Operation Backlog Completion 2026

“The Time to Remember” is Approaching in KHUX

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Aug 262019
 

We haven’t talked about Kingdom Hearts Union χ in a long time, partly because I’ve long since stopped playing it.

However, I’ve still been keeping up with the story updates (of the Japanese version, since it’s well ahead of the English version) and now it seems like something big is being teased.

The official Twitter account recently said “The time to remember is arriving” and “History will soon unfold.” Meanwhile, fans have noticed ads on Crunchyroll showing what appears to be the Keyblade War.

If you haven’t been keeping up with KHUX’s story, the basic premise for the split from the original browser game is that the characters were taken into a new realm with their memories rewritten so they don’t know the Keyblade War occurred.

This sounds like the player character might be about to remember the Keyblade War, possibly making it a playable section of the game for the first time. Of course, the strange part is that this is apparently being teased for the English version of the game, even though the story is further ahead in Japan.

Is it coming to the Japanese version first and it’s just being teased because it’s such a big event? Is it a bonus scenario coming to the English version since we never had the browser game?

Right now it’s unclear, but between this and the upcoming release of the Kingdom Hearts χ novel, maybe the mobile game’s story is about to be tied up in preparation for the future of the saga.

Personally, I still think Kingdom Hearts Union χ should be remade as a console game once its story is complete, so we can play through the events free of the mobile game structure, but that might be asking too much. In the meantime, what do you think the game is teasing?

Parachronism: Order of Chaos is Now on Steam

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Aug 232019
 

In all the excitement with various reviews, Yakuza news, and everything else this month, I almost forgot to announce that Parachronism: Order of Chaos now has a page on Steam.

For those of you who weren’t following my blog way back in 2015, Parachronism: Order of Chaos was the first video game project I was hired to work on.

Now, after many changes and updates, it is finally nearing completion with a whole new art style and other improvements.

Parachronism is an action RPG with life sim elements about a girl who finds herself transported back in time to a strange land where she is recognized as the fugitive princess of the Western Sea Kingdom, on the run after the Eastern Sea Kingdom attacked the palace.

The life sim elements include time management, relationship-building, a day/night cycle, and more.

This is one of the projects that really helped me get my start as a freelancer, so it’s a strange, wonderful feeling to see it finally nearing completion. If Parachronism: Order of Chaos sounds interesting to you, be sure to check it out on Steam.

Yakuza 3-5 Remasters Coming West as the Yakuza Remastered Collection

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Aug 212019
 

After rumors that the Yakuza 3 remaster would be revealed for the West at Gamescom, yesterday’s Yakuza news was better than we could have imagined with the announcement of the Yakuza Remastered Collection.

Yes, the remasters of Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5 have all been confirmed. The Yakuza Remastered Collection is available now digitally from the PlayStation Store. Not only that, but Yakuza 3 is out now, with Yakuza 4 to follow on October 29 and Yakuza 5 on February 11.

It seems there’s no way to purchase them individually, which is a bit odd. Maybe that will become possible in the future.

There was also excellent news for fans like me who prefer physical copies. Physical copies of the Yakuza Remastered Collection will be available on February 11 as well, and it even includes an empty Yakuza 5 PS3 case for collectors (as Yakuza 5 was originally digital-only in the west).

An Amazon page is up for the physical collection, but it’s not available to preorder yet.

Check out the trailer.

Now, are these remasters identical to the PS3 releases? No, it’s been confirmed that there are many improvements, including a redone localization (fixing odd translation/localization choices in the original) and the restoration of cut content.

I believe a couple of small things were cut for the remaster of Yakuza 3 itself, but basically the western version of the remaster will have all the content present in the Japanese version of the remaster, which is a lot more than was in the original western version.

Finally, localization of the spin-off Yakuza Ishin is reported to be “under consideration,” with the main holdup being that they don’t know if the West would be interested in the setting. All we have to do now is convince them that samurai games are popular.

So yesterday was a pretty exciting day for Yakuza fans, and don’t forget that information about Shin Yakuza will be revealed on August 29!

I’m waiting for the physical release of the Yakuza Remastered Collection, which is fine since I still need to finish Judgment and play Kiwami 2 before I’ll be ready for Yakuza 3 anyway. What about you? Will you be picking up the Yakuza remasters?

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