In November, Black Desert Online developer and publisher Pearl Abyss unveiled three new MMOs: Plan 8, Crimson Desert and DokeV. Today, they decided to discuss DokeV, a Pokemon inspired “collectible MMO” that tasks players with collecting creatures called Dokebi. They not only revealed some new art and screenshots for the game but confirmed that its
Month: December 2019
Purely on a whim, I played through every Halo game in the span of a couple weeks simply because I could, and because I never had before. While I owned an original Xbox, I played Star Wars: Republic Commando more than I did a Halo title (thanks ESRB). It wasn’t until The Master Chief Collection,
Respawn Entertainment released Apex Legends earlier this year, quickly finding the game becoming a hit with Battle Royale fans. In fact, before 3 days had passed since launch, the game had attracted over 10 million players. Later on, it cleared 25 million players with over 2 million at its concurrent peak. Later in the year
King of Cards and Showdown will be completing the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove package next week. Prior to then, DualShockers caught up with Yacht Club Games to reflect on the game’s development and lengthy post-launch support. While you can expect the full interview tomorrow, David D’Angelo from Yacht Club Games did reveal something surprising to
As we’re getting nearer to the Japanese release of Project Sakura Wars (tentative title) more and more gameplay is getting revealed. The game is featured on the streams of all the biggest Japanese outlets. Famitsu most notably revealed the first hour of gameplay, which you can watch below. Shin Sakura Taisen begins in the same
Last year we saw the arrival of Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee which allowed players to make use of a Poké Ball Plus controller that was able to be used to control the character as well as be used in capturing Pokémon. The controller was also compatible with Pokémon GO, the popular Nintendo mobile game developed by Game
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD is landing on PC next week after previously launching on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch back in October. We reviewed the Nintendo Switch version of the game, so if you’re interested in knowing what our thoughts were on that, here you go. The game itself finds players taking control
Yesterday was the day that Rocket League from developer Psyonix was updated to the new Blueprints system we’ve been hearing about throughout the year. However, as the update arrived, there were waves of angry fans who weren’t particularly happy with the pricing of the new system. Blueprints were known to be a way of replacing loot
It has been almost two years since the more than controversial release of Star Wars Battlefront II. Since then, EA and developer DICE have tried to make up for their mistakes to players in the past with free updates and are seemingly doing that again with the game’s upcoming Celebration Edition. On December 5 Battlefront II will
Thanks to the success of the massively popular video games from CD Projekt Red and the upcoming Netflix series, The Witcher and its iconic characters have become household names around the world. While Geralt and Ciri have usually been found slaying monsters around the Continent, they’ll soon find themselves taking on a different set of enemies
While it started from humble beginnings as an addictive mini-game with a ton of depth in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game took the in-game card game and transformed it into an experience of its own. While CD Projekt Red has adapted the game to a variety of platforms over the past few
As a reminder once again that time slows down for no one, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is celebrating its one-year anniversary this weekend on Saturday, December 7. I can hardly believe that fact already since I first got to play and review the game a year ago, but because of that cause for celebration, Nintendo is
Aside from giving players access to the online components of many Switch titles, Nintendo Switch Online has also provided an added incentive in giving players a wealth of classic games to enjoy from the NES and SNES libraries. While it has been a few months since the last major drop of new games, Nintendo appears
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the PlayStation brand, The NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella recently revealed some new statistics via Twitter regarding the best-selling titles in PlayStation’s history in the United States. To the surprise of probably no one at all, Piscatella said that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V is the highest dollar selling game in
If you’ve been on the Internet today, you may have seen some rumors swirling that Sony’s PS4-exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn could be coming to PC next year. While that sounds all well and good though, it’s a rumor I wouldn’t put much stock in. The rumors all stem from a Russian YouTuber by the name of
The Outlast series by Red Barrels has brought solid horror stories with Outlast, Outlast 2, and the Whistleblower DLC. However, all of these were single-player experiences. That’s all about to change with The Outlast Trials, the newest entry in the series which will bring cooperative play to this terrifying franchise. The Outlast Trials will not
For nearly a year now, rumors have been swirling about how Microsoft is planning to roll out its next-gen platform Project Scarlett. Early rumors stated that Microsoft had two versions of the new console in the works, each codenamed Anaconda and Lockhart, but later reports claimed that plans had since changed and only one model
The wait is almost over! Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is finally coming to consoles next month. Dubbed Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition, this version of the game is coming to Xbox One and PS4 on January 28, 2020, with the Nintendo Switch version’s release date to be announced early next year.
Despite only launching about six months ago, it seems that Asobo Studio could already be hard at work on the sequel to A Plague Tale: Innocence. This information comes by way of French publication Xbox Squad which states that publisher Focus Home Interactive has ordered a sequel to be made from Asobo. Xbox Squad claims that
Dead Cells developer Motion Twin has done an admirable job releasing copious post-launch content for the game for the low, low price of free. In 2020, the team plans to drop their first paid content for their excellent rogue-like. The Bad Seed adds tons of new content to the game for only $4.99 and will
Recently, we reported that Square Enix was planning to begin charging those who had purchased the 1st Class Edition of Final Fantasy VII Remake for their orders this week. Now, that timeline has been pushed back. In a new email that has been sent out to purchasers of the 1st Class Edition, Square said that
Even though Square Enix’s Star Ocean has been an ongoing series since the early 1990s, it has failed to catch on in the west like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest or even Mana. That being said, the series may have a second chance to gain a western audience as Square Enix has been paying a bit
Xbox Game Pass has quickly become one of the best deals in gaming. For a small monthly fee, players get access to tons of great games on either Xbox One or PC. Today, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One version of the service is about to get even better. Halo: Reach just jumped on Game
Maybe you’ve never heard about Mikage. It’s a new Japanese studio led by Ryoei Mikage, who used to be at the head of the now-defunct ImageEpoch, the studio behind Luminous Arc and Criminal Girls. Mikage revealed multiple new details on their future plans and their upcoming game Criminal Girls X. We already knew the game is
Yesterday saw the arrival of Halo: Reach for The Master Chief Collection. It landed on both Xbox One and PC. Kotaku reported yesterday that on Steam, The Master Chief Collection quickly shot up the charts on Steam’s most-played games. According to the Steam Game Statistics, the game had over 100,000 concurrent players at one point which has ensured the game
This week’s usual leaks, most likely from this week’s Famitsu magazine, included comments from Masahiro Sakurai on Death Stranding. Masahiro Sakurai praised Hideo Kojima’s latest game, mentioning how there are very few games who manage to be this original and yet this interesting. Sakura added that Death Stranding definitely isn’t for everyone, but that he
If you thought for some reason that Sony was going to jump back into the handheld space after the dismal sales of the PlayStation Vita, well, think again. In a new conversation with Game Informer, it seems as though Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan has all but confirmed that PlayStation is done
For weeks now, many have been speculating about the status of In the Valley of Gods, the forthcoming project from Firewatch developer Campo Santo. After Campo Santo was acquired by Valve last year though, updates regarding In the Valley of Gods have been quiet. Now, we seem to know why. In a message given to Polygon, Campo Santo
In news I never thought I’d read, the Starship Troopers property is getting a new RTS. The game is being made by The Aristocrats, who previously worked on Order of Battle: World War II. So, at the very least, the game has a team with a track record for solid strategy games behind it. That
In news I never thought I’d read, the Starship Troopers property is getting a new RTS. The game is being made by The Aristocrats, who previously worked on Order of Battle: World War II. So, at the very least, the game has a team with a track record for solid strategy games behind it. That