Development team Atooi’s first Nintendo Switch title, the Mutant Mudds Collection, became available earlier this month via the Nintendo eShop and the team is showing no signs of a slowdown going into 2018. In a tweet by the company’s founder, Jools Watsham, the team apparently has at least three titles planned for Nintendo’s handheld-console hybrid in 2018. Mutant Mudds
Some Fortnite players may have been affected by an issue on December 27 following the release of a new build of the game. The issue would either result in players losing their entire inventory, their Storm Shield storage, or not receiving V-Bucks that they purchased with real money. If you’re a player who has been affected, the development
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. This year was
Today Kadokawa Games released a new trailer of its upcoming open-world JRPG Metal Max Xeno. The trailer gives us a glimpse on the story and showcases part of the main cast, including the hero Talis, the main heroine Toni, and more. We also get to see quite a bit of gameplay, including the newly revealed
Today Koei Tecmo released a new TV commercial for its upcoming anime-inspired game Attack on Titan 2. The commercial sticks to the semi-brief thirty-second format that is common to many TV ads, but manages to stick quite a few scenes in, most of which are rather lovely 3D renditions of scenes of the anime. Add some
Since 2012, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been a favorite first-person shooter for the PC gaming community. Despite games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds competing against it, Valve has continued to show dedicated to the title by updating the game in multiple ways such as adding new maps and weapons. But what if Counter-Strike: Global Offensive got a battle royale mode?
If you play on Xbox One, and you’ve been wondering when you’d be able to get your hands on Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China without purchasing it on PC, then today is your lucky day. Developer Ace Maddox has announced that the action game will be officially available internationally on Microsoft’s console in just two weeks, on
Shawn Elliott was a key level designer on the Irrational Games development team that released Bioshock Infinite nearly five years ago. Since that time, Elliott moved to Arkane Studios in Austin, Texas to work on the 2017 edition of Prey. According to a job change on his LinkedIn page, it seems like Elliott’s future is now once
If you’ve been hoping for some new content in the early-access game Survarium then it’s your lucky day. Today, independent developer Vostok Games revealed a brand new winter-themed update that’s available for the first-person shooter, and it adds a ton of new content. First and foremost, Update 0.51 adds a brand new map called Olivier Mall to the
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has become one of the most popular shooters this year, and today the PC version of the game reached (another) huge milestone. OVER 3 MILLION!! Thank you all for helping us reach this amazing milestone! GG WP everybody <3 pic.twitter.com/twUQkSkP5U — PLAYERUNKNOWN (@PLAYERUNKNOWN) December 29, 2017 This morning, Steam’s official stats page revealed that PlayerUnknown’s
PlatinumGames’ has gained quite the following over the past eleven years from working on a variety of critically acclaimed action-oriented games, but all of them were published by another studio or based on an already established IP. Although they have teased it before, Head of Development and Producer Atsushi Inaba confirmed to GameInformer in an interview that the company is actively
KINGArt Games, known for titles such as The Dwarves, announced Iron Harvest, a new RTS set in the world crafted by Polish artist Jakub Różalski called 1920+, last year. Earlier this year, we received our first glimpse of gameplay, and today, the developers released a new gameplay video showing some of Iron Harvest’s dynamic environmental destruction and other
Recently, the good folks at Sideshow Collectibles announced a limited edition God of War statue featuring Kratos and his son Atreus. Only 750 pieces will be made, and the price is probably the only element that will make some balk, it’s retailing at $349 or €291, depending on which continent you live on. It will ship in
If you know me, you also know that I don’t really like writing rebuttals. Yet, at times I read something so absurdly inane that my brain starts hurting, and I have to write something about it. Yesterday, I read a quote by Wedbush Securities industry analyst Michael Pachter — with whom I’m sure you’re quite familiar
Each week, the developers of Splatoon 2 have a habit of adding a new weapon to the Nintendo Switch exclusive multiplayer title. Today, the Japanese Splatoon Twitter account revealed the weapon that will be added to the game tomorrow, December 30: the Undercover Brella. For those playing Splatoon 2 in Japan and Australia, the weapon
