It’s not very often you hear about the visual novel genre outside of niche communities or mostly Japanese development teams. From my point of view, as a newcomer to the genre in recent years, I notice there’s a lack of developers experimenting with new ways of expanding visual novels to a broader audience as other
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While February has been a month rife with new releases, this week is actually a bit quieter than usual, especially when you consider that both Metro Exodus and Days Gone were supposed to release Friday. That being said, this week was likely avoided by many because it contains one juggernaut of a release: BioWare and
Through some magazine leaks, it has been revealed that Bandai Namco will add the first wave of DLC content in Jump Force starting May. While it can be bought separately, all of the planned DLC content for Jump Force is also part of the game’s season pass, and we already know there will be nine
I’ve been apprehensive of Jump Force since its initial reveal back in June of last year. It’s easily the most ambitious anime and manga crossover video game of all time, and yet, it stumbles so hard. Like, really hard. Like, so hard I can’t believe this is the final product. With all of the advertising put into this
After originally being revealed last year during E3 2018, Bandai Namco’s upcoming fighting game Jump Force is finally slated to release just a few days from now. As a result, Bandai opted to today release the game’s launch trailer just before its arrival. This new video mainly is meant to show off the insane action that Jump
In any major gaming corporation, there are always instances where the PR divisions and the business divisions aren’t chatting with each other. Sometimes, this works to gamers benefits with unintentional leaks — and it appears that is what we got, with new images of Dragon Quest and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure being debuted in a Jump Force Instagram advertisement. Whoops! News
Bandai Namco Entertainment continues to announce tons of new characters from various Shonen franchises for Jump Force. Everything from Dragon Ball to Rurouni Kenshin to Bleach is being represented, and today we learned that a character from Black Clover will be joining the fray as well. Specifically, Asta will be playable in Jump Force upon
Dragon Ball Z characters Piccolo in Cell always seemed like guaranteed lock-ins for Jump Force. Not counting Frieza, Cell is the most notable Dragon Ball villain; meanwhile, villain-turned-ally Piccolo is just as beloved by fans. Both of these characters were revealed to be included in this Shonen Jump crossover fighting game in the latest issue
Today, Spike Chunsoft announced a Limited Edition for Steins;Gate Elite‘s PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions. The Limited Edition will include a hardcover artbook of over 100 pages, a cloth poster, a custom outer box, and bonuses games depending on the platform: Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram for PlayStation 4 is included in the PS4 Limited Edition, while 8-Bit ADV
Arena fighting game Jump Force from Spike Chunsoft and Bandai Namco Entertainment is on the road to becoming, if not already being, one of the most insane crossovers for manga and anime fans ever. Characters from Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, Death Note, Bleach, Hunter X Hunter, and Yu-Gi-Oh! have already been unveiled, and today
Spike Chunsoft revealed the first screenshots for Conception Plus: Please Give Birth to My Child !. The game is a PS4 remake of Conception, a dungeon crawler originally released only in Japan for PSP. The remake was announced a few days ago, with the first trailer having been revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2018. Conception Plus‘
Like many, my love for professional wrestling has the WWE front and center. I have become infatuated with the product they have created, for better and for worse. As I grew more interested in the sport, I wanted to broaden my horizons. This is where New Japan Pro Wrestling comes in. The premier pro wrestling
Today Spike Chunsoft released a new trailer of the upcoming visual novel Steins;Gate Elite. The trailer showcases the opening cutscene, including the theme song “Cosmic Looper“performed by Kanako Ito, who is well known for having lent her voice to the songs of quite a few visual novels by mages./5pb. and Nitroplus. Interestingly, the song was written and
Today Spike Chunsoft released the first English trailer for the North American and European release of Yu-No: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World. The trailer is basically the opening animation and song, and it looks really, really good. The western localization was announced at Anime Expo 2018 in Los Angeles,
Today Spike Chunsoft released a brand new trailer of its upcoming JRPG Zanki Zero: Last Beginning. The trailer features the rich cast of characters (IE: Weirdos) that we’ll be able to play in the game. You probably shouldn’t be surprised by the weirdness of it all, considering that the game comes from the minds behind
