Square Enix has trademarked NieR in Japan. The trademark was registered on November 29 and was made public on December 17. While no official announcement has been made yet by Square Enix, this hints at new developments for the game’s 10th anniversary in 2020, and maybe we’ll get a remaster. Thanks to Game’s Talk for
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Platinum Games finally revealed more on Babylon’s Fall in today’s State of Play, showing gameplay for the first time. Babylon’s Fall turned out to be an action game, like most of what PlatinumGames has made in the past. We’ve seen some pretty cool battle footage, with a protagonist in a medieval, fantasy Europe setting. The
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the NieR franchise, Square Enix announced a new series of concerts will be happening in Japan, titled the NieR: Theatrical Orchestra 12020 concerts. The first three concerts will be on March 28 and March 29 at the Tokyo International Forum, Hall A. Two other concerts will happen on April 25
Square Enix unveiled a new website for Yoko Taro’s Nier franchise. The website was revealed as NieR will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2020. The first NieR game launched in April 2010 on Xbox 360 and PS3. In Japan, in particular, each version had a different name, Nier Gestalt and Nier Replicant, with different
Today, Square Enix revealed that one of DualShockers’ favorite PS4 games, NieR: Automata, will be getting a tie-in novel in Fall 2020. The novel is being released under the game publisher’s new “Square Enix Manga & Book” imprint and it will be titled NieR Automata: YoRHa Boys. The novel’s author is Jun Eishima, who has
Do you remember Babylon’s Fall? It was announced for PS4 and Steam by Square Enix at their E3 2018 conference. Babylon’s Fall is developed by PlatinumGames, and we don’t actually know anything else about it. Except for the cryptic words and the scarce worldbuilding presented in the game’s sole trailer. Seeing PlatinumGames’ history, it’ll probably
Atlus and Vanillaware have been publishing various video interviews with famous personalities sharing their thoughts on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. The latest video interview Atlus published features Yoko Taro. I’m sure some will click on this article solely for Yoko Taro, and might not know what the hell is 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, so let
You can now play as Nier: Automata’s lovely protagonist 2B in FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice with the power of PC mods. The character skin itself is absolutely awesome for hardcore fans of Yoko Taro’s hack-and-slash RPG. The mod is available now via Nexus Mods, and it was created by user asasasasasbc a.k.a. Forsakensilver. 2B comes with her katana weapons from Nier: Automata. Unfortunately,
Square Enix announced that NieR Automata has now sold 4 million copies worldwide. This includes all of the game’s editions and versions. The game was at 3.5 million back in December. To celebrate, the Japanese YouTube account of Square Enix published a new NieR: Automata trailer, showing some of the game’s iconic moments, with cooly
Korean studio Shift Up announced two new games during the “Crank in Showcase” event on April 4, Project Eve, and Nikke the Goddess of Victory. Project Eve is a “Semi Open-World”, single-player action RPG headed to PC via Steam, Xbox One, and PS4. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world and is, citing the developers,
Cosplayer Shellanin went viral on Twitter recently over her latest NieR: Automata cosplay with a twist. Instead of wearing a more canon straight-haired white wig for YoRHa No.2 Type B, Shellanin added a voluminous curly haired white wig that elevates the 2B cosplay in a totally different direction. Seen below, you can check out the photoshoot from
As of today, Square Enix has now released the complete edition of the 2017 classic NieR: Automata which it is calling NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition. The GOTY edition of Nier: Automata includes all of the original content from the game plus the 3C3C1D119440927 DLC that arrived a bit after launch. Additionally, there’s a variety of extra content
Square Enix held today the NieR: Automata Second Anniversary Livestream, where multiple small announcements and information were shared. The stream is still ongoing here. First off it was announced that NieR Automata is getting new Line Stamps. They also showed off the PS4 avatars, 15 in total, and PS4 Theme included in the Nier: Automata Game of
To commemorate the launch of Nier: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition, Square Enix will be hosting a live broadcast at their Storia cafe in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district. The event will be livestreamed via the company’s Square Enix Presents YouTube channel on February 20 at 8 p.m. JST. Interestingly, only forty people will be able to attend
With the game selling over 3.5 million copies worldwide, the beloved NieR: Automata managed to become a sleeper hit worldwide thanks to its deep, emotional story, fast-paced and engaging combat, and an unusual narrative structure, and now those that missed out on playing the first time around seemingly will have another chance with all of its previously-released
As happens from time to time, the ESRB has recently seemed to unveil a new game ahead of its official announcement. Over on the ESRB’s official website, a page for NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition recently went live. Judging from the play on words in the title, this seems to be a Game of the
On Saturday, Bandai Namco revealed that 2B from NieR: Automata would be making an appearance in their weapons-based fighting game, Soul Calibur VI. Today, the publisher released so many screenshots of the character in action. You can check them out for yourself down below. 2B is an android and the protagonist of NieR: Automata, she wields two swords as her primary
In the past few days following the reveal of Battlefield V, the presence of a woman on the cover art and of playable female characters caused a degree of drama on the internet, with people arguing over the historical accuracy of such design decisions. While EA DICE’s General Manager Oskar Gabrielson mentioned that playable female characters and
Most of you probably noticed that here at DualShockers we love Japanese games. As a matter of fact, we love them so much that we realized that we don’t talk about them enough. The DualShockers’ Weebcast is basically our attempt to make up for that. For the longest time, the team at DualShockers has worked
During a panel hosted at PAX East, NieR: Automata Director Yoko Taro, Producer Yosuke Saito, and Composer Keiichi Okabe responded to questions from the audience. Saito-san mentioned that there is a 50% chance for the NieR series to be continued, but that percentage is mostly because he wants to work together with the team again, and the rest
Over a year has passed since the release of NieR: Automata and after the launch of the mobile game SINoALICE, we don’t really know what director Yoko Taro has been up to. Considering the fact that most know him for NieR and Drakengard, many probably wonder whether he has been thinking about new IPs. DualShockers
Today, during a panel at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, that DualShockers attended, NieR: Automata Director Yoko Taro explained how he created games that give the sensation of freedom without being open-world titles. Keep in mind that this article includes spoilers on NieR and NieR: Automata, so if you have not played them and want
Today Square Enix released a new video featuring NieR: Automata Director Yoko Taro, and Producer Yosuke Saito. The video intends to thank the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for the D.I.C.E. Award given to the game as Best RPG of 2017. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Yokyo Taro video without an hilarious part,
When you get NieR: Automata Director Yoko Taro to endorse your game, results can be utterly hilarious, as it happened today with Area 35’s upcoming strategy game Tiny Metal. Today the developer released a video starring Tiny Metal Director Hiroaki Yura asking Yoko Taro himself about his thoughts on multiple aspects of the game, with
NieR: Automata has been one of 2017’s surprise hits and the game’s eccentric director, Yoko Taro, has been consistently been at the center of conversation surrounding it. In a recent interview with Game Informer, Yoko Taro opened up a bit more about his reaction to the success of NieR: Automata as well as discussing his partnership with PlatinumGames