Back in April, Atlus and Old School Games released God Mode, a third-person, arcade-style co-op horde shooter set in the afterlife. Now, Atlus and Old School Games have released R.I.P.D.: The Game, a third-person, arcade-style co-op horde shooter set in the afterlife. And based on a movie. If you’re a fan of God Mode, which wasn’t half bad, you should… probably go back to playing God Mode. READ MORE
Time and Eternity, the new JRPG from Imageepoch (responsible for Arc Rise Fantasia and the Luminous Arc series), starts off well enough. Toki, the princess of Kamza, is about to marry her fiancé, a knight named Zack, when her friends show up at their house. It is at this point, a mere five minutes into the game, that you start to have a sinking feeling. READ MORE
A year is never enough time to overhaul everything, and this usually makes annualized sports titles like NCAA Football exercises in plodding iteration. Even still, small changes can make big differences. In NCAA Football 14, the development team at EA picked its spots wisely, making changes that seem small but significantly alter the gameplay experience. Are all of these modifications for the better, though? READ MORE
It’s crazy to think about how long Atlus’ popular Shin Megami Tensei franchise has been around, especially when you consider how much of the series is dominated by various spinoffs. Some of those spinoffs have undoubtedly eclipsed the popularity of the rest of the franchise, but that doesn’t mean fans haven’t been eagerly anticipating what Atlus has up its sleeves next for the mainline series. After a nearly decade-long wait, Shin Megami Tensei IV is finally here. If you’ve been desperate for the real follow-up to 2004’s Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, you’ll be happy to know the long wait was well worth it.
Microsoft’s Project Spark has its roots in an oft-forgotten initiative on Xbox 360: Kodu Game Lab. Like Kodu, Project Spark is a simplified, console-based programming tool, and the two share many basic tenets. Spark, though, is a much more fully-formed and robust package, allowing for both intricate, professional-feeling games and easily-created amateur sandbox environments. READ MORE
