Ghost in the Shell is, without a doubt, one of the icons of modern animation. Any conversation about influential anime in the West that doesn’t include the franchise (along with Akira, Cowboy Bebop and Gundam) isn’t a real conversation. The series is a mixture of philosophy and action that has yet to be competently replicated in […]
Well folks we’ve made it to April. NaNoRenO is in the books with a few developers still hard at work. I’ll be getting into the completed games on April 8th: the cutoff day on the Itch.Io NaNoRenO page. You can keep track of the entries (as of today we have forty-eight entries) there. In the […]
I like Sekai Project for the most part. I have my share of critique for the organization, who they choose to partner with and some of the titles on their catalog leading that particular charge, however the truth is that they have done extraordinary work increasing the visibility of visual novels in the West by […]
This week, I’ve been sending a set of questions to sites that host game bundles in order to get a feel of their security measures in the wake of MangaGamer and Denpasoft’s announcements that they’ve been hit by fraud. The first site to respond was Indiegala, but today I received a response from Grant Hughes […]
Well it’s March and the tickets for AnimeFest in Dallas have gone up a bit. However, that shouldn’t stop you (yes, YOU) from attending the convention this coming Summer. Not only can you meet a bunch of visual novel developers, but there will be several guests form the anime industry to offer their own insight […]
After a little over two months on Steam, Sekai Project announced today that WAS – The Hourglass of Lepidoptera- is being removed from Steam. In a post released on the Kickstarter page for Lepidoptera, Sekai Project noted issues with SRL, the Japanese developers, and accused SRL of violating Steam’s Terms of Service as well as their […]
This past week has been rife with news of fraud. First MangaGamer and now Denpasoft have announced they will not be including complimentary Steam keys with certain titles due to fraud. Denpasoft noted in their announcement that $30,000 worth of Steam keys has been taken in fraudulent purchases, and while MangaGamer hasn’t given any specifics […]
IT. IS. HERE. In 2012 the visual novels Cinders by Moacube won international acclaim and a bunch of awards from various gaming sties. And while Moacube has been busy with other projects, making another visual novel was always a goal. And now, at last, Solstice is upon us. I played and thoroughly enjoyed the demo […]
Yesterday, Sekai Project affiliate Denpasoft announced that they would not be offering Steam keys and would be removing said complimentary keys from their current releases. Their reasons echo MangaGamer’s announcement last week as they pointed to fraudulent purchases as the cause. Here is their full statement; We have to remove Steam keys from titles that […]
This last week has been a busy one with fraud and rumors of fraud. However, a fairly big story also broke about Sekai Project this past weekend. While making announcements for new licenses, the group also announced that they would be publishing Sakura Dungeon: Winged Cloud’s next game. This struck many as a little odd […]