Today Square Enix released a few new Commercials of its upcoming JRPG Dragon Quest XI. The first two commercials are respectively dedicated to the PS4 and 3DS versions of the game. They’re brief, but definitely interesting. The rest is more on the funny side, focusing on Japanese celebrities and how they feel about the upcoming
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Today, during EVO 2017, BlazBlue developer Arc System Works announced a brand new fighting game: BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle. The game is a massive crossover between BlazBlue: CentralFiction itself, Persona 4: Arena, French Bread’s Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late[st], and Monty Oum’s RWBY. If you’re not familiar with RWBY, it’s because it’s not a video
On July 13, 1987, a new video game was released for the MSX2 computer system in Japan and Europe. Designed and directed by a man whose name would become synonymous with his long-lived series, the original Metal Gear debuted and Hideo Kojima’s story about espionage, betrayal, and nuclear armament began. Today, this game is often
Over the past 15 years, the Kingdom Hearts series has been taking fans on an adventure to different worlds they’d never thought possible. Through each entry, the story has evolved to include new characters and worlds to fit the growing franchise. The same can be said for Sora’s trusted weapon, the magical Keyblade. First introduced
Legendary Games have released a new faction for their mobile multi-player combat game Mordheim: Warband Skirmish with the oppressive rat men: the Skaven. The Skaven update is available on Google Play, the Amazon App Store and the Apple App Store and is priced at $3.99. Bringing the total of mercenary factions up to four, the
Mobile gamers will soon be able to take to the high seas as UQSoft unveils plans to release its naval warfare mobile game, SailCraft, in August. Coming out on iOS and Android devices, SailCraft is a 3D naval warfare mobile game inspired by turn-based gameplay of the board game Battleship. Unlike the board game, which
Today, at the D23 Expo gaming panel, Disney and Lenovo announced an augmented reality headset coming soon for mobile platforms. Disney Vice President of Advanced Development Mike Goslin introduced the concept. “AR has always been a big part of the Star Wars stories. it’s always been really important. My personal favorite though is the Holo-chess
Spanish video game distributor and publisher BadLand Games has rebranded its corporate identity and opened a new branch: BadLand Games Research Poland in Warsaw, allowing the company to expand its publishing efforts and work with a wider variety of growing indie studios. The Warsaw office has also begun working on its own game. On top
While this year has brought plenty of new fighting experiences to fighting game vets like ARMS and Injustice 2, those looking for something closer to the classics can sit back with the Arcade Edition of Street Fighter IV this week, thanks to Xbox One’s growing library of backwards compatible titles. Xbox’s Larry Hryb (aka Major
QUByte Interactive in partnership with podcast 99Vidas have announced the official launch price of their upcoming beat em up 99Vidas. The game will go on sale for $9.99 with a 20% discount for all PlayStation Plus members during the first week of launch. In addition to the launch price of 99Vidas, the developers also announced
QUByte Interactive in partnership with podcast 99Vidas have announced the official release date of their upcoming beat em up 99Vidas. The game is scheduled to release on PS4, PS3 and PS Vita on July 18, 2017 in the Americas (North and South America). Alongside the release date announcement, we also received a pretty sweet trailer,
After some delays, Capcom Mobile announced that they have finally released updated version of Street Fighter IV for iOS titled Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition today. This version of the game brings some new characters and features along with it. Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition includes 25 playable characters, and three of them – Poison,
Today, Media Create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between July 3rd and July 9th, Bandai Namco’s new release Gundam Versus has replaced Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology as Japan’s top-dog. Meanwhile Mario Kart 8 Deluxe green-shelled its way back to No.2. Rounding out the top five is
Nowadays, anime opening and ending themes, alongside most Japanese video games, are the domain of young female vocalists and idol groups. Yet, those of my generation will remember a time in which the heroic deeds of giant robots and space pirates were accompanied by the much deeper voices of a handful of male singers. While
Dragon Quest XI‘s release is coming close, and Square Enix is preparing to celebrate alongside the franchise’s previous chapter, Dragon Quest X. The event will be a crossover between the two games, and will happen in two parts. The first part will start on July 14th and end on August 14th. Dragon Quest XI character
Today Square Enix hosted an active time report broadcast with Final Fantasy XV Director Hajime Tabata and Global Brand Director Akio Ofuji, mostly dedicated to recapping what was showcased at E3. During the broadcast, we learned that Square Enix has opted not to disclose some information during E3, and is instead planning “large scale” things
Today, developer Prideful Sloth released a new trailer for its upcoming open-world adventure game, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles. The new trailer specifically shows off the game’s Shivering Plains environment, as well as introduces us to “Fluff Cubs,” which appear to be inspired by Polar Bears, but purple-er and more dogish looking. Yonder: The Cloud
Today, developer Respawn Entertainment and publisher EA announced and revealed the 6th free DLC drop for its first-person shooter Titanfall 2 called The War Games. Additionally, Respawn also revealed that across the original Titanfall (which launched back in March 2014) and Titanfall 2 (which just hit last fall) the series has seen 20 million players,
Today Kadokawa Games introduced the first gameplay of The Lost Child, the new game by Takeyasu Sawaki, who is well known for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. The videos (courtesy of a livestream hosted by the magazine Dengeki PlayStation) introduce dialogue scenes with the characters, including protagonist Hayato Ibuki, the angel Parcia and more.
