Sid Meier’s Civilization VI will be receiving the Rise and Fall expansion in February, courtesy of Firaxis and 2K Games. Rise and Fall is set to add a big new feature called Great Ages, smaller features such as governors, and of course, brand to leaders and civilizations for players to mess around with. Today, India
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
Today, Nintendo announced that tomorrow Intelligent Systems’ Fire Emblem Heroes will be updated with a fresh face and a new summoning event. Fire Emblem Heroes merges all previous Fire Emblem games into one shared universe, and as such, heroes are added regularly. This time, however, the newest featured hero is a Heroes-original named Guunthra, the Voice of Dreams. She’s the
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
As one of the year’s most acclaimed games, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was already massive in scope and got even bigger with the introduction of “The Champions’ Ballad” DLC and the Master Cycle Zero, with several of the game’s lead creatives giving a closer look into the creation of the mythical vehicle.
Today, during a livestream from Sega’s headquarters in Tokyo, the publisher showcased a new trailer of Senjou no Valkyria 4: Eastern Front, which will be released in the west with the more familiar title Valkyria Chronicles 4. In the trailer, we see the various game mechanics of the game, including the familiar use of command
Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released a new TV commercial for its upcoming anime-inspired third-person shooter/JRPG hybrid Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet. The commercial is rather brief, using the usual thirty-second format, but it’s sweet enough thanks to a further look on the game’s story cutscenes and characters. As a bonus, we get to hear the theme
Inti Creates announced that Mighty Gunvolt Burst Version 1.3 will launch on December 28 for players to play through the 2D action game as new characters. Once updated to Version 1.3 players will have access to three new characters: Ray – Mighty No.9 – A robot capable of independent thought, Ray is known as the
Today Compile Heart released a new trailer for its upcoming JRPG Death End re;Quest. The trailer features the game’s opening animation, that gives a closer look at the game’s cast, including the NPCs that will be encountered in the glitched virtual world, and those in the real world, where part of the story will be
Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb has announced this week’s Xbox Deals With Gold; the following offers are available until Monday, January 1, 2018. Xbox One owners with an active Xbox Live subscription can save up to 80% off on a slew of video games and DLC add-ons. Highlights featured this week include HITMAN –
Rockstar Games today has announced new information regarding Grand Theft Auto Online. The latest update, now available across all platforms features extended in-game snowfall and new content. According to the press release, this week, aside from extended snowfall throughout Los Santos, Grand Theft Auto Online‘s newest update introduces the Overflod Autrarch, a slick new ride that is defined
In the west, people often take a while to remove the Christmas decorations, but in Japan, on the 26th almost everything is already gone. This is due to the fact that Christmas is seen mostly as a consumeristic event and a chance to party and have fun, but the true Holiday is New Year, that
Today Bandai Namco released a new gameplay video of the upcoming fighting game by Arc System Works Dragon Ball FighterZ. The video is presented by eSports commentator Hellpockets as he explains Tien’s moves one by one, including the potential for combo and follow-ups. Interestingly, we hear that what we see is “close to the final
The holiday season is coming to a close and while most of the presents have been unwrapped and gifts have been given, there’s still time to lock in the post-holiday sales with plenty of cheap games, with Best Buy offering some for the sports fans. Best Buy is currently offering both WWE 2K18 and NBA 2K18 at
Paranoid Productions revealed The Church in the Darkness last year for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and the game was one of the most interesting indie titles coming into 2017. That being said, the game did not release this year, and will now be coming out in 2018. This isn’t stopping the developers from showing off
10tons Ltd. has ported a ton of games from their back catalog to Nintendo Switch this fall, including titles like Neon Chrome, Crimsonland, and Xenoraid. The first of these ports was of Sparkle 2 back in September, so the developer decided to come full circle and finished off the year by releasing Sparkle Unleashed on the Nintendo
Back in November, the recently-independent IO Interactive released Hitman: Game of the Year Edition for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. This version of the game bundles everything from the games first season alongside some brand new gameplay content and graphical enhancements. Today, Game Director Jacob Mikkelsen and Associate Game Director Eskil Mohl released a new
With the holiday season in full swing, Overwatch is not only celebrating the season with an ongoing holiday event, but also brought a surprise livestream that you might not have been expecting. To ring in the holiday season, the official Overwatch Twitch channel broadcast game director Jeff Kaplan sitting in front of a fireplace in the tradition
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. 2017 was an
Today Koei Tecmo released a new batch of gameplay trailers for its upcoming open-world Musou game Shin Sangokumusou 8, which will be titled in the west Dynasty Warriors 9. As we have seen in many other trailers so far, the clips focus on a single character, showing their deadly moves. This time around the spotlight shines mostly
Today Marvelous entertainment released two new videos and a batch of artwork for the upcoming Senran Kagura Burst remake Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal. The artwork mostly focuses on Homura’s Crimson Squad, including Homura herself, Yomi, Hikage, Mirai and Haruka, on top of Rin. Rin also appears in one of the brief videos, while the other
Capcom released today a new TV commercial of its upcoming mainline Monster Hunter game Monster Hunter World. The commercial comes in the usual brief thirty seconds format, but still packs quite a bit of content through competent pacing, including characters and story moments, and a look at the game’s monsters. With January being almost here,
Today, Compile Heart released a new trailer of its upcoming JRPG Death End re;Quest. The trailer showcases some gameplay, and more precisely the ability to enter Glitch Style, that lets characters be taken over by the glitches in the game, acquiring devastating powers. Apparently, the most relevant price for this is their clothes, so expect
Today Clover released the opening video of the upcoming mobile game Makai Wars, that used to be basically a gaming urban legend. The game is a game set in the Disgaea universe, featuring Asagi as its main protagonist. It was originally teased at E3 2004 as a strategy RPG for PSP, and then shifted to
If you’re a fan of Ubisoft’s open world racing title The Crew, registration for the beta of the game’s sequel, The Crew 2, is now live on all platforms including PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Signing up is easy, but it’s important to note that you will need a Ubisoft account to register for it. The Crew 2 was revealed earlier
It’s that time of the year again, and you’re now called to decide DualShockers’ highest annual honor, the Game of the Year 2017 – Reader’s Choice Award. Of course, at DualShockers, we value our opinion but ultimately we’re just a bunch of writers who love games. That’s why our Reader’s Choice Awards have traditionally become
Microsoft its continuing its campaign to advertise the power of the Xbox One X, recently releasing a commercial focusing on the enhancements for the new console featured in Madden NFL 18. The commercial stars Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch, as he talks to… his hand, and ends with the familiar slogan “Plays Best on
The good folks at Ys Net posted a new video today, featuring a conversation among Shenmue III Director Yu Susuki and Animation Producer Hiroaki Takeuchi. Both developers mention that the graphics have reached a level beyond their initial expectations, but Suzuki-san admitted that there will be elements that won’t be comparable with triple-A games. Yet,