The well-established MMORPG MapleStory is set to launch it’s latest major content update beginning later this week. The update, titled Glory: Strengthened Alliances comes with a bunch of new content, events and game fixes and improvements. The event, which kicks off from November 20th and runs until the 29th of January 2020 will grant players the chance to receive Glory, … Read More
The folks at Obsidion are no stranger to role playing games. Previously working on the Knights of the Old Republic, Pillars of Eternity and evening developing what many would argue is the best Fallout game of the past couple of generations in Fallout: New Vegas. And their experience gained from being handed the Fallout series shines through here in their … Read More
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not really into sports video games. Although I know that there are masses of people that are very passionate about the various wrestling or soccer games, and even though I’m a big fan of cricket, I still don’t get much long lasting enjoyment out of cricket video games either. I’ve felt the … Read More
Over the past few years, many classic games have started receiving the ‘full remake’ treatment. Bringing a title from decades earlier into the modern day and presenting a hit of nostalgia to existing fans and potentially bringing in a new horde of fans that may know of the title, but perhaps never got the chance to play it when it … Read More
There has been no shortage of great visual novel games recently. Just last week I reviewed AI: The Somnium Files, next week Raging Loop releases but here I’m going to talk about a visual novel that is very special to many people around the world and after it’s initial release, went on to inspire many science fiction visual novels including … Read More
When I previewed Concrete Genie a couple of months ago, I said that it was a great blend of what Sony do really well, third person action-adventure games and artsy experimental titles. After playing through the full game, my opinion hasn’t changed. Concrete Genie delivers a short but fulfilling experience with a focus on journey and redemption and it certainly … Read More
A year on from it’s release on PC and PS4 here in the west, Dragon Quest XI: Heroes of an Elusive Age has made it’s way to the Nintendo Switch in the form of Dragon Quest XI S: Definitive Edition. It’s far more ambitious than just being a simple port of the existing game. It’s vast quality of life improvements, … Read More
When it comes to the world of video games there are a number of people that have almost perfected their genre and are the names many think of when talking about that specific genre. For stealth-action it’s Hideo Kojima, for large open world RPGs it’s Todd Howard, for character driven platformers it’s Shigeru Miyamoto. When it comes to murder mystery … Read More
There’s no denying that JRPG’s are one of my favourite video game genres. They’ve earned that spot thanks to their ability to tell long yet gripping stories, because they’re normally packed with deep and interesting characters and because many of them have an anime inspired art direction, which is one key aspect that draws me in, due to my love … Read More
7 years on from the release of Borderlands 2, and after a lot of cries from the fans asking when it was coming, Gearbox and 2K have finally unleashed Borderlands 3 so that everyone can jump back in and get their dose of mayhem fueled looter-shooter action. While it doesn’t attempt to change up the gameplay formula the series is … Read More