Video by Matt S. Sword And Fairy 6 doesn’t have the world’s best production values. It’s not the best made game, either – in fact, it’s a bit of a mess. And yet, I found it utterly compelling. Coming from China, it’s a rare example of a Chinese RPG that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Chinese poetry is, to westerners, esoteric at the best of times. Unlike other forms of the written word, poetry is notoriously difficult to translate effectively from one language to another, since a straight word-for-word translation would generally upset the rhythms and tonal quality that is so…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sony was at its best when it was struggling with the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. When the company wasn’t so flushed with cash, it invested in games that were genuinely creative and interesting. Games like Rain, and Puppeteer, and The Last Swan. With the runaway…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Chinese developer, Pixpil, is teaming up with publisher, Chucklefish, to bring us Eastward, a gorgeous retro-style JRPG that is a love letter to anime of the 90s. In development for PC and Mac, this gorgeous-looking little adventure has some serious pedigree around it, particularly in terms…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. … And it looks really, really good. Banner of the Maid is a game that is well worth keeping an eye on. In development by a Chinese studio, and set for release on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC this year, in it you get to…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The latest in my series of videos looking at the real history behind Koei Tecmo’s Warriors games! As it was International Women’s Day this week, I felt it would be only appropriate to do a video focused on women in Warriors games. Sadly, the real history…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Wow is Total War is a busy franchise these days. Within the last couple of years alone we’ve seen the series take us to the battlefields of Attila and the fantasy realm of Warhammer (twice), and there’s a trip to ancient Briton coming in the near…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Lots of games explore Chinese history – from Dynasty Warriors, to Jade Empire, to that panda expansion from World of Warcraft – but since now not many of the games which have done so were actually from China. It would be because of the market’s liking…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We love games from Japan and the rest of Asia, of course; it’s what we do as our bread-and-butter at DDNet. But we also love films, and would love to see more people watching films from Asia, because far too often people miss classic moments in…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Many thanks to DDNet reader, Maria Adelaide Borromeo, for spotting this awesome bit of news: A Chinese game developer is working with Crypton Future Media to develop a new Hatsune Miku mobile game, and it looks incredible. Titled Hatsune Miku: Dreamy Vocal, the game is a…
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