Yesterday at GamesCom, SEGA and development team Ryu Ga Gotoku revealed that The Yakuza Remastered Collection – which includes Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5 – will be making the jump to Western shores soon… So soon, in fact, that Yakuza 3 is available on the PlayStation Store right now! Yakuza 4 will follow suit on 29 October, while
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Publisher IndieSelect recently announced that Ascension Dream’s visual novel title Pantsu Hunter: Back to the 90s is headed to PS4, Playstation Vita and Nintendo Switch on 28 August. Described as a point-and-click adventure with adult themes and a 90s anime aesthetic, Pantsu Hunter is the story of a young man in search of love – or in the very least
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The Playstation-exclusive Predator: Hunting Grounds was given a proper gameplay trailer Monday at Gamescom 2019. Without further ado, give the multiplayer-focused shooter a look below: Predator: Hunting Grounds is developed by Illfonic, who you may recall is responsible for 2017’s Friday the 13th the Game, which turned out to be a fun, franchise-faithful multiplayer game. Here’s Sony’s official breakdown of
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Earlier today at Gamescom, SEGA unveiled the third playable character in Lizardcube’s upcoming brawler Streets of Rage 4: Cherry Hunter. You can check out Cherry’s reveal trailer below. Given her yellow top along with some of her fighting moves being similar to Streets of Rage 2‘s Skate (aka Eddie to his close friends), Cherry is almost certainly related to the
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Every now and again, we at The Splintering are going to lean on our mascot, Chomp the Termite, to go out into the world of myth and fiction to get the stories that we non-fictional types just can’t get. Since the Genesis 30th anniversary is the reason for the season, and since Altered Beast was the console’s original pack-in title,
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Tired of over-complicated, genre-bending, modern first-person shooters? “Flashlights? Fuck flashlights! Gun is flashlight!” Indie publisher Digerati May have the game for you: Demon Pit. Inspired by FPS games from the 90s, Demon Pit is described as an arcade–style arena shooter featuring numerous weapons, a “soul grapple”, and constantly changing environments. Here’s a breakdown of Demon Pit from Digerati followed by
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Glass Heart Games has unveiled Vigil: the Longest Night, a 2D action platformer with a few RPG elements, massive bosses, and a horror aesthetic similar to Bloodstained and the Castlevania series. Vigil is the first game from Taiwanese game studio Glass Heart Games, who promises “precise and technical combat as well as a rich and strong narrative.” The game itself
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Welcome back to SEGA Genesis 30th Anniversary Week here at The Splintering! We certainly hope that you’ve been enjoying some of our retro gaming content celebrating the launch of our 16-bit friend! Every now and again, we at The Splintering are going to lean on our mascot, Chomp the Termite, to go out into the world of myth and fiction
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In an effort to inundate you with Genesis stuff on the 30th anniversary of its launch, I decided to barf up this click bait retrospective post showing some of the ads SEGA ran as part of their famous “Genesis Does What Nintendon’t” campaign. My personal favorite ad is the Golden Axe one. Sure, you can find all of this stuff
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According to Gamescom host Geoff Keighley, Sony Interactive Entertainment will debut the first gameplay trailer for Predator: Hunting Grounds on opening night of Gamescom 2019, which begins on 19 August. Predator: Hunting Grounds is an online asymmetrical multiplayer shooter developed by Illfonic and scheduled to release for PS4 in 2020. You can watch the May reveal trailer below. Source: Gematsu
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WayForward has released a new trailer for River City Girls featuring Kyoko, one of the playable characters in their upcoming sequel to the classic NES brawler, River City Ransom. Here’s the official bio for Kyoko: Kyoko is ready to go in River City Girls! Compared to her BFF Misako, she’s much more cheerful and bubbly, but don’t get her angry
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Today, The Splintering is taking a look at one of the original SEGA Genesis launch titles: Space Harrier II! Those who know me personally know that the original Space Harrier holds a special place in my heart. I own and have played thousands of games, and the original Space Harrier arcade game is my absolute favorite game of all time!
