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Thursday20th May 2021
Leaves behind an immense legacy
It's a sad day for dark fantasy, as word of Berserk creator Kentaro Miura's passing at age 54 has been made public. For those who don't know, Berserk is one of the most successful manga properties of all time, and has been in publication since 1989. Its influence on popular culture — especially video games — has...
Wednesday2nd Nov 2016
News Berserk Blasts Through 7 Minutes of Uncut English PS4 Gameplay
Trimming the hordes
Koei Tecmo's released seven minutes of English gameplay from upcoming hack and slasher Berserk and the Band of the Hawk. Showcasing a level in which Guts must protect a small town from hordes trolls and eventually a hulking ogre, this looks like it could end up being a PlayStation Store demo at some point. Berserk's out on...
Friday21st Oct 2016
News Berserk and the Band of the Hawk Gets Down and Dirty in Vita Gameplay
Puck-sized slasher
As is the case with most of Koei Tecmo's output these days, Berserk and the Band of the Hawk will be arriving on both PlayStation 4 and Vita here in the West when it launches early next year. But even though we've already been buried by loads of current-gen gameplay, we're yet to really see any handheld footage. Fortunately for...
Tuesday18th Oct 2016
News Berserk and the Band of the Hawk's Opening Movie Is Full of Blood and Guts
As you'd expect
Publisher Koei Tecmo has slapped Berserk and the Band of the Hawk's opening movie up on YouTube, and it's a pretty good watch. Clocking in at almost two minutes, we suppose that it's a decent little introduction to the world of Berserk and its dark fantasy tone. Plus, that bit where Guts chucks his sword straight into Zodd's face?...
Friday14th Oct 2016
News 7 Minutes of Berserk Gameplay Slices Up a Storm on PS4
Keep on carving
The Japanese PlayStation Blog has released around seven minutes of gameplay footage from Berserk and the Band of the Hawk, which launches in the Land of the Rising Sun later this month. Featuring a Golden Age Guts, the video goes over all of his available actions, including charged combos, timely parries, and special attacks. All in...
Friday7th Oct 2016
News Berserk and the Band of the Hawk Skewers Its Biggest PS4 Trailer Yet
Death and destruction
Showcasing every revealed playable character and a load of PlayStation 4 gameplay, Berserk and the Band of the Hawk's latest trailer is around four minutes long, and even features a brief look at some of the title's story cutscenes. The game's due out near the end of the month in Japan, so Koei Tecmo will likely be dishing out...
Thursday29th Sep 2016
News That Scumbag Femto Stars in Latest Berserk PS4 Gameplay Trailer
Give him some space
Given that we've never really seen mega-demon Femto in action in the original work, we have to hand it to Berserk and the Band of the Hawk developer Omega Force for giving him what looks to be a very fitting fighting style. Taking control of space and gravity, Femto is able to toss entire groups of enemies around like they're...
Tuesday27th Sep 2016
News New Berserk PS4 Gameplay Focuses on a Very Bad Man
Ugh, not this guy
If you're familiar with Berserk, then you'll probably already know that Wyald, leader of the Black Dog Knights, is a bit of a villain. A demon in humanoid form, he's a ruthless and downright horrible individual who controls his band of fellow scum through fear. In the source material, we see Wyald do some unspeakable things -...
Wednesday21st Sep 2016
News It's Serpico's Turn in Latest Berserk Gameplay Trailer
Blowing a gale
We've doomed ourselves with these Berserk and the Band of the Hawk trailers, because we can't in good conscience stop covering them now that we've started - even if they're about thirty seconds in length. This latest one gives us our first proper look at Serpico, the cunning tactician of Guts' group, who uses a feathered blade that...
Thursday15th Sep 2016
TGS 2016 Berserk and the Band of the Hawk Pushed to 2017 in the West
We still can't get over the name
Originally slated to launch this year in the West, Berserk and the Band of the Hawk - ugh! - has been pushed into 2017, publisher Koei Tecmo has confirmed. Given that the game was recently delayed in Japan - it was initially supposed to release next week - this Western delay comes as no real surprise, but we're a tad...
TGS 2016 Berserk Looks Spot On In First English PS4 Trailer
Its Western name is a mess, though
The good news: Berserk's new trailer makes the upcoming PlayStation 4 and Vita bloodbath seem very promising. The bad news: the game's called Berserk and the Band of the Hawk here in the West. Why the heck is there an 'and' in there? Surely Berserk: The Band of the Hawk is a better title? Absolute madness. Anyway,...
Monday12th Sep 2016
News Berserker Guts Kills It in Latest Berserk PS4 Trailer
Don't mess
Even without his berserker armour, Guts is a force to be reckoned with, but when its power consumes him, he becomes an unstoppable whirlwind of destruction. As expected, Guts will be able to utilise his berserker form in Koei Tecmo's upcoming hack and slasher, allowing him to leap into enemy territory and cut his foes to ribbons at...
Wednesday7th Sep 2016
News New Berserk PS4 Trailer Shows Why You Don't Mess with Nosferatu Zodd
He's a monster
Nosferatu Zodd lives for the thrill of battle, and that's pretty clear to see in Berserk's latest gameplay trailer. Indeed, Zodd's the star of this one as we see him make mincemeat out of his enemies in both his human and demon forms. It's still unclear how transformations actually work - we're unsure if they're just temporary or if...
Monday29th Aug 2016
News New Berserk PS4 Trailers See Casca and Judeau Bathe in Blood
The carnage continues
Berserk's back with not one, but two new gameplay trailers. The above video features Casca from her days as a commander of the Band of the Hawk, while the below clip shows jack of all trades Judeau laying waste to hordes of enemies with some impressive throwing knife skills. Seriously, how many of those things does he have...
