News by Matt S. Clouded Leopard Entertainment is a new Japanese publisher, founded in 2019 by CEO Yuen-Yuen Chen. The company has just launched an indie-focused venture to bring some creative games from within Japan to the world and based on the first two… this is a publisher you want…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. I’m going to say this up-front: these comparisons between The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Genshin Impact highlight just how superficial we can be in the way that we talk about games. Structurally, thematically, narratively, in terms of character design and in almost…
Read MoreNews by Matt S.Looking forward to Yakuza: Like a Dragon? You should be. The brilliant blend of noirish drama and oddball humour, with turn-based combat, is a mix that is so potentially brilliant we could well see this game become our favourite in the entire series. We now have all…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’ll admit that I didn’t watch much of TGS 2020’s final day – the major announcements and streams had already happened and Bandai Namco, which was the major stream yesterday, was just showing off yet more of Scarlet Nexus; a game I know everything I need…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’ve never played Misshitsu no Sacrifice, a Japanese-only PSP “suspense adventure game,” but it looks great. Thankfully for me, D3 Publisher is about to make it much easier to experience, teaming up with developer Intense to announce a remake (western translation of its name and all),…
Read MoreNews by Matt S.What an epic story this has turned out to be. Back in 2015, a couple of former NISA employees broke away to do their own thing, and that game would be called Undead Darlings – a dungeon crawling JRPG with some really cute characters. The developer has…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Amnesia has become one of the higher-prestige horror properties over the years, which is particularly impressive given that the developers and publishers behind them don’t churn them out at a rapid rate. Good horror takes time to percolate, and it has been a long wait between…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the finest art games in the last decade has now left PlayStation exclusivity. First launched on PlayStation 3 way (way) back in 2012, and then ported to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2014, you can now grab The Unfinished Swan on iOS and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Who doesn’t like a bit of dark fantasy set in the 17th century – a period where warfare was done both with guns and duelling swords? Well, in truth we don’t often get to see this period in action in video games, and that’s why newly…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. “If you like Persona, Adventure Games, Anime, Sci-Fi and existential dread then this could be for you.” I’ve got to say, it’s pretty ballsy for an indie developer to go out and promise something comparable to that. As someone who is indeed a (massive) fan of…
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