In the battle for exclusive franchises and titles certain power moves have taken place over the last few years. Microsoft acquired Bethesda, thus inheriting all its multi-million-dollar properties. Microsoft would also pursue a deal with Electronic Arts in which it got the company’s games on its Game Pass ultimate subscription service at a low (if…
The Top 10 Nintendo 64 First Person Shooters of All Time
The Nintendo 64 was the powerhouse of its time. It was, for the most part, the only machine between the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn that could do justice to the first-person shooting genre. Thus, the system was known for its great and numerous FPS experiences, even though the Nintendo 64 had an anemic lineup…
Visual Novel/RPG Arcadia Fallen is Out Now on Nintendo Switch
Indie visual novel/RPG, Arcadia Fallen, is now out on the Nintendo Switch, after its earlier PC release. The Nintendo Switch seems like the perfect platform for this type of game. An Epic Story Where Choices Made by the Player Matter In Arcadia Fallen you play the role of a young and fully customizable Alchemist who…
Sony’s Days Gone’s Treatment; Was it Justified?
The big news this week is that Sony (and Sucker Punch) celebrated (joyously) the success of their newest open-world franchise, Ghost of Tsushima, which moved 8 million units within a year and half. Former Bend Studio Director, Jeff Ross, took issue with the situation as it related to his own open-world game, Days Gone. Days…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Gears of War
The Xbox 360, Red Ring of Death issues aside, continues to be Microsoft’s most successful home console of all time. It had a much better start than the PlayStation 3 (commercially, and in terms of software quality), and it ended up selling 84 million consoles to PlayStation 3’s 87 million. For all intents and purposes,…
Ghost of Tsushima Review: Another Single Player Triumph for Sony
It only took a few minutes into Ghost of Tsushima’s running time for Sucker Punch, the game’s developer, to capture my undivided attention with its Tsushima’s incredible opening scenes. It didn’t take long for me, coming from the playing the amazing Gears 5 on Xbox Series X, to once more confirm one of the biggest…
The Top 10 Best Selling PlayStation 2 JRPGs (All Time Sales)
The PlayStation brand is, or at least used to be, synonymous with ‘Japanese Role-Playing Games’. After all, it was the original PlayStation (along with Final Fantasy VII) console that boomed JRPGs into their golden age on the west. While the PlayStation 2’s historic success (it remains the best selling home console of all time with…
‘High-End JRPG Remake’ is in the Works at Japanese Studio
Could it finally be? A The Legend of Dragoon remake? It is hard for me to confirm that at this moment. As details of this ‘high-end’ Japanese Role-Playing Game have been scarce, in fact, ‘scarce’ is an overstatement. Mutan Insight is the development team hiring talent for said high-end JRPG remake. It is assumed that the…
Throwback Bit Thursday: John Madden Football Games
I know what you are thinking…we never really cover sports games on this site; however, with John Madden’s passing on Tuesday at age 85 and after decades of successful Madden games, we are compelled to take a look back at Madden’s impact on gaming. Furthermore, the impact on me as a gamer. John Madden Beyond…
Ten of the Most Anticipated JRPGs That Will Keep You Busy in 2022
YouTube Channel, The Night Sky Prince, revealed a list of upcoming JRPGs for the year 2022. Usually, we wouldn’t pay much heed to such lists, but his list is actually quite good (in terms of what’s coming up in 2022). Thus, we have decided to write about some of these upcoming titles. Star Ocean: the…