Founded in 2007, eastasiasoft is a Hong Kong based publisher and distributor that caters to niche interests. While many of the big publishers offer low-risk titles at premium prices, eastasiasoft has offering some compelling counterprogramming. ...
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While the name might not be familiar, if you’ve played a recent triple-A title, there’s a chance that Virtuos had a hand in it. Since 2004, the international production company (headquartered in Singapore, with operations ...
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Often employing an idiosyncratic visual style and a distinctive directorial vision, Masaaki Yuasa has already earned a multitude of industry awards as well as an abundance of critical acclaim. His body of work is as ...
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Since joining Madhouse in 2004, Atsuko Ishizuka has served as animator, storyboard artist, and director for notable works such as No Game No Life, A Place Further than the Universe. With the release of Goodbye, ...
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Revered for making one of the Atari VCS’ best games (Yars’ Revenge) and unjustly reviled for making a hurried adaptation of E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Howard Scott Warshaw is one of gaming’s prodigious pioneers. We spoke ...
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Across the past thirty-six years, Ayumu Watanabe has helped craft a multitude of animated series and feature films. When working for Shin-Ei Animation during the eighties, he earned recognition for his his work as an ...
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Found in 1988 by Minoru Kidooka, Arc System Works spent the better part of a decade as a contract developer for publishers like SEGA, Sammy, Bandai, and Banpresto. From futuristic racers like Cyber Spin to ...
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Hit points, inventory management, and statistical-based combat in role playing games can be tracked back to Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson’s Dungeons & Dragons. Since the release of D&D nearly fifty years ago, table-top titles ...
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For nearly forty years, Nihon Falcom has crafted a steady succession of enjoyable, consistently charming and wonderfully melodious role-playing and action role-playing games. In anticipation of the release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, ...
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For nearly forty years, Nihon Falcom has crafted a steady succession of enjoyable, consistently charming and wonderfully melodious role-playing and action role-playing games. In anticipation of the release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, ...
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