Last month, Saber Interactive announced a new installment in the NBA Playgrounds was in the works, and after almost a month since the initial announcement, the American game developer has unveiled the title’s official release date. According to the press release, NBA Playgrounds 2 will launch on May 22 for PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One
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Today Square Enix released a new commercial of its upcoming Nintendo Switch-exclusive JRPG Octopath Traveler. Being a commercial, even if destined to the web and not TV, the video is rather brief, and talks about the meaning of playing a role and going on an adventure. Interestingly, it’s in English, even if the video comes from
Since The Escapists 2 launched on PC, PS4, and Xbox One back in August of 2017, Team17 and Mouldy Toof Studio have continued to support the game with new DLC prisons for players to break out of. Today, a new DLC pack titled Dungeons and Duct Tape was released, and tasks players with escaping from
Today NIS America released a new gameplay trailer for Takeyasu Sawaki’s new dungeon JRPG The Lost Child. If Sawaki-san’s name rings a bell for you, he is the man behind El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron for PS3 and Xbox 360, and the character design of Okami. The trailer showcases not only gameplay but also some dialogue scenes
Today’s issue of Weekly Famitsu revealed the first screenshots and artwork of Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Prism of Eyes, the latest chapter of the series known in the west as Jake Hunter Detective Story. The game will be released in Japan by Arc System Works on August 9th, 2018, and marks the debut of the ancient series on
Today is Wednesday, which means that it’s time for the Media Create charts related to the week between April 30th and May 6th. That was the much awaited Golden Week, which means that sales were expected to go up a bit, despite the fact that the only new release was Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Below
Today Bandai Namco announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended on March 31st, 2018. As you can see in the table below, both sales and profit showcased growth year-on-year. On top of this, the publisher achieved better-than-expected results compared to the latest forecast. According to the press release, this is partly due to
Capcom held a presentation showcasing its business strategy for the fiscal year that will end on March 31st, 2019, and it included some really interesting pieces of information. Forst of all, we get a breakdown of the growth strategy that the publisher intends to employ. For the console business, they aim to regularly release new
Releasing with a new trailer exclusively for the Nintendo Switch, the people at Microids show off the system’s potential for its co-op capabilities in their platform-puzzler, Super Chariot. This isn’t the first time the title has visited a Nintendo system. It was released prior in 2014 on the Wii U and other non-Nintendo platforms, with
After recently dropping a trailer titled Bad Trip, tinyBuild Games and Zombie Dynamics continue to show off their upcoming game Garage. Being a Nintendo Switch exclusive, there is now more gameplay footage to watch in the new trailer titled Garage: Monsters. Just around the corner from a May 10 release, Garage looks to brighten your
During Electronic Arts’ financial conference call for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018 Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen talked about the company’s predictions about console sales in the current year. The publisher expects PS4 and Xbox One to “continue to be strong,” and the combined installed base of the two consoles to grow to
As part of its presentation for investors related to the end of fiscal year 2018, Electronic Arts announced the release windows of its main games for the current fiscal year, which will end on March 31st, 2018. As you can see in the table below, in the second quarter, which spans the summer months from
Today, Rocketcat Games, Madgarden, and Ukiyo Publishing finally released Death Road to Canada, an Oregon Trail inspired zombie survival game, on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. To celebrate, a launch trailer was released for the game, showcasing what players can expect from the title. Death Road to Canada was originally poised to release on consoles
If you still play World Conqueror X on Nintendo Switch and you’re looking for some new content to sink your teeth into then you’re in luck. Today, developer Circle Entertainment has announced a brand new expansion for the turn-based, strategy game, and the best part is that it’ll be available completely free of charge. The expansion is
Nintendo finally revealed more details about the Nintendo Switch’s online service last night. In addition to features like cloud saves, subscribing to this service will also net players access to, at launch, 20 classic NES games. While this is a great feature for the online service, it left many wondering about the fate of Virtual
