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For those of us that played the original Xenogears back in 1998, we never thought that we would see modern and proper toys made of the game’s mecha. Least of all the majestic Weltall-Id. Except that’s ...

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Video games, as a medium, don’t have many auteur creators — designers who produce games for big publishers yet somehow manage for their personal obsessions and peculiarities to shine through. Consider ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. A number of interesting parallels can be drawn between Xenogears and ...

Mohamed from Egypt has been covering Japanese and indie games for more than 5 years for local and international outlets. He is very interested in the Japanese language and culture, and is a long term ...

Saga wrote the scenario for Xenogears and the first two Xenosaga games, but I’ll let her tell you more about her involvement in those projects. Going way back, can you tell us about the origin of ...

Mohamed from Egypt has been covering Japanese and indie games for more than 5 years for local and international outlets. He is very interested in the Japanese language and culture, and is a long term ...

Square Enix has opened pre-orders for the third volume of Xenogears Structure Arts model kits on its Japanese e-Store. The volume will contain 1/144 scale kits of three Gears, and it will cost 21,384 ...

Trumann started writing for news around 2017-2018, with a specialization in local news and gaming reviews for a local paper. He began writing for GameRant in June 2021 as one of the team's Weekend ...

Despite writing one of the best JRPGs of all time, Chrono Trigger writer Masato Kato admits he used to "hate video games" before Dragon Quest came into his life. Dragon Quest's popularity in Japan ...