Another year, another E3 — and as is tradition, DualShockers hands out awards to what we (and our readers collectively) think are the best games at the show. This year had some stiff competition, with three games nearly tying for Game of the Show. But, with plenty of arguing, debating, and compromising we have DualShockers’
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Today, during a Nintendo Direct presentation, the house of Mario and Square Enix introduced the features exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS version of Dragon Quest XI. We get to see the two gameplay modes created for the platforms: the more modern 3D mode shows the world and combat with better visuals. The classic and notsalgic
Last week at E3 2017, we had the opportunity to go hands on with the upcoming “Igavania” title Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Being developed by Inti Creates and published by 505 Games, Bloodstained serves as a spiritual successor to the Castlevania games of yesteryear. For those unfamiliar, Bloodstained began as a Kickstarter project in
Dead by Daylight has officially made its way to consoles, but the game has been out on PC for over a year. Behaviour Digital felt it was important to point that out and make note of how far the game has come because of its fans. In the video below, Behaviour shows off all of
E3 2017 has come and gone and hosted many great games: however, some of those titles might have been overshadowed by some of the bigger budget titles seen on stage. Despite the huge amount of games announced during the event, we here at DualShockers have put together a convenient list of great indie games that
42 energy drinks later: E3 2017 is done and in the rear-view mirror. And as it has the last few years, today, ICO Partners released its annual assessment that looks into which companies generated the most press coverage during the super-bowl like trade-show. For the first time since ICO Parnters began with this assessment in
If there has been a sales chart recently: it’s probably been topped by Injustice 2. The new fighting game from developer NetherRealm Studios and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment topped May’s PlayStation Store sales chart. It was alsothe best-selling game for the month in the United States. And now, it’s been revealed as the best-selling
Sony Interactive Entertainment released today a new trailer for its PS4 Pro console. The trailer focuses on Sony’s own headline titles including God of War, Gran Turismo Sport, Horizon Zero Dawn, Deroit: Become Human, Knack II, Spider-Man and Days Gone. It also boasts the hardware capabilities of the console, including “Dynamic and Native 4K,” HDR
In the year 2150, Laser League is the new big thing. It’s a fast-paced sport where players must dodge the opposing teams’ lasers and survive in order to be deemed champions, leading to some bright spots of happiness and excitement in a post-conflict world. That is the concept of Roll7’s Laser League in a nutshell,
Like every year, Sony Interactive Entertainment hosted PlayStation E3 Experience, a series of viewings of its E3 press conference in theaters across North and South America. This year probably can’t be compared to the “E3 of Dreams” as many have grown to call the press conference in 2015, with the announcements of Final Fantasy VII
According to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment President David Haddad, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is the best-selling LEGO game of all time. This news comes from an interview with VentureBeat, where the president mentioned this news in passing during the second question. You can few the full quote below: GamesBeat: Superheroes seem to be pretty hot
Arc System Works and Bandai Namco Entertainment America released two new gameplay focused videos for Dragon Ball FighterZ, which was present at E3 this year after leaking early, and then being showcased during Microsoft’s press conference on Monday, where the Xbox One X was also unveiled. The first video showcases an entire 3-on-3 match taking
Phoenix Labs announced that Dauntless, an upcoming free-to-play co-op action RPG, will be getting its first publicly available build with the Dauntless Founder’s Alpha, which is currently set to begin on August 18. This alpha will be available to those who purchased the game’s Founder Edition-tier for $79.99, which was unveiled back in April. This
Today the statistics firm Media Create released its weekly analysis of the situation on the Japanese market, and we get an interesting piece of information. After the 15th week on the shelves (as of June 11th), the Nintendo Switch has an attach rate of 1.60. For those unfamiliar with the term, “attach rate” indicates the
FuturLab revealed their new PS VR game Tiny Trax a couple weeks ago, and at E3 this year, they provided a live-demo with PlayStation of the upcoming VR slot-car racing game, resulting in around ten minutes of brand new gameplay footage. The video features James Marsden and Dave Gabriel, who pitch the game as giving
