When looking back at JRPGs and their communities over the years, a concern that will come up time and time again is localization. Oftentimes, especially in the past, whether or not a new game would see release outside of Japan felt like a coinflip. Ys X: Nordics, the latest entry…
It’s been roughly 15 years since I last played Madden, about the same amount of time since I last played football in real life, actually. I played football for a big chunk of my youth, and even declined an opportunity to play junior college football to focus on my grades….
In a new interview posted by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier today, the noted industry pundit had a chance to talk with Team Cherry ahead of the announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date. As many have been wondering for the better part of a decade, why did Silksong take seven years…
Joining Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition on the Nintendo Switch today are three robust gaming collections that you can now play anywhere for the first time on a Nintendo console. Publisher 2K Games is celebrating the releases with release trailers for each game and showing us all the different ways that…
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the Mega Man Battle Network series, if you can believe it. Originally released worldwide throughout 2001, Battle Network took a totally different approach to the blue bomber. Instead of being about robots and featuring 2D platforming action, it instead focused on the digital…
Sharpen your knives and double-check your pantry for any missing ingredients in preparation for the next Mario Kart Tour event! The official Mario Kart Tour Twitter account gave us a teaser about the next competition’s theme and one course that will be staying on the tournament circuit. The Jungle…
Sometimes, a person’s passion can truly push them to do great things. And, according to a June 2020 interview with Famitsu, Monolith Soft president Hirohide Sugiura’s desire to see more games in the Xenogears franchise is exactly what pushed him to founding the development company in the first place. It…
The more dedicated fans of the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise, who are undoubtedly excited for the release of the definitive edition of the first game in the series on Switch today, will find a nifty little surprise they might not be used to in playthroughs of the game on the Wii…
For RPG fans, the Switch just picked up another gem today. One of the Wii’s finest is ready to return to the world in Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. It’s looking more gorgeous than ever, with both improvements to the overall experience and the all new Future Connected epilogue….
Last seen in the March Indie World broadcast, Summer in Mara is cutting it close if it wants to get here ahead of its seasonal namesake. Thankfully though, it’ll make the cut by just a few days when it launches on Switch mid-June. Summer in Mara will be released on…
Spoilers are no good, but there’re a few for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie in the following article. You’ve been warned! After clinching the biggest opening for a video game movie and running circles around others in terms of critical and fan reception (not to mention a cameo from Tails),…
Today’s the day RPG fans have been waiting for, as the Operation Rainfall spearhead that is Xenoblade Chronicles has received its Definitive Edition on Switch. While the original game is more than worth revisiting, the new Future Connected story content is likely to see the most attention from hardcore fans….
Imagine planning your 2020 convention and game festival tour so that you can show off and drum up press for your latest video game. Then, having to scrap those plans and shift to working from home. Streamline Games has been navigating this dilemma when they planned on taking Bake ‘n…
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of wild fluff appearing at the Japanese Pokémon Center, as the Poké-merch website has released three new Galarian plushes to collect. The newest Pokémon plushes are none other than Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon. All of these plushes are set to retail…
As we quickly approach June, various online game shows that have stepped up to fill the void created by the hole left by E3 2020’s cancellation. While some are already active, others like Guerrilla Collective are psyching up fans by releasing the names of more game companies involved in their…
