News by Jedediah H. Greetings, detective. Futuristic Tokyo’s in a bit of a snafu: genetically engineered monsters known as Variants threaten the city. If that weren’t enough of a cluster bomb, portals that lead to a strange dimension called the Abyss are emerging in the most inconvenient of locations. So…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance, the sixth home console entry to the series that did for grinding as old-school Raiden did for naked cartwheels (he made them cool again, right?), is coming to show us the nuances of vengeance in fall of 2015, exclusively for the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. In a depressing reminder that squeezing margins and escalating budgets are killing mid-tier developers and publishers, bitComposer Entertainment has announced that it has gone insolvent and needs to find some investors. Quickly. The developer, started in 2009 behind such titles as Jagged Alliance and Stalker and…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Visual novels haven’t historically been the hottest of commodities beyond Japanese shores, but between Steam’s rapidly growing library and recent console releases like Danganronpa 2, Xblaze Code: Embryo and Phoenix Wright Trilogy, now is a rather reliable time for English-speakers to be fans of the genre.…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. CD Projekt Red, the developer of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, thinks it owes us an apology; back in March, it delayed The Witcher 3’s original release date of “late 2014” to February 2015 – and now, because of a desire to “limit any bugs to…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Developed by Gust according to community feedback from the previous Dusk titles, feedback that will result in an ease-of-entry for newcomers (a simpler menu for synthesis) while ensuring that the combat is fast and strategic for veterans, Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea, the final…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. If you purchased the black Nintendo Wii U, then you also bought yourself into a campaign to give you free dollars for spending dollars on the Wii U eShop. Sadly, that campaign is ending shortly. Each region offers different rates, but the basic idea was that…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Most games in Sega’s mafia-themed action-adventure series have made their way to a worldwide audience. Yet in recent years, Sega has elected not to localise spin-offs such as Yakuza Ishin!, prompting a legion of fans to ponder, “where’s Yakuza?” across all message boards in the galaxy.…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Oh, my dear PlayStation, has it really been 20 years since your memorable inception? You blew my premature brain out of its bulbous cranium, with your newfangled disc drive (new to us Nintendo faithful, anyway) and vivacious Full Motion Video sequences. Because you were overworked by…
Read MoreNews by Matt S.If you’re an old dude like me, then you’ll remember Worlds of Power, a series of novelisations of classic games such as Metal Gear, Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania. These things were so bad they were truly awesome for a young kid who was in love with all…
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