Almost a decade after its 2017 release, NieR: Automata has officially surpassed 10 million copies sold. To celebrate the milestone, Square Enix released a retrospective video on YouTube, looking back at the acclaimed action-RPG and its expanded universe.
However, the...
Following some notable pre-release drama which would make a good case study on why 'crisis communications' is an important thing to every public relations issue, and where nobody walked away the ultimate victor, we finally have Bayonetta 3 on...
PlatinumGames Inc, the development team behind games like Bayonetta and NieR: Automata are working on a new action game titled Babylon's Fall - a completely new intellectual property from the studio. Being developed for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5...
It is kind of fitting that a video game from the eccentric mind of director Yoko Taro would have a few lingering secrets that may or may not ever be discovered by the millions of gamers who play his...
2009 and 2010 in my opinion were very good years in terms of offerings from publisher SEGA and developer PlatinumGames - with the companies delivering the iconic action hack 'n' slash Bayonetta and the somewhat underappreciated third-person shooter Vanquish...
Introduction
Directed by Yoko Taro and developed by Cavia, Nier was an action RPG which stood out for reasons different to many other video games both then and today. Despite presenting just average visuals and gameplay mechanics, complemented by repetitiveness...
Highlighted Gameplay Elements
“Reliquary” System – Players can return to where their characters were defeated to gain additional buffs, or even gain an ally to assist in their battle against the fearsome machines.
17 Different Pod Skills – Using “Pods,” your...
Developed by Square Enix and PlatinumGames, NieR: Automata is a successor to the 2010 action-RPG NieR, which was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox One. This instalment will be released on the PlayStation 4 starting March 7th, and the PC (via...
While it was not the best in its genre on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the 2010 action RPG Nier had a lot going for it – with several of its interesting concepts surrounding gameplay mechanics and alternate perspectives...
In the distant future
In a land abandoned by man
Machines wage a continuous war
Unaware of the futility of their actions
Serving as a successor to the enjoyable 2010 action RPG Nier, Square Enix and PlatinumGames have today provided a bit more information...
Activision Publishing, Nickelodeon and PlatinumGames have announced they have joined forces to develop the third-person action game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, which features the renown crime-fighting heroes of New York City. In this game, players will be...
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After announcing the game at E3 2015, Square Enix have confirmed that their new NieR game will be titled NieR: Automata. This announcement comes during Paris Games Week 2015, where producer Yosuke Saito and director Yoko Taro took to...