Month: September 2017

The fort-building survival game Fortnite dipped its toes into the waters of “battle royale” gameplay a la PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds this week with the release of its free-to-play Fortnite: Battle Royale mode, with the new feature already drawing a huge number of players since release. In a tweet from the game’s official Twitter account, Epic Games has revealed that
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Today, Ubisoft has revealed that a new game mode called Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed: Ancient Egypt will be coming to Assassin’s Creed Origins in a free update for the game early next year. Discovery Tour is meant to be educational and teaches players more about the world of Ancient Egypt that they will be spending countless hours in within
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Today, MercurySteam released another trailer for its 4v1 third-person shooter Raiders of the Broken Planet that highlights Mikah, a playable Raider that is already available for Founder’s Pack players, and will be coming soon to others. Mikah has a unique decoy ability that allows her to create a fake version of herself, which can help players ambush enemies. While
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Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the line-up of games it will offer on-the-house for PlayStation Plus subscribers for the month of October. Below, you can view the whole line-up, which is the same in both Europe and North America: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, PS4 Amnesia: Collection , PS4 Monster Jam Battlegrounds, PS3
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Do you remember the Culdcept series? The last the West saw of the series was an Xbox 360 exclusive called Culdcept Saga in 2008. The series might be rather niche, but it cleverly combines elements found in non-video games, such as Magic: The Gathering and Monopoly, into one. If any of those peak your interest,
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In this week’s Weekly Famitsu, Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings received some new details and screenshots of returning characters and battle sequences. First off we are reintroduced to Firis Mistlud and Ilmeria Von Leinweber from Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey. Firis is still carrying her signature backpack, but something new
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As one of the breakout hits of last year, the indie farming sim Stardew Valley has captivated console and PC players with its colorful visuals and addicting gameplay, with the title soon to be on the horizon for Nintendo Switch, according to the game’s publisher. Chucklefish Games CEO and Designer Finn Brice confirmed via Twitter that Stardew
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While Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver released in North America on Game Boy Color only about a year-and-a-half after I was born, that never stopped me from playing them. After being introduced to the series through Pokémon Sapphire, I have since played at least one of every Generation’s mainline entries, and my love for the series has
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There is plenty of reason to be excited for the upcoming PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR title Megaton Rainfall. However, it seems that we will just have to temper that excitement a little longer, since developer Pentadimensional Games has announced the game will be delayed. In a Facebook post, Pentadimensional notes that Megaton Rainfall will be delayed three more
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Square Enix, and developers Tozai Games and O-TWO, have officially announced the upcoming release date for its new title about diving deep into cave systems, hopping across platforms, dodging danger, and discovering loot. Spelunker Party! will soon be available on Nintendo Switch and Steam. All of you who are eager to get your multiplayer exploration on will
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Back in August, Bandai Namco surprised many with the announcement of Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet for PS4, Xbox One and PC, after several titles of the franchise exclusive to PlayStation consoles. During an interview at Bandai Namco’s headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo, DualShockers asked Producer Yosuke Futami the reason behind that decision: Futami-san explained that
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Today Koei Tecmo released a new trailer of its upcoming Musou-style Fire Emblem title Fire Emblem Warriors. The game releases tomorrow in Japan, so it’s only appropriate that the new video showcases the opening cutscene, which shows the many classic Fire Emblem heroes and the two original characters Rowan and Lianna engaged in battle, rendered in
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Today, developers 343 Industries and Creative Assembly released a brand new patch for their game Halo Wars 2. First and foremost, the patch adds two new maps, Mirage and Fissure, as well as a new Spectator Mode, which, as the name suggests, allows other players to watch custom matches. This mode will include a new HUD, as well as the
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A few weeks ago, Monolith Productions and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced the release of the Forthog Orc-Slayer DLC for Middle-Earth: Shadow of War to honor  Mike “Forthog” Forgey, who was the game’s Executive Producer and passed away during development. The original plan involved the donation of the proceeds from the DLC’s sale to Forgey’s family, but
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Destiny Chronicles is an upcoming action JRPG by Visualnoveler and wraithseeker that has drawn a good deal of its gameplay inspiration from Kingdom Hearts. Since the game’s initial reveal, it has been planned to release on PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita. However, recent news has indicated a change to that platform line-up. wraithseeker announced today
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Today Koei Tecmo announced the Japanese release date of its upcoming JRPG Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings. that will bring an end to the Mysterious trilogy. The game will launch locally on December 21st, 2017, for PS4, Switch and PS Vita. The Japanese Vita release will unfortunately be the only one playable
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Today, Sega released new Sonic Forces gameplay featuring the newest Classic Sonic stage Casino Forest. If Casino Forest looks familiar, its because it is. This classic Sonic stage was inspired by Sonic The Hedgehog 2 stage, Casino Night Zone, a night stage featuring neon lights, casino references, pinball bumpers, flippers, plungers, and some sweet music to
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NIS America released a new trailer for the Spike Chunsoft developed visual novel Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, available now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PC in North America, and on September 29 in Europe. The launch trailer focuses on the high stakes put in place during the trial sequences of the game. This is
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The hype for Star Wars Battlefront II keeps growing and growing, as today developer EA DICE unveiled a slew of new information for the highly anticipated shooter. First off, we have the introduction of a brand new game mode called Arcade, which allows you and one other local player to face off against enemy AI. This can
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President and Global CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Andrew House, has once again restated that Sony and PlayStation’s focus is on high-end console gaming opposed to handheld gaming, according to a new interview with Bloomberg. The acme of handheld gaming might be beyond us, but that doesn’t take away that alongside Nintendo — who has dominated the
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