If you were looking forward to Sledgehammer Games’ next Call of Duty in 2020, then you may be surprised by today’s shake up. While Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software were originally leading development on 2020’s Call of Duty title, Treyarch has now taken over as primary developer to create what will be Call of Duty: Black Ops
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Japan’s Famitsu magazine continues to be a treasure trove of information for the upcoming Fire Emblem: Three Houses for Nintendo Switch. Last time, the publication revealed tons of new screenshots unveiling character classes, gameplay mechanics, and more. And now we have even more information fully detailing how those systems work and intertwine with each other.
According to reports from various Japanese news outlets (and relayed through Twitter user HDKirin), Nippon Ichi Software is in dire financial straits. The development and publishing company has been suffering for quite some time due to poor sales of their titles in Japan. And now it seems, due to debilitating issues surrounding their latest mobile
Squall from Final Fantasy VIII is getting a new costume and weapon based on his appearance from the original Kingdom Hearts in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT. You can check out the first image of the costume down below. The new cosmetics will be added into both the PC and PS4 version of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT on June 5/6 according to the
Hey Fire Emblem and Utapri fans, it’s that time of the week again. Nintendo revealed new profiles and introduction videos for characters in Fire Emblem Three Houses, but only in Japanese despite the game’s worldwide release. Luckily us writers are here to translate everything. Most characters are faces we’ve already seen in past trailers and screenshots.
Super Mario Maker 2 is just right around the corner. It is so close that I can almost smell all the salt there will be had when I throw my controller in rage due to dying once again on a level I am determined to beat. But, other then the immense amount of frustration this
AI: The Somnium Files has been officially delayed to September 17th in North America, as announced first by Zero Escape creator Kotaro Uchikoshi and then confirmed on the official Spike Chunsoft blog. Uchikoshi made the difficult announcement on his Twitter account in a series of status updates: I sincerely apologize to everyone waiting for AI.
The Castlevania Anniversary Collection, which just launched on May 16th, has been confirmed by the official PlayStation blog to receive a future update — one that would add Japanese title variants as a free update shortly after the game’s launch. According to the post, Konami released the free update in response to fan feedback. More information
If you’ve always dreamed of sailing an airship from port to port, trading your wares and discovering the world, then developer Coldwind Games has a game for you. Merchant of the Skies is an upcoming sandbox trading game that lets you captain your very own airship. Check out the team’s early access trailer below. Merchant
Last month, I highlighted Descend, a unique looking RPG with puzzle and platforming elements from the fledgling Twinspell Studio. The game was on Kickstarter then with a goal of $37,167; unfortunately, it did not meet that goal and only raised $19,314 before today. Despite this, the game’s developers still pledged to finish Descend on the game’s
To mark the 10-year anniversary of Minecraft today, Microsoft and Mojang announced the latest sales numbers for the game and yeah, they’re about as staggering as you’d expect. Over the course of the past 10 years, Minecraft has now sold over 176 million copies worldwide. Considering the game has been on literally every platform imaginable including mobile
The not so glamorous practice of crunch is one that has reared its head and come into the spotlight more than ever over the past year. Games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Anthem specifically have been called out for having particularly rough development periods, though there are many other examples. In a recent interview
Well, it may not be the one that fans have foaming at the mouth for, but at least one Call of Duty game is getting detailed this May. After announcing that the beta for Call of Duty: Mobile had gone live in certain countries just a few days ago, Activision has now released a ton of new information
Much as we’ve gotten every other day this week, new gameplay footage for the upcoming action-adventure sequel Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order has arrived and this time around, we get a better look at that of Hawkeye. Again released exclusively by Game Informer, we get our first look at how the purple-clad Avenger will
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Minecraft today, Mojang and Microsoft announced a new title in the franchise that will be heading to your mobile device in the future. Minecraft Earth is the name of this new installment in the Minecraft family and it’s essentially Mojang’s take on the Pokemon Go craze. Much like Pokemon Go, Minecraft Earth is an augmented reality
