The gaming industry has delivered more gaming news today, including a look at an interesting visual novel coming from an unusual brand and an update for Manor Lords.
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Visual Novel Kanade Reveals Key Art and More
Good Smile Company and Frontwing revealed the key artwork for the upcoming visual novel for PC Kanade. Yes, you’ve read it correctly, Good Smile Company, known mostly for its figure business, is involved in the development alongside the well-known visual novel creators at Frontwing.
We also hear that the heroine Kanade will be played by Yuko Natsuyoshi. She will also perform the theme song “Hajimari Wa Koi” which translates as “It Begins with Love”
The game is coming in English on top of Japanese and simplified Chinese for PC in Spring 2025. The story is by Asou Ei, the character design is by Yusano, and the music is by Fuminori Matsumoto.
A trailer will be released on December 29 to celebrated Comiket 105.
Below you can read a summary of the plot.
“In the near future, a sudden and unexplained proliferation of plants has left much of human civilization drowning in greenery.
Yuuto is a boy living in a once-thriving city that’s now largely reclaimed by nature.
One day, a girl named Kanade appears on his doorstep.The two had been exchanging letters after Kanade found one of Yuuto’s carrier pigeons injured and nursed it back to health.
Kanade then reveals her biggest secrets, too important to write in a letter: The fact that she’s half alien, half human, and that she’s on a mission to save the world with her song.She sings before the bewildered Yuuto, demonstrating her power to pacify the plants.
“I have to sing the greatest love song and save the world in my mother’s place.
Yuuto-san, would you please fall in love with me?”After the disappearance of her mother, Kanade was left clueless as to how to save the world, or why she had to fall in love in order to do so.
Everything seemed shrouded in mystery.Still, Kanade’s earnest wish stirs something within Yuuto, who is always ready to lend a helping hand to those in need, and he decides to take a chance on her.
Warmly watched over by those around them, the two tentatively begin their exploration of love.What neither of them realize is that a spark of affection has already budded between them…
This is the tale of a wondrous future where the encounter between a boy and girl brings a miracle to the world.”
Manor Lords Gets Beta Patch 0.8.017
The developers of Manor Lords Slavic Magic released the beta version of the upcoming update 0.8.017, which has been teased over the past few weeks.
Players who want to try the beta are advised to back up their saved games and to remove any mods.
The update comes with a rework for marketplaces, new maps, upgrades for taverns, a new bridge-building system, and much more. You can find the full patch notes on Steam.
Valhalla Survival Pre-Registration Starts Tomorrow
Korean developer Lionheart Studios announced that pre-registration for the upcoming dark fantasy hack-and-slash RPG roguelike Valhalla Survival will start tomorrow, alongside a trailer in English, likely signaling that a global version will be available.
