Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
The Pokémon Center’s been rolling out the Detective Pikachu updates on a regular basis in preparation of today’s big theatrical release, and now it looks like we have one more cute bit of promotional content to add to our desktops and phones! This week’s wallpaper features a super adorable quote…
Last week we (re)introduced Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ trio of lead characters: Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude. These three serve as marquee members of the titular Houses’ nobility, but we’ve now been introduced to those working beside them, both within their home borders and at the Officer’s Academy. Please note that…
One day on the job and Pikachu’s already taking off the deerstalker and trading it in for a different piece of headwear. It doesn’t take a detective to see the evidence that this might be one of the cutest batch of Pokémon gacha figures ever made. Have a look for…
Nearly a decade ago, a little game called Minecraft was released. In that span of ten years, that “little game” became mega-blocky powerhouse series filled with creativity. From humble beginnings of crafting your own world, to now reading and interacting with established characters and storylines — you can’t deny Minecraft’s…
Alongside today’s introduction of the grim rosewater cookie in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp comes another new Wall & Floor Collection — this one being perfectly complementary to this month’s seasonal event theme. The “utterly refined, darling” plum damask wallpaper will “make the most mundane furniture seem posh” according to the…
That sneaky piggy in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Agnes, is causing some mischief that I can’t help but report about today, as it involves a new fortune cookie for us all. Agnes might not be my absolute favorite animal in the game, but that doesn’t mean I can’t get excited…
A breath of fresh air is about to hit one of my favorite fighters in recent memory, with BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle getting its long-awaited update to Version 1.5. This’ll get the game in line with the recently dropped Japanese arcade release, offering new balance tweaks and opening the door…
Japan may be grounding things with a Splatfest based on their professional baseball league, but US Splatoon 2 players gotta start thinking a little more fantastical. The theme for our next Fest has been revealed and it wants to know what super power players want: Time Travel or Teleportation? …
When Tetris 99 saw a surprise launch earlier this year, it became an instant, and addictive, hit, but it’s always been a little light on content. Thankfully, Nintendo has remedied that with the surprise launch of a $9.99 “Big Block DLC” pack, which includes various offline modes including CPU battles…
DeNA, the mobile developer that previously collaborated with Nintendo on Super Mario Run, Miitomo, Fire Emblem Heroes, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and the upcoming Mario Kart Tour, has announced that it’ll be working on a new Pokémon game in conjunction with The Pokémon Company. Nintendo's mobile partner DeNA and…
When it comes to the technical side of games, there’s basically nobody more on top of things than the folks over at Digital Foundry — they continue to provide all the details and nuances on specs you could ever need. And now, they’ve made a revelatory discovery of Switch hardware…
20 years is quite a long time in “video game” years, as new and improved technology is always being made and tinkered with. Which is why whenever a game from childhood is given a remastered makeover, it’s exciting to see what else is being done — beyond graphics. Not all…
