e3 2018

According to a LinkedIn update, former Naughty Dog developer Robert Ryan joined Microsoft’s newest game studio, The Initiative, as a senior systems designer back in April. Despite being less than a year old, The Initiative is already filled with brilliant minds likeGod of War lead producer Brian Westergaard and Red Dead Redemption lead writer Christian
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UPDATE (11/11/18): During yesterday’s Inside Xbox: X018 Special, Microsoft revealed that it had acquired two more studios: Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. As such, I have updated this article to reflect that and give insight about these newly acquired studios. During Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, the large publisher announced the acquisition of five brand new
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I was very excited when SEGA and Creative Assembly announced Total War: Three Kingdoms earlier this year. Following some stagnation in the historical side of the series in recent years, Three Kingdoms is looking to freshen things up with a new, Chinese setting based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms saga and a vastly improved
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Back in 2016, IO Interactive and Square Enix took its well-known stealth series Hitman in a different direction. Instead of the traditional single-game release, the newest adventure featuring Agent 47, simply called Hitman, was episodic, with each installment of the game set at a specific location with the ending cinematics progressing the story. At first, I wasn’t
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Hibernian Workshop and The Arcade Crew released a new story based trailer for their methodical 2D action game Dark Devotion today. The video showcases the game’s unsettling world, an overly pious one that attempts to secure people’s devotion by make them suffer and sacrifice. The animated trailer doesn’t showcase any gameplay, instead opting to showcase
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Warriors Orochi 4 was announced for the west earlier this year by Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo, and while it’s fairly traditional in many areas, it makes some interesting changes with both the addition of both Greek Mythology and a Magic System. During a recent interview with DualShockers, Warriors Orochi 4 Producer Masaki Furusawa explained why the developers
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The Total War series garners a lot of respect from both PC and strategy game circles, though the historical side of the franchise has experienced a bit of stagnation in recent years. That’s why many Total War fans, including myself, were excited when Creative Assembly and SEGA unveiled Total War: Three Kingdoms, an entirely new
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There has been a recent surge, both in sales and popularity, for Japanese games in the West. For instance, games like Capcom’s Monster Hunter World and Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball FighterZ were the top two best selling games in January of this year and reached critical acclaim from a bunch of outlets including ourselves. There
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One of the more surprising PlayStation-related announcements from last week was Déraciné, a new adventure game for PlayStation VR by FromSoftware, who are best known for their work on the Dark Souls series. Today, an interview with Hidetaka Miyazaki of FromSoftware was posted on PlayStation Blog, where he reveals more about the game. During the interview,
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Over the past year, Omega Force and Koei Tecmo have released both the massive crossover game Warriors All-Stars and the open world Dynasty Warriors 9. Unfortunately, neither of these titles were incredibly well-received. Following these experimental entries, this year’s Musou game, Warriors Orochi 4, is a more traditional crossover title. DualShockers tried out Warriors Orochi 4
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