SNK has revealed another trailer featuring one of Samurai Shodown‘s 16 playable characters, this time highlighting series veteran Charlotte. You can watch Charlotte’s character trailer below. Samurai Shodown is published by Athlon Games and is scheduled for release this June on PS4 and Xbox One. A version for Nintendo Switch is expected in Q4 2019 while the Windows PC version does
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According to ArtPlay and 505 Games, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will release on 18 June for PS4, Xbox One and PC, while the Nintendo Switch version will arrive on 25 June. Bloodstained‘s release marks the end of a storied development. Spearheaded by Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi, the game set new records on Kickstarter in 2015, becoming the short-lived most
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On Wednesday, Pan European Game Information (PEGI) posted rating information for Mighty Switch Force! Collection, coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. According to the PEGI website, all four Mighty Switch Force! titles are included in the collection: Mighty Switch Force!, Mighty Switch Force! 2, Mighty Switch Force! Hose It Down and Mighty Switch Force! Academy. Not only will
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Developer Pendulo Studios recently unveiled a story trailer for Blacksad: Under The Skin, an upcoming video game adaptation of the graphic novel series written by Juan Díaz Canales illustrated by Juanjo Guarnido. Why wait? Here’s the trailer. The Blacksad comics series was first published for European readers until it was published in the U.S. by Dark Horse in 2010. The
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Despite being available for Nintendo Switch and PS4 for months, Xbox One owners are finally getting a chance to play the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection on 3 May. While the Xbox One version will be a digital-only release, SNK is adding the classic arcade sports title Baseball Stars as an Xbox One exclusive. Here’s a full list of the titles included with
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Action/adventure side-scroller Driven Out was unveiled just days ago by No Pest Productions, and the team behind the game has already spoken out on the possibility of including an “easy mode”. Not going to happen. It’s an odd thing to highlight so early in the game’s marketing cycle, but understandable given the environment created by some gaming journalists who demand
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Konami has revealed the full list of games included in the upcoming Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Without further ado, here’s the list: Castlevania (NES) Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge (GameBoy) Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES) Super Castlevania IV (SNES) Castlevania II (NES) Kid Dracula (Famicom) Castlevania the Adventure (GameBoy) Castlevania Bloodlines (SEGA Genesis) That’s a girthy pile of undead with whom to
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Konami has unveiled a trailer for its retro game compilation Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection, which includes 8 classic 80s titles faithfully represented in their original retro aesthetic.* Here’s a list of the games included: Scramble TwinBee Nemesis (aka Gradius) Salamander (aka Life Force) Typhoon (aka A-Jax) Haunted Castle Vulcan Venture (aka Gradius II) Thunder Cross https://youtu.be/KpD5C4lBrIM Here a breakdown of
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On Thursday, game publisher Activision announced that FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has sold more than 2 million units across all platforms in less than 10 days. This total includes both digital and physical sales. Sekiro and its challenging gameplay is already infamous for its ability to make some grown gaming journalists cry, but it appears that gamers by the
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Last week, SNK revealed a new trailer for Samurai Shodown which finally unveiled the full roster of the game. Rounding out at 16 playable characters, the roster includes thirteen returning fighters as well as three all-new challengers: Darli Dagger, Wu-Ruixiang, and Yashamaru Kurama. You can watch the full character trailer below. Samurai Shodown is scheduled to release for Xbox
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SEGA has been showing off its upcoming kart racer Team Sonic Racing at quite a few conventions and events over the last month. It appears that one lucky player at Italy’s VJC convention has already unearthed one of the game’s secrets: Ugandan Knuckles is a playable racer in the game. After selecting Sonic as a racer, the build of Team
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In the media blitz surrounding the promotion of the new Apple Arcade, WayForward has announced that Shantae 5 is in development not only for Apple Arcade, but also for PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and other consoles. That’s pretty much all that is known about the new Shantae game at the time. So what else should we talk about? Everyone
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Bandai Namco’s One Piece: World Seeker has been available in North America for about a week, but for North American gamers who were still holding out hope to receive the game’s “Hot Spring Mission” titled The Phantom Remedy, consider those hopes dashed. Earlier this week, Bandai Namco confirmed that The Phantom Ready will not be released in the North American
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As we reported in February, rumors stemming from French gaming website Jeuxvideo indicated that Microsoft is bringing Xbox Live functionality to the Nintendo Switch. Xbox execs are now putting the kibosh on these rumors, stating that they have no “specific announcements” to share at the time being. Here’s how Microsoft’s Gaming Cloud Chief Kareem Choudhry puts it: “Our goal is
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Sony’s recently implemented policy of censoring third party games on the PlayStation platform has finally come to a triple-A release. Capcom’s long-awaited Devil May Cry 5 was released last week on all platforms, but the game’s day-one patch on PS4 censors a cinematic scene in the game using, you guessed it, lens flare. Keep in mind that there are slight
