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
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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”,
After seven long years in development, procedurally-generated adventure game MoonQuest is now in Early Access on Steam. Along with a gameplay trailer, the game’s developer shared an article full of totally serious advice on how to take your sweet time when making a game. MoonQuest is about a wizard whose goal is to illuminate a nocturnal
Today Cygames hosted the Granblue Fantasy Summer Festival in Osaka, Japan, and in addition to a host of announcements, they also showcased a lovely music video. The video features the song “Another Sky” masterfully performed by Vira’s voice actress Asami Imai. Imai-san is well known for her many roles including Noire in the Neptunia series, Makise Kurisu in Steins;Gate, Chihaya Kisaragi in The Idolmaster, Ikaruga in Senran
Two featurettes were shared on Twitter to give players an advantage when Fear the Wolves hits Steam Early Access this week. One of the videos focuses on the eponymous wolves in the game, and the other lists the benefits of the various consumables that players can use. As players try to survive the radiation-ravaged Chernobyl, they will
Today Cygames hosted the Granblue Fantasy Summer Festival in Osaka, Japan, and the prolific developer came in hot with plenty of announcements for the summer and the beginning of the fall. First of all, we’re getting the usual healthy intake of swimsuits and summer wear, including Rosetta and Ilsa in bikinis, Naoise in summer outfit, and
Publisher tinyBuild Games shared a teaser trailer announcing that Guts and Glory will not only be leaving Steam Early Access on Thursday, but will be making its way onto PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch as well. For those unaware, Guts and Glory is a game about engaging in some family-friendly fun while racing to the
Today, during a livestream from Japan, Capcom and Square Enix revealed the first live gameplay of the upcoming Behemoth hunt in Monster Hunter World, marking the first phase of the crossover with Final Fantasy XIV. At the controls, we see Monster Hunter World Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, Executive Director Kaname Fujioka, and Director Yuya Tokuda, alongside Final Fantasy
Today, the London Spitfire defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators twice giving them a spot against the Los Angeles Valiant in the Semifinals. Last Wednesday, we saw the Gladiators sweep the London Spitfire giving hope to the home crowd at the Blizzard Arena. Everything was looking good for LA with the potential to see another crosstown
Creative Assembly has shared a trailer for a long-awaited update to Total War: Rome II. The Ancestral Update is now available in open beta for free and comes with a number of tweaks, fixes, and improvements to the base game and its DLC’s. One of the major updates is a Family Tree that allows players to interact with the
Star Citizen backers recently received alpha 3.2, which added quite a lot of interesting features, but development isn’t stopping here. Cloud Imperium game released a new video giving a sneak peek at what we can expect from alpha 3.21 which is already being tested on the PTU, and alpha 3.3, which will be the next
PlayStation has shared a making-of video for the card battler game Insane Robots that was released earlier in the week. Creative Director Rob Davis talks about some of the gameplay in Insane Robots as well as the many people who helped make it possible. With some gameplay in the background, Davis gives an overview of how to play Insane
This may not be the popular opinion amongst the population, but since its introduction, I have pretty much always believed that VR is just a fad and that it will go the way of motion control, leaving behind very few memorable games. After E3 2018, however, my stance on the technology has changed drastically, and
EA DICE Live Producer Alexander Hassoon posted on Battlefield V‘s official website reporting on what the studio learned from the recent closed alpha, and what is already being tweaked. The matchmaking system didn’t work perfectly, and it will see “many changes and improvements” before release. There were also issues with staying with your squad between consecutive matches, and
A few years ago, platformer fans were yearning for new Mega Man-inspired games, as Capcom was ignoring the franchise at that time. This is what caused Mighty No. 9’s Kickstarter and other titles like the great Azure Striker Gunvolt to rise to prominence. Following an extended stint in Early Access, developer Batterystaple Games has brought
The Philadelphia Fusion have proven themselves as a team to really watch out for, pulling out a win against the Boston Uprising giving them a spot in the Semifinals of the Overwatch League Inaugural Season Playoffs. On Wednesday, the Fusion was able to get grab the first match win by simply outplaying the Boston Uprising.
Following the new reveal of BioWare’s upcoming action RPG Anthem at EA Play in June, fans are still asking the development team many questions, and Executive Producer Mark Darrah and Game Director Jonathan Warner are doing their best to answer as many as possible on Twitter. We learn that players will be able to explore Fort Tarsis, and
Earlier today, Activision released the beta dates for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on each system. Now, however, more details about the beta have become available, as the PlayStation Blog has released the list of maps that will be available, and as it seems, players will have a ton of content to sink their teeth into.
FromSoftware’s Souls games are known for their nearly-cruel difficulty and have sparked sadistic memes like “git gud” thrown at frustrated newbies when they complain about the challenge. Apparently, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice won’t require such massive skills, or at least you won’t need to git “insanely” gud as explained by Directror Hidetaka Miyazaki himself in a recent interview
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire brought players back into a rich, deep RPG experience earlier this year alongside a new setting and cast of characters, and now those looking for more adventures will have plenty to look forward to in a few weeks with the release of the game’s first major expansion. Obsidian Entertainment has
The Zone of the Enders franchise is soon going to return with the Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – M∀RS remaster developed for Konami by Cygames. Over the past few days, the game’s Twitter account has been posting some lovely artwork by guest artists. The first artist probably needs no introduction, as it’s Akihiko
BioWare has seen a lot of familiar faces come and go over the years, but as of yesterday, the studio is seeing another major departure. James Ohlen, a veteran designer and creative director at BioWare, announced that after 22 years of working with the company he has retired. “After 22 years I have retired from
Today Spike Chunsoft released a new trailer of the upcoming visual novel Steins;Gate Elite. The trailer showcases the opening cutscene, including the theme song “Cosmic Looper“performed by Kanako Ito, who is well known for having lent her voice to the songs of quite a few visual novels by mages./5pb. and Nitroplus. Interestingly, the song was written and