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Lorenzo Bruno

Lorenzo Bruno, known as Yieng, has years of experience in the gacha gaming space and has been creating gacha-focused content for years.

Creator of ntebuild.com, wuwabuild.com and other game-specific reference sites, and of the TikTok channel @yieng.g (17K+ followers).

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ANANTA Release Date: None Has Ever Been Announced. The Licence Granted 588 Days Ago, 17.3 Million Pre-Registrations and 312 Days of Silence
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Ananta

ANANTA Release Date: None Has Ever Been Announced. The Licence Granted 588 Days Ago, 17.3 Million Pre-Registrations and 312 Days of Silence

No release date, month, season or quarter has ever been announced for ANANTA, in any region, by NetEase or Naked Rain. The only figure anyone has is a bare "2026" that reached the public through a magazine and that the producer declined to commit to. What is dated: a Chinese publishing licence approved 23 December 2024 and granted 588 days with no launch, one offline test in Hangzhou in January 2025, 17,368,230 pre-registrations on a shared counter, and zero storefront listings.

12 min · August 3, 2026Read More →
Silver Palace Has No Release Date, No Window and No Year: Every Dated Fact, Including the Chinese Licence of 24 December 2025
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Silver

Silver Palace Has No Release Date, No Window and No Year: Every Dated Fact, Including the Chinese Licence of 24 December 2025

No release date, window, season or year has ever been announced for Silver Palace, in either region, by anyone. What does exist is dated to the hour: a Chinese publishing licence granted 24 December 2025 that no English page carries, two wiped closed betas, two separate pre-registrations and a seven-stop expo tour with three stops left. The four things every ranking page conflates, separated.

11 min · August 3, 2026Read More →
SHINOVI NEXUS -Senran Kagura-: Pre-Registration Opened on Two Stores, Not Three, and Google Play Was Left Out
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Senran

SHINOVI NEXUS -Senran Kagura-: Pre-Registration Opened on Two Stores, Not Three, and Google Play Was Left Out

Pre-registration for SHINOVI NEXUS -Senran Kagura- opened 31 July 2026 on the App Store and DMM GAMES only, with Google Play listed as starting shortly. The full 15-name roster across three schools, the five voice roles actually confirmed, and why this is a NEW LINK sequel rather than a reboot.

7 min · July 31, 2026Read More →
Genshin Impact Version 7.0 "Everwinter Without Mercy": Every Date, Banner and Code From August 11 to September 22
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Genshin

Genshin Impact Version 7.0 "Everwinter Without Mercy": Every Date, Banner and Code From August 11 to September 22

Version 7.0 "Everwinter Without Mercy" goes live August 12, 2026, and August 11 on North American servers. Three livestream codes worth 300 Primogems expire August 3. Full calendar, both banner phases, the Stellar Glimmer reaction family and every event start date.

8 min · July 31, 2026Read More →
Astrae Oratio CBT Applications Open 19 August at 03:00 UTC and Close 21 September, and the Test Itself Still Has No Date
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Astrae

Astrae Oratio CBT Applications Open 19 August at 03:00 UTC and Close 21 September, and the Test Itself Still Has No Date

NC published the exact window on 30 July: applications run 19 August 2026 at 03:00 UTC to 21 September at 03:00 UTC, 12:00 KST and JST, so most of the 33 days fall in September. The closed beta test period itself is a separate window and has no date at all. Regions, platforms, device specs, NDA, footage rules, carryover and headcount are all still unannounced.

7 min · August 3, 2026Read More →
Wizardry Variants Daphne's Final Fantasy XI Collab Gives You One Free Adventurer From Six, and the Scrolls Stop August 26
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Wizardry

Wizardry Variants Daphne's Final Fantasy XI Collab Gives You One Free Adventurer From Six, and the Scrolls Stop August 26

The free Moldy Scrolls stop on August 26 at 23:59 JST, 25 days before the collaboration itself closes on September 10, and no launch-day coverage treated that earlier date as a deadline. The one-time pick is an item from six, three of which grant Red Beard, Arboris and Abenius rather than Prishe, Iroha or Zeid, and it sits behind the Man Scavenging Bones in the Royal Capital Luknalia.

