Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is a unique free to play Action-RPG adventure presented within a vivid and expressive hand-painted world. Discover fantastic locales, meet bizarre characters and hunt ancient demons, all set to the backdrop of late Edo period Japan.
Dark, horror-tinged fantasy is strangely tingly on the tastebuds, as I've learned from Spicy Horse's newest thing, Akaneiro. Not that I've applied my tongue to it or anything. The PC-exclusive ARPG has officially been unleashed on the internet as of today, allowing us to beat up up the ugliest of Japanese legends with the prettiest of slashy pixel-strokes. Read More »
"Wolf!" the boy cried, as a dirtied, snuffling pig raised its face to confused and not-at-all afraid villagers. Well, okay, I might have my fairy tales wrong here -- but what does it matter, when American McGee is just going to turn them all into dark, brooding messes of tragedy and monster-slaying, anyway? The Little Red Riding Hood-inspired Akaneiro: Demon Hunters has now hit Kickstarter, with the hopes of achieving a "uniquely enthralling free to play action role-playing experience." Read More »
You know, I was almost-kinda-genuinely worried that the flow of scary games and DLC updates would be stemmed with the post-Halloween sugar crash. It seems I had no reason to worry; there'll always be a market for Dark Games! Today, the latest from famed game darkener American McGee -- who this time has twisted Red Riding Hood into the demon-hunting Akaneiro -- is entering closed beta. Read More »
Take beloved children's tale, set a band of demented artists upon it, and release it as a videogame with depressingly dark overtones: see, I've got American McGee's formula down pat. He's already gone and twisted Alice in Wonderland and Grimm's Fairy Tales, and now Red Riding Hood undergoes the same treatment in a gameplay trailer for Akaneiro: Demon Hunters, a new action-RPG out of McGee's studio Spicy Horse. Read More »
Also known as: Akaneiro
Release Region: United States
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Publisher: Spicy Horse
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