When it comes to games based on anime series, or actually games based on any popular license, they’re often hit-or-miss affairs. Many have the potential to be good but are handed to a developer that doesn’t posses the resources to give the game what it deserves. Other times the games are a clear cash grab, just capitalising on a well … Read More
There are a number of anime that whenever I see or hear mentioned bring back a ton of nostalgic memories. The Cardcaptors series is one of those shows. I spent many a morning watching the show before heading off to school and now 17 long years after the original series aired we are finally getting the next chapter in the … Read More
After gaining funding in a successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2015, Koji Igarashi was set to make his comeback and produce a spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. Now just over 4 years on, and after numerous delays, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is finally here. But best of all, it seems to have both broken the stigma around KickStarter … Read More
It’s always a good day when a new set of Dragon Ball Super arrives. There’s something about jumping into episodes of the Dragon Ball franchise that just makes me happy. Now that part 7 has arrived we have moved past the half-way point of the overall Super series and have made our way into the show’s final ‘main’ arc, but … Read More
Octopath Traveler is a turn based JRPG collaboratively developed by Square Enix and Acquire, who are known for their work on the Tenchu, Way of the Samurai and Akiba’s Trip series. It’s a love letter for for the classic JRPG’s of the 90’s that were filled with complex pixel art, engaging characters and stories. After being released exclusively on the … Read More
If you own a Nintendo Switch and you’re a fan of Final Fantasy then it’s been a great last 6 months for you. In that time we’ve seen Final Fantasy 9, 7, X, X-2 and now 12 ported to the console, appearing on Nintendo hardware for the first time. And with the time investment required for these titles, being able … Read More
There are times in life where 2 great things can come together and complement each other so well that it creates another great and unique thing. Peanut butter and chocolate for instance, or in the world of games I can recall Pokemon Conquest, which combines the Pokemon series with Nobunaga’s Ambition to create a Pokemon experience unlike anything I’d ever … Read More
Darling in the FraXX is a 2018 anime series produced by CloverWorks and animated by both CloverWorks (Persona 5 the Animation) and Studio Trigger (Kill la Kill). Due to the following Studio Trigger have massed over the past few years, when the show was originally announced to be in production back in 2017 it got a lot of people excited … Read More
When I first got my PlayStation VR headset one of the first things I jumped into was PSVR Worlds, a collection of smaller scale games and experiences designed by Sony’s London Studio to showcase the kinds of things the headset was capable of. Of those experiences my clear favourite was an action movie getaway sequence called The London Heist. Now … Read More
Chaos;Child is the follow up sequel to 2008’s Chaos;Head. As with its predecessor its based on the visual novel of the same name developed by 5pb and takes place inside the ‘Science Adventure’ series of games. The source material, like other titles in the Science Adventure series has been written by Chiyomaru Shikura and he has once again brought his … Read More