7 min · July 30, 2026Read More →
Aether Gazer's Echoes of the Past Is Version 4.7, Not 5.1, and Runs 28 Days Against 42 for the Version It Replaces
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Aether

Aether Gazer's Echoes of the Past Is Version 4.7, Not 5.1, and Runs 28 Days Against 42 for the Version It Replaces

Echoes of the Past is version 4.7, not 5.1, and it runs 28 days from August 4 to August 31 UTC-7 against 43, 48 and 42 for the three versions before it, and 43 on CN for identical content. The new S-Grade is Light of Serenity - Hodur, Thunder and Yggdrasill, armed with a Luminescent Cube. The reruns are Wadjet - Hidden Uraeus, one modifier whose codename is Viper and not two, and Kamuy - Zenkibo Tengu, who returns because she and Hodur share a new Ultimate Skillchain called Matrix Finale.

8 min · July 30, 2026Read More →
Pale Blue Firmament Reaches Global 85 Days After CN, and It Adds Three Sinners, Not One
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PtN

Pale Blue Firmament Reaches Global 85 Days After CN, and It Adds Three Sinners, Not One

Path to Nowhere brings Pale Blue Firmament to Global on August 7, 85 days after CN shipped it as main story N9 and N10 on May 14, 2026. The chapter adds three Sinners, not one: Isomer and Celine are both S-Rank, and Pixel is a pullable A-Rank. Global has published a date with no time, no timezone and no patch note.

10 min · July 30, 2026Read More →
Bungo Stray Dogs: Tales of the Lost Closed on One Day's Notice, 27 Days After Ambition Filed for Bankruptcy
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Bungo

Bungo Stray Dogs: Tales of the Lost Closed on One Day's Notice, 27 Days After Ambition Filed for Bankruptcy

Ambition filed for bankruptcy on July 3, 2026 and ran under a court-appointed administrator for 27 days with the game's shop still open. On July 29 its other titles were rescued by Vitalify. On July 30 at 13:01 JST it told Bungo Stray Dogs players they had until tomorrow, and refused refunds under Article 14 of its own terms, against a statute that normally compels them.

9 min · July 30, 2026Read More →
Cookie Run: Crumble Pre-Download Went Live 12 Hours Before the Servers, at 665.7 MB on iOS
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Crumble

Cookie Run: Crumble Pre-Download Went Live 12 Hours Before the Servers, at 665.7 MB on iOS

The iOS build published at 12:12 UTC on July 29 and the servers did not answer until 01:00 UTC on July 30, a gap of 12 hours 47 minutes. Apple prints 665.7 MB, Google Play prints no size at all, and the two APK mirrors that guess disagree by 39 MB. Full device bar included, down to the Windows admin account and hardware virtualization the PC build requires.

7 min · July 29, 2026Read More →
Brown Dust 2 Splits Off a Korean Build: Refunds Run to 160,800 Free Diamonds, and Take the Costume Back
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BD2

Brown Dust 2 Splits Off a Korean Build: Refunds Run to 160,800 Free Diamonds, and Take the Costume Back

Korean accounts have run on a separate Brown Dust 2 build since the July 30 maintenance, with two costumes and one secret event modified in place. NEOWIZ is paying 4,000 free diamonds to every account by August 6 and offering refunds at 13,400 free diamonds per enhancement level, up to 160,800 for both costumes at +5, but the refund reclaims the costume and the window shuts on August 31. No regulator is named anywhere on the record.

7 min · July 29, 2026Read More →
Chaos Zero Nightmare Season 4 Went Live July 29 With Hilde and Eunie, and the Fei Patch Was a Separate July 8 Preseason
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CZN

Chaos Zero Nightmare Season 4 Went Live July 29 With Hilde and Eunie, and the Fei Patch Was a Separate July 8 Preseason

Galactic Disaster Season 4: Shattered Light and Claw launched July 29, 2026 with Hilde, Eunie, the Outfit System and the Kaleidoscope Hatchery. The Fei and Ruixiang build most coverage still calls Season 4 was a separate preseason patch that shipped three weeks earlier, on July 8. Every published date, the real CZNS40729START window from July 27 to August 20, and the four things Super Creative has not dated.

