{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-27T07:35:48.075Z","story":{"id":"r_8245b910f4fc49579ee352b1","slug":"veritas-tales-witch-of-the-dark-castle-launches-on-steam-july-9-2026","url":"https://yomimono.id/veritas-tales-witch-of-the-dark-castle-launches-on-steam-july-9-2026","headline":"Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle Launches on Steam July 9, 2026","summary":"Digitalis Publishing and 15 Industry announced a July 9, 2026 Steam release for Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle, a gamebook-style RPG. The game features over 300 hand-drawn illustrations by former Vanillaware artist Yoshio Nishimura, music by Hitoshi Sakimoto, and over 300,000 characters of text. A new gameplay trailer debuted at BitSummit Mixtape.","why_it_matters":"The release date and trailer confirm a full-scale gamebook RPG from a veteran Vanillaware artist, with a handcrafted aesthetic and a deliberate avoidance of generative AI, targeting fans of classic fantasy and tabletop roleplaying.","published_at":"2026-05-27T05:30:58.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Denfaminicogamer"],"citations":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","title":"Gamebook-style RPG 'Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle,' where you travel a fantasy world like reading a book, to launch on Steam on July 9, 2026. Player choices and dice rolls determine the story's outcome.","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260527z"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["ヴェリタステイルズ：暗黒城の魔女"],"studios":[],"people":["西村芳雄"],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false}}}