News by Matt S. NISA has released a trailer revealing two new characters to join the SNK Heroines roster… and revealing is the word for them. The game just keeps doubling down on that fanservice. The two new characters are Sylvie and Zarina. Sylvie is token “cute” and wears what…
Read MoreThis week on the DDNet podcast, we chat about DLC and fighting games – with it looking more and more like the genre is heading towards F2P and expanding rosters via DLC, what are our tolerance thresholds for these things. Then we chat about that old chestnut – violence and…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is a rare game for me; a esports competitive multiplayer-style game that I’ve actually stuck with for more than a couple of weeks. I really, really like this game. Related reading: Our review of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT This week Square Enix…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. I’m going to be honest here and say that I think I’m a little out of my depth reviewing Acceleration of Suguri 2. It’s a sequel to a spinoff to a bullet hell shooter developed by the prolific doujin studio Orange_Juice (who you might know from…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Late last year Koei Tecmo announced that is was bringing ongoing support of Dead or Alive 5 to a close. After hundreds of dollars worth of DLC costumes and the like it was finally time to move on. That could only mean one thing! Dead or…
Read MoreIt has already been an incredible year for fighting games, what with that Dragon Ball one, Dissidia, and niche stuff like Under Night and Slice, Dice & Rice. And Soul Calibur VI is just on the horizon! So we talk about that this week. We also chat about realism in…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Having not played Nidhogg, and those other “one hit kill” fighting games, Slice, Dice & Rice is a wholly new kind of fighting game for me. And it’s a wholly wonderful game. With no health bars, no combos, and a single solid hit enough to win…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. I had a chance to mosey on over to Bandai Namco and test out two of its upcoming games; Ni No Kuni 2 (due next month) and Soulcalibur VI (due eventually). In short: boy is Namco in for a good year this year. I haven’t played…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Japan, we need to talk about the way you go about naming your games. As a general rule, I’ll take creative Japanese titles over generic Western ones (does anyone really prefer The Evil Within to Psycho Break?), but there’s a limit. When I have to look…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. There are some subtle but notable improvements to the third installment of EA’s UFC series. The presentation is fantastic and the gameplay is better than prior installments, but there is still plenty of room for improvement before this game can hit that top league of EA’s…
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