GameStop had numerous sales leading up to Christmas, including Black Friday deals that were as big as ever. But with the holidays finally behind us, we all can take a moment to sit and reflect on the gifts we received this Christmas. At least, we could — but GameStop isn’t quite done with the season yet. Given that
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It’s the end of the year, and it’s time for rankings and awards. The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu prompted a hundred Japanese developers and industry personalities to rank their favorite games of 2017, and here you can find a translation of the full top 100. Yeah, that’s a lot of titles to translate. You
For this week’s DualShockers Community Game Night, we’re playing The Jackbox Party Pack 4. Jackbox got a great reaction earlier this month, so we’re making it a regular thing. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/dualshockerslive/ When: Wednesday, December 26th at 8:00 pm EDT Here’s the best part: You don’t even need a copy of The Jackbox Party Pack 4 to play. Just join
Wednesday means sales charts for the Japanese market. The week of December 18 to December 24 gives a look into the last minute shopping needs for gamers with the sales charts from Media Create. Check out the charts below for Japanese market sales, including this week’s sales, followed by lifetime sales. Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version
Today, during a livestream from Sega’s headquarters in Tokyo, the publisher showcased a new trailer of Senjou no Valkyria 4: Eastern Front, which will be released in the west with the more familiar title Valkyria Chronicles 4. In the trailer, we see the various game mechanics of the game, including the familiar use of command
Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released a new TV commercial for its upcoming anime-inspired third-person shooter/JRPG hybrid Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet. The commercial is rather brief, using the usual thirty-second format, but it’s sweet enough thanks to a further look on the game’s story cutscenes and characters. As a bonus, we get to hear the theme
Today Compile Heart released a new trailer for its upcoming JRPG Death End re;Quest. The trailer features the game’s opening animation, that gives a closer look at the game’s cast, including the NPCs that will be encountered in the glitched virtual world, and those in the real world, where part of the story will be
Rockstar Games today has announced new information regarding Grand Theft Auto Online. The latest update, now available across all platforms features extended in-game snowfall and new content. According to the press release, this week, aside from extended snowfall throughout Los Santos, Grand Theft Auto Online‘s newest update introduces the Overflod Autrarch, a slick new ride that is defined
Today Bandai Namco released a new gameplay video of the upcoming fighting game by Arc System Works Dragon Ball FighterZ. The video is presented by eSports commentator Hellpockets as he explains Tien’s moves one by one, including the potential for combo and follow-ups. Interestingly, we hear that what we see is “close to the final
The holiday season is coming to a close and while most of the presents have been unwrapped and gifts have been given, there’s still time to lock in the post-holiday sales with plenty of cheap games, with Best Buy offering some for the sports fans. Best Buy is currently offering both WWE 2K18 and NBA 2K18 at
Paranoid Productions revealed The Church in the Darkness last year for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and the game was one of the most interesting indie titles coming into 2017. That being said, the game did not release this year, and will now be coming out in 2018. This isn’t stopping the developers from showing off
10tons Ltd. has ported a ton of games from their back catalog to Nintendo Switch this fall, including titles like Neon Chrome, Crimsonland, and Xenoraid. The first of these ports was of Sparkle 2 back in September, so the developer decided to come full circle and finished off the year by releasing Sparkle Unleashed on the Nintendo
Back in November, the recently-independent IO Interactive released Hitman: Game of the Year Edition for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. This version of the game bundles everything from the games first season alongside some brand new gameplay content and graphical enhancements. Today, Game Director Jacob Mikkelsen and Associate Game Director Eskil Mohl released a new
With the holiday season in full swing, Overwatch is not only celebrating the season with an ongoing holiday event, but also brought a surprise livestream that you might not have been expecting. To ring in the holiday season, the official Overwatch Twitch channel broadcast game director Jeff Kaplan sitting in front of a fireplace in the tradition
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. 2017 was an
Today Koei Tecmo released a new batch of gameplay trailers for its upcoming open-world Musou game Shin Sangokumusou 8, which will be titled in the west Dynasty Warriors 9. As we have seen in many other trailers so far, the clips focus on a single character, showing their deadly moves. This time around the spotlight shines mostly
Today Marvelous entertainment released two new videos and a batch of artwork for the upcoming Senran Kagura Burst remake Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal. The artwork mostly focuses on Homura’s Crimson Squad, including Homura herself, Yomi, Hikage, Mirai and Haruka, on top of Rin. Rin also appears in one of the brief videos, while the other
Capcom released today a new TV commercial of its upcoming mainline Monster Hunter game Monster Hunter World. The commercial comes in the usual brief thirty seconds format, but still packs quite a bit of content through competent pacing, including characters and story moments, and a look at the game’s monsters. With January being almost here,
Today, Compile Heart released a new trailer of its upcoming JRPG Death End re;Quest. The trailer showcases some gameplay, and more precisely the ability to enter Glitch Style, that lets characters be taken over by the glitches in the game, acquiring devastating powers. Apparently, the most relevant price for this is their clothes, so expect
If you’re a fan of Ubisoft’s open world racing title The Crew, registration for the beta of the game’s sequel, The Crew 2, is now live on all platforms including PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Signing up is easy, but it’s important to note that you will need a Ubisoft account to register for it. The Crew 2 was revealed earlier
It’s that time of the year again, and you’re now called to decide DualShockers’ highest annual honor, the Game of the Year 2017 – Reader’s Choice Award. Of course, at DualShockers, we value our opinion but ultimately we’re just a bunch of writers who love games. That’s why our Reader’s Choice Awards have traditionally become
The good folks at Ys Net posted a new video today, featuring a conversation among Shenmue III Director Yu Susuki and Animation Producer Hiroaki Takeuchi. Both developers mention that the graphics have reached a level beyond their initial expectations, but Suzuki-san admitted that there will be elements that won’t be comparable with triple-A games. Yet,
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. It’s no secret
The Holidays are often pretty hard on networks and the PlayStation Network is not new to trouble during the Christmas period. This time around, though, the issues did not affect the whole service, but Sony’s recently-released racing game Gran Turismo Sport. A long downtime of the servers has affected users since earlier today, made worse
Bandai Namco Entertainment released a brand new video of the upcoming JRPG Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. The video is quite brief but showcases the Kingdom Building mode of the game, in which protagonist Evan will create his own little domain populated by the characters that he will convince to follow him. Usual the visuals
Sega just delivered its Christmas gift in the form of a new batch of direct-feed screenshots and info of its upcoming strategy JRPG Senjou no Valkyria 4: Eastern Front, or Valkyria Chronicles 4, as it’ll be called in the west. This follows the reveal on Weekly Famitsu last week and goes a bit more in-depth.
Following the announcement of the PS4 version of the former PlayStation Vita exclusive Persona 4 Dancing All Night as a bonus for the Persona Dancing All-Star Triple Pack alongside Persona 5 Dancing Star Night and Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night, it’s obvious to wonder if Atlus is planning to sell the port separately. The developer has since followed-up with a bit more
Following the new reveal today for the upcoming rhythm games Persona 5 Dancing Star Night and Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night, Atlus released a batch of new screenshots and assets. The screenshots, that you can see in the gallery below, showcase quite a few looks at gameplay, and even the song selection menu for both games.
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. I’m not sure
Persona 4 Dancing All Night was released only for PS Vita, but looks like PS4 users are finally going to get their chance. During a livestream dedicated to the Persona 5 anime, Atlus revealed more information about Persona 5 Dancing Star Night and Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night, including an unexpected treat. Two different special editions for the two games were revealed