And thus a new meme is born. A Japanese promo for Dead or Alive 6 courted a voluntary suspension of last weekend’s Evo Japan stream, after a pair of gravure models mimicked the game’s infamous jiggle physics with very real body parts. The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) is a ...
The lead up to E3 2018 saw Koei Tecmo announcing Dead or Alive 6, currently in development by Team Ninja for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Its release is planned for early 2019. The initial set of fighters are currently Helena Douglas, Hayate, Kasumi, Ryu Hayabusa, Zack, and ...
Players looking for a challenge are no doubt buzzing at the news of Nioh 2, the next installment in Team Ninja’s action-RPG. No release date has been announced for the PlayStation 4 title. All we have so far is the teaser below, which shows a group of demons ganging ...
I like to consider myself a semi-hardcore fighting game fan. I watch the Evo tournaments and Capcom Cups, memorize the combos, and hell I even used to compete in Soul Calibur competitions. I’ve played nearly every notable fighting game ever made, but the Dissidia series has never managed to ...
Singapore’s very first Final Fantasy pop-up café opened its doors to the public today, bringing themed food, drinks, and official merchandise right into the heart of Orchard Road. Prior to that, Square Enix developers Takeo Kujiraoka (pictured above: right) and Ichiro Hazama (left) had flown in from sub-zero Tokyo ...
Square Enix and Amazon have joined hands for a Dissidia Final Fantasy NT tournament. The event will be streamed live on 18 Jan., two weeks before the game’s worldwide launch on PlayStation 4. The teams set to compete consist of a wide spread of talents, representing various levels of ...
Nioh and I first met during the Alpha in May 2016, my eyes seduced by the idea of an Onimusha spiritual successor. That fleeting encounter left me with the impression that this was, instead, the “Samurai counterpart to Ninja Gaiden.” It turns out that neither of those comparisons is ...
Team Ninja’s Nioh releases worldwide on 9 February 2017, announced Koei Tecmo at TGS 2016. The Souls-like action-RPG will have players controlling the white-haired English samurai, William Adams, as he duels bandits and yokai across Sengoku-era Japan. Helmed by veteran producer and Koei Tecmo CEO, Kou Shibusawa, Nioh has ...
The public beta for Nioh is now available for download on the Singapore PlayStation Store. The samurai action RPG is best described as Team Ninja’s take on Dark Souls, Onimusha, and Ninja Gaiden, blending both style and difficulty against the backdrop of medieval Japan. This beta follows up on ...
Nioh’s announcement had many drawing comparisons to Dark Souls and Onimusha. However, after spending two intense afternoons with the alpha demo I realize we’ve been wrong the entire time – this isn’t a Japanese reskin of Dark Souls, it’s the samurai counterpart to Ninja Gaiden. Crushing difficulty and steep ...