Fanservice. I don’t think anyone gets it quite like Tecmo Koei. Warriors Orochi 3 is possibly the finest example of fan service ever. The character mash-up stars well over 100 characters taken from not just Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors, but also less mainstream Tecmo Koei classics such as Bladestorm,…
Read MoreFanservice. I don’t think anyone gets it quite like Tecmo Koei. Warriors Orochi 3 is possibly the finest example of fan service ever. The character mash-up stars well over 100 characters taken from not just Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors, but also less mainstream Tecmo Koei classics such as Bladestorm,…
Read MoreMost everyone has played one of the original Sonic the Hedgehog games. Ever since Sega went third party, the Mega Drive games have been released on every system known to man. What people did miss was bizarrely from the very same era – Sonic CD. It’s especially unfortunate, because Sonic…
Read MoreMost everyone has played one of the original Sonic the Hedgehog games. Ever since Sega went third party, the Mega Drive games have been released on every system known to man. What people did miss was bizarrely from the very same era – Sonic CD. It’s especially unfortunate, because Sonic…
Read MoreTabletop strategy games being transformed into the virtual world have had a checkered history. When done well, these are fun and fantastic games – Shadows of the Horned Rat for Warhammer and Baldur’s Gate for Dungeons & Dragons springs to mind, but they are vanishingly rare whilst less faithful adaptations…
Read MoreTabletop strategy games being transformed into the virtual world have had a checkered history. When done well, these are fun and fantastic games – Shadows of the Horned Rat for Warhammer and Baldur’s Gate for Dungeons & Dragons springs to mind, but they are vanishingly rare whilst less faithful adaptations…
Read MoreBefore I begin, I’d like to clarify my skill when it comes to strategy games. I’m the person who in Chess, thinks it’s a good idea to take the opponent’s king with an army of pawns. So when it came to Combat Mission: Touch, I was way out of my…
Read MoreBefore I begin, I’d like to clarify my skill when it comes to strategy games. I’m the person who in Chess, thinks it’s a good idea to take the opponent’s king with an army of pawns. So when it came to Combat Mission: Touch, I was way out of my…
Read MoreThe 80’s. The golden age of the arcade games, where youths wasted many hours and quarters playing the latest releases such as Arkanoid, Pac-Man and Space Invaders. It’s from this age that Strawdog Studios has found the inspiration for its newest title Space Ark, where you play as a team…
Read MoreThe 80’s. The golden age of the arcade games, where youths wasted many hours and quarters playing the latest releases such as Arkanoid, Pac-Man and Space Invaders. It’s from this age that Strawdog Studios has found the inspiration for its newest title Space Ark, where you play as a team…
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