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In this day and age, story and narrative are just as important as gameplay in video games these days, especially in the indie space where people want to tell their stories to captivate, entertain, and inform. As such, incredibly-focused game design expos like LudoNarraCon are very crucial in keeping this segment of the industry alive, well, and rel...
By Alisha Alix|May 1, 2023|0 Comment
Developer Deconstructeam and publisher Devolver Digital launched an official trailer for the witch-themed narrative adventure indie game, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. The trailer showcases key conflicts, gameplay mechanics, and a diverse cast of magical characters. Players will assume the role of Fortuna, a fortune-teller witch condemned to ...
By Lewis Larcombe|April 28, 2023|0 Comment
Fans of the romance visual novel genre will be thrilled to know that ONE, a popular game, is getting a remake! NEXTON and novamicus, the publisher and developer respectively, announced that the game will be launching on 22 December in Japan for Switch and PC via Steam. Ares will handle the distribution of the Switch version. If you can't wait to...
By Lewis Larcombe|April 4, 2023|0 Comment
MAGES. just dropped some news on their latest game release, The Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Promises Made with Her, and it's set to hit PS4 and Switch on 7 September in Japan. And get this, it's only gonna cost JP¥8,580! For you high rollers out there, they're also offering a limited edition for JP¥12,980 and a "Special Box" for JP¥19,98...
With Kabaret coming out soon, it's only appropriate to get a few words from its creators and leads about the upcoming Malaysian-made visual novel adventure title. Kakuchopurei talks to Persona Theory Games' co-founder Saqina Latif about the team's upcoming adventure game Kabaret, the company post-COVID-19, spooky games, and Malaysian games indus...
2016 was blessed with the arrival of cyberpunk visual novel VA-11 Hall-A, which features bartending, cocktail mixing, loads of chat with various denizens of a cyberpunk universe, and the story of a bartender finding meaning in her life. It also had great 2D retro graphics in the spirit of C'sWare/90s adventure titles from Japan, and an immaculate s...
Sega's April's Fool gag is a full-fledged visual novel featuring Sonic The Hedgehog and his animal friends. It's a murder mystery visual novel title and it's available right now on PC via Steam. The game takes place during Amy The Hedgehog's birthday where she hosts a murder mystery party for her friends aboard the Mirage Express, because every ...
By Lewis Larcombe|March 22, 2023|0 Comment
If you're into visual novels and tax returns, MSCHF Product Studio is releasing a new game called Tax Heaven 3000. It's a free-to-play dating sim that will help prepare your 2022 federal income tax return. Yes, you read that right. This isn't MSCHF's first rodeo. They've previously released a game called Chair Simulator and have also dabbled in ...
Get your chillax on with the upcoming Coffee Talk sequel, coming out on everybody's favourite free gaming service. Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly will be out on Xbox Game Pass for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC on Day One, which is on 20th April. The game is also coming out for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation consoles. "Xbox Gam...
By Sophie Azlan|January 25, 2023|0 Comment
First of all, let’s define a visual novel - it’s a game genre where the player, you, will be reading a series of text, accompanied by images. This is the background images, then there are things like character sprites, or some kind of representation of the characters within the game - then of course, there’s the story. You don’t always h...
Bandai Namco and developer HYDE announced that the physical and digital sales of its Digimon Survive adventure title has surpassed 500,000 units. Congratulations! Digimon Survive is out right now for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC (Steam). If you love your visual novels spliced with some strategy RPG gameplay featuring not-Poke...
Making drinks and changing lives has always been a key factor in hit visual novel cyberpunk bartending experience VA-11 HALL-A, which you should play if you haven't. With this upcoming GoodSmile addition, you can now add said mixologist on your table. The game's main protagonist, Jill Stingray, is now a Nendoroid thanks to GoodSmile. This partic...
A game inspired by Riot Games' Valorant April Fools parody game, Agents of Romance, is going to be a full-fledged reality next year. The upcoming dating sim, called Amorant and whose lead developer is ImABeeBop, will be out in 2023 and will allow fans of the team-based esports FPS game to get to know the agents of the game. The project is not ma...
Japanese publisher Qureate announced a rather interesting title that combines relaxation techniques with music rhythm mechanics. Sounds innocent enough, right? The game is called Massage Freaks and you play a masseuse who massages his clients for money to pay off his debts, with your hand and finger motions following the beat of the song. You us...
Genshin Impact's second half of its major 2.7 update is out now and features a ton of new events. Most importantly, you can now gacha for 5-star gang leader Arataki Itto and his trusty-yet-grumpy assistant ninja Kuki Shinobu. The latter character has a new Hangout Event dedicated entirely to her. Hangout events in Genshin Impact are basically si...
Monster-breeding game series Digimon is getting a new strategy RPG slated for the middle of 2022, Bandai Namco announced. The publisher said on a new issue of magazine V-Jump said that its upcoming game Digimon Survive will be out in 28 July for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. The game's English version will be out sometime in 2022 for PS4, Xbox One, N...
Ever wonder what it feels like to be a B in a bishoujo visual novel game? Well, the anime series My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom is basically that: a girl who ends up in a romance visual novel with branching paths and is casted as the main villain Catarina Claes. The otome game parody anime series (known in Japan as Otome G...
Can't wait to play Ghostwire: Tokyo later this month? Why not play the free visual novel that serves as its prequel for now? Publisher Bethesda and developer Tango Gameworks have released the game's free visual novel -Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude- for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The PC version (Steam and Epic) will be out on 8 March. Here'...
An insider who knows the inner workings of Quantic Dream said that the company's next non-Star Wars title will be based on an old tech demo they did. According to reports from Twitter user @accngt, the next title from the French studio led by director David Cage will be making a game codenamed Dreamland, which is based on the PS4 tech demo The D...
By Alleef Ashaari|January 24, 2022|0 Comment
If you're still disappointed by the train wreck that was Cyberpunk 2077, perhaps Cyberbang 2069 is for you. We're not kidding, there's a fan-made Cyberpunk 2077 dating sim visual novel out there that's free and playable right now. What's even more unbelievable is that the developers of this fan-made game were given permission by CD Projekt Red t...
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