Otome & Bl news 17/7

Yet another Alice game to add to the series, this time it's Diamond version. New characters are White Queen, Black Rabbit among others.

A second fandisk for Arcana Famiglia game is in the making. This time it's a mini-game collection with all the characters, taking place at a festival in Regalo. More information to come!

Isshoni Gohan have been delayed until 2013. I'm pretty frustrated by this actually, as the game seems to be promising.

Rejet is releasing an artbook with the popular boys from Tokyo Yamanote Boys. It goes by the title FAIRYTALE ILLUSTRATIONS and will be for sale by the end of august with the price tag 3,150yen.

Update for Diabolik Lovers. The manga seems pretty well-received and the heroine not all that bad.

More information about the system in Glass Heart Princess. I used to be sceptical about this but now I'm actually looking forward to it. The alien (?) guy is my favorite so far.

Nitro+Chiral is releasing a DRAMAtical Murder anthology manga. You can order it here.

Rejet opened a website especially for the BWS soundtrack. The first CD will be out august 29

CG update over at OZMAFIA. God damn, Caesar is a badass AND tsundere? Will my poor heart survive this?

Hyakki Yakou got a CG update recently.

Twitter icons and wallpapers up for download over at upcoming BL game Si-Nis-Kanto

Karin is releasing a dakimakura featuring the protagonist of the yaoi game Omerta, JJ. I wonder if it's exclusively for Comiket or if they will sell it online too?

From the looks of it eroge company Liar-Soft seem interested in publishing their games in English.
A new website opened containing information about their popular steam-punk "What a wonderful...". series. The site is in both Japanese and English and the creators talk to the English fanbase how the games have setting in Europe and how they would like them to play their games in English one day.

Game review: DRAMAtical Murder

Made by: Nitro-chiral
Genre: Yaoi, Sci-fi, Adventure, Romance
Summary: Aoba is your everyday guy, who works at a junkshop and lives with his grandmother on the island Midori Jima. Unlike most young people his age, Aoba doesn't play the virtual fighting game Lime and neither does he belong to a gang. When people suddenly start disappearing all around town, rumors say that the legendary team Morphine is back. Aoba decides to help his friends and find the truth behind the accidents.

Unboxing: DRAMAtical Murder

So I usually don't post this kind of stuff, but since it's a new Nitro+Chiral game (which is a pretty big deal), and the nice artwork for the cover, I figured I might as well ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ

Otome & BL news 1/3

I'm sure none of you have missed it, but yet another otome game is going to be turned into anime this year! The newly announced is Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku. I'm not sure which studio will be doing the adaption, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed and planning to play the game before the show airs.

Popular STORM LOVER is getting a remake for PSP called STORM LOVER-Kai-.

Custom Drive does not only feature the opportunity to change hairstyle/clothes of your bishie of choice, you can also change personality. This was personally a big turn-off for me since it means the character ends up being a pretty empty shell that acts the way you want them to, instead of well...actually being a characters.（ಠ_ಠ） 

QuinRose releasing yet another game, this one is called Grimm-Bounty Hunter-. 

Kiriya Takashi, famous for her artwork in Death Connection and Musketeer is working with Otomate on a new game called Confidential Money. Looks very interesting!

 Don't forget to go and grab the new wallpapers at Amnesia Later. Just thinking about Orion's route makes me go ｡ﾟ+.o((*´∀`*))o｡ﾟ+

A company called Tyrant will release a new BL game called Tokyo Onmyouji. Planned release isn't until next year, but the site has already opened and judging from the teaser picture I think it might be nice!

A sudden update with new wallpapers and yet another voice sample was updated earlier this week at DRAMAtical Murderer.

A trial for the long-awaited Lucky Dog 1 sequel is here. Download and try the game today. Release date is April 8th.

March and April has got to be one of the most busy and most expensive months for us otome-ge players. There are so many titles getting released the upcoming weeks. I'm torn between what to buy/play and not. If you still got some money to spare, treat yourself with a limited edition or first press edition with bonus item from AmiAmi or CDJapan. Bookmarks, posters, special Drama CDs or more are always included in those.

Last but not least...

I'm honestly more of a Masato fan myself, but god damn, Ren ( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ ＼ / ＼

Otome & BL news 10/12

Kimi ga Tame, Koishi Midareshi Tsuki no Hana just opened the game site some days ago. So far it looks pretty...mediocre? I like the promo art more than the in game sprites.

Beastmaster & Prince~Snow Bride~ PSP wallpapers are up

Kami Kimi poll has ended and the results are in. Narumi is the winner with a impressing 42% votes. The other guys weren't even close!

Check out Otomate's goodies for Comiket81. I almost started drooling when I saw all that merchandise!

Diabolik Lovers is now confirmed for PSP! The music gives me eargasms, seriously.

New information about the superhero Drama CD and PSP game LOVE&PEACE by Rejet.

