“I think what indies really need to watch out for is not becoming the new casual games… indies are being pushed more and more to have a lower price. I’d like to fight that. Double Fine wants to keep indies premium.” Double Fine COO Justin Bailey to USGamer, on how the company will operate as…

Atlus Revives Failed Earthbound-Inspired Kickstarter RPG

Last Fall, the developers of modern JRPG Citizens of Earth took to Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for their project. Sadly, it didn’t work out. But now, thanks to Atlus, the game is going to be completed on time after all. So if you’re on the lookout for a good comedy RPG based in modern times…

SNES-Style Tactical RPG Stars a “Raging Alcoholic”

Our heroine, ladies and gentlemen. Dragon Fin Soup will follow the story of several playable characters; one of them is Red Robin, an alcoholic bounty hunter who hails from a remote village on Asura—essentially a planet formed on top of giant cosmic turtle that swims around in space-time. The game’s Story Mode promises a dark…

Cosplayers, I Mean Students, Weren’t Allowed into University Ceremony

At university entrance ceremonies, you are supposed to wear a suit. Dress conservatively! These kids didn’t get the memo and showed up in body paint. While the Kyoto University seems to be a cosplay free for all, the Hokkaido University apparently wouldn’t let these freshmen into their entrance ceremony. Maybe campus security was worried about…

Xbox One And The PlayStation 4: Weirdest. Console. Transition. Ever.

Is it just me or is the current transition to ‘next-generation’ consoles extremely, extremely weird? On Kotaku today: news that a new, updated version of The Last of Us, previously a PlayStation 3 exclusive, is en route to the PlayStation 4. In stores today: an Xbox 360 version of Titanfall. A video game experience that…

South Park Gets Name Change (For Some) After Internet Security Flaw

The security flaw known as “Heartbleed” could be the worst thing that’s ever happened to the internet. Whether or not you’re spooked by it, some people are already taking measures. Like…renaming their games on Steam. For those who already own the game, South Park: The Stick Of Truth is, for the time being, no longer…

The King Of The Digital Jungle

German indie studio duangle, who are working on the very pretty PC adventure game Nowhere, are made up of only two people. One of them is artist Sylvia Ritter. The other is her husband, Leonard Ritter Sylvia’s art is a nice change of pace from what we normally post here, with abstracts and vectors replacing…

Seven Things You Might Have Missed About Greninja’s Smash Reveal

The Nintendo Direct we watched yesterday, which focused on Smash Bros? It contained more information than what Nintendo actually talked about. But if you pay close enough attention, you can catch some cool stuff hidden in the footage. Take Greninja, for example. He might not be Mewtwo, but he’s still pretty interesting! GameXplain proves this…

Most Trolls Aren’t Assholes, They’re Just Having A Bad Day

In part because it’s the biggest game on the planet, and in part because its community has a pretty poor reputation, the developers of League of Legends have been looking at some unique ways to combat unsavoury behaviour in the game. And are coming up with some refreshing results. “We really wanted to figure out…