Sometimes it's good to be in second place. That's been the case with God Eater, Bandai Namco's would-be challenger to Capcom’s juggernaut Monster Hunter series. Though it never quite left Monster Hunter’s long shadow, God Eate...

This weekend, Arc System Works announced a new batch of characters coming to their crossover fighting title BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. The new scrappers will be added to the arcade version of the game - which launches this Spring - and wil...

There's so much raw potential for games based around anime. Most of it is squandered in favor of style over substance, but every so often a developer will surprise us. Jump Force isn't one of those projects that elevates itself above t...

Atlus has finally announced a western release date for Catherine: Full Body, the revamped edition of 2011's sexy-scary puzzler. This version of the PS3 and Xbox 360 classic will be arriving on PS4 September 3, though it seems the PS Vita po...

Square Enix has announced the release of an upcoming 3D CG animated movie based on their legendary RPG franchise, Dragon Quest. The film, titled Dragon Quest: Your Story will hit theatres in Japan this August.Not a lot of details were forth...

[Update: Rune Factory 4 Special will launch in Japan July 25. Rune Factory 5 will launch in Japan in 2020. No western dates have been confirmed as of yet.]During today's Nintendo Direct presentation, Marvelous! announced two editions of the...

Nippon Ichi Software have announced a new game, made in conjunction with Acquire, who are famed for their work on Akiba's Trip and Octopath Traveler. Jinrui no Minasama he was revealed in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu.Jinrui no Minasam...

Japanese toy maker MegaHouse has opened pre-orders on the newest figurine in their "Dragon Ball Gals" range, and this one... heh... you could say  is *ahem* "over 9000."(Pause for laughter and applause.)Yes indeed, it's none other than...

Jump Force kind of snuck up on us. It's set to debut on PC, PS4 and Xbox One in just a few days (February 15 worldwide) and is a celebration of all things Shonen Jump. That means characters from Black Cover, Bleach, Boruto, City Hunter, Dra...

With the recent western launch of Yo-Kai Watch 3 I've had a lot of people asking me if it's worth getting into the series. Short answer? "Yes." Although its popularity has waned outside of Japan, for all intents and purposes the f...

Yo-Kai Watch isn't quite as prevalent as it once was. I mean just this week the flagship store for the series announced its closure in Japan. Despite its slow decline in public interest, the series is just as lively six years in. I'll take ...

Warner Bros. Japan is teaming up with developer Level-5 to create an anime film adaptation of the Ni no Kuni games. Featuring character designs by Yoshiyuki Momose and a score composed by Joe Hisaishi, the film is set for a summer 2019 rele...

Given that I'm not even a couple days worth of play into a hunting game others dump hundreds of hours into mastering, I feel it's a little bit early for me to be saying if God Eater 3 is worth picking up. That said, from these limited ...

It's been a good 18 months since the original announcement of Senran Kagura 7EVEN, the latest mainline release in the cheesecake ninja series of video games. Since then, developer Marvelous has released details and renders, but we are yet t...

A couple of weeks ago I speculated in my early impressions that Tales of Vesperia - now available once again in English after nearly a decade mired in a past of Xbox 360 exclusivity and held by a publisher seemingly cold on the idea of...

I've always been morbidly curious about the Senran Kagura series. Particularly whether or not these games were nothing but overly sexual fan service, or if they had more going on. I first began my journey down the Senran hole with Senran Ka...

I'm so unbelievably on the fence about Kill la Kill: IF. When I saw Arc System Works my eyes lit up, but then I realized that development was under the watch of Aplus Co., who handled Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time, among a few...

When this beautiful piece of Ghibli-inspired art came across my desk from artist salvamakoto, I immediately smiled. Although Castle in the Sky jumped into my head (the artist tagged their piece as "Ghibli fan art"), my mind then immedi...

Submitted more for your curiosity than anything else, Bandai Namco has released a new trailer for their upcoming battle royale arcade based on the legendary anime and manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It's looking suitably odd.JoJo's B...

It's a commonly-held belief that Square Enix Kingdom Hearts has one of the most convoluted stories in video games. A commonly-held belief, that is, because it's entirely true. But fret not, because publishers Square Enix has dropped a serie...

Bandai Namco didn't have only Dragon Ball FighterZ news to share at "World Tour" finals tonight. Along with confirming a handful of fighters for season two, a new teaser trailer was uploaded for Dragon Ball Game - Project Z. While that is c...

CFK and Neko Works have revealed a western release date for cat cafe visual novel sequel Nekopara Vol. 2, which will launch on PS4 and Nintendo Switch February 14 worldwide.Volume 2 will continue the story of La Soliel, the patisserie busin...

This weekend, Bandai Namco is giving Xbox One owners the opportunity to check out their excellent anime fighter Dragon Ball FighterZ, which has been making waves ever since its heralded arrival about a year ago.As long as you have an Xbox L...

On Sunday, Bandai Namco aired a trailer within their free-to-play title Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 for a new, upcoming Gundam game. The new title turned out to be SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays. Only offering a tease at the s...

City Connection has announced that hectic shmup Psyvariar Delta is headed to the PC platform, launching on Steam in just a couple of weeks.Psyvariar Delta is an amalgamation of two classic shmups, Psyvariar Medium Unit and Psyvariar Revisio...