Hello Kitty Island Adventure is phenomenal, but there’s one thing missing: action! Chase, dash, and dress up your favourite Sanrio characters in Hello Kitty and Friends: Freeze Tag Party, announced digitally and physically for Nintendo Switch; it is scheduled to launch this November. The magical action game places Sanrio characters against each other in whimsical games of tag. The physical…
I began playing Hello Kitty Island Adventure the day it launched for Nintendo Switch back in January, and it remains in my top GOTY spot for the year. It first launched for Apple Arcade before being released digitally for PC and Nintendo Switch. Two physical versions dropped soon after, one…
Square Enix has announced a physical retail-only compilation of all Life is…
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Nearly a year ago, PQube announced it would publish otome crime-solving cinematic visual novel Bustafellows season2 in the West in 2025. And it is making good on that promise! The sequel to Bustafellows (which DDNet Editor-in-Chief Matt describes as being right up there with the best crime fiction works he’s…
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A couple of months ago, Idea Factory International announced it would be bringing Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy West this year, and now it has announced a July launch date for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. In the game, a girl named Fia wants to enrol at the Ancient…
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Idea Factory International announced a while ago that it is publishing the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy in the West for PlayStation this year. Today, Eastasiasoft announced that it will publish the first game, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, in Asia for Nintendo Switch. It will launch this summer (Northern Hemisphere) with English…
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There is something special about Japanese horror, so any new Japanese horror game is worth keeping an eye on. Today, publisher Nippon Ichi Software announced that horror adventure game Lens (formerly known as Renzu) will be released in Japan for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch this August. In it, the protagonist…
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Any day with two Idea Factory International news stories is a good day in my book! Today, it announced it will bring new delivery service RPG, Calamity Angels: Special Delivery West this year for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, digitally and physically. The game follows a rag-tag group of kooky carriers…
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Idea Factory International (IFI) is great about physical releases and special editions of its titles, and its plans for Battlefield Waltz are no different. The publisher has announced the physical Plus Edition and the Digital Deluxe Edition of the otome visual novel, and that’s on top of the digital and…
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Spirit of the North 2 was announced over a year ago, with very little heard about it since. Today, Infuse Studio (its developer) and Silver Lining Interactive announced they have formed a partnership. Indie publisher Silver Lining Interactive will be publishing Spirit of the North 2 digitally for PC, PlayStation…
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Remember the childhood game of trying to keep a balloon in the air without it hitting something and popping? Bubble Ghost Remake is like that, but it hopefully involves fewer children screaming gleefully. Remaking a classic platformer from 1990, the game has been remade from the ground up. It adds…
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Sugardew Island is a cozy farm shop sim, plus all the good stuff that comes with farming sims: care for animals, grow crops, gather resources, and restore balance for the Forest Folk population by completing Harmony Tree quests. (Okay, maybe that last one is unique.) The game was shown off…
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Who doesn’t love it when a game launches in an unusual way? Morkull Ragast’s Rage is a 2D action platformer where you play as the villain, complete with funny fourth-wall breaks. News of its release date broke today, with the physical versions launching first and the digital versions to follow.…
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