I'm sure I'm not unique in saying this but I've had a lifelong affinity for theme parks. It's always been my dream to pull a Dolly Parton and buy one to call my own. I know that's not going to happen -- Destructoid doesn't pay that wel...

The Senran Kagura series is in a bit of a tough spot right now. Kenichiro Takaki, the creator of the franchise, announced in March that he was leaving developer Marvelous, feeling he was being restricted on what kind of content he coul...

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin has been in the making for some time. Developed by the two-man team at Edelweiss, it tells the story of Sakuna, the daughter of a harvest goddess and a god of war, as she divides her time between battling the m...

Granblue Fantasy is a franchise that's just begging to be an international sensation. Developer Cygames has built it up to be one of the biggest mobile games in Japan, but outside of the country, it's nary a blip on the radar. That's g...

I don't expect to be surprised all that much by this industry anymore. Sure, some announcements can come out of nowhere, like Nintendo capping off its E3 presentation with a teaser of a Breath of the Wild sequel. But with gaming so hea...

3DS-to-Switch ports are something I never thought I wanted in my life, but when the wait for the next great game in your favorite franchise is months or years away, they're actually wonderful stopgaps, reminding you of exactly why you love ...

XSEED Games has finally released a gameplay trailer for upcoming Nintendo Switch throwback BurgerTime Party! which takes the classic 1982 arcade game and reinvents the action for the Nintendo platform. And it actually looks pretty good.As I...

XSEED Games has announced that BurgerTime Party! will be arriving in the west on Nintendo Switch this fall. G-Mode's "reimagining" of Data East's classic 1982 arcade will spice up the old-school platforming gameplay with a slick new look an...

I'm not typically an Xseed sorta guy, but every so often the publisher picks up something that clicks with me on a profound level. That's how I feel about Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, a rice-growing, baddie-slashing action game from Edelweiss,...

[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...

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...

If you fancy a little bit of ultra-cute, Sonic the Hedgehog-styled platform action on your Switch, then XSEED Games has you covered. The publisher has just dropped a demo of anthro indie hit Freedom Planet on the Nintendo console, celebrati...

XSeed Games has dropped a trailer announced a date for fun-looking rhythm-action game Gal Metal, which is coming to shred on Nintendo Switch later this month.The goofy-looking game, by new developer DMM, tells a completely twisted story of ...

The Senran Kagura franchise has always straddled the fine line between ambitious hack-and-slash and straight-up filthy fan service. It’s never been one to shy away from its more questionable content and each subsequent release has bas...

XSEED Games' has announced that their platforming adventure Freedom Planet will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch in just a couple of weeks, with the port expected to hit the Nintendo eShop on August 30.Freedom Planet, originally designed ...

While the PC port of Ys VIII might still be in shambles, at least we'll be getting a quality PC release for the Ys series soon. XSEED Games has announced that the port of Ys: Memories of Celceta (aka Ys IV) will be launching on Steam, GOG a...

Galaxy Trail's arcade adventure Freedom Planet is headed to Nintendo Switch this Fall, and publisher XSEED has dropped a new trailer to whet fans appetites in anticipation of the release.Launching on PC and Wii U in 2014, the coming to PS4 ...

Bullet Witch, an Xbox 360 exclusive from 2007, is getting a PC port today courtesy of Xseed. It's a weird and janky shooter about a witch who's fighting off hell's demons in an apocalyptic America. A press release describes it as "a unique ...

Publisher XSEED Games has announced the localization of several anticipated titles for this year on multiple platforms. The games coming our way are Senran Kagura Reflexions, Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal, and Fate/Extella Link. In addition,...

Ever since XSEED released Ys SEVEN on PC, my gut feeling was telling me that Ys: Memories of Celceta would appear on it one day. As the company unleashed its mystery stream, we can now rejoice about 2018 being the year where people get...

You know you're in for a better year when you go through two Falcom-themed months. Zwei: The Arges Adventure came out on Wednesday, and XSEED's PC port of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II is unleashing its glorious S-Craft on a...

Well, people. It turns out that NIS America's PC port of Ys VIII isn't the only Nihon Falcom title launching in January since XSEED plans to release Zwei: The Arges Adventure on the 24th.  As we get to see more of the action ...

Most people are familiar with modder Durante for his work on the PC ports of Dark Souls and Deadly Premonition. The man took rather lazy ports and turned them into the definitive versions of their respective games with a little love and car...

XSEED's mystery announcement may not have been related to The Legend of Heroes: Trails series, but that wasn't stopping me from considering the possibilities of an older Falcom title crossing the pond. Lo and behold, my intuition was correc...

In case you're up for catching yet another planned stream from a publisher that may or may not actually deliver, XSEED is hosting a "mystery stream" on Thursday with an "announcement incoming." The stream will be held at XSEED's Twitch chan...