2025 has been a banner year for video games, with more than a few titles competing for Game of the Year; the indie darling puzzle game Blue Prince, the role-playing renaissance of Clair Obscur: ...

In 2000, at the end of that year’s last Comiket convention, Type-Moon released Tsukihime, an eroge visual novel about vampires. 25 years later, you can now play its remake, Tsukihime - A piece of blue ...

From Street Fighter 6 to Tekken 8 to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, the fighting games of 2025 continue to grow in popularity — but it’s not really due to complex, competitive gameplay. While that ...

Dispatch advertises itself as a workplace superhero comedy, but this irreverent debut from AdHoc studio is so much more than your standard release. Dispatch is, in many ways, the revival of a whole ...

EXCLUSIVE: The games unit of horror specialist Blumhouse is working with Asgard Books on a graphic novel version of video game Fear the Spotlight. Patricia Villeto (Sonic Prime) is writing the ...

After the English-speaking gaming world spent decades saying little more than "lol, Japan" at the concept of visual novels, the genre has finally grown enough in popularity for notable titles to ...

Two of the most popular casual gaming genres are visual novels and interactive fiction. These unique niches focus less on intense gameplay and mechanics, instead emphasizing compelling characters and ...

Visual novel games come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are rich fantasy epics with 42 branching paths and hidden easter eggs, while others are bite-sized gems that are perfect for cozy train ...

One of the best parts about itch.io (when it isn’t deindexing games) is the digital storefront’s ability to host game jams. These not only invite developers to create interesting projects based on a ...

Horror visual novels cater to both beginners and mature players, providing introductions to the genre. Games like "Vampire: ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The smoothness of the animation in Dispatch left me gawking as I analyzed every subtle expression ...