Between Attack on Titan, Arslan: The Warriors of Legend, and Nobunaga’s Ambition, Koei Tecmo has been on a roll lately. The good news continues, with a new wealth of information regarding Samurai Warriors 4-II being released. First up, we have learned about four characters whose stories will be told throughout…
Read MoreLove film noir? Love being stealthy in video games? Love solving puzzles? You may want to sit down, because we’ve found the perfect game for you: Calvino Noir. Described as an “exploratory, sneaking adventure though the 1930s European criminal underworld,” the trailer is actually quite reminiscent of This War of…
Read MoreLast September, we declared Zodiac – a “humble little 2D RPG” – the winner of the 2014 Tokyo Game Show. Despite its artwork reminiscent of Child of Light and its amazing creative team (including Final Fantasy Tactics composer Hitoshi Sakimoto and Final Fantasy VII writer Kazushige Nojima), Matt did express…
Read MoreThe Bridge is a 2D logic puzzle game that draws on the work of Sir Isaac Newton and M.C. Escher to give the player something they have never experienced before. Manipulate gravity in order to find your way through Escher-esque worlds, each represented with hand-drawn art styled after black-and-white lithographs.…
Read MoreNobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence marks an interesting return for a series that has been around in Japan, but we haven’t seen in the west for many years. Like many grand strategy games that are popular on PC but rarely seen on console (this game is also coming to PlayStation…
Read MoreLondon Bridge has fallen downIt’s fallen down, fallen downLondon Bridge has fallen downMy fair lady Never before have these words been so haunting they will give you nightmares, yet here we are. At Microsoft’s Gamescom briefing, we got to see a brand-new trailer for Compulsion Games’ We Happy Few. It…
Read MoreLove RPG Maker but hate that the games run at such a low resolution? Yeah, we do too. But those days are over, as it was announced in the latest Weekly Famitsu that RPG Maker MV is coming to PC and Mac! There is currently no release date announced, but…
Read MoreBeing a fan of the original Evoland I’ve honestly wondered since the announcement of a sequel where it could be able to take what was already established. The original was a visual history of the evolution of video games from the early days to more modern play styles. Related reading:…
Read MoreMoving through various Norse realms, Jotun is already, in this early stage, a gorgeous work of art coming from Thunder Lotus Games. In the game, we follow our our recently deceased hero Thora, as she quests to impress the Gods by defeating elementals in combat so that she may enter…
Read MoreWhen I was a child, I loved worms. I’d dig them up and try to keep them as pets while steadfastly refusing to be the one to put them on fish hooks as bait. As an adult, I still adore worms. But my fascination has grown away from uprooting them…
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