Rose and the Old Castle of Twilight Is a Perfect Melding of Cuteness and Gore
This is the heart warming tale of Rose, her golem friend, and Rose’s many horrible, brutal, gore-filled deaths.
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X Breathes New Life into the Series
Project Diva X has a few things you wouldn’t expect in a Hatsune Miku game—like a bit plot and a nice helping of strategy.
Love Psycho-Pass the Anime? You’ll Love Psycho-Pass the Game
Pyscho-Pass is a popularly and critically acclaimed cyberpunk anime with two seasons and a film under its belt. The midquel visual novel Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness certainly lives up to all that has come before.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness: The Kotaku Import Preview
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is my first Star Ocean game. And if this one is par for the course, I’m not too interested in playing another.
Square-Enix's New RPG Harkens Back To Their Big 90s Classics
Do you miss playing Squaresoft RPGs on your SNES? Then have I got the game for you: I Am Setsuna.
Welcome to Titan-Killing Simulator 2016
If there’s one thing you do a lot of in the new Attack on Titan game, it’s slaughter titans.
When Minecraft Meets Dragon Quest
You know what’s popular in Japan? Minecraft. You know what else is popular? Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest Builders is what happens when you mix the two.
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem: The Kotaku Import Preview
True to its title Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem is a mix of the two games, but if you expected a dark and depressing tactics title, you’re more than a bit off the mark.
Detective Pikachu Is a Simple Point-and-Click Adventure for Pokémon Fans
Three things you need to know going in about Detective Pikachu: 1) It’s not hard. 2) It’s not long. 3) Detective Pikachu himself makes the whole thing worth playing.
Chaos;Child is a Murder Mystery with Delusions and Superpowers
If I were to sum up in two sentences my experience with delusion-filled murder mystery visual novel Chaos;Child, it’d be these: 1) If I’d known how incredibly long Chaos;Child was, I’d never have played it and 2) I’m so happy that I played Chaos;Child.
In This PS Vita Dungeon Crawler, The Goal Is a Bigger Bust
Omega Labyrinth is a game about two things: breasts and dungeon crawling.
The New Neptunia Is a Love Letter to All things Zombie
The Neptunia game series has a simple premise: What if video game consoles were actually magical goddesses in a world filled with video game-inspired characters and in-jokes. Uberdimension Blanc + Neptune Faction Vs. The Zombie Army is more of the same but in a high school—and with zombies.
Yomawari Sure Makes Japanese Horror Emotional
From the moment I saw the first trailer, I knew I wanted to try Yomawari out. It looked both adorable and horrifying, but I had no idea just how powerful the experience would be.
Tokyo Xanadu is... Okay
Japanese high school kids fighting evil in secret. I’ve never heard of that premise before. No, wait. I have.
IA/VT -Colorful-: The Kotaku Import Preview
Sega has long held a stranglehold on the Vocaloid music game market with their Project Diva series. Now, to challenge Hatsune Miku’s dominance comes IA and her game IA/VT -Colorful-.
I Just Finished The New Ace Attorney. It Was Fantastic.
Ever wanted to know what Ace Attorney would be like if it took place in 1901? Well, if you speak Japanese you can—and it’s awesome.
So, I Fought the Boss with a Trillion Hit Points
I’ll admit, when I first heard the concept of a game where you fight a boss with a trillion hit points, I expected a fun tactical game with cutesy anime girls. What I didn’t expect was an emotional fist to the gut.
