Visual Novel News:
Shiravune has announced the upcoming release of Real Hentai Situation! DT (also known as Real Anime Situation! DT and Real Eroge Situation! DT) by Jitaku Studio. While connected, it stars a different cast of characters than Real Anime Situation 2 which we previously reviewed.
First kiss, first date, first real relationship… Sex isn’t the only V-card that’s a once-in-a-lifetime event. When you love someone, it’s only human to want to take their whole romance virginity, too. My name is Shun, and I’m in a real un-hentai situation. I can’t stop raising romance flags only to crush them—in real life! My eroge-loving sister Mio even calls it Flag Crush Syndrome. “I’m gonna take all of your firsts. Your romance virginity is mine!” Then my classmate Ena drops this bombshell on me. I tried to warn her, but she suggested we test the curse out and see how far we can go. Then she slowly pushed me to the floor…
MangaGamer have announced at Anime NYC 2024 that they will be releasing both Sleepless – A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Sleepless – Nocturne, uncut and uncensored on MangaGamer. This title features themes of femdom and has multiple endings.
This new tale from the delightfully twisted mind of Sei Shojo, the creator of Bible Black, is set in the Black Rose Manor, where Mamiya Marie, the CEO of a powerful conglomerate, lives with her youngest daughter, Maria, and a stoic maid, Aira. When Takamiya Ryohei arrives to be Maria’s new tutor, he has no idea what kind of tantalizing web he’s just fallen into. As the women lure him into debauchery, all his lesson plans soon come unraveled. Yet all is not as it seems in the manor. Surely there must be some reason other than her daughter that keeps such a powerful and important CEO here within its halls. There’s also the mystery of why the room next door is strictly forbidden. Later, in Nocturne, a young couple facing roadside trouble find themselves at the mercy of Black Rose Manor’s hospitality. While they wait for repairs in this lap of luxury, the two find themselves beset upon by the alluring women of the manor, each one tempted to stray from the other and explore the tantalizing experiences the manor has to offer them.
While no statement has been made online or via press releases at this time, according to attendees and supported by comments on their Discord, JAST has announced an upcoming localization of Minagoroshi no Otome at Anime NYC 2024. This is a yuri eroge by metalogiq which releases in Japanese on October 25th, 2024.
While details remain sparse at this time, Minagoroshi no Otome seems to features an invasion by creatures who destroy human cities, who were then fought off by chosen women granted the power of a miraculous jewel to transform and fight. An academy was then founded to gather compatible women. But dark secrets lie beyond this with murders and illegal experiments.
Find the Japanese Website here
JAST has also announced that Mojika: Truth Rears Its Ugly Head will be releasing in February 2025, with the exact date undecided. JAST USA have since updated their press webpage which previously stated a release date of the September 6th, 2024. This title by Nitro Origin title features a scenario by Shimokura Vio, who also worked on You, Me, and Her/Totono (the NookGaming Visual Novel of the Year, 2020).
Tanezaki Suteru is exceptionally unattractive; comparing him to an ugly duckling would insult ducks everywhere. Bullied and harassed, he has become an introvert. Yet, Tanezaki possesses a unique ability, “Wordsight”: by looking at someone’s face within 120 centimeters, he can see their thoughts as words around their head. This gift reveals abusive thoughts, dark secrets, and white lies, leading him to often avoid eye contact to escape the harsh thoughts of others. His life takes a turn when his crush cruelly pranks him by feigning a confession of love, reinforcing his perception as an object of ridicule. This event drives Tanezaki to use his power against the five girls who tormented him. Each route in the story reveals the twisted personalities of these bullies, masked by their outward charm and deceit. What revenge can one boy wreck with the power to peer into your mind, to see through your lies and drag your ugly truths to light?
More Visual Novel News
- Stella of the End has announced a 2024 for a multilanguage Nintendo Switch launch
- Sacrifice Villains now has a JAST and Steam Store Page. A 2024 release has been announced.
- Hacking The Moon to Find My Goddess now has a Steam Store page
- Suzukuri Dungeon: Karin in the Mountain, a Koihime Musou spin-off, launched on Steam. Check out our review here
Gaming News:
Gamescom took place in Germany last week, and as expected, we got a ton of gaming reveals and updates! There’s quite a lot, so let’s get right to it!
