2015 was the year the visual novel reached a tipping point in the West. Thanks to the efforts of publishers like Aksys Games, Idea Factory International, MangaGamer, and Sekai Project, the medium has finally fostered ...
Read More »New Game Releases: February 11th-17th, 2016
Who knew February was National Tactical Role-Playing Appreciation Month? Between the releases of Rainbow Moon and Project X Zone 2, as well as Fire Emblem Fates on the 19th, there’s a ton of grid-based battling ...
Read More »Swords and Sorcery – Underworld Definitive Edition
Being an indie developer often means working with a skeleton crew under a tight, sometimes non-existent budget. Of course, this results in small versatile teams capable of rapidly adapting to any challenge that comes their ...
Read More »Arslan: The Warriors of Legend review
For years, Omega Force’s output was the punching bag on the industry, disparaged for having simplistic and derivative gameplay. But gradually, the Ashikaga-based studio molded their musou franchises into respectable hack-and-slash games that managed to ...
Read More »Podcast 15-2: Invisible Cowboys
For episode 15-2 of the Tech-Gaming Podcast, we assemble into Indie Outlook form to tackle a quartet of tower defense, speedrun, run-and-gun, and brawling gems. Besides giving away three copies of Poncho for the PlayStation ...
Read More »Shooting Stars review
Shooting Stars makes me feel like a 90 year-old who has ventured onto the internet for the first time. The game’s pixelated visuals do a convincing job of mimicking the decline of visual acuity. The ...
Read More »New Game Releases: February 4th-10th, 2016
While it’s refreshing to see franchise like Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm and Warriors variants shirk the confines of consoles, PC ports of high-profile games aren’t a guaranteed slam dunk. Both publishers have struggled to ...
Read More »Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel review
Back in 2006, Nintendo and Tommo teamed up to create Jump Ultimate Stars, a DS-based title which assembled dozens of beloved manga protagonists for a behemoth-sized battle royal. Understandably, obtaining licenses for Naruto, Bleach, Death ...
Read More »Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak review
For years the Homeworld franchise laid dormant, its engaging gameplay, beautifully immersive visuals and intriguing lore abandoned after just two games and one spin-off. For nearly a decade diehard fans clung to hope that a ...
Read More »Megadimension Neptunia VII review
Not long ago, message boards were proclaiming that the death of the Japanese role-playing game was imminent. Stagnancy seemed to be the genre’s unassailable final boss, and developers had run out of creativity-restoring potions. But ...
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