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Revival Productions’ spiritual successor to Descent has been available on PC and PS4 since last year, but on 6 March, Overload will also be coming to Xbox One. Made by many of Descent’s original creative team, Overload is a six-degrees-of-freedom sci-fi shooter. Unlike the PS4 version, however, the Xbox One port of Overload will feature cross-play with the PC version. Here’s Revival’s
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Every now and again, we at The Splintering are going to lean on our mascot, Chomp the Termite, to go out into the world of myth and fiction to get the stories that we non-fictional types just can’t get. Today, Chomp digs deep with Earl from the classic ToeJam & Earl series, which is finally getting a long-awaited sequel with
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*Note: this post includes information that has not been officially confirmed by either Nintendo or Microsoft. It originates from a French source, and can we ever really trust the French? I mean… really? As part of a deal to bring Xbox Game Pass to the Switch, French gaming website Jeuxvideo is reporting that Xbox One-exclusive titles could be playable on
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Triple-A game publisher and B-list gaming villain* Activision has released a new trailer for From Software’s upcoming action/adventure game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. This trailer features a deadly octogenarian known as “Lady Butterfly”, who looks like she’d be quick to julienne your Johnson if you mistake her for Madame Butterfly. Have a look for yourself. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is
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If you’ve been following our Soulcalibur VI coverage, this news shouldn’t surprise you. Bandai Namco finally revealed that Amy, Raphael’s adopted daughter, would be the next DLC fighter added to the Soulcalibur VI roster. You can watch Amy’s reveal trailer below. There is currently no release date for Amy’s DLC. Those who bought the season pass or the deluxe/collector’s editions
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They’re bastards. A whole band of them. And they’re now available as DLC in the medieval action/RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance. In Band of Bastards, you’ve been tasked to escort Baron Kuno of Rychwald and his band of mercenaries while they patrol the roads of Rattay. Here are the official details on what’s included in the new content: The roads
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Recently, data miners cracked the source code behind the most recent update (ver. 1.12) to Bandai Namco’s Soulcalibur VI, perhaps revealing the next DLC characters, and perhaps a full second set of DLC characters to be sold as a second season. The remaining DLC characters are obviously named as Amy and Cassandra, though there are six remaining fighters referred to
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Every now and again, we at The Splintering are going to lean on our mascot, Chomp the Termite, to go out into the world of myth and fiction to get the stories that we non-fictional types just can’t get. Hot off the recent reveal of Mortal Kombat 11, Chomp got a chance to interview one of the game’s returning characters,
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The HD remaster of Capcom’s Onimusha: Warlords is finally upon us, but those who remember the game’s PS2 release in 2001 may recall that a scene in the western versions of the game was censored when compared to the Japanese original. The scene in question is just before the boss battle against Hecuba, a female demon who transforms, quite dramatically,
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Bandai Namco has unveiled the opening cinematic to Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown just prior to the game’s release on 18 January. As you watch, you may be thinking to yourself “What the shit does this have to do with knocking planes out of the sky an blowing people up?” You kinda have to wait for it. You can watch
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After a chain of delays, the long-awaited return of Funkotron’s favorite sons, ToeJam & Earl, is finally upon us.* According to the latest backer update from HumaNature Studios, the fourth installment in the classic series, ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove, will land on PC and consoles 1 March, 2019. This news came along with a new gameplay trailer,
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On Wednesday, prominent gaming YouTuber “Shirrako” had his channel completely shut down after posting a video clip of Red Dead Redemption 2 depicting the protagonist punching, incapacitating and ultimately killing a non-playable background character in the game. These types of gameplay interactions should be no surprise to those familiar with Red Dead Redemption 2 – and most other games by
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Ubisoft has announced preparations to launch Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege in Asian territories, and changes are coming to the version that Western gamers have already purchased, whether they like it or not. In an effort to create a “global” version of the game, Ubisoft is changing/removing several of the game’s aesthetics to satisfy the censors in communist China. The
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Bandai Namco has unveiled the next DLC fighter coming to Soulcalibur VI, and it’s safe to say that a lot of people are going to be happy. 2B from Square Enix’s hit action/adventure game NieR: Automata is joining the fight, complete with an alternate costume resembling Kainé from NieR Gestalt (simply titled NieR in some regions). You can watch 2B’s
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On Wednesday, Finnish developers and Trine franchise creators Frozenbyte announced via social media that a fourth installment of the fantasy puzzle-platformer would be coming to PC, PS4 and Nintendo Switch in 2019. Titled Trine 4: the Nightmare Prince, this latest release will be published by Modus Games. There’s little else to say other than speculation and “PR speak” at this
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