Gust’s conclusion to its Dusk trilogy is certainly as downbeat as it starts. The world is slowly dying as an encroaching ‘dusk’ expands, takes over and corrupts everything. Oceans have replaced water for sand, the ground is littered with bleached bone, vegetation is scarce and communities are shrinking as they…
Read MoreDragon Quest Heroes, being developed by Square Enix in collaboration with Koei Tecmo and Dynasty Warriors-creator Omega Force, is certainly one of the most exciting looking PlayStation 4 exclusive releases on the horizon. But with it being Dragon Quest, people were unsure whether it would be getting a western release.…
Read MoreOf all the Dynasty Warriors games, the Empires series is the most complex and involved, and is also the least renowned. These games generally come last in a release cycle for the Warriors franchise (and come immediately before the next numbered game in the series), and that trend would also…
Read MoreDead or Alive 5 has been a complete commercial success for Koei Tecmo. And, among those critics that can look past its hyper-sexualisation, it has also been regarded well as the edition in the series that took the franchise and injected it with enough depth that it works both as…
Read MoreDynasty Warriors 8: Empires is surely our most anticipated game release in February. Its unique mix of slash-em-up and empire-building strategy marks it as a very different experience compared to the other games in the series. Different in a good way. As I outlined in my hands-on preview, Empires is…
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 Matt S. Some great news to support a great game; Koei Tecmo and Nintendo’s partnership on Hyrule Warriors has produced a commercial hit, with the game now having shipped one million copies worldwide. Related reading: You can check out Brad’s review of the game and its first DLC…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. The Empires sub-series of the Dynasty Warriors franchise has always been my favourite. Taking the entertaining action that the franchise has been so well known for, and then adding in some light empire building, management and tactical strategy has always been a match made in heaven…
Read MoreContest by Matt S. We do love giving our readers awesome games to play! Koei Tecmo has kindly provided us with two download codes for Atelier Ayesha Plus on the PlayStation Vita. If you missed our review of the game, we like Ayesha. A lot. It was our first five…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Ahead of the game’s official release in a few weeks, I had the opportunity to set down and really put Dead or Alive 5: Last Round through its paces, including testing the newest character, Honoka, in full. I came away even more excited for the game…
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