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New JRPGs For Vita Make Me Unreasonably Happy

Between PS1 Classics and newer games like Persona 4 Golden, the unheralded PlayStation Vita has become an essential beast for JRPG fans and today brings news of more cool Japanese stuff for western gamers. In addition to Freedom Wars, which we talked about earlier, Sony has just announced plans to localize the Soul Sacrifice remake…

The Vita Gets A Sweet-Looking New Action Game

Freedom Wars, announced for Japan last year, is coming to North America at some point in 2014. Sony announced the news on their YouTube channel alongside this new trailer (above) for the upcoming Vita game, which lets you team up with other players to take down monsters and shoot your way through prison colonies Looks…

Here’s a trailer to remind you that Final Fantasy XIV officially makes the jump to PS4 today. Note that if you’ve already got the PS3 version of FFXIV: A Realm Reborn, you can get a free upgrade to the PS4 version. Here’s how

The Saturday Morning Stream: LEGO: The Hobbit (Stream Over)

Warning: Today’s Saturday stream may contain material that spoil the events of a fantasy book published in 1937. After last week’s Titanfall fiasco, I had a hankering for some lighter fare, a game where I can leisurely explore, even in mid-combat, without too much of a penalty. A game that allows me to talk to…

I Feel the Need to Lead This Little Girl to Safety [Updated]

Guide that sweet little horned girl. Protect her. Introducing Hotaru no Nikki (ホタルノニッキ Firefly Diary), a new puzzle adventure game from Nippon Ichi software. In the game, you take the role of a magical firefly with the objective to lead a little horned girl, Mion, out of a dark ruin filled with traps and shadow…

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…

It’s always good to see Bruce Wayne kick some ass out of costume. Some of that playboy crimefightin’ is on display in this new look at the Cold, Cold Heart DLC that due to hit Batman: Arkham Origins this month. There’s also a look at the new Batsuit players will use in the Mr. Freeze-focused…

Yes, ​The Last of Us Is Coming to PS4 This Summer

Update, 04/09/14, 02:11 p.m.: Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann tweeted that the studio is targeting a 60 fps framerate for The Last of Us Remastered. Update, 04/09/14, 12:45 p.m.: And here’s a post on the official PlayStation blog with more info on The Last of Us Remastered, which is given a Summer 2014 release window Update,…

The Next Big Borderlands Game Will Let You Play As Claptrap

If you’ve ever just looked up at the sky while playing a Borderlands game you might’ve noticed the big H-shaped, Hyperion-owned moonbase suspended ominously in space above the planet Pandora. Well, in the next big Borderlands game, coming out this fall, you’ll be going to that moon. I spent part of my Friday last week…

Borderlands 2 comes to Vita on May 13, Sony just announced. Starting May 6, you can also get a bundle with the game, a Vita Slim, and an 8 GB memory card for $200. (Not that 8 GB is enough; if you really want to take advantage of the Vita—which is a great system!—you’ll need…

Sure looks like the Avengers are finally coming to Disney Infinity This new teaser features Steve Rogers’ iconic shield ricocheting through the environs of Disney’s collectible toy game. People have been wondering when Marvel characters would be showing up in Disney Infinity and this clip seems to hint that some news will probably come very…

Here’s How You’ll Be Killing Nazis in the New Wolfenstein Game

× Man, alternate reality Nazis play soccer much differently than we do here. The newest teaser for Wolfenstein: The New Order shows even more of just how terrible life would be if the Nazis won World War II. We get glimpses of the torture and detention camps that the Reich employs and a good look…

The only PSP color left, it seems, is “Piano Black.” The Japanese PlayStation site shows that that the other colors will no longer be released in the country. No word yet about outside Japan.

It’s Looking Bad For Peter Parker In The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game

As if three movie villains weren’t enough, Electro and the Green Goblin are are joined by the ugliest Kingpin ever, bad-hair-lighting Black Cat and… is that Carnage? Yeah, Parker is screwed. Activision tried to sneak a little Carnage into the trailer, but I can smell a Cleetus a mile away. It helps that I was…

Meet The Mystery Fighter of EA Sports UFC: Bruce Lee

Lee joins the impressive roster of UFC fighters in EA’s mixed martial arts game. The character is the product of a partnership between EA Sports and Bruce Lee Enterprises, who agreed to support Lee’s inclusion with plenty of background material which, according to EA Sports, allowed them to create a highly authentic digital representation of…

How The Batmobile Works In Arkham Knight

I really wish Warner Bros. had released footage of their next Batman game, Arkham Knight, because I’d like you all to see what they’re doing with the Batmobile. It’s not quite what you’d expect, I don’t think. You can drive it, of course, which is a first for the Arkham series, screaming down the streets…

Phase 2 of Final Fantasy XIV’s PlayStation 4 beta test begins today. If you’re new to the game, you can download the client through the PlayStation Store for free. The test runs until Monday, April 7, 1AM Pacific, and characters made during this phase will be playable after the game’s April 14 launch.

J-Stars Victory VS Gets Real Old Real Fast

Goku and Naruto. Luffy and Ichigo. Jojo and Kenshiro. It’s hard not to be excited about a game where all your favorite Shonen Jump heroes battle it out. Unfortunately, while it does deliver on the fanservice, the novelty wears off painfully fast. Good – All Your Favorite Characters The Shonen Jump magazine has been churning…

Daylight, the procedurally generated horror game, has a new release date—April 29 The date was revealed in the above trailer, released by Atlus yesterday. Hope that phone’s got one of those extended batteries. In any case, nota bene, horror fans: Daylight, PS4, PC, April 29.