Good news, everyone! SNK hasn’t forgotten about Samurai Shodown (or Samurai Spirits, as the series is known in Japan), with a new game set to release on PlayStation 4 next year. SNK announced the new game during Sony’s pre-Tokyo Game Show media showcase, after a teasing some sort of reveal over the past …
After widely-publicised moves by Belgian and Dutch authorities to bring loot boxes and similar mechanics under the countries’ strict gambling laws, we’re starting to see an effect: Take Two Interactive have altered the MyTeam mode of NBA 2K for those regions, removing the ability to spend real money on randomised card packs. …
Announcements of Switch ports come so thick and fast these days that it’s easy to gloss over them. Here’s one no JRPG fan will want to miss, though: Grandia and Grandia II are headed to Nintendo’s hybrid console in HD remastered form, courtesy of GungHo Online Entertainment. The two games will be bundled together …
In February this year, Arc System Works and Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro revealed that they were working together on something called The Missing, though there were no details beyond that. We know a little bit more now, thanks to a new teaser site and three screenshots—and while that’s still not enough to …
Today, Bandai Namco has revealed the track lists for the forthcoming drumming rhythm games Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun for Switch and Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session for PS4. The lists match those of the Japanese releases of each game, covering a range of different themes: pop, anime, classical, game music, variety, vocaloid …
Bandai Namco is bringing its adorable drum-based rhythm game series Taiko no Tatsujin to the West for the first time in over a decade, and in a surprising move, it’s keeping the Japanese title. Rather than something like “Taiko: Drum Master”, as was used previously—a redundant name, since “taiko” just means “drum”—the …
Mary Skelter: Nightmares was one of my favourite games of last year. It was released exclusively on PlayStation Vita exclusive, though, and while great for residents of #VitaIsland, that left the game with a much smaller potential audience than it deserved. Fortunately, Mary Skelter is getting a PC release courtesy of Ghostlight Games, …
Yesterday, Dark Souls creators From Software announced their newest game: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Set in the late 1500s during Japan’s Warring States era, Sekiro looks to be a twist on the usual Souls formula with more mobility and a greater scope to use the environment to your advantage in combat, thanks to the ninja hero’s trusty …
If you enjoy cute, lighthearted romance visual novels, then roseVeRte’s Story of Eroolia series are well worth a look. Set in a fantasy world were humans and cat people coexist—not always peacefully—each Story of Eroolia follows a different heroine on a tale of adventure and budding romance. There have been …
It was inevitable that sooner or later, Otomate would turn their attention to the Nintendo Switch—after all, their specialty is visual novels, visuals novels are a perfect fit for handheld consoles, and the Switch has dethroned the Vita as the premier handheld. What is, perhaps, surprising is just how many …
