Idea Factory International has announced a release window for its upcoming otome visual novel, Homura: The Crimson Warriors. Digital and physical versions of the game will be released in North America during March 2026. Digitally, the game will be released in Europe during the same month; however, its physical version won’t launch until April 2026.…
Idea Factory International has revealed a Western release date for its upcoming game, Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights. The title will launch digitally and physically in Europe and North America. (Read on for specifics!) The game’s website has also been updated with information about the game systems.…
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, otome visual novel Hakuoki SSL ~Sweet…
Japanese otome visual novel Kurenai no Homura: Sanada Ninpouchou launched for PS…
Idea Factory International has announced a release window for its upcoming otome visual novel, Homura: The Crimson Warriors. Digital and physical versions of the game will be released in North America during March 2026. Digitally, the game will be released in Europe during the same month; however, its physical version…
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Idea Factory International has revealed a Western release date for its upcoming game, Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights. The title will launch digitally and physically in Europe and North America. (Read on for specifics!) The game’s website has also been updated with information about the game systems.…
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, otome visual novel Hakuoki SSL ~Sweet School Life~ will be released in English this February, both digitally and physically. It centres around heroine Chizuru Yukimura and the handsome legendary warriors of the Shinsengumi. Most of the series is set in Edo Japan, but this…
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Japanese otome visual novel Kurenai no Homura: Sanada Ninpouchou launched for PS Vita in Japan in 2018, and for Nintendo Switch last year. Today, Idea Factory International announced that an English release, titled Homura: The Crimson Warriors, will be coming West next year, exclusively for Nintendo Switch. It will be…
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Nearly a year ago, PQube announced it would publish otome crime-solving cinematic visual novel Bustafellows season2 in the West in 2025. And it is making good on that promise! The sequel to Bustafellows (which DDNet Editor-in-Chief Matt describes as being right up there with the best crime fiction works he’s…
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Today is the first anniversary of the Japanese launch of otome visual novel Utakata no Uchronia. Aksys Games is celebrating by announcing its English title, Illusion of Itehari, and confirming its release on Nintendo Switch in late 2025. It will be available physically and digitally, with physical pre-orders open now…
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Otome visual novel Hakuoki SSL ~Sweet School Life~ first launched in Japan for PS Vita in early 2014 and re-released (again, in Japan) for Nintendo Switch in 2023. Today, Eastasiasoft announced it will publish the game for Nintendo Switch with English language support in the West. This standalone game is…
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Him, The Smile & Bloom is a surprisingly “innovative” otome, at least as far as the narrative goes. I use the inverted commas because that word is bandied around far too much (and is far too associated with techbros – and yes I realise the contradiction between my disdain for…
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Idea Factory International (IFI) is great about physical releases and special editions of its titles, and its plans for Battlefield Waltz are no different. The publisher has announced the physical Plus Edition and the Digital Deluxe Edition of the otome visual novel, and that’s on top of the digital and…
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Idea Factory International is bringing otome visual novel Battlefield Waltz to the West over a decade after its original Japanese launch. First announced during IFI’s Summer Festival 2024, the game will be available in physical and digital editions.) It follows a young woman named Lan on her journey as the…
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