Category: Top Story

  • Steam Game You Might Have Missed – Another Star

    Looking for something to get on Steam? Having trouble sorting through everything that’s in the store? We have you covered through our Steam curator list, where we post recommendations of games we’ve reviewed here on DieHard GameFAN or have played through on our own time. Additionally, once a week we’ll be posting recommendations for games on our list,…

  • Unboxing of Tales of Zestiria Collector’s Edition

    Hey, look at that! A reasonably named set to add to my collection (putting aside the meaningless word, Zestiria, of course). Even though the latest entry of the Tales franchise is releasing to both the PS3 and PS4, it’s only the latter that’s receiving the Tales of Zestiria Collector’s Edition. This whopping $129.99 set is…

  • Review: Arcana Heart 3: LOVEMAX!!! (PC)

    Arcana Heart 3: LOVEMAX!!! Genre: Fighting Developer: Examu Publisher: Arc System Works Release Date: 9/29/15 Well, here we are with what will be the third review in seven and a half years of the Arcana Hearts franchise, with the game Arcana Hearts 3: LOVEMAX!!!. I’ll be the first to admit that, despite a general love…

  • Review: Transformers: Devastation (Sony Playstation 4)

    Platinum delivers a short but nostalgia fueled Transformers experience.

  • Steam Game You Might Have Missed – Read-Only Memories

    Looking for something to get on Steam? Having trouble sorting through everything that’s in the store? We have you covered through our Steam curator list, where we post recommendations of games we’ve reviewed here on DieHard GameFAN or have played through on our own time. Additionally, once a week we’ll be posting recommendations for games on our list,…

  • Unboxing of Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below Slime Collector’s Edition

    The fall flood of gaming releases isn’t over yet, which means it’s time for another unboxing. On deck this week is the Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below Slime Collector’s Edition (are you kidding me?) The game is Square Enix’s attempt to cash in the current trend of sending their…

  • Impressions: Star Wars Battlefront Beta (Sony PlayStation 4)

    Star Wars Battlefront Beta Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: DICE Genre: 1st or 3rd person shooter Playable dates: 10/8/2015 until 10/13/2015 A beta test for Star Wars Battlefront was live on PlayStation 4 this weekend. I spent some time running around and shooting Rebels and Imperials. Fellow Die Hard GameFAN contributor Aaron Sirois joined in on…

  • Diehard GameCAST: Episode 71 – Rock Band 4, Senran Kagura 2, Demetrios, Ninja Pizza Girl, and more!

    The topic of the day is TGS 2015, but kinda not because it became an afterthought after all of the other shenanigans (so like every other episode).

  • Review: Toy Soldiers: War Chest Hall of Fame Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)

    Toy Soldiers: War Chest Hall of Fame Edition Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Signal Studios Genre: 3rd person tower defense Release Date: 08/11/2015 I remember being a little guy, way back when, playing in the sandbox or backyard with my action figures. Some summer days it kept me occupied from the first golden light until the sky…

  • Preview: Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide (PC)

    The ratpocalypse is coming, Warhammer style.

  • Review: Samurai Warriors 4-II (Sony Playstation 4)

    Samurai Warriors 4-II Genre: Action Developer: Omega Force Publisher: Tecmo Koei Release Date: 9/29/15 A sensation in its home country of Japan, and a cult hit in other countries, Koei’s Musou series is an amalgamation of real time strategy and frantic, beat-em-up style action. Since the original introduction to this formula with Dynasty Warriors 2…

  • Review: Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax (Sony Playstation Vita)

    Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Genre: Fighting Developer: Ecole/French Bread Publisher: Sega Release Date: 10/06/15 Fans of Ecole as a fighting game developer have gone from famine to feast this year; after years of never seeing a US port of Melty Blood in any form, we’ve suddenly been given two fighting games from the developer, in…

  • Preview: Demetrios (PC)

    Demetrios is a promising point-and-click scheduled to come out in 2016!

  • Steam Games You Might Have Missed – The Banner Saga

    Looking for something to get on Steam? Having trouble sorting through everything that’s in the store? We have you covered through our Steam curator list, where we post recommendations of games we’ve reviewed here on DieHard GameFAN or have played through on our own time. Additionally, once a week we’ll be posting recommendations for games…

  • Review: Read Only Memories (PC)

    ROM has a brilliant setting and fantastic characters that make up for the game’s shortcomings.

  • Review: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 (Sony PlayStation 4)

    Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 Publisher: Activision Developer: Robomodo and Disruptive Games Genre: Skateboarding/Arcade Sports Release Date: 09/29/2015 The title Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland was used ten years too soon. I have never played a game that creates the feelings of dread, desolation, and hopelessness quite like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5; unfortunately, I do…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #88 (Warhammer 40,000/Tau KV1287 Stormsurge

    White Dwarf, Issue #88 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $2.99 (Digital)/$3.99 (Physical) Page Count: 32 Release Date: 10/3/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (or your local Games Workshop retailers) So this is an interesting issue. Not only is it the sixteenth straight issue of White Dwarf that I have covered, but it is the first…

  • Review: Black Sails (PC)

    Black Sails Genre: Adventure Developer: Deck 13 Publisher: Deck 13 Release Date: 09/17/15 As I mentioned in my Dropsy review, good, non-horror-themed traditional adventure games are fairly hard to come by in this day and age, but if you’re looking for a horror theme in your adventure game, well, that’s surprisingly not so hard to…

  • Unboxing of Persona 4: Dancing All Night Disco Fever Edition

    Welcome to the second unboxing of a Persona 4: Dancing All Night collector’s edition on this site. In case you missed it, the first was of Japan’s (insert string of meaningless words) Pack, which is admittedly much cooler by comparison. Regardless, this one has some neat stuff in it and you can get it with…

  • Review: Amnesia: Memories (PC)

    Amnesia: Memories Developer: Idea Factory Publisher: Idea Factory Genre: Visual Novel Release Date: 08/25/2015 Visual novels have been gaining more momentum, with more of them making their way outside of Japan. Along with that, otomes, an underserved niche, have also gotten more in the way of releases, with Amnesia: Memories being among the latest (Norn9…