AQ Interactive's most recent financial report has shed some light on the company's upcoming games. For this fiscal year, three DS titles (one of which is Blue Dragon Plus), an unnamed Wii title, and four portable games from Xseed are slated to hit North America. More in the full article.

Fans of interactive novels will finally get to enjoy Anata wo Yurusanai for the PSP soon. The game will be released on July 24, so if you're planning to get this game you might as well brush up on your Japanese reading skills. Read more in the full article.

Those who are into gaming just for the stories can check out AQ Interactive and ChunSoft's "sound novel" Anato Wo Yurusanai (I Won't Forgive You), and according to the latest TV spot for this sound novel, it promises to provide more entertainment compared to just reading plain black text over white background. This short TV ad shows a row of women reading, with one of them blissfully poring through Anato Wo Yurusanai in her PSP, reading as well as playing at the same time. Hmmm... It sounds an awful lot like playing through Phoenix Wright.

Sound novel fans may want to check out AQ Interactive's website for some new updates on their upcoming title Anato Wo Yurusanai (translated as I Won't Forgive You) for Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP). In the website are some new videos for this PSP video game.

You can access the new videos by clicking on the rightmost button on their menu. Once there, you'll be able to view what looks to be a webisode for the game, entitled "Satin Doll", as well as a promotional video. We've had a look at both them and we must say that it features more of the gorgeous artwork for the sound novel, as well as some delightfully dramatic musical scoring.

In any event, you'll have to wait a little longer to import this PSP sound novel from Japan. Anato Wo Yurusanai comes out on November 15 and will set you back 5,040 yen (US$ 44).

Here are a couple of screenshots for the upcoming Japanese PlayStation Portable title Anato wo Yurusanai. It is being developed by AQ Interactive and Chunsoft and will be available in the Land of the Rising Sun on November 15 for 5,040 Yen or roughly around US$ 44.29. There's still no word if it's going to be released in other markets.

In case you're a bit not sure if these are indeed screenshots for Anato wo Yurusanai, we're telling you they are. It's just that they are a bit different in style and texture because the title is going to be a sound novel and those who want to play it will have to turn their PSP units vertically.

A sound novel is basically similar to visual novels. But the thing is Chunsoft has already coined the word and that's why other developers have referred to the genre using the latter term. Anyway, Anato wo Yurusanai is backdropped by an interesting story featuring Takeuchi Ririko and the death of her father as well as the mysterious disappearance of her husband.

We hope AQ Interactive decides to make the title available in English-speaking markets. We guess it's about time we get to try a different kind of game for our dear handhelds. In the mean time, just enjoy the screenshots below!

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AQ Interactive has launched the official website for Anato wo Yurusanai, its upcoming sound novel game for the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld gaming system.

Since our last post on this title got a few "What's a sound novel?" comments, here's a short backgrounder. According to Wikipedia, the term "Sound Novel" is a trademark of Chunsoft for use in their novel games like Otogirisou and Kamaitachi no Yoru. Sound novels and visual novels are essentially the same thing. The latter is just the term used by non-Chunsoft developers.

Anyway, back to the game. The story revolves around a woman called Takeuchi Ririko who works at her father's private investigation firm. Things take a turn for the worse when Ririko's husband leaves her and her father mysteriously disappears. It's now up to Ririko to look for her father while she takes care of his P.I. firm at the same time.

The website doesn't have a lot of content at the moment, but there is a brief guide there on how the game can be played. You can also check out a few screenshots of the game there. Those interested can take a look at the official Anato wo Yurusanai website by clicking on the Read link below. The game goes on sale in Japan on November 15.

Japan's Weekly Famitsu magazine reports that AQ Interactive is currently working on a new sound novel game for the Sony PlayStation Portable. The new title will reportedly be called Anato wo Yurusanai, which roughly translates to "I Won't Forgive You".

Anato wo Yurusanai features hand-drawn graphics instead of the more commonly used photo-realistic images such as those found in the PS3 title Imabikisou. The game will also be played with the PSP held vertically. The analog stick will be used for various actions such as searching and the like.

Sound novel veteran Kazuya Asano will be teaming up with Final Fantasy music composer Nobuo Uematsu for Anato wo Yurusanai. The game is currently scheduled for a November 15 Japanese release. If it ever makes its way to North America, it should prove to be a unique and interesting experience for PSP owners.