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 number of Kirby UFO catcher and lottery prizes out in the world is criminal, purely for the fact there’s no way I can own them all. Month after month new, adorable pieces are being put out into Japanese arcades to suck up all the yen they can, and March…
Continuing a long chain of cool products that only the Land of the Rising Sun will ever get to see, Japan’s version of My Nintendo rewards is getting some neat new Yoshi themed products. And since they don’t cost real money, you don’t have to worry about putting them on…
The wait is finally over! The latest trailer for the upcoming Detective Pikachu trailer has finally arrived. Check it out: Detective Pikachu hits theaters on May 10th.
Are you looking for a way to spruce up your closet while showing off your favorite Pokémon? Need a way to dress up to show off your Pokémon pride? Dress shirt company Original Stitch has recently curated a massive collection of Pokémon themed dress shirts, appropriately named Pokémon Shirts. These…
Amiibo Jason and Ricky Berg discuss game collecting and how it’s changed over the past few years in the latest Nintendo Newscast Mini episode. Support us on Patreon!
Thanks to its portability, the Switch is the first console I’ve owned that I own more digital titles on than physical. If you’re the same way, you might enjoy this bit of news: It’s been announced that a new capacity microSD will be released to push things up to the…
Despite being a nearly four year-old game, Fire Emblem Fates has yet to receive an official art book like its contemporaries Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Echoes. That’s all set to change, as an official art works book is being released on April 25th in Japan. Titled Pellucid Crystal…
With any movie release, there’s always merchandise. Pokémon is no exception to the rule and embraces it with its “Gotta catch ‘em all!” approach. Day by day we’re getting closer to Detective Pikachu’s release — on May 10th — which means we’ll soon be swimming in toys depicting a caffeine-starved…
Detective Pikachu hits cinemas around the world in just a few months, and it sounds like we’ll be getting our latest glimpse at the animation/live-action hybrid very soon, as Ryan Reynolds has confirmed via social media that a new trailer will drop tomorrow. “Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary…
While we’re still waiting for that amiibo, First 4 Figures has stepped up to bring us a plastic take on a different Snake. Solid Snake to be exact, the most famous incarnation of the legendary mercenary appearing as he did in the first Metal Gear Solid and it’s GameCube iteration,…
Ask me a couple days ago if I thought I’d be writing about Snowboard Kids and I would’ve laughed in your face before saying just how much I wish I could. But then in comes Fangamer, that lovable merch company, with the perfect winter announcement out of nowhere: Available due…
Sometimes a game just clicks with you, and for me that was exactly what Skullgirls did. Originally released back in 2012, it went on to grow and grow thanks to fan support and one extra dedicated team. A few platforms later and it’s just about time for it to take…
