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Tuesday13th Oct 2015
News Play Dragon Quest Heroes on Weekends and You'll Get Bonus Experience and Rare Items
Weekend heroics
Arguably this week's biggest PlayStation 4 release is Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below. The action role-playing game is a charming and very well executed title that we've come to adore, and the good news is that there are plans in place to keep you coming back to its colourful world slime and slime...
Thursday8th Oct 2015
News Watch Square Enix Explain the Many RPG Elements of Dragon Quest Heroes
It ain't all about pushing square
Contrary to often popular opinion, Warriors titles aren't strictly button mashers. Alongside their hack and slash action, all of Omega Force's properties feature numerous role-playing game elements, and Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is no different. Such mechanics are a snug fit for...
Tuesday29th Sep 2015
News PS4 Exclusive Dragon Quest Heroes' Best Trailer Tells You Everything About the Game
Details characters, RPG elements, and story
We can say with confidence that this is Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below's best trailer yet. Clocking in at about five minutes, it's informative, entertaining, and full of gameplay. Plus, you've just got to love King Doric's rousing narration. Detailing all of the playable...
Tuesday22nd Sep 2015
News Dragon Quest Heroes Looks Jolly Good in 15 Minutes of English PS4 Gameplay
Smashing
You'e going to be hearing a lot of quirky British accents while hacking and slashing your way through Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below, as evidenced by the 15 minutes of gameplay that we've embedded in this article. Courtesy of Square Enix's let's play series, we get to see a lengthy endgame battle that's full...
Friday11th Sep 2015
News Dragon Quest Heroes Has Free DLC On-Disc For Its Western PS4 Release
Quests, costumes, and a new playable character
Dragon Quest Heroes was supported quite well in Japan after its launch thanks to a slew of free downloadable content. Quests, cosmetic items, and even a new playable character were added to the game free of charge - and the good news is that all of this stuff will be included on the disc when the title...
Thursday27th Aug 2015
News Dragon Quest Heroes Sounds More English Than the Queen
Yangus is still a massive cockney, though
Even in the times before Dragon Quest discovered voice acting, the series' localised script was always adapted into the many accents of the British Isles. From geordie to Welsh and Scottish to cockney, it's one of the franchise's most refreshing aspects, especially since we're so used to hearing typically...
Monday20th Jul 2015
News PS4 Exclusive Dragon Quest Heroes Isn't Any Ordinary Warriors Game
Musou what?
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below, a game with arguably the silliest name in the history of the medium, will apparently be sticking very close to its Dragon Hero roots. Indeed, recent interviews with some of the title's higher ups have revealed that it will be more reminiscent of an ARPG than a traditional...
Wednesday3rd Jun 2015
News Here's Your First Look at PS4 Exclusive Dragon Quest Heroes in English
Holding out for a hero
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below finally has a Western launch schedule. The action role-playing game releases in North America on the 13th October, while it plops onto European store shelves on the 16th October. It's quite a while off yet, then, but that's no reason not to have a gander at the...
Tuesday2nd Jun 2015
Pray for Europe
Ah, the iconic Dragon Quest slime monster. With its innocent little grin and blank stare, the humble slime has become the poster boy for Japan's most beloved franchise. If you're a fan of the little blue beasties - why wouldn't you be? - you may have to start gathering your gold, because Dragon Quest Heroes' collector's edition comes...
Sunday31st May 2015
News Dragon Quest Heroes' PS4 Box Art Slimes Your Screens
A boy and his blob
Square Enix appears to have accidentally outed the box art for – inhale – Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below. Eagle-eyed gamers picked up on the pack shot on the publisher's official store, which has now been pulled. There was also mention of the title's 13th October release
Thursday28th May 2015
News PS4 Exclusive Dragon Quest Heroes' Release Date Leaks Like a Slippery Slime
Bouncing ever closer
That game with the long name - Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below - finally has a Western release date, or so it seems. Posted on Twitter by user Wario64, it looks as though the action role-playing game's launch date has been leaked ahead of time. The title's a PlayStation 4 exclusive here in the...
Friday17th Apr 2015
News Bad News for Us Writers as Dragon Quest Heroes Gets a Massive Western Subtitle
Do we have to
Gosh darn it Square Enix, you nearly had it all. Dragon Quest Heroes by itself was a quick, memorable, and easy name to write a dozen times over, and now you've gone and ruined it by giving the action role-playing game a gigantic subtitle for its Western release. Sure, the Japanese version's got a big old sub as well, but did we...
