Visual Novel News:
Harukuru. – Spring has come true? (Harumade, Kururu.) has now been released on Steam. Sekai Project highly recommends that you install the free R17 DLC as the Steam version only includes the common route. In addition, while an R18 release is not available at launch, one has now been confirmed and is slated for a late Q1 2025 release.
The versions of Harukuru. – Spring has come true? do vary significantly and the DLC situation is not typical, so it’d be worth checking out our full news post on the situation for the full details.
I find myself with 4 other girls on a long spring break far away from civilization. To emphasize how middle of nowhere this is, there isn’t even a convenience store here. I don’t have a cell phone and despite having some rather good laptop computers, I have no way to connect to the internet. All that’s here is a large dormitory the likes you’d see at a hot springs resort and a school that looks like it’s on the verge of closing down. There’s a farm that’s closed and fields with ripening winter vegetables. In the distance you can see snow capped mountains and the beautiful, clear waters of the sea. …and out in the distance stood a tower of unimaginable height who’s purpose was anyone’s guess which stretched into the depths of the sky. This wasn’t a fantasy, or something out of sci-fi or even a mystery. With all that going on, the only intent was to spend some peaceful days with these four girls but that was totally not what was about to happen. “We’ll make this place a harem for him!”
Re:Fragment ~Absolute Ambition~ by AstralSeal has launched on Steam. An R18 patch can be found on their website to add adult content.
English and Thai text is included in Re:Fragment ~Absolute Ambition~. Some readers have provided feedback in visual novel communities that the quality of the English translation is questionable.
We all dream of a bright future ahead, but life doesn’t always turn out how we expect. Yuuma, the protagonist, lives a peaceful life until the student council president proposes a new controversial policy that changes everything they once knew forever.
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Gaming News:
Who would have guessed this franchise would be coming back? In a surprise to everyone, a Samurai Pizza Cats game was recently revealed and looks to be embracing the campy charm that fans loved from the original series. This game is a 2D platformer where you can swap between the three protagonists as you explore Little Tokyo and take on the dastardly enemies that threaten it.
Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past is coming to all major platforms in 2026.
Watch the announcement trailer for Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past
One of the most successful trading card games is getting an exciting collaboration later this year! Final Fantasy is teaming up with Magic: The Gathering for a full set of cards themed on all 16 of the mainline Final Fantasy titles. The set will include over 100 unique cards, with more than half of them having borderless variants. This new set is also bringing a new card type to the game that recreates famous summons from the series.
The Final Fantasy card set for Magic: The Gathering is releasing on June 13th.
The eighth season of Dragon Ball: The Breakers is fast approaching and Bandai Namco announced the new raider joining the game! This new patch will be adding Golden Frieza as a new form for Frieza which will grant you all new moves to take out other players.
Season eight of Dragon Ball: The Breakers goes live on February 26th.
Watch the trailer for Dragon Ball: The Breakers season eight
Anime News:
After its release in Japanese theaters, we now have official confirmation of when the next entry in the Gundam franchise will start airing! Announced in a social media post, we now know that Gundam GQuuuuuuX will be premiering on April 8th.
Upcoming Releases:
Make some time off for this one, as Monster Hunter is back this week! Monster Hunter Wilds sees you traveling with a hunting party to the Forbidden Lands as you do what you’d expect from a Monster Hunter game: explore environments, hunt monsters, and craft new armor.
Monster Hunter Wilds launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC on February 28th.
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