Tactics Ogre: Reborn Review

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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

Steins;Gate’s developer enters insolvency, posts over $4 million losses on year

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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

NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime premiere date set for January

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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

Rance 01 and 02 now available on GOG

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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

New Steam game with Kermit the Frog possibly a crypto miner

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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

Nintendo starts crackdown on Steam custom art

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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

Bravely Default: Brilliant Lights is shutting down in 2023

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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

High on Life Review

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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

Gran Turismo 7 PC port not in development, says developer

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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