When I first saw Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling back in 2018, I was just coming off of a disappointing dive into Paper Mario: Color Splash. That game wasn’t bad, per se, but it didn’t feel like a classic Paper Mario title. Bug Fables, on the other hand, looks like Mario and his crew had
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Featured image credit: Tyler Tomasello/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock via The Guardian. How can I possibly write about video games right now? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself for a while now. With the world seemingly burning down around me, writing about video games seems like the least important thing in the world. And, to be fair, even
Ubisoft Nadeo‘s Trackmania (releasing on July 1 for PC) is a remake of Trackmania Nations, which first launched in 2006 as a freeware title. The franchise itself, which has been around since 2003, is a niche one that doesn’t see much publicity from Ubisoft, yet has a dedicated fanbase. This time around Trackmania will be
I first played Mafia 2 either in 2010 or 2011, the year it originally came out or the year after. After hearing about the game again this year, in the context of a grand remaster, I was excited. I’m not entirely sure why though. It may have been a combination of setting the nostalgia vision
WayForward is back with a brand new adventure starring our favorite demi-genie, Shantae, as she gets caught up in a nefarious scheme. In Shantae and the Seven Sirens, Shantae’s vacation at a beautiful resort island is cut short when several of her fellow half-genies are kidnapped. Players guide her as she explores both the island
Thus far, these lists have been relatively easy to put together. After all, whether you’re platforming in 2D or 3D, you’re still jumping around. Action-adventure is a little murkier, but even there, you basically know what you’re getting yourself into. However, when trying to build the ultimate sports game star, we ran into some obvious
Mortal Kombat 11 is not just one of my favorite fighting games ever made; it is one of my favorite games of the current console generation. It feels incredibly balanced, has a rock-solid cast of characters, a fun story, and a ton of content for players to enjoy. It is a game I keep coming
With just under a month until the game’s release, anticipation is continuing to build for The Last of Us Part II. While the game experienced some unexpected circumstances in the past few months from a delay to some devastating story leaks, few would deny that The Last of Us Part II is a game that many are
While time has felt a little slower these days due to the pandemic, somehow we’ve come to the point where two major gaming classics have hit big milestones. This week saw not just one, but two major anniversaries for some of the most acclaimed open-world games of all time, Red Dead Redemption and The Witcher 3: Wild
If you’ve been remotely interested in video games in the past 10 years, you know of Minecraft. Its immense popularity has spawned games with interesting gameplay takes outside its traditional style. The newest spin, Minecraft Dungeons, is a fun interpretation of the dungeon crawling genre within Mojang’s blocky world and it is definitely worth your
The notion that sharks gobble up hundreds or thousands of people around the globe each year has been overblown ever since Jaws released back in 1975. Millions of people worldwide deal with the shark-induced fear that comes from dipping your toes into the ocean purely because of how media has portrayed the sea-faring creatures over the
Saints Row: The Third is, in many ways, the best Fast & Furious game ever made. Granted, that’s not a high bar to cross. At least until Fast & Furious Crossroads finally comes out. However, both franchises share quite a few similarities that make them excellent. Both are unabashedly bombastic, providing first act spectacle that
In recent years, game companies have been trying their best to implement the best accessibility practices for video games. One studio that always impresses me is Ubisoft, which seems to strive to improve accessibility features in its games, title-after-title. As part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020, I had the opportunity to jump into a
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt wasn’t an instant hit with me at first, and it wasn’t until much later on that I finally fell in love with it. When it first released 5 years ago, I downloaded it straight away as it was the game that everyone was talking about (who wants to be left
Over the last decade, the rogue-like genre has become one of the most popular in gaming with titles such as The Binding of Isaac, FTL, Spelunky, and Dead Cells all topping Twitch viewership at different times. Dodge Roll’s 2016 rogue-like bullet-hell Enter the Gungeon similarly had its time in the spotlight and met critical acclaim with an 87
