Final Fantasy XV is still enjoying the praise and admiration it’s received since launch, with new updates and DLC are coming, including the Royal Edition and PC version. Yet, director Hajime Tabata and his team have already started work on a new, yet unnamed project. Not much is known about this new project, but in an interview with
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Today Capcom released the first of a series of videos dedicated to the creation of its upcoming mainline Monster Hunter game Monster Hunter World. The video stars Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, Executive Director and Art Director Kaname Fujioka, and Director Yuya Tokuda. We hear how developers wanted to use the latest technology to excite even veteran players. Tokuda-san also
Today the organizers of the 2018 Game Developers Conference reached out with a press release to announce the results of a survey that included responses from nearly 4,000 professional developers. Interest in the Switch is growing: 12% of respondents are working on a game for the platform (up from 3% last year). 15% are planning to
It’s no secret that I love Darkest Dungeon; I even gave it a 10 in my review of the PS4 version. Darkest Dungeon is a great game that I hope many people get to play, and that is why I like that it has released on multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, Linux, PS Vita, PS4,
Today is Wednesday, and Media Create released its weekly sales chart for both hardware and software, giving us a picture of the situation on the Japanese video game market. Below you can see the software chart related to the period between January 15th and January 21st. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Switch – 66,692/New Gintama
Back in 2016, Tindalos Interactive and Focus Home Interactive partnered to release Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, an RTS game set in the Warhammer 40K universe. Today, the developer and publisher announced that they are working together yet again, and revealed Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2, which will hit PC later this year. According to the game’s developers
Today Rare and Microsoft released a brand new trailer for its upcoming shared-world adventure game Sea of Thieves. The trailer celebrates the opening of the closed beta (pun not intended), and it’s rather funny, showing footage of the game and telling whether you’re in or you’re out depending on your pre-order or whether you were in
A new patch for everybody’s favorite battle royale, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits the test server today. PUBG Corp. has claimed that it should improve the game’s performance, as well as a few other additions. To start, it says server and client should perform better by changing the visible distance while your character is in the air. Players
Arika is still in the process of revealing the playable fighters that will be included in the upcoming PS4 exclusive fighting game Fighting EX Layer. This time around, the newly-teased character is Cracker Jack. Like his predecessors, he comes straight from the Street Fighter EX series, that was originally developed by Arika. He appears in a short
Bandai Namco Entertainment released today a trailer for the upcoming anime-inspired game Black Clover: Quartet Knights. The trailer features one of the modes of the multiplayer suite of the game, named Zone Control. The objective is simple: capturing the designated zone with your team, and hold it as long as possible to win the match. If
Smite is amidst the top-downloaded free-to-play games on both Xbox One and PS4, though in recent months these platforms have been finding more and more challenges when it came to keeping up with the game as it lives and breathes on PC. With the game’s world championship in the rearview mirror, it seems the developers
While Xbox Game Pass is a service formally only for Xbox One, looks like it’s going to affect PC gamers as well. A few minutes ago, Xbox Games Marketing General Manager Aaron Greenberg took to Twitter to clarify that subscribers will be able to play Xbox Play Anywhere titles part of the services on Windows 10
Koei Tecmo is doing something quite different from the usual fare with Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings. During a recent press event hosted by Koei Tecmo America, representatives of the publisher confirmed to DualShockers that the western release of the game will not include English voice-overs. This was also confirmed afterward
Today Microsoft followed up on the announcement of the expansion of Xbox Game Pass to include new first-party games from its own studios with a new trailer. The video showcases the three games that have been already announced as part of Microsoft’s initiative, which are Crackdown 3, Sea of Thieves, and State of Decay 2.
