Valve and Steam have been under scrutiny lately about the games considered acceptable for listing on the popular digital storefront. A few weeks ago, the publisher sent threatening correspondence to several developers of visual novels containing mild adult content, demanding further censorship, with the removal of the games as an alternative. A few days after,
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When the second content season for Star Wars Battlefront II kicked off last month, we knew that it would be lasting two months, but at the time we had no idea what the second month would include. Well, now we know, as developer EA DICE has officially revealed details about the second part of the Han Solo-themed season.
Eidos Montreal and Square Enix released a brand new Shadow of the Tomb Raider video starring Gameplay Director Daniel Drapeau. Drapeau talks about Lara’s ability to swim underwater freely, finding environments like small caverns of massive challenge tombs. She is also able to traverse the canopies of trees, and wall-run. Interestingly, the video also showcases concept artwork
Today XSEED Games announced its lineup of games that the publisher will bring to Los Angeles for E3 2018. As previously teased GalaxyTrail’s Freedom Planet will make its debut on the Nintendo Switch, and it will come digitally to the Nintendo eShop this fall under XSEED’s publishing flag. On top of that, the publisher will showcase Fate/Extella Link
Ubisoft has revealed its post-launch plan and also detailed the Season Pass features for The Crew 2 through a trailer that was published today. The game, developed by Ivory Tower, is said to receive regular updates bringing more content to the title. These major updates will be free and will arrive to The Crew 2 every three months,
Popular opinion of Lebron James is a lot like the cover of the NBA 2k series– it changes every year. Love him or hate him, whether you think he’s the greatest basketball player to walk the earth or the most overrated one, there’s absolutely no denying that James has permeated the zeitgeist of an entire
Originally released at the beginning of last year, NieR: Automata became an unexpected critical and commercial success thanks to its unique blend of action and RPG elements inside of an unconventional and emotionally-gripping story, and now the game has crossed a significant new sales milestone well over a year after its initial release. The official Japanese
Since its debut in 2012, Telltale Games’ acclaimed episodic adaptation of The Walking Dead has brought players along an emotional and thrilling journey, and now the first chapter of The Walking Dead: The Final Season — and the end of Clementine’s story — will officially begin later this summer. Today, Telltale Games has unveiled the first trailer
Today Sega and Atlus reached out with a press release announcing the games that they will showcase at E3 2018 next week in Los Angeles. First of all, The Creative Assembly will showcase Total War: Three Kingdoms (which just received a new in-engine cinematic trailer today) with a series of gameplay presentations that will happen
The latest gameplay video from Dan Smith Studios’ upcoming title The Spectrum Retreat gives us an eleven-minute look at the first-person puzzler that’s due to launch this summer. We already reported on the official announcement for the BAFTA award-winning developer’s title. The video also includes developer Dan Smith himself as he starts of explaining the
Back in March, Prototype announced that the upcoming PS4 version of the beloved visual novel Clannad would be released in Japan with English subtitles alongside the Japanese text. Today, the developer announced on its official Twitter account that the port will actually be released on the North American PlayStation Store as well. This is certainly great news
Last month, Inti Creates announced and released Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, an 8-bit spinoff for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which is currently in development. Two weeks after the game’s release, developer Inti Creates took to Twitter to reveal that Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon has sold 100,000 copies. The tweet, which you can
If you still actively use PlayStation Now and you’re looking for some new games to sink your teeth into then you may want to pay attention. Today, as per its monthly tradition, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that ten new games have been added to PlayStation Now, the company’s game streaming service. The ten games include
Today the ESA announced the selections for the 2018 Into the Pixel collection, which honors the best artistic works in video games. Among those selected this year, there are a couple of surprises, and precisely two images from Sony Interactive Entertainment’s upcoming PS4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima and Days Gone. The Ghost of Tsushima image is
If you were intrigued by the initial multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and you’re looking for more then there’s some good news for you. Today, developer Treyarch and publisher Activision announced that they will be hosting a livestream in a few days, and it’s all centered around the upcoming first-person shooter’s multiplayer mode. The
