As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just 2018
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As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just 2018
Happy Holidays from not only Dualshockers but tons of developers and publishers from around the world. It’s nearly Christmas and to celebrate people are sending out good vibes in the forms of online holiday cards and videos to close out the year. Below you’ll find a large, but not complete, collection of all the holiday
I consider 2018 to be one of the best years for gaming in recent memory, even when compared to the lofty heights of 2017. No matter what genre you are a fan of, there was likely a great game for you to enjoy. I played a ton of games this year, both for review and
As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
Welcome back, everyone, to DualShockers’ annual Game of the Year awards selection! We are all one year wiser, and one year more excited than we were in 2017. Thankfully, 2018 has been a rather contentious year with mega-hits like God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Monster Hunter: World having a strong showing — we are in no
Every day we are one step closer to Hideo Kojima’s secretive Death Stranding, however we are getting tiny details here and there. This includes that God of War‘s Creative Director Cory Barlog has gotten a moment to see gameplay behind closed doors. In case you missed it, today is Kojima Productions’ third anniversary, having officially been founded
Looking to celebrate the Holiday Season with inarguably one of 2018’s best games from this year. Sony Santa Monica’s Cory Barlog and artist Adam Rabalais is helping you do this, with a limited run of “Freya’s Dinner” — a God of War themed holiday planning that is downright cheery. Announcing the painting on his Twitter account, Barlog notes how
At some point this year you’ve probably used Google to search for the latest news for an upcoming title that you were interested in, or maybe you needed help with finding out what material those bags from Bethesda were made from? You might have even added us on the Google news app. Well, Google has
Tonight is Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards 2018. While you wait for the show to air tonight, you can check out every nominee for this year’s show below. We will update the lists to reflect who and what won each category. Winners will be bolded and have the word “winner” placed in front of them.
Being deaf, I’ve often made jokes about bad subtitles that are too small to read. Just in the past few years we’ve seen a few examples of how games have stumbled when it comes to implementing proper subtitles, such as Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus with its tiny subtitles that blend, or walls of text in Fallout 4.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (or simply, E3) is one of the largest trade fairs in the world, and is an event that millions of gamers from around the world tune in every year in anticipation of their favourite companies announcing brand new titles. That’s why Sony announcing PlayStation’s absence from the trade show this week
Cory Barlog is set to deliver the opening “Storytime” keynote at PAX South at San Antonio in what will be the events fifth year running. Jerry Holkins, the co-founder of Penny Arcade had this to say about Cory Barlog attending the event in 2019, “Doing a sequel to a beloved game is a unique challenge,
Marvel’s Spider-Man, No Man’s Sky, God of War: these three games have more in common than just their three-word titles. They have fantastic photo modes and they aren’t the only ones. 2018 has been possibly the best year for taking pictures in your favorite games: whether you’re trying to convey the heavy emotions of the moment,
Welcome to the first official DualShockers Definitives list! This week has been a hard one for DualShockers staff, thanks to much arguing and nit-picking over which games in the amazing PS4 library make the Top 10. If you missed the original post, here is a quick TLDR on what this is all about: The DualShockers Definitives
There has been a lot of debate lately, both within the industry and among gamers, about the viability of single-player story-driven games. One definitely interesting single-player game coming soon is 11-11: Memories Retold. At Gamescom 2018, I had an interesting chat with Creative Director Yoan Fanise and Aardman Animation Studio Producer George Rowes about the value of
Since its release this past spring, God of War has not only delivered to players a captivating and engaging story alongside some of the best visuals of the year, but also challenged players with a brand new combat system for the series. Now that the game has been out for a few months, Sony Santa Monica
In a new developer diary, Sony Santa Monica revealed details pertaining to the boat sequences in God of War. Players spend a lot of time rowing to a fro and experiencing the relationship between Kratos and Atreus so it’s not all that surprising to see just how much work went into creating these emotional outings. If
Today God of War Director Cory Barlog spoke at Devcom in Cologne about the creation of the game, and he shared some interesting info on the early days of the popular PS4 title’s development. According to Barlog (as reported by GameSource) Norse mythology wasn’t the only candidate for the game, but at some point, three
If you’re still not over the masterpiece that is God of War, then you’re in luck. A novelization of the game will be available at the end of the month, but it is currently available for pre-order if you can’t wait. The book will follow the events of the game, and it was written by J.M.
Since its release a couple of months ago, God of War has been stunning players with its amazing gameplay and gorgeous visuals and sound. Last night, Santa Monica Studio teamed up with the Gnomon School of Visual Effects based in Los Angeles, California to do a very deep dive into the making of God of War. For those unable
God of War has been out for a couple of months now, but a trailer for the game was released today focusing on the relationship between Kratos and his son Atreus just in time for Father’s Day. On Mother’s Day, a video was released with a track dedicated to Faye, the mother of Atreus, so it is
Today NPD disclosed its statistics for the month of April 2018 related to the United States Market. The numbers came from Games Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella, who posted an extensive video on YouTube. First of all, it’s a triumph for God of War, which isn’t just April’s top-selling game, but it set a dollar sales
Today Gfk released its video game sales data for the United Kingdom, related to the week ending on May 19th. Surprise, surprise, Sony Interactive Entertainment Santa Monica Studios’ masterpiece God of War is still at the top, for five weeks in a row. One more week on the throne and God of War will equalize The Last of Us
Apparently, no one stops the God of War train, at least in the United Kingdom, where Sony Interactive Entertainment Santa Monica Studio’s masterpiece is holding firm at the top of the UKIE sales charts for the fourth week in a row. The game passed The Last of Us: Remastered for the most consecutive weeks at
Nothing says happy Mother’s Day like a haunting track from God of War dedicated to Faye, the woman with enough balls to have a kid with known psychopath-murderer Kratos. I’m not sure if that’s girl power or poor self-preservation… but you go girl! And go she did. To celebrate and honor both Atreus’ mother and mothers
Over on the US and European PlayStation Blogs, Sony has revealed the top-selling titles on the PlayStation Store for April 2018, and it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that the recently-released and critically-acclaimed God of War took the top spot for digital sales on the PlayStation Store last month. For Sony’s other platforms, Rick and
Sony Interactive Entertainment published its weekly chart for PS4 sales on the Japanese PlayStation Store, and Konami’s Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 managed to follow up on its first place at retail revealed by Media Create with topping digital sales as well. Incidentally, Konami’s cutesy baseball title also topped the PS Vita chart for the week. Below you
Today is Wednesday, and despite the Golden Week Holidays, the good folks at Media Create still pulled out their charts for the week related to the week between April 23rd and April 29th. Below you can check out the software chart. As usual, the second number for each game represents its lifetime sales. Jikkyou Powerful