We all know wuxia, right? The beautifully elegant form of Chinese martial art cinema (and other forms) that have dance-like, gravity-defying choreographed fights? Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and all the rest of them? That’s what Code: To Jin Yong is looking to capture and… well I hate to nosedive into…
Read MoreNetflix has shared the debut teaser and key image for the forthcoming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime, and announced that it will premiere in September 2022. The Netflix original series is a partnership between CD Projekt Red and Trigger, an animation company. It takes place in the same interpretation of Cyberpunk as…
Read MoreSquare Enix continues on its drive to remake, remaster, or re-release just about every game from its classic library. The next title to get a makeover is Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song. A game that many fans would say is one of the best of the publisher’s best B-tier JRPG property.…
Read MoreThe second Fire Emblem Warriors game is just around the corner now. Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes will release on June 24, and if the Koei Tecmo’s first take on Fire Emblem was anything to go by, this is going to be something special indeed. Three Hopes will be significantly…
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State of Play is what PlayStation’s mini press conferences has evolved into (it’s Sony’s version of the Nintendo Direct); this one focuses on Japanese publishers, so we’re cautiously optimistic about what we’re about to see! Hopefully it’s not a bunch of western-focused games from Japanese publishers (for example, Square Enix)…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. This is a short piece of news, but since it involved the local Australian games industry, I feel compelled to write about it. The Aussie-made (Massive Monster development studio) Cult of the Lamb is going to be getting a release on consoles. It was previously released…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Aniplex and developer, DeskWorks!, has announced that the “handmade notebook adventure” game, RPG Time! The Legend of Wright, will launch on PC, Xbox Series and Xbox One, and… what? No PlayStation? No Switch? Really? If I was releasing an RPG, I would certainly consider putting it…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Apparently the good people of Poland like kangaroos. Kao the Kangaroo was one of the many platforming heroes from a few decades ago that we thought were done and dusted. But, no, you can’t keep a good thing down. The Polish team at Tate Multimedia…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Leonard Menchiari makes memorable games. The Eternal Castle was a brilliantly brutal and innovative thing, and RIOT: Civil Unrest is one of those art game things that take a very sincere look at what causes humanity to flare up like that. Menchiari’s…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s Tokyo Game Show time, and while I’m not going to actively try and cover everything this year (honestly, after two years of being unable to attend my favourite event in the world it’s just a touch depressing), I am following along, and if anything interesting…
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