During last week’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, we got our first glimpse of Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. Anything explained was vague: it’s an alchemy RPG and a woman dealing with her past and it’s expected to launch in early 2025. Today, publisher Koei Tecmo…
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Fairy Tail 2’s original launch window was late this year or early next, and I’m thrilled that the release date falls into this calendar year! (I’m just so used to delays.) The RPG sequel to the first Fairy Tail Game (2020), is again based on the popular manga and anime…
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When it comes to Fairy Tail 2, even a small bit of news is way better than no news. Today, publisher Koei Tecmo and developer Gust have opened up a bit about the characters and the story of the upcoming action RPG. There’s actually more character art and screenshots than…
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It feels like a long time since Koei Tecmo announced its last Dynasty Warriors game. They’re usually so prolific, but the last one (Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires) was an early 2022 release. So it’s actually quite big news that the next Dynasty Warriors has finally been announced, and it is…
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My very first Warriors game was Samurai Warriors 3. I know, I came to the series late. The critics kept calling them “button mashers” in reviews and that made them sound very unappealing to me. Stupid, naïve me. I only played Samurai Warriors 3 because Nintendo decided to publish it…
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I just know that people are going to make comparisons between Rise of the Ronin and Ghost of Tsushima, and that’s really quite unfair to Team Ninja’s latest. Already in previews I’ve seen nonsense like “while not a graphical stunner like Ghost of Tsushima”. Where Ghost of Tsushima was trying…
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I’ve had the opportunity to get some hands-on time with Koei Tecmo’s upcoming historical epic, Rise of the Ronin. Supposedly this has been in development from as far back as the original Nioh, and I was a little shocked when I went in expecting something like Nioh, Wo Long, or…
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The Atelier franchise has long been one that suits the gatcha “free-to-play” genre. Thanks to the over-20 games that have been developed across two decades, there are an almost unlimited number of characters to draw on, and the core alchemy system that sits at the centre of Atelier lends itself…
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty launched earlier this year to critical success; it averages 79-81 on Metacritic (depending on platform). Matt reviewed the game for PlayStation 5 at the time, giving it five of five stars. He described it as “a really majestic epic” and followed up by writing, “it’s a…
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First announced in August, Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator launched in Japan on September 23. I’ve been patiently waiting to hear that it will receive a worldwide launch, and good news: it will! It is set to launch in 2024; no official date has been announced,…
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