I never thought that Koei Tecmo would return to the Bladestorm franchise. After releasing the original early in the PlayStation 3 life cycle (so early that trophies hadn’t been implemented yet), it quickly became a largely forgotten cult hit, and with no real indication that Koei Tecmo was happy with…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Almost a decade ago (eight years to be precise), Koei Tecmo launched a new IP on the then-fledgling PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Coming around two years after the Xbox 360 launch and just a year after the PlayStation 3, Bladestorm: The Hundred Year’s War didn’t…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Pair up a game that has cultural or historical value with a developer suited to the task like Tecmo Koei and you’ve got a killer combination in the eyes of many at Digitally Downloaded. Based on that criteria, the last console generation’s criminally overlooked Bladestorm: The…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Thanks to DDNet reader, Astor, for this news tip. Bladestorm: The Hundred Years war is easily the most underrated game that Koei Tecmo has produced for the PlayStation 3. Released before trophies were even a thing, this game has been all but forgotten in the years…
Read MoreJust recently Bladestorm, a Koei game from back in 2007, was released for download on the PlayStation Network. Given that Digitally Downloaded wasn’t around when the game was originally released, we felt that now would be a good time to remedy that gap in our review’s database. A bit of…
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