11 min · July 29, 2026Read More →
Pearl in Blue Is One Key Visual So Far, and the Playable Demo Lands September 17
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Pearl

Pearl in Blue Is One Key Visual So Far, and the Playable Demo Lands September 17

Netmarble Japan revealed Pearl in Blue on July 20, 2026, and what it showed was a single key visual. A playable build of the game's opening goes on the Netmarble stand at Tokyo Game Show 2026 from September 17 to 21, the only date the game has. No release window, no pre-registration and no gacha detail of any kind exist yet.

8 min · July 20, 2026Read More →
Iron Saga Confirms a Gunbuster x Diebuster Collab on July 24, Chinese Server Only
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Iron Saga

Iron Saga Confirms a Gunbuster x Diebuster Collab on July 24, Chinese Server Only

Gameduchy teased a Gunbuster and Diebuster crossover on the Chinese service on July 24, 2026, with both anime licensed and no date, units or shop announced yet. The 2025 Gunbuster collab took eight days from tease to launch on CN and JP, and five more months to reach Global.

7 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Jump+ Jumble Rush Ends September 17 After 56 Days' Notice: Japan-Only, Never Global, and a Refund Japanese Law Requires
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Jump+

Jump+ Jumble Rush Ends September 17 After 56 Days' Notice: Japan-Only, Never Global, and a Refund Japanese Law Requires

Jump+ Jumble Rush closes September 17, 2026, and since it only ever released in Japan, that date ends it everywhere. Bandai Namco gave 56 days' notice on July 23 and stopped Prism sales the same day. Unused balances are refundable under Article 20(1) of Japan's Payment Services Act, with the notice due after the shutdown, not before it.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
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Looney

Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem Ends October 15 After 2,863 Days: A Worldwide Closure With No Refund Committed

Scopely closes Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem on October 15, 2026, ending a single worldwide build 92 days after the notice. Purchases stop August 16 and the stores delist it August 23, and neither official document uses the word refund even once. Aquiris Game Studio built it; it launched December 13, 2018.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Cookie Run: Crumble Is Live: 2 Million Pre-Registrations, 69 Cookies, and an August 29 Mailbox Deadline
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Crumble

Cookie Run: Crumble Is Live: 2 Million Pre-Registrations, 69 Cookies, and an August 29 Mailbox Deadline

Cookie Run: Crumble launched globally on July 30, 2026 at 10:00 KST, a single simultaneous unlock that put the Americas on the evening of July 29. Pre-registration closed above 2 million, and the launch mailbox holding 400 summon items, 1,000 Crystals and 10,000 Coins expires on August 29. Day one ships 69 Cookies, 54 Pets, three classes, and a 7-day login track ending in a free SSR Cream Soda Cookie.

8 min · July 30, 2026Read More →
Wizardry Variants Daphne x Final Fantasy XI Collab Dated July 30 to September 10, Abyss Mask Follows in August
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Wizardry

Wizardry Variants Daphne x Final Fantasy XI Collab Dated July 30 to September 10, Abyss Mask Follows in August

The Wizardry Variants Daphne and Final Fantasy XI crossover was dated on July 24, 2026: July 30 to September 10, with both ends of the window announced together. The reveal ran in four moves across three weeks and two companies, and one piece is still open: Square Enix has published no dates for the August Abyss Mask campaign.

6 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Granblue Fantasy x BLEACH Closes August 3 at 20:59 JST: Ichigo and Yoruichi Are Free Permanent SSRs
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Granblue Fantasy x BLEACH Closes August 3 at 20:59 JST: Ichigo and Yoruichi Are Free Permanent SSRs

BLEACH: Echoes in the Blue Hollow runs to 20:59 JST on August 3, 2026. Ichigo (SSR Dark) and Yoruichi Shihoin (SSR Light) are free story rewards kept permanently, while the two Collab Draw units and the event-only Konpaku Anima stop being obtainable when the window shuts.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Sword of Convallaria Global 2nd Anniversary: the Full UTC-4 Schedule for Every Banner, Event and Unlock
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SoC

Sword of Convallaria Global 2nd Anniversary: the Full UTC-4 Schedule for Every Banner, Event and Unlock

Global's second anniversary opened July 31, 2026, and XD published the whole calendar on July 24 with a UTC-4 stamp on every row. Here it is transcribed: 13 summon windows, 13 events, the sign-in track, 3 skins and 3 permanent unlocks. The 70 free pulls figure in circulation is an August 2025 number, and Vow of Reunion is a returner rate-up, not a Legendary selector.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Arknights CN Announces a Persona 3 Reload Side Story: Koromaru Is a Free 1-Star, With 30 Free Pulls Attached
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Arknights

Arknights CN Announces a Persona 3 Reload Side Story: Koromaru Is a Free 1-Star, With 30 Free Pulls Attached

Hypergryph announced a Persona 3 Reload Side Story for Arknights CN at the July 25 Summer Carnival livestream, set in Laterano with Koromaru as a free operator and 30 free pulls attached. No CN start date exists yet, and the six-month collab lag puts a Global run around March 2027.

