Three years ago, Supergiant Games asserted itself as one of the premier indie developers of this console generation with the release of Transistor. Now, with their newest game Pyre, I believe they…
July 28, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Visual novels seem to work better when they give players (or readers, as the case may be) more to do beyond clicking to advance through text boxes. Some of the most beloved visual novels, such as the…
June 22, 2017 | 12:00 EDT
Walkerman is an episodic visual novel/adventure game developed by Scalemail and published by Sekai Project. The story follows Jorgen, a devoutly religious young man who takes up his father's trade as…
June 22, 2017 | 12:00 EDT
Pyre, the upcoming game from the developers behind Transistor and Bastion, finally has a release date. The game will be coming to both the PlayStation 4 and PC on July 25. Creative director Greg…
May 31, 2017 | 12:33 EDT
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games is a compilation of two visual novels from the Zero Escape series: 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, and Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. The series, which…
April 3, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Daybreak Special Gigs is making its way to Steam. The strategy role playing game with visual novel elements was first released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita as…
March 6, 2017 | 03:02 EST
Sukeban Games have a nice Valentine's Day gift for those who loved my game of the year for 2016, Va-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartending Action. The game has an update that has gone live today that adds…
February 14, 2017 | 02:54 EST
The third entry in the Zero Escape series, you play three characters of a group of nine, all of which have been kidnapped and now must compete to escape.
January 4, 2017 | 08:53 EST
Ever wanted to be a bartender in a cyberpunk dystopian future? Look no further, VA-11 HALL-A is for you.
January 4, 2017 | 08:38 EST
The first season of Batman: The Telltale Series is over, with Telltale's unique take on Batman, and more importantly Bruce Wayne, finishing off with a bang. Telltale has put out great games, and…
December 26, 2016 | 01:00 EST
We finally reach the final episode of another one of Telltale's episodic adventures. I've continued to insist that Batman: The Telltale Series has been one of the best that Telltale has given us, but…
December 22, 2016 | 01:00 EST
I've always insisted that Telltale has had a fourth episode curse. Every Telltale series I've played, I've found the fourth episode to be the weakest of the bunch, with The Wolf Among Us being a…
December 11, 2016 | 11:00 EST
The development studio Supergiant Games announced on Saturday through a post on the PlayStation Blog that their upcoming game, Pyre, will include a one-on-one multiplayer mode. Here is the reveal…
December 5, 2016 | 11:53 EST
Telltale has gotten through two episodes of Batman: The Telltale Series without any major stumbles so far. The plot keeps advancing in unexpected and exciting ways as the new and still unnamed…
November 4, 2016 | 02:00 EDT
When I first looked at the original release of Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, I honestly wasn’t particularly eager on it. On the outside, the way the trailers sold it felt like some stereotypical…
October 25, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters is a visual novel strategy game, in which players are hired to exorcise ghosts and evil spirits.
October 9, 2016 | 05:37 EDT
Telltale's first episode of Batman: The Telltale Series was a pleasant surprise that took a hard look at the man behind the mask. Bruce Wayne's time in the limelight led to an interesting take on…
September 29, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Batman - The Telltale Series is a point-and-click adventure game that will have players enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne while discovering the far-reaching consequences of his actions as the…
September 18, 2016 | 07:36 EDT
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice is the last Nintendo 3DS entry in the long-running Phoenix Wright series and takes place a year after Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies.…
September 18, 2016 | 01:52 EDT
The first episode of Batman - The Telltale Series recently made its debut and already has fans clamoring for the second. Episode 1, Realm of Shadows, focused on Bruce Wayne and the relationships…
September 2, 2016 | 07:09 EDT
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice is the next title in the famed court room drama series, and it will be coming September 8th on Nintendo 3DS for all users. The series features a…
August 13, 2016 | 06:15 EDT
Batman has been written and used many different ways over the years, and he has been in many video games in that time as well. Telltale has always been big with their story games, and now they're…
August 7, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
During Anime Expo 2016 in Los Angeles, Capcom had a booth set up with playable demos of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice. They even had a witness stand set up to add some proper…
August 5, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Recently Telltale Games released the first of their newest episodic series, Batman - The Telltale Series with episode 1, Realm of Shadows, on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. While the game has…
August 4, 2016 | 01:03 EDT
As we near the release of Telltale's next project, Batman - The Telltale Series, we're finding out some more about the game and news is trickling out on it. While we recently learned about the new…
July 31, 2016 | 10:44 EDT
NIS America has released the next wave of information regarding PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness's release in the west. While previously the company revealed that the title would receive a Limited…
July 28, 2016 | 09:55 EDT
Batman is the next major IP getting the Telltale treatment, following up recent episodic titles from the developer like Tales from the Borderlands and Game of Thrones. Batman: The Telltale Series was…
July 16, 2016 | 04:10 EDT
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma, the third in the trilogy from writer/director Kotaro Uchikoshi, has the mammoth task of bringing one of the greatest visual novel series in the history of video games…
July 11, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
For players not familiar with the Zero Escape series of Visual Novels, Zero Time Dilemma has been a long time in the making. Although both of the previous titles in the series, 999: 9 Hours, 9…
June 23, 2016 | 05:52 EDT
Glitch City is not a very nice place to live. It's a cyberpunk dystopia, a corporate-owned metropolis overrun by brutality and drowning in the nonstop flow of technological progress. But despite all…
June 21, 2016 | 07:00 EDT
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice was one of the demos available at the Capcom booth at this year's E3. Those in attendance got to take on a quick journey through the trials to come. We…
June 19, 2016 | 05:38 EDT
A couple of screenshots and some casting info regarding the upcoming Batman: the Telltale Series have been released. The information comes a few hours before Telltale Games is to open its doors…
June 12, 2016 | 02:00 EDT
Capcom has recently announced that they will release a free DLC case for the upcoming Ace Attorney title, Spirits of Justice in Japan. The case has thus far only been announced for Japanese audiences…
May 17, 2016 | 12:49 EDT
This week, Capcom has unveiled new gameplay information for Gyakuten Saiban 6 (otherwise known as Ace Attorney 6). Sourced from Gematsu, the new gameplay system comes part of the investigation…
April 21, 2016 | 11:20 EDT
Supergiant Games, the development studio for Bastion and Transistor, has just revealed their newest game in development, and it looks pretty awesome. The game, titled Pyre, is a party-based role-…
April 19, 2016 | 04:22 EDT
A new Japanese trailer for Gyakuten Saiban 6, which is known in the west as Ace Attorney 6, was released on Capcom's Youtube channel last night. For those that have been long time fans of the series…
March 6, 2016 | 07:17 EST
It is really not surprising that Huniepop was mostly overlooked by the mainstream press. It's a $10 3-match indie puzzle game come dating sim, where successful matches can lead to bedding up to 12…
October 24, 2019 | 01:45 EDT
In a world premiere announcement, the studio that has done deep dives into the worlds of Borderlands, Game of Thrones, and Back to the Future now writes a tale in the world of the caped crusader.…
December 3, 2015 | 10:21 EST
There has been fierce debate recently in the gaming media over the latest match three based dating sim, HuniePop, which has been dubbed one of the most realistic dating sims at the moment due to its…
October 24, 2019 | 01:43 EDT
Hunie Pop is a Dating Sim and Puzzle game in one and comes after a successfully funded kickstarter. Kyu with the very first girl you meet, Lola.Merging two genres together, Hunie Pop begins with…
October 24, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
What would you kill for? This is one of the questions that drive the narrative of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. A scary conceit that makes for an entertaining story. This narrative, combined with…
February 17, 2014 | 09:00 EST