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I'm not sure if "cute pixel-art girls" is a set genre, but my visit to the Playism booth at Tokyo Game Show 2024 shows that there's a ton of upcoming games with that in mind. For this short feature, I'll be focusing on the one that left the biggest impression on me: Nitro Express. Published by Playism and made by Grayfax Software, Nitro Express ...
Fantasian the RPG made its debut on the iOS and is made by Mistwalker and Final Fantasy father Hironobu Sakaguchi. While a fun game, it didn't get the audience it deserved. Fast forward to now, and daddy Final Fantasy is back to getting help from his ex-company Square Enix to publish his underappreciated Japanese role-playing game onto other pla...
Japanese role-playing game fans will be getting yet another ode to Chrono Trigger. During Tokyo Game Show 2024 and the Xbox Showcase, developer Riyo Games and publisher Humble Games have revealed a new JRPG called Threads of Time. The game is clearly influenced by 1995 JRPG masterpiece Chrono Trigger, with snippets of its time travel-influenced ...
Sad news for fans of Metroidvanias and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The game's main man will not be working on the next mothership entry of the series. Shutaro Ida, the director of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and various Castlevania games like Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, will be stepping away fro...
Correction: We credited Rovio as a developer of the title in the previous article. That part has been updated as Rovio is handling the marketing while Sega is developing the title. Kakuchopurei regrets the error. If possible, any giant company worth their salt would want to make a multiplayer battle royale-type game with multiple game modes and ...
A recent Tokyo Game Show 2024 Square Enix livestream revealed a creator's disdain for recent changes to his game. Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii, in a show promoting Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake on an interview with Shonen Jump editor-in-chief Kazuhiko Torishima, said he and Torishima were unhappy with the costume censorship changes to the remak...
The fighting game term "Shoto", as defined by the Fighting Games Glossary created by Richard "Infil" Pusch, is an archetype "that has a fireball, a shoryuken, and a tatsu. Their main gameplan is to play solid footsies with fireballs and pokes, and then uppercut you when you jump at them". I bring this up because one of SNK's prominent ninja ...
Six days or so ago, the world was perplexed and (arguably) pleasantly surprised by the next Like A Dragon/Yakuza game announcement. Popular mainstay character Goro Majima (formerly ENG VO'ed by Mark Hamill in the aughts) gets a starring role, and he's cosplaying as a pirate in Hawaii? Sign us up! Makers Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios have made it very cl...
Tokyo Game Show 2024 was a bedlam of many game demo debuts, with the most notable being S-Games' action title Phantom Blade Zero. The game made its debut in Summer Games Fest, but its demo wasn't made playable by many until now. Billed as a throwback to 2000s action games like the Ninja Gaiden reboot or the Devil May Cry titles, Phantom Blade Ze...
The next saga of Genshin Impact continues on the continent of Natlan. The new 5.1 update will add in a new story quest and also a new character named Xilonen who can skate up walls for easy traversal. She also can do DJ duties and dance in her character trailer for some reason. Here are the highlights of the update: Continues Natlan’...
My 15-minutes-or so with the recent Tokyo Game Show 2024 build of Sega's latest Sonic game is one-half rerelease and other half a new game. Dubbed Sonic X SHadow Generations, the game's second half is a messload of new levels starring Sega's favourite edgelord mammal Shadow. I played through the demo's standout levels: Space Colony Ark Act 1 and...
Tokyo Game Show 2024 was all about the booths and awesome spectacles video game companies can do with a big budget. Such is the case of Sega and its TGS 2024 showing from 26 to 29 September 2024. Sega's booth was filled to the brim with their marquee titles such as the upcoming JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, the recently-announced Like A Dragon: Pir...
It's a good day for the games industry in Malaysia, as it's getting some shine in Japan's biggest video game trade show of 2024. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), in partnership with the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), has launched the Malaysia Pavilion at the prestigious Tokyo Game Show 2024 (TGS 2024) ...
You really have to be a juggernaut of a game company to launch your own back-patting parade for finishing your game and sending out your gold master for publishing/digital distribution. To have two juggernauts combining their efforts for one livestream celebration? One can argue it's an ego trip, but it also shows both companies' confidence in thei...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, and on mobile by the time you read this Genre: Roguelike, Cards, Deckbuilder Poker-like There comes a time when someone comes up with an idea so simple and so obvious that the 99% people would be kicking themselves for not coming up with it sooner. Everquest but with WarCraft lore (World of W...
In a move that is surely driven by player request, the Story Quests for action game Zenless Zone Zero will be ditching its standout mechanic: the TV exploration mode. According to the upcoming 1.2 update, ZZZ's main quests will not have TV exploration mode and will just have battles and fights. Furthermore, there will be a Fairy Auto Explore mod...
The 6-player arcade beat-em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is still going strong even after 2 years. Developer Tribute Games and publisher Dotemu are still dishing out Turtle Power with a new free DLC update that's available as soon as you finish reading this sentence. The new update, Radical Reptiles DLC, adds two new playa...
Another year, another Tokyo Game Show 2024 where all Asian and Western companies congregate at the Makuhari Messe from 26-29 September to show off the best in gaming and its future. The upcoming trade show will be hosting a number of country-based pavilions for game companies of particular countries to get the TGS trade show spotlight for all four ...
After coming and going for just a few weeks, first-person multiplayer shooter Concord can be considered a flop from publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Firewalk Studios, delisted from the online store. However, recent reports painted a grim picture of this project. Lots of people have speculated on the cost of Concord, but Pla...
Akitoshi Kawazu is one of Japanese role-playing game's most long-standing and persevering game designers. From his weird and unique take on the second Final Fantasy game to his long-running SaGa series that takes Western RPG tropes and ran with it using unique methods of leveling up and skill-getting, his run in gaming is never dull. Controversial?...
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