This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Ys Memoire: Memories of Celceta, more

This week’s Japanese video game releases feature two standout titles: “FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time” across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC, and “Ys Memoire: Memories of Celceta” exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.

Coming out this week is the PC version of the street racing game “JDM: Japanese Drift Master”, a remastered edition of “Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny” for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch as well as PC, and the remastered “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Battle Destiny Remastered” for both Nintendo Switch and PC.

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Physical and Digital

  • Ayakashi Gohan: Oomori! for S (Switch)
    • Special Edition (Switch)
  • Commandos: Origins (PS5)
    • North American Version
      • Standard Edition (PS5, Xbox Series)
      • Deluxe Edition (PS5, Xbox Series)
    • European Version (PS5, Xbox Series)
    • Asian Version (PS5)
  • FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time (PS5, Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
  • HORROR TALES: The Beggar (PS5) – Already available worldwide.
    • Limited Edition (PS5)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Battle Destiny Remastered (Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
  • Panic Palette (Switch)
  • Sekai Seifuku Kanojo (Switch)
    • Limited Edition (Switch)
  • The Town of Nie: Iromusubi (Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
  • Ys Memoire: Memories of Celceta (Switch)

Digital-Only

  • Blades of Fire (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Epic Games Store]) – Launching worldwide.
    • North American Version (PS5, Xbox Series)
    • European Version (PS5, Xbox Series)
  • Deliver At All Costs (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
    • European Version (PS5, Xbox Series)
  • FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time (Xbox Series, PS4, PC [Steam]) – Launching digitally worldwide.
  • Grandma, No! (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Haneda Girl (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • JDM: Japanese Drift Master (PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Knock on the Coffin Lid (PS5, Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
  • Lynked: Banner of the Spark (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Magical Nut Ikuno (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Battle Destiny Remastered (PC [Steam]) – Launching digitally worldwide.
  • Momo’s Revitalization Project! (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Monster Train 2 (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Nitro Express (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Out of Sight (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Out of Sight VR (Quest 2, Quest 3) – Launching worldwide.
  • RoadCraft (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
    • North American Version (PS5, Xbox Series)
    • European Version (PS5, Xbox Series)
    • Asian Version (PS5)
  • The Siege and the Sandfox (PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy – Enhanced Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl – Enhanced Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – Enhanced Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat – Enhanced Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Tales of Seikyu Early Access (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate (PS5, PS4) – Launching worldwide.
  • Tinkerlands Early Access (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • The Town of Nie: Iromusubi (PC [Steam]) – Launching digitally worldwide.
  • Trident’s Tale (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Two Strikes (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
    • European Version (PS5)
  • Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Wilmot Works It Out (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
  • Worshippers of Cthulhu (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Zombie Army VR (PS VR2, SteamVR, Quest 2, Quest 3) – Launching worldwide.

You can buy the mentioned games for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch directly from the Japanese PlayStation Network and Nintendo platforms by utilizing prepaid cards.

  • PlayStation Store cards (yen): 1,100 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 10,000
  • Nintendo eShop cards (yen): 1,000 / 1,500 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 9,000

Demos, Betas, Updates, etc.

  • Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.3 Update “The Fall at Dawn’s Rise” (PS5, PC, iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
  • Sea of Stars Downloadable Content “Throes of the Watchmaker” (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Splitgate 2 Open Beta (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.

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2025-05-18 18:31