"Sonozaki Futagotachi" have released a patch for up to day 12 of the visual novel translation! Hooray!
The Higurashi movie came out about a fornight ago in cinemas in Japan - I haven't heard if it's any good or not, yet. It covers the first arc of the story, a second film has also been announced.
There's a DS game coming out next month. I've seen preview screenshots, and it features pics of 5 new characters! They are mentioned on the official site but there are no pictures. The game seems voiced as there are seiyuu listed. I have seen a description of what you get with the Ltd Ed of the game, it sounds like getting a bunch of cursed items for free. T_T One thing I noticed is that as it comes with a box to store 4 games, so that suggests this must be the first of 4 games.
Preorders: Regular version, Limited Edition.
Also, related, the two released volumes of 07th Expansion's newer story, "Umineko no Naku Koro ni" has been translated and game patches are being released.
EDIT: Oh yes, I forgot... a new OVA - Higurashi no Naku Koroni Rei (OAV) has been announced, but I have not heard of a release date or further details yet.
