If you mention Shenmue to any Dreamcast-er of yonder years, you will generally see a glazed-over look in their eyes with a content smile, and maybe a tear of joy rolling down their cheek. I could be exaggerating, but you get the idea. The general consensus of the original Shenmue games was that you either…
Bethesda’s First E3 Conference: Turning Up the Competition
This year was Bethesda Softworks’s first ever E3 Conference and it did not disappoint: mobile games, card games, female protagonists and more!
Free RPG Day is Upon us!
Hey gamers and gamers-to-be! Tomorrow is Free RPG Day, that magical day when you can head down to your local game store to pick up some free swag and play in a game or two. This is an international event, and you can look up your closest participating store on the website. To give you…
Final Fantasy’s Second Childhood: FFVII HD Remake Confirmed!
On June 15, Square Enix made dreams come true. Finally. That’s right: much beloved RPG game Final Fantasy VII is getting a full remake. Not an HD remastering. Not a feature-length movie. Not character cameos in another game. A FULL REMAKE.
Shenmue 3! At E3! Can Ya Be-3-v It?
Hey, did you hear? The old Realistic Gaming mines! They’ve gawn an’ opened them back up! This town… maybe this ol’ town of Shenmue can rise up once again, really become something. Even after seceding from the once-great state of Sega *tobacco spit*. Shenmue III. Uhuh! Yup.
Muppets, Dresses, Yarn, and Co-Op: Nintendo’s Exceedingly Cute E3 Presentation
Nintendo’s E3 presentation pretty much erupted my Twitter timeline into explosions of surprise and joy, after cynicism and low expectations. Starting the show with honest to god Muppet versions of some of the head honchos of Nintendo that morphed into representations of characters from Star Fox Zero, due for a release this winter. We saw…
Game Chef: Now We’re Cooking With Games
Game Chef , an open contest for game design based on the concept of competitive cooking shows, opened on Friday and goes until June 21st. This year’s theme is “A Different Audience” and the ingredients are “Abandon, Dragonfly, Stillness, and Dream.” Anyone can submit a game to Game Chef as long as it incorporates the…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Howdy Wednesday readers! I hope your week is cruising along. If you’re lucky enough to live in the Columbus, Ohio area, remember that this weekend is the Origins Game Fair. Get out and play some games! Women’s National Teams included EA SPORTS FIFA 16 For the first time ever, 12 Women’s National Teams will…
X-RAY SPOTTED: XCOM 2 Announced
The glorious relaunch of X-COM: UFO Defense, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, was easily one of the most well-regarded games of 2012. An isometric grid-based tactical game initially released on PC and consoles, the player was the commanding officer of Earth’s last line of defense against an invading alien army with sinister designs on the planet and…
Mod Monetisation in Mundus: Steam Workshop Facilitates Paid Skyrim Mods
The modding community of Skyrim wastes no time. Not even a week went by from when Steam announced they would support non-Valve games having paid mods, starting with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, before they decided to take the feature down. An announcement made on Steam highlights that they realised from customer feedback that it…
Interview with Mangaka: The Fast & Furious Game of Drawing Comics
Drawing games are awesome. They’re one of the few games I can get most of my friends and family who aren’t into board games to play with me. They are all also big fans of Taboo, and I’m a big fan of geekery. Now there’s a tabletop game that will combine all of the interests and…
Get Your Game on Wednesday
Hello, gamers! Jo here, filling in for Brenda for a completely amazing week of game news. Legendary publisher Konami melts down before our eyes, and Spy Party bursts back onto our radars with a fabulous, diverse cast. Here’s the week in games news.