The Steam Game Festival event that is happening right now is a pretty great idea. With all the usual gaming conventions and events cancelled due to current events, why not utilize the expanding digital space? I’ve long been a proponent of game demos, since there’s little better way to know if a game will land.
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This week The Pokemon Company announced New Pokemon Snap, the long-awaited sequel to the 1999 original on the Nintendo 64. Having a second entry in the franchise was arguably the most wanted request from the Pokemon community for years, especially during the time of the Wii U where players could have used the Wii U
Ah, the sequel. It is inevitable nowadays that any successful product will eventually get a sequel. Video games, movies; hell, even the Big Mac got a sequel. Technically a prequel too with the Junior Mac. It is just something that is unavoidable. Studios want the dream of something like a Star Wars or Lord of
This morning’s Pokemon Presents gave fans reasons to smile and celebrate. Long time fan-favorite Pokemon Snap at long last was getting a new entry, and a couple of cool new titles were revealed, Pokemon Smile and Pokemon Cafe Mix. While other Pokemon fans were focused on those, I was taking in the surroundings of the
Last year, Samurai Shodown took me by surprise. I previewed SNK’s fighter at PAX, it instantly had its grip on me. It is one of the most approachable fighting games I have ever played, and that sentiment still rings true. It’s just so brilliant, with an awesome art style, and unique gameplay unlike anything else
Hello! If you are on the internet today and are a consumer of video game media, you may have realized that reviews for Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II are now starting to appear in certain locations. However, one such location you will not find a review of this fine video game is here at
I started playing the Fallout games about a decade ago. My first experience with the series was playing Fallout 3 when I was 14. I got the game through Gamefly, and admittedly, I sent it back pretty quick – the feral ghouls got me spooked. But eventually, I revisited the game, realized ghouls were easy
With what’s been happening in the past and especially in light of current events, it’s important to reflect on the video games that have centered or been inclusive of black characters, as well as games led by black developers. Representation has been an ongoing conversation in video games (and other forms of media), and the
The Outer Worlds from Obsidian was one of 2019’s best games. It appeared on many Game of the Year lists and we here at DualShockers bestowed upon it a review score of 9.5/10. Unfortunately for me, it was one of those games that got caught up in my constantly growing list of games that I
The Indie Live Expo 2020 live stream event was held on June 6, revealing a plethora of info on Doujin games and Japanese indie games. Here’s a list of all the announcements made during the stream. Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 Launches June 22, 2020, on Steam From mountains high to valleys low… From cities big
Borderlands was one of the best new IPs to come out of the last generation of consoles and continues to have great stride with its latest entry Borderlands 3. Throughout this generation, we have seen all previous titles in the franchise get the remaster treatment including 4K HDR updates for Borderlands: The Handsome Collection. The
All the way back in 2011, Ken Levine, the creative director of what was then Irrational Games, announced that a new installment in the BioShock series was being planned for Sony’s PlayStation Vita platform. At the time, much wasn’t known about the project, but the thought of seeing the critically-acclaimed shooter franchise come to a
We’re about halfway through 2020 and a lot of great games have come out, with much more coming along the way like Cyberpunk 2077 and Ghost of Tsushima, but there are many titles that don’t have a massive budget that will be releasing later this year that deserve a spotlight to be shined upon them;
Before we begin, it’s important to make clear that I do not care about nor understand professional cycling. I have, quite literally, never watched a race in my life and am the last person you should be coming to if you’re looking for a review for Pro Cycling Manager 2020. Or any cycling game, for
The Mafia series tries to perfectly encapsulate the power of working outside the law and having no rules apply to you. It deals with the upsides and downsides of this bygone line of work. But one of the core tenets of any Mafia-inspired piece of media (see The Godfather, The Sopranos) is a lack of
When I first saw Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling back in 2018, I was just coming off of a disappointing dive into Paper Mario: Color Splash. That game wasn’t bad, per se, but it didn’t feel like a classic Paper Mario title. Bug Fables, on the other hand, looks like Mario and his crew had
Featured image credit: Tyler Tomasello/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock via The Guardian. How can I possibly write about video games right now? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself for a while now. With the world seemingly burning down around me, writing about video games seems like the least important thing in the world. And, to be fair, even
I first played Mafia 2 either in 2010 or 2011, the year it originally came out or the year after. After hearing about the game again this year, in the context of a grand remaster, I was excited. I’m not entirely sure why though. It may have been a combination of setting the nostalgia vision
Thus far, these lists have been relatively easy to put together. After all, whether you’re platforming in 2D or 3D, you’re still jumping around. Action-adventure is a little murkier, but even there, you basically know what you’re getting yourself into. However, when trying to build the ultimate sports game star, we ran into some obvious
Another week, another video where Video Manager Mario Rivera and I (News Editor Michael Ruiz) talk about something in the wide world of video games. This week we talk about the newest Predator: Hunting Grounds DLC and the Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath expansion. Our discussion begins with the Predator: Hunting Grounds DLC which adds Dutch
In recent years, game companies have been trying their best to implement the best accessibility practices for video games. One studio that always impresses me is Ubisoft, which seems to strive to improve accessibility features in its games, title-after-title. As part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020, I had the opportunity to jump into a
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt wasn’t an instant hit with me at first, and it wasn’t until much later on that I finally fell in love with it. When it first released 5 years ago, I downloaded it straight away as it was the game that everyone was talking about (who wants to be left
The way I see it and have experienced it for a while now, every group of friends has their go-to game. Since I was in high school, my group has hopped across every Smash Bros. title out there. But since quarantine started, getting together to play has naturally been impossible, and playing Smash online is…not
Earlier this month, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night got the long-awaited Zangetsu and Randomizer modes in a free update on PS4, PC, and Xbox, and while they are both fun, one is superior to the other. As a bit of history, two of the stretch goals for Bloodstained‘s Kickstarter were to get the demon-hunting samurai, Zangetsu,
When I think back on the first time that I played through Red Dead Redemption, the two things that usually come to mind for me are the beginning and closing scenes of John Marston’s story. When we first meet John in the opening of Red Dead, he embarks by train to enact revenge against the gang
The Earth as we know it is in tatters. A global energy crisis has forced the world leaders to found a new moon colony that lets us harness a new-found source of energy. That is until the Blackout hits, and the moon goes offline. This is the state of the world as you enter it
Just a couple days ago, a remaster for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 was revealed and the DualShockers crew is pumped. News Editor Michael Ruiz (me) and Video Manager Mario Rivera take a moment to discuss their thoughts on the reveal. As always, Mario and I discuss our relationship with the franchise. In
The Assassin’s Creed franchise has had a rollercoaster history of development and direction. When the first game released in 2007, it gave me a fresh perspective of creativity that I haven’t really experienced in another AAA franchise since. From the beginning, the stealth action-adventure series has delved into different important eras of history through simulation.
Another day, another discussion on the latest and greatest news happening in the wide world of video games. This time around, News Editor Michael Ruiz, Video Manager Mario Rivera, and Staff Writer Cameron Hawkins take some time to talk about the recent Inside Xbox event focusing on third party titles coming to Xbox Series X.
Naughty Dog fans were in for a delight yesterday as the brand new story trailer for The Last of Us Part 2 dropped ahead of the game’s arrival next month on June 19. The previous trailer we got to witness was all the way back in September, which showcased Ellie and Dina on horseback and
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