Over Requiemz is a darker otome game that lets you roleplay as the heroine rather than selecting what you think the virtual men want to hear.

The presentation involved a mix of completely new reveals and updates on games we already knew were in development. Many of the PQube reveals involved new otome games, visual novels, or titles with ...

A few months ago, I was interviewed by Ada Tseng for USC’s Asian Pacific Arts Bullet Train podcast. She introduced me to a topic which I’d never heard of before: otome, or romance simulation games.

Like all simulation games, Otome offers a fantasy. The powerful appeal of that fantasy speaks to what many young Chinese women feel is lacking in reality: a sense of power.