It's easy to understate the importance of the Touhou series. This bullet-hell shmup franchise by largely enigmatic solo developer ZUN has been a pointedly Japanese phenomenon, although its influence ...

You've probably never heard of the Touhou Project series. Even if you have, there's a good chance you haven't played any of the games. Although the series has always been stuck in the confines of its ...

Touhou Danmaku Kagura, a rhythm game based on the popular Touhou series, is shutting down. Developer UnknownX announced the shutdown during a livestream event on July 18, 2022. The game itself will ...

This might be the first time that the Touhou series has appeared in the West, but it’s been a staple of Japanese gaming for the past twenty years. The sole member of Team Shanghai Alice, who goes by ...

Audrey has been writing about video games for ten years and playing them for over twenty. A freelance journalist, they have been published in AniFem, Astray, and Anime Herald. In their spare time, ...

The latest game set in the Touhou universe has landed on Switch, with Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost now available from the Switch eShop. Described as a "rhythm bullet hell", this one offers two ...

Jun’ya Ota was 19 when he decided he wanted to make a game. Unsatisfied with most games on the market, he wanted to make something for himself to enjoy: something simple, challenging and a bit oddball ...

Weekend Contributing Writer at DualShockers. Been gaming since getting an SNES with Super Mario World in the late 90s. My favorite games include Persona 4, Chrono Trigger, Sly 2/3, Final Fantasy ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One surprisingly big piece of PC gaming news has mostly slipped through the cracks recently: ...

Anime production studio, ufotable, responsible for producing Type-Moon’s Kara no Kyoukai movies and the anime cutscenes for Namco Bandai’s upcoming God Eater Burst , are turning the Touhou Project ...