Visual Novel
Konosuba Visual Novel launches February 8th 2024
There are many Isekai anime out there, but none have had quite the impact of Konsuba – God’s Blessing On This Wonderful World! The acclaimed anime has been known for its mature comedy, vibrant animation, and memorable characters. Just in time for the third season, Konsuba – God’s Blessing On This Wonderful World! is getting its own visual novel that is befitting of the anim...[Read More]
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition Comes to iOS and Android
If there is one franchise you don’t want to pass up it has to be the Danganronpa franchise. The Danganronpa series surrounds a group of high school students who are forced into murdering each other by a bear named Monokuma. This isn’t a joke either! You’ll spend hours trying to figure out who committed the murder as well.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Myth Infinite Combate (Switch) Review
Since the early ’90s, anime-themed video games have been a steady corner of the video game industry. Sadly over the last decade, the quality of most anime titles has dwindled. Nowadays, Anime-themed games fall within the 50/50 range; however, the percentage of good anime games vs bad ones has begun to lean towards the negative end of the spectrum a bit more. So what is causing this shift in ...[Read More]
Aksys Reveals Several Upcoming Titles at Anime Expo 2019
Anime Expo is a convention well known to those fascinated by Japanese pop-culture. From anime to manga to video games, Anime Expo is chock full of brand-new announcements! July 8th marked the twenty-seventh annual Anime Expo, taking place in Torrance, California. The popular Japanese publishing house, Aksys, came in guns blazing, revealing several new video game titles.
PQube Announces Western Release for Our World Is Ended
What if when you took the headset off, some part of the virtual world was still there, just hanging around like an unwelcome house guest? That’s the central plot of Our World Is Ended, the hit Japanese visual novel just announced for a western release by publisher PQube.
Backlog Burndown 27- Christmas in March?
Greetings Backloggers! Hooray, another Backlog, and it didn’t take me five months this time! That said, I also picked a Christmas game with a theme that made perfect sense when I started it during Christmas break, but significantly less sense finishing it in March. The game in question being Winged Cloud’s Christmas themed visual novel Sakura Santa.
Ash of Gods Story Trailer Revealed
What if every decision you made played a pivotal role in your survival, and that of those around you? While that situation sounds a little too much like real life sometimes, it’s also the key mechanic of upcoming turn-based RPG Ash of Gods from developer Aurum Dust.
Backlog Burndown #25 – Army Gals
Greetings Backloggers! After saving most of Earth’s chicks last week as Duke Nukem, the perfect follow-on would be a visual novel about being lost in the forest with three beautiful girls, right? These delinquents need saving, both from their various situations, and from the woods, so there’s commonality there. Okay, maybe Dharker Studio’s Army Gals wasn’t the most logical palette cleanser from Du...[Read More]
Ambition: A Minuet in Power Announced
Peanut butter and chocolate. Ice cream and summer evenings. Motorcycles and twisty roads. All great things that go great together. How about Roguelikes and dating sims? That’s exactly what newly founded indie studio Joy Manufacturing Co. aims to accomplish with their debut title Ambition: A Minuet in Power.
Symphonic Rain HD Remaster Arrives on Steam
There aren’t very many games that combine the visual novel and music genres. One of the best from the early 2000s was Symphonic Rain, which just got a remaster and Steam release! Featuring visuals remastered by the original character artist Siro, and with an official English translation, this HD translation is one fans of visual novels won’t want to miss.
Backlog Burndown #22 – Highschool Possession
Greetings Backloggers! While I struggle through thirty-five year old shareware classics, this week I also took on one of Dharker Studio’s Visual Novels. Highschool Possession is one of their earlier titles released in 2015, and has been in my backlog since February 2016.
Backlog Burndown #19 – Kansei
Greetings Backloggers! This week I covered another Visual Novel, Kansei. The sequel to Jisei, Kansei picks up the story of our mysterious protagonist the day after the end of the previous game.
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