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…
A pair of classic strategy RPGs are on their way back to modern players in the form of Langrisser I & II. NISA has provided a comparative look at the games in their original form and the upcoming remakes, highlighting the improvements to UI and display more than anything. For…
As Persona 5’s de facto mascot it’s only natural Morgana is once again joining the Phantom Thieves on their next adventure across Japan. Watch his trailer below: It’s fun to see that they’re incorporating his vehicle transformation into his combos! Persona 5 Scramble launches in Japan on February…
Are you a fan of horror games? If so, we’ve got great news — Alien: Isolation will be launching for Nintendo Switch on December 5th. This version of the game, ported over by Feral Interactive, is derivative of the original 1979 Alien film by Ridley Scott, for those unaware. You…
Plenty of Pokémon out there have different forms, some, like Kalos’s Vivillon and Galar’s Alcremie, even have several of them. These forms can sometimes come with stat changes or type changes while others are purely cosmetic. Form changes are usually easy to spot, why have a form change if you…
Last week we brought you the news that Marvelous’ Daemon X Machina would be getting some free cross-over skins with the classic anime Eureka Seven. The collaborations are only set to continue, with the latest bringing in a mecha design and character outfits from the 2006 anime series Code Geass….
The Pokémon Company and Nintendo can always count on Pokémon games to do gangbusters, but even they may be surprised by Sword & Shield’s early success. As reported by The Pokémon Company, Sword & Shield have sold a combined six million copies since releasing last Friday, becoming the fastest selling…
Alcremie, the sentient stack of whipped cream cuteness, was revealed fairly early on in Pokémon Sword and Shield’s pre-release period. Later on, we caught a glimpse of it with different decor and coloration, and now with the games out in the wild, we know just how to get the Alcremie…
Ever since Pokémon Gold and Silver, Shiny Pokémon have been the rarest form of a Pokémon you can find, signified with a color variation and that tell-tale sparkle when entering battle; Pokémon Sword and Shield, however, are shaking this up with a brand new type of Shiny Pokémon. Dubbed “Square…
One of the most eye catching games of E3 for me this year was Cris Tales, an RPG that lets you see the past, present, and future of its world. Things have been fairly quiet on its front since then, but today a new development blog has gone up introducing…
Inti Creates is back at it with their intercompany crossover efforts, bringing a little bit of the Gunvolt series into Blaster Master Zero 2. Much like its predecessor, which saw GV himself, Shovel Knight, Shantae and more get in on the action; BMZ2 will welcome rival and recent spin off…
Back in 2007, Nintendo attempted to do the impossible. The world’s most beloved and respected game developer was releasing a fitness game…? With a big, bulky scale?! Well, as it turns out, that big bulky scale was actually one of the most innovative devices Nintendo had ever released — and…
More than three years after its Japanese debut, Level-5’s latest multimedia venture is heading west with Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl GOLD. The game was previously leaked by various ratings boards around the world but now it’s official, with a new trailer revealing the game: Snack World takes…
