Massive gallery, too At Tokyo Game Show last month, I got an early peek at Elemental Labs’Reborn, an action RPG with a sci-fi twist that they’re aiming to put on both PS3 and PS4 next year. New publisheracttilhosted an event where Elemental Labs’ Franz Tissera, CEO, showed off his last year of work on Reborn and announced a Kickstarter campaign. Rebornis an interesting mix of old and new, folklore and sci-fi....
Maryuken I thought that by this point, I couldn’t be surprised by theMario and Sonic at the Olympic Gamesseries. Each game has, traditionally, been a mini-game collection that tried too hard to copy theWii Sportsformula with diminishing returns. These titles are very basic, have tons of forced motion controls, and have failed to do anything that plays to the strengths of its titular characters. Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gamesstill follows that idea, but it also contains a mini-game based on karate....
Fun fact: Rabbits from the future cause 86% of violent crime In the not-so-golden era of tiered pre-order pricing shenanigans, shady downloadable content marketing, and other distastefulpractices, it makes one wonder: whatever happened to the beloved demo build? Apparently the good people over at Devolver Digital still remember the value of letting customers put their hands on a product before asking them to shell out their hard-earned gamer dollars, as they’ve released a pair of try-it-before-you-buy-it builds on Steam....
Every chance I get My favorite part of any battle royale is figuring out the locales when you’re first getting started. You’re still bright-eyed and hopeful about your odds because you simply don’t know any better yet. “Military Base? Sounds interesting! I’ll swing by right after poking my head in the Prison and making a pit stop in Pochinki!” It takes time to form a mental note of all the hotspots where dreams go to die....
JRPGs getting out-JRPG’d by KRPGs Just aesthetically,Peria Chronicleslooks better than all these budget, tropefest JRPGs that fill time betweenPersonainstallments. And it’s more impressive when you realize that this is a (Korean) MMO with a full customization suite similar toLandmark. Some of it is rough and the editable environment textures are bland, but other bits shine bright. Those monster designs giveNi no Kunia run for its money, though the latter focused on a consistent, rounder, cuter, and more minimal look....
Ethics don’t even coming into it If a surgeon screwed up a delicate heart operation by messing around in real life, it would be both a tragedy and cause for a public outcry. In the realm of videogames, it’s hilarious.Surgeon Simulator 2013is a game all about life-or-death medical procedures — using physics that fight you at every step. Created for theGlobal Game Jam, this hastily constructed sim is bare-bones yet still utterly painful to watch....
New Bordeaux, here I come! If you’re not feeling yet another open-world title, thenDead By Daylightmight be more your speed. The game that launched a trend which culminated inFriday the 13th,Dead by Daylighttasks players with escaping a horror monster as it tries to kill them all. It certainly is a neat idea and could be worth a spin. As for the PS3 and Vita, the selection even more mixed.Serious Sam 3: BFEis mostly good, but it suffers from a lot of pacing issues and some seriously bad level design....
Virtually Extinct Meta has announced that it is winding down support for the first iteration of its Quest VR technology. In anemail obtained by UploadVR, Meta explained how the changes will affect Quest 1 users from spring forward. Quest 1 user will still be able to use all of the currently available apps and hardware, but no new features will be included in Quest 1 updates and the compatibility of apps moving forward is not guaranteed....
Think of the mods With a newly released trailer for the upcoming game, Bandai Namco has confirmed the western release date forNew Gundam Breaker. It will be arriving on June 22, which is sooner than many may have expected. In a surprise addition, the company revealed that the game would also be coming to PC alongside the PlayStation 4 version. You can check out the new trailer below. The new trailer, while using the Japanese build, does provide a solid look into how the final product is shaping up....
Can I Really Be the Hero for the third time? Nippon Ichi Software (NIS) is such an enigmatic company and I’m glad it still exists. The publisher has been putting out JRPGs and SRPGs hand over fist for over 20 years now, sometimes saving systems like the PSP and the Vita from complete and utter software droughts. In the modern era they’ve completely switched gears to just the PS4 and Switch, as they continue to ride out the popularDisgaeaseries and any number of other wacky original projects they have up their sleeve....
Switch release wings its way onto new platforms Forever Entertainment has teased that its remake of Sega Saturn classicPanzer Dragoonwill be launching on PC and PS4 “soon”, following its releaseearlier this yearon Nintendo Switch. Developed by MegaPixel Studio,Panzer Dragoon: Remakeoffers a fresh take on 1996 rail-shooter, featuring a full visual overhaul, an improved control system, and new locations and enemies as players battle through seven fantasy locales in efforts to stop the fabled Prototype Dragon from reaching an ancient relic and bringing chaos to the world....
It’s about time… We are just a few days out from the highly anticipated release of the newest entries in the indeliblePokemonfranchise — And whilePokemon Scarlet & Violetare already getting fans giddy with their cool new critters, (let’s go, Gimmighoul!), it would be a shame not to pay equal attention to the game’s equally cool new professors, Sada and Turo. The new professors will break withseveral long-standing traditionsin the now decades-longPokemonfranchise....
It’s prognostication time Somewhere on the slopes of Mount Nintendo there’s an oracle that straddles a chasm wherefrom vapors emerge. She speaks in tongues, relying on an intern to interpret her enigmatic ramblings. The system has its misfires (this is how things get named Wii U, for example), but relying on these portents and premonitions has kept Nintendo in business for over a century. In recent years, the oracle has spawned a number of bizarre crossover concepts, culminating in the creation ofHyrule Warriors,Pokkén, andPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros....
