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Solid Game from a Lesser Known Name 3000th Duel arrives without the benefit of a generous marketing budget or the pedigree of a prominent developer. But those things shouldn’t dissuade you from seeking out this ...

Time to Get Busy! In the real world, those days where outstanding duties outstrip daylight hours can be exasperating. In the Rune Factory franchise, the onus of being overburdened cultivates a completely different sentiment. Deciding whether to ...

Abiko-based M2 Co., Ltd takes their ports very seriously. Sure, you can find SEGA’s older arcade and console games running on a multitude of machines, from legitimate compilations, licensed hardware, and even in the quasi-legal ...

We help a troubled ruler find his missing daughters in King Lucas, across a massive castle that is constantly changing shape. The jumping continues in Bucket Knight, where with pail over head and gun in ...

Psikyo=Colorful Art Kyoto Across the company’s thirteen-year lifespan, Psikyo cultivated a rich legacy. Although the Kyoto-based developer dabbled with erotic mahjong games and even a sequel to Lode Runner, it was their arcade shooters that ...

Clover=Creativity Lover Some of the industry’s best efforts come from a coalition of immensely talented individuals. When Resident Evil’s Shinji Mikami, Devil May Cry’s Hideki Kamiya, and Samurai Shodown programmer Atsushi Inaba joined forced to ...

From returning heroes like Dante in Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition to the teaming of the Lee Brothers and Kunio-kun across Double Dragon & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle this week’s schedule of new game ...

‘Ship These Ships At least two of acclaimed director Quintin Tarantino’s feature films demonstrate the power of the medium. Both Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood entangle history and fantasy so tightly, ...

Kiryu, Culture, and Cut Content Changes across SEGA’s Yakuza franchise often reflects the West’s growing cultural awareness. When the inaugural entry was released stateside in 2006, few games had reflected the societal nuances of contemporary ...

Mecha Exodus Not long ago, mech-based games were exceedingly prevalent. Franchises like MechWarrior, Armored Core, Zone of the Enders, Steel Battalion, and Titanfall let players live out their futuristic fantasies. Each provided the opportunity to ...