit to one site and people in Japan turn in designs to another one.

First, here’s the Final Fantasy IX 25th Anniversary Special Movie. This video features major moments from this installment. As it does, the theme song “Melodies of Life” plays. There are some spoilers shown in it, particularly involving Dagger, so keep that in mind if you watch and aren’t familiar with this installment.

In the case of the Final Fantasy IX 25th Anniversary Fan Art Project, this is not a contest. It is a collection of works for display. If someone submits digital or pictures of non-digital art, it could be highlighted on the official site, during events, and on social media. People can submit on the site for their region. The notice did state “Please note that the presentation of the fan art, including any resizing, partial display, cropping, printing, modifications, or whether or not the nickname is displayed, will be determined at the discretion of SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd. Please submit your application only if you agree to these terms.” Submitted a work doesn’t guarantee Square Enix will use it, but if the company does the artist is granting a license to use it for promotional purposes for free.

Final Fantasy IX can be found on the PlayStation, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC, and mobile devices. The 25th Anniversary Fan Art Project works can be submitted until October 31, 2025.

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The Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXXVII stream went over quality of life changes in addition to teasing new additions, and among Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida’s announcements were promised changes to the FFXIV The Occult Crescent The Forked Tower: Blood field operation and raid. Those were supposed to debut in August 2025 alongside the 7.3 patch. Some of these will now appear earlier, with two adjustments expected on July 3, 2025 or earlier according to a Lodestone statement.

One of the immediate changes will involve participation. This is a situation in which up to 48 people can be a part of the instance and take part. However, right now it’s more of a random affair, as if there is a larger group the selection for getting into The Forked Tower in FFXIV will be random. The update changes that. Yoshida noted one priority is “the ability to enter the Occult Crescent instance with a preformed alliance of up to 48 players.” This would mean if you did have a large enough group ready, you could be guaranteed you would all go into the field operation and raid together.

The second part of these changes involves the Auroral Mirages weather needed to even access The Forked Tower in FFXIV. Ahead of the patch, it could take almost 40 minutes for those conditions to appear. If you miss the chance, then it could take almost that same amount of time for Auroral Mirages to return again. Naoki Yoshida didn’t state exact update times after the changes, but noted the update will allow “auroral mirages to generate sooner after the Occult Crescent instance has loaded.”

Naoki Yoshida also explained why this decision to add two of the five planned changes tied to The Forked Tower will come up in FFXIV this first week of July 2025. Here’s his explanation from the Lodestone website:

“However, when evaluating our development and QA capacity to release a potential emergency maintenance update, it became apparent we would be able to do so with minimal effect to our schedule. Rest assured that there will be no impact on the release of Patch 7.3 as a result of this advance update.

It should be noted that the planned emergency maintenance update may introduce some technical issues. However, we determined that the benefits of implementing these changes in a timely manner outweigh the minor risks involved and will do our utmost to ensure the update is released in a stable state.”

The remaining changes Yoshida specified are still coming are:

• “Improvements to the cipher offering UI.”
• “Delaying auroral mirage generation until an active critical encounter has ended.”
• “Enabling exclusive access to the Occult Crescent instance for a set time when joining with a preformed alliance.”

Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the FFXIV patch 7.3 update arrives in early August 2025.

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SuperGroupies announced three new additions to the NieR: Automata merchandise line, which consist of a jacket inspired by YoRHa and two types of bags. All of them are expected to launch in early December 2025. Pre-orders are open, and they will ship worldwide. Each one is meant to celebrate the 15th anniversary.

There are no photos of the new pieces of SuperGroupies NieR: Automata merchandise yet, so we can’t see how the jacket and bags will look in real-life. Only concept art for all three pieces appeared. The YoRHa Unit Model Outerwear will be most expensive at ¥25,300 (~$176). That is a unisex coat that will appear in sizes medium through XXL. The YoRHa Unit Model 2way Tote Bag will be ¥20,900 (~$146). The “2way” in the title references how you could use the handles or the longer strap for carrying it. Finally the Scented Sachet Model Drawstring Pouch costs ¥6,050 (~$42). While scented is in the name, SuperGroupies didn’t mention if there will be a smell to it.

Here’s the concept art for all three items.

Quite a few collections based on the game and anime appeared at SuperGroupies. The first announced in 2023 featured a watch and two wallets. Those restocked and new bags appeared in 2024. 

The SuperGroupies NieR: Automata merchandise will debut in December 2025, though it’s unknown if we’ll see physical samples of the jacket and two bags before then. The game is available on the PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and Windows PC. The anime adaptation is streaming via Crunchyroll. 

