Yesterday afternoon we witnessed a devastating loss to the video games industry. In another round of layoffs that seems to happen every week, WB Games announced it would be closing three studios. These were Player First Games (Multiversus), WB San Diego (which had not yet announced its game), and Monolith…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
It’s very bizarre to hear executives from Microsoft talking about the Nintendo Switch 2, but ever since the company’s pivot to multi-platform development took hold, we’ve been hearing more and more from Team Green about games on other platforms. During the Official Xbox Podcast yesterday, Xbox Games Studio head Craig…
The next release as part of the P25 Music celebrations for Pokémon’s 25th anniversary is almost here, and it’s the one that was teased way back in January. ⚡️ELECTRIC⚡️PIKACHU! FRIDAY! #pokemon25 https://t.co/3rQwfWiQsy pic.twitter.com/X9PSzhQUAZ — KATY PERRY (@katyperry) May 11, 2021 Katy Perry will seemingly be partnering with Pikachu…
Summer is almost here and to celebrate the occasion, Capcom’s cafe in Saitama will be getting an Ace Attorney make-over. As shown in the key art below, the key cast from the modern games will be wearing some traditional garb for the occasion, with Edgeworth even brandishing a Steel Samurai…
The Pokémon Cafés of Japan has revealed a new dish that will debut at the end of May. This dish is centered around the mascot of the franchise itself, Pikachu, and consists of a rolled omelette shaped like Pikachu’s face (complete with ears and a tail) and a macaroni gratin…
Since the beginning of the year, Re-Ment has announced plenty of new Pokémon blind box figure sets, however, fans didn’t receive a new look at any upcoming collectibles during the entire month of April. Finally, after skipping out on a month of new announcements, Re-Ment has recently unveiled Pokémon Pocket…
Well, that was quick! We haven’t even reached summer in the northern hemisphere yet but Build-A-Bear is getting ready to dress up its Tom Nook and Isabelle plushes with a pair of their winter outfits. Starting tomorrow, May 11th, you’ll be able to pick up the winter outfit variants pictured…
Letter writing may be a dying form of communication (and art, if you ask me), yet that hasn’t stopped gaming companies from releasing beautiful stamps to adorn the correspondences of those who still partake in the oldest form of long-distance communication. The Pokémon Company is the latest to do so,…
Just in time for the year-long 25th-anniversary celebration for Pokémon, Unique Art Studio’s stunning statues of Pikachu and Charmander are now available to fans outside of China. Currently, there are only two statues from Unique Art Studio – a 1:1 scale figure of Pikachu and first in a Kanto Starter…
The majority of Pokémon to come to Build-A-Bear hail from the first generation, bringing some warm and fuzzy nostalgia to fans and families. That’s always welcome, but what if you’re after something a little newer? A little more contemporary? Well, we’ve got good news, especially for that “warm” part! …
The long-running Pokémon Adventures manga has been going strong for almost 22 years now, with writer Hidenori Kusaka giving fans a relatively game-accurate narrative journey through the various regions. The latest chapters naturally have focused on Galar, adapting the events of Sword & Shield to the black and white page….
Detective Pikachu was a box office smash hit in 2019, quickly becoming the highest-grossing video game movie ever shortly after its release (until being surpassed by the following year’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie). You’d assume that a sequel would be inevitable due to the film’s success, but Justice Smith, who…
Okay, okay. I’ll say what we’re all thinking – “Eekum Bokum.” Banjo-Kazooie’s resident shaman (well, one of them) is next in line for a deluxe First 4 Figures statue. His skull head and googly eyes are ready to join your collection, based on his original design, and coming soon will…
It’s that time of year! LEGO Ideas, the official LEGO platform that allows passionate builders to submit their custom creations for a chance to turn them into official sets, has revealed the latest batch projects selected for review. A total of 57 sets made the cut for the First 2021…
