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.
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Though the first half of the year has been upended in significant ways by the coronavirus pandemic, this spring has still been a great one for video games. Several long-anticipated games have finally made their way to gamers everywhere, including the highly-anticipated Final Fantasy VII Remake. As a reimagining of a JRPG classic, it shouldn’t come
In an interview with Dengeki Online, Sword Art Online games Producer Yousuke Futami announced total sales for all SAO games have now surpassed 5,6 million units worldwide. When speaking about SAO Fatal Bullet and the popularity of the game and its DLC content, Futami mentioned: “Thanks to everyone’s support, total sales of the series are
In a series of tweets, Japanese studio Entergram announced the development for both Kaleidoscope of Phantasm Prison and Umineko Saku is still going forward. The tweets explain how the studio, like all others, switched to a work from home format during the state of emergency in Japan due to Covid-19. While the developers are encountering
Bloomberg’s Takashi Mochizuki reported that if demand is high enough, the four developers of indie game Gnosia will be considering releasing an English version of their game on Switch. Gnosia, science fiction adventure-RPG based on social deduction game Mafia, which IGN rated as “masterpiece,” is currently in Japanese only. But its developer told Bloomberg that
On the heels of the Trials of Mana remake launch comes a tribute to its predecessor, Secret of Mana. Considered one of the best JRPGs of all time, it naturally has plenty of devoted fans to this day. One such fan, Benoit Tranchet, directed a 2D animated short featuring the party taking on the Mana
For the decades that we’ve been playing games on PlayStation platforms, Japanese games have especially felt at home on Sony’s various platforms. Over the years, major franchises such as Final Fantasy and Resident Evil have come to define the platform and given us some of its classic titles. With Golden Week around the corner, now is the
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Spike Chunsoft’s Danganronpa series and to celebrate this milestone, the developer is soon set to bring three of the franchise’s most notable entries to new platforms. Announced over on Twitter today, Spike Chunsoft unveiled that the Danganronpa trilogy is soon set to come to mobile devices. This lineup includes
More than a few jabs have been thrown at Microsoft about the Xbox Series X box-like design, however one thing is for certain: at least we know what it looks like. Meanwhile, Sony has stayed mum about the highly-anticipated PS5. And while everyone in the gaming scene would undoubtedly love to see what is currently
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight, which came out last November for PS Vita and PS4, will be seeing an official soundtrack release on June 24th of this year. According to the tweet from the official Japanese Persona account, there will a standard edition and a limited edition called the
Red Hook Studios announced Darkest Dungeons is getting multiplayer DLC. Titled Butcher’s Circus, the upcoming DLC introduces PvP arena battles to the gothic roguelike turn-based RPG. Seen in a tweet announcing the new Darkest Dungeons DLC, Butcher’s Circus will let you fight against your friends or enemies in no-holds-barred arena battles. Each team will pick
While April Fools’ Day is generally known for its outlandish pranks and tricks, not all announcements are fake ones. That at least seems to be the case for fans of the cult classic roguelike Rogue Legacy, with a sequel now seemingly on the way. Developer Cellar Door Games seemed to confirm on Twitter that Rogue Legacy
The past few weeks have definitely been a weird and uncertain time for a lot of people. With the coronavirus continuing to upend daily life across the world, being able to turn to some of our usual comforts is impossible in the current moment. Thankfully, video games have been able to provide at least some
On Tuesday, Sony gave a heads up that game downloads over the PlayStation Network in Europe would be slower during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Now U.S. players will take the same hit on the opposite end of the Atlantic. Via a PlayStation Blog post, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and President Jim Ryan explained that the
On the latest Nintendo Direct Mini released out of nowhere, Petit Depotto announced Gnosia will be releasing in Japan on Switch on April 30. The game will be priced at 2750 Yen (Tax included) and will be digital-only, available on the Nintendo Eshop. Pre-download is available today, March 26. Gnosia is an indie game published
In the March 26 Nintendo Direct Mini, Nintendo, Sega, and Atlus announced Catherine Full Body will be releasing on Switch on July 7. Back in February, Catherine Full Body was rated on Nintendo Switch in South Korea, so the game’s Switch port doesn’t come too much as a surprise. This is also nice as now
Twin Breaker: A Sacred Symbols Adventure is a new cross-buy brick-breaking adventure for PS4 and PlayStation Vita developed by Lillymo Games, and written by Sacred Symbols podcast creator Colin Moriarty. The adventure takes place in a futuristic world where humanity has colonized planets throughout the Milky Way and a third world-war rages on Earth’s surface.
