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…
NIS America has tasked Trails fans with deciding the reversible cover art for the long-awaited The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero localization to PlayStation 4 and Switch. Simply head on over to the official poll website and cast your vote for one of the three box arts shown below….
We’ve all mourned how Nintendo never cuts the prices on their games before — over five years later and Breath of the Wild still goes for $60 — which makes sales on first-party games all the more attention-grabbing. Thankfully, Best Buy is having such a sale right now, which includes…
Takashi Tokita is nothing short of a legend, having directed the timeless Chrono Trigger as well as Parasite Eve and, of course, Live A Live. Tokita recently sat down with Famitsu to discuss the new port, and we have a brief excerpt where Tokita discusses how the remake came to…
Believe it or not (and I personally cannot — TIME IS FAKE), it’s been five years since the release of Yooka-Laylee in 2017. To celebrate and mark the occasion, developer Playtonic has released a celebratory video shouting out the game’s fan community — artists, musicians, and speedrunners — and announcing…
Last year, Capcom released Capcom Arcade Stadium, a free download (that included one game: 1943 – the Battle of Midway) that allowed you to purchase up to 32 different Capcom arcade games for $2 each. It appears to have been a great success, because they’re following up with Capcom Arcade…
Kadokawa Games, Cattle Call, and 24Frame’s post-apocalyptic JRPG Metal Max Xeno: Reborn now has a Western release date from publisher PQube – June 10th, 2022. The game, which is a re-imagining of 2018’s Metal Max Xeno featuring updated graphics and gameplay, tasks the player with traversing the ruins of a…
Awards season is still happening, and while most of the world has been busy talking way, way, WAY too much about one man slapping another on public television, the actual award shows — you know, the things that are meant to honor the artistic achievements of people in various industries…
Love a twin stick shooter? This may catch your eye — bullet-hell RPG Archvale, made by a couple of UK indie devs, is now getting a physical release courtesy of Super Rare Games. Rebuild the arch… ⚔️ At it again with @PlayHumbleGames alongside @_phops & @_idoz, for their bullet-hell…
Have you been itching to test your Metroid Dread skills since the game’s next update was teased during the last Nintendo Direct? Well, now you can dive right in and download it! The new second major update adds a Boss Rush mode to the game, where your health carries over…
Not content with just Splatoon 2 and Animal Crossing for the month of April, Nintendo Switch Online has seen the addition of Kirby and the Forgotten Land options to its library of customizable icon rewards. Included are the usual suspects like Kirby, Meta Knight, and Bandana Waddle Dee, but also…
The Tales series is in the midst of 25th anniversary celebrations (even though it’s now been over 26 years since the release of Tales of Phantasia in December 1995). Meanwhile, it has in fact been 25 years since the release of Atelier Marie in 1997, kicking off 25 years of…
Pick a god and pray — the return of the Pocky & Rocky series in Pocky & Rocky Reshrined finally has a firm release date for the West. It’ll be coming out on June 24th, roughly two months after its imminent Japanese release date of April 21st. And the developers…
