Following the release of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Hideo Kojima seemed eager to reset. He spoke about wanting a fresh start—a chance to build something outside of Metal Gear, maybe even a return to the story-heavy adventure games of his early days. For fans, this came as a surprise;…
After almost 8 years of chats, article edits, and shared braincells, me and Fasty finally met. Contrary to popular belief, Fasty is not a Gerofroggy, but an actual human being. Fasty wished to remain anonymous in the photo, so you’ll have to take my word for it. He was also…
Most of the time, Kiri Kiri Basara just… works. Articles go up, pages load, background tasks do their thing, and nobody really has to think about how any of it happens. But sometimes, it just doesn’t work.
GEE!STORE has announced a special “Science Adventure Series ALL STAR POPUP” event celebrating the Science Adventure franchise, including iconic titles such as STEINS;GATE and others. The pop-up will feature a range of newly illustrated goods and exclusive purchase bonuses, showcasing characters and artwork from across the series. While fans can…
Chaos;Child is widely acclaimed for its true ending. But what if I told you it had a sequel just as good as the main story? This is Children's Revive.
Olá, and welcome back to another cooking video. This time, we are looking at a Christmas dish from Anonymous;Code.During the game’s Christmas scenes, Momo tells Pollon that her family cooked many dishes for the holiday, but that her absolute favorite was Bolo Rei. When Pollon says he’s never heard of…
Steins;Gate 0 released ten years ago. But after all this time, how well has it aged?
If you're a fan of Robotics;Notes, then you're probably very familiar with the old Tanegashima airport. But few people know the details surrounding how the airport came to be, why it was replaced, and what's happening with it now. Let’s take a look! You can watch the video or read…
Steins;Gate: Variant Space Octet is an 8-bit-style visual novel originally released in 2011 in Japan and set after the events of Steins;Gate. With a full translation patch from Committee of Zero released in July, this game has become easily accessible to everyone in English. Now, let’s take a look at…
This guide provides a spoiler-free walkthrough for Steins;Gate: Variant Space Octet. This game’s story takes place after the true ending of Steins;Gate, so we highly recommend playing or watching Steins;Gate beforehand. We also highly recommend completing Chaos;Head NoAH, as Octet is closely connected to it. Controls Variant Space Octet is…
Via IGN China, new details have been shared regarding Steins;Gate RE:BOOT, the upcoming 2026 remake of the Steins;Gate visual novel. Check out our summary of the outlet's interview with series producer Tatsuya Matsubara and scenario writer Naotaka Hayashi below. New Re:Boot detailsAccording to Hayashi, Re:Boot's new ending (in addition to…
MAGES. has released the Chaos; Love Chu☆Chu Double Pack for Nintendo Switch in Japan. This new compilation brings together two romantic comedy epilogue titles from the SciADV series in one package. Both Chaos;Head and Chaos;Child Love Chu☆Chu are known for their lighthearted storytelling and character-focused scenarios.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqEM-_4x0asThe double pack can be purchased…
This is a special behind the scenes look at how we made the ago pasta video. Enjoy!