The long-awaited fan translation patch of The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki will be available on March 14. It’s been rebranded as Trails from Zero to keep in line with the official English releases. Modding team Geofront has released a remarkably high-quality trailer to commemorate. Zero no Kiseki originally released for the PSP back
Coming off the success of Shovel Knight, the path ahead for developer Yacht Club Games seems especially full of possibility. As one of the most successful games to come out of crowdfunding through Kickstarter, the success of Shovel Knight has led to several spin-offs and new projects set in the game’s world, alongside multiple expansions of
The past week was a big one for developer and publisher Yacht Club Games, most well-known for Shovel Knight, as the company earlier this week shared details on a number of new projects that it has in the works. Among those was the announcement of its upcoming puzzle game Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon that brings its titular
If there is one thing that PlayStation is known for, it’s an eclectic range of games that come from all varieties of backgrounds, countries, developers, and more. That is especially the case for Japanese games, given Sony’s roots, and the latest sale on the PlayStation Store gives fans of Japanese games a ton to choose
In late 2015, I went out on a whim and picked up Persona 4 Golden for my Vita during one of the PlayStation Store’s year-end sales. Most of this purchase came down to the fact that I had heard nothing but raves from friends and colleagues about the game, and the series as a whole.
Bandai Namco announced the next Super Robot Wars series stream. It’ll be held on February 18 at 21:00 JST (Click here for time conversions). You can watch it on YouTube and on Niconico. It’s unlikely a new console game will be announced, but it’ll be fun as always, with the reveal of new series in
Valentine Day 2020 happened and as usual when such events rolls around, Japanese games studios, artists, character designers and developers all shared some Valentine-themed artwork on Twitter. Mobile and gacha games all do their own events too, revealing new illustrations for their characters. In Japan, Valentine Day is about women giving presents to men, with
Capcom producer Ryota Niitsuma announced via Twitter he left Capcom. Niitsuma was involved in many fighting games and crossover games at Capcom. The first Project X Zone, Street Fighter IV, the Marvel Vs Capcom series, and Tatsunoko Vs Capcom all have his name on them. He also worked on the Resident Evil Revelations series. Ryota
On one hand, we at DualShockers are very bummed that Final Fantasy VII Remake got delayed. On the other hand, the recent swell of attention and news is driving a ton of new and impressive FFVII cosplay. And some of the best of the bunch? New takes on fan-favorite Tifa Lockhart, including a fantastic photoshoot from cosplayer Shade Cramer
What’s indie developer Bluepoint Games been working on? While the team has been making major titles this generation, nothing has been so highly anticipated or widely discussed as their upcoming PS5 project. And while we still don’t know exactly what that may be, recent statements from Bluepoint indicate it will be their largest project yet
Our peers at Dengeki Online published an interview with Aquaplus following the announcement of the second and third Utawarerumono games’ Steam ports, Mask of Deception, and Mask of Truth. The end of the interview has Aquaplus mentioning multiple new Utawarerumono console games are in development: “We’re working on multiple console games. We hope you’ll play
Stardew Valley, the game where you keep your animals happy, harvest crops, partake in digital community events, and become friends with everyone has hit a new milestone. According to the games press page, Stardew Valley has now sold over 10 million copies worldwide. While there’s been no official word from developer ConcernedApe, scouring back through the
Rumor has it that the official PS5 reveal is imminent, and the PlayStation fanbase is hyped. With the next gen consoles around the corner, plenty of community content creators are flexing their skills in making mockup concept designs into what both the PS5 and Xbox Series X will look like. With this in mind, Sony
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