Brace yourselves, J-RPG fans, because the Dark Hour is almost upon us once again: the first movie based on Atlus’ Persona 3 will be out in Japan before the end of the year.
Today marks the eleventh anniversary of Final Fantasy XI’s original launch in Japan. Since the game’s launch more than a decade ago, FFXI has faced fierce competition from newer, flashier, and more accessible MMO’s, but despite all that, the game has remained a profitable title for …
Hideo Kojima, the creator of Konami’s Metal Gear and Zone of the Enders franchises, announced today that all work on the highly anticipated Zone of the Enders sequel has been halted, and that the team working on the game has been dismantled.
Latchkey Games is a weekly column that takes a look at games that perhaps didn’t quite get the amount of love they deserved: whether it was a game that was panned on its initial release only to become a cult classic, one that stirred the ire …
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Mega Man for the Famicom, and I thought I’d mark the occasion with a look back at some highlights (and low lights) from the Blue Bomber’s history, ranging all the way from his 8 and …
Latchkey Games is a (sort of) weekly article that takes a look at games that perhaps didn’t quite get the amount of love they deserved: whether it was a game that was panned on it’s initial release only to become a cult classic, one that stirred …
Latchkey Games is a new (maybe) weekly article that takes a look at games that perhaps didn’t quite get the amount of love they deserved: whether it was a game that was panned on it’s initial release only to become a cult classic, one that stirred …
Yesterday Konami celebrated Metal Gear’s 25th Anniversary. Today, Square-Enix gets to celebrate the quater-centennial of their own flagship franchise. Square is notorious for using any reason they can to re-release old games, but this time it kind of makes sense: for FF’s big 25th birthday, they’re …
People have been trying to quantify what exactly constitutes “art” for centuries. Scholars have debated the semantics of the idea over and over again, and the definition of the word has changed as new mediums and new artists emerge to challenge the status quo. Like any …
At Best Buy’s site, they are having a sale that is just plain awesome. Buy three games, and the cheapest one is free. Before you start thinking that this applies to a narrow selection of games, it doesn’t. This is an offer without any bull or …