There's a lot of unique things about video games as a hobby. It's one of those mediums of entertainment that combines literature, technology, visual art, audio design, and many more aspects. It's also one of the only forms of entertainment I know that tells you "Look kid, until you're good enough, we're not letting you

Atlus has finally revealed what exactly Persona 5 S is and unfortunately, it's not what everyone thinks it would be. It's not a downsized version of Persona 5 for the Nintendo Switch, nor is it a full PC port of the 2017 hit JRPG. Koei Tecmo is joining forces with Atlus, and you know what that means: Musou Time! Pers

Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia has announced that God Eater 3 will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on 12 July 2019 for Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia). Originally released for the PS4 and PC on 8 February 2019, God Eater 3 is an action JRPG with gameplay similar to that of

Last year's nominee for best RPG and winner of best OST on the game awards that matter in Southeast Asia is getting a PC release. And we won't have to wait that long. The former exclusive Nintendo Switch JRPG with the lovely 3D/2D retro diorama graphics and 8 character narrative flow will be out on Steam June 7, accor

Talk about making quite an impression. Metronomik just released a new trailer showcasing the ins and outs of its upcoming rhythm game-like action title No Straight Roads. It's an acoustic cover of an old classical music piece (the tune's name escapes me because I'm an uncultured swine), performed adorably by main chara

Apple recently announced its new subscription-based gaming service called Apple Arcade, which features a 100 new and exclusive games. While normally I would thumb my nose at such an announcement, I changed my tune after I saw a few names on the list. Names like Will Wright and Hironobu Sakaguchi. This means that Apple

Like most people, I loved Red Dead Redemption 2. It's the best that Rockstar has offered in terms of storytelling, characters, and dialogue. However, I have a hard time classifying it as my favourite Rockstar game and that's mainly because the overall gameplay just isn't all that great. After more than an entire decad

After almost two decades (15 years!), one of gaming's most beloved RPG titles will be receiving an unexpected sequel. Paradox Interactive has announced Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, a sequel to the 2004 PC classic, Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines. Unveiled at GDC 2019 via Paradox's Twitch channel, Vampire: T

Some lovely news for you JRPG fans out there: Square Enix will be releasing an Octopath Traveler prequel this year (in Japan, anyway). The catch? It's on mobile (via Gematsu). That's right; you'll be experiencing this 2D/3D art style goodness on your iOS/Android devices. Subtitles "Tairiku no Haisha" or "Conquerers o

A moment ago, we heard the announcement of a new Pokémon game. However, the 27th of February marks a special date for the company as it is their anniversary. Their 23rd anniversary to be exact. It all began 23 years ago with the introduction of Pokémon Red & Green in Japan. It's common to see 'co

Front Mission Evolved was the last game in the franchise to be released by Square Enix, and that was over nine years ago. In an interview with 4Gamer (as translated by Siliconera), Left Alive director and Armored Core veteran Toshifumi Nabeshima discussed how the upcoming spinoff game will be derived from the Front Mis

As if a new Pokémon movie isn't enough, Nintendo decided to host a new Nintendo Direct video talking about its next-gen digital monster cock-fighting RPG title. It's officially called Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield. In its 7-minute presentation, we learn that: Our starters will be a flippity fire rabbit Sco

It has been 15 years since the release of the first FarCry game and today we have seen and experienced FarCry: New Dawn. The games’ beautiful graphics highlighting their ravishing locales is just a tip of the open-world iceberg, a FarCry signature even. The FarCry games are one of the greatest and defining ope

Platforms: PS4, PC, Xbox One Genre: FPS Outpost-Liberating Simulator Remember Breaking Bad actor Michael Mando's iconic turn as Vaas in Far Cry 3, when he uttered what is now one of the most legendary monologues and antagonist introductions in gaming history: "Did I tell ever tell you what the definition of insanity i

In February 1995, a bunch of guys and their close friends and cousins, some of them with medical degrees and programming, decided to create a medical simulation programme to help people. They also happen to play video games during their spare time. With their medical field funds and profit, they figured "screw it", lau

Far Cry New Dawn is Far Cry 5 but on a smaller scale. As such some tips from that game should apply here in this technicolour-savvy post-apocalypse. Still, there are some differences you should be aware of in this new Hope County. Kakuchopurei will get you sorted out; here are our tips & tricks to survive the New

It's really, REALLY hard to talk about Bandai Namco's long-running action-RPG big game-killing sci-fi series God Eater without mentioning the giant-sized reptile in the room: the Monster Hunter games. God Eater is essentially the company's anime-stylized dystopian future-esque response to Capcom's sole money maker (it

It's still hard to believe that Kingdom Hearts has finally arrived after years of waiting and countless spinoffs later. At the time of writing, it's been a week since the game launched, and I'm sure many players will have finished the game by now. Some will even have unlocked the cryptic and mysterious secret ending af

Turns out Valve is in a festive Lunar New Year mood this year; the company has just launched its Steam platform Lunar New Year Sale today. It'll go on until 12 February, 2am. To sweeten the deal, users will get RM10 off their first purchase of RM60 or more. With that said, here are our favourite picks to tide you over

Platform: PS4, Xbox One Genre: Action, JRPG Can a game live up to the unbridled level of anticipation and hype which has been slowly building over 14 years, from a franchise which initially began almost two decades ago? The Kingdom Hearts franchise merits a sense of nostalgia and furore unrivalled by arguably any ot