Ojarimouse! Today, we’re continuing with Daru’s order in the Phase 2 of Robotics;Notes DaSH. His second dish is called ago pasta, or “flying fish pasta.” It’s a simple yet flavorful blend of Japanese and Italian cuisine. In this video, we recreate the recipe — with a few adjustments for those…
You can watch a video version of this article here The following article summarizes key takeaways from the Steins;Gate RE:BOOT showcase at the WePlay 2025 Expo in Shanghai.In attendance were SciADV series producer Tatsuya Matsubara, series scenario writer Naotaka Hayashi, and series vocalist Kanako Itou. New details were shared regarding…
MAGES. has released a new one-minute gameplay trailer showcasing the intro section of Steins;Gate RE:BOOT. Spike Chunsoft, Inc. has also published the English version of this trailer, which you can watch here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lEMw3ZrAokThe gameplay trailer depicts a scene between Mayuri and Rintaro, giving us a first look at the game’s 2.5D…
This article contains Chaos;Child spoilers.Merchandise brand "and R," known for its anime-themed pop-up events and collaborative goods, has announced a Chaos;Child tenth anniversary fair starting on Saturday, December 6th. To celebrate the milestone, and R has debuted brand-new illustrations featuring Chaos;Child characters dressed in Jirai Kei fashion and “boyfriend shirt” outfits.…
You can watch the video version of this article here Announced today via press release, Spike Chunsoft will publish an English-language localization of Steins;Gate RE:BOOT, the upcoming remake of the original Steins;Gate visual novel, in 2026.The game is currently available to wishlist on its Steam page. English- and Chinese-language localizations…
A new key visual for Memories Off Sousou: Break Out of My Shell, the upcoming fandisc follow-up to the ninth Memories Off title, has been revealed today via MAGES. Check it out below, alongside the initial key visual revealed in September: New key visual September key visual The Memories Off…
You can watch the video version of this article here MAGES. has announced that the upcoming remake of the Steins;Gate visual novel, Steins;Gate RE:BOOT, has been delayed to 2026. The company has also unveiled new details for the game, which they say is being "rebooted" with newly updated graphics and…
Animate Los Angeles has announced a special Steins;Gate-themed pop-up store in celebration of the series’s fifteenth anniversary. The event will run from November 28 to December 14 at the Animate LA store.Customers will be able to purchase exclusive and commemorative Steins;Gate merchandise during the event period. As a bonus, visitors…
English publisher XSEED Games has announced the cancellation of the Western release of Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack, a MAGES.-developed collection that many fans of the series had been eagerly anticipating. The collection was originally revealed in August, when the publisher confirmed plans to bring four classic titles from the franchise to modern…
The Science Adventure series is famous for incorporating real-life mysteries and conspiracies into its stories. And sumo stickers, one of the key mysteries of Chaos;Child, are no different. The game does not really emphasize that they were a real mystery, so many readers do not know that sumo stickers were…
SciADV began as an Xbox-exclusive. But it has now been eight years since the last time a game was released on the platform. What happened?
We’ve decided to round up some smaller news items into a single article for convenience, since each one didn’t quite warrant a standalone post. You can watch the video or read the article below.https://youtu.be/MDcMP2E4-Is Love Chu☆Chu Double Pack Store-Specific Pre-order Bonuses MAGES. has unveiled a complete list of store-specific pre-order…
It was announced today that Steins;Gate RE:BOOT will be officially showcased at the WePlay & ZFX 2025 Expo in Shanghai, taking place from November 22 to 23. The expo is a major entertainment event in China, celebrating gaming, technology, and pop culture, known for featuring both major international and independent…
In Festival Phase 2 of Robotics;Notes DaSH, Daru orders several dishes from Akiho’s food stand, one of them being the Zako Burger. Akiho even has a picture of it as her Twipo profile picture, so it must be good. In this video, we’ll try to recreate the burger. If you would like…
Hello, and welcome to the fourth entry in our series where we revisit some of our past articles and reflect on them. This time, we will be covering articles written from October 2020 all the way up to our Anonymous;Code review, published in September 2023. We have three whole years…
Announced today via Twitter, the fandisc follow-up to 2025's Memories Off Sousou will launch early next year. An official website with a brand-new key visual has also been unveiled. Memories Off Sousou: Break Out of My Shell is now confirmed for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, and PC via…
MAGES. has revealed the official opening movie for the upcoming Chaos; Love Chu☆Chu Double Pack on Nintendo Switch. Watch it below—but note there may be spoiler imagery present.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWkI29JlWOQThe company has also shared many previews of the collection's limited edition and preorder bonuses. The latter can be viewed here. Maji-Get bonuses…
Steins;Gate 0 revolves around world line recursion, a concept that interlinks the visual novel routes and the anime. But how does it work? And how did this concept, and by extension, Steins;Gate 0, become so misunderstood?
