A few weeks ago, it was revealed NIS America managed to snipe away another well-regarded niche franchise from Xseed Games when it announced it would be localizing Trails of Cold Steel III for the PlayStation 4. That title is looking to cap ...

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...

Several days ago, a question came across my Twitter feed asking me to name an average game I absolutely adore. It was difficult for me to answer because I don't very much consider any game I adore to be average. Breath of the Wild's not ave...

NIS America announced, this morning, that it will be bringing Trails of Cold Steel III to the West this fall. Being released exclusively on PS4, this is the first in the series to not be handled by XSEED as far as localization goes. It foll...

Publisher NIS America has sent out a press release informing folk that they have a "new game" announcement to make on January 17. This could be a "new new" game or, more likely, it's a localisation of a previously released Japanese title."H...

I'm no game developer, but trying my hand at the process has always been an idle fantasy of mine, making the likes of RPG Maker, the venerable series of self-contained development tools, a thing to keep my eye on. That makes the latest news...

NIS America has released a short, bizarre new trailer for the upcoming western release of The Liar Princess and The Blind Prince, a cute-but-creepy adventure title headed to PS4 and Nintendo Switch in 2019.In the video, The adorable Liar Pr...

NIS America has announced that three of the hyper-colorised, hyper-stylised "psycho-cool" titles in the Danganronpa series are being compiled for release on PS4 in the first quarter of 2019.The Danganronpa Trilogy will include the Reload ed...

One of the things I love of Japanese developers is they aren't afraid to bring the strange, the weird, and the absolute crazy. I won't always like it -- Penny Punching Princess comes to mind -- but I love the experimentation and imagin...

If you're a PS Vita collector, then you might want to be on the ball for NIS America's next run of titles, as the publisher has announced they will be the last physical releases that they will be shipping for Sony's dedicated handheld conso...

SNK low key crafted a lot of influential arcade games: ones that would create the framework in various genres so that other publishers could really take advantage of the market. We're going to see a lot of those in the SNK 40th Anniversary ...

I always keep my GameCube on standby as an old reliable multiplayer party machine, but it'll be nice to enter the crazed world of killer7 with a few quick clicks. The upcoming PC version looks on point. I expected as much given how well the...

SNK's roster of fighters have always been a stylish bunch. From Fatal Fury to King of Fighters and even Samurai Shodown, SNK's guys 'n' gals have always thrown down, and looked damn good doing it. This came to a head in the KoF games circa ...

I imagine most visitors to PAX West this year don’t even know about NIS America’s suite at the Sheraton in Seattle. In a small room on the second floor of the hotel, a half-dozen NISA employees in “Dood” jerseys dire...

We are creeping ever closer to the release of Disgaea 1 Complete. The remastered 2003 JRPG will be hitting western shores this Fall, and publisher NIS America are popping out videos to whet fans' appetites.This latest trailer introduces us ...

There's no denying that NIS' (Nippon Ichi Software) bread and butter is the Disgaea series. It's what they're known for best, and in 2003 the first Disgaea shot them to super-stardom level among the SRPG crowd far beyond what they had ...

NIS America has announced that the PC port of Disgaea 5 Complete will not make its Summer release window, instead expected to launch sometime late Fall.This is the second delay for the anime RPG epic, which originally launched on PS4 in 201...

The cat is out of the bag. It was kind of out of it a month ago when Amazon Mexico leaked the existence of it on PS4 and Switch, but now we know for sure by way of an official announcement from NIS at Anime Expo. Xbox One is in too. Yes, RP...

The Caligula Effect, which wins the award as one of the most playful titles of 2017, was released on Vita and somewhat unceremoniously on PSTV (remember that?) roughly a year ago in the west after marinating in Japan for a year preceding th...

In its blaze of announcement glory, NIS America has revealed the existence of The Princess Guide, an RPG set for PS4 and Switch in 2019 -- previously known as Your Four Knight Princesses Training Story . According to the narrative...

My first experience with the niche phenomenon that is Touhou was not a pleasant one. Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity killed any curiosity I had in the franchise with its bland presentation, poor combat, and forgettable storyline. I real...

If there is a common theme throughout game coverage at E3, it's that most titles simply don't give people enough time to fully feel out the experience. Some do, Capcom had it perfect with its Mega Man 11 and Resident Evil 2 demos,...

Disgaea is still a big name in the strategy RPG business, even if it doesn't carry as much weight as it once did. It was pretty much the de facto SRPG for a long, long while, and helped cement NIS' authority as a strategy titan. Over t...

It's a small thing to announce during E3, but it's announcement no less! NIS, publisher of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, has revealed the "femme fatale" Luong and the "Sichuan opera dancer" Mian, who are both set to enter the fray as fight...

NIS loves publishing some of the weirdest games in the industry. It's a trend they've soldiered on with for over a decade, and that legacy is secure with Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk. Today at E3 the publisher has revealed its locali...