News by Matt S. Yoan Fanise isn’t a household name, but he probably deserves to be one. A Ubisoft veteran of 14 years (having worked on Assassin’s Creed, Rabbids, and other titles), Fanise’s greatest achievement to date was in helming Valiant Hearts, a “war game” that was anything but in…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. This Summer (or Winter for those of us in the southern hemisphere) Bandai Namco will release a package of two Summer Lesson titles in English, in the Southeast Asian region (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia). That package is of the two Summer Lesson titles that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Serious Sam is my kind of shooter. Silly, self aware, and pure wall-to-wall action. It reminds me of the early era of shooters (which happens to be the kind of shooters I prefer), and now Devolver Digital and developer, Croteam, has officially announced Serious Sam 4.The…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’ve got my eyes very closely watching Underworld Ascendant, and that’s mostly because of the talent behind it. Warren Spector (Deus Ex), Paul Neurath (Thief), Joe Fielder (BioShock Infinate), and Tim Stellmach (System Shock) make this a development team that has real pedigree and talent behind…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Over in Japan, there’s a PC version of the rather voyeurtastic (I’m trademarking that word) Dead or Alive Xtreme 3. And on that version of the game (which is formally called Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation), Koei has produced another new character, Tamaki. Related reading:…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’m going to get this upfront: I have grave concerns about the roster of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. I mean, one of the games it crosses over with is Persona 4 Arena, in which Risette is a playable character (in Ultimax, the sequel), and instead the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. There have been some truly horrible attempts at bringing the noir literary genre to video games, and yet I continue to hold out hope that each new “noir” game really nails it. The next attempt at doing noir in video game form is the psychological horror…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Penny-Punching Princess is a new IP being brought to our shores courtesy of Nippon Ichi. It’s an action dungeon crawler with a clever twist; everything involves money. I’m not just talking about equipment here. You can bribe and defeat enemies simply by throwing money at the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’m a big fan of Ubisoft’s Might & Magic franchise, but to say it has been undercooked in recent years is an understatement. Might & Magic X: Legacy, from way back in 2014, was an excellent dungeon crawler, and there’s been a smattering of Heroes of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Kalypso is a publisher that’s really growing in stature, and fast. The company’s focus on simulation, strategy, and traditional western RPG design, combined with quality production values, is seeing its franchises, such as Tropico, Dungeons, and Railway Empire, really find a home, both on console and…
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