Yesterday. Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Mistwalker Corporation announced the sequel to its popular mobile JRPG Terra Battle, aptly titled Terra Battle 2, and today the father of Final Fantasy himself introduced the first gameplay during a livestream on Nico Nico hosted by Famitsu. The reveal was actually rather extensive, for about 24 minutes of raw gameplay (unfortunately,
Yesterday, Hironobu Sakaguchi’s studio Mistwalker Corporation announced Terra Wars, a new game with interesting graphics made in claymation. Today, they launched a behind-the-scenes video showing off how that is being created. Claymation is a process that based on creating clay sculptures of characters, and then animating them by taking hundred of pictures in different poses,
Ever Oasis, a new 3DS exclusive title from the director of Secret of Mana, Koichi Ishii, has gotten a launch trailer prior to its release tomorrow. For those who don’t know, Ever Oasis was announced last year during Nintendo’s Treehouse Live event, and is a unique mix between a city management game like Animal Crossing
Today Koei Tecmo released the first trailer of its upcoming new chapter of the Dynasty Warriors series, Dynasty Warriors 9. The trailer looks quite awesome, especially considering the difference in looks with the previous chapters of the series. We get to see the beautiful open world promised by the developers, and a glimpse on battle.
German publisher and developer Daedalic Entertainment has released 15 minutes of new gameplay footage — via IGN — of its upcoming futuristic thriller, State of Mind, which is poised to release on PC, Mac, Linux, Switch, Xbox One, and PS4 sometime in Q4 2017. For those that don’t know: State of Mind is a futuristic
Update, 6/21 7:40 PM: As expected, Nintendo’s position in the interview was just misstated. Responding to DualShockers, Nintendo PR clarified that Scibatta meant “2018 and beyond” instead of simply “2018.” In other words, don’t expect to see Samus return so soon. Original story follows: How soon do you think Metroid Prime 4 is coming out
Following today’s announcement of Terra Battle 2, Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Mistwalker Corporation provided more details about the game and its sister project, Terra Wars. First of all, we learn that both games are coming to the west, even if details remain scarce. On top of this, Terra Wars now officially has its own platforms, which will
Today Square Enix released a batch of new screenshots giving a look on one of the playable characters of its upcoming JRPG Dragon Quest XI, Sylvia. Sylvia is the mood make of the party, previously traveling entertainment with the dream of bringing a smile to everyone’s face. In combat, he makes uses of the arts
Sumo Digital sent out a press release today detailing their latest patch for the slithery platformer, Snake Pass. This update effects all platforms for the game (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) but has specific notes for each one. The most notable additions are the two features (time trials, leaderboards) added to the Switch to make
When gamers hear the name “Inti Creates,” it’s often followed by memories of playing the Mega Man Zero series. The developer excels in delivering some of the best 2D action-platformers on the market, and this has been a goal set out by the company since they opened their doors in 1996. Following the developer’s inception,
Today, Media Create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between June 12th and June 18th, it’s one Nintendo Switch game replacing another: with the newly released IP, ARMS, knocking back down Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to the No.2 spot. Interestingly, Nintendo pulled off the trifecta in the