Dec 26 2017
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In a world where Japanese publishers have finally started to embrace global simultaneous releases, and there’s no…
May 3 2017
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If you are wondering what the top-selling item on Steam is right now, beating out the likes of Battlegrounds and the …
Apr 7 2017
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Trails in the Sky 3rd, the sequel to FC and SC, will be out for PC on May 3, publisher XSEED said today. They’re also bringing Cold Steel and Cold Steel II to PC in the future. For more on this convoluted, incredible RPG series, read this primer.
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Sep 6 2016
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So you’ve listened to Kotaku Splitscreen and are wondering just what the hell this “Trails” thing is and why you…
May 30 2016
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In the last couple of years, I’ve developed a strange relationship with JRPGs. I found myself tiring of their…
Mar 11 2016
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Well, this is unexpected. The next Trails in the Sky game is coming to North America, publisher XSEED said today.…
Dec 22 2015
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Take a dash of Suikoden’s world-building, add some Grandia-style combat, stir it all in with the setting and social…
Dec 20 2015
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We’ve only got one day to finish Jason Schreier’s favorite JRPG and its recently released in North America sequel…
Nov 18 2015
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There have been many JRPGs released over the past five years, and many of them are great. Only one can be safely…
Nov 4 2015
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I think this qualifies as a pretty good easter egg. It’s a hidden message in the PC version of Trails in the Sky SC, which came out last week after four and a half years of localization hell. Poor guys.
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Nov 2 2015
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One day in March of last year, video game writer Andrew Dice wrote out a check for all of his company’s money. He…
Oct 29 2015
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There’s a new PSP game out today. To some people that might come as strange news, but to a certain circle, today has…
Oct 23 2015
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Yesterday, the publisher XSEED tweeted a picture of pigs flying. Today it’s clear why: Trails in the Sky SC is…
Aug 17 2015
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Want to know why Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC still isn’t out yet? Check out this blog post by XSEED for a look at even more of the trials and tribulations that have faced the much-anticipated RPG—including but not limited to purple butt blasts. The good news: they’re still hoping to release SC by the end of…
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Jun 8 2015
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We’re just a week away from E3, and even if the big press conferences fail to deliver the JRPG goods we’re all…
Jul 29 2014
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Here is your reminder that The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is out today on PC, it's $20, and it's really,…
Jul 22 2014
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If you read Random Encounters with any regularity, you have probably seen me obsess over The Legend of Heroes:…
Dec 19 2013
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There are a lot of big, highly-anticipated games coming out next year: Watch Dogs, Titanfall, Dragon Age Inquisition.…
Sep 6 2013
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It's finally official: the second chapter of Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is coming to Steam and PSP as a…
Sep 5 2013
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Holy crap. HOLY CRAP. After leaving us with one hell of a cliffhanger at the end of Legend of Heroes: Trails in the…