News 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 MoreNews by Matt S. Finally! My Time With Dee Dee, Volume 1, The Erotic Thriller launches this week. For those who have been following along, it’s the first full visual novel in the series that we’ve got planned staring the DDNet mascot, Dee Dee. Today, I’m happy to announce that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Developers, Cherrymochi and Mebius, and publisher Unties have announced Tokyo Dark: Remembrance for a November 7 release on Nintendo Switch (in Japan, at least). originally released on Steam in 2017, it has a nearly universal positive rating there, and is well regarded for its narrative style…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Star Ocean: First Departure R is Square Enix’s next re-release of something from its archives. It’s an enhanced version of the very first Star Ocean, originally released back on the Super Nintendo. It was later released on PSP, and this is the version that we’re getting…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nintendo’s latest mobile effort, Mario Kart Tour, has a release date. The game will launch on September 25, for both Android and iOS. In Mario Kart Tour, you’ll get to zoom around classic Mario Kart courses, as well as courses modeled after real-world cities. It features…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Ashen, the well-regarded New Zealand-made Dark Souls-like, was previously an Epic Games Store and Xbox One exclusive. Now the game has a release date set for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, as well as Steam and GOG, breaking it free of exclusivity. It launches on all of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Death Mark was everything that I like to see in my horror. Chilling, disturbing, and also at times sensuous, even erotic, the game perfectly encapsulated that contrasting and at time complimentary mix of horror and sexuality that should be there, but often isn’t in video games.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I don’t think we ever expected Doraemon Story of Seasons to get a western release. Doraemon – the blue robot cat that is such a cornerstone of the anime and manga industry in Japan – has appeared in many video games in the past, but they…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Mary Skelter: Nightmares, released originally on the PlayStation Vita, is one of the more distinctive and interesting examples of the dungeon crawler that we’ve seen in recent years. As we noted in our review of it: “By turns darkly sensual and horrific, it’s also beautiful, ravishing,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Grandia and its sequel are beloved JRPGs within the fan base that have never quite got the attention that they deserve among the broader community. Perhaps the Grandia HD Collection will help, when it lands on August 16 on Nintendo Switch. There will also be a…
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