American and European Dragon Quest fans haven’t had the easiest time getting a hold of the newest games released from the franchise, not only did Dragon Quest X had to wait a long time to even get a comment regarding a release outside of Japan, but the heavily requested Dragon Quest Heroes II and Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 haven’t ...
Read More »First footage of Tails and Knuckles in Sonic Mania!
Sonic Mania became my most expected game of 2017 since I saw the first trailer, developed by the mighty Taxman (Christian Whitehead) and PagodaWest Games, every little detail about Sonic Mania makes it seem like a perfect encapsulation of Sonic’s 2D legacy inside of one single package. Details about the latest sonic game have been occasionally popping up, and (thanks ...
Read More »Quantum Break sells badly on Steam
Quantum Break hasn’t really had the best time since its release on April 5th of this year. Remedy Entertainment’s latest game was received with mixed opinions from the general public and sales figures were a result of this divisive reception, with the game barely scraping a #7 on the american NPD results for April and failing to reach 200,000 units sold ...
Read More »Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks joins Wii U Virtual Console
The Legend of Zelda games released for the Nintendo DS have been mostly forgotten by the general public, both Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks were generally well received and they sold millions of copies, but they aren’t really considered among the franchise’s highpoints. People who were interested in both games had to (up to last year) own a DS copy ...
Read More »Gears of War 4 has an underwhelming first week in the UK
The Gears of War franchise has been one of Microsoft’s biggest money makers since the release of the first game back in 2006, when it joined the likes of Halo and Forza. However, since the release of the Xbox One most of Xbox’s exclusive franchises don’t seem to be doing not as well as they did back in the Xbox ...
Read More »The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is being recreated in 3D
We live in a time where fan projects can end up matching or even surpassing the games they were based on. The Sonic, Mega Man and Zelda fanbases in particular are constantly developing and releasing interesting creations like Mega Man Unlimited, Ocarina of Time 2D or Sonic Megamix. One of these projects is a year-old hack of The Legend of ...
Read More »Xbox One outsells PlayStation 4 on September in US and UK
Sales numbers from september are starting to show themselves and the results are quite surprising. Head of Xbox Games Marketing Aaron Greenberg confirmed on Twitter that the Xbox One had been September’s best selling console in the United States, according to the NPD Group (Which researches markets from over twenty countries), which likewise meant that the Xbox One had been ...
Read More »PlayStation VR is out on North America with over 20 launch titles
Playstation VR has gathered quite the attention ever since it was announced as Project Morpheus back in the 2014 Game Developers Conference. The Sony developed virtual reality device got a lot of time dedicated to it at GDC 2016 and the Sony E3 2016 conference so interest kept increasing, especially due to its low $400 cost, considering the Oculus Rift ...
Read More »Cuphead release date set for second quarter 2017
Cuphead got immediate attention as soon as it was revealed during the Xbox E3 press conference of 2014, a run and gun indie platformer with aesthetics inspired by the cartoons of the 1930’s is similar to what many ask for when they say they want to see “completely new ideas” when it comes to making original Intellectual Properties. However, the ...
Read More »Furi hits Xbox One with timed exclusive content
Perhaps you were a fan of the PC and PS4 indie action shoot em up known as Furi, it was released on July and it was well received by critics and gamers, especially the amazing soundtrack. But some doubted if the game was going to release on Xbox One as well or if it was a PlayStation console exclusive (after ...
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