New Sakura Wars, temporarily titled Project Sakura Wars in the west, is being published in Europe by Koch Media. Soon after the game’s first trailer reveal during Sega Fes 2019, the publisher released the trailer as well. The game’s characters and story were detailed too. Sega America, and the Spanish and German subsidiaries of Koch Media all published the
Month: April 2019
An update to the PlayStation Network refund policy has hit, making it somewhat easier to refund a faulty game that’s been causing your console to crash. The update was quiet, with no acknowledgement from the PlayStation or AskPlaystation Twitter accounts. These updates include refunding a preorder so long as you have not streamed or downloaded it. You
As is tradition on April 1st, many tech companies are releasing gags and other sorts of pranks online, with Google (or Alphabet) releasing an updated Google Maps that will let you play the classic game Snake. Bring up either the iOS or Android Google Maps app and you’ll be greeted with a changed menu icon
A few hours after Sega revealed New Sakura Wars for PS4 during Sega Fes 2019, multiple fans on social media with a keen eye noticed how the trailer teased that Sumire Kanzaki, one of the former members of the Imperial Combat Revue, might be appearing in the game. 新サクラ大戦のPV見返してたらとんでもない事に気付いた 帝国歌劇団 総支配人 神崎すみれ 出るぞ#新サクラ大戦 pic.twitter.com/Z9VrV3BS6E — yf51ktmbv (@yf51ktmbv)
Have you ever found yourself sad that you can’t sleep with everyone’s favorite alien Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect in real life? Well, be morose no longer, because there’s now a product just for you. As announced today by BioWare, official Garrus body pillows are now being sold through merchandising outlet J!NX. No, this is not an
To keep up with the litany of free-to-play battle royale games on the market, Activision has opted to now make Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout battle royale mode free for the entirety of April. Starting tomorrow on April 2, Blackout will be free-to-play across all of Black Ops 4’s platforms on PS4, Xbox One, and
Rage 2 is an open-world shooter with RPG elements, tons of unique weapons, a vibrant (and violent) world, and big explosions. Surely, to perform at the same level as other id Software games like DOOM or Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, the hardware has to be capable of doing so, which does not seem to
I have played my fair share of fighting games in my life. Admittedly though, that “fair share” hardly deviates from the known quantities. I’m talking about the numerous Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Tekken games that have graced our consoles for years. Sometimes I’ll get crazy and check out something like Guilty Gear Xrd Rev
Valve had high hopes for their CCG game Artifact when they released it back in November 2018, but it unfortunately has drastically underperformed. A $19.99 price tag on top of a in-game economy that relied on trading cards with real money via Steam at launch and an overall lack of communication from Valve all likely
Borderlands 3 was finally announced last week by Gearbox Software at PAX East and while the game’s debut trailer got many fans excited, it most notably was still lacking information about a potential release date for the title. Now, it seems like the launch day for the game could have recently been divulged on Twitter,
Despite some stiff multiplatform competition, Nintendo’s latest Switch-exclusive Yoshi’s Crafted World has found itself at the top of the weekly UK sales chart in its first week of availability. Releasing this past Friday, Yoshi’s Crafted World was able to beat out both Ubisoft’s The Division 2 and last week’s top-seller Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. The Switch itself continues to
Ever since the whole Hideo Kojima fiasco in 2015, Konami’s public perception has suffered greatly. That being said, the company has been attempting to refocus itself recently, and will even be releasing several collections of titles from many of their classic series like Contra and Castlevania later this year. To continue this self-described “change and
The concept of being stuck in another world, but with Idols. This is the idea that The Caligula Effect: Overdose throws at you from the start, and uses it to tell a somewhat confusing story. With strong gameplay elements and interesting character designs, it’s an unbalanced title due to the lackluster environments and forgetful story
While we’ve seen the Rabbids fighting for a “kingdom” before in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Ubisoft has decided to take that goal a literally today with for an April Fools’ Day event. For today only, players can jump into For Honor and fight off hordes of the energetic creatures. The very limited time event
After the reveal of the much-anticipated Borderlands 3 announcement from developer Gearbox Studios at PAX East, everyone is hopping on the Borderlands bandwagon to either relive the title again or jump into it fresh for the first time. Whatever the reason is, it’s apparent that players love the series given the huge influx of gamers on Steam playing the
Devil May Cry 5 was released by Capcom earlier this year to critical and commercial acclaim. And now the rich get richer as the franchise favorite endless wave mode “Bloody Palace” has been released for free today. “Bloody Palace” has been a franchise staple since Devil May Cry 2. In DMC5‘s version of the Palace,
Spring is a very special season in Japanese culture, representing renewal. It’s when the school year starts, in April, and it’s also the season of mass hiring for most Japanese companies. As we entered the season a few days ago, multiple Japanese game companies announced positions they’re recruiting for, at the same time giving us