This week, the release of Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II allows players to visit Black Isle Studio’s swan song, while Long Live the Queen (pictured) tasks Nintendo owners with raising a royal. If dungeons or ...

Farming and fighting feel different as Rune Factory 5’s shifts into the third dimension. While this port fixes quite a few of the visual blemishes of the original game, pastoral life still has a number of ...

A directorial debut can be a difficult undertaking. Often, experience is indispensable when it comes to artistic expression. But Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji aren’t amateurs in the animation field. The former served as animation ...

There are plenty of indie publishers with an indiscriminate output of releases. But Manchester-based No More Robots lives up to its anti-mechanical moniker. Since 2018, the label has been remarkably selective, habitually publishing about two ...

This week, Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series brings back Bandai Namco’s cherished character, while F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch makes gets ported to Switch. Visual novel fans might appreciate the appearance of Doki Doki Family (pictured), ...

In October 1972, the Ueno Zoo received a pair of pandas, commemorating diplomatic ties between China and Japan. This wasn’t the first time this kind of gesture of goodwill had been offered. According to historical ...

One instant, Yurukill: The Calumniation Games is poking fun at the spectacle of reality TV. The next moment it might subject you to a deadly interrogation or a 2D shooter that’s a visual representation of ...

The Prince of Tennis has enjoyed a whimsical 23-year history. The original manga debuted in 1999 and followed Ryoma Echizen, a student enrolled at Tokyo’s prestigious Seishun Academy, a private school with a prominent top-tier ...

Demon Sword: Incubus offers two draws: generous level promotions, or with an optional patch applied, some amusing sex scenes. Neither of these things elevate this monotonous effort where enemy attacks become increasingly annoying. Steadily, eroge ...

The first episode of 5 Centimeters Per Second clarifies the meaning of the film’s title- it’s the rate that cherry blossoms fall. As Japan’s unofficial national flower, sakura has been celebrated for centuries. In March, ...