Despite the poor box office performance of the Borderlands movie, the timing of its release couldn’t have been more perfect for helping set up the first reveal at Gamescom! While we got no gameplay footage, 2K and Gearbox officially announced that Borderlands 4 is now in development.
Borderlands 4 launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC in 2025.
Watch the reveal trailer for Borderlands 4
We’re less than one month away from the final piece of DLC for Persona 3 Reload. But before its release, ATLUS had one last surprise… see what I did there? Joker from Persona 5 will be an extra boss fight for players to tackle and will be included with the DLC pack.
The Episode: Aigis -The Answer- DLC pack for Persona 3 Reload will be available on September 10th.
Watch the Joker boss fight trailer for Persona 3 Reload
We’re now less than 50 days away until Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero arrives! A new trailer at Gamescom highlighted this fact, while also confirming more fan-favorite characters joining the roster, such as Super Buu and Ultimate Gohan.
Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero releases for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC on October 11th.
Watch the trailer for Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero
The 5.0 update for Genshin Impact arrives very soon. To celebrate, we got another trailer highlighting the new nation, alongside the announcement that the game will be coming to Xbox Series X on November 20th.
Watch the Gamescom trailer for Genshin Impact
Capcom unveiled a brand new trailer for the next entry in their incredibly popular Monster Hunter series! The new trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds highlighted a new location called the Scarlet Forest and a massive spider-like creature that calls this place home. We also got our first look at one of the apex monsters, with each one ruling over each location in the game.
Monster Hunter Wilds arrives for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC in 2025.
Watch the Gamescom trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds
SNK’s flagship fighting game franchise, The King of Fighters recently celebrated its 30th anniversary! Ahead of this date, we got a new character revealed for their next big fighting game: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves! It was only a matter of time, but the fan-favorite kunoichi, Mai Shiranui has been confirmed, and she’s rocking an all-new character design.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves launches for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, and PC on April 24th, 2025.
Watch the Mai Shiranui trailer for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
As you may have already heard, the next entry in the Batman Arkham series is going to be a VR title! We got our first look at how the game will play and it looks like the gameplay fans are used to is intact. Take on groups of thugs with your fists and even stealthy take out a whole group; all of which being in VR.
Batman Arkham Shadow arrives exclusively for Meta Quest 3 this October.
Watch the gameplay trailer for Batman Arkham Shadow
A new game set in the Dungeon Fighter universe was announced! The First Berserker: Khazan is an action game with a very striking cel-shaded art style and a very impactful combat system. Not much else is known about the game, but a closed beta test will be available for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X from October 11th to October 20th.
The First Berserker: Khazan releases for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC in early 2025.
Watch the reveal trailer for The First Berserker: Khazan
Microsoft’s next big game is one based on arguably the greatest explorer in film history! Indiana Jones and the Great Circle got a brand new trailer showcasing more of the game, while also confirming a full release date and that the game will be coming to PlayStation 5 next year.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launches for Xbox Series X and PC on December 9th. The game will arrive for the PlayStation 5 in Spring 2025.
Watch the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
To close out the opening event at Gamescom, we got one more big game announcement! A brand new entry in the Mafia series was revealed and it’s actually a prequel set in 1900s Sicily. Other than the title and a short teaser trailer, not much else about this new game is known as of now.
Mafia: The Old Company is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC in 2025.
Watch the announcement trailer for Mafia: The Old Company
Outside of the opening presentation, we got a few more announcements, such as a previously console-exclusive title being released on another platform. Specifically, Final Fantasy XVI is coming to PC! It will come with the base game, along with the two DLC packs released for the game: Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide. There is a demo available for this new version, so give it a try to see if this game is something you might be interested in.
Final Fantasy XVI arrives for PC on September 17th.
Check out our review for Final Fantasy XVI
While we got a glimpse of him during EVO earlier this year, we got a full gameplay trailer for the next DLC character coming to Street Fighter 6! Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury will be joining as a brand new fighter and this also makes him the very first guest character to be featured in a mainline Street Fighter game.
