News by Jedediah H. Can you believe your enchanting (green?) eyes that Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star is nearly, the 26th of September to be exact, in our anticipatory clutches? Well, until that day comes, and while your hands are free, take hold of my calloused yet confoundedly soft…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Japanese game development favourite, GUST, has been shut up as a business as part of Koei Tecmo’s acquisition of the company. But don’t worry, the GUST developers will continue to do what they have always been doing – it’s just that they’ll be doing it as…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Last week, we published the first half of an interview with Akira Tsuchiya, the director of Koei Tecmo’s upcoming JRPG Ar nosurge. In that interview we talked about his ideas for the game, and how he hopes critics and players in the west respond to it.…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Akira Tsuchiya is one of the GUST’s most experienced artists. Joining the company in 1998 as a sound designer, his first project with the developer was Atelier Elie, and as time went on, he started to take a more leading role in the company’s projects, beyond…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. As some of you know, I’m a supreme sucker for a good story, but nothing pushes me into an emotive belly-trance quite like a killer original soundtrack. And from what can be heard from its recent trailer, Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star’s music is…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve already reviewed Atelier Rorona Plus’ PlayStation 3 release, and I’m sure if you have a read of that review you’ll get a sense of just how much I love this game. The game is the same on the PlayStation Vita. In fact, it’s really quite…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Ohboyohboyohboyohboy. GUST has another JRPG headed to our PlayStation 3 consoles. And this one isn’t even an Atelier game. Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star takes place in a world where music and song can create magic. Staring Delta and Casty, players need to protect…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The original Atelier Rorona was an important game, but it was a raw one. It set up the two subsequent sequels (Atelier Totori and Atelier Meruru), and provided the foundations which would also inform the later Dusk trilogy (Atelier Ayesha and Atelier Escha & Logy are…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Well, that’s a relief. After some speculation that Tecmo Koei would not localise Atelier Rorona Plus, a remake of the fun-but-flawed first game in the Atelier of Arland trilogy, the publisher has announced that we would all be playing the game in June, with the European…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Allow me to introduce you to Atelier Shari: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea, which is to be the third game in the trilogy that kicked off with Ayesha and followed up with Escha and Logy. While we had previously written that GUST had announced the game,…
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