Review by Clark A. It’s a popular sentiment that games need to justify their price tag with either substantial content or considerable replayability. It’s a topic we’ve discussed at length in the past and a plight I can sympathise with – games aren’t free, after all. One of the many…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The franchise that caused one critic to have a meltdown without really understanding (or having played) it when it was released on the Nintendo 3DS earlier this year, Senran Kagura, is coming to PlayStation Vita. Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus is going to be much the same…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. A surprising number of franchises have been able to achieve the 25th anniversary milestone considering the relative youth of the games industry. However, much fewer IPs have histories as rich and remarkable as Ys. Nihon Falcom hasn’t been shy about making complete visual and mechanical overhauls,…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. To say Valhalla Knights 3 expects the player’s full attention immediately would be quite the understatement. Before hitting the half-hour mark I witnessed a gratuitously detailed history of the world’s nations, a corrupt emperor turning on an already corrupt world, the legend of a master thief,…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Many will regard Rune Factory 4 as yet another release in the farming meets fighting franchise. While that is indeed an accurate assessment, this particular entry perfects the balance of said components and expands on them with variety that outweighs other major players in the genre.…
Read MoreJust a quick note to report on a press release that dropped in my inbox this morning; XSEED has been rebranded as Marvelous USA. Nothing about the company will really change – the President and CEO will remain as Shinichi Suzuki and the team will continue to be based in…
Read MoreI was wondering when XSeed would take its first steps into iPad publishing. As specialists in publishing Japanese games, there are surely plenty of opportunities to localise Japan-developed iOS titles emerging as the App Store is now hitting a critical mass over there that has seen so many western developers…
Read MorePandora’s Tower is a game that I, a humble Aussie, has had access to for some time. Well over a year, in fact. Given that it’s about to be released, finally, in the US, we felt it was a good time to review it as the Nintendo Wii’s swan song…
Read MoreOrgarhythm for the PlayStation Vita marks the platform’s first major rhythm game. Well, perhaps its name lacks the branding value of a title like Theatrhythm Final Fantasy on the 3DS, but its quality and developer talent are certainly there. When you’ve got the folks behind games like Space Chanel 5…
Read MoreIn some genuinely awesome news for PS3 owners, it looks like Wizardry is finally making its way out of its modern homeland of Japan, with XSEED to publish Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls for the PS3 in the US. We’re not sure whether it will be available in both retail…
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