Announced yesterday via Twitter, MAGES. will publish a new rhythm game this winter. Entitled BANDSTAR (or "BAND STAR," as the company seemingly uses both), the game will allow players to put on their own "live performances" of popular songs—such as those from YOASOBI, AKB48, and Omoinotake—as though they were were…
UPDATE 24.9.2025Unfortunately, due to an unexpected medical emergency, I was unable to travel to Japan last Sunday as originally planned. Because of this, we must postpone the project until a later date. This was a really tough decision to make, as we were all really looking forward to the content…
In May, we reported that Steins;Gate RE:BOOT, the upcoming remake of the Steins;Gate visual novel, was expected to release before September 30, 2025. This was based on a report shared by COLOPL, parent company of developer MAGES., who suggested an intent to release a Steins;Gate console game within fiscal year…
"Man, Twitter nowadays is pretty lame. What's up with all these bots and weirdos? I wish we could go back to how things were a few years ago..."If you've ever found yourself thinking this, never fear—redoste's twipo-synchro project is here to help! Sort of. If you've ever played Robotics;Notes Elite,…
Hello again, and welcome to the third entry in our series where we revisit some of our past articles and reflect on how far we and the community have come. This time, we’ll be exploring articles published from the time of Steins;Gate Elite’s English release to the Robotics;Notes games’ English…
Publisher XSEED Games has announced that MAGES.' Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack, featuring four games from the Corpse Party series's past, will launch on Nintendo Switch later this year in English. The publisher has shared the following details regarding this release: Four Terrifying Tales, One Complete Package: Play through the entirety…
As shared by SciADV series executive producer Chiyomaru Shikura, the full opening theme for the upcoming Chaos; Love Chu☆Chu double pack is now on YouTube, viewable below. This is a brand-new song sung by Afilia Saga and written by Shikura.Please note that this video may contain spoilers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqEM-_4x0asWe will strive to…
Revealed today via maji-get.jp, MAGES.' official storefront., the epilogue games to Chaos;Head NoAH and Chaos;Child—Chaos;Head and Chaos;Child Love Chu✰Chu—will receive a Nintendo Switch release on November 27, 2025. Three purchase tiers are available on maji-get.jp.A standard edition, featuring both games alone, is priced at ¥7,480.The Maji-Get limited edition, featuring the…
The following is a guide to achieving all possible endings in MAGES.' Iwakura Aria.Iwakura Aria is available on Steam and Nintendo Switch. You can also read our review of the game here. Ending 01 – A Day of NothingIn Chapter 1, Episode 5, make the choice "Close the door" to achieve this…
A special thanks to PQube Ltd, the Western publisher, for providing a review copy of the game and a generous review period. Please note that this provision has not influenced the opinions expressed herein in any way.Platform: Steam Preface that Somewhat Relates to the GameHello! This is going to be…
Chaos;Head has a unique atmosphere compared to other SciADV titles; personally, I don’t think any other title in the series came close to it. It is dark, depressing, and makes you question reality. That’s not just thanks to the superb story and writing, though—its presentation plays a big role, too.…
Hi, and welcome to the second article in our series where we look back at some of our old articles, reminiscing on how the times have changed for the SciADV fanbase. In this entry, we will be looking at articles released from May 20, 2018 to almost a year later,…
Hello, Psynchers, and welcome to another installment of “Friends of SciADV,” the series where we review games that are related to SciADV or that SciADV fans may enjoy! This time, I, Eno, will be covering No Sleep For Kaname Date – From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES, a spin-off of the…
Imagine this: you want to play Steins;Gate on the go. You don’t have a Nintendo Switch to play the Elite version, or maybe you do, but you just want to play the original version of the game. What options do you have?You might be surprised to learn that Steins;Gate is…
Despite its popularity and reception, a lot of fans are unaware of the circumstances that led to Steins;Gate 0’s creation, as well as why it exists. On the surface level, most understand Steins;Gate 0 as a visual novel and anime that acts as an interquel to the original story, serving…
Per Spike Chunsoft, in commemoration of Steins;Gate Day, every Science Adventure series game on Steam is now 80% off on the platform from July 27 to August 3. If there was ever any time to get deeper into the series, it would be now! Notably, this sale marks the lowest-ever prices for…
