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Oh, Star Ocean: Anamnesis, how we hardly knew you. After a couple of years available on the Japanese iOS and Android app stores, Square Enix opted to bring tri-Ace's gacha-game smartphone instalment in the Star Ocean series to western audiences. This was...

Bayonetta may not have been the most flawless experience when it came to video gaming in 2009 / 2010, yet despite the notable flaws (Particularly in the PlayStation 3 edition) it proved to be a highly enjoyable third-person action experience...

While he may have struggled in recent years to meet the same rapport with gamers as he did back in the more retro era of video game consoles, I think it is safe to say that Sonic the Hedgehog...

Last year I began importing a couple of Japanese artbooks to compliment my introducing a new "book" focus onto The Otaku's Study. I tried to go for a variety of different types of books ranging from those based on anime and video games, to those based on visual novels. One of those books I picked up a couple of months back was the Yotsunoha Art Collection, based on adult visual novel "Yotsunoha" released in Japan back in 2006 by Haikuo Soft and later ported over to the PlayStation 2.

International artbook publisher Udon Entertainment have just released Dark Souls: Design Works, which like their Persona design compendiums aims to not only provide a plentiful supply of artwork but contributes an insight into the design process of the game. Does it provide enough to warrant the $39.99 USD price tag? Read this review to find out!

To be completely honest, I am not usually one for picking up Collector's or Limited Editions of video games. While several have piqued my interest over the last year, usually they come with a considerable price hike with very...

Artbook publisher Udon Entertainment have announced via their official company blog, updated release plans for titles between this month (November 2013) and March 2014 - comprised of books representing each video games, anime and manga. Some of these are...

Kin'iro Mosaic, also known as Kinmoza! internationally is an anime series that recently finished airing in Japan and simulcasting internationally kudos of Sentai Filmworks. While I never watched past the first episode (Saving the rest of the series for...

For those in North America, Persona 4 Arena (Aka. Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena) on the Playstation 3 and Xbox360 may be a distant memory - with your attention potentially focused on what could very well be...

Raising more than $3.3 Million over a 30 day period and still 12 hours left to rake in the last-minute pledgers, Mighty No. 9 by Keiji Inafune and his Comcept studio is set to be one of the most...

Originally I had planned to review Rayman Legends this evening, but due to my becoming engrossed in the 2013 Australian Federal Election on TV (For those who missed it, Tony Abbott and the Coalition came out victorious) and being...

Title: Summer Wars: Material BookPublisher: Udon EntertainmentSeries: Summer Wars by Mamoru HosodaFormat: SoftcoverPages: 208Release Date: Out NowSpecial Thanks: Udon Entertainment for providing me with a review copy of this title to cover. Directed by Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time), and brought to life by...