Microsoft is continuing its comedic advertisement campaign for the Xbox Game Pass service, and this time around it’s themed after Insomniac Games’ Sunset Overdrive. The commercial has the usual store clerk that appeared in previous spots drinking the Overcharge drink that is at the base of the game’s story and then burping it out right
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Some Fortnite players may have been affected by an issue on December 27 following the release of a new build of the game. The issue would either result in players losing their entire inventory, their Storm Shield storage, or not receiving V-Bucks that they purchased with real money. If you’re a player who has been affected, the development
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. This year was
Today Koei Tecmo released a new TV commercial for its upcoming anime-inspired game Attack on Titan 2. The commercial sticks to the semi-brief thirty-second format that is common to many TV ads, but manages to stick quite a few scenes in, most of which are rather lovely 3D renditions of scenes of the anime. Add some
If you play on Xbox One, and you’ve been wondering when you’d be able to get your hands on Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China without purchasing it on PC, then today is your lucky day. Developer Ace Maddox has announced that the action game will be officially available internationally on Microsoft’s console in just two weeks, on
Shawn Elliott was a key level designer on the Irrational Games development team that released Bioshock Infinite nearly five years ago. Since that time, Elliott moved to Arkane Studios in Austin, Texas to work on the 2017 edition of Prey. According to a job change on his LinkedIn page, it seems like Elliott’s future is now once
PlatinumGames’ has gained quite the following over the past eleven years from working on a variety of critically acclaimed action-oriented games, but all of them were published by another studio or based on an already established IP. Although they have teased it before, Head of Development and Producer Atsushi Inaba confirmed to GameInformer in an interview that the company is actively
KINGArt Games, known for titles such as The Dwarves, announced Iron Harvest, a new RTS set in the world crafted by Polish artist Jakub Różalski called 1920+, last year. Earlier this year, we received our first glimpse of gameplay, and today, the developers released a new gameplay video showing some of Iron Harvest’s dynamic environmental destruction and other
While the holiday season is now mostly behind us, plenty of great deals are still making their way over to customers thanks to post-holiday deals, and Amazon’s Digital Day Sale is offering plenty that gamers should love. Amazon has kicked off its Digital Day Sale that runs store-wide for some great post-Christmas deals, and sure
Hello Neighbor recently launched in December for PC and Xbox One after two years of development by indie studio Dynamic Pixels. There were no official announcements for the coming to any other console, according to new PEGI listing, it’s heading to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. For anyone out of the loop, PEGI is the
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. Even though it’s
If you know me on a personal level, you would see that I am a huge fan of the Fallout series. While I patiently wait for Bethesda Game Studios to announce the next installment in the franchise, the modding community in Fallout 4 is ever-growing and continues to introduce new ways to enjoy your wasteland adventure, and Fallout UIF
Koei Tecmo is continuing its string of reveals of its upcoming open-world Musou game Shin Sangokumusou 8, that will be titled Dynasty Warriors 9 in the west. This time around, we learn about the Teahouse, where we can purchase food offering temporary benefits like increased experience gain, improved attack, buffed speed or jump ability. We
Ever since the start of For Honor’s Frost Wind Festival event, players have received access to brand new content, and starting today, players will now be able to taunt others in a pretty chilling way. Developer Ubisoft has announced that a brand new emote has been added to the game; Snowball Fight. The emote, as the name suggests, features
Destiny 2‘s next expansion has apparently leaked on the United States and Japan PlayStation Stores and is called Gods of Mars and is set to release in March 2018. The page has since been removed. According to the screenshots provided by Reddit user GodsofMarsLeak — which you can see below — the second expansion will
Celebrate Diablo III‘s anniversary with the Darkening of Tristram, an event paying homage to your earliest Diablo memories. It will begin on January 1, 2018 at midnight PST and last until January 30 at the same time. The Darkening of Tristram will begin as you follow some troublesome and mysterious cultists in Sanctuary through Adventure
