Visual Novel News: Shiravune has announced the upcoming release of Home Sweet Homecoming (E School Life) by HookSoft on Steam, JAST, and other platforms. No release window has been provided at this time. Ryoutarou Shinozaki has been forced to live abroad for most of his life due to his parents’ work, but he’s kept in […]
You read that right: Nook News is back! Just in time too, as there’s an incredible amount of news to go over! Without any further delay, let’s get into the return of Nook News: Visual Novel News: Denpasoft has announced that Nekopara After will be released on their store (NSFW) on 12th June, 2025. It […]
It’s another Anime Central (ACEN) and that means more visual novel announcements. Anime Central 2025 wasn’t exactly full of updates for this niche medium, but there are certainly some worth knowing about. Sekai Project Back in June 2024, we spoke to developer Cuteuphoria and reported that Dra-Con Café (later revealed to be officially titled Welcome […]
Visual Novel News: Visual Arts has announced that Summer Pockets Reflection Blue is in development for Steam with an intended release window of early Summer 2025. It will include Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese. No comment has been made on whether the Switch, PlayStation, or mobile versions will update to include these languages at this […]
Visual Novel News: Bushiroad Games has announced that The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Midsummer Pilgrimage will be released in both Japanese and English on October 2nd, 2025. It will be released on Nintendo Switch, Steam, and PlayStation 5. Not much information has been revealed at this time, but you can watch the opening movie while you […]
Visual Novel News: Sister Position has announced the release date of A Sex-obsessed Older Brother in the Country, and his Traditional, Sickly Little Sister (also known as Country Siblings or Ecchi de Ichizu na Doinaka Nii-sama to, Koshikiyukashii Byoujaku Imouto). It will be released on April 1st, 2025. At this time, only a release on […]
Gaming News: We’re a month away from SNK’s latest fighting game, but we’re getting another chance to play the game early! Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is receiving a second open beta that will feature not only online play, but also training so you can learn one of the nine playable characters in the beta. […]
Frontier Works Inc. announced their new brand “kawaiinium” back in January, 2025 which is focused on the localization of Japanese bishoujo games for English and Chinese audiences. Today they share some more details about their first international release, an all-ages HD version of Lump of Sugar’s Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity, which is releasing on […]
Visual Novel News: NekoNyan has announced that Love, Chocolate, and Elections (Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate) will be released on Steam and other platforms on March 28th, 2025. This visual novel is by the developers sprite, who also worked on Aokana -Four Rhythms Across the Blue-. Sappy romantic Oojima Yuuki and notorious chocolate-hater Sumiyoshi Chisato […]
As I was off having fun in Japan last week, we missed the regular weekly news roundup, so it’s time to catch up. And there’s certainly some big news to catch up on. Sadly, illness has swept the team, so we’re limiting this week to the visual novel news rather than our normal wider update […]