News by Matt S. Good news, Atlus fans! The original Shin Megami Tensei, released many years ago now in Japan (22 to be exact), is finally being localised for the western audience. Yes, there are fan translations out there, but this one is a proper localisation by Atlus, and we…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I know it’s cool to hate Square Enix for its free-to-play iOS games, but the upcoming Rise of Mana looks really, really, really good. This action RPG is the latest in a franchise which, it’s fair to say, hasn’t really been a big deal since the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sitting underneath Skyrim, Dragon Age and Mass Effect is a “B-grade” of western RPG development. These games are always ambitious projects, where inevitably budget constraints mean the games simply can’t compete with the big guns. If this were the film industry, the B-grade RPGs would be…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. An unspecified number of employees at Sony Santa Monica, the developer of the successful God of War franchise, have been laid off, with Sony claiming a “resource re-alignment” via a press release. This is the second announcement in as many weeks of a major developer of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Here’s a great idea for people that like stuff. Loot Crate has been around for a couple of months now, but I just discovered it, and thought it was a neat enough idea that it was worth highlighting. It’s a subscription service – kinda like PSPlus…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sony’s just successfully launched the PlayStation 4 in Japan, but it hit another milestone today which has largely flown under the radar. The PlayStation Vita has turned two, and despite poor sales throughout its life so far, we think it’s a nifty console. In fact, we’d…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The PlayStation 4 launched two days ago in Japan, and has sold 320,000 units in those two days. This number is significantly better than the launch of the PlayStation 3 (less than 90,000 in its first two days), and it’s worth noting that Japan is a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Are you a fan of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? You should be! And we’ve got some good news for you. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the game, the original, insane, adventure game is getting an online rerelease with new social features. One of the most…
Read MoreNews by Shaan J.Square Enix has released a new trailer for Thief, the upcoming reboot of the long-running stealth series. The trailer gives us a glimpse of the re-imagined Garrett, whose troubled past sees him returning to the dark, decaying streets of the City (yep, that is really its name).…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. When the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were launched, my interest in the consoles was not the additional power that they would bring. Highly detailed visuals are nice, but we’re at a stage in the development of the games industry where aesthetics are, finally, more important…
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