Back in the 1990s, there was a collaboration that nobody saw coming. Nintendo and Squaresoft teamed up to bring the Italian plumber who could into a new genre. Bear in mind that, despite a few high-profile releases, Squaresoft wasn’t quite the behemoth that the Square Enix of today is. 2023 sees both Nintendo and Square […]
Consoles are often defined by the standout titles that are released over their lifespan. We all know about Mario and Zelda, but there was something else that stood out for me on the Nintendo 64: A certain dinosaur-hunting series known as Turok. The first two titles have seen rereleases and remasterers, but Turok 3: Shadow […]
River City, aka Kunio-Kun, is one of those franchises I would have never put money on becoming something that would get localized with such reliability, considering its history. Be it River City Girls or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms spin off, we are not being forgotten in Kunio’s adventures, and this new title is […]
1995 was an impressive year for the genre of First Person Shooters. Following the release of Doom 2, you can only imagine where the genre was going. Even so, I don’t think the world was ready to be shaken up by this. Developed by some of the key minds behind Doom, Rise of the Triad […]
Back in the 90s, a common practice for FPS games was to have map packs released months after the game was finished, the original DLC if you will. Making the most of modern technology and consumer habits, we have a new expansion pack in the form of DLC for Voidpoint’s 90s throwback shooter Ion Fury, […]
Baten Kaitos is a title that I vaguely remember from its GameCube origins. I’ve seen the name over the years, but something about it just never stuck. Interesting name aside, it’s time to have a look at the Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster collection to see if I missed out on a memorable […]
Back before gamers had to purchase Grand Theft Auto V over and over again, Rockstar Games were known for putting out various high-quality action games, Bully and Max Payne 3 for example. One series, that bizarrely started life under Capcom’s watchful eye, won the hearts of edgy kids and western loving fathers everywhere with the […]
BlazBlue has seemingly always prided itself on strange titles, much in the vein of the completely nonsensical naming conventions of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Big hair and daft names aside, one aspect BlazBlue hasn’t fully capitalized on yet is spin-off titles. But things are about to change with the Early Access release of BlazBlue: Entropy […]
Invader Studios are back with another attempt at bringing classic horror vibes to gamers. Their debut title Daymare: 1998 has a cult following among Resident Evil fans, which is no surprise as it started life as an unofficial Resident Evil 2 remake. Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is the later-released prequel to that title, and has the […]
Before you had your Golden Axe, your Final Fight, and your Streets of Rage there were a pair of Dragons—Double Dragons you might say. Ones that ruled the arcade. Things are different now and it’s been far too long since Billy and Jimmy Lee got a new title in the series. Fortunately, Secret Base has […]