Dive In, Square Enix Japan's cloud streaming service, brings PC versions of games like Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy VII: International to iOS and Android devices.
Read Square Enix Japan’s Cloud Gaming Service With Final Fantasy VII Launches This Week on Siliconera!
You're an average high school student and suddenly you're whisked away to a fantasy world in Summon Night Memories. This game unites heroes from the entire Summon Night series altogether in a strategy RPG.
Read Summon Night’s Heroes Reunite For Summon Night Memories on Siliconera!
Puzzle & Dragons is the king of crossovers in Japan, but Brave Frontier, the hit mobile RPG from Gumi, has been picking up steam.
Read Bilbo Baggins Makes A Cameo In Brave Frontier on Siliconera!
Oddsock, Toggle, and Swoop get their due in LittleBigPlanet 3—or do they?
Read LittleBigPlanet 3: Needs To Do More With Its Heroes on Siliconera!
Refract Studios will be bringing its survival racer Distance to Steam Early Access on December 9th.
Read Your Flying Car Awaits You In Chaotic Survival Racer Distance on Siliconera!
Ninja Pizza Girl combines old-school rhythm platforming with the real issues that people face every day.
Read Ninja Pizza Girl Is About Delivering Pizza And Bullying on Siliconera!
Chibi Kart is a free-to-play kart-racing MMO with a retro and cutesy art style.
Read Kart-Racing MMO Chibi Kart Is Out Now on Siliconera!
Apocalypse Cow is a bloody action platformer parody coming to PC.
Read Defend Video Games In Action Platformer Parody Apocalypse Cow on Siliconera!
Nintendo will discontinue production of the Nintendo 3DS XL in Japan, the company has revealed via its official website.
Read Nintendo To Discontinue Old Nintendo 3DS XL Model In Japan on Siliconera!
Round up your crew of astronauts, cats, and dogs, and then die together by heading into the sun.
Read Make Sure No One Dies Alone In The Cute But Sad Game Sunburn on Siliconera!
HyperDuck SoundWorks, the composer of the Dust: An Elysian Tail soundtrack, has released a preview of its tracks for upcoming turn-based Japanese-style RPG Cosmic Star Heroine.
Read Preview The Sci-Funk Soundtrack For Cosmic Star Heroine RPG on Siliconera!
ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS is all about firing rockets at other rockets. It's a fast-paced action-arcade arena combat game.
Read ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS Is Rocket Fighting Its Way To PS4 on Siliconera!
The Blue Flamingo is a new replayable shmup that was made out of hand-made models and firecrackers.
Read The Blue Flamingo Is A Bite-Sized Shmup Made From Hand-Made Models on Siliconera!
Xenoblade Chronicles X executive director Tetsuya Takahashi tweeted a few more tidbits of information via the game’s official Twitter account this past Friday.
Read Gundam Screenwriter Kazuho Hyodo Helped With Xenoblade Chronicles X’s Story on Siliconera!
Drift Stage is an arcade racer with a glorious '80s-style California sun aesthetic.
Read Drift Stage Looks Like The Arcade Racers SEGA Used To Make on Siliconera!
Colors Party ~ Lost in Eater is a free, fast-paced 2D fighting game with eight playable characters and two game modes.
Read You Can Play This Fast-Paced 2D Doujin Fighting Game For Free on Siliconera!
Hand-drawn action-RPG Reaper has been renamed Death Tales and will now be a PS Vita and PS TV exclusive.
Read Luc Bernard’s Reaper Renamed Death Tales, Now A PlayStation Vita Exclusive on Siliconera!
Project Starship has scanlines, space, and a ridiculous number of bullets. It also has a demo for Windows that you can download.
Read Project Starship Revives Retro Arcade Bullet Hell With A Demo on Siliconera!
“Our studios have just confirmed that the upcoming Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires will feature Japanese voice and English subtitles only,” Koei said.
Read Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires Will Not Feature English Voices on Siliconera!
Sumoman is a puzzle platformer that was chosen as one of the eight finalists in the IGF China 2014.
Read Sumoman Is Clumsy, Luckily He Can Rewind Time on Siliconera!
Level-5 the studio behind Ni no Kuni and more famously known for Yo-kai Watch in Japan has been working on a PlayStation 4 title.
Read White Knight Chronicles Developer Plans To Reveal A PS4 Game In E3 2015 on Siliconera!
You can blast Mighty No. 1 and Mighty No. 8 before Mighty No. 9 comes out next spring. These two robots make a cameo appearance in Mighty Gunvolt.
