Nintendo has announced that an Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club demo is due to arrive next week, and what's more, the demo will be updated with new chapters in the following days. The…
August 16, 2024 | 11:27 EDT
Nintendo has revealed what's behind the mysterious Emio trailer that appeared on the studio's official YouTube channel last week, and it's actually a new entry in a long-dormant (well, sort of)…
July 17, 2024 | 10:33 EDT
Little Bat Games, developer of "analyze-'em-up" therapy sim Vampire Therapist, has announced that two major high-profile voice actors have joined its game's cast. The first is someone you'll know…
June 4, 2024 | 09:50 EDT
Today publisher aNCHOR announced that the Nintendo Switch port of the beloved visual novels Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative will get a stand-alone release. For now the release has been confirmed…
March 26, 2024 | 04:08 EDT
Broccoli hosted the 3rd-anniversary livestream for the highly praised otome visual novel Jack Jeanne, announcing that a sequel is coming. During the recorded broadcast on the game's official YouTube…
March 16, 2024 | 08:28 EDT
Today Aksys Games hosted a livestream to announce upcoming games, including the localization of Nihon Falcom's JRPG Tokyo Xanadu eX+ for Nintendo Switch. If you're unfamiliar with the game, it…
February 1, 2024 | 06:47 EST
Developer Type-Moon has announced that a Fate/stay night remaster is launching in the West, bringing the Japanese visual novel overseas for the first time. Per a post on the official Fate/stay night…
January 30, 2024 | 08:42 EST
Following the announcements that the beloved original Muv-Luv trilogy of visual novels is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch and the Muv-Luv 20th Odyssey Box special edition, today we get a…
January 24, 2024 | 10:38 EST
PQube announced the release date of the upcoming visual novel Konosuba - God's Blessing On This Wonderful World! Love For These Clothes Of Desire! Yes. That is the actual title. It's the…
January 11, 2024 | 09:43 EST
Today Bushiroad hosted a big event at the Tokyo Dome venue in Japan, and it had quite a few reveals to share, alongside new footage and details about games that have already been announced. We start…
January 6, 2024 | 10:54 EST
The crowdfunding campaign to port an all-ages version of the beloved visual novel Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (also known as Rumbling Hearts) to Steam has just concluded successfully. The campaign on the…
December 29, 2023 | 10:03 EST
Following the announcement that the beloved original Muv-Luv trilogy of visual novels is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch, publisher Anchor announced the Muv-Luv 20th Odyssey Box. While details…
December 21, 2023 | 11:55 EST
Hatoful Boyfriend creator Hato Moa has taken to social media to confirm that Epic Games has paid her royalties owed for the game since 2021. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Hato Moa says…
December 12, 2023 | 04:13 EST
With the recent release of Fate/Samurai Remnant, many may find themselves wanting to delve deeper into the complex Fate franchise, and a new opportunity has been made available thanks to the newly…
December 8, 2023 | 05:28 EST
Japanese developer Acquire and publisher Aniplex revealed a brand new upcoming visual novel titled Hookah Haze. The game is inspired by the Hookah lounges (or Shisha lounges) that are rather…
December 4, 2023 | 03:43 EST
The crowdfunding campaign to bring to Steam an all-ages version of the beloved visual novel Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (also known as "Rumbling Hearts") has reached its funding goal this morning. …
November 23, 2023 | 02:46 EST
Today indie developer Oppai-Man officially announced its next adult visual novel, titled Forbidden Fantasy, and revealed the release dates for the first chapter. Initially, it'll launch form the…
November 17, 2023 | 08:43 EST
Today Anchor released a brand new visual novel localization, and it's one that Muv-Luv fans have been awaiting for a while, the prequel of Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse titled "The Imperial…
November 14, 2023 | 04:51 EST
Today the crowdfunding campaign for the mystery adventure game Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate has successfully concluded. The campaign was hosted by publisher Izanagi Games on the Japanese…
October 31, 2023 | 10:15 EDT
Western visual novel fans have been asking for an English localization of the beloved game Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien for decades, and a clear path to that goal has opened today in the form of a…
October 27, 2023 | 10:11 EDT
Today, during a livestream from Japan, Muv-Luv publisher Anchor had big news to share about the popular visual novel series. The main trilogy, which includes Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative is…
October 22, 2023 | 01:00 EDT
Few visual novels are as beloved among veteran Japanese fans as Âge's Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien, also known as Rumbling Hearts due to the English title of its dedicated anime series. Earlier this year,…
October 13, 2023 | 05:30 EDT
Mages has announced that a brand new game of the legendary visual novel series Memories Off will be released in 2024, and this time around it's not a drill. While the series received many spin-offs…
October 1, 2023 | 11:31 EDT
Today Hatoful Boyfriend creator Hato Moa took to X (formerly Twitter) to mention that she has not received any royalties for the sales of the game since the acquisition of Mediatonic by Epic Games in…
