An Inside Look At Artnia, The Square Enix Cafe - Stuffed Moogles & Slime Pancakes(Post)
During our most recent trip to Tokyo, we stopped in to Artnia, a Square Enix store/cafe location. You may remember we previously visited the Square Enix Goods Shop located in the first floor of their ...
The 10 Most Underrated and Overlooked NES Games(Post)
Level Up's 10 Most Underrated NES Games You Probably Didn't Rent As A Kid
You know the classics; Super Mario Bros 3, The Legend of Zelda, MegaMan, Castlevania. They’re so beloved they made ...
Hands-On With Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection At TGS(Post)
In anticipation of next year's Uncharted 4, Sony is re-releasing the original PS3 Uncharted games for the PS4 this month. Bluepoint Games, the team behind the wonderful God of War, Ico/Shadow of the ...
Level Up's 2015 Games of the Year(Post)
Well folks, it's that time of year when everyone is talking about what they thought were the best games of last year. Without further ado and in no particular order, here are our choices for the best ...
Hands On With PlayStation VR Demo Kitchen At TGS(Post)
For our thoughts on the actual VR headset check-out our previous post.The demo starts with you tied to chair in a typical looking horror movie kitchen (grunge, grim, blood and bodies), with a video c ...
Inside The Eorzea Cafe(Post)
If you are one of the four million subscribers to Final Fantasy 14, you might want to take a trip to the Eorzea Cafe, a themed-restaurant based on the world in the game...that is if you happen to be ...
The Microsoft Booth At TGS (360)(Post)
You may remember in our post about the Xbox One games we mentioned that some of the games playable at the Microsoft booth were closed off in a separate section, due to Japan's very strict age restric ...
Import Review: Beyond the Labyrinth (3DS)(Post)
Beyond the Labyrinth (Labyrinth no Kanata) is a dungeon-crawler released January 19th for the 3DS here in Japan. We mentioned it once before in a 'This Week in Famitsu', but we finally got the chance ...
The Most Under-Appreciated Games of Last Generation PART 1(Post)
Now that we are firmly into the latest console generation, it's time to take a look back at some of the most under-appreciated, but totally worth your time games of the previous generation.Deadly Pre ...
Free Kingdom Hearts 3D AR Card(Post)
A while back in one of our "This Week in Famitsu" articles, we briefly mentioned that there was an AR Card for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance that we would be posting. Well, now that the game ...
World Video Game Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced(Post)
The World Video Game Hall of Fame (we mentioned its creation awhile ago) has announced their first six inductees, which were chosen from a field of fifteen possible candidates. And the envelope pleas ...
Japan Game Awards 2017(Post)
Every year at the Tokyo Game Show, the Japan Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association announces the winners for the Japan Game Awards. Here are your winners for 2017.
Grand Award: The Legend of ...
Hands-On With DmC At TGS(Post)
I've talked before about what a huge Devil May Cry fan I am, and I've also mentioned the reservations and downright displeasure I've had regarding the newest game in the series, DmC. I'm happy to say ...
Japan Game Awards 2013(Post)
Last night, after the first day of the Tokyo Game Show was over, members of the press were invited to attend TGS's annual awards show. The winners were chosen by members of Japan's "Computer Entertai ...
Japan Game Awards 2015(Post)
As with every Tokyo Game Show, the Japan Game Awards for "Game of the Year" were given out, and this year the winners reflected the Japanese gaming industries continued shift towards mobile gaming. H ...
Cult of the Lamb is Hello Kitty but if it hung out in a graveyard at midnight in high school(Post)
Cult of the Lamb is a cutely-satanic dungeon crawler that is a lot "The Binding of Isaac" and a little "Animal Crossing"Evoking a cutesy art style that mostly manages to avoid becoming too dark for i ...
Import Review: Fire Emblem Awakening (3DS)(Post)
Fire Emblem is one of the longest running tactical RPGs ever, if not thelongest, and I've felt that it never got quite enough of the recognition it deserved. Hiding in the shadows of other, more famo ...
Study Shows That Fighting Games Will Enrich Your Life(Post)
Video games have a history of receiving a lot of flak from mainstream media for corrupting peoples' minds with blood, death, violence and promoting obesity and inactivity. It's becoming more and more ...
Level Up's 2016 Games of the Year(Post)
Well folks, it's that time of year when everyone is talking about what they thought were the best games of last year. Without further ado and in no particular order, here are our choices for the best ...
Level Up At E3 2013(Post)
Our mission: to seek out new consoles, peripherals and games. To weed out future purchases worthy of you, and to boldly go where only few gamers can: E3 2013 Los Angeles, California.E3 is a maze of l ...