Keisuke Kikuchi simply cannot get away from dark games with dark themes. The producer behind the Fatal Frame (or Project Zero) series of horror games has taken on the task of producing Gust’s newest IP, Nights of Azure. And, while Gust games are often more meaningful and serious than their…
Read MoreBack at Tokyo Game Show, I was able to mess around with the opening level of Koei Tecmo’s upcoming anime tie-in Arslan: The Warriors of Legend. Related reading: For people looking to get a taste of Warriors action, Samurai Warriors 4-II is an excellent place to start. Nick’s full review.…
Read MoreIt’s easy to dismiss the Warriors franchise for its frequent releases. After all, by the time that Samurai Warriors 4: Empires launches in the west (early next year), it will have been three Samurai Warriors games over the course of two years. “Surely”, many say “these games release so frequently,…
Read MoreOne of the oddities about TGS when compared to game shows elsewhere in the world is that TGS organisers allow, if not outright encourage, “booth babes.” Every single major booth at the show had brightly costumed men and women handing out promotional material, posing for photos, and otherwise being of…
Read MoreOne of the oddities about TGS when compared to game shows elsewhere in the world is that TGS organisers allow, if not outright encourage, “booth babes.” Every single major booth at the show had brightly costumed men and women handing out promotional material, posing for photos, and otherwise being of…
Read MoreYesterday, I reported on my top five picks from the main floor of TGS in 2015. This time around, I’m listing my top choices from the indie games section. This year’s indie games section at TGS was genuinely impressive, with developers from everywhere from Australia, to Scandinavia, Poland, Japan, Philippines,…
Read MoreTGS is an interesting event. As a business conference (for the first two of its four days) the show is much more about networking and interviewing than actually playing games. This year, for example, I conducted five formal interviews with developers to turn into articles on the website (you’ll see…
Read MoreWelcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us! It’s the year of the…
Read MoreAsia’s largest gaming event, Tokyo Game Show, was bigger and better this year than ever before, boasting a record number of exhibitors from all over the world, and of all sizes, from indies of one developer through to the mega publishers Square Enix, Sony, SEGA and Koei Tecmo. I have…
Read MoreAtlus giveth and Atlus taketh away. Contrary to common practice, let us start with the good bit: here is, finally, a new trailer for gamer heartthrob Persona 5: *wheeze* *wheeze* *wheeze* Let’s take a minute to catch our breath… … Okay, so we got that out of our system? Good.…
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