Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z should be a mess, a parody offshoot of a once great action series made by three separate development studios. Instead, it works as an admirably honest and fun piece of trash.
Yoshi's had trouble recapturing the platforming glory of his first starring role on Super Nintendo, and while Yoshi's New Island doesn't reach the heights of that debut, it is equally solid.
The year 2014 has gotten off to a slow start in the world of video games, but there's plenty of greatness on the horizon, including a number of killer games not likely to hit the US this year.
Strider is an excellent game but one that sacrifices the crucial idiosyncrasies that made the character’s scant appearances back in the day so memorable.
Bravely Default is a thoroughly modern role-playing game that still bears all the hallmarks of tradition. Thanks to a number of forward-thinking design choices, it's also one the 3DS' best games.
This week in Jetsetter, we look back on Microsoft's history in the Japanese console market. The company's only sold around 3 million consoles in the country over 12 years, but it just keeps trying.
This week in Jetsetter, we look at Inazuma Eleven and the double-edged sword of when a traditionally import-only series finally makes the jump to the US.
This week in Jetsetter, we mourn the erosion of one of Britain's greatest racing game developers. Criterion Games, the developer of Burnout Paradise, isn't dead but it's close.
This week in Jetsetter, we look at how one of Japan's most storied developers can keep one of its longest-running series thriving long into the future.
This week in Jetsetter, we look back at the PlayStation 2's impressive history in India on the eve of PlayStation 4's release in the country this winter.
This week in Jetsetter, we celebrate the biggest event in the gaming year that was 2013! No, not the release of Xbox One! It's the countdown to Persona 5.
This week in Jetsetter, the launches of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One get us all misty eyed and look backward on the biggest launches in the old gaming days of Japan.
The world went without a new XCOM strategy game for nearly fifteen years before Firaxis made XCOM: Enemy Unknown, but just one year later the team's delivered Enemy Within an expansion that makes such significant changes as to almost be a full sequel.
Nintendo has never made a Zelda sequel as directly tied to a previous entry as A Link Between Worlds is to A Link to the Past, but leveraging this old world has led Nintendo to make a marvelously progressive entry in the series.
Jetsetter casts its gaze back towards Nintendo again as the company reports disappointing Wii U sales in the third quarter. Could Nintendo survive purely on domestic business?
This week in Jetsetter, we look at how the international gaming market in countries like India, Russia, and China are keeping devoted gaming consoles alive.
This week in Jetsetter, we turn our eyes to Great Britain. While the UK doesn't seem like a mine for import gamers, it's become a treasure trove for Nintendo fans.
Batman: Arkham Origins -- Blackgate is a moody architectural success from the creative leads behind Metroid Prime, but it's not the great game it could have been.
Drakengard series producer and co-creator Takamasa Shiba chats with Digital Trends about his plans for Drakengard 3 and his attitude toward shifting desires in the video games space for more casual-friendly fare.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is as weird as the series has ever been with its prom dresses and multi-mouthed boulders, but it's also a return to longtime series staples with its heavier focus on exploration and discovery.
This week in Jetsetter, we talk about how games change when they cross cultures and look at how the maker of Angry Birds is thinking about changing its game in India.
This week in Jetsetter, we take a look at how Japanese retailers are prepping for the PlayStation 4 on the weekend that pre-orders open in Sony's homeland.
EA Canada continues its winning streak with FIFA 14. There are no real changes on the field, but the developer has made some impressive structural changes that makes the package more inviting than ever.
Konami strips the Pro Evolution Soccer series to its bare fundamentals for one last show on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 before shifting to next-gen consoles. While it sacrifices style for sparseness, the game is an admirably pure experience.
This week Jetsetter casts its wandering gaming eye to Sega. The once great console contender has fallen on hard times, and its keeping its best games, like Yakuza 5, locked up.
This week in Jetsetter, we explore a video game world without Hiroshi Yamauchi. Without the one-time president of Nintendo, we would live in a very different world.
This week in Jetsetter, Sony announces that its new PS Vita TV console won't be making it to the US or Europe any time soon, as it's an Asia exclusive for now.
'Madden 25' sold 1 million copies in its first week. That number is lower than last year, but shows there is still a huge audience for the game, even if development is stagnating. We look at a few ways to fix the franchise.
This week Jetsetter shines a spotlight on Keiji Inafune as he returns to his platforming roots alongside a who's who of Mega Man developers for Mighty No. 9.
