Ani-Game

Growing up, I was obsessed with JRPGs, primarily those that were developed by Square Enix, and especially those that featured Tetsuya Nomura’s creative flair. And after spending years at that point obsessed with the Kingdom Hearts series, when I first saw The World Ends With You sitting on the shelf it caught my eye immediately and became a staple game … Read More

The Forgotten City, despite being the recently released debut game of local Australian developers Modern Storyteller, is actually a game you may have heard of, or perhaps even played in the past. The initial concept was created as a Skyrim mod of the same name that managed to surpass millions of downloads before Modern Storyteller founder Nick Pearce decided to … Read More

Outriders is an RPG Looter-Shooter developed by People Can Fly known for their work on Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgement. In the current gaming trend of online loot based service games, I had expected Outriders upon its initial reveal to release and be forgotten just due to the fact that it would be launching in such a saturated genre. … Read More

There’s always something special about starting up a new Kingdom Hearts game for the first time and seeing the title screen fade in, usually accompanied by a rendition of the series’ title theme song Dearly Beloved plays. And Melody of Memory gave me the exact same feeling. Kingdom Hearts is a series that is most certainly not for everyone. But … Read More

Although it’s far from a new franchise, over recent years the Yakuza series has been getting more and more popular with fans in the west. And for good reason. You only have to spend a small amount of time with any of the games to see where the appeal lies. They contain great depictions of Japan and it’s culture, zany … Read More

Little Hope is the second part of Supermassive Games’ Dark Pictures Anthology that kicked off last year with Man of Medan. And much like Man of Medan, Little Hope is a choice driven horror game that twists and turns based on your decisions and character relationships, leading you to one of the game’s multiple endings. This game has implemented a … Read More

Growing up, Crash Bandicoot was one of my favourite video game franchises. It was the first game I ever played on my original PlayStation and I enjoyed picking up and playing every release that came in the years that followed. Yes, even the less than great entries that came about during the PS2 era. They were admittedly not great, and … Read More

When it comes to entertainment properties, there are few more well known the Marvel, and more specifically within that, The Avengers. So years ago, when the initial teaser came out for an upcoming Avengers project that was being published by Square Enix, I was pretty damn excited. But to be completely honest, when it was further revealed to be a … Read More

As someone with a love for Japan, Japanese culture and along with that, Samurais. When I saw Ghost of Tsushima first announced, and even more so once Sucker Punch started to show off what the game really was, I couldn’t help but think they’ve designed this game just for me. Sucker Punch have shown off once again how they’re one … Read More

Anime games typically lend themselves well to video game adaptations. There’s no secret around that. Especially if the source material it’s based on is fairly action packed or has hundreds of episodes of story to pull from. Just look at the plethora of Dragon Ball and Naruto games that continue to be incredibly popular even though their core series’ ended … Read More