If you’re stuck at home in iso and wondering what to play to help pass the time, PriceSpy has released its latest monthly gaming insights to reveal what the most-popular games were in New Zealand last month. Based on historical clicks received across all games listed on the fully impartial …
When you think of “Taito milestones”, what comes to mind? Space Invaders, surely, as one of the most influential videogames of all time? The inimitable charm of Bubble Bobble? The unique style and innovation of Darius? You’ll find none of these in Taito Milestones. This new 10-game compilation is touted …
Another week, another wave of announcements, teases, leaks, and other such things to look forward to! Here are some of the game news highlights from this week. Ron Gilbert is working on a new Monkey Island Thirty years after leaving LucasArts, Monkey Island co-creator Ron Gilbert is back for another …
The late ‘90s were an odd time to be a JRPG fan outside North America or Japan. The genre had been steadily growing in the West, and the runaway success of Final Fantasy VII in particular opened a whole lot of doors for localising games… at least, in the States. …
A little late on the news wrap this time (life be like that sometimes!), but here are some of the game news highlights from last week! The Swords webtoon is getting a game (for real!) Matthew Wills, the creator of popular comedy-fantasy webtoon Swords often gets asked about the possibility …
I always get a little… suspicious when non-Japanese (and Western, especially) developers claim to be trying to capture the spirit of Akira Kurosawa in their work. Too often, what that means is a generically Japanese-looking thing with a grainy black-and-white filter slapped over the top, maybe with some shakuhachi in …
Want to try your hand at making a shoot-’em-up, but not sure where to start? You may want to check out the new SHMUP Creator software that just landed on Steam today. As the name suggests, it is to shmups what RPG Maker is to RPGs and Visual Novel Maker …
It’s been a busy week in game news (is it ever not?), with a surprise PlayStation State of Play, a whole lot of interesting-looking indie game reveals, and the lead in to a very crowded second half of March, release-wise. There’s far too much to cover everything, but here are …
A Street Fighter 6 has long seemed inevitable (Street Fighter V is six years old now!), and speculation about its development has been rife for a while. But with a reveal at the final of the Capcom Pro Tour 2021, it’s finally official: Street Fighter 6 is real. That said, …
Alright, alright, I know I’m usually the first person to start complaining about the AAA game industry’s obsession with technical accomplishment and photorealism, but if there’s one place where these things are absolutely worthwhile, it’s in sims—racing sims, flight sims, farming sims, whatever. And in terms of technical accomplishment and …
