In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, Bruce Straley, game director on 2013’s The Last of Us, says games can be character driven and compelling even without shooting. “Can you create a game that’s as interesting and character-driven and compelling as an Uncharted story or Last of Us story without shooting? I think you can,” says Straley.
Month: January 2020
The Japanese publication, Business Insider Japan, recently spoke with Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, pulling back the curtain a bit more on the upcoming PlayStation 5. Translated by Gematsu, in the interview, Mr. Ryan teased that there was more to the PS5 than a fast SSD and fancy triggers on the
Last year, Sega began publishing the Sega Ages brand of re-releases on Nintendo Switch. These spruce up a variety of Sega Genesis and arcade classics, from Sonic the Hedgehog to Gain Ground, and typically arrive in pairs every couple months here in the west. The Sega Ages releases of Shinobi and Fantasy Zone were teased
Did you wake up today wanting to see over 50 screenshots of a new Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game? Well, let me make your day. Below you will find 60 screenshots of gameplay and artwork from the recently revealed spin-off Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX. Much of the screenshots feature actual gameplay, giving you a
During today’s Pokemon-focused Direct, we learned that instead of publishing a full-on sequel or updated entry set in Galar, Game Freak will release expansions for Pokemon Sword and Shield over the course of 2020. A lot of information was dropped about this pair of expansions today, so we have rounded it all up for you
Since the release of the series’ first episode in fall 2018, from the get-go Life is Strange 2 has made it clear that this series wouldn’t be afraid of being a “political” game. Throughout its five episodes, the series has delved into heavy topics that are all too familiar in today’s headlines, from race relations
Atlus and Koei Tecmo published the second full-length trailer for Persona 5 Scramble The Phantom Strikers. As always with these kinds of Japanese games trailers, it’s full of out-of-context one-liners, but here’s a summary of the trailer with everything we learned anyway. Note that this article contains spoilers, as Persona 5 Scramble is a sequel
UPDATE: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX will support cloud saves, as pointed out by Callum Hurley of IPGesports on Twitter. That means players who own both a Switch and Switch Lite will be able to use the same save data on both consoles. Cloud saves supported for Mystery Dungeon! Great for people who own
Ahead of the start of the 2020 ranked season of League of Legends, Riot Games did arguably what it does best and released a new cinematic music video associated with the game. The video and song, which is entitled “Warriors”, is in the same visual style as many of Riot’s previous cinematics that they’ve released for
If you wanted to try out the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo before the game itself to satiate some of your hype, it seems like you’ll have to deal with the hunger until March 3. According to our fellow journalists at Gamespot, Square Enix will launch Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo on the PSN the
Respawn Entertainment’s 2019 Battle Royale hit Apex Legends seems to be generating some traction in regards to crediting the voice actors. Those who know Apex Legends will know that the game features a lot of dialogue, ranging from individual character phrases for weapons, items, and quips, and more. One Reddit user posted about how half a year ago they
Everwild was teased last year as Rare Ltd’s new IP, a game that looks tribal, set in a magical looking world where nature looks to reign supreme. During the reveal, we reported on the team behind the title, which has since grown, and it looks as if Rare has plans to grow the team even
We are just one week away from the launch of X.D. Network’s Unity remake of Freebird Games’ critically acclaimed To the Moon. It’s still on track to hit its January 16 release so its developers released a brand new launch trailer for the game. Not only does this video give us our first truly all-encompassing
As a nice little holiday gift, the team at Sony Santa Monica Studio gave away some of the original God of War pre-order content for free this past holiday. It includes several different in-game skins for both Kratos and Atreus and was only available for a short time. Well, now Santa Monica Studio has decided
It has been nearly two years since God of War launched, but it seems that the game is still resonating quite a bit with fans. So much so, in fact, that now, one of the most incredible fan creations associated with God of War has now come about. As shared recently on YouTube, someone has now created
