Are you gearing up for the PC and PlayStation Vita release of Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms? Developer Idea Factor has released their latest pack of screenshots (in their growing series) to highlight some of the bachelors available for the pickings. Seen in the gallery below, the two men in the spotlight are Kazue Souma and Ryouma Sakamoto.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy was revealed to be coming to the Nintendo Switch this past week during Nintendo’s most recent Direct. Now, we know who will be in charge of bringing the game over to the console-handheld hybrid. Activision has chosen Toys For Bob to port Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy over to the Switch according to
Many link up the growing battle royale genre to the popular book series, The Hunger Games. However, no matter what game we are talking about — PUBG or Fortnite — one thing is missing: a malevolent audience, actively participating to shape the obstacles of the world. That is, except for Darwin Project — a fact they highlight on their launch trailer.
DMM launched a new event in its free-to-play Muv-Luv game Muv-Luv Alternative: Strike Frontier, and this time around it’s about White Day. If you’re not familiar with White Day, it’s a Japanese celebration on March 14th in which men who received chocolate on Valentine’s Day give back with gifts. While the tradition is a bit complex, with plenty
DMM and Koei Tecmo implemented a new update to their PC game Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation. The update, numbered 01.14.01 introduces the second part of the Hadaka no Kokoro White Day event, prompting players to drop gifts to give to their favorite ladies in order to get their new SR bikini in exchange
Last month Bluepoint Games launched the PS4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus to much praise from both fans and critics alike. In fact, it was such a fantastic remake that I called it one of the best ever made. With Shadow of the Colossus shipped and finished, it became time for Bluepoint to turn the page and begin focusing
Master Chief and Blue Team are arguably some of the most badass characters in the realm of science fiction, and thanks to a new three-part mini-series Halo: Collateral Damage, we’re going to get to know even more about their Spartan adventures. The mini-series follows Blue Team on a UNSC deployment to a chaotic colony world
Bandai Namco released a new trailer for its third-person-shooter slash JRPG game Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet. This time around, we get a look at the content of the upcoming DLC packages that will be released sequentially for the game, and more specifically on the characters they’ll introduce. The first will come with Yamikaze, Dyne, and
The Sims 4 expansion Get to Work is coming to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 later this month. The upcoming add-on allows you to actively control your Sim while they are at work. Whether you’re a doctor attempting to save a life, a detective trying to solve a case, or a scientist plotting some
Sony Interactive Entertainment published its sales chart for PS4 digital sales on the Japanese PlayStation Store, related to the period between February 26th and March 4th. Below you can read the full chart. NieR: Automata Monster Hunter World Metal Gear Survive Girls Und Panzer Dream Tank Match Rainbow Six Advanced Edition Yonder: The Cloud Catcher
Microsoft’s Inside Xbox series returned this afternoon and with it came a ton of news about upcoming games like Sea of Thieves and Far Cry 5. Rare’s Sea of Thieves was the main title talked about over the course of the show as its release is coming up on March 20. Xbox’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb talked to some of the
Hardcore fans of Bioware are likely familiar with Drew Karpyshyn, who has served as one of the main writers on past titles like Mass Effect 2 and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. After leaving the studio a few years ago, Karpyshyn had returned to help write for Bioware’s newest project Anthem. This past week though, Karpyshyn announced
Valve has notoriously shifted away from developing software over the past few years as they have instead focused on creating hardware and catering the infrastructure of their Steam service. Going forward though, it seems like the company is ready to focus again on making more games. During a recent event focused on the upcoming Dota
The latest and greatest gaming feud, Bluehole Studios’ PUBG and Epic Games’ Fortnite, is taking on a new level of competition. The PUBG development team laid out their plans for 2018 and it looks like they are trying to copy some of the more successful elements of what Fortnite brings to the increasingly-competitive battle royale. News comes from the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds development blog, where the
During an event from Akihabara, Tokyo, hosted by the Dengeki PlayStation magazine, Bandai Namco showcased quite a bit of gameplay from the Code Vein demo titled Second Blood (as opposed to First Blood which was playable at Tokyo Game Show). The demo showcases some dungeon gameplay in which we see combat against various smaller Lost, and some details like the ability to