Today Famitsu released the tease of an article coming in tomorrow’s issue of the magazine, announcing Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Prism of Eyes. The game is the latest episode of the long-running series of hard-boiled mystery adventure games dating back to 1987 known as Jake Hunter in the west. It also marks the debut of the series on
Famitsu just posted its preview for the article coming tomorrow bringing the first details about Warriors Orochi 4 ( titled Musou Orochi 3 in Japan). Not only we get the platforms for Japan, which will be PS4 and Nintendo Switch, but the game will include 170 characters, which is the highest number ever appeared in the
Today Capcom released its financial results for the fiscal year 2017, which ended on March 31st, 2018. As you can see in the table below, all the relevant income figures are in the black, also showing a massive increase year-on-year. According to the announcement, this is the “highest level of profitability” in all of Capcom’s
Today, Nicalis, Inc announced new information for its 2D fighting title Blade Strangers. According to the developer, the upcoming title is adding guest character Gunvolt “The Azure Striker” to its roster of fighters. This news comes from the Nicalis, Inc’s official Twitter account, which confirmed the character will be appearing in the game. The titular character, Gunvolt
Today Nintendo released some more details on the upcoming Nintendo Switch Online Service. Subscribers will get the following: Online gameplay, NES games at no additional cost, cloud saves (and this is the big new element), the Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app, and Nintendo eShop deals. Everyone (including subscribers, of course), will get system software and
When Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition was announced to be coming to PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, we knew it would be coming in May, but we just didn’t know what specific day. Well, it seems like Natsume will be waiting until the last possible moment to fulfill that promise, as the developer and publisher have
While gaming livestreams range from everything to eSports to Let’s Plays on Twitch, one of the more intriguing livestream phenomena of the past few years have been the rise of “Twitch Plays” livestreams where Twitch users can control a select video game through the chat, and now The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is
Nintendo recently confirmed its intention to keep pushing both the Switch and the 3DS family to different segments of the audience, and today they released a trio of trailers. The first video, which you can see below, advertises the Switch, while the other two push the latest entry in the 3DS family, the New 2DS
The WeebCast is our weekly podcast dedicated to all thing Japanese, and today you can listen to its fifth episode, focusing one of the most iconic genres of Japanese games, visual novels. We talk about some of the games that left a lasting impression, and some that you might not know about, alongside the genre
Portal Knights was released on Nintendo by Keen Games and 505 Games last November, but did not have an accessible free demo for players to check out like the other versions of the game had. That changed today though, as a free Portal Knights demo has made its way onto the Nintendo Switch eShop. According
Haruki Satomi may be young, but he carries quite a few titles. He is chairman and CEO of Sega, President and CEO of Sega Games and of Sammy Corporation, and more. As such, he’s one of the men with the most influence in determining the direction of the popular Japanese publisher. Considering his position, you’d
Everyone has probably noticed a little sticker on the back of their console that says “warranty void if removed”. You’ll usually find similar messages at the ends of certain user agreement licenses, and essentially, it’s meant to keep customers from getting third-party repairs by voiding their warranty if they do. Well, according to the Federal
On May 3 of this year, Swedish developer Hi-Bit Studios launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to fund its new project 198X. According to the Kickstarter page, 198X is a title that combines over the top Arcade Action with a plot that focuses on growing up. With the narrative told through a series of various arcade games, genres,
Square Enix released a batch of new screenshots of its upcoming Minecraft-meets-JRPG game Dragon Quest Builders 2: Destruction God Malroth and the Empty Island. First of all, we get to see a monument that the hero and Malroth will find on the titular Empty Island. A mysterious voice calling to the hero says that he’ll
After successfully crowdfunding its battle royale game Crazy Justice on Fig last year, developer Black Riddles Studio has released several videos of the game on YouTube, mainly focusing on Nintendo Switch version. Today, the developers released a video showcasing Crazy Justice’s cross-play functionality between the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. While the game will also