During Ubisoft’s financial conference call hosted today, Chief Executive Officer Yives Guillemot and Chief Financial Officer Alain Martinez talked abouti the recently-released The Crew 2. Martinez mentioned that the game is behaving in terms of activity in line with the previous game, while digital sales are actually higher. He believes that building more content for the game
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During Ubisoft’s financial conference call hosted today, Chief Executive Officer Yives Guillemot talked about the performance of Tom Clancy’s The Division 2‘s beta and more. According to Guillemot, The Division 2 was the fastest-registering beta in Ubisoft history, with over four times the registrants of the original game (which was the previous record-holder) in 2015. We also
Sega has today released the fifth and final episode in the ongoing animated series Sonic Mania Adventures. Following up on the events of the previous episodes, the newest installment finally sees Sonic and friends teaming up to take down Metal Sonic. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Ray, and Mighty are all finally together in this final episode and
Blizzard Entertainment announced today the adorable hamster Wrecking Ball will finally be making his way into the base version of Overwatch beginning next week. Wrecking Ball was revealed to the world late last month and has since been available for play in the public testing region on the PC. Next week on Tuesday, July 24, he will be
It has been awhile since I’ve played a good roguelike. The last time I remember really enjoying the procedurally generated gameplay the genre is known for was in 2015 when Brace Yourself Games launched its critically acclaimed game, Crypt of the Necrodancer; my absolute favorites include Rogue Legacy, The Binding of Isaac, and FTL: Faster
Yesterday, Treyarch began teasing the upcoming Zombies Comic-Con panel via their official Twitter account, and now it seems like they aren’t stopping. In fact, they are going all out as the developer has just officially released a brand new trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s horde based mode. The trailer shows off some brand new
Today, Bandai Namco Entertainment released a brand new trailer of the upcoming fighting action game My Hero One’s Justice. If the title feels a bit weird, that’s because it’s actually a My Hero Academia game, titled My Hero Academia: One Justice in Japan. Yet, in the west, it lost the “academia” probably due to licensing reasons. The trailer focuses
Once again, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has come out on top in the weekly UK sales chart for the 28th week of the year ending on July 14. This marks Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy’s third consecutive week at the top of the charts since its release on Xbox One and Switch at the end of June. I
With the recent kickoff of Season 5, Fortnite has been giving players plenty to do in exploring its new time travel theme, and now the game’s latest update has provided a few new changes and features across all platforms. Epic Games has released the official patch notes for the v5.0 content update for Fortnite, with the update
Shark week came a little early this year with the news that Ubisoft’s Hungry Shark World is headed to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on July 17th. Surprise! Hungry Shark World is launching on Xbox One, PS4 & Nintendo Switch, July 17 🦈🦈🦈 Sink your teeth into a new adventure >> https://t.co/cDQyQ4ehly ||
Need a change of pace from Fortnite? Don’t worry, Crazy Justice, the cel-shaded third-person shooter with a battle royale mode, is headed to early access sometime in the next week or two. According to a Twitter post from developer Black Riddles Studios, an early access version of Crazy Justice will arrive sometime between July 20th
Today Nippon Ichi Software released a brand new trailer of the upcoming Disgaea: Hour of Darkness remasters Makai Senki Disgaea Refine, or Disgaea 1 Complete as it’ll be titled in the west. The video introduces the familiar gameplay and mechanics that have made the series popular among hardcore SRPG fans, also giving us a good look at the renewed visuals.
