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…
Here’s something worth celebrating with frosty chocolate milkshakes – The Simpsons Arcade is coming back! Just in time for its 30th anniversary, Arcade1Up has announced they’re bringing back the Konami beat ‘em up starring a family that’s been on the air longer than I’ve been alive. The four player cab…
Over a year since its release, an official soundtrack of the smash hit Animal Crossing: New Horizons is certainly overdue. Fortunately for fans of the game’s soothing bops and catchy tunes, the two music collections based on the game, first announced back in April, will be released tomorrow, June 9th….
Praise the sun! A new Dark Souls Sif SD PVC statue from First 4 Figures will be releasing this year featuring The Great Grey Wolf. As the iconic enemy stands howling tall, swords of the fallen undead, the Greatsword of Artorias, and an Artorias The Abysswalker’s tombstone can be seen…
It’s such a simple style – a red ball cap with a blue brim – and yet it’s taken this long for Hobonichi Mother Project to recreate their most famous lead character’s hat. Yes, an official Ness hat is on the way, created as part of a partnership between Hobonichi…
In a genre commonly populated by swords and sorcery, one game dared to pick up a baseball bat and SMAAAAAAASH! expectations. That game was Mother 2, though we all know and love it as EarthBound. This Super Nintendo gem has gone from store shelf oddity, to obscure cult classic, to…
Are you okay? Because I definitely am looking at this newly announced statue of SNK’s most recognizable fighting game legend! Terry Bogard, the Legendary Hungry Wolf himself, has garnered a Power Wave of new fans since he came to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster. Whether you’re a part of…
Update (Thursday, June 3rd at 11:15 a.m. PT): Slowpoke is now available for purchase on the Pokémon Center sites for the US and Canada! Some Pokémon are iconic because they made their way to a game’s box, or became a competitive powerhouse at some point. Others endeared themselves by…
While there are several destinations to celebrate Nintendo’s characters in Japan, there hasn’t been a place to visit in the interest of the company’s history itself. Speaking personally, I’ve walked my way to the company’s headquarters in Kyoto, and guess what – it’s a fairly plain building, and I didn’t…
NEO: The World Ends With You is releasing next month, and with an anime adaptation of the original DS game currently airing, Square Enix is poised to take advantage with a slate of merch now available on its NA online store. Most of it is only pre-orderable at the moment,…
The Lego Group has just dropped a very flashy trailer for its first-ever LEGO CON, a new virtual convention for fans of the popular brick-based toy franchise. The event will host “exclusive set reveals, incredible special guests, brilliant live builds, Q&A with amazing Lego designers, [and] secrets from inside Lego…
Publisher VIZ Media has revealed the cover of the first volume of the upcoming Animal Crossing: New Horizons Deserted Island Diary manga, and has updated its previous “Fall 2021” Western release window to the more specific date of September 14th, 2021. The debut volume is now available to pre-order at…
Last week, Sonic fans were treated to quite a few announcements that, hopefully, gave them something to be excited about. Among those announcements was the reveal of Sonic Colors: Ultimate, a remastered version of 2010’s Sonic Colors—originally released on the Wii—coming in September. I know personally that a lot of…
