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SEGA has announced that the Sonic Symphony World Tour 2024 concert series will kick off in September 2023 at Barbican Hall in London and run into 2024. Sonic Symphony is an immersive, in-person concert experience celebrating over three decades of timeless music from SEGA’s iconic Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. From classic 8-bit and 16-bit tune...
Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away on 28 March 2023 at the age of 71. https://twitter.com/ryuichisakamoto/status/1642507238467309568 Sakamoto was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1952, and began playing as a studio musician while he was in graduate school at the Tokyo University of the Arts, working. He formed the grou...
Platform(s): Xbox Series (version reviewed), PC Genre: Character action game with music rhythm elements Trust Tango Gameworks and its founder Shinji Mikami to somehow break their own mold of horror and spooky games. The makers of the Evil Within titles and last year's ho-hum Ghostwire Tokyo have gone back to its supposed 2000s action game roots...
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and is a pretty common trend in video games. The recently-released Hi-Fi Rush from Tango Gameworks is a really fun action game that is similar in mechanics to a 2020 indie video game made in Malaysia: No Straight Roads. One might even say that the game's executive producer Shinji Mikami and his team m...
During the Xbox Bethesda Developer Direct live stream earlier today, Tango Gameworks announced their next game, the action rhythm game Hi-Fi Rush. The developer is best known for previously releasing horror or horror-adjacent titles such as The Evil Within, The Evil Within 2 and last year's Ghostwire Tokyo (check out our review of that here). Th...
Sega and Atlus have announced that soundtracks from the various Persona games and concerts are now available for the first time on music streaming platforms such as Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify. These include the following titles and live performances: Persona 3 Portable Persona 3 Dancing In Moonlight Persona 5 Dancing In S...
Capcom's Street Fighter series not only revolutionized fighting games, but also has a stellar library of music that stands the test of time since the 90s. And since it's the series' 35th anniversary, not to mention the upcoming release of Street Fighter 6, Capcom is hosting a live concert in Japan. The Street Fighter 35th Anniversary Concert wil...
PRISM+ has announced the latest addition to its line-up of home entertainment systems with the launch of the PRISM+ Symphony and PRISM+ Flow Soundbars. With the launch, the brand aims to provide a holistic home cinematic experience – while bringing its premium value proposition to the audio space. The PRISM+ Symphony, which will feature best-in-c...
While the Nintendo Live livestream is in Japanese, there's at least one element that transcends language barriers: the element of song. At the end of the Nintendo Live 2022 in Tokyo, Japan, Nintendo had two special live hologram acts: Animal Crossing's DJ KK Paradise Mix concert and Splatoon 3's Deep Cut and the in-house band. Basically, perfect...
Hoyoverse's Genshin Impact Concert is returning this year on 2 October 2022 at 12am GMT+8. This will be the second iteration of the event. Last year, the Genshin Impact concert aired for the first time. Genshin Impact and HOYO-MiX will collaborate with various musicians to write a new chapter in this wonderful musical journey together. Like last...
Trombone Champ is an indie game that is half a music rhythm game and half an adventure game with its own secrets. For an indie title whose sole gimmick is the trombone noises played in popular classical music, there's a bit going on under the hood. Here's a guide on how to become a Trombone Champ, get most of the achievements, and solving the ga...
Want a 4-week adventure playing as band members getting their groove on? Then this upcoming title might sate that boomer thirst. We Are OFK, developed by Team OFK, will be out for PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam on 18th August. You can buy the game digitally on that date. However, if you want a fancy physical edition with a sweet vin...
PUBG Mobile has announced their rendition of the ever-popular virtual concerts with none other than the Kpop idol group, BLACKPINK set to perform on 23 July. Check out our piece on Free Fire x Justin Bieber It seems that mobile games are all picking up on the craze that is virtual concerts. Garena Free Fire recently announced their collaboration ...
Need a big drum rhythm game fix? Then you'll have to wait until a few months later. Bandai Namco announced that Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival, the latest drum rhythm game where you hit on a taiko drum to the beats of the song, will be out for Nintendo Switch on 23 September worldwide. At launch, the game will feature more than 500 songs but...
From December to January 2022, we'll be sharing our top 30 games of 2021. Here is number 21! #21. The Artful Escape Platform: Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC It was either this or 12 Minutes. And the latter is pretty overrated, so we're cashing in our pretentious art-in-games card for the #21 slot: The Artful Escape which is both about escaping ...
The best synesthesia game out there, Rez, has turned 20 years old. To celebrate this momentous occasion, publisher Enhance Experience just published a 20-minute retrospective video where prominent game industry/game writer/music-making folks like Brian Hargrove, Ken Ishii, and Simon Cox (Official Dreamcast Magazine EIC) talk about the memories o...
Tokyo Game Show 2021 was not only a hotbed of new game information, reveals, and standout publisher debuts, but also a great online music celebration. From Square Enix to Sega, each notable video game company has arranged their own timeslot for a 40-minute-or-so live music performance featuring their respective game tunes. In a time when it's ha...
The pandemic is still lingering in 2021, but that isn't going to stop Malaysians from getting their anime convention on. With Animangaki 2021 happening later this week & the next few, here are a few reasons why you should check out this year's iteration online. In no particular order, of course. #5. Loads of Artists & Merch There's a huge...
Platform(s): PC Genre: Rhythm Game At first, Rhythm Doctor may sound overly simplistic. A one-button rhythm game? Wouldn't that be too easy? I'm here to tell you that it's definitely not, and this game from Malaysian developer 7th Beat Games is certainly one of the most unique rhythm games I've ever played in my life. Tap & Slam In Rh...
If you'd rather wait for to grab a PS5, Xbox Series X, or a more powerful PC before getting Cyberpunk 2077, the Be A Cyberpunk bundle on Itch.io provides not one or two, but a whopping 29 different Cyberpunk-themed games, music and zines for you to sink your teeth into. From 10 December to 24 December 2020, you can get the following for onl...
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