Critical Hit Games, in partnership with PLAION, has formally announced Nobody Wants to Die, a futuristic noir mystery game coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC via Steam this year. To put it bluntly: Hell yes. If there’s one thing that I will always be down for, it’s the combination of neon and noir. In Nobody Wants to Die,…
The next release in Bandai Namco’s venerable JRPG series, Tales, will launch quite soon – February 17. Rather than being a new game, as such, it will be a remaster, but a remaster of one of the more respected titles in the series. Tales of Symphonia was a GameCube title,…
Read MoreBushiroad (the company behind the likes of Cardfight!! Vanguard) has established a console games label, Bushiroad Games, and overnight announced a bunch of games. These are largely early in development, but there’s a lot here to get excited for – if nothing else, Bushiroad Games seems committed to supporting the…
Read MoreGame Freak is more than Pokémon – something that is often forgotten given the size of its main property. It’s also not owned by Nintendo, which is something that is often forgotten given that the Pokémon series is exclusive to Nintendo consoles. Game Freak’s next game is coming to Apple…
Read MoreI did not expect that my first day back writing for the year would include covering an announcement that has me this excited, but Koei Tecmo working with Type-Moon to produce a Fate game is certainly up there. The two companies have announced Fate/Samurai Remnant, which will release this year…
Read MoreSmile For Me first launched for PC via Steam in May 2019, and it’s now set to arrive on consoles in Spring 2023 (Autumn 2023, for us in the southern hemisphere), as announced by Serenity Forge and Limbo Lane. Assuming you’re not terrified by clowns, this could be a great…
Read MoreFor many years now Vanillaware has been one of the rare mid-sized developers that has been able to ply its trade with complete creative independence. Given that this has resulted in masterpieces like 13 Sentinels, it is a good thing that the company hasn’t been gobbled up or gone bust.…
Read MoreThe Legend of Heroes series certainly has its fans – big, bigtime fans – who are certainly loyal to the series. For everyone else, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get on board with the series, as they all tend to feed into one another, and that’s certainly the case with…
Read MoreOh, bread. One of the greatest foods of all time. There’s a reason we have a saying “better than sliced bread.” It’s because very few things are. And with that as background, the exciting news today is that Born of Bread, a bread-themed RPG, is coming soon. Developed by WildArts,…
Read MoreFantavision is a classic puzzle game. It was actually a launch title on the PlayStation 2, and while it didn’t really turn heads in the West, it was a game that resonated pretty strongly in its homeland in Japan. And now the series is finally coming back, with a PlayStation…
Read More“Nioh set in China” is such a logical extension for Koei Tecmo’s work with the Soulslike formula. After two successful Nioh titles, it was time to move on and find the next location for these hardcore action games, and Koei Tecmo already has plenty of heritage in building games set…
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