This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: Battlefield 6, Little Nightmares III, more

Battlefield 6 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC, and Little Nightmares III for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.

Also due out this week are Panty Party Perfect for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, LAPIN for Switch, and a number of anticipated digital-only releases such as the Early Access version of 2XKO for PC, Dreams of Another for PlayStation 5 and PC, OBAKEIDORO 2: Chase & Seek for Switch 2, and Absolum for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC.

Get the full list of this week’s Japanese game releases below. It should be noted that Gematsu will receive a small percentage of money from purchases made through Play-Asia links. You can also save five percent with our multi-use “GEMATSU2025” coupon code.

Physical and Digital

• Battlefield 6 (PS5) – Launching worldwide.
  • Phantom Edition (PS5)
  • North American Version
    • Standard Edition (PS5, Xbox Series)
    • Phantom Edition (PS5, Xbox Series)
  • European Version
    • Standard Edition (PS5, Xbox Series)
    • Phantom Edition (PS5, Xbox Series)
• Blackish House sideA→ – Retour – (Switch)
  • Special Edition (Switch)
• LAPIN (Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
  • Limited Edition (Switch)
  • Asian Version
    • Standard Edition (Switch)
    • Limited Edition (Switch)
• Little Nightmares III (PS5, Switch 2, Switch) – Switch 2 version is a game-key card. Launching worldwide.
  • North American Version
    • Standard Edition (PS5, Xbox Series / One, Switch 2, Switch)
    • Limited Edition (PS5, Xbox Series / One, Switch 2, Switch)
  • European Version
    • Standard Edition (PS5, Xbox Series / One, Switch 2, PS4, Switch)
    • Deluxe Edition (PS5, Xbox Series / One, Switch 2, Switch)
    • Mirror Edition (PS5, Xbox Series / One, Switch 2, PS4, Switch)
  • Asian Version
    • Standard Edition (PS5, Switch 2, Switch)
• Panty Party Perfect (PS5)

Digital

• 2XKO Early Access (PC) – Launching worldwide.
• Absolum (PS5, PS4, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Battlefield 6 (Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Battle Suit Aces (PS5, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Blood of Mehran (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Blue Protocol: Star Resonance (PC [Steam, Epic Games Store], iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
• Brave x Junction (PS5, PS4, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Bye Sweet Carole (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• CAPTURED (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
• CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Cthulhu Mythos ADV Lunatic Whispers & The Isle Of Ubohoth (PS5, PS4, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
• Dreams of Another (PS5, PS VR2, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Heroic Songs: The Remix (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• King of Meat (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Lethal Honor: Order of the Apocalypse (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
• Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • European Version (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2) – Switch 2 version is a game-key card.
• Little Nightmares III (Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Lost in Fantaland (PS5, PS4, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
• Merry Bunny Garden (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• OBAKEIDORO 2: Chase & Seek (Switch 2)
• Panty Party Perfect (PS4) – Launching worldwide.
• PixelJunk Eden 2 (PS5, PS4, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Rise Eterna II (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
• Scurge: Hive (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • North American Version (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch)
  • European Version (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch)
• SOPA: Tale of the Stolen Potato (Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Steel Knight’s ARMIS (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Yooka-Replaylee (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga (PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Also launching for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch worldwide.

The PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch titles listed above can be purchased through Japanese PlayStation Network and Nintendo accounts using prepaid cards:

• PlayStation Store cards (yen): 1,100 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 10,000
• Nintendo eShop cards (yen): 1,000 / 1,500 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 9,000

Demos, Betas, Updates, etc.

• Rivals of Aether Free Update: Playable Character Galvan (PC) – Launching worldwide.
• skate. Early Access Season 1 (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, PC) – Launching worldwide.
• Wuthering Waves Version 2.7 Update “Dawn Breaks on Dark Tides” (PS5, PC, iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.