If Found… is the latest release from popular artistic publisher Annapurna Interactive as well as the newest creation from Irish developer Dreamfeel. The game focuses on a young woman named Kasio as she travels to an unknown planet known simply as “Planet X,” where she discovers a black hole. After deciding to enter the black
The way I see it and have experienced it for a while now, every group of friends has their go-to game. Since I was in high school, my group has hopped across every Smash Bros. title out there. But since quarantine started, getting together to play has naturally been impossible, and playing Smash online is…not
Earlier this month, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night got the long-awaited Zangetsu and Randomizer modes in a free update on PS4, PC, and Xbox, and while they are both fun, one is superior to the other. As a bit of history, two of the stretch goals for Bloodstained‘s Kickstarter were to get the demon-hunting samurai, Zangetsu,
When I think back on the first time that I played through Red Dead Redemption, the two things that usually come to mind for me are the beginning and closing scenes of John Marston’s story. When we first meet John in the opening of Red Dead, he embarks by train to enact revenge against the gang
This year marks the 18th anniversary of Square Enix’s long running MMORPG Final Fantasy XI. To celebrate the incredible milestone, I was able to interview Director Yoji Fujito and Producer Akihiko Matsui and get some insight into both the past and present of the game, Fujito and Matsui’s history before they worked on FFXI, what
When it was first revealed in October 2017, Sucker Punch Productions’ upcoming Ghost of Tsushima caught a lot of attention for its stunning period recreation of Japan. A big departure from the inFamous series, the upcoming open-world epic seemingly takes a lot of inspiration from classic samurai films and has delivered some amazing setpieces from what we’ve
Sega released the latest edition of the long-running Sakura Wars series just a few weeks back on PS4, and we were very high on it here at DualShockers. Our reviewer, Iyane Agossah, ended up awarding the latest installment in the franchise an 8.5/10 score saying that the game “is a satisfying blend of everything that the
You are the ruler of a small country in Europe, and only 10 years old. Your parents are dead and your younger brother is under your charge, with both loyal and treacherous relatives surrounding you. As a child, you must navigate the complex and oft dangerous court in order to survive and emerge as a
The Earth as we know it is in tatters. A global energy crisis has forced the world leaders to found a new moon colony that lets us harness a new-found source of energy. That is until the Blackout hits, and the moon goes offline. This is the state of the world as you enter it
Just a couple days ago, a remaster for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 was revealed and the DualShockers crew is pumped. News Editor Michael Ruiz (me) and Video Manager Mario Rivera take a moment to discuss their thoughts on the reveal. As always, Mario and I discuss our relationship with the franchise. In
In 2013, PlatinumGames released The Wonderful 101, and it almost seemed doomed from the start. It was an experimental action game coming from a studio that, while highly respected, wasn’t known for producing titles that broke the bank. On top of that, the game was a Nintendo-published exclusive to the Wii U, a console that
Growing up as a sports-loving little dork, one of my favorite franchises was the Backyard Sports series. I was also super into NHL Hitz, NBA Street, and Blitz, but the core games in my arcade sports heart were and always will be the Backyard games. Sure, they’re incredibly easy once you’ve played them for a
The Assassin’s Creed franchise has had a rollercoaster history of development and direction. When the first game released in 2007, it gave me a fresh perspective of creativity that I haven’t really experienced in another AAA franchise since. From the beginning, the stealth action-adventure series has delved into different important eras of history through simulation.
Naughty Dog fans were in for a delight yesterday as the brand new story trailer for The Last of Us Part 2 dropped ahead of the game’s arrival next month on June 19. The previous trailer we got to witness was all the way back in September, which showcased Ellie and Dina on horseback and
As it approaches its fifteenth anniversary, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has been just about all over the place. From Renaissance Italy, to Ancient Greece, and even the American Revolution, the Assassin’s Creed saga has taken us on many different adventures all of varying quality. Now, with Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla set to come out later this year on current
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