Today, during a panel hosted at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, Spike Chunsoft announced the western release window of its upcoming JRPG Zanki Zero: Last Beginning. The game, developed by the team behind the Danganronpa series, will launch in North America and Europe in spring 2019. If you were hoping for a 2018 release, unfortunately, it wasn’t to
Much has been said about Yu-No: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World, and it’s finally coming west courtesy of Spike Chunsoft, as announced during a panel at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. The game will release for PS4 and Steam (the original Japanese launch was for PS4 and PS Vita,
Today Spike Chunsoft released a cinematic trailer of its upcoming JRPG Zanki Zero: Last Beginning, mixing gameplay to live action in a rather original way. The trailer narrates how the world of humans that God made in seven days was destroyed in only one day. We also get to see one of the main themes
With a trailer that included characters from Naruto, One Piece, and Dragon Ball Z, one of the most exciting and surprising announcements from Microsoft’s E3 2018 press conference was Jump Force. Aside from being a competitive fighter, the game also serves as a celebration of Shonen Jump’s 50th Anniversary that brings characters from Shonen Jump’s manga and
Today Spike Chunsoft announced the western release dates for the PS4 ports of its wrestling game Fire Pro Wrestling World. The game will launch in North America on August 28th, and in Japan on August 31st. The first run of the game will include a New Japan Pro-Wrestling bonus almanac. If you’re unfamiliar with the game,
Following the announcement of PixelJunk Monsters 2 at this year’s GDC, Limited Run Games has announced that they will be releasing a physical edition of the game for Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC. While the long-awaited tower defense game will be available for digital download on all of the aforementioned platforms on May 25th, fans
After being revealed back in March and recently getting a demo, Q-Games and Spike Chunsoft have released more details on the DLC and Season Pass of their upcoming tower defense game PixelJunk Monsters 2. The game’s Season Pass will consist of three pieces of DLC: the Golden Outfits Pack, the Encore Pack, and the Danganronpa
Today Spike Chunsoft released a batch of screenshots of its upcoming JRPG Zanki Zero: Last Beginning. The first element that we get to see is the “Shigabane system.” When your character dies you can extend his life by cloning him. The Shigabane system strengthens the new cloned body according to the cause of death of
Spike Chunsoft released new information about their dungeon crawler visual novel Zanki Zero: Last Beginning, announced to release in Japan for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita this Summer. Currently, the game has been confirmed for release in North America and Europe for PS4 and PC but has a release window set for Spring 2019. However, this
A new trailer for Spike Chunsoft’s professional wrestling game, Fire Pro Wrestling World, shows what we should expect from the PS4 version. As seen in the trailer released during GDC, there seems to be little to no difference between the console and PC versions of the game. Everything, including its highly customizable creation suite and
Today, on the final day of GDC, Q-Games and Spike Chunshoft announced PixelJunk Monster 2 for PC, PS4, and Nintendo Switch. This newest tower defense entry in the long-running PixelJunk series is poised to release digitally on May 25, and will only cost $14.99. This game is a sequel to one of the earlier PixelJunk games
Spike Chunsoft announced that they will publish the Mages developed visual novel Steins;Gate Elite for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC-via Steam in North America and Europe in 2018. Steins;Gate Elite tells the story of Steins;Gate with fully animated cutscenes that have been remastered for the game. This is in hopes to create a more immersive experience for the
Today, during the Great Pro Wrestling Festival 2018 event hosted in Tokyo, Japan, Spike Chunsoft announced that its popular retro-style wrestling title Fire Pro Wrestling World will come to PS4 this Summer. On top of that, the developer announced a collaboration with the New Japan Pro Wrestling association, that will bring its wrestlers with their real
Today the good folks at NIS America released a new trailer of Spike Chunsoft’s crazy game Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. The trailer is of the accolade variety, showing off the many great review scores received by the game since its launch. It’s a great game, so they’re certainly well deserved. Of course, we also get
NIS America released a new trailer for the Spike Chunsoft developed visual novel Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, available now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PC in North America, and on September 29 in Europe. The launch trailer focuses on the high stakes put in place during the trial sequences of the game. This is