Early on, I got a chance to preview Dontnod’s latest adventure game Twin Mirror. It certainly set my expectations pretty high for the final release. While I understood some of my issues with the puzzle-solving aspects during the preview most likely wouldn’t be fixed by release, I hoped the story would continue to capture my
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In today’s installment of, “Which company has THQ Nordic acquired now?” the publisher’s owning company has once again whipped out their checkbook and purchased developer Saber Interactive. It was announced this morning that Embracer Group, the parent company and owner of THQ Nordic, had snapped up Saber Interactive to the tune of $150 million. The
This week marked Focus Home Interactive’s annual What’s Next event, and with it came the confirmation of several new and continuing partnerships, cementing that it will be a European publisher to look out for over the next decade. From Dontnod to Saber Interactive, Deck13, Sumo Digital, and more, a lot of interesting titles seem to
Developer DONTNOD Entertainment and publisher Focus Home Interactive have announced that they will be again working together on a new “ambitious” project. The details of the project are scarce, but, given DONTNOD’s track record, it’s probably safe to assume the game will be narrative heavy. The two French studios previously worked together on Vampyr, a PC,
As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just 2018
Following its successful release back in June, Focus Home Interactive has today revealed via an earning’s report that Vampyr is now slated to arrive on Nintendo Switch. Originally only released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, Focus Home stated that plans for Q3 of the publisher’s fiscal year include bringing the action RPG to Switch. “In Q3,
If your first experience of Vampyr hasn’t quenched your thirst and you’re hungry for another tasty bite of this dark, combat adventure, then you are in luck as Dontnod is introducing two new game modes to add further replayability to the title, with a new Story mode and Hard mode. As well as bringing a host
Today, publisher Focus Home Interactive has revealed its financials for the first-quarter of the company’s 2018/2019 fiscal year. Over these first three months of the year, Focus Home has reported that they have made €28.5 million in revenue. This money was made primarily by the strong sales of Vampyr, which launched in early June. Last we had
Since its release last month, Vampyr from developer Dontnod Entertainment has been entertaining players with a deep and immersive vampire-focused tale set in the early 1900s, and now the game’s first major update has arrived with several changes in the works. Publisher Focus Home Interactive has announced that a new update has gone live for Vampyr across
As I watched the credit’s roll on developer Dontnod Entertainment’s most known title Life is Strange, I said to myself that, while the game’s story was fantastic, I would love to see what they could do if they combined their level of story-telling with more expansive gameplay. So when the same studio announced Vampyr as a third-person action RPG,
Vampyr is set to launch next week and Dontnod Entertainment has decided to push out the launch trailer early to give us more of a look into the third-person single-player title. After arriving back in a 1918 London, Protagonist Dr. Jonathan Reid a freshly turned vampire discovers secret societies and ancient orders that intend to take him down.
Players who have been anxiously awaiting the release of the narrative-driven roleplay game Vampyr will be excited to learn that the game has gone gold just a few weeks before its June 5th release. The announcement was made on the game’s Twitter page: Vampyr has gone Gold! Next stop, June 5th. pic.twitter.com/udD7biNctn — Vampyr Game (@VampyrGame) May 18,
If you’re interested in Vampyr and you’re craving any peak at the game that you can get then you’re in luck. Today, developer Dontnod Entertainment and publisher Focus Home Interactive revealed a brand new trailer for the game. The over two-minute trailer, which is titled Becoming the Monster, gives fans a brand new look at gameplay from the upcoming
Whether you’re anticipating Dontnod Entertainment’s upcoming action RPG or just a collector of vinyl records, the French game developer has you covered. Select retailers will bundle a limited pressing of Vampyr‘s soundtrack when you preorder the game. Unfortunately, those who live in North America will be left out. Various retailers from France, the Nordics, Spain,
As PAX East kicks off, developer Dontnod and publisher Focus Home Interactive have released a new trailer for Vampyr. This trailer, which features a cover of (Don’t Fear) the Reaper delves into the game’s story, giving us a better idea of the scope of the plot. For those of you who don’t know, Vampyr takes
Dontnod has been churning out weekly episodes of a behind-the-scenes webseries for their upcoming title Vampyr. The third episode, Human After All, dives into the NPCs of their world. The action-RPG will take a much closer approach than most games, diving more into the human element of a vampire story. In the latest episode, the developers talk about how
Back in September, it was unfortunately announced that DONTNOD Entertainment’s Vampyr was delayed to Spring 2018. While the news was disappointing, the game is still highly anticipated, and as such, they have since had the chance to tease fans with more exposition behind the studio’s creative process. Today, publisher Focus Home Interactive released the first episode of