News by Matt S. The Caligula Effect remains one of the smartest games that almost no one played. Even the re-release on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 didn’t do much to boost it, but hopefully, the sequel has better fortunes (while keeping the same brains). NISA – the publisher of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Bandai Namco is doing a nice thing for anime robot fans. The PC version of Super Robot Wars 30 is coming to the west on October 28. There will also be PlayStation 4 and Switch versions, which will have English subtitles, but those will only be…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. After many years, the iconic arcade racing series, Cruis’n, is going to return with Cruis’n Blast on Nintendo Switch. This series was once the property of Midway, but Midway’s no longer around. The license has been picked up by Raw Thrills, with a physical edition to…
Read MoreList by Matt S. I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s getting close to the middle of the month, and you know what that means… it’s Dee Dee Zine time! This month’s magazine is another 48-page special, filled with games, as well as pieces on Japanese culture, art, and more. Some of the features of the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Utawarerumono Zan 2 is coming out in Japan on PlayStation 4 and 5 soon – July 22. We don’t have an announcement of a western release as yet, but NISA did bring us the first one and, as we wrote in our review, it was actually…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Overnight, Koei Tecmo in Japan dropped a bunch of new screenshots and a trailer for the upcoming Blue Reflection: Second Light. The first Blue Reflection still being the most beautiful game of all, as far as I’m concerned (as in art direction and aesthetics – yes,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I already have the Danganronpa series twice over – on Vita and on PlayStation 4 – but I am so immeasurably excited to also be able to have it on my Nintendo Switch. It is, after all, the best console of all for visual novels (also…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Oh my. Oh. Oh. Ohhhhhhh. Look, if Nintendo wanted some boring coverage of its exciting new console, it wouldn’t have announced it after 11pm at night. But that’s what Nintendo has done, and I’m being a good, dutiful journalist in reporting just how much I want…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! PlayStation Plus games for July announced: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/07/here-are-the-july-2021-playstation-plus-games/ Ni No Kuni Cross Worlds hits $100 million in revenue in just 11 Days: https://www.siliconera.com/ni-no-kuni-cross-worlds-grossed-over-100-million-in-11-days/ Konami and Bloober Team team up… almost certainly for Silent Hill: https://www.siliconera.com/konami-bloober-team-silent-hill/ The first three Final Fantasy…
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