News by Matt S. Allow me to introduce you to Atelier Shari: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea, which is to be the third game in the trilogy that kicked off with Ayesha and followed up with Escha and Logy. While we had previously written that GUST had announced the game,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s no secret that I love Atelier games, with the recent Atelier Escha & Logy getting a maximum score from me for being, well, exceptional. So it should come as no surprise that I was very excited indeed to see the first teaser trailer of Gust’s Project…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Atelier Escha has only just released in the west, but GUST’s about to go and blow our minds again. This weekend plays host to an event called Game no Dengeki Kanshasai 2014 & Dengeki Bunko: Haru no Saiten 2014. There, GUST will take to the stage…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Being acquired by Tecmo Koei has done the world of good for GUST. After some teething pain with its first Tecmo Koei release, Atelier Ayesha, GUST’s second project under the publisher, Atelier Escha & Logy, is a true masterpiece. It’s intelligent, mature, and faultlessly charming. It’s…
Read MoreAs everyone who has read my ramblings knows, I’m a big time fan of GUST’s Atelier franchise. Atelier Escha & Logy is coming early next year, and we’ve just been hit by even better news; there’s an anime coming. Announced at the 20th anniversary celebrations at GUST, the anime series…
Read MoreWell, colour me surprised by this news; despite being the first game in the Arland trilogy, Atelier Rorona is appearing on the PlayStation Vita last. The good news is, unlike Atelier Totori and Meruru, this isn’t going to be a straight port; the game’s getting a complete makeover. This is…
Read MoreTecmo Koei has been one of the more consistently profitable developer/ publishers in Japan in recent years. This trend continues with the company posting a 10.9 per cent year-on-year growth in sales for the first quarter of the financial year. That growth, to 6.5 billion yen, generated the publisher a…
Read MoreBy now it is safe to say that we are big fans of the Atelier games here at Digitally Downloaded, and at a recent festival, they announced on Sunday “Project A15”. A quick trailer and a handful of images were released as well – sort of a teaser for the…
Read MoreOf all the JRPGs that I have played in this generation, the Atelier games by the tiny development outfit, GUST, have been the ones that I have enjoyed the most. I realise that they’re not awe-inspiring works of art, deep-and-meaningful philosophical treatises into the meaning of life and other questions…
Read MoreAtelier Totori: Perhaps the most highly-regarded GUST game yet In late 2011, Tecmo Koei acquired a niche RPG developer with a very committed fan base. That developer is, of course, GUST. Despite having a very small team, this Nagano-based developer is responsible for one of the most popular JRPG series…
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