Read Fight Mighty No. 9 Bosses Now In Mighty Gunvolt on Siliconera!
Square Enix along with Final Fantasy Tactics character designer Ryoma Ito and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers music maker Ryo Yamazaki created a new strategy RPG.
Read Square Enix Stealthily Released A PvP Strategy RPG On Android on Siliconera!
In Japan, first print copies include a code for a Zhao Yun costume for the Edward the Black Prince and a Wang Yuanji costume for Joan of Arc.
Read Even Bladestorm: Nightmare Has A Bit Of Dynasty Warriors In It on Siliconera!
Minda from The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess is a playable character in Hyrule Warriors. A new downloadable content pack let you fight as Midna in her true form, Twili Midna.
Read Midna Unveils Her True Form Into Hyrule Warriors on Siliconera!
The best Wii U deal for Black Friday this winter? Probably this $259 deal from Newegg at eBay.
Read The Wii U Black Friday Deal of Choice is $259 from NewEgg on Siliconera!
Ace Attorney localization director Janet Hsu is back with another fascinating write-up on the intricacies of localizing a game from Japanese to English/
Read Ace Attorney Localization Director On The Differences Between Translating And Localizing on Siliconera!
Edmund McMillen has outlined his plans for an expansion to The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
Read Expansion For The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth “Will Almost Double” The Game’s Content on Siliconera!
You play as an outlaw with a bounty on your head and duke it out with other online players to cash-in on each other's corpses.
Read Wild West PVP Shooter Secret Ponchos Arrives On PS4 On December 2nd on Siliconera!
Hyperdevbox has released Idea Factory’s tactical RPG Record of Agarest War Zero on iOS with a half-price holiday discount.
Read Record Of Agarest War Zero Is Out Now On iOS With A Holiday Discount on Siliconera!
Got gamer rage? Let it all out in destruction game Where Is My Hammer?
Read Let Out Your Rage By Destroying Your Entire Home In Where Is My Hammer? on Siliconera!
Here’s a few videos to give you an example of how Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon will be.
Read Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon Shows Its Character Creation And Some Dungeons on Siliconera!
With new heroes comes a new villain, and this is the man that has kidnapped Agnes in Bravely Second.
Read Bravely Second Introduces The Villain Who Kidnapped Agnes on Siliconera!
According to president Yosuke Matsuda, Square Enix will have several games they’ll announce soon, not limited to just consoles, but also for handhelds, smartphone, and PC.
Read Square Enix Have Plans To Announce Several New Games In The Near Future on Siliconera!
During a NicoNico stream, Bandai Namco revealed what the Idolm@ster crossover costumes look like in Tales of Zestiria. When you change Sorey or another character's costume you'll also change the background music too.
Read Tales Of Zestiria’s Idolmaster And School Uniform Costumes Also Change The Battle Music on Siliconera!
Bianca and Nera from Dragon Quest V plus Jessica and Yangus from Dragon Quest VIII are in the game.
Read See How Dragon Quest’s Fan Favorite Characters Look In Dragon Quest Heroes on Siliconera!
The Legend of Legacy features seven different weapons that can be equipped out of sword, great sword, ax, spear, staff, bow, and shield.
Read The Legend of Legacy Details Weapons, Battle Skills, And A Positional System on Siliconera!
Rising Star Games worked with Toybox and Access Games to make an enhanced version with a different beginning and extended scenario written by SWERY.
Read It’s Clear As Day, FK… And Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut On PlayStation Plus on Siliconera!
Somehow the $329 Xbox One bundle is sold out while the website was crashing.
Read Best Xbox One Black Friday Deals are at Microsoft Store on Siliconera!
While most Kunio-kun games have you play as Kunio, this time around, the game’s single player mode will have you make your own thug for the competitive sporting events.
Read Kunio-kun’s Sports Festival Game For PS3 Will Release This February In Japan on Siliconera!
Kaga Create are publishing 07th Expansion’s original PC game, Higurashi When They Cry for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, and they recently shared a look at two opening videos.
Read Check Out Higurashi When They Cry’s PlayStation 3 And Vita Opening Videos on Siliconera!
Square Enix recently announced a new Final Fantasy smartphone title that they’re developing with Brave Frontier makers, A-Lim.
Read Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius Shows Vivi, Cecil And Others In Pixel Art Style on Siliconera!
For the first time, I feel like I am playing a Pokémon game that belongs to a universe rather than isolated events that happen and stay in one region or time point.
Read Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire’s Delta Episode Is Some Of The Best Pokemon Storytelling Yet on Siliconera!
Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon has the slogan “a character creation RPG that you can play a thousand times”.
Read Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon Brings An Etrian Odyssey Twist To The Roguelike on Siliconera!
What's that you're hearing? Its the sound of your wallet and backlog weeping.
Read Steam, Origin, GameStop, and Green Man Gaming Black Friday Sales on Siliconera!
Gravity attacks aren’t the only tricks up Diablos’ sleeves, as it can swoop around and hit you with its wings while spinning around.
Read Final Fantasy Explorers Shows The Towering Alexander And Diablos on Siliconera!
Sayuri is Hanzou’s wife and Asuka’s grandmother. They say that she’s strong enough to even have Hanzou tremble in his boots.
Read Meet Asuka’s Grandma In Senran Kagura: Estival Versus on Siliconera!
Siliconera speaks to seltaire about her three year struggle to create the American history JRPG of her dreams, Americana Dawn.
Read Americana Dawn: The Three Year Struggle Of An American History JRPG on Siliconera!
According to the producer of Project HON, Minjoon Koo, the game isn’t what you’d consider a “one-shot, one kill” title, as it relies more on strategy than anything.
Read Project HON Will Heavily Focus On Strategic Plays And RPG Elements on Siliconera!
The Humble SEGA Bundle contains the Dreamcast Collection, NiGHTS Into Dreams, and more.
Read Humble SEGA Bundle Has NiGHTS Into Dreams, Dreamcast Collection For Cheap on Siliconera!
Last week, The Pokémon Company released Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in Japan, and the games sold 1,418,168 copies across all retail SKUs.
Read This Week In Sales: Pokémon Omega Ruby And Alpha Sapphire on Siliconera!
Ubisoft’s World War 1-era puzzle/adventure game Valiant Hearts: The Great War is available on Android devices today.
Read Ubisoft’s World War 1-Era Adventure, Valiant Hearts, Now Out On Android on Siliconera!
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition’s migration from Games For Windows Live to Steam has been slightly delayed, Bandai Namco said this week.
Read Dark Souls’ Steam Migration Delayed To December on Siliconera!
A Fox Amiibo called WaveShine was entered into a local Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament in Richmond, and nearly won.
Read The Story Of How A Fox Amiibo Nearly Won A Super Smash Bros. Tournament on Siliconera!
Square Enix have released two new trailers for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix.
Read Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix Trailer Shows Off Final Fantasy Cameos on Siliconera!
The Idolm@ster outfits will not only give the characters different lines in combat, but will also change up the BGM.
Read Tales of Zestiria Gets Yet Another Collaboration, This Time It’s With Idolm@ster on Siliconera!
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have sold over 3 million copies between Japan, South Korea, Australia and the U.S. in three days.
Read Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire Sold Over 3 Million Worldwide In Three Days on Siliconera!
Turf wars in Splatoon lets you use special weapons, which can be accessed by spreading paint on the ground to gain power. One of these special weapons is the “Barrier” that lets you reflect enemy attacks.
Read Splatoon’s Octopi Villains Aren’t Exactly The Brightest, But Still Dangerous on Siliconera!
Philia was first introduced in Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment while Klein has been one of the key characters from the earlier parts of the series.
Read Sword Art Online: Lost Song Shows Philia And Klein In Their Elf Forms on Siliconera!
The first wave of Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 DLC go live on the game’s release date in Japan, starting with illustrations from the first three Etrian Odyssey games, which can all be used in Classic Mode, where you get to make your own characters.
Read Etrian Odyssey Untold II Has A Hot Springs Quest As Paid DLC on Siliconera!
Before Atlus got their hands on Touch Detective and Operation Darkness, they worked with Success to bring Metal Saga to North America. Metal Saga was a follow up to the post apocalyptic RPG series Metal Max and so far it is the only game in the series to be localized in English.
Read Metal Saga Revived For A Smartphone Game on Siliconera!
Forward, Down, Down-Forward, Punch wont help you in Street Fighter: Puzzle Spirits. Capcom's puzzle action game has players tap on colored spirits to charge up skills.
Read How To Do A Shoryuken In Street Fighter: Puzzle Spirits on Siliconera!
D3 Publisher bumped Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair back two months from February 2014 to April 2, 2014.
Read Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow Of New Despair Delayed Until April 2 on Siliconera!
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have sold over 1.5 million copies in their first week in Japan.
Read Pokémon Omega Ruby And Alpha Sapphire Sell 1.5 Million At Launch In Japan on Siliconera!
