NIS America Archives

We had a chance to check out Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk back at PAX East when NIS America was basically showing a quick preview of the game Now as the game starts to come into focus for the fall, the company is revealing more details about the characters you'll run into Below is a[...]

Good news for Disgaea fans: we now have confirmation from NIS America about a western release of Disgaea 1 Complete, which will be released on the Nintendo Switch and PS4 sometime this year. The game was originally released in 2003 in PS2 as Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, but will be receiving a remaster under this new title in[...]

Or could it possibly be that Steam has a copy of the game before things got fixed? Who knows! But one thing is for certain, someone at NIS America is probably screaming for a patch to be made. After being delayed a couple times and the company admitting they wanted to make sure they got[...]

The last game we got to check out from NIS America while they visited PAX East was another dungeon crawler title with a bit of a twist to it called Dungeons with Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk. The game keeps to the regular dungeon crawler aspect you would find in a lot of games in[...]

And because of the way many of them have been designed over the years, it's basically an eye-candy kind of game where you're watching scantily clad women duke it out and have special moves that may look powerful and sensual at the same time. credit//NIS America We tried out a few rounds by mixing and matching characters[...]

Another game from the NIS America library that we got a preview of over at PAX East was The Lost Child, which will eventually be coming out in June 2018 as well While a lot of the story was kept vague to use for the purposes of not spoiling anything, it was very clear that[...]

We're not going to see Happy Birthdays from NIS America on the Nintendo Switch for about two more months, but that didn't stop the company from bringing the game to PAX East for us to check out. The game plays a lot like a mix between Spore and Civilization where you are essentially creating a brand-new land[...]

Coming out of PAX East, we finally got a formal release date for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana on PC, as NIS America will release the game next week on April 16th After missing the initial January 30th release window and being delayed until April to fix some of the technical issues they were having, which included[...]

If you've been looking forward to playing Penny-Punching Princess this Spring, then you're probably going to enjoy seeing this brand new character trailer released today by NIS America The trailer below is basically an introduction to all of the characters that you'll encounter during the game, as well as a few enemies that will be causing[...]

NIS America has decided to celebrate the western launch of Grasshopper Manufacture's The 25th Ward: the Silver Case with a dramatic new trailer The game has launched on PS4 and Steam in North America today, and will release in Europe on March 16th This is the first time The 25th Ward will be available outside of Japan. The[...]

Today, the YouTube channel Greg's RPG HeaveN got an exclusive interview with NIS America president Takuro Yamashita who revealed that the game would finally see the light of day on PC next month, citing that while the translation for the game went without a hitch, the porting to Steam was the major hiccup for the title[...]

During their annual press event, NIS America made several announcements regarding when they will be bringing the publisher's newest games to the western gaming world In short, a ton of NIS's games will be coming west, inlcuding Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk, The Lost Child, and even Grasshopper Manufacture's The Silver Case. Here's an overview of all the[...]

No sooner had NIS American announced that Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana would be coming to PC, the company had to double back on that statement and delay the January 30th release Below is a statement and an apology issued by the company's Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mitsuharu Hiraoka, which doesn't touch on the Nintendo[...]

NIS America has released a brand new trailer for The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2, along with the awesome news that the game will officially be released globally at the end of March Specifically, North America will see the game on the PS4 on March 27th while Europe will get the game on March 30th[...]

The PC version will include a revised localization of the game and fix many of the errors and continuity issues that came with the console release, as well as some revised voice acting to coincide with the changes made to the dialog. credit//NIS America On top of that, just to catch the PC fans up on some[...]

Today, NIS America released a system trailer for The Longest Five Minutes, showing off the game before it's released next year on Nintendo Switch, Vita, and Steam.  It's a cool and funky little trailer that shows off a bit of story and a bit of action but leaves you wanting more You'll be able to[...]

NIS America released Demon Gaze II this week, and if you haven't had a chance to check out the game, no worries They were happy to provide everyone with a launch trailer to show off the game as the gang march forth into the revolution Enjoy! NIS America released Demon Gaze II this week, and[...]

With the game out on Tuesday, NIS America put out an official launch trailer for Yomawari: Midnight Shadows to hype you more about the game, just in case you forgot it was coming out You can now play it on PS4, Vita, and Stream today Enjoy the trailer! With the game out on Tuesday, NIS America[...]

The message below was posted by NIS America on the game's Steam page, letting people who pre-ordered the game that there would be delays int he game's release as they wanted to work on the quality of the game On the one hand, you got a developer admitting the game isn't up to snuff and[...]

NIS America released a brand new trailer on YouTube this morning showing off four new characters for their upcoming worldwide release of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA Along with the trailer, the company also announced a Day One edition of the game, which will include a 32-page art book and a complete soundtrack for the game,[...]

If you've been playing RPG Maker Fes here in the states, chances are you're probably a little mad that Japan and Europe have access to content and you're

Almost a year ago, NIS America announced that The Longest Five Minutes would be making its way to the Vita and Steam During their Anime Expo panel, the company dropped the news that the Stupro-DX-developed game will be heading to the Nintendo Switch, complete with an announcement trailer. In The Longest Five Minutes, you play as a hero who[...]

Back in January, we got a short announcement trailer from NIS America that Disgaea 5 would be making its way to the Nintendo Switch in 2017 Now, you can snag a free demo from the Nintendo eShop as they've now loaded a demo port of the game online You're going to have to dig for the[...]

NIS America just made fans of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony happy with the announcement of eight different Ultimates for the game, as well as promotional art for each one.   The eight you see here are Kaede Akamatsu, Rantaro Amami, Miu Iruma, Kokichi Oma, K1-B0, Gonta Gokuhara, Shuichi Saihara, and Tsumugi Shirogane[...]

Well, now word has officially come out from NIS America that we'll be seeing it as well.   credit//NIS America The official title for North America and Europe will be Yomawari: Midnight Shadows, and while there's no official date attached to it for us, we can most likely expect it sometime this fall after the Japanese version comes out[...]

NIS America and BadLand Games released the latest installment, Gate Of Memories, last summer to some mixed reviews by critics, but fans seemed to enjoy the game much more than reviewers In appreciation, NIS released a deluxe edition of the game this week called the Beyond Fantasy Edition We got our hands on one and[...]

NIS America dropped a ton of updates last night, including new title announcements and release dates We won't bore you with an entire recount of the press conference, and instead, get right to the awesome parts you want to know about First up, Ys Vlll: Lacrimosa of DANA will be coming in the fall for PS4, PS[...]

After years of only announcing new information after their Japanese HQ did it first, NIS America will be holding their first live event via Twitch on Feb 17 The stream will be broadcast live on their Twitch channel, with special guests SUDA51 and Kazutaka Kodaka slated to attend, and at least five new games will[...]