News by Matt S. Koei Tecmo has finally announced that the sublime Atelier Shallie is coming to the PlayStation Vita. As with the game’s two predecessors, Atelier Ayesha and Atelier Escha & Logy, Shallie on the Vita will be an enhanced, “Plus”, version. In terms of extra content, you’ll be…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Atelier Firis: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Journey is going to be a very different game to the Atelier games that you’ve played in the past. At a rate of almost one game per year over the series’ 19-year history, fans have grown accustomed to what…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Koei Tecmo has very big plans for the Toukiden franchise. A rarity for the prolific developer/ publisher, it is a new IP that isn’t being produced in collaboration and under license with a different IP holder, and the company sees that as a significant opportunity. “It…
Read MorePreviews by Matt S. Koei Tecmo was kind enough to provide me an all-access booth tour at TGS this year, so that I could test out all its upcoming games without waiting in line (and, frankly, that was important because I simply didn’t have thirty minutes to wait in line…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’m actually too tired to do proper news articles on these announcements that were made today (lots more to share from here in Japan in the coming days, see), but I felt compelled to stick up these two trailers for DDNet readers, because both games have…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. In this week’s issue of Famitsu (buying this thing is one of my most understated joys in Japan) there was a double page spread highlighting a new Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou) title by Koei Tecmo. But rather than being Samurai Warriors 5, this is a whole…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Gust, our favourite JRPG developer of all, has announced a new project, titled Blue Reflection: Sword of the Girl Dancing in Illusion. That, and an image of the lead character, is all we know about this game so far, but frankly that’s more than enough to…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Dead or Alive 5 has surely been a spectacular money spinner for Koei Tecmo. The original game was released four years ago now, back in 2012, and since then we’ve seen no less of three re-releases of that game, DLC characters, and an endless supply of…
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