PlayStation 4 going for $329.99 on eBay for Black Friday (and it won't even be on Black Friday).
Read Best PlayStation 4 Black Friday Deal is at eBay on Siliconera!
Capcom have shared more a little more information on what the 1.04 patch for Ultra Street Fighter IV will bring.
Read Ultra Street Fighter IV’s 1.04 Update Will Make Edition Select Playable Online on Siliconera!
Hyakka Ryouran Elixir was made by AXL and originally released on in April 2013 as an 18+ title for PC.
Read Higurashi Publishers Have Another Visual Novel Lined Up For PlayStation Vita on Siliconera!
Capcom have shared new clips of Resident Evil: Revelations 2 gameplay, both viewable at 60fps at 720p.
Read Here’s A Look At How You Can Cooperate With Your Partner In Resident Evil: Revelations 2 on Siliconera!
If you ever wanted to decorate your 3DS Home Menu with Shovel Knight, well, now you can.
Read Shovel Knight’s “International Theme” Is Available To All 3DS Owners Today on Siliconera!
Just like Japan, Atlus will release downloadable personas for Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth. The first two DLC personas will be free.
Read Get Kaguya And Orpheus Telos For Persona Q: Shadow Of The Labyrinth For Free on Siliconera!
Siliconera speaks to Ackk Studios about why they both accept their RPG Y2K being compared to Mother and why they want to distance themselves from it.
Read Y2K Isn’t Mother 4, And It Isn’t Trying To Be, Says Developer Ackk Studios on Siliconera!
Check out the first English screenshots of Criminal Girls: Invite Only too.
Read Criminal Girls: Invite Only Out On Parole In February 2015 on Siliconera!
Avian Attorney is a bird lawyering game set in Paris during 1842.
Read Ace Attorney Meets Hatoful Boyfriend In Aviary Attorney on Siliconera!
Terra Battle has reached 1.2 million downloads across iOS and Android.
Read Terra Battle Reaches 1.2 Million Downloads; Uematsu Making New Music on Siliconera!
Sekai Project are asking contributors and fans for their thoughts on the resolution of HD assets for Clannad’s English-language release.
Read Sekai Project Asking For Feedback On Clannad’s HD Resolution on Siliconera!
All the characters will now be fully-voiced, and the game boasts more work for images, sound, and BGM than any other ports from a Key game thus far.
Read Key’s Visual Novel, Rewrite, Is Headed To PlayStation 3 on Siliconera!
One Japanese player actually brought a Pokémon over from the original Ruby and Sapphire on GBA, and saw an unexpected surprise within the remakes.
Read Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire Has A Message For Fans With Pokémon From The Original Games on Siliconera!
Blacksmithing show Man At Arms: Reforged has produced another real-life replica of a videogame weapon.
Read Blacksmiths Create Link’s Fierce Deity Sword From Zelda: Majora’s Mask on Siliconera!
From November 21st through November 23rd, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has sold over 490,000 copies between retail and digital.
Read Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sells 490,000 In Three Days In U.S. on Siliconera!
Philia will play as a Spriggan race, the same one Kirito is in the VMMORPG, and she’ll have different colored hair as well.
Read Philia Returns As A Spriggan In Sword Art Online: Lost Song on Siliconera!
Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi has served as the producer for Lost Planet, Onimusha 3, and chief producer for Resident Evil 5. He's currently working on a new game for Capcom.
Read Resident Evil 5 And Lost Planet Producer To Announce A New PS4 Title By Capcom on Siliconera!
Company president Yosuke Matsuda says Square Enix will announce a brand new RPG next month.
Read Square Enix To Announce A Brand New RPG In December on Siliconera!
Xenoblade Chronicles writer Yuichiro Takeda is also the main script writer behind Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Read Xenoblade Chronicles X Will Have A “Deep” Sci-Fi Story on Siliconera!
Natural Doctrine makers Kadokawa Games recently presented their latest projects during the Kadokawa Games x FromSoftware Media Briefing 2014 Autumn event, including a teaser trailer for two new RPG titles.
Read Here’s A New Strategy RPG And Dungeon RPG From The Makers Of Natural Doctrine on Siliconera!
Capcom's latest set of Ultra Street Fighter IV fashion turns Ryu and into a wolf and Sagat into a tiger. Wild costumes give the World Warriors a completely different style.
Read Ultra Street Fighter IV Unleashes The Beast Within With Wild Costumes on Siliconera!
The new version of Rodea: The Sky Soldier looks more action packed compared to the original game. Flight scenes look faster and Rodea uses his spin attack more often in the Wii U trailer.