As we continue to draw closer and closer to Far Cry 5’s release at the end of this month, Ubisoft continues to give us new glimpses of the game to build up hype. Today, the newest glimpse of Far Cry 5 isn’t direct gameplay footage but is instead a live-action TV spot. The commercial is only about thirty seconds
For one reason or another, Kingdom Come: Deliverance‘s developers Warhorse Studios seem to increasingly be at odds with various gaming outlets. The occasional silver lining to this is some new information for backers and the game’s growing fanbase on the development process. In a series of tweets, Daniel Vávra — co-founder of Warhorse Studio — announced a
As many gamers know, being an alpha and beta tester is often an unrewarding experience. While access to the game comes for free, most alpha and beta testers are essentially providing integral quality support checks and server checks on broken or potentially buggy games. And normally, after everything is said and done, testers are required
Fortnite continues to build up steam in the gaming space with no hint of slowing down. According to a brand new reveal by the development team, Xbox One cross-platform play will be coming to consoles in the near future. News comes from Epic Games development blog, where they revealed the added benefits to Fortnite players. Not only will the
The Japanese statistics firm Media Create released its weekly analysis, giving us an even clearer picture of the Japanese market on top of what we saw with Wednesday’s top-twenty. We learned that the 28,430 copies sold by Dagon Quest Builders for Nintendo Switch were pretty much in line with Dragon Quest Heroes I-II, that debuted
There is no market more lucrative for the microtransaction space than the sports genre. No matter what series you are playing — FIFA, Madden, NBA 2K — nearly every sports title is based around an unabashedly exploitative market. In this sense, Sony’s MLB The Show 18 is looking to be the first major name in the genre to break from
If you can’t wait to learn more about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 before its May 12, 2018, reveal event, then maybe this will hold you over. Developer Treyarch has officially revealed a brand new calling card for its last game, Black Ops III, and of course, it’s themed after the upcoming first-person shooter. The calling card is
Today, during an event in Akihabara, Tokyo, Compile Heart Announced Kamigokuto Mary Skelter 2, the sequel of the PS Vita dungeon JRPG Mary Skelter: Nightmares. The game will release for PS4 in Japan on June 28th. If you have not played the first game on PS Vita you should not worry, as a full remake
Taking place in the 1970’s, you are bound to the Canadian winter of Kona in this exploratory mystery game. Being released as an early-access game on Steam in 2015, the game rapidly picked up popularity and continues today to received high marks of ‘very positive’ ratings from gamers. Given the popularity of the game and the
It’s that time once again. Sony Interactive Entertainment is bringing a slew of game and movie deals during this month’s Flash Sale. Until March 12th at 8 a.m. PT, you’ll be able to save up to 60 percent on the PlayStation Store. The past few months have been filled with quality games with no indication
Anyone following gaming press should expect a lot of news about State of Decay 2 in the next few months. Not only is developer Undead Labs’ zombie game ramping up to a May 22 release date, but the game is part of publication IGN’s “IGN First” program — a form of marketing blitz via publication-exclusive news briefings.
Thought you were hyped about the Super Smash Bros. reveal at yesterday’s stellar Nintendo Direct? Think again. Just like always, crowds gathered at New York City’s Nintendo NY (previously Nintendo World Store) to watch the Nintendo Direct, and the atmosphere ran electric with anticipation of the potential reveal. Captured in multiple angles — but likely best by
Earlier this week, I reported that a new entry in the Casey Powell Lacrosse series would be released this year. That being said, today I received an email informing me that the release date for the upcoming sports game would be pushed back. According to the press release, the developer cited that the game’s delay was due to
What can out-ridiculize Rocket League’s rocket-powered soccer gameplay? How about a game that uses similar mechanics to bring Harry Potter‘s Quidditch to consoles. That’s exactly what developer Blue Isle Studios hopes to accomplish with their spin-off game mode Broomstick Leauge that is taking over Citadel: Forged with Fire. What exactly is the Broomstick League? According to Blue Isle, the games are up
1979 Revolution: Black Friday has a story based in truth — beginning with the historical events in 1978 Tehran, Iran’s Islamic Revolution. It gives players a lot of choices, and in turn, a lot of consequences. Will you maintain order through the path you choose to take, or will you fail in this world of