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the battle royale game that took the world by storm, finally came out of Early Access and officially released last week. Adding the Killcam and 3D Replay features that the community requested. Yesterday, PUBG’s servers went under maintenance for two hours, and during that time, the first big update to the game since its
MixedBag Games’ Metroidvania title forma.8 finally released on PC, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One, and Wii U after being in development for a long time back in February. In August, the developers released the game on Nintendo Switch, which forma.8 has done quite well on. Earlier this month MixedBag Games teased that they were creating
Overwatch is celebrating the holidays in a big way with the return of the “Winter Wonderland” event allowing players the chance to unlock special winter-themed holiday loot, while players after the event will also get an added goodie. Over on the Battle.net forums for Overwatch, Blizzard’s Josh Engen wrote that players in the game will be
If you thought that Koei Tecmo was done expanding the massive cast of playable characters of its upcoming open-world Musou game Shin Sangokumusou 8, which will be titled in the west Dynasty Warriors 9, you were wrong. Today, they revealed five more, and more precisely we get to see Yue Jin, Lianshi, Guan Xing, Fa Zheng, and Zhong Hui. And people
The end of 2017 is coming close, but we shouldn’t just look to the Past. It’s time to reach forward into 2018, and think about which games make your heart flutter. Like last year, you’re now called to vote for your most anticipated game of 2018. You can do so by expressing your preference in
After posting an advertisement concept idea for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to Reddit, Reddit user Macsterr realized that Microsoft had posted a very similar tweet without attribution. And just like it was discovered, Microsft removed the Tweet today without explanation. The Reddit post has since risen to the front pages of the social news aggregate site with nearly 200,000
As the holiday season begins to wrap up, developer Activision Blizzard is maintaining the holiday spirit by offering some incentives for gamers to play Overwatch. From now until January 1, gamers can obtain a late holiday gift if they log into their Overwatch accounts. Also, keep in mind that you’re not just getting one but five loot
In a lot of ways, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds feels like what we often see from “rags to riches” stories in movies, TV, books, and countless other mediums. Coming from a Korean studio with a name that’s both unique and perplexingly bizarre, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (or known collectively as PUBG) has gone from being a small, unheard-of entity to the breakout game
Zoink! Games’ Fe was first shown off during EA’s 2016 E3 Press Conference, impressing many with its atmospheric nature and visuals. Earlier this year during Gamescom, a Nintendo Switch port was announced and the game received an early 2018 release window. Today, the developers decided to show off five minutes of new gameplay via IGN
Ever since its announcement back in February, I have been intrigued by and kept an eye on Chucklefish’s upcoming strategy game Wargroove. The title calls back to Nintendo’s long-forgotten Advance Wars series in both visuals and gameplay style, which I really like, but the game is still putting its own spin on things with its
GameStop had numerous sales leading up to Christmas, including Black Friday deals that were as big as ever. But with the holidays finally behind us, we all can take a moment to sit and reflect on the gifts we received this Christmas. At least, we could — but GameStop isn’t quite done with the season yet. Given that
It’s the end of the year, and it’s time for rankings and awards. The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu prompted a hundred Japanese developers and industry personalities to rank their favorite games of 2017, and here you can find a translation of the full top 100. Yeah, that’s a lot of titles to translate. You
For this week’s DualShockers Community Game Night, we’re playing The Jackbox Party Pack 4. Jackbox got a great reaction earlier this month, so we’re making it a regular thing. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/dualshockerslive/ When: Wednesday, December 26th at 8:00 pm EDT Here’s the best part: You don’t even need a copy of The Jackbox Party Pack 4 to play. Just join
Wednesday means sales charts for the Japanese market. The week of December 18 to December 24 gives a look into the last minute shopping needs for gamers with the sales charts from Media Create. Check out the charts below for Japanese market sales, including this week’s sales, followed by lifetime sales. Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version