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2026 marks a new year for me and for us as a community! With this in mind, I want to spend 2026 doing something a little different. A little more creative, and a little more high quality. As you can see in the attached image, views are good. For news, for new game reveals, for recaps of drama. All of it. But one thing I haven’t done much of lately is fully reviewing games. Playing them thoroughly to a point I can have a real, genuine, honest opinion of them. And that’s where this year changes that. I started this channel — and grew this channel using my Worst Gacha Ever series. These videos did wildly well and were full reviews of different Gacha games. However I'd only play them for 5, 10, sometimes 15 hours before reviewing them and in retrospect that isn’t nearly enough. So in 2026, what I’m going to do is pick 3 new games per month and stream them. Every single week. I’ll play them ON stream and OFF stream. I’ll do my utmost to put in AT LEAST 100 hours before reviewing them. I think that’s fair. And I want to take you all along for the ride with me. Do be aware: some of these games will be good, fun, but some will be painfully bad. But I think it’ll be worth it. A lot of people accuse Gacha CCs of being “sloptubers” due to the nature of react content and I do agree to an extent that react content CAN be slop depending on the kind of content it is. Which is why in an effort to ENHANCE my own content, I want to dive as deeply into these games as I possibly can before talking about them as if I know what I’m saying. 2026 will be a big year for me. Not only will I be uploading general reviews, news, reacts, new games, first impressions and everything else on my Stix channel, BUT, I'll be deep diving into fully informational videos and reviews on my Stix Playx channel. This is the year where I grow as a person, as a content creator, and set not only an example in quality, but also in authority. I will do my very best not to let any of you down, and will work to better myself, and the Gacha genre, however little I can. See you all there!

ABSOLUTE FREAKIN FIRE!!! SILVER PALACE will compete with Arknights Endfield and Neverness to Everness as potentially the best Gacha release of 2026! What a year this is going to be! I’m so excited, dude. I cannot wait to stream the hell out of this game. I’m also glad it’s releasing in December instead of January when Ananta is releasing, meaning we have plenty of time to play both!! WE’LL HAVE SO MANY FUN GAMES TO PLAY!!!

MAJOR GACHA UPDATE Wang Yue (望月 / Moon Gaze / Wangyue) is a Chinese urban open-world Gacha game (creature-collecting, modern Chinese city + mythical themes) by Shiyue Network / Stars Studio (星辰工作室). Recent reports point to a possible switch from Unity to Unreal Engine 5 - Around October 22–26, high-profile job postings appeared for a UE5 Client Lead Programmer (UE客户端主程) for the Wang Yue project. Key details: Salary roughly 100–200K RMB/month × 16 salaries (million+ RMB annual package). Location: Guangzhou. Job description explicitly calls it a “UE5 self-developed anime urban open-world ARPG 《望月》” and seeks someone to lead client architecture for it. This is a major style change for Wang Yue and could also potentially delay it YEARS. It is an urban open-world Gacha game that was supposed to compete with Ananta and NTE.

YO WUTHERING WAVES HITTING US WITH THIS INCREDIBLE SURPRISE ANIMATION OUTTA NOWHERE??? WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IS THIS?? It’s so beautiful bro.

YO THIS IS BIG! PETIT PLANET IN DECEMBER, SILVER PALACE AND ANANTA IN JANUARY! WHAT A STACKED 2 MONTHS.

🔴ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEGEN GOONER GACHA GAMES IS RELEASING IN 2027!!🔴 Destiny Child: Assemble is a brand-new idle RPG announced today (October 27, 2026) by Com2uS to mark the 10th anniversary of the original Destiny Child IP. It inherits the original scenario, world view, and side stories, while adding all-new narrative content. Character stories are woven organically into the collection and growth systems. Platforms include iOS & Android, I couldn't find any info on a PC release currently. There are no current tests announced at present, and no test phases currently scheduled. BUT IT IS GONNA BE SO DAMN GOOD DUDE. I'M SO EXCITED.

Last week we caught Girls' Echo, a newly released Gacha game, stealing from Silver Palace, Wuthering Waves, Punishing Gray Raven, Genshin Impact and Aniimo. Today we caught them stealing from NIKKE. In the first image, you'll see Clay. In the 2nd image you'll see.. well.. Clay. But with different hair and sunglasses. This is a game that is charging players for their Gacha. This is a game that people are actually spending money on. It's sitting at 4.3* on the Play Store, with thousands of botted 5* reviews all reposting the same sentences. Some developers - if you can even call them that, have absolutely no shame.

Blue Archive is changing publisher in Japan from Yostar to Nexon, and it seems as though this has caused a LOT of contention in the community. JP players are VERY unhappy. I've only had experience with Nexon Global, and they've been easy enough to work with over the years but I hope JP doesn't end up screwed over. Blue Archive is a fun game with a great story. It's a shame they decided to make changes to a decent enough Gacha system (why change what works?) But the entire operating division for one of the biggest Gacha games in the world is wild.

HOLY— ROVER WAS BORN FROM ORIGINIUM?!? WUTHERING WAVES X ARKNIGHTS COLLAB CONFIRMED?!? AND ABRAXAS? HOLY ABSOLUTE CINEMA GODDAMNNNNN

Here are 7 upcoming Open-World Action Gacha games that I'm looking forward to in 2027 and beyond! 🔴Silver Palace🔴 Detective-themed narrative, parry-based combat, story-driven, character gacha. 🔴Ananta🔴 Urban open-world action RPG, environmental/improvised weapon combat with character switching, no character Gacha (story unlocks), cosmetic Gacha, story-driven. 🔴Rewinding Cadence🔴 Time-loop open-world action RPG, fast-paced combat with spirit companions, D20 dice choice system, character/spirit Gacha. 🔴Azur Promilia🔴 Fantasy open-world RPG, real-time tag combat with dodge/parry, creature companions (Kibo) for combat/exploration/life sim, character Gacha. 🔴Star Trace🔴 Anime action RPG (mecha + fantasy themed), Soulslike combat with parry/perfect dodge/executions, character Gacha. 🔴Ordinary Oddness🔴 Urban open-world action RPG, detective agency commissions, adaptive combat with blocks/dodges/character switches, human + Mythoid coexistence, likely character Gacha. 🔴Wang Yue🔴 Urban open-world action RPG, real-time combat with character switching and creature (Yueling/Moon Spirit) companions for combat + traversal, creature collection, character Gacha.