Operation Backlog Completion 2025

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.

New Death Mark DLC is Available Now for the Switch

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Apr 112025
 

There’s new DLC available for Spirit Hunter: Death Mark!

And no, I didn’t forget the number. This isn’t DLC for last year’s Death Mark II, but for the original Death Mark that we discussed back in 2020.

Death Mark first came out in 2017, but it got a new DLC episode in Japan last summer exclusively for the Switch version. No one was sure if it would get translated or not, but now it’s finally available.

According to the announcement from Aksys, Death Mark Chapter 7: Kaerazu’s Amusement Park follows Moe Watanabe when she finds that Yashiki and Mashita have gone missing and starts a new investigation.

It costs $9.99 and can be accessed from the title screen.

Now, this puts me in a bit of an odd situation. Of course I want to play the new Death Mark DLC… but even though I played NG and Death Mark II on the Switch, I played the PC version of the original Death Mark. Do I wait in the hopes that the DLC comes to PC, even though there’s been no sign of it yet? Or do I pick up a Switch copy of Death Mark for the DLC? I enjoyed Death Mark enough that I wouldn’t mind having a physical copy, and being able to play it from the title menu means I’d be all set from the start.

Either way, it looks like I’ll need to wait a bit before playing the new Death Mark DLC. Are you planning to pick it up?

New Trailer (and Steam Page) for No Sleep for Kaname Date

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Apr 092025
 

No Sleep for Kaname Date: From AI: The Somnium Files was my favorite surprise announcement from March’s Nintendo Direct, so let’s talk about the latest details!

Spike Chunsoft released a new trailer for No Sleep for Kaname Date, along with an official game description that confirms the new escape room segments the first trailer implied.

In addition to the “Investigation” and “Somnium” gameplay sections from the previous games, there will now also be “Escape” sections where the player must solve puzzles to escape locked rooms.

It also confirms that it takes place only one day after the resolution of the first game, which raises certain questions for me (you know what I’m talking about), but since it also says Iris has been abducted by a UFO, I have to question what’s going on in this game in general.

The trailer itself doesn’t show too much besides what was already in the Nintendo Direct trailer.

In addition to the trailer, thhe official website has been updated to reveal two new characters, one being an ABIS engineer named Hina and the other being the host of the escape game, Akemi.

The Steam page is up as well, with some new screenshots.

Preorders are open now, too. I’m a little disappointed that there isn’t a limited edition this time, but you do get a couple holographic stickers plus an exclusive Mizuki sticker if you order from Spike Chunsoft’s store. The store page also confirms that the Switch 2 version is a Game-Key Card rather than a regular game card, so even if I intended to get a Switch 2 at launch, I’d still be going for the Switch version.

Anyway, although I have some criticisms of Nirvana Initiative’s story compared to that of the first game, I’m excited for this new game and I can’t wait to see where it goes. What are your hopes for No Sleep for Kaname Date?

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