Operation Backlog Completion 2026

The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster is Set for May 13

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Nov 062026
 

Another piece of news we missed while focusing on spooky games came right at the end of October, a release date for The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster.

If you’ve forgotten the title, this is the newest game from the team that did The Liar Princess & the Blind Prince and The Cruel King & the Great Hero.

It’s set in a world where a magical disease turns people into picture books, and you need to explore these books to learn their stories and solve puzzles while searching for a way to save your sister from that fate.

I loved both of the team’s previous games, so I was hoping to get this one from the moment it was first announced for Japan. It sounds just as interesting (and potentially emotional).

Back in September, NIS America confirmed its localization, and at the end of October they announced that it will be out on May 13, 2027 for Switch, Switch 2, PS5, and PC.

(There’s also a Limited Edition available, so I’ll probably get that.)

2027 already has a number of games I’m interested in, and May also includes Persona 4 Revival as well as God of War Laufey, which was recently delayed from its original February release date. For me, however, this one will probably take priority.

Are you interested in The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster?

Schwarzesmarken is Coming to Steam After All This Time

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Nov 042026
 

Back in 2021, I still occasionally greeted Muv-Luv news by wondering where Schwarzesmarken was, but in the years since then I pretty much gave up on it.

But the wait is (almost) over, because it’s coming at last!

Yes, this is one of the announcements we skipped over due to spooky month.

During October’s Muv-Luv Presents 2026 live stream, the Steam release of Schwarzesmarken: Bloodstained Crest and Schwarzesmarken: The Martyrs was officially announced, to be released in Japanese, English, and Chinese.

No release window was given, but even just the announcement is exciting after all this time.

Schwarzesmarken is a spin-off set in the Muv-Luv universe that follows a squadron from East Germany. In case you weren’t keeping up on Muv-Luv news back then, our hopes for an English release were roused when it appeared on Steam Greenlight and got voted for approval. Steam Greenlight itself hasn’t been a thing since 2017, which gives you an idea of how long we’ve been waiting for Schwarzesmarken.

The last Muv-Luv announcement we got left me with mixed feelings because of the AI controversy, but since this is a translation of an existing visual novel spin-off, it shouldn’t run into any problems like that.

So I’m excited! We’re finally getting it! Now I just need to finish Total Eclipse…

Personal WriMo 2026: Let’s Go!

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Nov 022026
 

November is here, the winners of the Celebrating All Things Spooky contest have been contacted, and now it’s time for NaNo…

Well, it’s not NaNoWriMo anymore. Like the past two years, I’ll be doing my own “Personal WriMo” and writing a 50,000 word draft in the month of November!

This year, I’ve decided to work on a gothic horror romance… surprisingly not a genre I’ve written a novel in despite how much I like that sort of thing.

I’ve already go the first 3200 words written, and I’m excited for this one!

I’ll track the progress here so you can see how it’s going.

Personal WriMo 2026
Phase:Month
Due:3 weeks
22.7%

(I’d like to track it in the site header as well, but when I tried that, it wouldn’t display no matter where I tried to put it, so I’ll need to figure out what’s going wrong before I add it.)

What about you? Are you doing any sort of NaNoWriMo replacement this November?

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