In the run-up to the release of Ys X: Nordics Henry Stockdale had the opportunity to interview Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo.
Here's what he had to say about the game and introducing the long-running series to new players.
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Preview | The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak 2 Offers Welcome Changes
Only a handful of months on from the western release of Trails Through Daybreak, Ark Vanride and his crew are back in a sequel.
Henery Stockdale previews the game and interviews Falcom's president Toshihiro Kondo.
Update Patch | August 2024
August has come and gone and seen plenty of game announcements, game releases and game news.
Alex Green rounds everything of note up in another Update Patch.
Update Patch | July 2024 - Loads Has Happened
Another month down, the Olympics are over, and Gamescom season is upon us. Thankfully, Alex Green has EVERYTHING you need to stop yourself looking silly on the show floor!
Take a look at this month's Update Patch, and impress everyone with your exquisite knowledge and finger-on-the-pulse mentality, why don't you?
Update Patch | June 2024 - THE NOT-E3 SPECIAL EDITION
June has come and gone but the scent of Summer Game Fest lingers… It smells like gamers… AND NEWS!
Alex Green rounds up all of last month’s biggest events in this month’s Update Patch.
Update Patch | May 2024
There was so much gaming news over the last week you could be forgiven for forgetting what happened in the month leading up to SGF.
Thankfully Alex Green is back with another Update Patch, this time for May 2024
Update Patch | April 2024
THINGS ARE GOING GREAT IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY… WHY DO YOU ASK?
Alex Green definitely isn’t desperately looking for any positives in this month’s Update Patch.
Update Patch | March 2024
Things continue to be rough in the video game industry this year with more layoffs, controversies and confusion in 2024.
Alex Green takes a look back at March to try to figure out what is going on.
Update Patch | February 2024
As 2024 enters its third month, let’s look back at everything that happened in February and try to figure out what the hell is going on right now.
Alex Green returns for this month’s Update Patch.
Update Patch | January 2024 - Everything Sucks, Sorry
2024 has picked up where 2023 left off and we mean that in worst way possible.
Thankfully, Alex Green is doing his best to keep us up to date on everything going on in this trashfire right now.
Alex Green Posits 2023 Is The Last Great Year For Games | Winter Spectacular 2023
For the last three years, Alex Green has been writing a monthly news column for startmenu so you should listen closely when they warn of impending doom.
He looks back at 2023 and why it may well be the last great year for video games.
Update Patch | November 2023
It’s been a while since we’ve had an Update Patch on startmenu, so of course, we have a lot of terrible and messy news to catch up on.
Alex Green returns to run everything down.
Update Patch - August 2023 | Gamescom Special
Gamescom was full of 300,000 sweaty gamers, six-euro pretzels, and occasional video games. We sent Alex Green to fight through the throngs of the public halls to find the best games of the show.
And after all that he rounded up the biggest news in August too.
Report: Nintendo Could Confirm New Hardware As Soon The End Of August
It seems like confirmation of the Switch follow-up could be coming sooner, rather than later.
Update Patch | Summer Showcase Spectacular
It’s the summer so of course the video game announcements are coming quick and fast.
Alex Green tries to wrap up the highlights of the last two months in this latest Update Patch.
Did Microsoft Win Summer Games Fest 2023? (Spoiler Alert: It’s Very Likely)
What a season. What a season. The Summer of video games is really in full swing, but has Microsoft already won the news season of 2023?
Tal thinks so.
Update Patch | March 2023
Another month filled with video games, news, and the continued Schrodinger’s acquisition.
Alex Green is back with another Update Patch!
Update Patch | November 2022
The year is almost over but the video game news machine doesn’t stop no matter what. Alex Green is here with a rundown of everything that happened in the industry in November.
Update Patch | October 2022
The scariest time of year has come and gone… AND WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TAX SEASON, AMIRIGHT?
But seriously, a lot of important gaming news happened in October.
Alex Green rounds it all up.
Update Patch | September 2022
This Update Patch is late?
A monthly news update is never late. It gets posted exactly when it means to!
Or a few days after Alex Green gets done writing it.