September 29, 2023 | 03:02 EDT
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is an absolutely charming PC-98 style visual level, and for now, it's coming only on PC. Yet, its developers have wider ambitions. TechRaptor spoke to creative…
September 25, 2023 | 05:21 EDT
Today, during the celebrations of Aniplex Online Fest, the publisher announced that the legendary visual novel Witch on the Holy Night will come to PC via Steam. It'll launch on December 13, 2023,…
September 10, 2023 | 04:32 EDT
Few visual novels are as legendary as Type-Moon's Tsukihime, and its reimagination, Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon is coming west. Today, Aniplex released the first trailer in English. The…
August 23, 2023 | 09:23 EDT
Muv-Luv Dimensions developer NextNinja announced the next SSR pilot who will get his own gacha banner in the recently-released Muv-Luv mobile game. We're getting the hero of the original trilogy…
August 23, 2023 | 01:24 EDT
Today NextNinja and Anchor hosted a new livestream sharing what's coming for the recently-launched mobile game Muv-Luv Dimensions. During the livestream, we heard from producer Masayuki Yamagishi…
August 14, 2023 | 12:52 EDT
Frontwing released a new trailer of the visual novel Ginka, which is officially coming in English. The visual novel was originally revealed at the latest event by publisher Bushiroad and it's going…
August 12, 2023 | 07:24 EDT
A new Anonymous;Code trailer has been released, and this one's all about gameplay mechanics. In previous trailers, we've been introduced to characters like Azuma, Bambi, and our heroes Pollon and…
July 21, 2023 | 09:10 EDT
Today Shiravune announced the release date of the English localization of the legendary visual novel White Album: Memories Like Falling Snow. The English version, which was announced last month,…
July 20, 2023 | 09:21 EDT
There are many ways to express your love for a visual novel and its characters, and a Muv-Luv fan decided to have an iconic (and slightly "out there") scene from Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative on…
July 16, 2023 | 03:00 EDT
Astrolabe Games hosted a presentation at Bitsummit Let's Go! in Kyoto, showcasing its upcoming lineup of charming indie games. We start with the top-down shooter Zombie Soup, developed by AeonSparx…
July 15, 2023 | 01:56 EDT
Today Entergram announced the release details of the PC version of the visual novel Aquarium, starring HoloLive Vtuber Minato Aqua, and there is good news for those who hoped for an English…
July 12, 2023 | 11:21 EDT
Today Entergram announced that it'll soon share details about the PC port of its popular visual novel Aquarium starring Vtuber Minato Aqua. According to the announcement made on social media,…
July 7, 2023 | 04:55 EDT
Today, during its panel at Anime Expo, well-known visual novel publisher Sekai Project made a couple of announcements about the Neko-Nin exHeart series. First of all, the publisher is localizing the…
July 3, 2023 | 05:13 EDT
Satirical anime visual novel Needy Streamer Overload has passed a million sales, developer and publisher WSS Playground has announced. The game was released in January last year and depicts the life…
June 30, 2023 | 09:22 EDT
Today Mages released a new trailer of the upcoming game inspired by the popular manga and anime The Quintessential Quintuplets. The trailer showcases the adorable opening cutscene of the game titled…
June 24, 2023 | 08:18 EDT
Today Spike Chunsoft released the fifth character trailer of the Western localization of Mages' visual novel Anonymous;Code. The trailer focuses on thee more characters who play a relevant role in…
June 17, 2023 | 10:32 EDT
Today, British publisher PQube made an announcement that will likely surprise many, they're bringing a Konosuba game over to the West. The game is Mages' "Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! Kono…
June 13, 2023 | 09:55 EDT
Today Spike Chunsoft released the fourth character trailer of the Western localization of Mages' visual novel Anonymous;Code. The trailer focuses on the police idol group (yes, I'm not joking)…
June 11, 2023 | 12:24 EDT
Today Spike Chunsoft released the third character trailer of the Western localization of Mages' visual novel Anonymous;Code. The trailer focuses on introducing three of the characters that populate…
June 3, 2023 | 03:05 EDT
Few names are as well-known among visual novel fans as "White Album," and the legendary love story is finally getting an official English localization. Shiravune has announced today that White…
June 1, 2023 | 10:14 EDT
Today Spike Chunsoft released the second character trailer of the Western localization of Mages' visual novel Anonymous;Code. The trailer focuses on introducing two of the characters that we'll…
May 27, 2023 | 10:08 EDT
Publisher Astrolabe Games and developer Space Colony Studios announced that a playable demo of the retro visual novel Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog has been released. The demo, available right now…
May 21, 2023 | 05:54 EDT
Today Spike Chunsoft released the first character trailer of the Western localization of Mages' visual novel Anonymous;Code. The trailer focuses on introducing two main characters of the upcoming…
May 20, 2023 | 01:20 EDT
Publisher CFK announced that the dating simulator/visual novel Miracle Snack Shop will soon be released for Xbox Series X|S. The game will launch exclusively digitally on Microsoft's consoles on…
May 14, 2023 | 02:00 EDT