Somehow, in the midst of the pre-E3 leaks and general E3 madness, a game managed to slip through the cracks. But this small announcement that some (okay, myself) may have missed brings big excitement! Keita Takahashi, creator of the cult classic Katamari Damacy game and subsequent sequels, has a new…
Read MoreAfter a controversial performance at E3, Nintendo badly needed some good news and PR to get things back on track. Thankfully that happened today, with the company announcing that its latest million-selling franchise is Splatoon. Splatoon is a new IP for the company, and is effectively Nintendo’s take on the…
Read MoreThe first major expansion to Square Enix’s revitalised Final Fantasy XIV, Heavensward, has now landed. This expansion continues one of the most fascinating MMOs that we’ve ever seen. Originally released as Final Fantasy XIV, the game was a critical and commercial bomb, with player numbers dropping off a cliff almost…
Read MoreAbout time, Gust. About time. Japanese magazine, Dengeki, is teasing that it has a whole load of details to reveal later this week on the next Atelier game. Atelier Sophie. There’s a couple of screenshots, and an artistic render of Sophie herself, and that alone is enough to sell us…
Read MoreGreat news, JRPG fans! Suikoden III is making its way to the PlayStation Network this week, slated to launch June 23. As announced on the PlayStation Blog, the 2002 PlayStation 2 title will join Suikoden and Suikoden II as part of the PlayStation 2 Classics series of games available as…
Read MoreFor those of you who can’t get enough of Persona 4 even now, nearly seven years after its original launch and after numerous spin-offs, this news is for you. This summer doesn’t just bring Persona 4:Dancing All Night to the Persona universe. UDON Entertainment announced this week that it would…
Read MoreSega took a demo of a hypothetical Hatsune Miku game with it to E3, to show off the capabilities of Sony’s Project Morpheus. Because it was Hatsune Miku the bulk of the critics ignored it, but of those that tried it, the reports that came back were positive indeed. I’ve…
Read MoreAs we’ve noted often enough in the past, the Australian games industry is suffering from a overly aggressive conservative government that is actively stifling opportunities for developers. Related reading: Why it’s a problem there are no AAA studios left in Australia. The government pulled a financial assistance package that was…
Read MoreA handheld Steam machine. Sounds pretty awesome, right? Well, there’s one startup hardware manufacturer that is looking to realise the dream, and has released the official specs for its device, the SMACH Zero. They are as follows: – AMD embedded G-Series SoC “Steppe Eagle” with Jaguar-based CPU and GCN-based Radeon…
Read MoreJ-stars Victory Vs+ is a game that we didn’t really think would make its way out west, because it involves characters from a lot of different anime and manga licenses, and in the west this means that a lot of different rights holders needed to sign off on it. And…
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