3D Dot Game Heroes is an homage to the classic Zelda games (and a few other classic titles at the same time).  In many ways it’s a direct ripoff, but it’s self-aware humor makes it a little bit more than that.  It’s story involves a strange twist of fate when the King decides to transform [...]

Many games will show a video that shows off a bit of the gameplay when the title screen sits too long. Well, lots of games used to. But, since 3D Dot Game Heroes is essentially a throwback or an homage to certain old video games (largely Zelda, with references to others thrown in), it only [...]

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift now has a release date for Japan! The arcade sequel to the original BlazBlue will receive PS3 and Xbox 360 ports, due to be released on July 1st. Play-Asia has announced that they will soon have Continuum Shift pre-orders here.  After having so much fun with the original, the sequel looks like [...]

Yes, the Final Fantasy XIV Beta now has an official launch date. March 11, 2010. This is only the PC Beta, so those who bought Final Fantasy XIII in hopes of getting into the PS3 Beta will have to wait a little longer. This news is straight from Vanafest 2010, so feel free to go [...]

Welcome to the Japanese Game Source review of Final Fantasy XIII. Since this is our first review, let me start by presenting the format of our reviews (you can skip to the first category under this paragraph if you don’t care). First, we select a number of dimensions that are highly relevant to the genre [...]