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Star Wars Turn-Based Tactics Game Announced

Apr 212025

After being announced earlier this month, Star Wars Zero Company was officially announced over the weekend.

Zero Company is a turn-based tactics game being developed by Bit Reactor and Respawn Entertainment.

It’s set during the Clone Wars and features a series of tactical missions. The main character will have a customizable combat class and recruit a wide variety of squadmates with different strengths and abilities.

Now, I always have trouble remembering where the line is between turn-based tactics games and strategy RPGs, because I’m pretty sure there is a difference and they’re two separate genres despite the overlap. So I think this means the tactical elements will be at the forefront, with RPG aspects being more minor. I’ve seen a lot of XCOM comparisons.

For a game like this, the story will be the thing to draw me in, and I’m not entirely hooked yet. And I haven’t exactly been keeping up with Star Wars games (I started Fallen Order a few years ago and never got back to it), either.

But Zero Company looks interesting enough that I’ll keep an eye on it.

It won’t be out until 2026, so that’s quite a ways off anyway.

Are you interested in Star Wars Zero Company?

Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders Delayed to April 24

Apr 162025

Back near the start of March, we discussed an upcoming visual novel called Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders, based on a 1946 mystery novel.

At the time, its PC release was set for March 20, with the Switch version to follow.

Since then, it was delayed, and I missed the news entirely (probably because I still can’t believe we’re already in April, and here we are over halfway through the month already). Now the new release date has been announced as April 24.

Not only that, but they mentioned that they spoke to the developers of No Case Should Remain Unsolved, a mystery game with a similar gameplay mechanic, and got their approval for taking inspiration from it.

There are a lot of games coming out soon that I want to play, not to mention the backlog I’m slowly drowning under, but this is definitely one I want to keep an eye on… especially if we’re going to discuss mystery games this May!

Are you planning to pick up Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders?

Kamitsubaki Academy Newspaper Club Looks Like an Interesting Investigation Game

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Apr 142025

Kamitsubaki Academy Newspaper Club is a recently-announced adventure game that looks like it could be pretty interesting.

You wake up in Kamitsubaki City with amnesia and start working alongside the Kamitsubaki Academy Newspaper Club to investigate secrets and mysteries in the city.

According to the Steam page, gameplay will be divided into two sections: story sections where you spend time with the other club members and investigation sections where you investigate the city.

Investigations appear to rely on stats: Movement, Wisdom, Insight, Mystery, and Luck.

They haven’t shown too much about the game yet, but it’s enough to make me interested.

Now, it’s set in the same universe as other Kamitsubaki City games. Looking on Steam, I see a post-apocalyptic rhythm game called Kamitsubaki City Ensemble and a visual novel called Kamitsubaki City Regenerate, and it seems like they’re all part of a larger multimedia project.

All in all, it seems intriguing, so I might look into the other games more. In the meantime, Kamitsubaki Academy Newspaper Club looks like it has potential.

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