During Take-Two’s quarterly investor conference call, the publisher’s executive team provided more color on the company’s outlook for microtransactions and more. Chief Financial Officer Lainie Goldstein explained that recurrent consumer spending is continuing to grow for Take-Two, and it’s a “big focus” for the publisher in all of its games. They feel that there is are
During Take-Two’s quarterly financial conference call, President Karl Slatoff gave more color on the publisher’s outlook for the Switch. Asked whether the company is considering porting more games to Nintendo’s console, Slatoff explained that Take-Two looks at development costs, whether a game is “right for the platform,” what does the audience look like, and the installed
During Take-Two’s quarterly investor conference call, Chief Executive Officer Strauss Zelnick talked about Red Dead Redemption 2, which was recently delayed to October 26th, 2018. Asked about the reasons behind the decision, Zelnick mentioned that the entire focus of the company is on delivering the highest entertainment experience possible. All of Take-Two’s labels are focused on releasing
It’s no secret that developers like to update their games with new features centered around holidays and since developer Epic Games updated the title during Christmas, it should come as no surprise that Fortnite is about to be patched to include Valentine’s Day-themed content. Probably the most notable addition with V.2.4.2 is the inclusion of a brand new weapon:
During Take-Two’s investor conference call, Chief Executive Officer Strauss Zelnick talked more about the performance of Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. We heard that the game has passed 90 million units shipped, also thanks to the continued expansion of current generation consoles. We also get the mention that 2017 was the best year yet
Publisher PQube announced Wednesday morning that the upcoming Inti Creates developed on rail shooter Gal*Gun 2 has been denied classification in Germany. By Gal*Gun 2 receiving the ban, the game will become difficult for fans in the region to play the game, resulting in smaller retailers opting to import the game in order to stock them on
Today, Take-Two Interactive Software announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018, related to the period between October 1st and December 31st, 2017. You can check out the relevant revenue and income figures below. GAAP net revenue was $480.8 million GAAP net income was $0.21 per diluted share Net cash provided by operating activities was $203.0
Today SMITE developer Hi-Rez Studios announced something rather peculiar, in the form of the next SMITE Adventure, which is an anime-style horde mode experience titled Da Ji and the Legend of the Foxes. The adventure comes with an entirely different anime-inspired art style and prompts players to defeat relentless waves of enemies. The mode’s protagonist, Senpai
Recently, DualShockers had a chat with SMITE Senior Game Designer Daniel Fishman, and he provided some interesting answers about the closure of Epic Games’ Paragon, and the possibility of a Switch port. Fishman mentioned that SMITE has already seen an influx of new players following Paragon‘s closure announcement. Yet, he also explained that it’s always sad to see games close,
Last month, Microsoft announced a limited edition Sea of Thieves Xbox One wireless controller to celebrate the impending release of Rare’s upcoming pirate title. With the release date slowly creeping onto our calendars today, Microsoft announced two new Sea of Thieves-themed accessories. According to the press release, the first new product announced is a Special Edition Sea
Today, Natsume Inc. announced new information regarding the PlayStation 4 and Switch ports of Harvest Moon: Light of Hope. According to the press release, Harvest Moon Light of Hope Special Edition will launch sometime in May of this year for $39.99. Initially released late last year on PC to commemorate the Harvest Moon series’ 20th anniversary, Light of Hope takes place
Today is Wednesday, and Media Create released its scheduled top-20 ranking for the Japanese market, painting the picture for us related to the week between January 29th and February 4th. Below you can read the full software chart: Monster Hunter World – PS4 – 346, 187/1,591,356 Dragon Ball FighterZ – PS4 – 68,731/New Splatoon 2 – Switch
The biggest fighting game tournament of the year, EVO 2018, is on the horizon and its presence has now drawn even closer after the reveal of the games that will be in competition. Eight games in total will be featured at EVO 2018 with some of them being returning classics like Super Smash Bros. Melee, to
NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. blew everyone’s minds back in November when they revealed that the beloved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would soon be arriving as DLC in the superhero fighting game Injustice 2. Today, we have received our first extended look at the Turtles in action. As you would expect, we see all four Ninja
Shortly after the first version of Minecraft hit PCs in 2009, it became a worldwide phenomenon. The series has been ported to every platform imaginable since then and has sold millions, a monumental feat for what started as a passion project from an indie developer. Unfortunately, when something becomes as successful as Minecraft, a plethora of