While Naughty Dog and Sony Interactive Entertainment provided quite a nice look on Uncharted: The Lost Legacy at E3, you haven’t seen everything there is. A demo was showcased behind closed doors for media attendees, but you shouldn’t worry, because you’re going to see it too. The demo will be showcased on Naughty Dog’s own
Microsoft has been overhauling its services with frequent updates, so it was just a matter of time until they got to Xbox Avatars, and in fact they did. Announced during E3, and hinted by Phil Spencer a few months ago, the popular alter-egos of Xbox One and Windows 10 gamers will get a full restyling
The Californian based studio Messhof has come a long way in 5 years. Their latest work, Nidhogg 2, is slated to come out for PC and PS4 in summer of this year. A gameplay demonstration was recently showcased on PS Underground with the two creators, Mark Essen and Kristy Norindr. The first game in the
Developer New World Interactive and publisher Focus Home Interactive have unveiled for the first time, Insurgency Sandstorm, in a new “E3 2017” trailer. In development for PS4, PC, Xbox One, Mac, and Linux, Insurgency Sandstorm is the sequel to the multi-million selling Insurgency, that is poised to release sometime later this year. The multiplayer tactical
Level-5 is well known in the gaming community for their large portfolio of titles covering multiple genres such as Dark Cloud, Yo-kai Watch, and the Professor Layton series. Most Recently, the developer announced Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy for western 3DS and iOS/Android users. In the past, the Layton series has been
Late last night, Sony Interactive Entertainment released some new gameplay demo footage of Patapon Remastered that was captured during E3 2017, featuring President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida. Announced back at PSX 2016, Patapon Remastered is a PS4 remastering of Patapon, a PSP rhythm/action/platformer game, that first released in 2007, and quickly became a
Microsoft had a strong E3 press conference this year. The company showcased an array of promising games: from AAA titles like Forza 7, Sea of Thieves, and State of Decay 2, to smaller titles like The Last Night, Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Cuphead, and Ashen, all of which are console exclusive or
Today, Denmark-based developer IO interactive announced that it is now officially an independent studio, and more importantly that is has retained the rights of the Hitman IP — the franchise it has worked on since 200o when it released Hitman: Codename 47, and made a total of six games for (including the most recent: 2016’s
Koei Tecmo and SNK are celebrating together the launch on Steam of The King of Fighter XIV and 8 million downloads for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. An interesting effect of the Japanese culture of respect even among rivals, is that local developers love their crossovers, they’re offering as a gift to their fans
Today Sony Interactive Entertainment mobile subsidiary ForwardWorks and Compile Heart announced a partnership for a new mobile game titled Eshishin No Kizuna (which translate to “Bond of the Painter God“) The game will be developed by Compile Heart and will be released in 2018. It’s a completely new game in collaboration with Tezuka Productions, to
During its Treehouse coverage from the show floor at E3 2017 in Los Angeles, Nintendo and Koei Tecmo showcased more gameplay of the upcoming Musou-style game Fire Emblem Warriors. The gameplay, presented among others by Koei Tecmo’s own Keisuke Hayashi, shows a lot of hectic combat, a look at the menus and more. On top
During Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation Live coverage from the show floor at E3 2017 in Los Angeles, Bandai Namco showcased more gameplay of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. This morning we got a look at the third mission of the campaign titled “Two Pronged Strategy” flying an F-14D Super Tomcat, and today we see the
Late last month, developer Dynamic Pixels and publisher tinyBuild Games announced that their already-popular (and it hasn’t even released yet) stealth horror game, Hello Neighbor, is launching on PC and Xbox One on August 29th. Fast-forward to today, and the pair released a new special, E3 2017 trailer. In addition to the new trailer, tinyBuild
During its Treehouse coverage, Nintendo showcased the first actual gameplay of the upcoming DLC of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, titled The Master Trials. We get to see the the sky platforms, which are basically floating platforms holding treasures and enemies to defeat, new gear for link, a meeting with a Korok
Nintendo’s signature third-person “shooter” Splatoon 2 is right around the corner, and the House of Mario isn’t shy showing off the additions that the sequel is bringing to the table. In Nintendo Treehouse’s E3 Livestream, the Nintendo staff and the Squid Research Lab development team on site demoed Splatoon 2‘s single player mode. The demo