Kirby developers showcase series’ 2D ideals with Return to Dream Land Deluxe in GDC talk

Categories: News, Switch

HAL Laboratory executive director Shinya Kumazaki and Kirby series director Tatsuya Kamiyama recently took the stage at GDC to discuss the challenges and stories of their developed games for the franchise’s 30th anniversary. While we already detailed their breakdown of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, they also spent half their…

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Pokémon GO Raid Hour for Wednesday, April 26th, 2023

Categories: Guides, Mobile

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…

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Anti-smoking ad riffs Animal Crossing design

Categories: News, Switch

Smoking tobacco’s bad for your health, and the US Food and Drug Administration is constantly trying to inform the young ones of this. And what better way to reach the youths than with recognizable video games? A recent ad from the FDA’s “The Real Cost” anti-tobacco campaign uses Animal Crossing…

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