June 2011 Tactics News

It's been quiet this month, despite E3 coming and going. Some very good tactics games remain in Japan only, but not all is lost.

Panzer Corps for PC has been given a release date of 7/11/11. This looks like a solid tactics game in the style of Panzer General. Features include 26 scenarios and 400 unit types with 20 stats each.

Atlus announced at E3 that Devil Survivor 2 is coming to NA in 2012. Devil Survivor was well received, being simple and easy enough for your average gamer to enjoy.

Record of Agarest War Zero is out in NA this month. I don't recommend it unless you loved the original, which is full of grinding and simple, repetitive fights on a tiny grid.

Gloria Union was released in Japan this month. It plays much like Yggdra Union and Blaze Union. Unfortunately Blaze Union hasn't come to NA and I doubt this one will either. I wasn't a big fan of the overly random and slow paced fights in Yggdra Union, but it's an ok console game.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is coming to iPhone sometime in July. Expect this to sell quite a lot of copies to the usual crowd of gamers who refuse to look at anything that doesn't have Final Fantasy Tactics or Tactics Ogre on the cover.