Cavia was one of my favourite Japanese developers for the short time it was around. The team was responsible for not one, but two games that I couldn’t put down – Drakengard on the PS2 and then Nier on the PS3. Following the announcement that Cavia was no more I…
Read MoreI like to joke about how many Capcom fighting games eventually come out with a seventeenth Super Duper Spiffy Supreme version, iterating upon itself every few months. The fact of the matter is, Capcom usually does an excellent job with these updates in adding new characters, stages and balancing the…
Read MoreThe Ninja Storm series is arguably the most popular of the Naruto games that Namco Bandai releases, and now Cyberconnect2 will be updating its last entry to Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst. A new chapter of content and character for versus mode will be added, as well…
Read MoreUp until today, Rockstar had only teased us with small bits of information as to what all Grand Theft Auto V has in store for us when it lands on retail selves on September 17 of this year. This has now changed, with Rockstar unleashing the very first gameplay trailer…
Read MoreSega has a couple versions of the upcoming Sonic Lost World coming out, one for the Nintendo Wii U and the other for the 3DS. All of the usual bright colors and crazy landscapes you would expect to see in a Sonic game are present here – and I am…
Read MoreTecmo Koei is best known in the west, perhaps, for the Dynasty Warriors franchise (or, at least, the Koei half of it is). In Japan, though, it is equally popular for the Romance of The Three Kingdoms games. These are hardcore strategy games that stopped being localised in the west…
Read MoreWhile we had a couple of issues with Nintendo’s E3 show this year, there was one game that is impossible not to get excited over; Smash Brothers 4. To be released on both 3DS and Wii U the game looks spectacular on both platforms, and there’s a couple of new…
Read MoreIf there was one thing that managed to disappoint people about Sony’s press conference yesterday, it was the lack of support for the Vita on stage. It’s unfortunate that Sony didn’t commit more time to the handheld because there is actually some great games coming to it this year. Unfortunately…
Read MoreAside from the big guns, there was one publisher that I was always going to pay close attention to. That publisher is, naturally, Tecmo Koei. First cab off the rank is the third version of the rather excellent Dead or Alive 5. Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate features new characters…
Read MoreSony was swinging a baseball bat and hitting home runs left, right, and centre with its E3 show. Superb pricing, consumer-friendly business models, game after game after game. It was breathtaking and if my Twitter feed is anything to go by Sony just won itself an entire legion of fans.…
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