News by Matt S. The Coma was a 2D, sidescrolling stalker horror game that had a strong premise, but ultimately failed to back that up in a substantive way. The good news is that it sold well enough for the developers to take a second crack at it, and The…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Wargroove is the spiritual successor to Advance Wars. Developed by Chucklefish, it successfully filled a void that Nintendo and Intelligent Systems had left by ignoring that series in preference to Fire Emblem, and was very warmly received by fans indeed. Now is the perfect time to…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The Utawarerumono series are some of the best tactics JRPG/Visual Novel hybrids out there. They’re also very cultural, with a strong basis in Japan’s native Ainu culture providing the basis of the aesthetics that you’ll see through each of the games (read about that in an…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. With a series as long running as Mobile Suit Gundam (which started back in 1979), you’re going to get a lot of fan favorites, agreements and disagreements. Acting as probably one of the most extensive bits of fan service to the long running series that I’ve…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I have one issue with Transport Fever 2, which I’m going to throw into the introduction, so I can then talk about everything that I love about this game: unlike most other transport business simulators there are no rivals, AI or player. In Transport Fever 2…
Read MoreAwards by the DDNet Team It’s that time of year again, where we look back at the year that was, and pick our top three games across a host of categories! As with years past we’ll reveal one award winner per day, and this year we’ve got a massive 17…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. I wonder how long it will be before “tycoon games” start to instead be known as “planet games”. That certainly seems to be the goal of Frontier Developments — after a very successful spiritual successor to RollerCoaster Tycoon in 2016’s Planet Coaster, the studio has now…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. NISA’s upcoming Langrisser I & II is one of our most anticipated games of 2020. Promising plenty of in-depth tactical action, with a brand new coat of paint, it will hopefully be a renewed start for what by rights should be the competition to Fire Emblem.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I think we’ve hit the point where we can call the Corpse Party series a massive missed opportunity. What has been created within it has been great, true Japanese horror, but as time has worn on, the poor management of the property thanks to its dōjin…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Koei Tecmo continue to be the publisher to watch out for in the early part of the year. On the back of the Atelier Dusk trilogy in January, now we have the latest in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series to look forward to on…
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