With the new year having just started, there is plenty of possibility to see from the state of the gaming industry at large heading into 2019, as we’ve seen from one of The NPD Groups analysts sharing their thoughts on the state of gaming sales in the new year. The NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella
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EA and Bioware have announced when players will be able to get some hands on time on Anthem outside of the NDA Alpha that some have been playing since last year. For those who pre-ordered the game or are EA Access (or Origin Access) subscribers, you will be able to play the Anthem VIP demo
Both LEGO The Lord of the Rings and LEGO The Hobbit games were recently free on the Humble Store last month and have now disappeared from all digital storefronts. Both LEGO The Lord of the Rings and LEGO The Hobbit are no longer purchasable digitally from Steam, PlayStation, or Xbox. Based on the film franchise from Warner
Bethesda opened up the new year with a new blog post for Fallout 76 which outlined the plans they have for future content which includes player vending and a new PvP mode. In a short post to Bethesda.net, the developer laid out that more details on the next big Fallout 76 update would come later this
It has notoriously been over ten years since the last numbered Kingdom Hearts game came out, a wait that has been agonizing for many fans. However, it seems those delays were for good reason, as explained by one of Kingdom Hearts III’s directors. In a new interview with Newsweek, co-director Tai Yasue spoke a bit about the wait
Fallout 76 has been rife with controversy since its launch in November 2018. From being released in an unacceptable and buggy state to misleading consumers about the bag included in the Fallout 76: Power Armor Edition to falsely advertising discounts on Christmas items that had never been available beforehand, almost every week of 2018 since the
One of the biggest questions that has lingered as we enter the final stretch towards release with Kingdom Hearts III has been in regards to the number of worlds in the game. Have they all now been officially revealed, or has Square tucked away some surprise worlds within the game for the players to discover on
Today is the birthday of Goichi “Suda51” Suda, which normally wouldn’t be worth mentioning on its own merits, but this date happens to be a special one for the famed video game creator. As of now, Suda51 is now as old as his name. Yes, today is the 51st birthday of Suda51 which means that
2018 was a great year for games. From mega-hits like God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 to smaller indie darlings like Celeste and Dead Cells, it was a year that seemed to offer all kinds of games of varying genres that filled any need you might be looking for. That said, 2018 is now in the past
A few days ago, details regarding the Super Rare Club, a special membership program from physical games distributor Super Rare Games, leaked online. While Super Rare Games quickly took down that leaked information, they kicked off 2019 right by officially announcing the Super Rare Club. One can sign up for the Super Rare Club throughout
It looks like there’s going to be a rather large executive shakeup over at Activision to start the 2019 calendar year. In a recent securities filing from Activision Blizzard Inc., it was revealed that the company’s current Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Spencer Neumann is pending termination from his role for matters that aren’t related to
ESRB ratings can occasionally be very notable, sometimes leaking entire games, ports, or physical releases before their official announcements. Additionally, the descriptions provided can sometimes hint at the kind of content players can expect from certain titles. FromSoftware and Activision’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was recently rated by the ESRB, and while its rating is a
The calendar has now officially turned over from 2018 to 2019, which means last year’s sales are now set in stone. As such, we can now look back at the certain sales figures that are available to the public to get an idea of which games may have performed best over the course of the
It’s been a over a decade since the Kingdom Hearts series has seen a numbered entry. After being announced all the way back in 2013, Kingdom Hearts III has been a hotly-anticipated game from Square Enix. With seven spin-offs, three remastered collections, and one all-inclusive bundle, there has been a lot going on in the
As one of the most acclaimed games of 2018, Celeste took players hearts with its retro visuals, emotional story, and a soundtrack that truly ranked among the year’s best, and now you can enjoy it to its fullest with the start of the new year. Limited Run Games has announced that in celebration of the game’s
While there may not be a formal announcement of a Project CARS 3, you can bet that Slightly Mad Studios has the project in mind. Ian Bell, the founder and CEO of the studio, expressed the desire to create a third game as a “spiritual successor” to their previous Shift games. The appropriately-titled Need for
As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just 2018
Ryoei Mikage, best known for being the President of Imageepoch before the Japanese developer went bankrupt in 2015, is teasing a new game announcement. Siliconera points out that a recent Tweet from Ryoei Mikage reveals that we will be finding out what the next title he is working on is in February 2019. This recent
As it is New Year’s Eve, many developers are taking the time to thank their communities and reflect on 2018. Some games, like Fire Emblem Heroes and, in this case, Fortnite, are celebrating through special in-game events. Those Epic Games ensured that those who log into the ever-popular Fortnite: Battle Royale today will be greeted
Samsara is heading to the Nintendo Switch as a deluxe edition after originally launching in February earlier this year. The Nintendo Switch version of the title is an extended edition with more levels being made available. Marker’s Samsara won the “That Game Like Clockwork” award at the Play by Play awards earlier this year and was
Before chicken dinners were the must-have meal for gamers, deliciously moist cake was the dish that players would strive for instead. And who wants to wait in line for cake? Not speedrunner CantEven; that’s for sure. Instead, they’ve taken it upon themselves to rush through classic puzzle game Portal at an eyeball-spearing pace. The vomit
DeAndre Cortez Way, also known as Soulja Boy, is a rapper from Chicago who has recently made the news after selling his own range of products under the “Soulja” brand. These products, which consisted of watches, earphones, phones, tablets and consoles, were all quickly found to be knock-off products of existing brands, or emulation software.
The roguelike Metroidvania (or whatever genre you’d assign it to) Dead Cells was a huge success in sales, especially on the Nintendo Switch, but don’t expect a direct follow-up any time soon. In an interview with Game Informer, Motion Twin game designer Sébastien Bénard tempered expectations about a possible sequel. When asked about a hypothetical Dead
The developers of SoulCalibur VI discussed recent and future balance changes and the upcoming Create-A-Soul DLC during a live stream with the Japanese video game magazine Dengeki Online. Interestingly, the developers had to split the balance changes between the already released 1.10 update and the upcoming 1.11 update because DLC character 2B from NieR: Automata ended up causing a delay
As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine, was recently accused by a user on Reddit of making their Epic Games Store “literal spyware” and sending data to the Chinese government due to being owned by Tencent, a Chinese giant which controls 40% of the company. The post received almost 30,000 upvotes and multiple
As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just 2018
Both Monster Hunter: World and the Assassin’s Creed franchise as a whole have a case of crossover fever, so it was inevitable that these two would cross at some point. The former game recently added a new Event Quest, and players have found that completing it will unlock some Assassin’s Creed Origins-inspired goodies. The Event
While Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls are the titles that truly put FromSoftware on the map, the developer was around for over two decades before that. During this pre-Souls time, one of the Japanese developer’s most notable series was King’s Field. That being said, the series hasn’t seen a new release since King’s Field: Additional II for