Some of the best Microsoft news lately has been about their increasingly diverse and eccentric controllers. Last week we got to look at the Sea of Thieves Special Edition controller with all of its fancy swash-buckling details, but this week we’ve got something even bigger. Seriously, it’s huge. Fans of the original Xbox will remember
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Long before indie games and mobile apps became the market trend, Super Meat Boy was the exception-to-the-rule indie darling that went from Newgrounds Flash game to multi-console hit. The game first came to consoles on Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade amassing well-over 100,000 players in the first few months. And while the Xbox 360 release
Now that eUnited has taken home the Smite World Championship 2018 trophy, fans and competitors in and of the game alike can continue talking about the upcoming changes to the conquest map in Season 5. With significant aesthetic and mechanical overhauls, Hi-Rez Studios decided to go behind the scenes in one of their latest videos to
The introduction of SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy at the latest Nintendo Direct Mini raised eyebrows due to the fact that the trailer presented in North America and Europe was completely different from the one showcased in Japan, removing the reference to the heroines being “sexy and cute,” and putting them into a lot less revealing
Capcom revealed another popular monster returning to Monster Hunter World via a TV commercial for Japan that appeared today. The commercial was recorded off the TV and posted on YouTube by user sute aka, and at the end it gives a brief glimpse of Kirin. While it appears as a unicorn and is named after
Following the slew of reveals which came this morning for BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Arc System Works released on Nico Nico a brand new trailer for the game. The trailer showcases the full launch roster in action, that will include twenty characters. Those will be Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi, Noel Vermillion, Rachel Alucard, TR-0009 Tager, ν-13, Hazama, Makoto
Today Arc System Works announced the Japanese release date of its upcoming fighting game BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle. The game will launch in Japan on May 31st and on June 5th in North America, 2018 for PS4, PC, and Switch. It’ll cost 5,800 yen plus taxes for the packaged version, and 5,370 yen plus taxes in
This week, gaming peripheral company Thrustmaster announced a new product to its line of racing wheels, the TS-PC Racer Ferrari 488 Challenge Edition. According to the press release, the product was announced to celebrate Ferrari’s 70th anniversary was explicitly designed for fans of the legendary sports car in mind. The TS-PC Racer Ferrari 488 Challenge Edition is
Ever since Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links officially launched worldwide one year ago today, Konami has supported the game with new characters, cards, and story missions. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, the developer is continuing its support with even more new content for fans to sink their teeth into, including a highly coveted, and famous card from the original
Today, publisher Deep Silver, also known as Koch Media, announced that they have partnered with developer Bigmoon Entertainment to publish and distribute Dakar 18 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The title will be an open-world racing game based that will include multiple types of vehicles and is based on the popular annual cross-country Dakar Rally.
Today The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences reached out with a press release to announce the nominees for the 21st D.I.C.E. Awards. The award ceremony will happen on February 22nd in Las Vegas as the climax of the 2018 D.I.C.E. Summit. 68 different games received a nomination, with Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn leading the
Today, Arc System Works and Bandai Namco Entertainment released a new character trailer for Dragon Ball FighterZ, which is coming to PC, PS4, and Xbox One later this month. This video focuses on Beerus, a character who started out as a villain in a movie and Dragon Ball Super but went on to become a supporting
Even though Gravel’s launch is still over a month away, developer Milestone and publisher Square Enix revealed the Porsche Rallye DLC Pack for the game. While players will be able to purchase the DLC regularly, it will also be included as both a digital and physical pre-order bonus on all platforms. This DLC includes two cars,
Today Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe released a brand new trailer of the upcoming anime-inspired game The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia. The trailer features the “Adventure Mode” that lets you travel on an overworld map visiting familiar locations and gathering rumors. Those will unlock quests that you will then be able to tackle using the
Set across the great plains of the United States, the upcoming indie adventure game Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is taking the act of storytelling in games to a literal level as players meet and share stories with a colorful variety of characters, with just a few of those characters introduced in a new trailer.
