While Nintendo has been picking up the slack over the last few years since the release of the Switch, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for the Japanese based company. The Wii U, despite the excellent catalog of games, was a commercial failure and the company was riding out the coattails of the 3DS until
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The announcement of Wolfenstein: Youngblood’s release date in March was also accompanied by the confirmation of a physical and digital release of the game for Nintendo Switch. Both DOOM and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus made their way to the hybrid console, so it made sense for Bethesda’s latest title to follow suit. Unfortunately, it
The Enter the Gungeon unique brand of bullet hell shooting might be finishing up its post-launch updates, but it is going out with a bang. Developer Dodge Roll and publisher Devolver Digital released their final content update, “Farewell to Arms” and it is an explosive way to end an indie darling’s life. The update packs quite the
Marvelous Games announced via Twitter that the latest installment in the Senran Kagura franchise, Senran Kagura Peach Ball, will be coming to Nintendo Switch this summer as a digital release for UK, Europe, and Australia. In the same thread, XSEED announced that they would be releasing a physical edition of the game for North America: BOING! BOING! BOING!
At the recent Famitsu Awards ceremony, Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai stated that the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fight character Joker — from Atlus’s Persona 5 — will be “coming soon.” The phrase, caught by Twitter user PushDustin, was also used when he spoke about Mewtwo during a NicoNico interview back in 2015: At the Famitsu
Toy enthusiast and Instagram photographer Captain Dangerous turned her love of toys into art, by creating original product diorama-based photography using toys from her favorite video games. Some great examples from her page take inspiration from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Kirby, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Kingdom Hearts. The
It’s no secret that passionate The Legend of Zelda fans have created some amazing fan content and this outstanding Breath of the Wild Sheikah runes wireless phone charger is one of the most elaborate pieces I’ve seen so far. The phone charger, sold by online retailer Regisbox, is a glowing wonder that lights up when
I’m a huge fan of the original Dragon Quest Builders, so the second entry in the spinoff series, Dragon Quest Builders 2, came naturally to me when I got to go hands-on with it at PAX East last weekend. Dragon Quest Builders 2 makes some solid improvements to its Minecraft-like formula while retaining what made the first entry so lovable. Fans have
Love and relationships have long been a topic explored in video games, but in the last few years indie games in particular have really seemed to be able to explore the topic in more experimental and emotional ways. As indie games have often focused on building narrative experiences or unique ways of storytelling rather than
Atlus USA announced today that Persona 5 will be joining the list of Playstation Hits on PS4. These red labeled games are available for $19.99. So now, your excuses to not play P5 are nearing zero. Persona 5 has been in the news quite a bit lately. Earlier this week, it was announced that the game
Hot off the heels of announcing Cetrion earlier this week, NetherRealm Studios has today unveiled an all-new fighter that will be joining the day one roster of Mortal Kombat 11. Much like we anticipated from an earlier leak, Kollector is the name of the latest fighter in MK11. Much like past Mortal Kombat characters like Goro and Kintaro, Kollector
Return of the Obra Dinn is one of the best games of 2018. Don’t believe me? Just take a look at all of the awards that it continues to scoop up at various shows. Despite Obra Dinn’s success though, one common ask from many fans though has been to bring the game to more platforms, with
Windjammers is one of the greatest competitive arcade games that never got the recognition it deserved. Released back in 1994, the now defunct Data East brought this NEOGEO arcade sports game to the masses and it is really great. The controls are incredibly tight, the gameplay is fast-paced and fun, and the pixelated visuals are
While Kirby Star Allies for Nintendo Switch was seen by many, DualShockers included, as a fairly by-the-numbers 2D platformer, it was able to stand out from previous Kirby titles by receiving a lot of free updates throughout its first year. While that string of updates has ended, HAL Laboratory’s Shinya Kumazaki delved into what characters and
Last week at PAX East, SNK’s latest title Samurai Shodown was on full display. DualShockers had the chance to try out the new fighting game and really enjoyed it. Following our time with the game, DualShockers was able to discuss reviving this series for a modern era with some of the game’s developers. Specifically, DualShockers
Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild are receiving Labo VR support, Nintendo announced recently in a video. Using the Toy-Con VR Goggles you can play bonus levels of Super Mario Odyssey. In these missions, you collect music notes and coins to complete certain objectives. Additionally, you can visit the Cap, Seaside and Luncheon Kingdoms
I’ve always had a thing for mini golf: Both the real deal and video games. I think it’s all because my older cousin Jake showed my brother and I this online flash putt-putt game based off Live Savers candy. We were obsessed. I’ve been a sucker for mini golf style games ever since. I actually
When it comes to the depiction of war in media (and with games specifically), World War II in particular is a period in history that has been pretty well-trodden in a variety of different genres. From several Call of Duty titles and even to last year’s Battlefield V, the events and conflicts that have shaped World
It seems like Acquire and Square Enix’s JRPG Octopath Traveler will eventually be ported to PC. According to Gematsu, Octopath Traveler was rated by the Korean Ratings Board on PC. Games which get rated this way usually are properly officially announced a few days later. Meaning there’s a very high chance Square Enix will announce that a port of
The official launch date of SNK’s highly anticipated return the Samurai Shodown series has been revealed. The game will come to Xbox One and PS4 on June 27. Alongside this news, players were given their first look at three original characters and the game’s season pass. You can check out new screenshots down below. The newly announced
From what we currently know, Nintendo has no plans to make a new entry in the boxing series Punch-Out!!. Outside of the appearance of the franchise’s main protagonist Little Mac in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a new installment for Punch-Out!! hasn’t come about since the 2009 release on the Nintendo Wii. According to legendary boxer Mike Tyson though, Nintendo
Sony Santa Monica continues to pick up praise and hardware for their hit 2018 release God of War. The action-adventure tour de force scooped up yet another Best Game award from the BAFTAs this afternoon in Central London. God of War actually swept most of the British award show. The game scored wins in the
Today marks the two year anniversary of the release of Persona 5, our 2017 Game of the Year here at DualShockers, and to coincide with this date, we happen to have now learned more about the game’s lifetime sales. In a translation by way of Persona Central, a new interview with Atlus’ console games director Naoto
While the follow-up to the beloved indie Super Meat Boy was planned to finally arrive at some point this month, it seems this will no longer be the case. As announced by developer Team Meat today on Twitter, Super Meat Boy Forever has now been pushed out of its April 2019 window. The developers didn’t provide a
As soon as I got the green light from the Editorial Team here at DualShockers that I’d be one of the staff writers going to and covering PAX East 2019, there was only one studio that I had to see while I was there—Yacht Club Games. I simply love Shovel Knight and each free expansion
Nearly 10 years after initially releasing to the public, Mojang’s Minecraft is still setting new sales milestones. Just recently, Minecraft’s PC version specifically has now passed 30 million copies sold worldwide. The official Minecraft website keeps track of this data in a ticker at the bottom of the webpage stating how many copies of the title have been
Ubisoft announced today that it is stopping production of physical toys for its toys-to-life game Starlink: Battle for Atlas. The modular toy technology was one of the main selling points for the game originally. However, due to sales that “fell below expectations”, they will be shutting that portion of the product down and focusing on
In Super Crush K.O., not only is there a massive invasion of AI swarming the Earth, but your cat has been kidnapped. You as the player character certainly have your priorities straight. From Vertex Pop of Graceful Explosion Machine fame, this beat-em-up/shoot-em-up follows that title’s philosophy of remixing familiar game genres with a colorful and
Marvelous revealed new information on Rune Factory 5 today on the Rune FaChannel stream. The stream featured multiple Japanese streamers and Marvelous producer Maikawa. Let’s get this out of the way first: The new information concerning Rune Factory 5 is how players will have “something extremely nice” happening in Rune Factory 5 by linking their save
In the two years since the Nintendo Switch launched, more and more developers and publishers have been jumping on the bandwagon, especially when it comes to indie games on the eShop. Today, ARTE announced its plans to bring three games to Switch on April 25. The three games in question are Homo Machina, Vandals, and