The new Star Fox game for Wii U is an unusual mix of old and new, a game that sometimes feels like a remake and other times like a radical experiment. The game’s developers at Nintendo and—surprise—Platinum recently broke it all down for me. Despite the “zero” in the name, Star Fox Zero does not…
This morning, Square Enix announced something totally new: an original role-playing game from a brand new studio called Tokyo RPG Factory. It’s called “Project Setsuna” and we don’t have many details yet—it’s early, like many of Square’s projects—but it’s coming in 2016, Square says. They formed Tokyo RPG Factory recently to start making original RPGs…
Today Square Enix debuted the first in-game footage of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. As expected, it’s cyberpunk as fuck. The trailer is heavy on three things: 1) action, 2) the color black, 3) the color gold. The first part is a bit off-putting (Deus Ex is about out-sneaking and/or out-smarting, damn it), but it does…
We already knew Star Ocean 5 was imminent, the first installment in the RPG series since 2010, but Square Enix confirmed Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is coming to the rest of the world in 2016 on PlayStation 4. The game features a whopping six-party system, as well. The developers specifically called out how they’re…
Remember thatother Final Fantasy from yesterday’s Sony conference? Today Square Enix explained it. Kinda. Square discussed the RPG that nearly started riots during their E3 press conference. World of Final Fantasy, they said, is being created with three main goals in mind: To be playable by anyone of any age or gender To create a…
Today Square Enix showed off new footage from Kingdom Hearts III. As you might expect, it looks stellar. As you also might expect, there’s still no release date or even a release year—the trailer just says “Now in development,” which is just what they said back at E3 2013. Welp. Kingdom Hearts III is currently…
What, were you expecting Kingdom Hearts III? Square just announced that Kingdom Hearts: Unchained Key, a mobile game that was previously just announced for Japan, will come to North America too. Trailer:
Don’t worry, the PC version of Final Fantasy VII is still getting ported to PS4. Square just announced that it’ll be out this winter. There’s an iOS version coming, too, over the summer.
A turn-based Tomb Raider for mobile devices. Following up on the success of Hitman Go, Square Enix announces Lara Croft Go, a step-by-step adventure coming soon to rectangular things with touch screens.
I’ll take whatever I can get from Platinum Games, you know? But I didn’t expect this. The trailer itself was mostly slow pans over artwork, a way to set the scene for the new game. I’m not super familiar with Nier, though it’s easily one of the most common games people have asked me to…
Just Cause 3 is coming out on December 1st. It’s got a better grappling hook, a wingsuit, car surfing, explosions, a new island, unlimited C4, and more explosions. Looks great.
We already know about the next Deus Ex Rise of the Tomb Raider and the new Hitman. And Square Enix blew folks’ minds by announcing a FF VII HD remake. Can they possibly have anything left. We’ll be discussing whatever they reveal right here. “`
Nintendo’s barely over, but hey, it’s E3, there’s no time to catch your breath. Square Enix’s E3 presser starts at 1pm ET. Maybe Cloud and Tifa will be there. You can watch the livestream here:
Did you know: old-school Mario games were drawn out on graph paper by designers like Shigeru Miyamoto? It’s pretty cool! During Nintendo’s E3 Digital Event, Miyamoto shared graphs and original design docs of older Super Mario games. It’s amazing. You can watch Nintendo explain the older design process here, around the :38 second mark. Or, if…
Level 5’s super popular ghost catching series, Yokai Watch, series is finally leaving Japan, and Nintendo said it’s arriving “holiday 2015.” If you don’t get what’s up with the Yokai Watch series, we ran an explainer not too long ago. Contact the author at [email protected]
Nintendo’s next Super Mario sports game will be Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, a holiday 2015 Wii U game that seems to use the ability to turn into a giant-size character as its main gameplay gimmick.
Nintendo’s two Super Mario RPG series are mashing up in early 2016 in a game called Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam A new trailer from Nintendo showed a game that looks like it takes place in the world of Mario & Luigi games, with little sprite characters, one that has been visited by a flat…
Nintendo is not bringing a proper Animal Crossing to their home console, but, rather, a virtual board game supporting up to four players. Each player uses an Amiibo. Think Mario Party, but with Animal Crossing characters. So, it’s way, way cuter. The game will be out this holiday season. A glimpse of the Amiibo coming:…
The 3DS decorating game Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer now has a September 25 release date, according to Nintendo. The game is expected to support Amiibos that are in the form of trading cards.
The epic Wii U role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles X that has so far failed to thrill one of our guys in Japan, where it is already out, will make it to North America just before Christmas. It’ll be out on December 4.
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