Month: May 2018

Summer is just around the corner, and E3 2018 is just over a month away. With the second quarter of the 2018 gaming year in full swing with several big titles, including Detroit: Become Human and State of Decay 2 launching later this month. Those looking to take a break from AAA titles and build a backlog
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Today, Nicalis, Inc announced new information for its 2D fighting title Blade Strangers. According to the developer, the upcoming title is adding guest character Gunvolt “The Azure Striker” to its roster of fighters. This news comes from the Nicalis, Inc’s official Twitter account, which confirmed the character will be appearing in the game. The titular character, Gunvolt
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Today Nintendo released some more details on the upcoming Nintendo Switch Online Service. Subscribers will get the following: Online gameplay, NES games at no additional cost, cloud saves (and this is the big new element), the Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app, and Nintendo eShop deals. Everyone (including subscribers, of course), will get system software and
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Monster Hunter: World has easily been one of the most popular games of 2018 so far, and Capcom has been fantastic with dealing out new content regularly since release. According to one noteworthy developer though, there’s one new monstrous addition that he’d soon love to see in the monster hunting title. Earlier today, The Coalition’s Rod Fergusson,
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Overwatch League team Boston Uprising announced that Dae-hee “Crusty” Park will no longer be the coach for the east coast based team. In the update from Boston Uprising, it explains that after some “internal conversations” between Crusty and the team’s staff, it was in both party’s interest to part ways. The update continues, “Crusty has
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When Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition was announced to be coming to PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, we knew it would be coming in May, but we just didn’t know what specific day. Well, it seems like Natsume will be waiting until the last possible moment to fulfill that promise, as the developer and publisher have
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The WeebCast is our weekly podcast dedicated to all thing Japanese, and today you can listen to its fifth episode, focusing one of the most iconic genres of Japanese games, visual novels. We talk about some of the games that left a lasting impression, and some that you might not know about, alongside the genre
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Final Fantasy XIV has a fantastic story, which found a climatic point in the latest expansion Stormblood. Recently, DualShockers had a chat with Main Scenario Lead Writer Natsuko Ishikawa and Localization Lead John Crow, and we were able to ask them about their feelings on writing the narrative and localizing it for the English audience.
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Everyone has probably noticed a little sticker on the back of their console that says “warranty void if removed”. You’ll usually find similar messages at the ends of certain user agreement licenses, and essentially, it’s meant to keep customers from getting third-party repairs by voiding their warranty if they do. Well, according to the Federal
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Early-access game They Are Billions will be getting a new “mega-update” called The Six Wonders. The game will add six different structures called “Wonders,” which will add substantial boosts to certain aspects of your economy. If you’re looking to beef up your chances of survival, the new structures added by this update are a good way to
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Swery65 is a notable name in the video game industry from his just-legally-distinct-enough-from-Twin-Peaks cult classic Deadly Premonition to the lesser known and sadly incomplete D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die. Now, his quirky new animal-based adventure The Good Life has successfully been funded on Kickstarter and has released a new story trailer, which you can watch below. If
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Recently Rockstar Games has uploaded a slew of beautiful screenshots for its highly anticipated title Red Dead Redemption 2. All these screenshots were provided by Rockstar Games’ official social media accounts – Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. With each of the three accounts offering a batch of new screenshots for fans to sink their teeth into. In
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Remember hunting down Latios and Latias in Pokemon Sapphire and Pokemon Ruby as they bounced around the map like the skittish furry jet planes that they were? Well, now you’re going to get to experience that in Pokemon Go‘s latest event featuring the Eon Duo, except it’ll be worldwide. That’s right: recently, Latios and Latias came to Pokemon Go with
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A couple of days ago, two members from Texas-based studio id Software announced new details regarding Quake Champions. According to the developer, Quake Champions will soon feature in-game bots, which gamers will be able to use as practice. Allowing players who are new to Quake Champions and would like to get extra practice in before duking it out
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