Dark Souls: Remastered was announced yesterday during the Nintendo Direct Mini. It’s been a long-since requested remaster among fans, and it finally became a reality set to come true in May. To celebrate the reveal, Bandai Namco has announced massive sales on existing Dark Souls games and merchandise on their site. The sale includes the following games:
There has been many a hoopla since the release of Bungie’s Destiny 2, and not all of it positive. Following the industry-wide crisis regarding microtransactions and loot crates, Destiny 2 did their best to pacify fan concerns about bright engrams, Tess Everis, and gimped progression system by offering a timeline where the community can start seeing changes. Now, with
Following news about the upcoming Detective Pikachu game and amiibo, Nintendo has announced that they’ll be bringing a Pikachu themed New 2DS to the West at the end of the month. The new model is much more up close and personal as opposed to the other Pikachu 3DS models that have been released since the 3DS first came
Bluepoint Games has been most easily identified as a “remaster studio” due to its work bringing older games like the Uncharted trilogy, Gravity Rush, and God of War to current generation platforms over the years. While this work often goes unnoticed, there is a certain art and skill that comes with these ports that might often get overlooked. In a
Celeste, developed by the indie team up of Matt Thorson (Towerfall) and Noel Barry (Skytorn) was recently given a release date for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. I don’t know about you, but the artstyle we got a glimpse of was visually pleasing, and the first nine minutes of gameplay that was recently revealed looks even
THQ Nordic has a cutesy looking side-scrolling adventure coming down the pipe. Developed by Slipgate Studios. Rad Rodgers stars a blonde boy and his sentient old-school game console, Dusty, on a fun and exciting new adventure. At least, that’s what the first few seconds of the trailer would have you believe. Rad Rodgers is actually a game about a
Many Pokemon fans have been dying to get their hands on Detective Pikachu since it was first revealed a few years back. Up until now, the game hasn’t been available outside of Japan, but that finally changes in just a couple months. The Pokemon Company today revealed that Detective Pikachu will be coming to the west on March 23,
Dark Souls: Remastered was announced during the latest Nintendo Direct. Shortly afterward, the official PlayStation blog published a post from Bandai Namco that revealed some of the features that would be in the PS4 Pro version of the game. It turns out, however, that there was a fairly big mistake made in the post. To be fair,
This morning I was finally taking some time to check out the Japanese Nintendo Direct Mini aired yesterday, because let’s be honest, the Japanese ones are simply more fun. About halfway through it, something jumped to my eyes: the Japanese trailer showcased for SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy is completely different from the one shown in the
Today Atlus released a new batch of screenshots of the upcoming twin rhythm games Persona 5 Dancing Star Night and Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night. The screenshots focus on gameplay, accompanied by some lovely character art, and give us a glimpse on the sleek moves of several of the characters involved in both titles. On the
Following the announcement of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age by the western arm of Square Enix, the Japanese side followed up with its own assets and there is something definitely interesting in the midst. One of the things console players definitely won’t get is 48:9 aspect ratio and one of the screenshots in massive 7680×1440 resolution
Nintendo fans need to come to terms with this — we may never get a new Wave Race game. Despite the jet ski classics making several Virtual Console appearances (and a precarious trademark filing in Europe), there simply hasn’t been any news of a new version since 2001’s Wave Race: Blue Storm for GameCube. And while it is not
Today has been a hell of a day for Nintendo Switch news. Whether you are oogling over SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy or are already pre-ordering Dark Souls: Remastered, chances are something has been announced that you are into. And amid all of these announcements, it’s important to note some of the smaller titles getting news today
Last month, a slew of officially licensed PlayStation 4 controllers were announced, which were designed to help PlayStation 4 owners experience new ways of playing. Fortunately today, Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced another controller – the Hori Onyx. According to the press release, Hori’s latest controller will officially launch on Monday, January 15 at select retailers
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has only been on Xbox One consoles as part of the Xbox Game Preview program for less than a month, but it already has a ballooning player base. Today, PUBG Corp and Microsoft revealed that through the end of 2017, over three million people had played PUBG on the Xbox One. That’s impressive numbers for any