Today, Microsoft announced that going forward its Xbox Game Pass subscription service will include new first-party games from Microsoft Game Studios day and date with their retail release. This means that paying as low as $9.99 a month, or the price of a full game ($59.99) every semester, Xbox One users will be able not
Last year, Human Head Studios revealed Rune: Ragnarok, a new entry in their long-dormant Rune series, which had not seen a new title since 2001. As the year went on, we saw key-art of the Nordic gods and a few screenshots, but today, we finally got to see the game in action in trailer form,
If you’re excited to start taking part in the Resistance Community Event for Call of Duty: WWII then you may want to make sure that your console is set to automatic downloads. Developer Sledgehammer Games has officially released a brand new patch for the game and, while it does officially kick off the start of the event,
While Hi-Rez Studios is ramping up to Season 5 and the 2018 Season Ticket for SMITE, they want to make sure the last season ends with a bang — namely a Double Everything Weekend. Those looking to grind Favor or Worshippers should clear their calendars, as the event starts this Friday. News comes by way of
Historical-themed beat ’em up game Wulverblade is finally making the move to other consoles next week. The game, which has previously been Nintendo Switch exclusive, will be getting premium treatment in the port, sporting frame-rate improvements and new online features to spice up the game. Announced via press release, Wulverblade will be heading to PC, PS4, and Xbox One
While I don’t play too many mobile games, one title I keep installed on my phone and constantly return to is Downwell. I just found something super addicting about this vertically scrolling shooter’s simple by responsive and rewarding control. This roguelike title found immense success when it launched on iOS and PC in 2015, and
Last week, Arc System Works and Bandai Namco Entertainment held their highly anticipated Open Beta for their upcoming Dragon Ball fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Today, the developer revealed that those eager to try out the game on Xbox One will be getting something extra: an additional console-exclusive Open
Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb has announced this week’s Xbox Deals With Gold; the following offers are available until Monday, January 29. Xbox One owners with an active Xbox Live subscription can save up to 75% on several titles, including some newer titles. Highlights this week include #KILLALLZOMBIES ($3.60), Battlefield Anniversary Bundle ($50.00), Divinity:
En Masse Entertainment announced that the action online RPG, Closers, will release on PC-via Steam and En Masse digital store on February 6. To celebrate the launch, all players will have access to Closers’ first raid, Dimensional Ops Center. During the raid, players will be able to fight through challenging scenarios while encountering unique enemies.
Gust and Koei Tecmo launched a new gameplay trailer for Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings, coming to PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC on March 27 in North America and March 30 in Europe. The publisher has provided further details on the game’s battle system, which receives an adjustment with every release in the Atelier
In 2016, Square Enix and Tokyo RPG Factory released I Am Setusna — a love letter to the Japanese role-playing games of the 8 and 16-bit eras. Influenced by some of Squaresoft’s most notable titles like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI, the then-new developer brought a substantial, nostalgic journey with its inaugural release. Fast forward just
Today Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia announced the release date for Southeast Asia of Full Metal Panic! Fight! Who Dares Win. The game will release day and date with the recently-revealed Japanese launch, on May 31st. It’ll be a PS4 exclusive exactly like in Japan. On top of the announcement, we get to see the most
Today, Bandai Namco released a brand new trailer for the upcoming anime-inspired tank battle game Girls UND Panzer Dream Tank Match. The trailer is the fourth of a series dedicated to highlighting the tanks of each school that appears in the story, and this time it’s Saunders Girls High School’s turn to shine. Sanders is
Today Koei Tecmo released a new series of gameplay trailers for its upcoming open-world Musou game Shin Sangokumusou 8, which will be titled in the west Dynasty Warriors 9. As usual with this kind of trailers (honestly, this game might really beat some sort of Guinness World Record for the number of trailers it’s getting), we
Not every game on the market can wow you in less than a minute. But Czech-based developer Hyperbolic Games Beat Saber does just that in its 33-second video. Seen in the trailer below, the game is psychedelic techno-based rhythm game that mashes up virtual reality and drumming in an oh-so-satisfying way. The trailer starts with a cold open
With the release dated December 2017, Team Ninja has finally ceased DLC support for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, and you would think that one of the biggest nickel and diming operation of the history of the gaming industry (worth a whopping seven season passes) reached its end. And you would be wrong. Today