More good Koei Tecmo news, folks! Days after the published unveiled a spectacular-looking JRPG from GUST for the PlayStation 4 and announced that it is finally localising another Nobunaga’s Ambition comes the news that Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 is actually being localised. If the Samurai Warriors Chronicles franchise isn’t familiar…
Read MoreList by Clark A. Christmas has departed and in its wake are extreme cold weather alerts and snow piles bereft of their festive merit. If you live up in The Great White North as I do, you’re going to be spending as much time as possible snug under the blankets…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Given that I am such a fan of Koei Tecmo’s Warriors franchise, people are often surprised to hear that I came to the series quite late. My first Warriors game was, in fact, Samurai Warriors 3 on the Nintendo Wii. And I wasn’t going to play…
Read MoreFeature by Matt S. There are many people that scoff at anyone suggesting that the Warriors games are historically accurate. After all, whether it’s Samurai Warriors, Dynasty Warriors, or one of the smaller Koei Tecmo franchises (Warriors: Legends of Troy or pseudo-Warriors title, Bladestorm, for instance), we’re talking about games…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Anyone who knows me knows that of all Tecmo Koei Warriors franchises, it is Samurai Warriors that is my favourite. Samurai Warriors 3 on the Nintendo Wii was a game I spent literally hundreds of hours on (and can no longer play online with friends, sadface).…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…
Read MoreAs anyone who has ever read Digitally Downloaded knows, I am a massive fan of Tecmo Koei’s Warriors series. What people might not realise is that of all that franchises’ games, the Samurai Warriors series is my personal favourite. Those games quite literally inspired me to study Japanese history. Now…
Read MoreThe Wii had a bit of a reputation for being a console of shovelware and great Nintendo first-party titles, but the reality is that there were a lot of great releases that flew under the radar. In this semi-regular feature we’ll pick out some of the forgotten classics from the…
Read MoreI’m sure everyone is familiar with Tecmo Koei’s Warriors series of games. Whether they’ve played the games or not, everyone has seen the reviews, which inevitably slam each new release, dismissing them as mere “button mashers.” However, having read some truly amusing examples of these reviews in my time (in…
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