Capcom is in the midst of a Golden Age, and we spoke with producer Masachika Kawata about how the publisher / developer has managed this during an era of extreme industry volatility.
We traveled to Capcom’s Osaka offices to learn about the resurrection of its long-dormant Onimusha series and toured Kyoto to see the real-life inspiration behind the game’s “gorgeously eerie” dark fantasy action.
Combat is the best part of Beast of Reincarnation, courtesy of a satisfying combat system filled with experimentation and tense fun. If only the rest of Game Freak's venture into the action space matched it.
Exoprimal may be feature-thin, but its creative subversion of expectations impressed me and I hope others study its approach to telling a robust narrative within a multiplayer framework.
Illusion Island doesn’t overhaul the platformer genre, but its distinctive no-combat focus on simply moving through Monoth keeps the trip amusing, brisk, and gratifying.
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons has some aggravating design choices that prevent it from soaring as high as it could, but this is a respectable return for the Lee brothers.
DC Dual Force, the digital card game based on DC's universe of characters, will unsurprisingly feature some of most popular characters the universe has to offer.
Remnant II ultimately doesn’t do enough to separate itself from the genres and games that inspired it, but its third-person shooter take on mechanics and ideas borrowed from the Souls games continues to be solid.
Listen to Laura Bailey as Grace and Ashley Johnson as Calliope in this exclusive release of "Adrift," a track from Stray Gods: The Role-Playing Musical.
