Gust has shared new details about Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian, including a new systems introduction trailer. It also shared that the game and Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator are considered A25 in the franchise, making Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian a new entry in the series (it…
A couple of months ago, Idea Factory International announced it would be bringing Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy West this year, and now it has announced a July launch date for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. In the game, a girl named Fia wants to enrol at the Ancient…
The Dark Quest series of games is set to expand this year…
The best way to learn a new language is to actually practice…
Gust has shared new details about Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian, including a new systems introduction trailer. It also shared that the game and Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator are considered A25 in the franchise, making Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist &…
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A couple of months ago, Idea Factory International announced it would be bringing Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy West this year, and now it has announced a July launch date for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. In the game, a girl named Fia wants to enrol at the Ancient…
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The Dark Quest series of games is set to expand this year with Dark Quest 4, a standalone entry that brings players back to the dungeon that feels like a living board game. The turn-based RPG dungeon crawler blends strategy and imagination through unforgettable quests. It is inspired by board…
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The best way to learn a new language is to actually practice that language in real-world context. If you travel around Japan you will, at some point, almost certainly be accosted at least once by a group of school kids who are clutching a workbook and told to practice their…
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The Mado Monogatari series of dungeon crawlers has been around since the ’80s but people often only know of its spin-off franchise, Puyo Puyo. Regardless, Mado Monogatari remains popular because of its characters and gameplay. The latest game in the series, Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy, launched in…
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It’s your first day at [the company]. Your pay is decent and your coworkers are fine. But you’re always so tired and feel like something sinister might be at play. This is the beginning of REPOSE, a horror dungeon-crawler that puts you into an unsettling, unnerving, and unbegotten world. Each…
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To get this out of the way up-front: We need to be wary about art (games, films, books, whatever else) that depict apocalyptic scenarios where some form of invader from without swarms the world and you’re in control of the last nation standing, holding back the horde. It’s an incredibly…
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Past collaborations between Eastasiasoft and Idea Factory have been quite good. There are many in recent memory, including titles such as Moero Crystal H and Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom. Today, Eastasiasoft announced that the Compile Heart-developed dungeon-crawling JRPG Tokyo Clanpool will be ready to launch for PC and…
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Dungeon RPG Tokyo Clanpool is the sixth time Eastasiasoft is collaborating with Idea Factory to bring games to Western audiences; others include fanservicey titles like Seven Pirates H and Mugen Souls. Originally developed by Compile Heart (a subsidiary of Idea Factory), Tokyo Clanpool has you navigating maze-like dungeons, facing off…
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Sometimes all it takes is a specific art style to draw someone to a game, hence why I was attracted to Dungeons of Hinterberg like a moth to a flame. The graphics for this action RPG slash social sim slash dungeon crawler are beautifully colourful and perfectly cel-shaded, a favourite…
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