Saturday7th Mar 2015
News Dragon Quest Heroes Gets Yet More Free DLC in Japan
No need to buy the bad guy
Psaro, otherwise known as Psaro the Manslayer, is the main antagonist of Dragon Quest IV, and he's going to be playable in Dragon Quest Heroes thanks to a free DLC pack. Dragon Quest Heroes Is Coming West in 2015 In the somewhat lengthy video that we've posted below, you'll see the aforementioned demon make mincemeat...
Monday2nd Mar 2015
News Dragon Quest Heroes Is Getting Free Expanded Story DLC
Can't complain
Dragon Quest Heroes may have only just released in Japan, but that hasn't stopped publisher Square Enix from announcing some free DLC. The content, which is due out this week, focuses on a sub-story that features Alena and Kiryl, two of the game's playable characters who originally hail from Dragon Quest IV. With any luck, the...
Wednesday25th Feb 2015
News By the Grace of the Goddess, Dragon Quest Heroes is Coming West on PS4
Time to slime
A mere day after its Japanese launch, and Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest Heroes is heading to Western PlayStation 4s. Consequently, the Push Square office is currently in an uproar. The publisher has revealed the good news via a press release, which states that the colourful hack and slasher will be available later this...
Friday13th Feb 2015
News Dragon Quest Heroes' Brilliant New Trailer Will Make You Demand a Western Release
Slime time
Dragon Quest Heroes' newest trailer is a seven minute epic in which we see everything from special moves to skill trees. If you're a regular reader, then you'll know how desperate we are for the hack and slasher to come West, and this video has all but cemented our passion. Showing off every playable character, some fantastic looking...
Wednesday11th Feb 2015
News Dragon Quest Heroes Looks Like the Most Colourful Warriors Game Yet
Pop pop pop
Warriors games can sometimes look a bit bland. Perhaps it's to be expected when you've got hundreds of soldiers running about on screen, but art style and great use of colour was partly why we adored One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2, and it looks like we'll be able to say the same of Dragon Quest Heroes. The screenshots that we've embedded...
Tuesday10th Feb 2015
News Dragon Quest Heroes Sounds Like It'll Run Best on PS4
Next-gen nitpicking
To say that we're desperate for Dragon Quest Heroes to make it overseas is an understatement. The Warriors and Dragon Quest mash-up looks rather striking, and it features a bunch of old school characters to get your nostalgia flowing, too. As with many titles slated for release this year, the hack and slasher is slicing onto...
Monday2nd Feb 2015
News Square Enix Wants Dragon Quest Heroes to Venture onto Western PS4s and PS3s
Don't make us beg
Ever since its initial reveal, we've been desperately waiting on word of Dragon Quest Heroes heading West, and today, publisher Square Enix has given us our first hint that the hack and slasher may be journeying overseas. Japanese publication Game Watch questioned the company at the recent Taipei Game Show, and regarding a Western...
Saturday20th Dec 2014
News This Dragon Quest Heroes Trailer Is a Real Blast from the Past
Time for Slime
As if the returning faces in this Dragon Quest Heroes trailer weren’t enough, the whole thing reminds us of a PSone-era cut-scene. There’s something about the plain but pretty art style that whisks us back to the early era of polygons – and we mean that in the best possible way, because the title looks great. It’s already...
Friday19th Sep 2014
TGS 2014 That Dragon Quest Heroes PS4 Makes Us Want to Melt
"He slimed me"
Sony managed to boost PlayStation 4 sales in Japan with its white hardware bundle, so it seems almost certain to have similar success with its impending Dragon Quest Heroes model. The reaction online since its announcement earlier in the month has been mixed, but we actually really like the silver chassis – even if th
Thursday18th Sep 2014
TGS 2014 Some Dragon Quest Heroes Gameplay Footage Appears!
Bringing colour to PS4
We got our very first look at the Warriors-Dragon Quest mash-up that is Dragon Quest Heroes during Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference at the beginning of the month, and now, unsurprisingly, the time has come to feast our eyes on some direct gameplay. The footage is fresh from the aforementioned expo that's going on right...
Monday1st Sep 2014
News Dragon Quest Meets Dynasty Warriors in PS4's Dragon Quest Heroes
Musou for life
It seems like an eternity since we had a Dragon Quest game on a PlayStation platform, but that's all changing next year — in Japan, at least. Announced at Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference earlier today, Dragon Quest Heroes is a collaboration between Square Enix and Omega Force — the developer behind the Warriors games. In...
