Former Hudson spokesperson Toshiyuki Takahashi better known as Master Takahashi is now working for Mages. Mages (formerly known as 5pb) is behind visual novel games like Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes, and the Corpse Party series on PSP.

We asked 5pb founder and executive director, Chiyomaru Shikura, what his thoughts are on the Xbox 360’s market in Japan.

5pb’s president steps into bigger shoes leading a group of companies called Mages.

The Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate publisher will be absorbed by their parent company, AG-ONE, come June 1st.

Dunamis15 takes place in the near future where a boring student’s life is suddenly thrown into a time loop with recurring events.

Not sure about 5pb’s first fighting game? Then try it first. 5pb just put a Phantom Breaker demo on Xbox Live. The trial version includes four characters: Mikoto, Yuzuha, M, and Itsuki.

Harem meets mecha visual novel finds home on Xbox 360 care of 5pb.

And it’s import-friendly to boot.

5pb’s hit visual novel is getting a portable adaptation this June.

KID’s popular visual novel is getting an Xbox 360 remake, courtesy of 5pb.

Rimi from Chaos;Head and Kurisu from Stein;Gate invade 5pb’s girl-on-girl fighter.

And impressions of the game from a 5pb. event in Tokyo, courtesy of a Siliconera reader.

5pb’s all girls fighting game, Phantom Breaker, is scheduled for release on April 28. The Xbox 360 game utilizes Xbox Live for online matches, but why are they fighting?

Nitroplus and visual novel publisher 5pb are back with another semicolon adventure. Robotics;Notes is the third game in their sci-fi series with Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate being the other two.