Dragon’s Crown, the upcoming hand drawn RPG/beat-em-up from Vanillaware (developers of Odin Sphere, Muramasa,) has apparently been in development for quite awhile: an artbook for the game that was just released in Japan reveals that Vanillaware originally started planning the game back in 1998.
In an incredible effort to keep the fire burning, it seems the Sega Dreamcast is still getting developer love as two more games are releasing for the console this year. (The Dreamcast 2 will happen!) Some of you may remember GunLord, the 2D platformer that released …
2012 marked the 20th or 25th anniversaries for lots of big franchises: Nintendo’s Kirby turned 20, Capcom’s beloved but oft-neglected Mega Man turned 25, as did Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy franchise. You can find plenty of retrospectives and features on these series’ big anniversaries online, but there …
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Retro Round-Up is a weekly article (that’s a few days late this week, sorry) that takes a look at the world of retro gaming. This week, I talk about one of my all time favorite games, the pioneering Dreamcast classic Phantasy Star Online, its history, and …
Sega continues their initiative to port all of their Dreamcast classics to modern consoles, and if a new listing on the official Xbox website is to be believed, it looks like Sonic’s last adventure on a Sega console will be their next HD “remastering.”
Sega recently announced a new HD port of cult classic Jet Set Radio, and while the first wave of Dreamcast HD ports was severely underwhelming, it’s hard not to get excited at the thought of being able to replay some of gaming history’s best and most …
Sega just released a teaser for their next Dreamcast to XBLA/PSN port, and while they don’t say the specifically name the game in question, I’m sure anyone who owned a Dreamcast immediately figured out what game it was as soon as they heard that trademark funky …
Sorry about that headline. I couldn’t resist. Anyway, Japanese news outlet Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo is launching a new initiative in which the Kyoto publisher will pick up and produce entries in other publishers’ franchises. This is a bizarre move for the usually withdrawn and …
In the first part of our look back on Sonic the Hedgehog’s 20 year history, we examined Sonic’s birth and glory days on the Genesis, and now, in part 2 of our 3 part retrospective, we take a look back at Sonic during the Saturn and …
