Sword Art Online is a well-known anime and manga franchise, even by those who haven’t seen or read the source material. The story follows a team of hardcore gamers who dedicate their lives to spending time together in a virtual world. However, Accel World might be seen as a little more of a niche series.
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Telltale Games has embraced numerous franchises over the past few years from its acclaimed The Walking Dead series to Game of Thrones and this year’s Guardians of the Galaxy, while fans of the studio have much more to look forward to over the next year from the studio and some of its familiar faces. Ahead
Like every week, Media Create just released its top-twenty software sales charts for the Japanese market, on top of the hardware sales charts. The charts are related to the period between Monday, July 10th, and Sunday, July 16th. You can check out the full software chart below, that sees Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Mages announced new information for their upcoming visual novel adaptation of Occultic;Nine, coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One on September 28 in Japan. Surprisingly, the publisher revealed that the game will released as a digital-only title in Japan, which is rare to that market. The game will feature an original story with
Today Respawn Entertainment announced that its first person shooter Titanfall 2 is getting a co-op horde mode in which four players will fight against waves of AI opponents. The mode, titled Frontier Defense, will be part of the upcoming and aptly-named Operation Frontier Shield DLC, that will launch on July 25th for free. The mode
Known for its run and gun shooting mechanics and roguelike elements, developer Dodge Roll’s acclaimed Enter the Gungeon became one of last year’s breakout indie hits across consoles and PC, as the title has now crossed an impressive sales milestone. Developer Dodge Roll Games announced that Enter the Gungeon has crossed over one million in
During Ubisoft’s quarterly financial conference call for investors and analysts, President and Chief Executive Officer Yves Guillemot commented on upcoming announcements of new Nintendo Switch games. Guillemot teased that other games for Nintendo Switch on top of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle will be announced “quite soon,” but encouraged to “wait a little bit” for
The love for old-school gaming shines through for developer The Bitfather and their rogue-like, classic turn-based title: Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic. They are the latest developer to use retro 8-bit style graphics with a no-nonsense, straight-up nostalgia approach which works in some instances, but holds the game back considerably in many areas. Originally released
Today, during a livestream on Nico Nico hosted by the Japanese magazine VJump, new gameplay of Dragon Quest XI was showcased, presented by Producer Yosuke Saito an Director Takeshi Uchikawa. We get to see some 3DS footage in 3D mode, including battles. Interestingly during the first fight we get to see a skillchain between Senya
Today Koei Tecmo announced that Dead or Alive 5: Last Round has passed nine million downloads including the free Core Fighters version. In order to celebrate, the publisher is hosting an event that will let players enjoy sixteen female characters for free (for the moment, this is confirmed only for Japan, but it’s likely to
When Square Enix revealed its new game Antique Carnevale without announcing the platforms, everyone thought that it was a mobile game. The good news is that it isn’t (at least not entirely), but the bad news is that it’s a browser game. I can hear you groan from here. The game actually suddenly released today,
Iwaihime: Matsuri has received a new character trailer for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita port from Nippon Icchi Software. This new trailer reveals Kanae Minobe a playfully adorable girl whose imagination can bring players to horrific scenes. She often is seen resembling the main character Alice from Alice in Wonderland and she is also
Thanks to a Xbox’s listing, we now have confirmation that Tango Gameworks and Bethesda’s upcoming third-person survival horror game, The Evil Within 2, will be Xbox One X enhanced and come packing HDR support, and run at 4K. Unfortunately the listing provides no information whether or not the game will be native 4K or upscaled.
