{"rewrite":{"id":"r_04799a86faec2e21952c53cf","clusterId":"c_574198f2667707393c856958","slug":"yami-launches-yami-games-label-with-meta-horror-title-tarou-kun-has-come","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Yami Launches YAMI GAMES Label With Meta-Horror Title Tarou-kun Has Come","summary":"Yami, the company behind the Haunting Exhibition and Fear Exhibition horror shows, has started a game label called YAMI GAMES. Its first release, the meta-horror game Tarou-kun Has Come, launched on August 28 at 1,500 yen. Producer Tsubasa Fujita and developers BeforeHomeWorks spoke to GAME Watch about building the label and the game, where players check a missing streamer's unplayable video against web pages to find out why it stops.","whyItMatters":"An exhibition company moving into games puts its horror brand on a storefront instead of a venue, and YAMI GAMES already has Tokyo Horror Special Zone 2026 and Tokyo Game Show appearances lined up.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe label comes out of Yami\u0026#39;s exhibition work, including the Haunting Exhibition and last year\u0026#39;s Fear Exhibition. Producer Tsubasa Fujita, who led the game business, said horror games attract easy reactions and are picked up by streamers, which is why he proposed the genre.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first title is a meta-horror game: the player opens a missing small-time streamer\u0026#39;s final video, finds it will not play to the end, and searches web pages for a way forward. Developer BeforeHomeWorks started the project on Unreal Engine 5 from a concept about a realistic character entering a cave, which led to a streamer protagonist. YAMI GAMES is also set to appear at Tokyo Horror Special Zone 2026, opening September 11 at Tokyo Dome City, and at Tokyo Game Show.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"YAMI GAMES enters GAMES from horror exhibitions, and Tarou-kun Has Come sells at 1,500 yen with the video-checking loop itself as the product. YAMI prices the label's first release like a short film ticket.","twitterPost":"YAMI GAMES prices its first release, Tarou-kun Has Come, at 1,500 yen. The horror exhibition company is selling a game shorter than a movie ticket.","threadsPost":"YAMI GAMES comes from the company behind the Haunting Exhibition and Fear Exhibition horror shows, and Tarou-kun Has Come sells at 1,500 yen. The video-checking loop is the product, priced like a short film. YAMI is testing whether its exhibition audience follows it into GAMES.","newsletterBlurb":"Yami, the company behind the Haunting Exhibition and Fear Exhibition, has launched a game label called YAMI GAMES. Its first title, the meta-horror game Tarou-kun Has Come, released on August 28 at 1,500 yen. The label also plans appearances at Tokyo Horror Special Zone 2026 and Tokyo Game Show.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch (Impress)\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2137121.html\",\"title\":\"再生してはいけない動画の恐怖は現実にも......。YAMI GAMES第1弾「たろうくんはいってきました」開発陣インタビュー\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6170,"outputTokens":679,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789012763,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T03:54:47.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T03:58:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T03:58:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_574198f2667707393c856958","canonicalTitle":"再生してはいけない動画の恐怖は現実にも……。YAMI GAMES第1弾「たろうくんはいってきました」開発陣インタビュー","representativeArticleId":"a_c208355119a2797cb7c974e6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Taro-kun ga Haitte Kimashita\"],\"studios\":[\"Yami\",\"YAMI GAMES\"],\"people\":[\"Kuraha Horie\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T03:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T03:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T03:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GAME Watch (Impress)","url":"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2137121.html","title":"再生してはいけない動画の恐怖は現実にも……。YAMI GAMES第1弾「たろうくんはいってきました」開発陣インタビュー"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Taro-kun ga Haitte Kimashita"],"studios":["Yami","YAMI GAMES"],"people":["Kuraha Horie"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}