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A few months ago, Atlus announced that there will be a remake of Radiant Historia, a fantasy role playing Nintendo DS game in 2010 that was praised for its interesting storyline and gameplay. Seven years later, Radiant Historia will be back on 3DS as Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology—complete with renewed visuals, additional story and improved gameplay which will surely entice new and old fans alike. It has been seven years since the original game was released. Will the remake—with its promise of additional content and features—manage to deliver?

SINoALICE certainly garnered quite the attention in Japan, with it getting 500,000 pre-registrants and having 248,000 followers on Twitter. Directed by Yoko Taro of the Drakengard and Nien fame, SINoALICE is a fantasy role-playing game which details the story of a group of fairytale heroines who are imprisoned in a world that is stuck in an endless loop called “The Library.” The girls who are still wandering around only have one wish: to revive the “Author”, who created them.

See more of Akko and the gang as they step out of your TV screen to bring you a whole new adventure filled with magic in the recently announced Playstation 4 game, The Witch of Time and the Seven Wonders!  

For the past few weeks, my Tumblr and Twitter feeds have been full of one thing: Persona 5. The English release of Persona 5 just came out recently so there’s no surprise for the hype, of course. Being a fan of Persona myself, I’m also excited for the English release since it only means that I can finally play whatever it has in store for me. However, not everyone seems to be happy with its release, since it appears that its localization—its translation and the flow of the script, to be more specific—is subpar and some even  considered it a total fail. But is that really the case?

In collaboration with DMM Games, Arc has announced on April 14th that the popular anime and light novel series Shakugan no Shana will have a browser and Android game entitled “Shakugan no Shana~ Fuuzetsu Battle R”. It is slated to be released in May 2017.

Are you a fan of Atelier? How about Final Fantasy and Persona? Do you like games with cute girls doing cute things—but with magic involved? If all of the above applies to you, then you’ll most likely enjoy Gust’s latest magical girl game,Blue Reflection.

Having an otome game that is also a battle RPG seems like a farfetched idea before—that is, until GMO Game Center proved that such a thing is possible with their upcoming game Paranormal Kiss. Paranormal Kiss is a mobile game for iOS and Android with a dating sim and a tactical RPG, a concept that is rare in most games today. Slated to be released in  Spring 2017 in Japan, China, and Korea, you can now date men with special abilities and battle terrorist groups in this romance adventure game!

Are you looking for more Attack on Titan? Fret not because there’s going to be plenty of it this year! Following the hype from the upcoming second anime season in April, Attack on Titan will also have a new 3DS game, which will be released on May 11th. Attack on Titan: Escape From Certain Death (Shingeki no Kyojin: Shichi Kara no Dasshutsu) is an adventure visual novel game and will feature most of the series’ cast. It was originally slated to be released on March 30th.