Read Rodea: The Sky Soldier Flies Out With A New Trailer on Siliconera!
Kantai Collection often abbreviated as KanColle was a breakout hit in Japan. This digital card game from DMM has moe-ified World War II warships, which gets a little strange when you combine cards to evolve warships.
Read KanColle Kai Brings Japan’s Hit Card Game With Girls Moe Warships To Vita on Siliconera!
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is a package with Dark Souls II, the three downloadable Lost Crown chapters, and some brand new content. FromSoftware expanded on the story, added a NPC, improved the gameplay, and made new event scenes.
Read Huge Dark Souls II Update For PS3, Xbox 360, And PC Scheduled For February 2015 on Siliconera!
A special version of Dark Souls II: Scholars of the First Sin will be released in Japan with the game's soundtrack, a strategy guide to get players through the beginning of the game, and poster sized maps.
Read Dark Souls II: Scholars Of The First Sin Retail Packages Include Bonus Goodies In Japan on Siliconera!
Who says slaying Titans can't be fun? Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Humanity Chain has joke weapons like a track suit and paper fans your custom Scout could(?) use to takedown a Titan.
Read Attack On Titan: The Last Wings Of Humanity Chain Has A Cameo Character, Silly Weapons on Siliconera!
The re-release is a compilation titled Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin and will be available for PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.
Read Dark Souls II Coming To Xbox One And PlayStation 4 on Siliconera!
Ghost in the Shell Online has been in development since September of 2011, and Dungeon Fighter Online makers Neople have been responsible for development.
Read Ghost in the Shell Online Will Have Cyborg Customization on Siliconera!
Naruto Online is the second known major collaboration between Tencent and a major Japanese videogame publisher.
Read Naruto Online RPG Re-emerges With A New Trailer on Siliconera!
Phantasy Star Nova has been positioned as the next major PlayStation Vita title in Japan.
Read This Week In Imports: Phantasy Star Nova Lands In Japan on Siliconera!
Launch huge energy attacks, dodge at speed, and use magibots to boost your attacks in arena battler Magical Battle Festa.
Read Magical Anime Girls Duke It Out In Magical Battle Festa, Out Now On PC on Siliconera!
MINIDAYZ is a fan-made project based on the popular Arma mod DayZ, and it's available to play for free.
Read MINIDAYZ Is A Top-Down, Single-Player Take On DayZ on Siliconera!
Raidou no longer has his memory from previous Dead or Alive games in Dead or Alive 5: Last Round.
Read Raidou Has Lost His Memory In Dead or Alive 5: Last Round on Siliconera!
Brawlhalla is 2D platform brawler that's currently in closed beta for PC players hungry for Super Smash Bros. fix.
Read Brawlhalla Is A Competitive Online Platform Brawler For PC Players on Siliconera!
Aksys will bring the Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN PS4 demo to North America, but just like Japan it's only for PlayStation Plus members. The Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN demo will let players try Sol Badguy and Ky Kiske.
Read Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN Demo Live In North America Tomorrow For PlayStation Plus Members on Siliconera!
Hatoful Boyfriend is a clever parody of Japanese dating sims with birds to romance instead of people. You play as the only human in the school, talk to punk pigeons, and fall in love with feathered friends.
Read Hatoful Boyfriend Flocks To PS4 And Vita Next Year on Siliconera!
Persona Q may have the Persona brand and characters attached to it, but it does absolutely none of the things you probably like about Persona.
Read Persona Q: A Persona Game In Name Only on Siliconera!
Spider-Man already has his own Zen Pinball table, but Venom is getting one, too.
Read Spider-Man Has His Own Zen Pinball Table, But Now It’s Venom’s Turn on Siliconera!
Konami and Nvidia have shared the first screenshots of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes from the PC version of the game.
Read Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Looks Even Better On PC on Siliconera!
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend is coming to Steam on December 11th, and Arc System Works say there's more on the way.
Read Arc System Works Teasing More Games For PC on Siliconera!
Visual novel sequel Cherry Tree High I! My! Girls! has been released on Steam. A "dewesternized" version of Cherry Tree High Comedy Club has also been rolled out.
Read Cherry Tree High I! My! Girls! Released Alongside “Dewesternized” Version Of 1st Game on Siliconera!
Sekai Project have announced three stretch goals for the Kickstarter campaign being used to fund their English-language release of Clannad.
Read Clannad’s English Release On PC Will Use The HD Assets From The PS3 Port on Siliconera!
