Gaming

The Steam version of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron will launch on September 2 (September 1 in America, due to time zones), with the Lucifer’s Fall novel included as a bonus. A digital artbook and soundtrack will be sold separately, alongside a Deluxe Edition that includes all of the …

Overnight, Square Enix shared a first look at Life is Strange: True Colors in action, teasing another dose of the series’ unique approach to the narrative adventure genre (with some new twists), and introducing some of the characters you’ll meet in Haven. The scene sees Alex—who’s just moved to a …

The second DLC character for Guilty Gear Strive has been announced: Jack-O Valentine will join the game from August 27 for Season Pass 1 holders, and will be available for individual purchase from August 30. Jack-O is “an artificial life form fused with the protagonist Sol’s former love’s consciousness with …

The latest crossover title in Koei Tecmo’s prolific Warriors / Musou series seems both unexpected and like a match made in heaven: Touken Ranbu Musou is currently in development for Switch and PC, combining the swords-turned-into-beautiful-men stylings of Touken Ranbu with Musou‘s 1-vs-1000 action. Touken Ranbu -ONLINE- is a browser-based …

Ragnarok Origin will soon make its English debut, though at this stage it’s only officially headed to North America. A pre-registration campaign is now underway for the latest Ragnarok Origin mobile MMO spinoff, suggesting that the launch isn’t far away, even if a date hasn’t been announced just yet. Ragnarok …

Mini Motorways is all about the pursuit of the sublime. The gradual, iterative growth of a city’s transport infrastructure, to create something that aims for perfection or falls apart in trying. Of course, there’s no real perfection to reach. Mini Motorways is a score based arcade-puzzler, like Tetris, where the …

If you like Japanese mythology, stories of fickle gods, and pixel art, you’ll want to check out Rainbow Sea, a gorgeous, free adventure game for iOS and Android that’s now available in English. Created by Japanese indie developer Hinuko Shima (aka Shirokurohitsuji), Rainbow Sea tells the sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet …

Not a week goes by without a slew of game reveals, release date announcements, new game footage, manga licensing acquisitions, and all sorts of other bits of exciting pop culture news. Rather than run myself ragged trying to cover everything, here’s a quick highlights reel of the best news from …