Tomorrow (it’s already today in Japan) is June 6th, which means it’s the birthday of Dead or Alive’s relative newcomer Marie Rose. The latest spin-off of the series, Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation, is inevitably celebrating. I say “inevitably” because of DMM certainly isn’t missing the chance to launch a new gacha bringing back
Last week we learned that three new game modes would be coming to Call of Duty: WWII during the Attack of the Undead in-game event, and while it kicked off with a fantastic version of Infected, but at the time, we had no idea when the next game mode, Hordepoint, would be coming, but now we do. Today, developer Sledgehammer Games
Earlier this morning, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced the release dates for its Souls-like action-JRPG Code Vein. As part of the announcement, they revealed a rich Collector’s Edition first for Japan and then for Europe. A couple of hours ago DualShockers received the related press release from Bandai Namco Entertainment America, but it made no mention
Here’s a fact that makes me feel incredibly old; MapleStory came out in North America over thirteen years ago. If MapleStory, the free-to-play, two-dimensional, online game, was a person it would almost be able to legally drive a car, buy lottery tickets, or register to vote. Thankfully, for the sake of nostalgia, Korean developer Nexon
Race six is over, and I’m shaking from the caffeine fix I needed in order keep up with this game. My eyes sting from the sheer concentration of trying to process the rapidly approaching bends, and I’m sure my finger is exhausted. Antigraviator is a fast-paced, intense racer that feeds you the track so fast
Eidos Montreal and Square Enix released a new Shadow of the Tomb Raider video starring Development Tester Bianca Lavric. Lavric talks about the complexity of the AI, and how the team is testing it to make sure that everything works properly. We also get a hint about a helicopter scene, but no further details on that. Interestingly,
Ubisoft’s Far Cry 5 features an interesting Season Pass that will have players fighting zombies, going to Mars, and participating in the Vietnam War. Today, the first of these adventures, Far Cry 5: Hour of Darkness, released on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness is set during the Vietnam War,
Over on the employment page for Blizzard Entertainment, new job listings have appeared that seem to reveal some of the projects that Blizzard has in store for the future, all of which are unannounced, but one that will certainly ring a (demonic) bell: Diablo. Around 28 job listings have been posted for unannounced projects at Blizzard,
Today, HomeBearStudio, Hound Picked Games, and Another Indie released a demo for their point and click adventure game Nairi: Tower of Shirin on PC. To celebrate the demo’s launch, a new gameplay trailer was released. In order to receive the demo, player have to visit the game’s Discord for a Steam Key. While this demo
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus’ soundtrack was nominated for the “Best Music in a Game” award at New York Game awards this year. It also got nominated for “Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition” at the 2018 DICE awards. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Original Game Soundtrack) will be arriving on iTunes, Google Play Music, Amazon,
Today Bungie hosted a livestream to introduce Forsaken, the next expansion to Destiny 2 that will be released this September 4th. Following the reveal, the developer released a brand new video in which the developers showcase the expansion and explain how it will change the game. We get to see and hear about the Tangle Shore, the new
As a blend of old-school RPG gameplay with some modern aesthetic touches, Octopath Traveler is one of the most anticipated titles coming to Nintendo Switch and especially coming from Square Enix, who appears to be preparing to support the system down the road with new titles. Speaking with Game Informer in an interview, Square Enix division
Over four years after the game was initially crowdfunded on Indiegogo, Big Deez Productions released Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn, a successor to the infamous SNES and SEGA Genesis fighting game, on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is available both digitally for $19.99, and physically for $19.99 on
Square Enix and Eidos Montreal released a new Shadow of the Tomb Raider video starring Senior Technical Artist Martin Palko. In the video, Palko talks briefly about the work done on improving the game’s visual effects, including water, oil, fire, and smoke. The most interesting thing is that we don’t just hear about them, but we also
It’s a scenario as old as gaming itself– you find yourself alone in a room surrounded by boxes. You spot an exit somewhere in the distance but there’s no clear path to your destination. If you’re a seasoned gamer or simply a puzzle fan, you know what comes next; you have to move all of