Hello to all of you! TrueStorySeamus here and I wanted to start this week’s news article with an important announcement: It’s hard to believe that Thomas (or Nook as you may know him from the Discord server) and I have been working on these news articles for you for over half a decade and we […]
Visual Novel News: Shiravune has announced the upcoming release of TORAWASE: The Girl in the Mirror (TO-RA-WA-SE ~Toraware no Anata ga Yumemiru Shiawase~) by developer Dark One. A short visual novel where the protagonists finds himself dreaming of being a woman in the Middle Ages, and gradually transforming in real life. An old castle in […]
Gaming News: While various companies did their April Fool’s jokes for the year, one thing that wasn’t a joke was a studio acquisition many people didn’t see coming. Shift Up, the studio best known for Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke have acquired a Japanese game studio named Unbound. The studio is notable for being […]
Visual Novel News: Following a number of hints in interviews and videos, Magical Girl Witch Trials (Maho Shoujo no Majo Saiban) has had English, French, Spanish, and Korean versions officially announced as currently in the works. No release window has been announced at this time. Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. […]
Visual Novel News: The founder of VNDB, Yorhel, has passed away. This is a huge loss for the community. They created an amazing resource for fans of visual novels and we can only imagine the amount of time and effort they must have put into maintaining it. Without their work, information about the medium wouldn’t […]
Visual Novel: MangaGamer has announced that the HD multi-language release of Rose Guns Days Season 1 comes out on April 9th on MangaGamer and Steam. It will be released in four separate chapters This action-suspense thriller takes place in an alternate history Japan where a natural disaster during World War 2 forced Japan to capitulate […]
Gaming News: Microsoft have announced the next step in their Xbox console line-up. Not much is known about the new platform, with it simply being referred to as Project Helix in a short teaser video announcing the project. Watch the teaser for Project Helix Capcom shared more details on their upcoming new IP, Pragmata. Along with revealing […]
Visual Novel News: Kagami Games has announced an upcoming release of Template!! An Angel’s Gift (Tenpure!!) by CIRCUS. This visual novel is set to be released in late April 2026 in Japanese, Chinese, and English. An 18-rated version will be available, with mosaic censorship. Sakurai Sora is a chick magnet. More specifically, he’s a magnet […]
Visual Novel News: Shiravune has announced the release date of Double Date Dilemma (Aisai x Koukan Ninkatsu Swapping ~Haramigoro no Tsuma-tachi wa Kodane o Motome Nikuyoku no Hana o Sakaseru~) by ANIM. This partner-swapping visual novel will be released on Steam on March 5th, 2026. Years into their marriage, the Kajiuras finally try to have […]
Five years of Nook News!? Can you believe it’s already been half a decade since this news segment began, because I sure can’t! Thank you so much to everyone who’s been keeping up with our weekly news segment! With that said, there was quite a lot of news this week, so let’s get right into […]