Today is Wednesday, and Media Create released its sales charts for the week between January 22nd and January 28th, 2018, depicting the situation of the Japanese video games market. This time around we get to see the results of a very relevant test, as we’re looking at the debut of Monster Hunter World. You can check out
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Recently, NIS America announced that the Falcom developed action RPG Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana will make its way onto Nintendo Switch at an unannounced date. During a special Livestream hosted by the publisher, the team addressed questions regarding the Switch version of the game by saying that they aren’t ready to disclose any information about the
Today Konami posted its financial results for the nine months ended on December 31st. As you can see in the table below, all figures are in the black, with a substantial increase of profits year-on-year. The press release also included a more detailed explanation of the results, and below you can read the full segments
Today Capcom released its financial results for the nine months ended on December 31st, 2017. As showcased in the table below, sales decreased slightly year-on-year, but both operating and ordinary income increased sensibly. The accompanying press release also includes a breakdown of the results for the period. Capcom sees “major growth” for home consoles due
Fallout 4 VR has been out for over a month now, and while I enjoyed my time back into the Bostonian wasteland in VR, the game had its fair share of problems. Luckily, this week the game’s publisher announced a brand-new update to address several in-game problems. According to a Reddit post by users jessBethesda,
Today Nintendo announced its financial results for the nine months ended on December 31st, 2017. As you can see in the table below, all the figures are firmly in the black, and massively improved compared to the same period in the previous year, during which the hardware manufacturer and software publisher from Kyoto posted losses.
Today Nintendo updated its shipment numbers for Switch and 3DS to December 31st, 2017, and there are certainly a whole lot of hybrid consoles that have hit the shelves over the past nine months. As you can see in the infographic below, total shipments for the Switch reached 14.86million units as of December 3st. In
Metal Gear Survive is less than a month away, that being said PC gamers interested in purchasing the game now have the chance to check out the PC specifications needed to run the upcoming title. According to the store’s official Steam page, gamers looking to run the game at the lowest settings will need at least an
There doesn’t seem to be a middleground for Bendy and the Ink Machine. Either you have never heard of the style-heavy horror game, or you are up to your neck in Hot Topic t-shirts, YouTube Let’s Plays, and Boris paraphernalia. But if you find yourself in the former category, you can take solace in knowing that
Today Sega released a batch of images of the upcoming strategy JRPG Senjou no Valkyria 4: Eastern Front, which will be released in the west as Valkyria Chronicles 4. First of all, we get to see new artwork of the main characters Claude Wallace, Riley Miller, Kai Schulen, and Raz. This time around they’re portrayed in their
Today Nintendo released a brand new trailer of its upcoming release for Nintendo Switch of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2. The trailer gives an introduction to everyone’s favorite sexy which and her fighting style that certainly shows PlatinumGames at its best. We also get to see giant and fearsome enemies, the protagonist’s ability to use her
During Electronic Arts’ quarterly earnings conference call, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson talked more about the situation of Anthem’s development at BioWare. Wilson mentioned that Anthem is “tracking well” on its development milestones, and and the publisher is “really confident” about the ship date. We also hear that the new release window isn’t considered a
During Electronic Arts’ quarterly earnings conference call, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson and Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen talked about Star Wars Battlefront II, microtransactions, loot boxes, and the plans going forward. Wilson explained that Electronic Arts remains committed to the Star Wars franchise, as they think that Star Wars Battlefront II at its very
Today Electronic Arts released its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2018 (related to the period between October 1st and December 31st, 2017). You can check out the figures (in million dollars) in the table below. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson accompanied the press release with a statement. “Players enjoyed hundreds
Muv-Luv fans playing the mobile game Muv-Luv Alternative: Strike Frontier have always been plagued by a pretty annoying issue. Until now, only the R-rated version of the game was playable outside of Japan without having to use a VPN to mask foreign IP addresses. While we have nothing about R-rated versions of games, they’re certainly not