8 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Blue Archive JP Replaced the Spark With Recruitment Charge: 160 Saved Rolls, and a Worse Ceiling
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BA

Blue Archive JP Replaced the Spark With Recruitment Charge: 160 Saved Rolls, and a Worse Ceiling

Blue Archive's Japanese service replaced the 200-point spark with Recruitment Charge after the 29 July maintenance, and Yostar added free 10-roll tickets that bring the real guarantee down to 160 saved rolls. Simulations put the average cost of a first copy at 90 rolls against 108 before, while the guaranteed ceiling on a second copy is gone. The anniversary Fes banners open 5 August at 11:00 JST, not on 29 July.

9 min · July 28, 2026Read More →
Honkai: Star Rail Fate/UBW Part 2 Is Live: The Free 5-Star Is a Choice, and Collab Pity Is Separate
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HSR

Honkai: Star Rail Fate/UBW Part 2 Is Live: The Free 5-Star Is a Choice, and Collab Pity Is Separate

Part 2 of the Fate/stay night collab went live July 24, 2026 with Rin Tohsaka and Gilgamesh, and the free 5-star is a choice between Archer and Gilgamesh rather than a handout. The four Fate banners share a separate 90-pull pity that regular warp progress never feeds, and Part 1's Saber and Archer banners are still open thirteen months after launch.

8 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
hololive Dreams Launch Clock: Pre-Download Opened July 22, Servers July 23, and Two Separate App Builds
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hololive

hololive Dreams Launch Clock: Pre-Download Opened July 22, Servers July 23, and Two Separate App Builds

Pre-download opened July 22, 2026 (JST) on the App Store and Google Play only, with no Steam pre-load and no hour ever published. Servers followed on July 23; the 11:00 JST maintenance lift is a Game8 JP figure, not an official one. Two separate app builds ship, so the store link you follow decides whether the game installs at all.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Langrisser: Sea of Sword Gameplay Trailer: a Brand-New Entry, No Release Date, and No Console Announced
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Langrisser

Langrisser: Sea of Sword Gameplay Trailer: a Brand-New Entry, No Release Date, and No Console Announced

The first gameplay trailer runs 3:06 and has 2.33 million views, and it ends without a release date or a single console named. Sea of Sword is a brand-new entry from the Langrisser Mobile team, published by HongKong GameTree Limited rather than Zlongame, and unrelated to the 2019 Langrisser I & II remake.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Aether Gazer Global Stops Updating December 1: the Companion Server Is Planned Until September 2031, Not Guaranteed
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Aether

Aether Gazer Global Stops Updating December 1: the Companion Server Is Planned Until September 2031, Not Guaranteed

Version 5.2 on December 1, 2026 is the last content update for Aether Gazer Global, and the Companion Server that follows is planned until September 2031, not guaranteed. The five-year figure belongs to CN, whose own wind-down already finished with dated refunds and a delisting, and the company on the hook is Yongshi, not Yostar.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Ash Echoes Global Ended June 18 With No Cash Refund: The Transfer Terms, and Why SEA Is a Separate Game
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Ash

Ash Echoes Global Ended June 18 With No Cash Refund: The Transfer Terms, and Why SEA Is a Separate Game

Ash Echoes Global closed on June 18, 2026, with logins cut at 23:00 the night before. NEOCRAFT announced no cash refund: money spent converts at 60 Rainbow Gems or 40 Spiral per USD $1, claimable only inside Tree of Savior: NEO or Tales of Wind after levelling a character to Lv.20. The SEA version runs under a different publisher and has announced no closure at all.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Starseed: Asnia Trigger Ended Its Content Roadmap With No Shutdown Date, Then Put a 30-Day Battle Pass on Sale
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Starseed

