Chrono

As you’ve likely learned by now from a shocked and possibly teary-eyed adult man, Akira Toriyama, the legendary Mangaka who also became a legendary game developer on the side, has sadly passed away at the age of 68. In my opinion, Akira Toriyama immediately earned the status of everyone’s honorary dad when he came up with Goku, one of the most positive role models in the history of art that a kid could ever find. Unsurprisingly, it seems like he was a pretty great actual dad as well, looking at how he left the absolute…

Anyone else getting Souls-like vibes? In early April, South Korean developer Npixel started posting a piece of concept art each day on their Twitter showing off their upcoming open-world action MMO Chrono Odyssey. Now they have released their first-ever gameplay trailer for the new title, and wow, it’s looking pretty epic so far. Built from the ground up using Unreal Engine 5, Chrono Odyssey takes place in the vast open-world wilderness of Setera. According to producer Samuel Seo via a post on Playstation Blog, the…

The first gameplay trailer for upcoming MMO Chrono Odyssey shows off an impressive first look at how the game will play.Earlier today (May 3) Npixel showed off some gameplay for Chrono Odyssey, its MMO that was first announced in 2020 for release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Gameplay looks to be real-time action combat, rather than the kind of thing you find in games like Final Fantasy 14 or World of Warcraft where inputs normally have delayed reactions. The trailer mostly focuses on a warrior with a…

I've been haunted by Radical Dreamers since I was a nerdy, RPG-loving teenager. In 1996, I heard internet whispers about a pseudo-sequel to the SNES masterpiece , which remains my favorite game to this day. But Radical Dreamers wasn't your ordinary title: It was a text adventure released solely in Japan for Nintendo's Sattelaview, a satellite peripheral that let you download games to the SNES. Unfortunately, that device never made it to the US. And the game's director, Masato Kato, reportedly felt there wasn't enough…