The Terry Bogard DLC pack releases on September 24th.
Watch the Terry Bogard trailer for Street Fighter 6
A new trailer for the next big Sonic the Hedgehog game was revealed and it focused on a certain black edgy hedgehog! In Sonic X Shadow Generations, we’re getting brand new levels where we play as Shadow, but he has a few new tricks up his sleeve this time around. Alongside his Chaos powers, Shadow now has access to all-new Doom powers that allow for more traversal options in stages, as well as combat abilities to take out enemies that stand in your way.
Sonic X Shadow Generations launches for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on October 25th.
Watch the Doom Powers trailer for Sonic X Shadow Generations
Completely separate from Gamescom, Nintendo released a video showcasing their brand new museum dedicated to detailing the company’s entire history. We got a look at some of the unique experiences the museum will provide, such as oversized interactive controllers across the company’s many video game consoles, as well as the opportunity to create your own Hanafuda cards.
The Nintendo Museum opens its doors on October 2nd.
Watch the Nintendo Museum showcase video
Anime News:
Based on the Shonen Jump manga of the same name, DAN DA DAN is getting an anime adaptation from Science SARU later this year! Written by Yukinobu Tatsu, it tells the story of a boy and a girl named Okarun and Momo respectively. The two of them are knowledgeable about ghosts and aliens, but Okarun believes in aliens and not in ghosts, while Momo is the exact opposite. After they each visit a location where ghosts and aliens are said to be located, many paranormal events start to occur, with both of them gaining new powers to confront them.
DAN DA DAN premieres on October 3rd.
Watch the trailer for DAN DA DAN
It hasn’t even been a month since My Hero Academia ended, but another huge Shonen Jump property will be concluding very soon. It’s been confirmed that Jujutsu Kaisen will be ending in four chapters, with the series’ ending set to be published on September 30th. If you’ve been enjoying the recent anime adaptation from MAPPA, now would be the best time to catch up with the original manga if you want to see how Yuji’s story comes to an end.
We’ve got a ton of new updates about the live-action adaptation of One Piece‘s second season! In a quote from the original author, Eiichiro Oda, we now know season two will cover the events from the Loguetown arc up to the end of the Drum Island arc. On top of this, we also got some cast reveals for who’ll be playing some of the key characters for this part of the story. This includes Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha, Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk, Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra, and Charithra Chandran as Nefertari Vivi.
No release window for season two of the One Piece live-action series has been revealed at this time.
The Gundam franchise is releasing a brand new movie, but not in the form you may expect! Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom is a feature-length animated film, but the twist is that the film can only be watched in VR. That’s right; this new film is the very first animated film to be made for VR where you take on the role of the film’s protagonist.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom arrives exclusively for Meta Quest 2 and 3 on October 3rd.
Watch the reveal trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom
Unfortunately, we lost a talented voice actress last week; one who played a variety of iconic characters. Atsuko Tanaka passed away on August 20th at the age of 61 with the cause of death not being revealed. She was most well known for playing the roles of Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell, Lisa Lisa from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Karula from Utawarerumono, and Bayonetta from Bayonetta. Her son, Hikaru Tanaka made a statement announcing his mother’s passing. Rest in peace, Atsuko Tanaka.
Upcoming Releases:
A new title in a well-loved RPG franchise is arriving this week! Visions of Mana is an action RPG and the first brand-new mainline installment in the Mana franchise in almost 20 years. Traverse gorgeous semi-open world environments and take on enemies using a combat class system that players unlock over time to help add more variety.
Visions of Mana launches for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, and PC on August 29th.
Another classic franchise is getting a brand new entry this week, one that is an awful lot darker! Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club is the latest entry in the Famicom Detective Club series in almost 30 years and has you trying to solve a series of strange murders that have been carried out by Emio, an urban legend from 18 years ago.
Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club releases exclusively for Nintendo Switch on August 29th.
The next entry in the Gundam Breaker series is ready for release this week! Create your very own mobile suits by using parts from over 250 base suits and take on other custom-made mobile suits using the brand-new dual weapon system.
Gundam Breaker 4 launches for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on August 29th.
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