Sam Bright 
Tactics Ogre: Reborn is based on Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together; a Super Famicom strategy RPG that is often held in extremely high regard for many reasons. Its complex job system and party building offered endless customization, and the strategic battles were as deep as the Mariana Trench. Before there were Final Fantasy Tactics, … Read more
Mages, the developer behind the Science Adventures titles such as Steins;Gate, has posted significant financial losses. The Japnese developer has entered in a period of financial distress, also known as insolvency, with their most recent release of financial results (via GameBiz). The company posted only a pitiful 4.225 million yen (31,472 USD) in sales while … Read more
Aniplex has announced NieR: Automata Ver1.1a finally has a premiere date set for next month. The prevously announced TV anime based on the NieR: Automata is premiering on January 7th, 2023. A special pre-launch special program was also hosted this morning, featuring panelists: Yui Ishikawa, Natsuki Hanae, Kaoru Akiyama, Yosuke Saito, and Shota Fujii Here’s … Read more
AliceSoft’s Rance series is now 33 year old, and to celebrate they’ve released the first two games on GOG. Despite only being two years younger than the Final Fantasy series, the games always had a rough time being published in the west. Rance 01+ 02 (modern visual remakes of the first 2 games) got official … Read more
Steam has an issue with letting anything on the platform, so long as the developer gives them money, like the asset flip games or sometimes even scam games. This means that essentially anyone with $100 can publish their game on Steam. It isn’t the wild west and the game has to pass certain requirements, but … Read more
Steam announced its new user-interface in 2019, which changed the look of the platform and let users create custom art for the games – even Nintendo games. A site to host all of this custom art was made, SteamGridDB, a database for all Steam games where users can post their own version of a game’s … Read more
Square Enix announced Bravely Default: Brilliant Lights is shutting down – the mobile title based on their popular RPG Bravely franchise. The game’s official account(s) revealed that it will end its services on February 28, 2023. They also revealed that another app will be released, allowing players to replay old cutscenes one the original version … Read more
With The Last of Us series airing soon on HBO, developer Naughty Dog is hyping up their next project. Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann talked up the process of working on the series, as well as his vision for future games made by the company. Past titles made by Naughty Dog have already been received … Read more
Twas the day after Christmas and all through the land, little children’s toys were beeping and driving their parents mad. So what will these modern-age parents do to drown those noises out? In the past, parents would drink, take prescription drugs, or lock themselves in a room away from their kids. Now many will resort … Read more
Previously we reported on Gran Turismo 7 possibly getting a PC port – as the game remains exclusive to PlayStation consoles. Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi made a statement that hinted the latest in their racing franchise might be finally coming to PC. This brought about hopes for some fans that Gran Turismo 7 might be … Read more
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World got a video-game adaptation in 2010 as a tie-in to the movie, which eventually got delisted from both platform due to licensing issues. The game was well received and seen by fans as a simple beat ’em up with a really good soundtrack, gaining a very devoted … Read more
Publisher 110 Industries and developer Soleil announced Wanted: Dead‘s mini-game, Space Runaway, is now available ahead of the main game’s release. The side-scrolling mecha shoot ’em up is now available for Windows PC (via Steam). The original trailer (now unavailable) for the game mentioned the mini-game will also come to consoles – the new upload … Read more
Valve’s Steam Replay 2022 lets Steam users get a summary of what they played this year, down to the amount of sessions they had. This past week, Valve posted a somewhat embarrassing skit announcing the feature on Twitter: This is Valve’s first attempt at a system like this, and is most likely inspired by Spotify’s … Read more