WiZmans World Re;Try, an HD remaster of a tactical RPG, was released in Japan for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch in May 2024. Today, Clear River Games announced that it will bring the game West for PC and consoles in February 2026. WiZmans World was a Jaleco game that launched in 2010 for the Nintendo DS. This new version has been…
Disclaimer: I’m making this quick disclaimer so it’s clear and up-front. I did work with Big Ant in the past, and contributed to cricket games that they have previously released. During the term that I worked for Big Ant, I did not review their games, nor did we cover them…
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Star Ocean acts as something akin to the “b-tier” for Square Enix. Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest are, of course, the big guns, but this series is not insignificant. It’s been around for 25 years now, and The Divine Force is the sixth of the main series entries. I’ll tell…
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Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key is the end of the Ryza trilogy, which is super exciting. The game follows alchemist Reisalin Stout and her friends on their third summer adventure (one for each game) as they investigate a group of islands that have mysteriously…
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Valkyrie Elysium isn’t for everyone. The game has a specific tone and structure that has ensured that it will only ever appeal to a small, niche demographic. And yet it shares structural, thematic and aesthetic similarities with, in one way or another, the likes of Chaos Legion, NieR (original, not…
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Remember Rampage? If we asked you to think of a video game with a gargantuan creature rampaging through a city and annihilating everything in its path, you’re probably going to come up with some game from that series. For most of us, it was this loud and obnoxious PS2 entry,…
Read MoreSquare Enix has decided today is a great time to release what feels like all of its information on Tactics Ogre: Reborn. And when I say there’s a lot, I mean it. There’s information on the reimagined unit development, new item charms, new battle party screen features, seven major battle-related…
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Playstack is a name you might not be familiar with. The publisher has only been around since 2016 and really only begun to make a name for themselves late last year, when Soulslike, Mortal Shell, turned out to be a major hit. Next up for the team is The Entropy…
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While a triple-A studio will brute-force open world games and FPSers onto the market with massive development budgets, indies usually need to target a more modest genre. The classic platformer roguelite, for example. That’s what developers, PolyCrunch Games, are doing with FALLING OUT. FALLING OUT will be published by Firestroke,…
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Here’s the happy, warm, fuzzy news I needed this week: the absolutely wonderful Bunhouse is making the move from PC to consoles next year. The game will come to PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series, and the Nintendo Switch, which will be the absolutely perfect platform for…
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Here’s a free tip for developers and publishers: “Souls” means something in video gaming now. We may or may not like it, but people see that combination of letters and think something very specific. Soulstice is not actually one of these games (blessedly, given that this year has already been…
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Yesterday, Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key was shown off during the Nintendo Direct. The game is a direct sequel to Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout and Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy (similar annoying long titles), continuing its…
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