Virtuous entertainment doesn’t just function as mere escapism, but often speaks volumes about our world at large. Take the recent theatrical release of Boruto: Naruto The Movie, a film which details Naruto’s tribulations after becoming ...
Read More »I Can’t Escape: Darkness review
Indie titles are often ripe with experimental gameplay features which larger developers tend to shy away from. Unlike the risk-adverse AAA industry, you’ll often see smaller studios either combining uncommon genres or crafting genre-defying experiences. ...
Read More »Transformers: Devastation review
Platinum Game’s output should probably be bundled with a trial size tube of IcyHot. Pick up Vanquish, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, or either Bayonetta title, and you’ll find your hands instinctively locked on the controller, ...
Read More »New Game Releases: October 8th-14th, 2015
From Minecraft’s journey from sandbox to story-form and Dragon’s Quest’s shift from role-playing game to musou-mechanics, this week’s schedule of new game release shows old dogs learning even older tricks. Luckily, there’s a few mutts ...
Read More »Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax review
Skepticism toward a fighting game with characters culled from other genres and mediums is perfectly natural. For every praiseworthy effort like Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, there seems to be an equal number of mediocre cash-ins ...
Read More »Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance review
Seemingly, the Disgaea franchise has caught itself in Prinny-borne predicament. Nippon Ichi Software president Souhei Niikawa avowed to broaden the size of the strategy role-playing game’s audience. But attracting new fans is difficult without tampering ...
Read More »Samurai Warriors 4-II review
Omega Force’s musou games have a contentious reputation, with critics and consumers often finding fault in the repetition of combat, a rigid adherence to formula, and the excessive frequency of release. While the latter culpability ...
Read More »Warhammer 40K: Regicide review
Upon hearing the next Warhammer 40K title was going to be chess game, fans voiced their concerns, feeling this scope would be too limited for a universe as grandiose as that of Games Workshop’s popular ...
Read More »New Game Releases: October 1st-7th, 2015
With the next installment in the Rock Band franchise is poised to please fans of the music rhythm genre, those with more eclectic tastes are bound to enjoy several of this week’s new game releases. ...
Read More »Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!! review
In 1991, Capcom released Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, forming an indelible blueprint for fighting games. Teeming with innovation, many of the game’s mechanics became convention, bequeathing elaborate combos, an intricate multi-button input system, ...
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