As you all know, I’m working on a visual novel about my great passion in life, Dancesport. After three years and all kinds of issues along the way, it’s finally getting close to being finished. You can Wishlist it on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3693000/The_Last_Waltz/ As I’ve been working on the game, one thought has been running in the back of my…
Black Myth: Wukong is one of the more exciting upcoming releases out of China. As the name suggests it is inspired by the all-time classic novel, Journey to the West, but it’s a rare case of actual Chinese developers adapting one of the novels the nation is most proud of,…
Read MoreWhite Day: A Labyrinth Named School is one of those horror games that we just love. It’s been around for many years at this point, and as we wrote in our review of the game: “White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is, simply, an excellent game. If you haven’t played…
Read MoreYou probably haven’t heard of Sailing Era, a new simulator our of China, but it just launched on Steam and the Epic Games Store. It’s one worth checking out, because it has some gorgeous aesthetics and sounds really interesting. Also, it’s coming to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch later on, so…
Read MoreThis one has been a long time coming, but NISA has finally given the world a release date for Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. It will land on May 9 in North America, May 12 in Europe, and will have all DLC baked into it. You have, of course, been able…
Read MoreThe next release in Bandai Namco’s venerable JRPG series, Tales, will launch quite soon – February 17. Rather than being a new game, as such, it will be a remaster, but a remaster of one of the more respected titles in the series. Tales of Symphonia was a GameCube title,…
Read MoreBushiroad (the company behind the likes of Cardfight!! Vanguard) has established a console games label, Bushiroad Games, and overnight announced a bunch of games. These are largely early in development, but there’s a lot here to get excited for – if nothing else, Bushiroad Games seems committed to supporting the…
Read MoreGame Freak is more than Pokémon – something that is often forgotten given the size of its main property. It’s also not owned by Nintendo, which is something that is often forgotten given that the Pokémon series is exclusive to Nintendo consoles. Game Freak’s next game is coming to Apple…
Read MoreI did not expect that my first day back writing for the year would include covering an announcement that has me this excited, but Koei Tecmo working with Type-Moon to produce a Fate game is certainly up there. The two companies have announced Fate/Samurai Remnant, which will release this year…
Read MoreSmile For Me first launched for PC via Steam in May 2019, and it’s now set to arrive on consoles in Spring 2023 (Autumn 2023, for us in the southern hemisphere), as announced by Serenity Forge and Limbo Lane. Assuming you’re not terrified by clowns, this could be a great…
Read MoreFor many years now Vanillaware has been one of the rare mid-sized developers that has been able to ply its trade with complete creative independence. Given that this has resulted in masterpieces like 13 Sentinels, it is a good thing that the company hasn’t been gobbled up or gone bust.…
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