Month: August 2017

A little over three years ago, lone-wolf developer Ben Esposito — who has previously worked as a level designer on What Remains of Edith Finch and The Unfinished Swan — revealed Donut County with a “reveal trailer.” What was shown garnered considerable attention for its charming visuals and novel gameplay premise. Now three year laters, a second trailer has been released
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Today Ubisoft released a brand new trailer of Assassin’s Creed Origin, focusing on the game’s open world. The video, which also includes commentary by Game Director Ashraf Ismail, explains how the game doesn’t just provide a couple of cities to explore, but an entire country that you can freely travel across. It’s the biggest world
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Rockstar Games has announced new information regarding Grand Theft Auto Online. The next major update: Smuggler’s Run will launch on August 29th on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. According to the developer, Smuggler’s Run will introduce business opportunities to Grand Theft Auto Online by using air corridors above Los Santos and Blaine County. On top of that, the update
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Atlus has established its own publishing team in London, according to GamesIndustry. This part of the company will be operating from SEGA Europe’s offices, and will publish all of Atlus’ own titles in Europe. Before this, Atlus would use third-party publishing partners, which usually lead to the European releases of many of their titles being
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Today, Square Enix has announced new content for Final Fantasy XV. According to the publisher, players will have the chance to participate in a limited time event, which will feature featuring gameplay elements similar to one of Ubisoft’s most profitable intellectual properties. Starting on Thursday, August 31st, 2017 until Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 Final Fantasy XV players will
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2K Games showcase NBA 2K18‘s All-Time teams in a brand-new trailer. All 30 NBA teams will have their own “All-Time” team consisting of the greatest athletes to play the game. From the trailer below, all-time greats such as Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will appear on their respected All-Time teams. Some players, like Lebron
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Today, Microsoft announced the Xbox Games with Gold offering for September 2017, which are the on-the-house games you will receive if you’re an Xbox Gold subscriber for said month. As always, the offering comes packing two Xbox Games games and two Xbox 360 games that are playable on Xbox One via handy-dandy Backwards Compatibility. Below,
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Atlus launched a new trailer for the dungeon crawler RPG Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth, coming to Nintendo 3DS on October 17 in North America, European date still “to be announced”. The trailer introduces the Botanist class: A class who wields sharp katanas and has access to powerful magic at their disposal. This character will be
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Epic Games announced new details for Fortnite’s upcoming “Survive the Storm” update launching August 29. Survive the Storm brings a few new modes to the game including “Survive the Storm Mode”, which puts players to the test to build up strong defences during the day so they can survive hordes of enemies at night. In
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Falcom launched a “demo movie” trailer for their RPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, coming to PlayStation 4 on September 28 in Japan. The trailer shows many scenes that have been previewed in screenshots leading up to the game’s release. Additionally, fans get a preview of the battle system featured in the game that
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Degica Games announced that Muv-Luv Alternative will launch on PC-via Steam on September 18, with English, Japanese, and Chinese text options. Muv-Luv Alternative concludes the Muv-Luv trilogy, which includes the two previous titles Muv-Luv Extra and Muv-Luv Unlimited. Even though the series began as a romantic comedy, the story changes to feature action-packed mech fighting scenes
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Today, Bandai Namco released a new gameplay video of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. The video features a mission which is different from the demo playable at Gamescom, and showcases a new plane in action, the Eurofighter Typhoon. We also get commentary directly from Producer Kazutoki Kono, who explains the basics of the game and what
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Today, Blizzard Entertainment released a new animated short for its critically-acclaimed team-based shooter Overwatch. The new video gives some love to fan-favorite Mei. In the ten minute clip, Mei is shown participating in a scientific experiment, which appears to have placed everyone in a cryo-chamber for an undisclosed amount of time. Eventually, she wakes up after being
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Two days ago, publisher THQ Nordic and newly formed developer Experiment 101 — a team that consists of ex Just Cause and Mad Max developers — announced a brand-new IP dubbed BioMutant, a post-apocalpytic kung-fu action RPG where you play as a deadly anthropomorphic raccoon of sorts. It was an interesting premise, but as of yesterday only brief gameplay and CGI
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Earlier today, developer Gears for Breakfast revealed that its upcoming 3D platformer A Hat in Time will finally launch on October 5 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The release date announcement for A Hat in Time marks the finish line after the game’s notoriously long development cycle. A Hat in Time began development in 2012 before later being placed on
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After yesterday’s news that NBA 2K18 cover athlete Kyrie Irving had been traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Boston Celtics, many wondered what would become of the game’s box art featuring Irving in his previous team’s uniform. Today, 2K Sports released a statement regarding what their plans are moving forward. In a quote sent to Game Informer, Jason
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A couple of days ago, during its pre-Gamescom live show, Microsoft opened pre-orders for the Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition, and today DualShockers had a chat with Xbox Games Marketing General Manager Aaron Greenberg about the company’s expectations for the console. Greenberg explained that, while Microsoft doesn’t know what kind of share of Xbox
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When Koei Tecmo announced Attack on Titan 2 two days ago, they did not provide any information on the platforms. Today, DualShockers had a chat with Koei Tecmo President and Chief Operating Officer Hisashi Koinuma, and Omega Force Manager Hideo Suzuki, and we inquired on the publisher’s plans for the game’s platforms. Koinuma-san confirmed that
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While games like Overwatch and Street Fighter are normally what cross your mind when you think of an eSport, developer and producer Andrey Korotkov wants you to imagine something else: Mushroom Wars 2. Speaking with DualShockers’ Co-Founder Joel Taveras at PLAY NYC, Korotkov discusses his excitement in developing a sequel to Mushroom Wars, once a PlayStation 3 indie wonder. This time
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Xbox One owners, are you impatiently waiting for Star Wars Battlefront II to launch? Were you ever interested in playing the original Battlefront but the money was never right? Well, now is the perfect time to purchase the 2015 action shooter. Currently, the Xbox One store is offering Star Wars Battlefront Ultimate Edition for $29.99. However, if you have
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Yesterday, PayPal announced a new partnership with Japanese video game company Nintendo that now allows Nintendo hardware owners to purchase digital games from the eShop by using their PayPal account. On top of that, the company also confirmed that Switch owners will now have the option to use PayPal as a payment option on Nintendo’s web
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Today, independent developer and publisher Psyonix revealed the Nintendo exclusive Battle-Cars are coming to Rocket League when it hits Nintendo Switch sometime this holiday. Unfortunately, there is no Waluigi-themed car, but there are Luigi, Mario, and Metroid-themed ones. Available as special unlockables when Rocket League hits Switch, the first Battle-Cars named the Mario NSR and Luigi NSR (a name
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