Thursday25th Aug 2016
News New Berserk PS4 Screenshots Show Boss Characters in Bloody Action
The bigger they are
The official Berserk website has been updated with a ton of new screenshots from the PlayStation 4 version of the release, showcasing the game's newly confirmed playable character and a bunch of boss enemies that you'll have to bring down over the course of the title's story. Starting off with the aforementioned newcomer,...
Wednesday10th Aug 2016
News Griffith Is the Star of the Latest Berserk PS4 Gameplay Trailer
Guts won't be happy
The untouchable Griffith himself is in the spotlight for this newest Berserk gameplay trailer, and as you'd expect, he's a heck of a lot faster than Guts. But even with his more traditional style of swordplay, Griffith is still able to carve up dozens of enemies at once with his precise jabs and slashes. Could you stomach...
Monday8th Aug 2016
News New Berserk PS4 Gameplay Trailer Finally Gives a Glimpse of How it Plays
Coming out swinging
Well, we knew it was coming sooner or later. In what looks to be the first in a series of character specific gameplay trailers, Koei Tecmo has released around 50 seconds of footage from upcoming hack and slasher Berserk. Naturally, this initial video deals with protagonist Guts as both his younger self and when he's kitted out in...
Thursday4th Aug 2016
News Bloody New PS4 Screenshots Show Character Transformations in Berserk
No mercy
Transformations don't play as big a role in Berserk as they do in something like Dragon Ball Z, but they're still an important part of the story. Guts goes wild when his Berserker Armour takes over, for example, and demons like Nosferatu Zodd have a true form that allows them to exert their real strength. It's pretty cool, then, that Koei...
Tuesday2nd Aug 2016
News The Demon with the Greatest Name Is Playable in Berserk on PS4, Vita
Enter Nosferatu Zodd
Now we're talking! Nosferatu Zodd, one of Berserk's central characters, is going to be playable in the PlayStation 4 and Vita adaptation. The supremely powerful demon, who can alternate between humanoid and beast forms, will surely be a blast to use in Koei Tecmo's upcoming hack and slasher. We imagine that it won't be long...
Tuesday26th Jul 2016
News Berserk on PS4, Vita Gets Smashed with a Delay in Japan
Still no specific release date in the West
Berserk, the Warriors-style adaptation of the dark fantasy manga and anime series of the same name, has been hit with a delay in Japan. The bloody hack and slasher was due out on the 21st September, but it's now been pushed back more than a month to the 27th October. The delay could potentially have an...
Friday15th Jul 2016
News Berserk Will Be Unleased on PS4, Vita Later This Year in the West
No Guts no glory
Okay, this should be the last Berserk story for today, much to the relief of anti-anime editor Sammy Barker. Hot on the heels of fresh PlayStation 4 screenshots - which you can peruse through here - Koei Tecmo has revealed that the upcoming hack and slasher will indeed be releasing this year here in the West - this autumn, to be...
News Berserk Looks Bloody Brilliant in New PS4 Screenshots
The band's back together
Koei Tecmo's released a load of new PlayStation 4 screenshots of upcoming hack and slasher Berserk, and the good news is that the game's looking rather promising. The images, which we've embedded, show off Guts, Griffith, and Schierke as they take on hordes of foes in typical Warriors fashion. Oh, and there's plenty of...
News Guts Looks Better on PS4 Than He Does in the New Berserk Anime
Koei Tecmo shares a new screenshot
Koei Tecmo's released a new screenshot from its upcoming Berserk adaptation, and our immediate thought upon seeing it was that main character Guts actually looks better here than he does in the new CG anime series of Berserk. For those out of the loop, a fresh take on Berserk is currently airing, and although...
Thursday23rd Jun 2016
News Get Your First Glimpse of Gutsy Berserk PS4 Gameplay
A real bloodbath
We knew it was coming and here it is: Berserk's first gameplay trailer. Well, kind of. We only catch a small glimpse of the hack and slasher in action, but we're already liking the look of it, particularly due to the apparent weight of lead character Guts' attacks. Although there's a lot of blood - an uncommon sight in Omega...
Wednesday22nd Jun 2016
News First Berserk PS4 Screenshots Are Soaked in Blood
It's got Guts
Oooh, now this looks quite promising, doesn't it? Recently, Koei Tecmo announced that it's got Dynasty Warrors developer Omega Force working on a Berserk musou title, but we're yet to see the game in action. While we imagine that a gameplay trailer can't be too far away, Famitsu's gone live with a full preview of the upcoming...
Tuesday21st Jun 2016
News Koei Tecmo's Berserk Game Won't Get an 18+ Rating
Bloody hell
Let's face it, Koei Tecmo isn't known for dabbling in overly violent or decidedly mature games, so it's no wonder that Berserk fans have been pondering the publisher's position on Berserk, the upcoming action title that's based on the manga and anime property. If you know Berserk, then you'll know that it's not for the faint of heart;...
Monday20th Jun 2016
News Koei Tecmo's Berserk Warriors Spills Blood This Year in Japan
That was fast
Koei Tecmo's Berserk appears to already have a Japanese release date, despite the fact that the game was only officially announced last week. According to a promotional image spotted by Twitter user @earlbox, the action title will launch on the 21st September in Japan. For those unfamiliar with Berserk, it's well respected dark...
Monday13th Jun 2016
News Berserk From Koei Tecmo Brings Blood and Guts to PS4, Vita
No Guts no glory
Omega Force, the developer of Dynasty Warriors and other action titles, is busy crafting a game based on Berserk, the rather mature manga and anime franchise. The dark fantasy property would certainly be a good fit for a musou release, so we're looking forward to seeing the project in motion. All that we've got right now is a...
