When playing in Japanese, Genshin Impact contains numerous hard-to-read location names such as 瓊璣野 (Qiongji Estuary) —an issue that’s been rectified with Ver.2.7.
When playing in Japanese, Genshin Impact contains numerous hard-to-read location names such as 瓊璣野 (Qiongji Estuary) —an issue that’s been rectified with Ver.2.7.
Animator Hanabushi’s Piggy One is being turned into a video game in collaboration with Unreal Life developer hako life. The game is scheduled to release in 2023.
Colorful Party Wars is an RTS game that features the group Colorful Party who are active on the VR platform VRChat. The game currently only supports Japanese, but there are plans to implement support for English, Korean, and Simplified Chinese in the future.
Playable Mockup is a 3D deck-building horror game about exploring an infinitely looping corridor. As the name suggests, Playable Mockup is a playable prototype of a game still in development.
Magical girl Soulslike action game Little Witch Nobeta launches on September 29 for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam). Little Witch Nobeta is currently in Steam Early Access.
The latest title in the “fault” series called fault – StP – LIGHTKRAVTE is coming to Steam on May 28. It takes place in a peaceful Rughzenhaide before it falls.
Visual Arts’ post-apocalyptic visual novel Stella of the End coming to Japan on September 30. The game tells a story of a realist trafficker and an android girl that wishes to become a human.
The developer behind The House in Fata Morgana has announced their new mystery adventure game called Project Code Name M (working title) for PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, and PS4. It tells a story from the perspectives of both a detective character and a serial killer.
miHoYo’s interactive entertainment brand HoYoverse has officially revealed their new fantasy action RPG Zenless Zone Zero. Registration for the game’s first closed beta test (referred to as The Turning Test) is now open.
Indie game publisher PLAYISM has announced that Idol Manager is coming to the Nintendo Switch on August 25. The Switch port will contain the same content as the PC version. [Update] Idol Manager is coming to PS4/PS5 on the same day as well
ElecHead, an indie puzzle game by Japanese solo dev, is coming to Switch this summer. ElecHead is a 2D puzzle game where you control an electrically charged robot named Elec and use electricity-related gimmicks to solve puzzles.
Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that they are ending service for Tales of Luminaria on July 19 (PDT). Tales of Luminaria is an RPG that launched 6 months ago in November 2021 for iOS and Android, with Colopl handling the game’s development.
Japanese solo game developer Tadasumen has released a PC game called Taiikukan no Tenjyou ni hasamatta macho o tasukeru game (体育館の天井に挟まったマッチョを助けるゲーム), which can be translated to something like “a game about saving macho men stuck in the ceiling of a school gym.”
Cynoroid Forsaken is coming to Steam on June 4. Cynoroid Forsaken is a pixel art 2D action shooting game where you eat enemy corpses in order to heal yourself.
MaidSouls is a third-person action game set in a monochrome world. You play as a katana/gun wielding maid. An alpha version is available on PC.
Earth Defense Force 6 to release August 25 in Japan. hololive VTuber (Shirakami Fubuki, Nakiri Ayam, and Ookami Mio) decoys announced as early-purchase bonuses.
Love Love School Days is a first-person survival horror game about escaping from a world of a dating sim. The protagonist wants to start a new game to date a different girl, but his former lover won’t let him.
RPG Maker Unite aims to make it even easier for creators to manage their projects by introducing a new feature called Outline Editor, a built-in assist tool that provides a node-based visualization of projects.
Drive your kei truck through a collapsing Japan in DriveCrazy, a driving action game coming to Steam in 2023.
Chilla’s Art has opened a Steam page for their new horror game The Bathhouse. The release date has yet to be announced.
Visual novel The witch of the Ihanashi is planned to release in summer 2022 on PC (including Steam). The game will support Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
Handstand puzzle action game Invercity coming to Steam and itch.io this fall. Invercity tasks players with navigating stages using its “Handstand” and “Inverted Broadcast” mechanics.
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