Revealed today via Twitter, a special pop-up event celebrating Steins;Gate's fifteenth anniversary will be held at Don Quijote's Akihabara branch in Japan. The event, termed an "homage collaboration," will officially begin on July 28, also known as Steins;Gate day. A replica of the iconic satellite and key frames from the…
Per Spike Chunsoft, Steins;Gate's visual novel is now on a record-breaking 90% off sale on Steam, bringing its price down to a meager $2.99. For fans of the anime adaptation or newcomers alike, there's no better time to try out the game that started it all sixteen years ago.Those interested…
After many months of preparation, it is our pleasure to finally announce that we will be going to Tokyo at the end of September 2025! We will be visiting for two main reasons: to make videos showcasing the real-life locations seen in the SciADV series, and to cover the Tokyo…
Salutations! Welcome to this new Patreon series, where we’ll be going over some of our older articles—which are particularly interesting to look back on now that almost all SciADV titles have been released in English and our knowledge of the series has changed dramatically. In this first article, I’m going…
Via Steam, a free demo for MAGES.' upcoming yuri suspense visual novel Iwakura Aria is now available for download, offering a preview of three scenes from the full game. Iwakura Aria will launch in English on August 14, 2025, the publisher has confirmed. It will release on Nintendo Switch and…
As initially spotted by Wario64 on Twitter, the recently announced English localization of Iwakura Aria, a MAGES.-developed suspense fantasy visual novel with yuri themes, may be releasing soon. Amazon has listed the game with an August 14, 2025 release date in North America.This release date has not yet been confirmed…
Steins;Gate RE:BOOT, the upcoming remake of the original Steins;Gate visual novel, may be just on the horizon. In an operating results report shared by COLOPL yesterday, the company has reiterated their interest in releasing "a new [console] game to commemorate the 15th anniversary of 'STEINS;GATE' and expand the user base"…
As announced today via the Memories Off 25th anniversary live event, Memories Off Sousou, the recently released ninth mainline entry in the Memories Off series, will receive a fandisc this winter in Japan. View the official trailer below—but note that it contains spoilers for Memories Off Sousou's main story.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu9KQbBt5xoA collection…
https://youtu.be/9uFz6Brh1WoRobotics;Notes is a love letter to robot and mecha anime. And of all the SciADV subseries, Robotics;Notes might just have the most sources of inspiration. From Hollywood movies like The Right Stuff, to shonen manga like JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, to tokusatsu franchises like Ultraman, to Japanese mecha series like Gundam,…
Memories Off Fandisc Historia now has an official release date, MAGES. has confirmed; the seven-game collection will release on July 24, 2025 in Japan. Fandisc Historia will stand as a complement to 2021's Memories Off Historia—which collected Memories Off's first through seventh mainline entries—and round out the full series's availability…
I was replaying Robotics;Notes Elite recently, and it brought back memories from an interesting era of Kiri Kiri Basara, so I figured it could make for an interesting behind-the-scenes article. To this day, the release of our Robotics;Notes reviews and guides was probably our most hectic moment and a turning…
MAGES. has had an interesting history with Xbox consoles. Despite the platform's troubling lack of popularity in Japan, you might be surprised to hear that they launched the original Steins;Gate visual novel for Xbox 360 and Chaos;Child for Xbox One, each as exclusive releases. These games weren't ported to other…
It's finally here! Yesterday, the Phantom Breaker series returned with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate, a remaster of MAGES.' beat-’em-up classic. The release boasts a treasure trove of exciting additions, like cross-platform play, an English dub, and over thirty playable characters—Steins;Gate's Kurisu and Robotics;Notes's Frau among them. It's clear to…
A remaster of the spin-off to MAGES.’ fighting game series has finally arrived, courtesy of its new owner—Rocket Panda Games! This time around, Phantom Breaker Battle Grounds has been given a shiny coat of paint and a handful of long-awaited improvements.It's hard to say when I last played a proper…
It's been over 5 years since MAGES. first announced Steins;Gate 0 Elite, a fully animated remake of the Steins;Gate 0 visual novel. But what happened to it? Let's discuss.
