- Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (mobile)
- Sonicomi (PC)
- Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ (PC)
- ChuSingura46+1 S (PC)
- An interesting article about video game rentals legal issues in the US
- Exile's End (PC, PS4, Vita, Wii U)
- Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity (PS4)
- Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (3DS)
- COSMIC CAVERN 3671 (PC)
- BlazBlue Central Fiction (PS3, PS4)
- MEMENTO (PC)
- MECHARITZ: STEEL RONDO (PC)
- Visual Novel Maker (PC)
- Kingdom’s Item Shop (3DS)
- Assault Suit Leynos (PS4)
- If You Love Me, Then Say So! (PC)
- Hadaka Shitsuji – Naked Butlers (PC)
- Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome (PC)
- D.S. -Dal Segno- (PC)
- Maggot Baits (PC)
- Kisaragi no Hougyoku and Candy Box 2 (kickstarter)
- Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shojo (PC, kickstarter)
- Current Sales on Steam and EU PSN
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (mobile)
It's an RPG, and it's out now on iOS and Android.
Official Website: https://finalfantasyexvius.com/
Google Play Store
iTunes
Sonicomi ~ Communication with Sonico (PC)
When I think of Nitro+, I think of intense, dark, unusual stories. But with their mascot character... it's all very light indeed.
The Super Sonico boob-watching game is out now on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/444140/
Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ (PC)
CLANNAD spin-off, out now on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/462990/
ChuSingura46+1 S (PC)
It's a retelling of the 47 Ronin, but this time all the characters are cute anime girls.
The first chapter is out now for free on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/464780/
Later chapters are forthcoming and will cost money.
An interesting article about video game rentals legal issues in the US
Historically, Nintendo vs Blockbuster, and due in part to the concept of renting video games just not existing in Japan.
http://www.playboy.com/articles/renting-video-games-illegal-legal-battle
Exile's End (PC, PS4, Vita, Wii U)
This is actually a game developed by an Australian man called Matt Fielding, but features:
- Music From Keiji Yamagishi (Ninja Gaiden NES, Tecmo Bowl, Captain Tsubasa)
- Art by staff from Secret of Mana,First Kiss Story, Mother 3, and more!
- NES-style cutscenes by OPUS (Half-Minute Hero)
It's out on PC already via Steam, but is coming out on consoles.
It's a 2D platformer that is explicitly described in the small blurb on Steam as as NOT a Metroidvania, drawing from C64 and Amiga games. Looking at the art and gameplay, I'm thinking "Turrican", "Sacred Armour of Antiriad", and maybe "Cyberdyne Warrior", and I think I'd really like to play it on Vita!
Official Website: http://www.exilesend.com/
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity (PS4)
I missed this before. It's coming out "this fall", digital only, PS4. (source)
It's an almost-top-down 3D action RPG, and you can watch some gameplay with the XSEED folks at E3 here.
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (3DS)
Due to.. ah, some conflict of ownership of things, the games known as "Harvest Moon" are now getting released as "Story of Seasons" by Marvelous / XSEED.
Anyway, this one's coming out in US (I haven't seen anything about a European release).
Developer Interview
Official Japanese website
Fan site for more info
Video of the preview Japanese version with the XSEED folks
COSMIC CAVERN 3671 (PC)
This is a remake of a predecessor to Dig Dug, and has just cleared Steam Greenlight! The graphics are by Hiroshi Ono, who worked for Namco on games like Galaxian, Pacman, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Xevious, Mappy, Pacland, etc, etc...
More info is on the Playism website: http://playism-games.com/article/cosmic-cavern-3671
Official Website: http://www.pinball.co.jp/games/CosmicCavern/index_e.htm
BlazBlue Central Fiction (PS3, PS4)
Announced for Europe by PQube:
http://www.ricedigital.co.uk/pqube-announce-blazblue-central-fiction-europe-release/
Release window: Q4 2016.
(it had already been announced for North America by Aksys Games)
MEMENTO (PC)
This is a horror story, escaping from an island, made in RPG Maker. Out on 8th July.
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/437030/
Playism: http://playism-games.com/game/284/memento
MECHARITZ: STEEL RONDO (PC)
Upcoming vertical scrolling shmup.
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/463070/
Playism: http://playism-games.com/game/282/mecharitz-steel-rondo
Visual Novel Maker (PC)
The RPG Maker folks are going to release Visual Novel Maker, "Fall 2016".
More info: http://www.siliconera.com/2016/07/01/visual-novel-maker-will-offer-new-creative-option-fall-2016/
Kingdom’s Item Shop (3DS)
A small, downloadable game. Oh I am still hoping one day I shall find another "Recettear"!
Info: http://nintendoeverything.com/circle-entertainment-bringing-over-kingdoms-item-shop/
Well, there isn't much info really. But there is a screenshot!
Assault Suit Leynos (PS4)
Look back to #76 for more info. There's no further news on the PC version, but there is a write-up on the Playstation Blog:
https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2016/06/30/classic-japanese-shooter-assault-suit-leynos-targets-july-release/
Should be out this month!
If You Love Me, Then Say So! (PC)
From MangaGamer's AnimeExpo 2016 announcements.
Visual novel, cute anime girls, 2015 Moege award winning for game design.
Originally : Watashi ga Suki nara “Suki”tte Itte!
VNDB page: https://vndb.org/v17376
Official website: http://mangagamer.org/sukisuki/
Hadaka Shitsuji – Naked Butlers (PC)
From MangaGamer's AnimeExpo 2016 announcements.
Visual novel, black comedy BL, cult favourite.
VNDB page: https://vndb.org/v4107
Official website: http://mangagamer.org/hadaka/
Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome (PC)
Visual novel, otome, there will be an 18+ version and an all-ages version on Steam.
Originally: Bocchimusume x Produce Keikaku
VNDB page: https://vndb.org/v18690
Official website: http://mangagamer.org/misslonesome/
D.S. -Dal Segno- (PC)
From MangaGamer's AnimeExpo 2016 announcements.
Visual novel, "something of a spiritual successor to Da Capo", there will be an 18+ version and an all-ages version on Steam.
VNDB page: https://vndb.org/v17742
Official website: http://mangagamer.org/ds/
Maggot Baits (PC)
From MangaGamer's AnimeExpo 2016 announcements.
Visual novel. Dark, violent, 2015 Moege award winner in the fetish category. Uh, very niche.
VNDB page: https://vndb.org/v18077
Official website: http://mangagamer.org/maggotbaits/
Kisaragi no Hougyoku and Candy Box 2 (kickstarter)
A small kickstarter hoping to localise some mobile games, and release them on PC.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1296614914/kisaragi-no-hougyoku-and-candy-box-2-school-visual
Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shojo (PC, kickstarter)
A localisation kickstarter for this visual novel.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tokyootakumode/sharin-no-kuni-a-visual-novel-localization-project/description
The people running this kickstarter appear to be this bunch of people:
https://www.youtube.com/user/tokyootakumode
Current Sales on Steam and EU PSN
The Steam summer sale is still on for the next couple of days. It hasn't been that great this year but there has been some good stuff included. http://store.steampowered.com/
There is a seriously massive "Big In Japan" sale going on, on EU PSN right now:
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-gb/big-in-japan/cid=STORE-MSF75508-BINJ2016
Including some relatively new games at surprisingly low prices - especially in the Vita section. If you use EU PSN, I recommend you to take a look.
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