{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T04:01:20.627Z","story":{"id":"r_1bf33b67383b45ab86fccaed","slug":"vivion-announces-cloud-gaming-service-vivion-games-for-2026","url":"https://yomimono.id/vivion-announces-cloud-gaming-service-vivion-games-for-2026","headline":"viviON Announces Game Platform viviON GAMES for PC Games on Smartphones","summary":"viviON, the company behind VTuber group Aogiri High School and digital comic app comipo, announced on May 18 that it will launch a game sales service called viviON GAMES within 2026. The platform uses viviON's cloud gaming engine \"OOParts Engine\" to run PC games on dedicated servers, allowing users to play them from a smartphone browser without requiring developers to port their games. The service adopts a buy-to-own model rather than a subscription system. viviON will exhibit at the indie game showcase BitSummit PUNCH from May 22 to 24, where visitors can try seven titles including Yomawari: Night Alone and Return to Shironagasu Island. The company launched the game label viviON Lab on May 8 and began publishing indie games, signaling a focus on the game business in fiscal year 2026. viviON's group companies include DLsite, a doujin download sales site, and AISIS, which runs the creator support site Ci-en.","why_it_matters":"viviON is entering the cloud gaming market with a model that avoids subscription fees and requires no porting from developers, potentially lowering the barrier for indie PC games to reach mobile audiences.","published_at":"2026-05-19T19:16:08.000Z","source_count":3,"sources":["4Gamer.net","KAI-YOU","Yahoo! News Japan (Entertainment)"],"citations":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","title":"New service 'viviON GAMES' to launch PC games on smartphones by 2026, using buy-to-own model instead of subscription","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20260518035/"},{"source":"KAI-YOU","title":"viviON, which operates Aogiri High School, announces game platform: Play PC games on smartphones","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/95426"},{"source":"Yahoo! News Japan (Entertainment)","title":"PC Games Launch on Smartphone Browsers: viviON to Launch New Cloud Gaming Service 'viviON GAMES' (Real Sound)","url":"https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/459a80a5cbe94280a1e8ac1427c1e926161356e9?source=rss"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false}}}