It’s time to go bananas– Nintendo has announced that the arcade version of Donkey Kong is now available for the Nintendo Switch. This announcement, while surprising given the fierce legal battle that has surrounded the title in recent years, showcases Nintendo’s willingness to curate their library of older games without a dedicated Virtual Console. The
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Earlier today, Square Enix announced the new Dissidia Final Fantasy NT DLC Character, Locke Cole from Final Fantasy VII. During a livestream from its Tokyo headquarters, the publisher also showcased a full move list video for Locke, on top of three gameplay videos, giving us a better idea of how he will play. He is
Today Square Enix announced a new livestream covering both Dissidia Final Fantasy NT for PS4 and the arcade original Dissidia Final Fantasy. According to the announcement, a new character will be revealed during the broadcast, which will happen on May 15th at 8:00 PM Japan time. As far as we know, if Square Enix follows
Those anticipating for the release of Blade Strangers will be pleased to hear that it will be available for purchase at an unknown time this summer. The news of the upcoming title was first announced last year. If you are looking to find a copy in the coming summer, you will be able to grab
Arc System Works’ Guilty Gear fighting game series is one of the studio’s premiere franchises, but it has not yet made an appearance on Nintendo Switch. That will be changing later this year though, as the developer announced that it will be releasing Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core Plus R on the system. This will
If you’re not satisfied by the way the Warrior of Light plays in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, there is good news for you, as an update will bring a refresh to the iconic character’s move set. The update will come in June in the console version, while the arcade version of the game, at the
Released all the way back in 2001, Ikaruga from developer Treasure and publisher SEGA in the years since has been regarded as one of the all-time greats for the shoot ’em up genre, and now it appears that the studio is working its way to bringing the classic on-the-go. Developer Treasure shared an image on its
Good afternoon, readers – this is Lou Contaldi, Editor-in-Chief of DualShockers. We interrupt you from our regularly-scheduled news reporting to touch on something important to us: our creative independence. Now, it’s no secret that gaming is a somewhat expensive hobby – many of us have our bookcases stacked (to some degree) with collector’s editions of
Today Square Enix announced that a new character for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT and its arcade counterpart Dissidia Final Fantasy will be announced during a livestream on Tuesday, March 13th. As previously teased, we get the confirmation that this new character will be male, and will hail from the second half of the numbered Final
Today, during a livestream from Square Enix’s headquarters in Tokyo, the development team of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT announced a new stage that will come to the game with an update in late March. The stage is Orbonne Monastery and veterans of the series will probably remember it as a monastery of the church of Galbados
Today Bandai Namco announced a new mid-term business plan titled: “CHANGE for the NEXT: Empower, Gain Momentum, and Accelerate Evolution“. The plan involves rather extensive changes to the company’s business organization and goals, to be executed over the next three years. The goal is to strengthen the previous “IP Axis” strategy to maximize the value
Mobile gamers who are a fan of JRPGs can rejoice today as several installments in the Dragon Quest series are on sale for a limited time on Android and iOS devices. According to a tweet from Wario64, four entries from the Dragon Quest franchise available on the App Store. The four games that are discounted include Dragon Quest
It’s that time of the year again, and you’re now called to decide DualShockers’ highest annual honor, the Game of the Year 2017 – Reader’s Choice Award. Of course, at DualShockers, we value our opinion but ultimately we’re just a bunch of writers who love games. That’s why our Reader’s Choice Awards have traditionally become
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. I’m not sure
The brand new holiday-themed swag was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp earlier this week, but when can you start picking up all that new gear? Tomorrow. At least, that’s what the official Japanese Twitter account for the mobile game says. In a tweet published earlier this morning, the verified Twitter account released the below tweet. The tweet
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is one of those games that proved that mobile titles can do well not only in Japan, but also in the west. With over five million downloads outside of Japan, and high-profile collaborations like the one with pop star Ariana Grande, it can certainly be named a success. In order to
Square Enix has been adding new Final Fantasy heroes and villains to Dissidia Final Fantasy quite regularly, continuing to improve the roster over almost two years. Today a new livestream has been announced for October 3rd at 8:00 PM Japan time, and among other things, it will reveal a new playable character. The game, developed by
This morning I woke up quite early and made my way to Game Taito Station arcade in Shinjuku, Tokyo. My objective: trying out VR Sense, Koei Tecmo’s virtual reality arcade cabinet based on PlayStation VR technology with a lot of additional flavor. It was a rainy morning, with a typhoon rapidly approaching the Japanese capital,
Today Square Enix and Koei Tecmo announced the new character that will join the Dissidia Final Fantasy cast, and this time around it’s a villain, or more precisely, a villainess. Ultimecia from Final Fantasy VIII will be playable in the arcade version of the game after an upcoming update, that will be uploaded into the
Today Enterbrain released issue 1,500 of the popular Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu, and it included the culmination of a few weeks of surveys conducted by the publication. This time around, Famitsu simply asked its readers to vote their favorite game of all time, without any restriction of release date, genre, or platform. In addition to
Today Enterbrain released issue 1,500 of the popular Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu, and it included the culmination of a few weeks of surveys conducted by the publication. This time around, Famitsu simply asked its readers to vote their favorite game of all time, without any restriction of release date, genre, or platform. In addition to
Today Sega hosted a reveal event at the Akihabara UDX Theater in Tokyo, and Yakuza series Producer Toshihiro Nagoshi revealed the future of the Yakuza series, a new console game code named “Shin Ryu Ga Gotoku” (New Yakuza) and “Ryu Ga Gotoku Online” (Yakuza Online). Both games will continue the story of the series after the events of Yakuza
With E3 in our rear-view mirror, the summer sun of 2017 is upon us! And besides barbecues, road trips and catching up with your gaming backlog what else is summer good for? Giveaways! This summer at DualShockers is the Summer of Community. Among other community events we have in the works, every Friday of the