Unlike most games, Call of Duty‘s DLC is always pretty straightforward from title to title: $15 gets you four additional multiplayer maps, with one of them being a remake, and one map for the game’s “extra” mode. With Call of Duty: WWII however, Sledgehammer Games started mixing it up a bit with their post-launch content, adding free updates and content to
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God of War‘s update 1.01 implemented two different visual models on PS4 Pro, aptly named “favor resolution” and “favor performance.” The modes are a bit hidden since they can be found in the camera settings menu, but you can see what they look like below. “Favor resolution” renders the game at 2160p checkerboard, while “favor
Good afternoon, readers – this is Lou Contaldi, Editor-in-Chief of DualShockers. We interrupt you from our regularly-scheduled news reporting to touch on something important to us: our creative independence. Now, it’s no secret that gaming is a somewhat expensive hobby – many of us have our bookcases stacked (to some degree) with collector’s editions of
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is finally out, and if you aren’t playing it yet, you now have the opportunity to win a digital PS4 copy of the game, kindly offered by Koei Tecmo. If you want a chance (or several) to win, all you have to do is to hit
We asked on twitter and the answer came back strong: Fortnite Battle Royale! Well hey… why not? Everyone else is doing it! Even Drake. It’s time for another DualShockers Community Playdate! Once again, we’re playing Fortnite Battle Royale on PS4. As we’re sure everyone knows by now, this game is absolutely free to play. The microtransactions are completely
For nearly a year and a half, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XV has been a console exclusive for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Although I have played both versions of this game, I have always been anxiously waiting for this game to be ported over to PC, so when the game was announced to be
When I think back on love — specifically first love — there are a ton of complicated emotions that crop up: happiness, fear, uncertainty, awkwardness, and that old cliche of getting “butterflies in your stomach.” It’s appropriate that love conjures up so many of those feelings (especially when I think back on my own experiences),
In the past year, western publisher XSEED has released nine games on PC, with the most recent being Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash. This is a huge accomplishment for such a small publisher who is also releasing console games during the same period. What’s interesting is that in a generation where PC ports of console
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was finally revealed last week to the surprise of absolutely no one. Black Ops has arguably become the most popular sub-franchise within the Call of Duty series so to see another sequel that continues that story isn’t shocking in the slightest. There was one noticeable difference when it comes to Call of Duty this year: the release
In the middle of this fantastic slate of games releasing in the first half of 2018, the one upcoming title I cannot stop thinking about is Crackdown 3. By no means is it my most anticipated game of the year, but it’s one of the titles I’m most intrigued by after its notoriously lengthy development cycle has
Back in July of last year, I wrote an editorial explaining why I was excited about Call of Duty: WWII‘s Nazi Zombies mode, and in the first paragraph I mentioned that Call of Duty: Black Ops II was the last Call of Duty game I had enjoyed, and that I fell off of the series after that point. The
Nintendo hit hard this week with a packed Nintendo Direct, but the biggest announcement that hit the hardest was the surprising reveal of what appears to be a brand new Smash Bros. game for the Nintendo Switch. Like pretty much anyone else watching the Direct, you can bet that I was HYPED for the fact that
As one stage closes, another opens as Stage 2 of Overwatch League commences. After Stage 1, we are given a good picture of where each team stands; based on the standings, NYXL, Outlaws, Spitfire, Valiant, and Dynasty are top-tier teams, Uprising, Fusion, and Gladiators in the mid-tier, and the Fuel, Mayhem, and Dragons in the
There’s a lot of debate over developers porting previously released title to Nintendo Switch. Some see it as a great way for developers to show support, while others think it results in an underwhelming game library, needless port-begging, and half-heartedly made ports. Botched releases like WWE 2K18 and RiME may make some people hesitant about third-party ports, but
Stage 1 of Overwatch League has ended in a series that did not go entirely as expected. From the beginning, the Seoul Dynasty was the favorite to win; for most of the first stage, they were incredibly dominant as they defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators, Dallas Fuel, Boston Uprising, and more with ease. It wasn’t
There’s a certain thrill that comes to outrunning (and outgunning) the law, and video games have been no stranger to that. Of course, the Payday series has made its bank (literally and figuratively) on giving players the chance to live out their lives as a band of on-the-run outlaws pulling off the perfect heists, and now with
I’ve been playing Owlboy on the Nintendo Switch for a majority of this past week and I find it to be such an incredibly charming game. From very early on, the music, aesthetic, and the game’s sympathetic protagonist Otus draws you into the world that it has created and fills you with a sense of wonder. What I did
Every so often, an RPG releases that is regarded highly by all who play it, but sadly some of those titles have trouble reaching a wider audience. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series falls perfectly into this category with the recent release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II on PC. Joining
Good morning, Nintendo Switch fanbase. Thanks for taking the time out of your day, and I’m sorry for tricking you into this. Take your coat off, grab some Dunkaroos, and take a seat. The broader gaming community has talked it over, and it’s time for a port begging intervention. All joking aside, it is time
Week 4 of the Overwatch League has come and gone with some rather interesting results. Going into this week, I would have told you that the London Spitfire, Seoul Dynasty, and New York Excelsior were sure bets to make it to the Stage 1 Finals. After Week 4 concluded, I am not too sure: A
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom has eluded release for quite some time. Over the past year, DualShockers has reported on several delays with the developers stating that gameplay improvements and adjustments to systems are the cause. However, from the outside looking in, it’s tough to really know what is going on with the game and
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
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
With Week 4 continuing today, its about time for our weekly Wrap-Up of Blizzard’s Overwatch League. This week saw the most back-and-forth matches with six of the teams going to five games. It was also a week full of great rivalry match-ups that put on a fantastic show for the league’s viewers and audience. Additionally,
Overwatch League continued in its second week with more competitive matches, unexpected wins, and upsets. From January 17th to the 20th, all twelve teams played another two matches at the Blizzard Arena in Burbank, California. Once all of the matches were said and done, we got a good look at who the top teams in
On September 13, 2015, German indie developer Pixel Maniacs released a cute and colorful first-person puzzle title onto iOS devices called ChromaGun. For the next two years, this title would be ported onto the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Now, almost three years after its initial release, owners of Nintendo’s hybrid handheld console finally get
Today, Microsoft announced that going forward its Xbox Game Pass subscription service will include new first-party games from Microsoft Game Studios day and date with their retail release. This means that paying as low as $9.99 a month, or the price of a full game ($59.99) every semester, Xbox One users will be able not
Flight Sim Wrld by Dovetail Games is an advanced flight simulator that just left early access and fully released this week. If you haven’t played it yet, you now have the opportunity to win one of ten PC digital copies, kindly offered by Dovetail Games. If you want a chance (or several) to win, all you have to do
The inaugural season of Blizzard’s Overwatch League began last week — from January 10th to the 13th — showcasing the league’s twelve teams in their first two games of the season. As each squad duked it out at the Blizzard Arena in Burbank, CA, they displayed some of the highest levels of play you will
Welcome to 2018 at DualShockers, and let’s ring in the New Year with our most time-honored tradition: reflecting on the previous year’s game and trying our best to rank them. And what a year 2017 was. Continuing from the practice from previous years, our most important awards — Game of the Year (Readers’ Choice) and Most Anticipated