Impressions by Matt S. I’m a big, big fan of Dead or Alive 5. I started relatively ambivalent with the original release, but it seems I just needed to spend a few hundred hours with the new vision for the series to fall fully in love with it, because with…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Scheduled for release in Japan on the 27th of September with, sadly, no European or American release confirmed, Fatal Frame 5/ Project Zero looks to utilize the Wii U GamePad in the most intuitive fashion yet – as a real world camera that will surely inspire…
Read MoreNews 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 MoreReview by Matt S. You wouldn’t think that I’d find myself getting hooked on yet another version of Warriors Orochi 3. After playing the PlayStation 3 original release to death, and again spending an unhealthy amount of time in the Nintendo Wii U port, I found myself with a copy of…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. The PlayStation 3 just won’t die. Even as I’m meant to be playing my PlayStation 4 more and more developers continue to produce PlayStation 3 games that I just can’t ignore. I was able to play through the first hour or so of Ar Nosurge recently,…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. I truly love Warriors Orochi 3. I played it to death on the PlayStation 3 when it was initially launched, and to this day it is my most played Wii U game. Having had the opportunity to play the Ultimate version, which is due for the…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. So I had a chance to play one battle from Koei Tecmo’s upcoming Samurai Warriors 4. Excuse me for a moment while I fanboy here: WHOO BOY. The demo might have only been a few minutes long, but I am completely convinced that this will be…
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 MoreNews by Matt S. This is a couple of days old now, but I know we have quite a few Dead or Alive 5 fans at Digitally Downloaded, so I thought I’d highlight this – Koei Tecmo has picked the winners of its recent “design a costume competition.” Dead or…
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.…
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