I will buy Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. Without exception, every handheld rendition of the series has been stellar, and I’ve long maintained that Fire Emblem is the perfect portable game. Relying on the auto-save feature that saves one’s progress after every single move, I would often pull out one of the Game Boy Advance titles [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Before you ask, the answer is no; Peter Pan does not appear in Neverland Card Battles, and neither does Michael Jackson. The “Neverland” in question, instead, is a long-running property from Idea Factory, a Japanese developer who has used Neverland’s characters and world in a number of games. Fans of the franchise may have seen [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 9, 2008
Polish developer CD Projekt RED isolated themselves for months in order to perfect their PC fantasy RPG The Witcher -- after the title had already sold 600,000 copies. Now, they're finally coming in from the cold, and ready to explain where they found the motivation to relocalize and rework their magnum opus... without charging gamers a single grosz.
Continue reading...Thursday, July 24, 2008
While most of Ubisoft’s Q1 fiscal report will consist of the usual gigantic sales numbers (up 25.8% to €169 million) and a smattering of bold, forward-looking statements, there’s also something for gamers to look forward to. On the last page of a press release, the international giant confirms that they will publish the formerly import-only [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 2, 2008
Well, that seems appropriate, doesn’t it? Q Entertainment, developer of some of the best music-based games to come out of Japan, is going to be teaming up with Harmonix, the developer of the best music-based games in America. Together, they will rule the world localize and release Rock Band in Japan, bringing the experience of [...]
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