Author: Zach Barbieri

Legendary developer Hideo Kojima’s successor to his Konami franchise, Metal Gear Solid, known as Physint, will now be published by Xbox, not Sony, Microsoft has confirmed. Originally announced in 2024 during a Sony State of Play, the project was announced as a collaboration between Kojima Productions and PlayStation, though nothing from the title was shown at the time. Xbox is also publishing Kojima Productions’ OD, itself a spiritual successor to the unfulfilled PT, both of which franchises lost to Kojima when he and Konami had their very public falling out in 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEpK67JDLu8 According to Kojima himself, Sony made the…

Publisher KOEI TECMO has revealed its lineup for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show, along with what it will showcase during its KOEI TECMO Live! livestream broadcast. The Tokyo Game Show is set to be held between September 17 and September 21 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, having expanded to a five-day event to celebrate its 30th anniversary. During this time, KOEI TECMO plans to showcase multiple games, chief among them being Team Ninja’s Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember and Omega Force’s Attack on Titan 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7UZfOozH5Q During the company’s livestream event, voice actors Yu Kobayashi and Shiori…

Square Enix is usually present during Nintendo Directs, and today’s was no different. They showcased a few titles, notably showcasing Final Fantasy VII Revelation running on the Nintendo Switch 2 early on in the presentation. One more welcome and unexpected announcement of the show, though, was that of Romancing SaGa 3: Destinies United, a full remake of the third entry in the long-running Square Enix series, adapting the 1995 entry for modern audiences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtX1kIvG7-g The Remake follows pretty closely the formula set by the remake of the second entry, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven. If you have not…

It was fairly predictable that Nintendo would close out their Nintendo Direct with a big announcement from one of their main franchises, but with a few series primed to make their return, it was hard to predict which we might see. As it turned out, everybody’s favorite pink ball, Kirby, got that honor, with a new title called Kirby and the World Beyond, which is set to release in Spring of 2027. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUp_l5taUeY The game itself looks to be a direct follow-up to the previous title in the series, Kirby and the Forgotten City, continuing the series’ foray into 3D.…

The developer behind Layers of Fear and Silent Hill 2 Remake has announced a new type of horror game set to release next year. Originally teased earlier this year and believed to be their previously known Project M, Onyx: The Dark Grip is coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch 2, having recieved a reveal trailer during the Nintendo Direct event held today. We originally learned of the game from a trademark filed earlier this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS7-Se04c8w Onyx: The Dark Grip appears to play into some of the special features of the Nintendo Switch, in particular the system’s touchscreen. As such,…

Nintendo held its Legend of Zelda: 40th Anniversary Direct today, offering new information on multiple elements in the series. The show opened with a teaser trailer for The Legend of Zelda movie, which we now know will release April 10, 2027, in addition to the news that tickets for the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto will change to a Zelda 40th Anniversary theme. Obviously, though, the biggest news concerns The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake, which was given a fairly large deep dive, along with the release date of November 5, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WX-jsir94 A showcase of the rebuild from…

Capcom has announced that Onimusha: Way of the Sword has marked another strong showing for them this year, hitting 1 million sales on launch day. This milestone has pushed the Onimusha franchise, in total, past the 10 million sales mark, with this newest entry releasing 20 years after the Samurai series last saw a new entry (though two remasters have been released since then). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfMJY5qOVPg In an online statement made by the company concerning these sales, it was stated: Through several marketing initiatives before launch, such as multiple demo releases and hands-on exhibitions, Capcom worked to expand awareness among a…

Stupid Never Dies is the kind of game you can go into, despite having seen every trailer for it, and yet still not know what to fully expect. That was the case with me booting up the demo on PlayStation 5. The game reminded me from the outset of something SUDA51 might cook up in a fever dream, so I was already on board, at least to a degree. That said, the experience could have gone either way, so I was a little nervous all the same. That feeling when you want to like something but are fully aware that…

With the recent announcement of Final Fantasy VII Revelation, I have been taking a walk down memory lane. Remember what it felt like the first time. I understand that people have a connection to the combat system, but to be mean for a second, that’s such a simplistic understanding of what made classic RPGs so memorable. There is the moment you arrive in a town, and everything is so new and mesmerizing, offering a unique moment you don’t realize will play back in your head again years later with such luster. The same goes for the bosses; one day you…

Damn, you know, I really didn’t see myself sitting here writing THIS review when I started Starsand Island, or at least I didn’t want to. It makes a well enough case for itself if we are being honest, at least in those opening minutes. Hell, even the opening hours were mostly fun, with some annoying grinding mixed in because, you know, this is a cozy sim; why not? If you aren’t paying attention, though, you are going straight over the cliff unprepared, and there is no worse feeling than that. Let me start by making the comparison to another game…