While the holiday season is now mostly behind us, plenty of great deals are still making their way over to customers thanks to post-holiday deals, and Amazon’s Digital Day Sale is offering plenty that gamers should love. Amazon has kicked off its Digital Day Sale that runs store-wide for some great post-Christmas deals, and sure
Publisher/Developer Flyhigh Works gave an update on the success of two games of theirs on the Nintendo Switch. The two games in question during a recent presentation were Kamiko and VOEZ. First up, Kamiko was revealed to have surpassed 160,000 in worldwide downloads. Kamiko is a top-down action game with puzzle-solving elements by indie developer Skipmore, who’s also
Coming out of 2017, it’s clear that Nintendo’s gamble with the release of the Switch back in March has paid off well with the system having already crossed 10 million units worldwide earlier this month, and now Nintendo seems to be upping the ante in a big way for the next fiscal year. Speaking in
2017 is rapidly coming to a close and while many of us (myself included) are trying to play catch up on this year’s incredible roster of games, there’s plenty to look forward to in 2018 according to the trailers of next year’s batch of titles from PlayStation. In a new post on the PlayStation Blog,
Hello Neighbor recently launched in December for PC and Xbox One after two years of development by indie studio Dynamic Pixels. There were no official announcements for the coming to any other console, according to new PEGI listing, it’s heading to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. For anyone out of the loop, PEGI is the
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. Even though it’s
It’s Friday, so it’s time for the weekly analysis of the Japanese market by Japan’s leading video game industry statistics firm Media Create. We read that last week from December 18th to December 24th, software sales at retail were 1,761,000, which is 146.14% compared to the previous week. Total hardware sales were 432,000, which is
If you know me on a personal level, you would see that I am a huge fan of the Fallout series. While I patiently wait for Bethesda Game Studios to announce the next installment in the franchise, the modding community in Fallout 4 is ever-growing and continues to introduce new ways to enjoy your wasteland adventure, and Fallout UIF
Today Nintendo and Intelligent Systems revealed a new summoning focus for the new year, with heroes themed after the holiday, which is pretty much the most prominent in Japan. The event includes three special heroes themed after the Japanese (Hoshidan?) New Year, Azura, Camilla, and Takumi. Of course, Camilla is the cutest by far, but
It’s safe to say that Death Stranding is easily one of the most anticipated games currently in development. While we’ve received a steady drip feed of trailers for the game over the last 18 months, there’s still a lot we don’t know. Death Stranding’s highly regarded Creative Director Hideo Kojima has been incredibly outspoken about his newest project
Koei Tecmo is continuing its string of reveals of its upcoming open-world Musou game Shin Sangokumusou 8, that will be titled Dynasty Warriors 9 in the west. This time around, we learn about the Teahouse, where we can purchase food offering temporary benefits like increased experience gain, improved attack, buffed speed or jump ability. We
Game development is a never-ending cycle. Hironobu Sakaguchi, who created Final Fantasy, one of the longest-lasting franchises of all times, knows that very well. This year, his studio Mistwalker Corporation released Terra Battle 2, the sequel to the popular mobile game Terra Battle, and announced another game titled Terra Wars. Yet, he is far from done.
Ever since the start of For Honor’s Frost Wind Festival event, players have received access to brand new content, and starting today, players will now be able to taunt others in a pretty chilling way. Developer Ubisoft has announced that a brand new emote has been added to the game; Snowball Fight. The emote, as the name suggests, features
One of the most interesting reveals of Tokyo Game Show was Square Enix’s Left Alive, and according to Director Toshifumi Nabeshima, we won’t have to wait too long to hear more about the game. In the massive New Year group interview on the Japanese 4Gamer, Nabeshima-san explained that he was happy to see that the reaction to
Square Enix has revealed a new trailer for their upcoming fighting title, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT. In it, we get to check out all of the confirmed characters who will be fighting for Spiritus, the antagonist who is also known as the Savage God of Destruction. The trailer features fan favorites like Kefka and Sephiroth, as well