Hideo Kojima tweeted on May 17 how his day was brightened thanks to Tetsuya Mizuguchi paying him a visit. In a follow-up tweet, Tetsuya Mizuguchi said that Kojima showed him Death Stranding and how awesome it is. Mizuguchi wrote that he” touched the heart of Death Stranding” in English, and that “he saw the game”
Wow, a Call of Duty game is getting a Battle Royale mode and a Zombies mode? Color me shocked. (sarcasm) In what seems like a neverending cycle of news about Call of Duty: Mobile, leaked footage from the game has confirmed some brand new information, including the inclusion of a Battle Pass, as well as both of the two
Editor’s Note: This feature will dive into spoilers for the story of Kingdom Hearts 3, so come back and read through after you’ve finished the main game if you haven’t yet. It hurts to say, but Kingdom Hearts 3 was a disappointment. It took a lot in me to write this because the Kingdom Hearts franchise is
Even though PlatinumGames’ latest action title Astral Chain is set to drop at the end of this summer, we still haven’t seen a whole lot of the game since its official announcement. Luckily, as shared by Nintendo today, new artwork has now arrived to hopefully satiate your appetite just a bit. Released over on Nintendo’s official
Atlus published on Twitter a new gameplay video for Persona 5 Royal. It’s an excerpt of the scene where the Phantom Thieves are doing the traditional Japanese first shrine visit of the year on January 1. The same scene is shown in the first trailer and previous screenshots, but it’s the first time we see
Despite nearly going perfect in the group stage with a record of 9-1, the 2018 League of Legends World Champions Invictus Gaming quickly found themselves eliminated in the knockout stage of MSI 2019 at the hands of Team Liquid. Team Liquid came out looking strong today in the best-of-5 series immediately taking Game 1 from
Sniper Elite V2 Remastered has hit shelves, and after sitting down with the game’s Senior Producer Steve Archer, we learned a bit more about the development and thinking behind the title and what goes into remastering an old fan favorite. The game is a fully-fledged remaster of the 2012 classic Sniper Elite V2 – the title
Yuri otaku survival game Jinrui no Minasama e got tons of new details through a new trailer with gameplay, and the game’s director answering fans on Twitter. Here’s everything we learned. About how far into yuri territory the game goes, the producer said it’s more yuri than Kin-iro Mosaic, but less yuri than Citrus. I
Okay, I know what you’re thinking: “How could a Bubsy game possibly get such a high score?!” I’m telling you, I’m not crazy. Part of Bubsy’s charm is just how bad the game’s featuring him are. 2017’s series revival Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back gave fans some hope that the years of memes would finally
I didn’t grow up during the peak of the kart racing genre’s popularity. Sure, I played a couple of rounds of Mario Kart 64 on the Nintendo 64 here and there but I was never totally invested in these games. It’s hard for me to imagine anything toppling Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Switch as the Mario Kart games
Cygames published a new video of Granblue Fantasy Versus gameplay with a match between Japanese pro-players Daigo and Fuudo. Each player was coached for an hour respectively by Cygames’s Creative Director Tetsuya Fukuhara and Arcsys Lead Battle Planner Kazuto Sekine. The match was a best out of three with each player using two characters. The build
Following the release of Metro Exodus earlier this year, Deep Silver and 4A Games have today announced details of the game’s upcoming expansion pass. Metro Exodus is set to receive two new pieces of DLC as part of the expansion pass, each of which will focus on characters other than that of Artyom, the protagonist in
For the third straight day, new gameplay footage from the upcoming release of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order has been revealed and this time around, we get an in-depth look at everyone’s favorite mutant Wolverine. As I’m sure you could’ve already guessed, Wolverine’s abilities in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 are entirely centered around his adamantium
Players will be able to face off in the magical world of Emrys, courtesy of the new Versus Mode from The World Next Door. The PC, Mac, and Nintendo Switch title utilizes tile-based gameplay as the characters cast magical spells on enemies, but thanks to a free update, players will now be hurling fireballs at
For about a year now, Android users have been able to use the Steam Link app to stream their games onto their mobile devices, but certain restrictions seemed to keep Valve’s tool out of the iOS App Store. According to Apple, the application violated a number of their guidelines, although there appeared to be room