News by Matt S. Maverick niche developer, Sting, has been around since 1989, and while it has had its ups and downs, it has been a reliable source of interesting, different games through much of its history. It recently collaborated with Aquaplus for the Utawarerumono games, for example, and we…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the darkest, most intense roguelikes ever created is Sting’s Baroque. Originally released on the Sega Saturn, but then remade for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii, Baroque has never been a mainstream hit, but its raw intensity and creative vision has always earned it…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. If you haven’t heard of Baroque yet, don’t worry. Though it has been released on Sega Saturn and PlayStation, as well as a remake on Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2, it has always been super-niche, and there’s a number of reasons for that. For one thing,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sting’s going to be in a video game! Sadly he’s not performing Desert Rose, but still, he’s going to be a wolf, and that’s just awesome! I’d admit, I knew nothing of Good Shepherds’ Where The Water Tastes Like Wine until the press release announcing Sting’s…
Read MoreHyperdimension Neptunia is clearly an important and commercially successful franchise for Compile Heart and Idea Factory. After three “main” JRPG releases on the PlayStation 3, ports of all three to the PlayStation Vita, and the first PC release in the franchise, we’ve also seen the publisher experiment with bringing the…
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