While preparing for the spectacle that is Tokyo Games Show, we were able to visit Bandai Namco Games’ HQ to have a look at some of their latest titles, away from the hustle and bustle of the show floor.
September holds one of Europe’s biggest gaming conventions, where thousands from across the country and from overseas travel to play the year’s hottest games and new releases.
Hidden away in a corner of the massive PlayStation booth at TGS, Nippon Ichi’s Makai Senki Disgea 5 had an exclusive TGS Demo showing off some of the gameplay that will be in the latest entry in the series when it launches in Japan next year.
Final Fantasy Type-0 was originally released in Japan on the PSP in March 2011 in Japan. Fans all over the world have been waiting for a localization of this game and hope was slowly disappearing as time passed by.
Since Resident Evil 4, the series has slowly gone down hill. Old school players who played the original resident evil series loved the horror aspect.
In Guilty Gear Xrd Sign, it was a really exciting to be able to see this game up close and better yet play it after watching the amazing footage online.
The Tokyo Game Show has begun it’s 4 day long event for another year, showing off some of the latest and greatest games and hardware, along with merchandise, industry talks and even an awards ceremony.
Tales of Zestiria is the latest Tales of Series game announced by Namco Bandai for the PS3. With the game announced for release in Japan on 22nd January 2015 (TBC for US/EU), a playable demo was available for people to try at TGS.
It’s not long now till the release of this year’s hottest horror title, The Evil Within. Shinji Mikami’s disturbing take on the revival of Survival Horror looks to be a clash of tension building horror and intense survival action filled to the brim with blood, gore and scary spider ladies with several arms.
After a not-so-spectacular debut on the PS Vita, Neptune and the other CPUs are making a return to the PS Vita in Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, a remake of the first game in the series, Hyperdimension Neptunia on the PS3.
After being confirmed for an american release only a couple months ago, Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus has been announced for released on the PS Vita for EU and Australia by Marvelous Europe.
Last month, we got a chance to get hands on with the English version of Senran Kagura Bon Appetit, the strange cooking/rhythm game hybrid spawned from the titillating Senran Kagura beat-em up series.
Among the guests at this year’s Hyper Japan event in London, Yano Anna was there, preforming some of her songs on stage and meeting fans. Originally starting off as a model, Anna began singing as well, and has sung the theme song for anime such as Magica Wars & Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C3.
And now for something completely different… At Hyper Japan 2014, we discovered Vocaloid Opera Aoi, which is a Japanese opera preformed with traditional Bunraku Puppets, and takes a traditional story and reimagines it in a modern setting while using Vocaloid to sing the opera.
It’s the time of the year where the biggest Japanese festival in the UK “Hyper Japan” returns to the Earls Court exhibition centre for everyone to celebrate Japanese Culture.
The London Film and Comic Con (or LFCC for short) is normally a quiet affair with a few hundred movie fans, cosplayers and those waiting to see William Shatner for the 800th time.
Captain toad, the adventurous little explorer / treasure hunter first appeared back in Mario Galaxy and more recently had his own set of levels in Mario 3D Land and Mario 3D World.
In London, we’re lucky to have several events throughout the year catering to anime and gaming fans, such as Hyper Japan and Eurogamer Expo, with the London Anime Gaming Con, run by AnimeLeague also providing an event for those fans, albeit on a smaller scale compared to the larger events.
As one of the more unexpected announcements from Nintendo at this year’s E3, Splatoon looked to be a unique take on the multiplayer third person shooter genre by mixing some of Nintendo’s dedication to making games fun in with a spin on standard third person arena shooter mechanics.
Because safe is just a word in Shinji Mikami’s freaky new scarefest. from the mind of Shinji Mikami, the father of survival horror, The Evil Within is the newest and eagerly awaited game from the director of such games as Resident Evil 1-4.