Once a fundamental genre of the industry, the arcade racer’s popularity has dramatically decreased in recent years. Not long ago, franchises such as Outrun, Ridge Racer, Need for Speed, and Burnout dominated by delivering high-speed ...
Read More »New Releases: April 18th-24th, 2019
From the arrival of Mortal Kombat 11, Cuphead and Dragon’s Dogma journey onto Switch, and a collection of Konami Classics across multiple platforms, there’s a multitude of notable new releases this week. Naturally, there a ...
Read More »Penguin Highway review
Quite a few films, live-action or animated, take a while to reach their eponymous highlight. That’s not the case with the recent stateside release of director Hiroyasu Ishida’s Penguin Highway. Working from Tomihiko Morimi’s (Eccentric ...
Read More »Vaporum review
Across its three-decade long history, the three-dimensional dungeon crawler has been surprisingly resistant to change. Take a look back at 1989’s Dungeon Master or 1991’s Eye of the Beholder, and you’ll find a framework that ...
Read More »Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko’s Hysteric Birthday Bash review
Cultivated over half a century, the term omake is rather prevalent in Japan. Translated to ‘extra’ or ‘bonus’, the term refers to everything from small trinkets given with the purchase of food or drink to ...
Read More »New Releases: April 11th-17th, 2019
Familiar faces abound this week! From the return of Tidus, Yuna, and the Final Fantasy X gang, grief-ridden Senua, and always the ready to rumble EDF crew, there are several notable characters scattered across the ...
Read More »Zanki Zero: Last Beginning review
Pedigree is often accompanied with elevated expectations. That’s likely the case with the PlayStation 4 and PC release of Zanki Zero: Last Beginning. Uniting several members of Danganronpa’s development team with Lancarse, the team who ...
Read More »IndieGo #14: Agartha and Akashicforce
Across the past seven years, Fruitbat Factory has localized some of Japan’s more obscure, yet entertaining titles. With IndieGo #14, we look at two of the publishers’ latest localizations. First up is Akashicforce, a frantic ...
Read More »Darksiders Warmastered Edition (Switch) review
The Switch’s popularity has propelled publishers to reach into their back catalogs, with the hope that a re-issue can pad the company coffers. Occasionally, that means players receive a second-serving of a lackluster title or ...
Read More »New Releases: April 4th-10th, 2019
From an anthology of Phoenix Wright titles, pensive post-apocalyptic adventure in Zanki Zero: Last Beginning, a ghoulish spin-off from the Corpse Party series, as well as the spiritual successor to the Burnout series, this week ...
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