Microsoft has been overhauling its services with frequent updates, so it was just a matter of time until they got to Xbox Avatars, and in fact they did. Announced during E3, and hinted by Phil Spencer a few months ago, the popular alter-egos of Xbox One and Windows 10 gamers will get a full restyling
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The Californian based studio Messhof has come a long way in 5 years. Their latest work, Nidhogg 2, is slated to come out for PC and PS4 in summer of this year. A gameplay demonstration was recently showcased on PS Underground with the two creators, Mark Essen and Kristy Norindr. The first game in the
Developer New World Interactive and publisher Focus Home Interactive have unveiled for the first time, Insurgency Sandstorm, in a new “E3 2017” trailer. In development for PS4, PC, Xbox One, Mac, and Linux, Insurgency Sandstorm is the sequel to the multi-million selling Insurgency, that is poised to release sometime later this year. The multiplayer tactical
Level-5 is well known in the gaming community for their large portfolio of titles covering multiple genres such as Dark Cloud, Yo-kai Watch, and the Professor Layton series. Most Recently, the developer announced Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy for western 3DS and iOS/Android users. In the past, the Layton series has been
Late last night, Sony Interactive Entertainment released some new gameplay demo footage of Patapon Remastered that was captured during E3 2017, featuring President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida. Announced back at PSX 2016, Patapon Remastered is a PS4 remastering of Patapon, a PSP rhythm/action/platformer game, that first released in 2007, and quickly became a
Microsoft had a strong E3 press conference this year. The company showcased an array of promising games: from AAA titles like Forza 7, Sea of Thieves, and State of Decay 2, to smaller titles like The Last Night, Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Cuphead, and Ashen, all of which are console exclusive or
Today, Denmark-based developer IO interactive announced that it is now officially an independent studio, and more importantly that is has retained the rights of the Hitman IP — the franchise it has worked on since 200o when it released Hitman: Codename 47, and made a total of six games for (including the most recent: 2016’s
Koei Tecmo and SNK are celebrating together the launch on Steam of The King of Fighter XIV and 8 million downloads for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. An interesting effect of the Japanese culture of respect even among rivals, is that local developers love their crossovers, they’re offering as a gift to their fans
Today Sony Interactive Entertainment mobile subsidiary ForwardWorks and Compile Heart announced a partnership for a new mobile game titled Eshishin No Kizuna (which translate to “Bond of the Painter God“) The game will be developed by Compile Heart and will be released in 2018. It’s a completely new game in collaboration with Tezuka Productions, to
During its Treehouse coverage from the show floor at E3 2017 in Los Angeles, Nintendo and Koei Tecmo showcased more gameplay of the upcoming Musou-style game Fire Emblem Warriors. The gameplay, presented among others by Koei Tecmo’s own Keisuke Hayashi, shows a lot of hectic combat, a look at the menus and more. On top
During Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation Live coverage from the show floor at E3 2017 in Los Angeles, Bandai Namco showcased more gameplay of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. This morning we got a look at the third mission of the campaign titled “Two Pronged Strategy” flying an F-14D Super Tomcat, and today we see the
Late last month, developer Dynamic Pixels and publisher tinyBuild Games announced that their already-popular (and it hasn’t even released yet) stealth horror game, Hello Neighbor, is launching on PC and Xbox One on August 29th. Fast-forward to today, and the pair released a new special, E3 2017 trailer. In addition to the new trailer, tinyBuild
During its Treehouse coverage, Nintendo showcased the first actual gameplay of the upcoming DLC of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, titled The Master Trials. We get to see the the sky platforms, which are basically floating platforms holding treasures and enemies to defeat, new gear for link, a meeting with a Korok
During Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation Live coverage from the show floor at E3 2017 in Los Angeles, Sega showcased a nice batch of gameplay of its two upcoming Sonic games, Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania. The two games are very different, with Sonic Forces bringing an entirely new direction to the franchise, and even giving
Today developer Traveller’s Tales and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that their game LEGO Worlds will be getting some new downloadable content very soon. The Classic Space pack will include brand new quests, characters, builds, and vehicles, all inspired by space-themed LEGO sets. Some of these new vehicles include a Space Buggy, Space Cruiser,
Today, during Nintendo’s treehouse broadcast, the console manufacturer from Kyoto showcased the co-op mode of Super Mario Odyssey for the first time. Not only can Mario traverse the new worlds of the upcoming game on his own, but a second player can control Cappy, Mario’s new trusted companion in the form of a hat with
Rogue Trooper Redux has a strange and long history. The series itself started out as a story in the British comic 2000 AD about a genetically enhanced super soldier who happens to be blue. From there these stories garnered a strong cult following and a number of video games were made because of this. In
Today during the 2017 Electronics Entertainment Expo in California, developer indiezero, the studio behind NES Remix, announced a brand new game titled Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido. In this quirky puzzle-action game, players will have to eat sushi faster than their opponent. The empty sushi plates can then be thrown at your opponent, causing
As a shining beacon of the best in gaming from the 80s and 90s, publisher (and at the time, hardware maker) SEGA introduced a ton of classics to gamers like Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Vectorman, and many others, with a retro revival in the works (in some way) according to a tease from the company.
Today Atlus USA and Vanillaware released a new trailer of 13 Sentinels: Aegis rim. 13 Sentinels: Aegis rim is the next game by Dragon’s Crown developer Vanillaware, featuring the usual striking art style by George Kamitani. “Life as you know it is ending because 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will be localized and released in the
While the last few days have been dominated by news from the top developers and console makers, some of the smaller studios have been making E3 announcements of their own.This included, surprisingly, physical copy distributor Limited Run Games as they released two game reels of their upcoming library (something they hinted at a few weeks
Today, Media Create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between June 5th and June 11th a familiar face has returned to the top of the software chart: Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which has returned for its fourth week as the big ravioli. Meanwhile, last week’s No.1,
Nintendo has finally confirmed the longstanding rumors about the remake of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. This updated version is coming to the 3DS on October 6 of this year and will feature a brand new mode and updated visuals. The game was shown on the Nintendo Treehouse stream today and it looks like its
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Today Square Enix released a batch of announcements about the future of the Final Fantasy XV universe. First of all, we get the confirmation that the game will get an update to support Xbox One X, as it was announced during Microsoft’s E3 press conference. Secondly, the new story DLC Episode Prompto got a release
Today, the Sony Interactive Entertainment launched a new North American PlayStation Store, “Best of E3,” sale, featuring a host of the discounts on prominent AAA releases and smaller, digital-only hidden gems. With sales across PS4, PS Vita, and PS3, some of the highlights include The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Firewatch, Titanfall 2, Star Wars Battlefront,
At the end of the detailed coverage of the newly announced remake, Metroid: Samus Returns, a few tidbits were dropped about extended features for the game. The first was all amiibo focused: two new figurines are coming out as a compliment to the adventure. Alongside that, the two Samus amiibo that are out there (Zero
NIS America is celebrating E3 2017, and released two trailers for two of its upcoming games from Japan Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is the latest chapter of the popular Ys action JRPG series by Nihon Falcom. Up until now, localization was handled bu XSEED
Released alongside the debut of the Nintendo Switch in March, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has quickly drawn substantial critical acclaim and has kept new Switch owners occupied for hundreds of hours on end, with more of the game set to arrive later this year in our first look at its DLC
What a conference. From beginning (and I’m talking the Pre-Show) to the very end. So the question remains — is this just “a great Sony press conference” or “the greatest Sony press conference”? The Pre-Show was a wonder to behold, with game-after-game being announced. We saw an official date for Knack II, along with a