As 2025 carries on and anticipation for the year builds, it feels as if the collective video game industry is holding its breath for something big. With so much to look forward to, many are eager to hear more on upcoming titles and more. Fortunately, the relative silence is set…
Once a hilarious meme that somehow took life 17 years later, Hello Kitty Island Adventure is now available for digital download on PC and Switch. A riff on Nintendo’s popular Animal Crossing series, Island Adventure sees players start a new life with their favorite Sanrio characters on an island where…
Nintendo is planning to release the Switch 2 this year, unless the company pulls a fast one during its April 2025 Nintendo Direct reveal. With a brand-new console set to hit the global market, it stands to reason that third parties will want their games on Nintendo’s newest device to…
While naturally the stars of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s latest trailer are the Pokémon, it did shine the spotlight on a couple of noteworthy characters. For starters, there’s the first face you’ll likely see – the professor. Much like how the player’s starting outfit will change depending on the version…
As promised, the Pokémon Company has dropped a new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer featuring new Pokémon and professors. Catch it below:
The people have been waiting on Sonic Frontiers news for quite some time, and Sega appears just about ready to pull back the curtain. They’ve offered a sneak peek of the game and the announcement that it’ll be the IGN First game for June, meaning that they’ll be revealing much…
The season for big game news is upon us, and before even Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, Sega is kicking things off with an announcement this Friday, June 3rd for… something. A new project of some sort will be announced, with executive manager Hiroyuki Miyazaki and producer Yosuke Okunari hosting….
Chocob-oh my. Big news from Japan this morning, as Square Enix’s own Shinji Hashimoto announced his retirement on Twitter at the age of 64. 皆様、お疲れ様です。本日5月31日（火）をもちまして定年退職することになりました。在職中は多方面の皆々様方々には大変お世話になりました。これからは、一スクエニファンとして応援させて頂きたいと思います。本当にありがとうございました。 pic.twitter.com/yIj89uvh8x — shinji hashimoto (@shinjihashimot3) May 31, 2022 Hashimoto has been at Square since 1995, where he became producer and executive producer on…
It’s been a little while since the reveal of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet but we don’t have long to wait until our next look at the game! As confirmed by the Pokémon Company, we’ll see more tomorrow, June 1st, at 6 a.m. PT. 🚨 New #ScarletViolet trailer drops tomorrow!…
Monster Hunter Rise’s Sunbreak expansion will launch in less than a month but in the west it’s still a little unclear where and when the associated amiibo will be dropping. While we know the larger Malzeno will be available as part of a Collector’s Edition bundle with the game itself,…
Square Enix continues to shower the SaGa series with love, with the PlayStation 2’s Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song next in line for the remaster treatment. Itself a remake of the original 1992 Romancing SaGa, Minstrel Song was released to be a more approachable entry in the series, with various tweaks…
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…
Every few months, the seasons change into spring, summer, fall, or winter. Inspired by these changes Niantic added Seasons to Pokémon GO back in December 2020. Each Season in the mobile game is three months-long and features special events, certain Pokémon appearing more often in the wild (in certain areas…
Every month, Niantic spotlights a Pokémon for Pokémon GO’s Research Breakthrough encounter. This feature was added to the game in April 2018 as part of the Field Research system. Essentially a quest system, Trainers can acquire Field Research tasks by logging in daily and/or spinning PokéStops (one task per PokéStop…
Over the weekend GoodSmile once again held a WonHobby showcase of upcoming figures and accessories, and naturally there were a few video games thrown into the mix. The most relevant to Nintendo is a reprint of Kirby for his 30th anniversary, though there is one key difference – the eye…