Released just a few weeks ago on PS4, Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy offers the chance for longtime fans of the classic Crash Bandicoot trilogy to relive the titles with newly-remade visuals and more, while many fans have addressed that some things about the titles feel noticeably different than before. In a blog post from
With early August just a few weeks away, Boss Key Productions is showing off a lot of their upcoming shooter, LawBreakers. The multiplayer arena game is set for a August 8th release for the PS4 and PC, and is getting a physical release of the collector’s edition via Limited Run Games. More recently, an open
Bohemia Interactive launched their free-to-play FPS Argo back on June 23, and the game seems to be doing quite well, with Steam Spy showing that around 363,000 people have played the game over the past two weeks. While Argo is a free to play game, players can choose to support the developers by purchasing a
If you’re excited about Call of Duty: WWII like I am, and you’re craving for some extra paraphernalia then you may in luck. Prima Games has announced the Strategy Guide Deployment Kit, which is a special edition for its strategy guide for Sledgehammer Game’s upcoming first-person shooter, and it includes a ton of goodies. First
Bread Team and tinyBuild games released 60 FPS gameplay footage of Phantom Trigger on Nintendo Switch earlier today, and have followed up that gameplay video by announcing on Twitter that Phantom Trigger will support local co-op on Nintendo Switch. The tweet specifically mentions using the Switch’s Joy-Cons for co-op, and showcases six seconds of co-op
Earlier today, it was announced via the Call of Duty official twitter that Katheryn Winnick will be part of the cast in the Nazi Zombies feature of the upcoming Call of Duty: WWII. The famed actress is known for her roles in Bones, and most recently the History channel’s hit series Vikings. Her role in
Mixing many of the established traits of the Batman franchise while adding in some surprise twists and turns, Batman: The Telltale Series marked developer Telltale Games’ take on the classic DC hero and what fans expect from the character, which might continue its story in a potential sequel. A ratings listing appeared on New Zealand’s
Mixing many of the established traits of the Batman franchise while adding in some surprise twists and turns, Batman: The Telltale Series marked developer Telltale Games’ take on the classic DC hero and what fans expect from the character, which might continue its story in a potential sequel. A ratings listing appeared on New Zealand’s
We’re still quite a few days from the launch of the New Nintendo 2DS XL in North America, but nowadays releasing your “launch” trailer over a week before is all the rage, so Nintendo did just that. We take a look at the console’s “sleek look,” “lightweight design” and “pretty big screens” on top of
Developer Scraping Bottom Games revealed today that its will be bringing Fictorum, its magical action RPG, to PC via Steam, GOG, and Game Jolt on August 9 of this year. They also released a few new gameplay screenshots to commemorate this announcement. In Fictorum, players take control of a wizard who is the only remaining
Since its debut on Steam Early Access back in March, the survival shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has lit up Steam both commercially and in terms of playtime, with the title having eclipsed a new record in terms of its player count. Developer Brendan Greene (aka “PlayerUnknown”) revealed via Twitter that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has reached a new
August just got way, way better. How? Because today DotEmu announced that Windjammers will hit PS4 and PS Vita on August 29th. For those that don’t know: Windjammers is the “original flying disc game” — aka a sports arcade game — that first hit all the way back in 1994 via Data East for the
If you’ve been craving for a new party game to play on the Nintendo Switch then you may be in luck. Today Springloaded Software, the developer behind the games Campaign Clicker and Hiragana Pixel Party, has announced some brand new details about its upcoming party game Ultra Hyperball. In Ultra Hyperball, which is set to
Today, Washington-based publisher tinyBuild Games and two-man studio Bread Team — who you may recognize from Divide by Sheep — released a new video for their hardcore neon slasher with RPG and roguelike elements: Phantom Trigger. But not just any ol’ trailer, a trailer showcasing the game running on the Switch — at a silky
The 28th week of the UK sales charts are in, and at the top is Square Enix’s PS4 remaster Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, which has prevented Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy from pulling a three-peat. For those that don’t know, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiax Age is the PS4 remaster of the 2006
Today Square Enix updated the official site of Dragon Quest XI with a large batch of screenshots from both the PS4 and 3DS versions, focusing on the story and characters of the upcoming JRPG. We get to see how the hero and his party are pursued by the army of Delcadar, and visit the Tree
Today Square Enix held the second day of the final Dragon Quest XI Countdown Carnival event in the Futako-Tamagawa area of Tokyo. During the event, series creator Yuji Horii and Producer Yosuke Saito introduced the CGI opening video that shows the prologue of the game. As usual, the standard for Square Enix CGI is extremely