As anyone well-versed in video games will tell you, video games are a diverse art form in their own right. This is made no clearer than with Gris and Neva, two artistic platformers whose stories serve to immerse the player into an emotional experience unlike any other. These two games…
In a story you simply cannot make up, Fangamer has announced that it will be delaying the pre-orders for its Collector’s Edition of Pizza Tower on Nintendo Switch (due to the uncertainty surrounding the tariffs imposed by President Trump. In a message on the game’s product page, Fangamer writes: …
When I think of fighting games, my mind returns to around 2001. Tekken 3 was still in arcades, Soulcalibur II was starting to be spotted in the wild, and there wasn’t a local spot near me that was giving Capcom the time of day. 2D fighters like Street Fighter III:…
There are roughly 900 Pokémon in existence — an impressive number built up over a quarter-century of development, merchandising, and game design. Meanwhile in half that time there have been approximately five zillion types Funko Pops made. (Okay, the actual estimate is like, 20,000ish, but that frankly passed being a…
The Season of Heritage in Pokémon GO is mixing things up! While we’ll be helping out Professor Willow uncover the mysterious giant door at a historical cave site during the three-month-long season, there will be other events, research tasks, and more to complete. For February 2022, a month-long Timed Research…
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…
We’ve only caught a glimpse of Sonic’s 2022 comeback Sonic Frontiers in a trailer at The Game Awards, but already the open zones are leaving questions to the potentialities at play. It’s been quite a while since the last big mainstream non-remake Sonic game (Sonic Forces in 2017), and the…
A third story trailer for Square Enix’s upcoming strategy RPG Triangle Strategy has been revealed, focusing on the third branch of the game’s conflict of ideals while also showcasing the crafty Benedict Pascal. Steward of House Wolffort and loyal to protagonist Seranoa, Benedict is willing to do absolutely anything —…
If you live in the West (and you’re not a shameful weeb like me) you’re probably unfamiliar with White Day, a recent tradition in several East Asian countries where, a month after Valentine’s Day, those who received chocolates reciprocate the gesture by giving chocolate back. Popularized in Japan in the…
“Style over substance” is a common turn of phrase across multiple fields of criticism, punchy and powerful in how it can immediately declare a work to be fluffy and vacuous beneath its flashy veneer. I don’t like the term much myself, mostly because its users tend to either use it…
Roughly half a year off from the release of the much-awaited (by me) sequel to AI: The Somnium Files, Spike Chunsoft has released a story trailer for the game, giving us all a glimpse into whatever the heck Director Kotaro Uchikoshi has imagined up for this mind-bending ride into psyches…
As we reported on earlier today, January 22nd, 2022, marks Final Fantasy VII’s 25th Anniversary. It wasn’t just that logo that’s new, though, as Square Enix announced a bunch of new tidbits. Perhaps the oddest announcement is a digital alarm clock based on Cloud’s own Buster Sword, suspended in a…
If anybody was worried about the financial success of Pokémon Legends: Arceus — and why would you be; Pokémon is the most successful franchise of all time — worry no longer, as the sales figures are coming in and it turns out that people (in this specific instance, Brits) love…
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…
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,…