Last week, Ubisoft released the first two episodes of its four-part Rainbow Six Siege eSports video series Escalation shortly after its announcement. Today, episodes 3 and 4 were released give viewers more insight on what it is like to play the game on a pro level. Gear Up, the series’ third episode, dives into the
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana released on both PS4 and PS Vita last September to very positive reviews. Unfortunately, many fans were very disappointed weren’t that happy the game’s initial localization, which caused NISA, who is in charge of localizing the North American version of the game, to completely re-localize the game, a rarity for these kinds of
It’s been awhile, but the Mana series is making a comeback with the release of 2016’s Adventures of Mana, a Remake of Final Fantasy Adventure on Gameboy, and the upcoming Secret of Mana remake for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PC. Fans of the series seem to be eagerly awaiting the release, but this remake
Today, Rockstar Games has unveiled the newest update for Grand Theft Auto Online, which introduces a new automobile as well as a brand-new Adversary mode into the game. According to the press release, this week, Grand Theft Auto Online introduces a new Adversary mode called Hardest Target. The concept of Hardest Target has two teams against each other with
Sushee Games announced Tuesday morning that development on the continuation of the Fear Effect series, Fear Effect Sedna, is complete. The team at Sushee Games has been relatively quiet since last October when they revealed that Fear Effect Sedna would be coming to Nintendo Switch and that they plan to launch in early 2018. Now, the
THQ Nordic and Weappy studio revealed a follow up to their 2016 release This is the Police titled This is the Police 2 bringing the new noir-adventure to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2018. This is the Police 2 takes players to the town of Sharpwood, which is a tight-knit community where everybody
Bandai Namco launched a new trailer for the upcoming tank action game, Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match, coming to PlayStation 4 on February 22 in Japan, and February 27 in Asia, which will include English subtitles. The trailer continues the series of tank introduction videos by giving a preview of the loadouts awaiting them if they choose
Remasters and remakes have become a staple of the gaming industry over the past decade, but they tend to range in quality. I am one who likes revisiting old games that are near and dear to me, but rarely in those replay sessions do I feel the same emotions that I did when I originally experienced a
Today Square Enix released a new video of its upcoming JRPG for Nintendo Switch code-named Project Octopath Traveler. The video is actually quite interesting, as it gathers the results of a survey run among users following the release of the game’s demo. As a result, the development team has made a number of changes to the
Blizzard announced in a blog post that balance changes will occur to a number of cards when Hearthstone‘s 10.2 update is live; all of which will be nerfed. Firstly, Corridor Creeper’s attack will be reduced from 5 to 2. At this moment, this neutral card is a very strong, especially if it is in-hand at
Since its debut last fall, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Origins garnered critical acclaim and reinvigorated the Assassin’s Creed franchise with a new outlook on the popular action-adventure series, and now those looking to replay the title with some new experiences will be able to do so with an upcoming New Game+ mode. Over on the Assassin’s Creed subreddit, Ubisoft community manager
You may have missed Xenon Valkyrie+ — it came out in that dark period between Black Friday and New Years day where releases are slow and people are playing the Fall blockbusters. Not only that, but the title was a roguelite indie game that came out exclusively on the PlayStation Vita. And now that 2018 has started with a
Today the Australian Classification Board published a mature rating for Shining Resonance Refrain, the recently announced PS4 remaster of the 2014 PS3 JRPG Shining Resonance. The rating was requested by Sega of America, strongly hinting at the intention of releasing the game in the west. For those unfamiliar with the Australian rating system, the local M rating
DMM’s Muv-Luv mobile and browser game Muv-Luv Alternative: Strike Frontier was supposed to get a Google Play version for Android and an iOS version on January 18th, but some apparently relevant issues caused a delay. Today the two new platforms were finally released, and can be found on Google Play and iTunes. Unfortunately, both versions
Merge Games and Painted Black Games have announced The Long Reach‘s release date. In the horror adventure game, you will play as Calvin — which may or may not be a lie according to the press release — as you solve puzzles, run, and hide in the fictional and nightmarish town of Baervox, New Hampshire.