Owlboy, a 2D Metroidvania platformer that was worked on for around 10 years, finally released on PC to critical acclaim in 2016. The game is poised to release digitally on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch next week, though the Nintendo Switch version has run into some issues with its menu icon. For those of
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has inspired tons of new battle royale games to pop up over the last year due to its success. Some have even become nearly as popular, like Fortnite: Battle Royale. Today, publisher Focus Home Interactive and developer Vostok Games, who worked on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R franchise, announced that they will be throwing their hat into the
Today Koei Tecmo released a brand new trailer of the upcoming Musou-style The Legend of Zelda game Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition. The trailer focuses on a few of the characters that will appear in the game, including Link, Zelda, Impa, Lana, Linkle, Wizzro, Cia, and Volga. We see the characters in action in a mix
Today Sega released more videos and artwork of its upcoming strategy RPG Senjou no Valkyria 4: Eastern Front, which will be known in the west as Valkyria Chronicles 4. This time around, the assets (which were published by the new Twitter account “Nikola and Kiara’s Infiltration Diary”) introduce one of the game’s heroines, Riley Miller, The
Today Bandai Namco released a new batch of screenshots of its upcoming fighting game SoulCalibur VI. The screenshots focus on the latest characters introduced for the game, Grøh, Nightmare, Xianghua, and Kilik. They certainly look flashy, and it’ll be interesting to see how Grøh will fit into the SoulCalibur universe. If you want to see more about them,
Last year, Survios (the same team behind one of my personal favorite VR shooters) Raw Data announced its new project. To be perfectly honest, I was initially disappointed with the announcement — mainly because the studio decided to focus on building a game that was designed for fast-paced locomotion movement. With the closed beta finally over,
Gameplay footage for Over the Moon Games’ upcoming game The Fall Part 2: Unbound has been revealed. In the five minute video, players will attempt to help One, a rogue combat drone who is having some trouble identifying himself. As explained by the goofy banter between the AI and the robot, it is your job
Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released two trailers of the upcoming PS4 exclusive anime-inspired tank battle game Girls UND Panzer Dream Tank Match. The first trailer was released by Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia, and gives an extensive look at the features and gameplay models of the title with English subtitles. If you’re unfamiliar with the game, this is
When Call of Duty: WWII was officially released last year, many complained about the low quantity of multiplayer maps, and the lack of variation in the maps that we got. With the announcement of Call of Duty: WWII’‘game’s first map pack, The Resistance, as well as the start of its DLC season, many players hoped that we would
Today DMM launched the previously-announced Attack on Titan crossover event in its mobile and browser game Muv-Luv Alternative: Strike Frontier. The event features several themed pilots and TSF mecha, and comes with a rather interesting storyline. Considering that Muv-Luv is a science-fiction series with giant robots fighting aliens, you’d think the crossover to be rather random,
Last December, Ubisoft Annecy released Steep: Road to the Olympics, and expansion for their extreme Winter sports game Steep, which released a year prior. As the title suggests, this expansion is based on the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics adding new gear, a new map, and Olympic challenges to the game. The 2018 Winter Olympics are almost
Ever since Overwatch burst onto the scene in early 2016, we have seen a plethora of new stylistic first-person shooters burst onto the scene. Today, indie developer Lunar Rooster announced Sky Noon, a stylized take on a western first-person shooter. The game is currently set to release on Steam via Early Access later this year. The
Today Sega released quite a few interesting videos and images in a new Valkyria Chronicles 4-dedicated official Twitter account titled Nikola and Kiara’s Investigation Diary. The account, inspired by enemy characters Nikola Gref and Kiara Rodino, promises to show a lot more about the game from today to its Japanese release in March. Today’s reveal
One of the best and most notable indie titles of 2017 was SteamWorld Dig 2 from Image & Form. This Metroidvania mining game has a ton of charm and addicting gameplay, which resulted in critical acclaim. DualShockers’ Editor-in-Chief Lou Contaldi gave the game a ton of praise in his review, and I agree with pretty
Today Koei Tecmo released two new videos of its upcoming open-world Musou game Shin Sangokumusou 8, which will be titled Dynasty Warriors 9 in the west due to the traditional titling discrepancy that has existed since the very first game. The first clip is a trailer coming for Japan, showing off the pre-order costumes for