NIS America
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories (PS4) Review
Prior to E3 2019, if you mentioned the video game company NIS or NIS America I would have no idea what you were talking about. Before meeting with the NIS America team at E3, their category of games was out of my gaming scope. Even though I do like adventure games and RPGs, franchises such as Trails of Cold Steel, Disaster Report, and even Disgaea flew under my radar; it was not until that meeting...[Read More]
Langrisser I & II (PS4) Review
There wasn’t a spiky-haired protagonist to be found. At a time when most JRPGs relied on small parties battling other groups, and combat was often more of a distraction than a key point, Langrisser (originally released in North America as Warsong in 1991) took a different approach, telling its big world story through combat encounters, rather than around them. Since then, the rest of the series ha...[Read More]
Disaster Report 4 Summer Memories PAX East Preview
Almost a week has passed since PAX East has come to a close. This year’s event was surrounded by controversy due to the fear of the spread of the Coronavirus. Just a week prior to the event, Sony announced that they were pulling out to avoid any contamination; after previous announcements, Square Enix and Capcom announced that they would not be sending their international development teams t...[Read More]
PAX South 2020 Overall Wrap-Up
The annual opener to the PAX show season, PAX South started off 2020 by showcasing the theme for this year’s PAX merchandise, along with some game announcements, and a few significant layout changes.
Lapis x Labyrinth (PS4) Review
Lapis x Labyrinth is a visual and auditorial assault on the player and it is freaking glorious. Wrapped in a straightforward 2D action RPG where the main drive is to get further and further into a huge dungeon is this casino-like cacophony of light, sound, and most importantly screen-filling showers of jewels. In a world where games are putting in literal casinos and games are getting micro-transa...[Read More]
NIS America E3 2019 Line-up Features Trails of Cold Steel III and More
On June 11th, we had the opportunity to meet with NIS America at Triple 8 China Bar & Grill for a spread of excellent Chinese dishes and to check out the latest JRPGs. Just like any other scheduled event, our appointment with NIS America did not go quite as expected. Now that’s not to say it was horrible, let alone bad, just different. We started out the appointment by helping NIS Americ...[Read More]
NIS America Announces Trails of Cold Steel III Jacket Contest
It may be too hot outside right now to think about anything except cold drinks, swimming pools, and places with good air conditioning, but NIS America is already gearing up for Fall with their latest contest. Apparently someone forgot to tell the folks over there that Back to School shopping isn’t supposed to start until August, and PR kicked off a campaign to win a Thors Branch Campus repli...[Read More]
Hands-On With The Caligula Effect: Overdose (PAX South)
When Bowling For Soup sang “High School Never Ends”, they didn’t mean it as an aspirational song. However, in The Caligula Effect Overdose, out now in the United States from NIS America, that’s exactly how a self-aware Virtuadoll interpreted paradise.
NIS America Showcase 2019 and hands-on
This past Friday night, I was invited to NIS America’s showcase of their games for 2019. Let’s take a look at what you could be playing this year. I could try and pitch each game at you, but that’s why the kind people at NIS were able to do with this showcase and announcement video, followed by streamed playing. Not all games in the showcase were available for demo, but there was...[Read More]
Second Danganronpa V3 Roll Call Trailer Introduces Five New Characters
NIS America continues to give gamers a look at who they can expect to encounter in its upcoming release, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, with its Ultimate Roll Call videos, and today the publisher has released its second.
NIS America Unveils New Trailer for Ys VIII and Details on the Day One Edition
With a release date set for this September, NIS America has unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming action-RPG, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA, while also detailing the PlayStation 4 exclusive Day One edition.
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA Gets September 2017 Release Date
Video game publisher NIS America announced today, that the next chapter in the Ys series of games, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA, would be making its way to the PlayStation 4 and Vita and PC, this September.