From Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls to Sekiro and Elden Ring, Hidetaka Miyazaki redefined developer FromSoftware so thoroughly that he became the company’s president. Yet for a guy who came up actually making games, the world of gaming executives is a weird one – and something that’s apparently brought the director some inspiration for the […]
2019The cozy life sim genre is becoming an increasingly crowded one. As the likes of Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Story of Seasons can attest, it’s a formula that just works. However, with more competition, it’s getting harder and harder for cozy games to do something different. After one hour with Petit Planet, HoYoverse’s galactic […]
2019Ubisoft makes a lot more than just Assassin’s Creed, but where would it be without Altaïr, Ezio, Connor, and the rest? More pertinently, what would its games look like? In the eight years since a hooded avatar first leapt from steeple to haystack, Assassin’s Creed has not just become the most important line on Ubisoft’s […]
2019PlayStation’s cancelation of Physint – before Xbox swooped in as publisher – came as a huge shock to famed director Hideo Kojima because, to him, a return to the action-espionage genre he helped pioneer is “the biggest selling title I could possibly create.” Earlier this month, Sony announced it had parted ways with Kojima Productions’ […]
2019Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has my least favorite Moogle designs in the entire series – their odd, humanoid proportions turn them from adorably fluffy friends to weird creatures I don’t want around my pets. And they’re back in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, this time in pursuit of pop music stardom, apparently. That’s according to Final […]
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Persona 4 Revival has been billed as a largely faithful remake of the classic paranatural game, but the developers at Atlus are making some large changes. Most recently, the studio announced it’s retroactively adding a fan-favorite character from 2011’s Persona 4: The Animation into the main game’s cannon. And that fan-favorite character is Aika Nakamura, […]
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