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is a Japan
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ese visual novel
Visual novel
A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...

 studio under the publisher . Although the company's name is spelled in Japanese using katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...

, on the Internet
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 August is known by the slang term . Hazuki and Hachigatsu mean August in Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

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Hazuki founded a label named ARIA for consumer videogames in March, 2006. ARIA is composed of almost staffs of August. They aim to port PC videogames to consumer videogames with the original qualities and world views.

August

  • Binary Pot
    Binary Pot
    is a visual novel eroge, a computer game with explicit sexual content, developed by August involving robot maid girls.-Story:The story takes place in a virtual cafe of sorts by the name of "Binary Pot". As the chief of the shop the main protagonist can experience five different routes with the five...

    (February 22, 2002)
  • Princess Holiday
    Princess Holiday
    Princess Holiday is a Japanese eroge by August released in 2002 for Windows. The Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions were released by Alchemist. The game itself is a standard Japanese adventure game, with multiple paths, a multi-choice navigation and conversation system, and anime-style...

    (September 27, 2002)
  • Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary (September 26, 2003)
  • August Fan Box (August 27, 2004)
  • Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
    Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
    is a fictional series centering on a princess from a kingdom on the moon who lives with a family on Earth for a time. It began as a Japanese adult visual novel video game developed by August that was first released on September 22, 2005 for the PC, and the PlayStation 2 adaptation developed by Aria...

    (September 22, 2005)
  • Fortune Arterial
    Fortune Arterial
    is a Japanese adult visual novel, developed by August, released as a limited edition version on January 25, 2008 for a Microsoft Windows PC as a DVD. Fortune Arterial is August's sixth game, preceded by other titles such as Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary, and Yoake Mae yori...

    (January 25, 2008)
  • Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
    Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
    is a fictional series centering on a princess from a kingdom on the moon who lives with a family on Earth for a time. It began as a Japanese adult visual novel video game developed by August that was first released on September 22, 2005 for the PC, and the PlayStation 2 adaptation developed by Aria...

     -Moonlight Cradle-
    (February 27, 2009)
  • Aiyoku no Eustia
    Aiyoku no Eustia
    is an adult Japanese visual novel developed and published by August for the PC and was released on April 28, 2011. Aiyoku no Eustia is August's eighth game, preceded by Fortune Arterial and Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na: Moonlight Cradle...

    (April 28, 2011)
  • Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai (2012)

ARIA

  • Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
    Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
    is a fictional series centering on a princess from a kingdom on the moon who lives with a family on Earth for a time. It began as a Japanese adult visual novel video game developed by August that was first released on September 22, 2005 for the PC, and the PlayStation 2 adaptation developed by Aria...

     -Brighter than dawning blue-
    (December 7, 2006)
    • PlayStation 2
      PlayStation 2
      The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

      , release by Digital Gain (later Kaga Create)
  • Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
    Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
    is a fictional series centering on a princess from a kingdom on the moon who lives with a family on Earth for a time. It began as a Japanese adult visual novel video game developed by August that was first released on September 22, 2005 for the PC, and the PlayStation 2 adaptation developed by Aria...

     Portable
    (Februaly 25, 2010)
    • PlayStation Portable
      PlayStation Portable
      The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

      , released by Kadokawa Shoten
      Kadokawa Shoten
      is a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...

  • Fortune Arterial
    Fortune Arterial
    is a Japanese adult visual novel, developed by August, released as a limited edition version on January 25, 2008 for a Microsoft Windows PC as a DVD. Fortune Arterial is August's sixth game, preceded by other titles such as Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary, and Yoake Mae yori...

    : Akai Yakusoku
    (cancelled)
    • PlayStation 3
      PlayStation 3
      The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

      , released by Kadokawa Shoten

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