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Below it: a developer interview for the roguelite action game Mugen Sakura Roukaku, a Tales of Destiny discovery 29 years after release, the dissolution of Nagoshi Studio, and a column on Armored Core 3 and Silent Line.","whyItMatters":"Three of the five entries look back at older games and one reports a studio closure, so the week's most-read list carries a single entry about a game released on Nov 5.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eGame*Spark\u0026#39;s weekly ranking counts the five articles read most on the site between Oct 30 and Nov 5, 2026. The top slot is a retrospective on ALIVE, a 1998 PlayStation adventure game that imagines a 2020 surveillance society.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree of the five entries are looks back at older games. One reports the dissolution of Nagoshi Studio, resolved at an Oct 31 shareholders meeting and published in the official gazette on Nov 2. 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Nagoshi Studio's dissolution and a 29-year-old Tales of Destiny find also made the list.","twitterPost":"Game*Spark's most-read list for Oct 30 to Nov 5 leads with a look back at ALIVE, the 1998 PlayStation adventure game set in a 2020 surveillance society. Nagoshi Studio's dissolution, a Tales of Destiny find and a Mugen Sakura Roukaku interview follow.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Game*Spark's weekly ranking for Oct 30 to Nov 5, 2026 leads with a retrospective on ALIVE, a 1998 PlayStation adventure game set in a 2020 surveillance society. The list also covers the dissolution of Nagoshi Studio, published in the official gazette on Nov 2, and a Tales of Destiny discovery that lets Lilith join in normal play 29 years after release. 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