Review by Matt S. Samurai Warriors 5 is exactly what Koei Tecmo needed to do with their venerable series. It balances out every quality that fans have come to love about the series, while restructuring it in a meaningful manner. It offers a slice of historical drama (deeper…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. I’ve finally been able to get some hands-on time with the console (PlayStation 4) version of Samurai Warriors 5. As my favourite series within the Musou genre (one of my favourite genres), I’ve been aching for a go as other critics have been previewing it on…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Today, Koei Tecmo Europe dropped a little tweet to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the Samurai Warriors series, along with a quote from the series producer, Hisashi Koinuma: “This year marks the 18 year anniversary of the SAMURAI WARRIORS series. With all that is going on…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That famous quote from philosopher George Santayana is of particular relevance to the video game industry. As the world’s most popular and widespread form of entertainment, video games have impact and shape how people view…
Read MoreNews by Matt C. Every week, there are approximately 56345656476 announcements for Switch ports of previously-released games. That’s great news for Switch owners, bad news for our wallets, and awful news for Lindsay, DDNet’s news editor. Here’s a quick and dirty list of new Switch port announcements from this week:…
Read MoreList by Matt S. As anyone who knows me knows, I am a massive fan of Koei Tecmo’s Warriors (or Musou, as it’s known in Japan) franchise. Where other people see “button masher” or whatever, I see action games that do a great job of taking real history (or a…
Read MoreTravel by Matt S. As a very big fan of games based in Japanese history – Samurai Warriors, Nobunaga’s Ambition, Hakuouki and the like – I’ve always used my trips to Japan for Tokyo Game Show and the like to indulge in some history tourism. Over the years, I’ve visited…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. It’s been a while since the last Warriors Orochi. If you ignore the remakes and HD remasters of Warriors Orochi 3, the last time we had a truly new game in that series was back on the PlayStation 3, which was the initial launch of Warriors…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Mitsuhide Akechi is well known as being the one that pulled off the biggest blindside (i.e. betrayal) through the Sengoku period, ultimately leading to the death of his lord, Nobunaga Oda. This video looks at who Akechi is, and why he was willing to do such…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. I’m a big fan of reading. I recommend it to all people. As much as the world seems to be moving away from the written word and books in favour of “in-depth” tweets at a whopping 280 characters, video games, YouTube videos of tasering rats, and…
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