Visual Novel News:
Shiravune have announced the release date of CLOCKUP’s The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -A Tale of Cutthroat Lovers- (Nemurenu Hitsuji to Kodoku na Ookami -A Tale of Love, and Cutthroat-) and The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -Woolly Eyes GAIDEN- (Nemurenu Hitsuji to Kodoku na Ookami -A Tale of Love, and Cutthroat- Gaiden). It will be released on Steam and other platforms on December 10th, 2024.
Another restless, sleepless night… from the mind of Maggot Baits creator Tatsuya Kurashiki comes a twisted love story! Kabukicho, Shinjuku. There’s a love hotel here where I work as a live-in cleaner—or at least, that’s my day job. By night, I suffer from chronic insomnia with just one cure: killing people. So I moonlight as a yakuza bigwig’s pet killer, waiting for him to toss me a bone and order a hit so I can sleep. Might sound like a fine line to walk, but my life’s pretty quiet. Pretty stable. Until I meet this call girl, Azami. Having sex with her got me a night of sleep so peaceful, I’ve been mulling over the idea of keeping her around. Thing is, my boss wants her dead, and if I bite the hand that feeds me, there’s my quiet, stable life out the door…
Tensei Games have announced the upcoming English release of Akizora Memories – Horizon of Fate – (Akizora no Memories ─Unmei no Chiheisen─) by Galex Soft. This science fiction visual novel will be released on Steam as an all ages title, but the publisher revealed in a Reddit comment that an 18+ patch will be made available.
A boarding school with no sporting events, where all the clubs are focused on art and culture… At this slightly unconventional school, Arata lives a normal, peaceful life as a student. There’s the annoying girl who comes to wake him up every morning and sits next to him at school, his guy friends (whom he’s not sure he actually likes), the class president, and his easygoing homeroom teacher. A peaceful life sounds pleasant, but day after day of nothing happening makes a person restless. Until one day, when a transfer student shows up in the middle of the year… As the biggest event of the year, the culture festival, approaches, Arata and the others start pinning their hopes on this last chance to create some memories of their youth. But that’s when an illness hits the entire school…
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Gaming News:
While Nintendo is still keeping the main details of the Nintendo Switch’s successor under wraps, we did get a small piece of exciting information for current Nintendo Switch owners. In a post on Twitter, Shuntaro Furukawa, the president of Nintendo confirmed that software on the Nintendo Switch will be backward compatible with Nintendo’s next console!
After the announcement of the game’s release date, the next entry in The Legend of Heroes franchise got a new trailer! The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II received a story mode trailer that recaps the events from the prior entry and what you can expect in the new game. Keep in mind that this trailer has spoilers for the first game.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II launches for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on February 14th, 2025.
Watch the story overview trailer for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II
Anime News:
It’s been a long wait, but the second season of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun has almost arrived! While it was confirmed that it will be premiering next January, we now have a full premiere date which was announced in a new trailer that also reveals this season’s opening theme song.
Toilet-bound Hanako-Kun season 2 premieres on January 12th, 2025.
Watch the trailer for Toilet-bound Hanako-Kun season 2
The first part of the final season of BEASTARS also got its premiere date confirmed! This first section of the finale will be arriving on Netflix before the end of the year, with the date being revealed in an all-new trailer.
BEASTARS Final Season Part 1 launches exclusively on Netflix on December 5th.
Watch the trailer for BEASTARS Final Season Part 1
Upcoming Releases:
Puzzle game fans: this next release is for you! Tetris Forever is a huge compilation of over 10 different versions of Tetris to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the series. This game also serves as an interactive documentary on the history of this legendary title and the many different forms the game took over the last four decades.
Tetris Forever releases for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on November 12th.
A remake of a beloved JRPG is arriving this week! Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, as the name implies is a remake of Dragon Quest III using Square-Enix’s HD-2D engine. Not only that, but this new version will include new story scenes, a new class to play, an orchestral soundtrack, the option to change the battle speed, and more.
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC on November 14th.
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