May the great vocaloids above bless D3 Publisher for eternity. Without this company and its love of publishing B-grade aesthetics, we wouldn’t have the likes of Onechanbara, School Girl/Zombie Hunter and Earth Defence Force and the games industry would be a much darker place. I mean this quite sincerely, too.…
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We knew a bit about Samurai Maiden a few days ago; it was teased by D3 Publisher as being a new “project” and we believed to have deciphered the title at that time – and we were right! D3 Publisher has officially announced Samurai Maiden, a hack’n’slash game that follows…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Given that THE Card Battle: Eternal Destiny was released five years ago on PC (where it’s just called “Eternal Destiny”), I am a little disappointed that the developer didn’t clean up the localisation for release on the Nintendo Switch. It’s horrible, and sours the experience from…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. THE Card Battle: Eternal Destiny is a new release on Nintendo Switch. One thing is immediately obvious about this game – it is very, very fanservicey. This is a game that wears its heart on its sleeve, and if the idea of collecting 600+ cards featuring…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Abyss of the Sacrifice is a terrible name… but the game isn’t so bad. It’s one of those escape room things – i.e. through most of it you’ll find your protagonist trapped in once scenario or another, and they’ll need to figure out a sequence of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I like grindhouse B-grade horror. It’s a genre I grew up deriving a great deal of joy from. I like bikinis. They are a nice aesthetic (seriously, as controversial as this has become to say, women in swimwear are pleasant to look at). I like anime.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’ve never played Misshitsu no Sacrifice, a Japanese-only PSP “suspense adventure game,” but it looks great. Thankfully for me, D3 Publisher is about to make it much easier to experience, teaming up with developer Intense to announce a remake (western translation of its name and all),…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I have been waiting for this announcement with bated breath, and it has been a while coming from the Japanese release, but it’s finally happening: Onee Chanbara Origin is coming to the west, and will launch on PC and PlayStation 4 on October 14. Related reading:…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. D3 Publisher continues to demonstrate that Earth Defence Force is one of the most creative and criminally under-appreciated properties out there. The company has shared a new trailer for the next entry into the series – World Brothers – and this thing is just amazing. See,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Onechanbara, the bikini-wearing, zombie-slashing brawler series by D3 Publisher has always had a cult following in the west, among people who enjoy things a little bit B-grade. The next entry in the series, Onechanbara Origin, has finally been announced for an English release, which should make…
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