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Saros delivers Returnal 2 in all but name

Housemarque's Returnal remains one of the best PS5 games. Built to kill, raised to die, and fine-tuned to annoy the shit out me while dragging me back in for yet another go at  2AM.  Not-a-sequel Saros ropes in my one of my favourite actors Rahul Kohli into the mix with proper shields, greater weapons freedom, Indian-styled visuals, and borrowing  Xenon 2: Megablast's palette and violence.  Saros is set on Carcosa, a shape-shifting, hostile alien planet. It changes on every death, where a total eclipse changes everything (very Pitch Black!). The video shows the first biome, hopefully the others shift up the palette more than Returnal did.  Along his journey he finds Nitya Chandran (Shunori Ramanthan), adding some depth to the Returnal-mayhem. The stunning environment Arjun explores is that of a lost ancient civilization fueled by the twisted enlightenment of the eclipse.  Saros lands in March 2026, check out the PlayStation blog post for more details on w...

Idea Factory still pumping out the Otome merch

Otomate and Idea Factory present a game of trust in Charade Maniacs, an Otome title that came out last year with a lot of English in the new short trailer for what I guess is the drama CD release. Plenty more clips and info on the official JP site, if that does anything to scratch your translating/VN itch? Almost all their output is for the Switch and PC now, so perhaps this is a farewell gift for fans?

There's still a few games popping out from time to time, but the otome world has pretty much moved on.

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