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Aksys Will Announce New Games at Anime Expo

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Jun 252025
 

Not only do we have a couple showcases coming up this week, but next week is Anime Expo, where we’re sure to get a few announcements as well.

At the top of the list for me is Aksys Games confirming an Anime Expo show on July 3 that will include upcoming games and “a few new surprises.”

Aksys is a big one for me because of the otome games they localize (as well as others, like the Death Mark games). Last year, their Anime Expo show featured the announcements of Mistonia no Kibou, Utaka no Uchronia (which now has the English title Illusion of Itehari), and the Switch port of 7’scarlet.

7’scarlet is out, and Illusion of Itehari has a September 18 release date, so that leaves Mistonia as the big unknown right now. Maybe we’ll get a release date for it, as well.

I also have my fingers crossed for more otome localization news. Personally I’d love to see Over RequiemZ or Byakko get picked up, although if they don’t, you never know when Idea Factory might announce some new otome localizations, too. (Last year, Idea Factory has their own event around the same time as Anime Expo, but I haven’t seen anything announced like that yet this time.)

In non-otome news, it would be nice if the new Death Mark DLC was brought to Steam, since that’s the version of the game I have… and of course, they might have some complete surprises, too.

What are you hoping to see announced at Anime Expo?

Last Week for Dark Fantasy Otome Volontés Localization on Kickstarter

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Jun 232025
 

About a year ago, I backed a Kickstarter campaign for a dark fantasy otome game called Volontés.

I don’t back crowd-funding campaigns quite as often as I did for a while there, but every now and then there’s still one that catches my eye enough for me to back it. This was one of those games.

Unfortunately, the campaign failed, so although the developers were still able to refocus their efforts and release the game in Japan, English localization wasn’t possible.

Now it’s out in Japan, and there’s a new Kickstarter campaign for its localization. It’s a Switch game, although there is a potential Steam port if the campaign makes its stretch goal.

Volontés is about a young woman whose village is attacked and destroyed, but she’s rescued by a mysterious figure who proclaims her to be the Moon Witch. It sounds like an intriguing story, and the art is also beautiful.

I haven’t seen too many reviews of it since it’s only out in Japan, but what I have seen is positive. I really like the looks of it, and I hope it can get localized. At the time that I’m writing this post, the campaign is almost at 80% of its funding goal, with 6 days left to go. I’ve got my fingers crossed.

Update: It looks like they got an extension, so there’s now an additional week to reach the goal!

So if a dark fantasy otome game sounds interesting to you, head over to the Volontés Kickstarter page and take a look!

Capcom Spotlight Set for June 26 (Is There Hope?)

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Jun 202025
 

There wasn’t a Capcom Showcase this June, but a Capcom Spotlight live stream has been announced for next week.

It will take place on June 26 at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET and last approximately 40 minutes, and it will feature information on Monster Hunter Wilds, Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata, and Street Fighter 6.

So of course, I’ll be hoping against hope for Ace Attorney news.

Like I mentioned last time, Capcom Spotlight streams usually focused on already-announced titles, while the bigger ones that have new announcements are called Capcom Showcases. It was at a Capcom Showcase that the Apollo Justice Trilogy was announced, for example.

But it isn’t as if there are never new announcements during a Capcom Spotlight. That last one included the announcement of the Onimusha 2 remaster, and since Ace Attorney is a more niche series, I could see it being slipped in amongst news about their bigger games.

(Besides, I’m still suspicious of the mysterious van Zieks captions that we never got any explanation for.)

I’m interested in Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata, so I’ll be watching regardless, but I’ll have my fingers crossed for Ace Attorney news at the same time.

Do you think the Capcom Spotlight will have any new announcements?

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