Square Enix sells various Western IP and studios to Embracer Group

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News

Yet another major video game company acquisition has happened, but it likely isn’t one you expected. Square Enix has sold a variety of its Western-made IP and their associated studios to the Swedish video game holding company the Embracer Group for $300 million. The affected studios include Crystal Dynamics, Eidos…

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Pokémon GO Spotlight Hour for Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022

Categories: Guides, Mobile

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,…

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What’s May 2022’s Pokémon GO Research Breakthrough?

Categories: Guides, Mobile

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…

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GE Entertainment’s latest Sonic plush is Tikal

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Merchandise

The merchandise company GE Entertainment is continuing to give the most obscure Sonic the Hedgehog characters plushes, and this time around it’s Tikal the Echidna‘s turn. Tikal first made her appearance in Sonic Adventure where she was instrumental in helping the heroes stop the rampaging Chaos, but after that game,…

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