Author: Josh McGrath
Tales of Xillia 2 Western Release Dates and Collectors Editions Announced
Earlier today, Bandai Namco revealed the release dates of their next western Tales release, Tales of Xillia 2. The game will be released in North America on August 19th, 2014,... Read More
Black Sheep Gaming: The Soul Trilogy
A great majority of video games have a “destructive” theme to them. In everything from RPG to action and even some puzzle games, one can’t get to the... Read More
Wave of Nostalgia Hits Steam from Humongous Entertainment
Nostalgic gaming has become quite popular as of late. Gaming arguably became an acknowledged hobby and media form in the 1990s, and many that grew up with games... Read More
New Vita-Original Game Freedom Wars Announced for Western Release
Since its release, the Playstation Vita has become a dumping ground for ports and remakes of older games, with original releases few and far between. Due to the... Read More
New Trailer for Bound By Flame Shows Off Fire-Fueled Combat
Earlier today, Spider Studios released a new trailer for its upcoming RPG Bound By Flame. The trailer shows off the game’s three main classes and the fighting styles they... Read More
Spiritual Successor to Shining Force Announced for PC, Xbox 360, and Xbox One
On April 7th, 2014, the company Arcade County announced the impending release of their spiritual successor to the Shining Force series, entitled Shining Empire. Funded by private backers and a Kickstarter... Read More
A Little Something for the Ladies: Hakuoki Remastered for PS3
A vast majority of visual novel style games are marketed to men, featuring a male main character pursuing a number of lovely animated women. Occasionally, though, a game... Read More
Black Sheep Gaming: Ever17
In a couple of past articles I’ve written, I’ve mentioned the genre of games known as the visual novel. Actually, the term “game” is a difficult one to... Read More
Fan Translation of Final Fantasy Type-0 gets Trailer and Release Date
Final Fantasy Type-0, as of the moment of writing, remains one of the very few modern Final Fantasy games to have not been officially released outside of Japan. Interviews... Read More
New South Park: The Stick of Truth Trailer Released by Amazon
Just a day shy of its release date in North America, Amazon decided to hype up the release of South Park: The Stick of Truth with a new trailer.... Read More
Harmonix Announces New Game “Chroma”
Nearly a year after ending DLC support for the Rock Band series, Harmonix has been relatively quiet. The company announced one of their next projects, Fantasia: Music Evolved, at last... Read More
Development of Zero Escape 3 Stalled
Earlier today, Kotaro Uchikoshi, writer for the Zero Escape series (9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors and Virtue’s Last Reward) created an English Twitter page to share some news with... Read More
Black Sheep Gaming: Hatsune Miku Project Diva F
A game’s aesthetic can make or break it. A game could be made that has absolutely everything that a gamer might be looking for and more – perfect... Read More
Review: Insurgency
Back to Basics The First Person Shooter genre is probably the most popular genre of video games in current times. Of course, you don’t need me to tell... Read More
Review: Tales of Phantasia [iOS]
Left Behind Until recently, the Tales series has had a spotty history of Western localization. On average, one in three Tales games has yet to reach American shores,... Read More
Black Sheep Gaming: Hotel Dusk: Room 215
In recent years, the gaming industry has seen the revival of a once-thought-long-dead genre: the adventure game. Originally popular in the early days of gaming, back when a... Read More
Classic Review: Ys II
[NOTE: It is difficult to discuss the story of Ys II without mentioning plot points of the first game. This review will have spoilers for the end of Ys... Read More
Classic Review: Ys I
The Obscure Third In the 1980s, there were three big names in the JRPG genre. Two of them are well-known to just about every gamer in the West:... Read More