The 20th edition of the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) are coming up quickly and as of today, we now know which games from the past year are in line to earn top honors at the event. GDC released the full list of nominees for the awards show today and most of the games that
2020’s CES was an odd one for Xbox fans. AMD seemed to have shown off the first look at the back of the Xbox Series X during their CES 2020 presentation, revealing what ports for cables would be on the system. Unfortunately, it turns out that AMD used an unofficial render from TurboSquid.com so the
It’s no secret that the Nintendo Switch has been a runaway success all around the world with at least 41.67 million units sold. That being said, last year turned out to be specifically great in Japan according to data recently released by Famitsu. The data, which was originally posted by @oscarlemaire and translated by DualShockers’
After its incredibly successful release last month, it seems as though initial work on the future of Netflix’s The Witcher series is now beginning. As seen in a new tweet from The Witcher’s showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich, it seems as though the first stages of work on the next season of the show has started. “Leaving
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company are set to have a new Pokemon Direct live stream tomorrow morning that will seemingly divulge future plans for the ever-popular monster-catching series. While specifics of what will be discussed during the event weren’t divulged initially, it seems we now have a better idea of what could be the focus
Late last week, Bandai Namco Entertainment continued to build up anticipation for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot by releasing an overview trailer that was presented under the guise of a class episode preview. Today, another trailer for the game was released. Even though it does not have as charming of a hook, it does go over
A little under two years after initially releasing, developer Rare has today announced an impressive new milestone for its open world pirate-themed adventure game Sea of Thieves. As of today, Sea of Thieves has now officially accumulated over 10 million players since releasing back in March of 2018. This total is accumulated from those who bought
It appears that the boys are coming back. Well, sort of. As reported by Kotaku, a new title set in the world of Final Fantasy XV is currently in development overseas. The little bits of information we have so far, translated from the Korean tech website Inven, state that the tentatively titled Final Fantasy XV Mobile, will
With CES 2020 happening this week and the highly anticipated PS5 around the corner, it was destined that PlayStation would be revealing something at the conference. And just like many of us predicted, we saw the worldwide reveal of the PS5’s logo — a sleek and consistent take that doesn’t depart too wildly from the
Wargroove is Chucklefish’s answer to “why don’t people make more Advance Wars-style games?” It turns out that, those kinds of games are still great and Wargroove was very well-received at launch. Of course, the game wasn’t perfect and the devs addressed most of those concerns through free updates. And now, they’re going to do players
Square Enix Music announced the NieR Orchestral Arrangement Album -Addendum CD in Japan. The CD is part of the 10th-anniversary celebrations of the NieR series. It will include newly arranged music of NieR and NieR: Automata, and releases on March 25. Currently, it is available for preorder on the Japanese version of Square Enix Music’s site,
Back in December, DualShockers covered a Famitsu interview with Capcom and Resident Evil 3‘s producers Peter J. Fabiano and Masao Kawada. The interview most notably revealed how Resident Evil 3 is more action-oriented. You can read about that in detail here. This week, a lengthier version of this interview was published online by Famitsu, with
Death Stranding by Kojima Productions featured a large number of cameos, music, and even copious amounts of metallic cans of Monster Energy. However, in an interview with VG247, Death Stranding helped save a band who was “in the gutter.” The lead singer, Ryan Karazija was the frontman of an Icelandic indie-rock band named Audrye Sessions. The band consisted
Hearthstone fans who enjoy watching the Masters Tours are in luck this year as it has been announced that they are set to expand throughout this year. Last year, Blizzard held three Masters Tours. One in Las Vegas, the other in Seoul, and one in Bucharest. These saw thousands of players participate in the Masters Qualifiers
The tragic outbreak of wildfires in Australia is responsible for the deaths of at least twenty-five people and has also claimed the lives of half a billion animals. The destruction has spread over millions of acres and is still ravaging the country, destroying anything in its path. To put the magnitude in perspective, the fires