This morning, Sony’s PS5: Future of Games livestream gave the world a first look at the design of the PlayStation console and some of the games in the pipeline for it. The hour-ish long broadcast showed off more than 20 games, covering everything from first-party blockbusters like Spider-Man: Miles Morales, …
You of assume that by now, everyone with an interest in Ōkami would have played it—after all, it’s been ported to just about every console under the sun since its PS2 debut in 2006. Still, I didn’t play it myself until the PS4 release last year, even though it’s extremely …
Review by Matthew Codd If you’re a fan of Mega Man X, the newly-released Mega Man X Legacy Collections are a must buy. More than simply a bundle of old games, these collections offer a dive into the history of one of Capcom’s most iconic characters with a repository of …
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is, as you might have guessed, a compilation that’s squarely aimed at fans of Capcom’s iconic fighting game series. It brings arcade-perfect ports of all the early Street Fighter games to current consoles, with online play for the most popular ones and an interesting museum …
The first three Devil May Cry games are among the most iconic of the PS2 era. With its deep combat system, emphasising timing, finesse and creative combos, the trilogy gave rise to the “stylish action game” (or “character action game”, or “extreme action game”, or any other of a …
Monster Hunter has always been a tricky series to get into. The idea at the heart of it is simple—hunt monsters, collect materials from their corpses, and craft that into stronger equipment that lets you hunt stronger monsters—but the wealth of different systems underscoring that was always difficult to wrap …
Street Fighter V was an odd beast when it launched two years ago. The fighting itself was fantastic and the multiplayer infrastructure was good, but there was precious little on offer for people uninterested in duking it out with other players. A few extra game features and game modes …
Ōkami has been one of Capcom’s most beloved games since it first released more than a decade ago, and it’s easy to see why: a beautiful art style, rich story, and Zelda-inspired gameplay all combine to create one of the most captivating games of the PlayStation 2 era. Strangely enough, …
It’s always interesting when a Japanese developer takes on a Western-style RPG or vice versa; that combination of influences is how we get brilliant games like Dark Souls and Child of Light. A few years ago, Capcom released their take on a Western-style RPG in Dragon’s Dogma. The game offered …
I must admit: aside from DuckTales, I can’t remember ever playing any of the games in The Disney Afternoon Collection. I didn’t have a NES as a kid, and when I discovered the joys of retro gaming as a teen, I was much more interested in games like Final Fantasy and …
