News 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…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. In all honesty I never thought I would ever type the following words: Hatoful Boyfriend, a dating game staring pigeons, is being released on consoles, in English. And I bet you never thought you’d read that. The game is really quite famous on account of being……
Read MoreNews by Matt S. There are two new Etrian Odyssey games on the way. One of the more famous Wizardry clones is going to hit 2015 in a big way, with the next numbered release in the series – Etrian Odyssey V – being joined with a collaboration with Spike…
Read MoreNews by Harvard L. We’ve been a little slow to create our own Steam Curator page, but we’re up on there now! Our Curator page joins our Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest pages as we slowly get on board with all this social media stuff. In all seriousness, Curator pages are…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Pair up a game that has cultural or historical value with a developer suited to the task like Tecmo Koei and you’ve got a killer combination in the eyes of many at Digitally Downloaded. Based on that criteria, the last console generation’s criminally overlooked Bladestorm: The…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. With all eyes ecstatically focused on the development of Final Fantasy XV, Square Enix has released a demo that shows a montage of the technology behind one of the studio’s most important creations of all time. The demo showcases a number of visual mechanics, as powered…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. While gaming has a number of tropes that should probably be toned down – like the righteous yet murderous white protagonist who wins fondles and admiration from the girl, despite all the said murder, for example – amassing a charming force of individually unique awesomeness to…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Over the past year, Ninja Theory has been busting its talented, brawny buttocks developing Hellblade, an independently published, AAA quality, narrative-driven skilled-based hack ‘n’ slash that has a female protagonist I like to describe as “a sturdy yet appealing powerhouse.” Today, the studio has released a…
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