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…
Alien Hominid was the very first title by indie studio The Behemoth back in the ancient year of 2004, before they went on to make Castle Crashers, Battleblock Theater, and more. Now almost twenty years later, the sidescrolling classic is coming to HD on modern platforms, including the Switch. …
Sabotage Studio is on a mission to modernize some of the oldest genres known to gaming and their take on the turn-based RPG, Sea of Stars, is a delightfully modern interpretation of the genre that manages to keep things fresh even when it’s clearly been inspired by many of the…
This November beat-’em-up fans will be able to experience some of the titles that defined the genre with the Double Dragon Collection on Switch. The game will collect six games in total from across an array of different systems and if you’re wondering how they’ll look Arc System Works has…
The entertainment industry is a cutthroat place. Everybody’s looking to come out on top, and if you don’t watch your back, then you may be betrayed by the very people you trusted. Such is the topic of Big Betrayal, a new song from Splatoon 3’s Deep Cut wherein Shiver and…
It’s a common tale – someone somewhere makes a special edition for a certain region that is just extremely cool and rad, leaving every other place in the world seething with jealousy. The lucky ones this time are Asian territories, where Sega Asia is releasing a really nice Limited Edition…
There’s a little over a month to go until Switch owners can embark on another Dragon Quest adventure, although this one will be rather different. Based on the classic The Adventure of Dai manga, Infinity Strash will be an action RPG filled with iconic monsters that covers up through episode…
Start revving your engines as the next Nintendo Switch Online addition to the Nintendo 64 library has been confirmed! Excitebike 64, first released in 2000, was the second game in the rather short series after the NES original, taking the action behind-the-back of racers while keeping an emphasis on sick…
Job hunting sucks. Sometimes it feels like you get so desperate that you’d take any position offered – but how about “Dome-King”? Such is the case of protagonist Mush, who ventures to a job interview for such a title in Dome-King Cabbage, a surreal Visual Novel from Cobysoft Joe. …
The Switch has no shortage of JRPG-style games but you might still want to keep an eye on this one! Bloomtown: A Different Story from developers Different Sense Games and Lazy Bear Games is set to meld turn-based combat, monster taming, and social RPG mechanics into one rather pretty pixel-art…
So far the SteamWorld franchise has had Metroidvania mining, strategic space piracy, and turn-based RPG combat, but who would have guessed the next port of call would be city building? SteamWorld Build is looking to coat the genre with its signature style while adding some flair of its own. Sure,…
The Star Wars franchise has had plenty of iconic games over the years but one of the most revolutionary of its day was Star Wars: Dark Forces, released in 1995. Players were put in the shoes fan favorite Kyle Katarn in a first-person shooter not unlike Doom and could blast…
It’s time to engage in some peculiar platforming? From Yorkshire-based developer Coal Supper comes Thank Goodness You’re Here!, a quirky M-rated platformer about exploring a town full of strange and fascinating people. Bumble through the town of Barnsworth in this ‘slapformer’ as you complete odd jobs for its…
