Janet Airey

Yet, this is not the first time that Pachter talks negatively about the Japanese gaming industry, calling Japanese publishers (excluding Nintendo and a few other exceptions) "not relevant any longer" to making consoles successful, mentioning that Japanese games "don’t matter in the larger scheme of things", or downplaying the two million units shipped by NieR: Automa

After an ethereal teaser last month, the new trailer provides a brief introduction to this plot, but is more about the general style, showing the creativity of former SNL director Dave McCary and drawing attention to its great revi

This already is a largely debatable position. Not only are there many, many western games by publishers that would lick their lips at the idea of selling two million units, but Japanese games as a whole are certainly a relevant factor to selling conso

We don't know whether the term "ninja" will be officially used to define the protagonist, but he appears to perfectly blend the concepts of samurai and ninja, which are absolutely popular even among the western mass market audie

For those looking for an even more thorough analysis, however, research firm SuperData has quickly made a name for itself in video games due to the company's willingness to examine more online-oriented data like microtransaction sales and the like. Recently, SuperData finally released its findings for the September 2016 period, and it appears that the dominance of some of gaming's biggest titles will not be broken easily - Pokemon GO , Destiny , and League of Legends topped the cash grossing charts for mobile, console, and PC gaming respectiv

The developer also shared that the environments shown in the teaser trailer of the game were in-game, and one rather wide shot shows a very extensive vista. This appears to indicate that they haven't scaled the world down all that much. Assuming that the mountain in the picture is the highest peak on the island (Mount Yatate) seen across Aso Bay, we could be looking at 1:5 to 1:10 scale, but that's just me trying to eyeball it, so take it with a massive grain of s

Star Wars: The Old Republic has finally entered the realm of the stars . The big budget MMO which failed to last long with the traditional monthly paid subscription model before going partly free-to-play launched its Galactic Starfighter expansion in December for subscribes and this week it's now available to everyone, even the FTP play

Not your usual SDCC movie, Brigsby Bear is a festival hit that's making its domestic opening in just a week's time. The film follows a kidnapped baby now grown-up discovering the wider world and with it that Brigsby Bear , the TV show made by his captors, is fake, leading to an obsession with making his own vers

The voice of Swain from League of Legends has been uncovered, and it is a notable Game of Thrones ** actor** . The Grand General of Noxus was voiced by longtime actor James Faulkner. Faulkner is perhaps best recognized currently as Randyll Tarly from HBO’s _ Game of Thrones

On the mobile platform, the continued dominance of Pokemon GO is also the most unsurprising, as the title's status of global phenomenon has not been in jeopardy despite the development team's slow response time in updating or implementing key design features. Pokemon GO sits comfortably ahead of its compatriots on mobile, much like League of Legends does its competitors on PC - World of Warcraft is the closest to Riot's cash cow, with the nearest genre competitor being DOTA 2 a full six ranks behind Leag

The only relatively weak spot is that they have dropped the inFAMOUS franchise to work on a new IP, and that is objectively an element of challenge. One of the elements that can overcome that challenge is certainly flavor, and they picked the flavor that can certainly make the audience notice and remember the game: Ni

Rift Herald’s Ryan Gilliam piece on the matter has exposed the rift between Riot’s practices and the awareness of their voice actors. The discovery was originally made on Twitter by a lawyer and fan using the handle @LimitlessCha

It’s time to play catch-up on a few key games and announcements as we delve into the second month of 2014 and inch closer to the release of some of our most anticipated games of 2014. In this weekly news wrap up we're going to look at Amazon's push into video games, another major milestone for League of Legends , an exclusive Xbox One mode for Strategynewsbase.com Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare , the end of The Last of Us story, another game from the mind behind Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon , Star Wars: The Old Republic taking all players into space and PS4 headset supp

Even though SuperData's reports confirm more of the same kind of results video game fans have come to expect in 2016, there are still a number of interesting insights to be gleaned from what the firm has found. Bolstered by sales that were stronger than Destiny 's initial launch period, the release of Destiny: Rise of Iron in September rocketed Bungie's shooter to the top of the console charts over traditionally dominant fall releases like FIFA