The Miyako fandisk website also added more information. Did Raikou grew his hair out again? If he did, I'm gonna be so pissed （；￣д￣）

Don't forget to fill in the Amnesia Later survey. Rumors says that they might add things that you fill out in the new game.

Arcana Famiglia is getting a fandisk! After refreshing the website a thousand times I was finally able to screenshot one of the two characters that you see for a brief second! Could this be grown-up Liberta?
( 'A') The new name is Vascello Fantasma which in english is the story about The Flying Dutchman. Aaah I'm so hyped!

Original Arcana Famiglia added the second secret password. If you got the game, don't forget to register to unlock the secret bonus scenario!

A bit late on this, but BROTHERS CONFLICT got delayed until spring 2012.


Ozmafia updated with new characters.

The Hiiro no Kakera 3 fandisk is set for April next year.

Tokyo Yamanote Boys character poll is up

TinyxMachinegun update the site and announced a date for the first Drama CD: 29th February. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the two thieves named Tom & Jelly (Jerry) in the corner

Please don't forget to vote for your favorite otome game at the Otome game Award 2011! It's important to support the company's as much as we can :)
Application is here

A new company called Parade are releasing their first BL game called NO, THANK YOU!! (K-ON inspired?). The appeal of the game is that you are always seme (yes, even with those 2 oyaji characters back there) and in the website corner you can press a button to turn the chest/arm hair on and off ;｀(;ﾟ;ж;ﾟ; )ﾌﾞｯ

The story is about a 22 year old man who saves a guy from being run over by a car. You get hit instead and when you wake up all your memories are gone. The man you helped takes you in and let you work at his bar, but shady things are going on behind the nice facade.

You can now pre-order DMMD and see what kind of bonus you get at different stores.

Big update for the upcoming yaoi game Gakuen Heaven 2 ~Double Scamble~

Last but not least is news about the sequel to Lucky Dog 1. The title Gian no tame nara seikai wo kowasu! (I'll even destroy the world for Gian's sake) and more sneak peak will be available in this month Cool-B

Otome & BL news 8/10 *Updated*

Games
A company named Straight is currently working on a 18+ PC game named Kimi ga Tame, Koishi Midareshi Tsuki no Hana (Picture on the left). The heroine looks really cute and I'm looking forward to hearing more about it.

Rejet announced a new game called Black Wolves Saga, using the same artist the did for Gekka Ryouran Romance. No rating or station have been announced, but it looks pretty dark to me, so maybe 15/18+?
The game is about Fiona, a princess locked up in a tower, until she one day meets a wolf on the run. She escapes together with him and their adventure begins. Thanks to Rin for the translation~

A game that has been on everyones lips lately is Beyond time - fix the time arrows. The site is being updated very often, adding more informations and goodies as the days go by. The game is planned for PS3 and PSP 12/1 2012. My only question is if there will be any actual gameplay?

Starry Sky - After Winter have been changed from it's set release date to TBA for unknown reasons.

Horror and thriller BL game Shingakkou – Noli me tangere is getting a fandisk called Shingakkou - Noli me tangere ~ The gift.

Another game which is also getting a fandisk is Rewrite, Rewrite - Harvest festa!

Omerta is getting a re-release with new skip functions and fix some bugs. I'm not sure if they will add any new story or CG, but the new cover art alone makes me want to buy the game again.

Sanctuary recently released a PV for the Miyako fandisk, you can watch it here

Utapri creators Broccoli is releasing a new game called Koisentai LOVE & PEACE. Super hero theme sounds fun, but I'm not liking the designs of the guys.

Otomate is porting more mobile games to PSP, this time it's Kimi Kare.Which boyfriend do you want?

Last but not least, DMMD got a big update, including wallpapers, character data and CG. I really love Aoba in this picture.

Merchandise
Omerta is releasing 3 new drama CDs; first one is with TachibanaxJJ, second one is LukaxJJ and the last one is JJxKiryuu.

The Amnesia poll was (to my surprise) won by Toma. I guess japanese girls really love yandere guys? Here is his special illustration for winning the poll.

*UPDATE*
So I got Cool-B magazine this month, and thought I might as well write about some of the content.
Big feature on Mebiusline, both the announcment of seiyuus (you can check the website) and a very distracting picture of Iori licking the wounds of the main character. I'm not really into blood-fetish so I didn't really get it, but I'm sure it's very popular with some people ^^;

Nitro+Chirals DMMD also announced their cast (once again, check their website if you're interested). Some new CGs were promised but it turns out to be...a gang rape picture. Three random guys holding Aoba down and pulling off his clothes, and I really hope this is some bad route ending or else I'm gonna be pissed.

Beside from that, a new CG from upcoming otome game PersonA was included. This as well turned out to be a rape picture where the prince-like type of character is pinning the girl down the bed. Honestly, why can't we have a 18+ otome game without rape? It's ridiculous.