When the studio behind the sublime Psychonauts and headed up by the co-designer of Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle announces a Halloween-set RPG featuring kids who get apocalyptic battle powers from their home-made costumes, I immediately pay attention. Fortunately this has happened only once so far, as the kind of enthusiastic [...]
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Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton last month, Double Fine Productions’ Tim Shafer announced four new titles that his studio is working on. According to Schafer, these smaller projects sprouted from the cancellation of an unannounced sequel for Brutal Legend. Today, the first of the four new titles was revealed to be Costume [...]
So, Dragon Quest. Big in Japan, eh? That’s what they say. Or rather, that’s what their figures say. Shifting an eye-watering 2.3 million copies in its first week on sale, Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies is undoubtedly a big financial cheese. Figures don’t capture the magic, however. Leave [...]
In case you missed it earlier this month, you can go out and download The Silver Lining right now, absolutely free from the developer’s website. That fact alone is something to celebrate, considering the well-documented legal battles and disputes that nearly prevented TSL, an entirely fan-made game designed as an “unofficial sequel” [...]
Dragon Quest IX just hit store shelves in America, and you may be interested in the game, but at the same time finding such a huge series daunting. Maybe you’ve only played some of the previous games or have always kept the titles at a distance, fearing the nearly 25 year-old franchise’s [...]
Hey New Yorkers, still reeling after LeBron’s decision to play in Miami? Nothing helps ease the pain like a good video game, and luckily, Dragon Quest IX is coming to the US this weekend. To help celebrate the occasion, appearing at the Nintendo World Store in NYC on Saturday will be [...]
Dragon Quest is the granddaddy of the JRPG, and in Japan it has been consistently one of the most popular series ever, with each new entry or remake selling in the millions. Meanwhile, its western fan base has been considerably smaller, though it’s no less dedicated. Perhaps it has to do [...] |
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