Starseed: Asnia Trigger Ended Its Content Roadmap With No Shutdown Date, Then Put a 30-Day Battle Pass on Sale

Com2uS ended the content roadmap for Starseed: Asnia Trigger in a July 23, 2026 notice, effective August 5. New Proxyans, story and Pickup banners stop; servers, events and support continue with no end date committed. Six days after the roadmap was declared over, a 30-day Battle Pass went on sale running to August 30.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
WuWa 3.5 Phase 2: Suisui release time by server, her Energy Regen build, and Aemeath's rerun
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WuWa

WuWa 3.5 Phase 2: Suisui release time by server, her Energy Regen build, and Aemeath's rerun

Suisui went live on July 30, 2026 at 10:00 server time on the Blessings From Dewy Wings convene, the first limited 5-star Glacio Rectifier built as a healer. Her healing scales off Max HP but her team buff scales off Energy Regen, up to a 260% breakpoint. She and Aemeath both close August 19.

10 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
ZZZ 3.1 "The Long Goodbye": banner windows, the Rescreening that skips the 50/50, and 30 free pulls
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ZZZ

ZZZ 3.1 "The Long Goodbye": banner windows, the Rescreening that skips the 50/50, and 30 free pulls

Version 3.1 has been live since the global unlock on 29 July 2026 at 03:00 UTC, which was the evening of 28 July in the Americas. Remielle Dan holds Paradise Regained for the full six weeks, Aria closes 19 August, and the Exclusive Rescreening has no 50/50 at all: a hard 90 guarantees Dialyn, Yuzuha or Harumasa.

12 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
NTE 1.2 Phase 2: Iroi release time, The Lifeline banner and the five-hour maintenance gap
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NTE

NTE 1.2 Phase 2: Iroi release time, The Lifeline banner and the five-hour maintenance gap

Iroi went live on The Lifeline board on July 29, 2026 at 11:00 UTC+8, five hours later than most coverage said, after a full server maintenance. Her release clock by region, the Haniel/Aurelia/Skia rate-ups, the three conditions on her revive, and the pity maths for The Wrong Gate.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Shangri-La Frontier: The Seven Colossi Has a Year and No Month, and September 17 Is the Only Date on the Calendar
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ShanFro

Shangri-La Frontier: The Seven Colossi Has a Year and No Month, and September 17 Is the Only Date on the Calendar

The release date has been "within 2026" since March 18, a year with no month, no season and no quarter, and it covers the Japanese service only. Nothing was announced in July 2026: Netmarble booked Tokyo Game Show and opened English and Korean channels. September 17 at Makuhari Messe is the only date on the calendar.

11 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Bleach Mirrors High Closed Beta: What the Test Showed, and What the Rules Ruled Out
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Bleach

Bleach Mirrors High Closed Beta: What the Test Showed, and What the Rules Ruled Out

The closed beta ran July 22 to 29, 2026, and its user agreement, since deleted by Bandai Namco, ruled out the complaint that travelled furthest: no in-game currency could be purchased in the test. Here is what the rules, the two outlets given access, and the tester footage actually establish.

11 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Aniimo Put a Legendary Aniimo in a Shop 25 Days After Saying It Would Not
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Aniimo

Aniimo Put a Legendary Aniimo in a Shop 25 Days After Saying It Would Not

The third closed beta closed July 25 with every server wiped. A time-limited Challenge Dungeon called Rift Exploration: Irisalis ended in a shop screen listing a Legendary Aniimo at a fixed price of 99, captured at 52/99 with a Buy button, 25 days after Pawprint said there would be no Aniimo in the store. No rates were ever published, and no statement has followed.

10 min · July 26, 2026Read More →
Stella Sora 1.13: The August 3 Cut-Off, Suntide Willow to August 10, and 20 Free Pulls
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Stella

Stella Sora 1.13: The August 3 Cut-Off, Suntide Willow to August 10, and 20 Free Pulls

Version 1.13's main event and its Event Shop closed August 3 at 12:59 UTC-7, seven days before the Suntide Willow banner and the log-in event end on August 10 at 19:59. Every window in the patch with its own end stamp, the 20 free pulls (not 21), the two beta modes correctly identified, and the three live codes with no published expiry.

9 min · July 26, 2026Read More →