More than anything, Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 is a game about gaming. It celebrates its rich history, while at the same time parodying and ridiculing its concerns and excesses. The game is set in the world of Gamindustri, populated by wide-eyed and scantily clad anime girls who each personify a video game console. But alas, they’re trapped in the “Gaming Graveyard,” where their livelihood is threatened by the evil forces of Piracy.

But this game doesn’t get very far with this concept beyond the occasional punning on big industry names. That’s too bad, because it could really have Read the rest of this entry »

Many gamers have been very critical of Keiji Inafune’s recent moves, but his Comcept organization must be doing something right. Hyperdimension Neptunia hasn’t been as popular in the west as it was in Japan. In fact, some of the newer releases have even been considered sexist in North American circles.

Nevertheless, Comcept seems to feel confident enough about the series’ selling power. One of Inafune’s newest projects is an animated series based on the game. The series coincides with the release of the new Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory trailer.Didn’t catch that? Read the rest of this entry »

It seems the big question now adays is what will Keiji Inafune do now after all this time and all his effort. Many people seem pretty hard hit over some things that have been going on in the gaming world. Some even claim to be outraged. Many wonder what will happen now, what is in store. Inafune seems greatly hurt and overcome by all that has happened and by not being able to finish his much awaited projects but it seems Read the rest of this entry »

Megaman was one of the most popular games in the 1990’s. The popularity of the game slowly waned up to this point. It was the number one video game for the distributor Capcom. Recently, Megaman Legends 3 was cancelled during development. Other Megaman games have been recently cancelled. The fact is, all the recent Megaman projects died during the development stage. The distributer, Capcom no longer has the confidence it once had in this game. The demo for Megaman legends 3 was not even released. Capcom did not even consider the feedback from fans as an indication to the possible success Read the rest of this entry »

At the end of the events in Soulcalibur IV, the knight known as Siegfried Schtauffen defeated Nightmare, the evil incarnation of the Soul Edge blade. Picking up in the 17th Century, 17 years after the events of that game, Soulcalibur V has many loose story threads to clear up, with a cast of both new and returning fighters.

While an older version of Siegfried returns to the game, in addition to a resurrected Nightmare, the protagonists this time around, Patroklos and Pyrrha Alexander, Read the rest of this entry »

The January 2012 North American release of Soulcalibur V should attract long-time Soulcalibur fans and gamers new to the franchise alike. Like the previous games in the series, Soulcalibur is a fantasy-style fighting game that centers on an evil, possessed sword called the Soul Edge and the blade that can destroy the Soul Edge, the Soul Calibur.

Soulcalibur V is set 17 years after Soulcalibur IV and fans of the series will be interested to know that longtime Read the rest of this entry »

While Chrono Trigger Mobile might not be much of a name, Japanese fans got to play the famous game in Spring 2011. Just about every single Square Enix fan adores the game, and it was extremely influential on the entire catalog of titles that the company featured over the years. Though one might be quick to say that mobile phone games are only for casual gamers and shouldn’t be considered a viable platform for such games, Chrono Trigger was great Read the rest of this entry »