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Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of SEGA’s most successful console, the SEGA Genesis. System launches were quite a bit different in 1989 than they are now, so details of the event are a little sketchy. What we do know is that the Genesis (known as the Mega Drive outside of North America) launched in both the
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Atomic Wolf recently unveiled the first gameplay trailer has for Liberated, which is set to release on both Nintendo Switch and Steam PC. Liberated is unique in that the action takes place inside the pages of a comic book, with your character traversing between comic book panels as the game progresses. It may sound a bit like SEGA’s Comix Zone
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At EVO 2019, Arc System Works announced that a new installment of their one-on-one fighter Guilty Gear is indeed coming our way. Daisuke Ishiwatari presented the reveal trailer himself, which you can watch below. Series mainstays Sol and Ky are back, and the trailer also revealed a mysterious brand new fighter. The series’ aesthetic flare is back in spades, both
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Bandai Namco has announced that Soulcalibur VI will be getting a second season of DLC, which will include Haohmaru from SNK’s Samurai Shodown series (aka Samurai Spirits). Haohmaru is just one of four characters coming as part of the second season of DLC, though he will be the only guest character among them. The rest will be natives of the
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Over the weekend, a new trailer leaked (and was later confirmed) which indicated that BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will receive a “2.0 update” adding a total of nine new characters including at least two from entirely new franchises: Yumi from Senran Kagura (not Homura?!) and both Akatsuki and Blitztank from Akatsuki En-Eins. Yumi from Senran Kagura is armed with traditional paper fans,
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Shanghai-based developer Mihoyo has announced that their open-world action RPG Genshin Impact is coming to PS4 sometime in 2020. In June, Mihoyo confirmed at ChinaJoy that Genshin Impact would be coming to Windows PC, iOS, and Android (WTF?) but the PS4 port is the first console version to be announced. You can watch the PS4 trailer below, followed by the
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Over the weekend, Bandai Namco announced that Cassandra would be joining the cast of Soulcalibur VI as a DLC fighter. The best part, she’s available today (5 August). You can check out her character reveal trailer below and see if she makes your soul burn. Cassandra is the final piece of DLC as part of Soulcalibur VI‘s first season pass,
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Welcome back to Attack Helicopter Week here at The Splintering. Before we start with the review, let’s play a little game… One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn’t belong. Space Harrier – After Burner – Hang On – Out Run – Thunder Blade Can you tell which thing is not like the
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Welcome to yet another review celebrating Attack Helicopter Week here at The Splintering! Today we’re picking apart another retro arcade game port, this time it’s Steel Talons for the SEGA Genesis. Before we get going, however, I have to note that this game is ROUGH. I couldn’t play it through in a normal state, so the only solution was to
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Welcome to Attack Helicopter Week here at The Splintering! How about kicking things off with a lesser-known, retro import? Grab your yoke and pop in your earplugs, because today we’re picking apart Choplifter! for the Nintendo Famicom. Choplifter! is a unique title as it started as an Apple II game and was later ported to the arcades. The Famicom version
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Following our last theme week in May (SEGA Week), we’ve decided to do have another special event here at The Splintering. Starting Monday, 29 July, we’ll be launching Attack Helicopter Week! We’ll be posting reviews and features covering some of your most beloved (and perhaps most despised) attack helicopters. Even if you are not an attack helicopter yourself, everyone is
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Two Japanese arcade shoot-em-ups from the early 2000’s are getting slick, limited physical editions for PS4, PS Vita and Nintendo Switch courtesy of Strictly Limited Games. Vasara Collection includes both Vasara and Vasara 2 and will be available to pre-order this Sunday, 27 July. These physical editions will come in two versions, a standard release is limited to 2,500 copies priced at €29.99
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According to the latest issue of Japanese publication Dengeki PlayStation, Falcom has unveiled several new Ys IX: Monstrum Nox details, including a few battle systems and several character reveals. Here’s a translation of the key information according to Gematsu: Characters Commander Chatelard (voiced by Yuuki Ono) – Commander of the Church Knights. A handsome man with tanned skin and silver hair. His
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Originally scheduled for a September release, Microids has announced that Blacksad: Under the Skin is now scheduled to launch on 5 November. To sweeten that slightly biter pill, Microids also released the first in a developer diary video series titled “From Comic to Video Game”. The first episode focuses on how the development team is recreating the noir tones of
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The Ninja Warriors: Once Again is set to launch on PSN and the Nintendo Switch eShop on 25 July, though when it arrives, it will be under the new title The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors. A limited physical release will follow on 30 August from ININ Games. The Ninja Saviors is an updated remake of Tengo Project’s The Ninja
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Inti Create’s side-scrolling action platformer Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is getting an English-language Switch release in Southeast Asia this September. Here’s the official breakdown and key features of the game: Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX takes place in the universe of the Azure Striker Gunvolt (2014) and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 (2016) titles. Since its inception, the Gunvolt series
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The Japanese website Switchsoku has revealed that iMel’s upcoming visual novel Raspberry Cube is censored on PS4, while the Nintendo Switch version remains intact. According to Raspberry Cube‘s official product listing, the changes are significant enough for the PS4 version to receive a CERO C (15+) age rating while the Switch version has a CERO D (17+). So what was
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We reported on several indications of a Super Monkey Ball revival just last week, and SEGA has finally pulled the curtain back on Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD with an official reveal trailer. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz was originally released for the Nintendo Wii in 2006 (yes, it’s been that long), though it’s highly unlikely that the HD
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