A few weeks ago we found out that the Zombies mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 would be shown off in greater depth at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Now, Treyarch has begun teasing the upcoming event, and it seems like it’ll be something sinister. While the tease is pretty simplistic, to say the least, because
One of the most notable elements of 2016’s Hitman was the fact that the game took players on a globe-trotting adventure through numerous countries, and now with summer in full swing, developer IO Interactive is offering players a free (virtual) trip to Marrakesh to enjoy. Developer IO Interactive announced that the Marrakesh map — which is
When I reviewed City of Brass a few months back, I mentioned that I hoped that Uppercut would keep with the roguelike style and that the game would be getting more content in the future. It seems like the developers have answered my hopes as today, they have officially released a brand new update for the game,
Following several teases last week from actor Nathan Fillion relating to the Uncharted series, today we saw the result being a brilliantly-made fan film starring Fillion as the series’ protagonist Nathan Drake, and new details have arrived from Fillion on how it all happened, along with what is in store for him and his fan favorite Destiny
Far Cry 5 seemed to be a polarizing game — not about the semi-political setting, so much as where it stands in reference to the series at large. Sure, I loved all the changes that shook up the series’ formula: a non-reliance on mini-maps, dedicated companion use, and a US-based location. But many gamers were
It all started with a rocket. Just a few weeks ago in the world of Fortnite, a rocket launch within the game gathered together thousands (if not millions) of players to witness a mysterious rocket launch that caused the beginning of some strange occurrences in-game. Soon after that, more strange twists and turns were making their
In the year that I have been at DualShockers, it’s been pretty well established that I like racing games. While my favorite may be kart racers, there will always be a special place in my heart for more normal racing games as well. As mentioned in the game’s initial reveal article this past Monday, I
When it released last year, Sonic Mania brought players back to the era of the classic Sonic the Hedgehog games with its retro-fueled gameplay, and for SEGA has released a new promotional video for Sonic Mania Plus to celebrate the game’s upcoming release on consoles in the most ’90s-inspired way possible through an infomercial. From its VHS-styled looks to
Whenever any new DLC for the Far Cry series goes live, it certainly has a lot to live up to. With Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon widely considered one of the best DLC re-imagining of last generation, you can tell Ubisoft is trying to copy that success with the expansion pass for Far Cry 5. Unlike the earlier version
It’s no mystery that many veteran BioWare fans (not all of them, of course) have been finding it difficult to relate to the stories from the studio in the past few years. Gone are the times of Baldur’s Gate and Knights of the Old Republic, and even the first two Mass Effect games and Dragon Age:
Wales Interactive, a publisher known for FMV games like The Bunker, unveiled another FMV game today: The Shapeshifting Detective. The game is being developed by D’Avekki Studios, the studio behind The Infectious Madness of Dr. Dekker, and will release sometime during Q4 2018. The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery that has players investigating
Germany has introduced a new ruling which requires a confirmed release date on products in order to allow pre-ordering. The ruling came from the Higher Regional Court in Munich following a court case surrounding the pre-order sales of smartphones. This was brought to light through a customer protection claim involving Media Merkt — originally with
Indie publisher tinyBuild Games has increased it’s online conference presence significantly this year, as they have already held two #HelloSwitch events and even a small E3 press conference to unveil Secret Neighbor. The company recently took to Twitter to reveal that they are holding yet another press conference this year at PAX West. The press
Today, during the latest “Letter from the Producer Live” Final Fantasy XIV broadcast Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida and Global Community Producer Toshio Murouchi revealed update 4.4. The patch will be titled “Prelude in Violet” and will come in mid-September. Yet, before we get into the new major patch, update 4.36 will come on August 7th and will
Nightdive Studios, the developer behind the System Shock remake, has shared an update for the month of July which includes some screenshots and news about soon being able to explore the Citadel in the game. In the update, Nightdive claims that they’re working on a big milestone for September that they are calling the “Adventure Alpha”,
Here’s a great deal for any PlayStation 4 owner or action-adventure fan! Horizon Zero Dawn Complete is now only $18.99 at Amazon. Let’s talk affiliate deal alerts, folks! These are the details for Horizon Zero Dawn Complete via the Amazon store page: A Lush Post-Apocalyptic World – How have machines dominated this world, and what is their
Sony Corporation updated its Japanese online store, revealing an interesting change. Most versions of the “slim” base PS4, which previously carried the model number CUH-2100, have now been changed to CUH-2200. At the moment there is a new 1 TB Jet Black version (CUH-2200BB01), a new 500 GB Jet Black version (CUH-2200AB01), and a new 1 TB Glacier White version
Square Enix’s newest JRPG Octopath Traveler has recently been released for the Nintendo Switch, and apparently, the physical version is selling out in quite a few shops in Japan. The publisher took to Twitter to apologize to its customers for the game being out of stock at certain retailers and advised to consider the digital