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…
Fans of River City Girls will be happy to hear that its heroines, Misako and Kyoko, will be heading back in time to become playable in River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. The game, which transplants the classic beat ’em up/RPG gameplay into the classic period of Chinese history, features plenty…
While the classic RPG port Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II launched for the Switch last week, those who want to play through the full intended experience might want to wait on the free post-launch Restored Content DLC. Aspyr has confirmed that the DLC will arrive in Q3,…
The wait is almost over, aspiring digi-destined, as the upcoming strategy RPG/visual novel hybrid Digimon Survive will be launching worldwide next month. To get players up to speed with the game, Bandai Namco has shared a new English trailer detailing the gameplay loop and setting. Give it a watch: …
Live A Live has the dubious distinction of being one of the finest SNES era RPGs that no one really played. More of a hidden gem thanks to a lack of localization, it’s been refreshing to see Nintendo and Square Enix partner up for its HD2D revival. For a bit…
It’s time for everybody’s favorite kind of article, the sales report! May was a relatively low key month for Nintendo in terms of releases, mostly coasting off of past months’ releases (Nintendo Switch Sports and Kirby and the Forgotten Land continue to do well), but the Switch does have the…
A new week, another wave of Nintendo Switch Online icons for active NSO members. For June, it’s been all about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Mario Strikers: Battle League, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. For the last two, their icon sets have been released in waves and…
There may be no Direct today like many assumed there would, but the Nintendo rumor mill continues unabated all the same. Known leaker and Nintendo World Report contributor Emily Rogers (wow, feel like I haven’t heard that name in a while) has reported about a brand-new Fire Emblem game, including…
Last week, Capcom treated us to a few minutes of new gameplay for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, featuring the chilling lupine Lunagaron. As promised, more gameplay has been shared, this time centered on returning flying wyvern Seregios. The Capcom RnD team are back and this time they're taking on…
Acquire first released the stealth game Kamiwaza for the PlayStation 2 in Japan way back in 2006, but it’s only just now heading to the west with a remaster on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. While we previously heard Japan would be getting the re-release on October 13th, it turns…
Update (6/14/22): Capcom has revealed in a press release that the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak demo for Nintendo Switch and PC will be available starting today, June 14th, shortly after 7 p.m. PT | 9 p.m. CT | 10 p.m. ET. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is only a…
Leading off today’s Capcom Showcase was none other than Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. This massive expansion has already shown some of its new content, but if this latest look is to be believed, there are still plenty of surprises in store when it launches and beyond. First and…
Splatoon 3’s fall release means that we can have at least one more official Nintendo VS competition with Splatoon 2. For July 2022, Inklings, Octolings, and Squidkids can partake in the Splatoon 2 Inkopolis Showdown 2022. Teams of four (plus an alternate) can battle it out in Turf Mode matches,…