Seventeen years ago, a memetic phrase rocked the nation of Japan. On every citizen’s lips, there was but one question: “Whose eyes are those eyes?” It was a question asked by many in those days, but an answer was never found—the arrival of the great Shibuya Earthquake silenced those who…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvqDFuGLLs0 Ahhh, good old April 1st—the perfect day for anybody to make an announcement.Indeed, eleven years ago on this very day, MAGES. announced that the fifth SciADV entry would be “Fantastical Science ADV Specium;Boys." And at the time, they had confirmed a release for Spring of 2015. 科学アドベンチャーシリーズ第5弾『SPECIUM;BOYS』の公式サイトはこちらです！http://t.co/z7h6KlLn47— スペシウム少年 (@speciumboys)…
The original Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/124841643 Hello, Basariters!With the Steins;Gate 0 guide released last week , we have finally published guides for all SciADV visual novels on the site. Well, at least those that were released in English. Sorry, Occultic;Nine… One day, your time will come.It is somewhat embarrassing that it took…
This is a spoiler-free, completionist guide for the Steins;Gate 0 visual novel. It will guide you through attaining all its endings and achievements.Steins;Gate 0 is much more straightforward than its predecessor. It features five endings and one true ending and getting them usually boils down to a single choice in…
As initially reported by Gematsu, estimated physical game sales data for the period of March 3 to March 9 has been published by Famitsu. This includes a figure for MAGES.' recently released Ever17/Never7 Double Pack.The physical double pack, released exclusively for Nintendo Switch, collected both Never7 and its successor, Ever17,…
In late 2019 and 2022 respectively, Western SciADV fans were finally rewarded with English-language ports of Steins;Gate 0 and Chaos;Child for the Nintendo Switch. These were two integral series sequels—to Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head NoAH respectively—and naturally, their arrival on Switch was more than welcome. It meant that after a long…
Ah, Gero Froggy. Who can forget those beautiful uglycute mascots from Chaos;Head, the frogs who stirred up passions and won the hearts of millions? No, who would want to forget them? Evidently, not MAGES. Steins;Gate anime adaptation, episode 5Chaos;ChildRobotics;Notes DaSHAnonymous;Code—the froggy fad survives into 2037! For a fad that was…
In late 2019 and 2022 respectively, Western SciADV fans were finally rewarded with English-language ports of Steins;Gate 0 and Chaos;Child for the Nintendo Switch. These were two integral series sequels—to Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head NoAH respectively—and naturally, their arrival on Switch was more than welcome. It meant that after a long…
Last October, SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky launched in English via PQube. This marked the first time a game in the long-running Memories Off series ever reached the West. But did it really? If you go back to June 2020, when SINce Memories was first announced, MAGES. was apparently…
The following is a guide to completing the 2025 release of Ever17 – The Out of Infinity in the optimal route order and achieving all endings.Ever17 – The Out of Infinity is available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4, both individually and in a discounted double pack with its…
The following is a guide to completing Never7 – The End of Infinity in the optimal route order and achieving all endings.Never7 – The End of Infinity is available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4, both individually and in a discounted double pack with its successor, Ever17 – The Out…
MAGES. has revealed a brand-new set of Steins;Gate fifteenth anniversary merchandise with a cute but daring edge. The "Steins;Gate 15th Anniversary Party" lineup features acrylic stands, charms, pins, tapestries, and more of everyone's favorite Steins;Gate heroines—and this time around, they've been decked out in full bunny-girl attire. 【#マジくじ STEINS;GATE 15th…
So, a history lesson. The year is 2002—long before the Science Adventure series was so much as a thought in anyone’s mind. The developer Kindle Imagine Develop, aka “KID,” are starting to make a name for themselves in the world of visual novels. Their Memories Off series has been running…
The year was 2000. Riding the wave of success that was their recent smash-hit romance visual novel, Memories Off, a company called KID Co., Ltd. asked themselves the question of the century: What if we did this again, but this time with sci-fi? Okay, so I’m exaggerating a little. But…
As shared Monday by gamebiz, former MAGES. company director Makoto Asada has been promoted to president and CEO; his predecessor, Kengo Honjo, retired from the role as of the expiration of his term on December 31, 2024. Also of note, Michiko Koyanagi and Yoshiaki Harai have retired from their roles…
Note: Images in this article may contain spoilers.As announced by @KanaproOfficial, a Chaos; series double pop-up event is in the works, commemorating the tenth anniversary of Chaos;Child's initial release on December 18, 2014.This pop-up event will be held between January 18 and February 2, 2025 at Volks Akihabara Hobby Paradise…
This is a spoiler-free, completionist guide for the original Steins;Gate visual novel. It will guide you through attaining all of its endings and achievements.If you’re only interested in experiencing Steins;Gate’s story, and you’re not looking for 100% completion, the process is quite straightforward. At three different points from Chapter 6…
