In 2018, Square Enix released a new game called Octopath Traveler, which introduced a revolutionary new graphics format ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. As the original Dragon Quest trilogy is somewhat of a cultural ...

How do you make old games attractive to modern players? Masaaki Hayasaka, the producer of the remake, explains the magic behind the HD-2D style. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and ...

Square Enix gave the two games a similar treatment to Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake in terms of presentation. The lovely HD-2D graphics, the sumptuous symphonic soundtracks, hefty voice acting, and ...

Microsoft’s cross-platform .NET takes interesting dependencies, including a fork of Google’s Skia, now to be co-maintained with Uno Platform. The news that the .NET UI framework Uno Platform project ...

PAX West came and went last week in cloudy Seattle, Washington. MP1st was on-site to get our hands on as many upcoming games as we could. We were also one of the select outlets given special access to ...

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake will continue the classic RPG trilogy’s narrative, offering players two adventures to undertake in Dragon Quest I and Dragon Quest II. Featuring gorgeous HD-2D ...

What’s old is new again. Just a bit of a warning, we’re going to be talking about quite a few RPGs on this list, and we’ll start with Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles. This is a game that ...