News by Matt S. NISA has released a trailer revealing two new characters to join the SNK Heroines roster… and revealing is the word for them. The game just keeps doubling down on that fanservice. The two new characters are Sylvie and Zarina. Sylvie is token “cute” and wears what…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Team 17’s efforts to expand the publishing arm of its business has really been paying dividends, with the company throwing up some of the most colourful, bright, and downright pleasant games we’ve seen in recent years. And if this new trailer for Yoku’s Island Express is…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Yoan Fanise isn’t a household name, but he probably deserves to be one. A Ubisoft veteran of 14 years (having worked on Assassin’s Creed, Rabbids, and other titles), Fanise’s greatest achievement to date was in helming Valiant Hearts, a “war game” that was anything but in…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. This Summer (or Winter for those of us in the southern hemisphere) Bandai Namco will release a package of two Summer Lesson titles in English, in the Southeast Asian region (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia). That package is of the two Summer Lesson titles that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Serious Sam is my kind of shooter. Silly, self aware, and pure wall-to-wall action. It reminds me of the early era of shooters (which happens to be the kind of shooters I prefer), and now Devolver Digital and developer, Croteam, has officially announced Serious Sam 4.The…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’ve got my eyes very closely watching Underworld Ascendant, and that’s mostly because of the talent behind it. Warren Spector (Deus Ex), Paul Neurath (Thief), Joe Fielder (BioShock Infinate), and Tim Stellmach (System Shock) make this a development team that has real pedigree and talent behind…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Over in Japan, there’s a PC version of the rather voyeurtastic (I’m trademarking that word) Dead or Alive Xtreme 3. And on that version of the game (which is formally called Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation), Koei has produced another new character, Tamaki. Related reading:…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’m going to get this upfront: I have grave concerns about the roster of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. I mean, one of the games it crosses over with is Persona 4 Arena, in which Risette is a playable character (in Ultimax, the sequel), and instead the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. There have been some truly horrible attempts at bringing the noir literary genre to video games, and yet I continue to hold out hope that each new “noir” game really nails it. The next attempt at doing noir in video game form is the psychological horror…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Penny-Punching Princess is a new IP being brought to our shores courtesy of Nippon Ichi. It’s an action dungeon crawler with a clever twist; everything involves money. I’m not just talking about equipment here. You can bribe and defeat enemies simply by throwing money at the…
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