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The Moogle Treasure Trove is a recurring event in FFXIV that happens multiple times a year, and the next The Hunt for Allegory run features the Ruby Gwiber Mount, Coffee Cup Earring, and Ephemeral Necromancer Minion when it begins on July 8, 2025. It will last until patch 7.3 releases in late August 2025. This is the latest installment since The Hunt for Phantasmagoria one appeared in February 2025.

The execution of the event is identical to past installments. There are Standard Objectives, Weekly Objectives, Minimog Challenges, and Ultimog Challenges you can complete to earn Irregular Tomestones. These tasks can all be checked in your Mogpendium. Standard ones tend to be associated with marked Duties that reward some of the event items and are most frequent. The Ultimog Challenge is only completed once during the whole event, while the Minimog ones show up once per week.

As usual, there’s a long list of rewards on the official site showing what you get via giving the Irregular Tomestones to Itinerant Moogles. Many of these can be acquired via other means, but this might be an easier or more guaranteed way of earning them. The Moogles will be at Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X:9.4, Y:11.6), New Gridania (X:12.4, Y:12.1), and Ul’dah, Steps of Nald (X:9.6, Y:9.1). 

Here’s a list of some of the most notable items for this July 2025 installment:

• Ballroom Etiquette - Overzealous Affirmations: 30 Irregular Tomestones
• Coffee Cup Earring: 100 Irregular Tomestones
• Demon Brick Earring: 50 Irregular Tomestones
• Ephemeral Necromancer Minion: 50 Irregular Tomestones
• Ironfrog Mover Ignition Key: 50 Irregular Tomestones
• Machinist Barding for Chocobo: 30 Irregular Tomestones
• Modern Aesthetics - Gyr Abanian Plait: 50 Irregular Tomestones
• Pastoral Dot Parasol: 30 Irregular Tomestones
• “Return to Oblivion: Orchestrion Roll: 100 Irregular Tomestones
• Ruby Gwiber Mount Trumpet: 50 Irregular Tomestones

Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. The Moogle Treasure Trove: The Hunt for Allegory event starts on July 8, 2025, then it will end when FFXIV 7.3 arrives at the end of August 2025.

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Square Enix announced a new batch of outfits for the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store optional attire, and now our FFXIV avatars’ costumes can include many more belts. There are three Belt-leather packs, with two featuring different takes on outfits and the third offering two extra accessories.

The two types of FFXIV full outfits with more belts are Belt-leather Attire (Cropped Slops) and Belt-leather Attire (Trousers) sets that cost $18 in the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store. The main difference is that the former shows more skin than the latter and the tops’ color schemes are swapped, but each one is a monochromatic style. Belt-leather Attire (Cropped Slops) gives you the Belt-leather Loafers, Cropped Belt-leather Slops pants, and the white Open-back Belt-leather Harness Top with black harness. These can all be dyed. The Belt-leather Attire (Trousers)gives you Belt-leather Boots, Belt-leather Harness Top with a black shirt and white shirt, and Belt-leather Trousers. 

Here’s how those two sets look:

The Belt-leather Beret and Fingerstalls Set is $6 in the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store, and it adds belts to a hat and gloves. The beret has two belts on the right side, and the gloves have belts around the wrist and top of the hand. These can also be dyed, just like the two clothing sets.

Here’s that clothing:

Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and patch 7.3 debuts in August 2025.

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Tohakusha announced it will feature a replica of the time machine from Steins;Gate at a 15th anniversary exhibition at the Akihabara Don Quijote store in Tokyo, Japan. The show will start on Steins;Gate day, which is July 28th, the day Future Gadget Lab’s Time Leap Machine is made and the game’s events begin. The event will include replicas, art, and merchandise to buy when it runs between July 28, 2025 and August 31, 2025.

Since this announcement is still early, there are no images or exact details about some of the exhibits that will be shown or items that will be sold. Tohakusha specifically mentioned a 1:1 scale version of the the Steins;Gate time machine, and this could refer to the Time Leap Machine or FG204. The latter would be much larger than the former, naturally. 

The actual 15th anniversary of the series took place on October 15, 2024. Mages celebrated with a short video confirming more projects were planned and a Steins;Gate 15th Live: One World event on October 27, 2024.

The Steins;Gate 15th Anniversary Pop-Up will take place at the Akihabara Don Quijote between July 28, 2025 and August 31, 2025. The original game is on the Switch, PS3, Vita, PC, and mobile devices worldwide, as well as on the PS4, Xbox 360, and mobile devices in Japan. A remake called Steins;Gate Re:Boot is in development. The anime is streaming on Crunchyroll.

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