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…
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…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie made as a collab between Illumination and Nintendo made, proverbially speaking all of the money ($1.3 billion, the second highest grossing animated film ever made), so it’s only natural that people are wondering what’s next. Along with a sequel in early production, a recent rumor…
One of the things Sonic fans are most persnickety about is game physics. It may seem nitpicky to outsiders, but how the Blue Blur controls and runs is extremely important to how the game feels to play. And in what will be a sigh of relief to many, Sonic Mania…
Calculators are deceptively simple devices, built from base blocks of binary sequences in 0s and 1s. They look complicated at the basest levels, but really it’s just about determining whether certain functions are a “yes” or “no.” And user c7fab has built a version of a calculator using The Legend…
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals releases in about a month’s time, and the game’s director Sean Krankel sat down with Nintendo Everything to discuss coming back to the series after several years away, the game’s structure, and more. Developed over the course of three plus years, Oxenfree II takes place in…
In what appears to be a big accident, Square Enix has uploaded a logo for Star Ocean: The Second Story R via its official support website, though it’s already been removed. As reported and shared by RPGSite, the logo follows in the footsteps of 2019’s Star Ocean: The First Departure…
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie universe is set to expand later this year with the release of a Knuckles television series via Paramount+. It’s set to focus on Knuckles as he trains Green Hills’ Deputy Sheriff, Wade Whipple, on the ways of an echnidna warrior. It was already announced that…
If you’ve been holding off on buying some heavy hitters on your Nintendo Switch then now might be the time as the Hyper Max Sale is giving a bunch of games a digital discount via the eShop. Don’t let the very ’80s branding fool you – there are plenty of…
In mid-June 2017, Nintendo dropped a bombshell reveal that they were developing Metroid Prime 4 with the help of Bandai Namco. A couple years later, they announced that development had to be restarted, now handing the reigns over to Retro Studios, who developed the original trilogy back in the naughts….
Dead Cells is a massively successful indie game, recently crossing the ten million copies milestone – and soon, it will receive an honor very few independent titles have received: an animated adaptation. Made by Bobbypills, the same studio that animated the game’s trailers, the series is set to…
Building a Zonai vehicle in Tears of the Kingdom isn’t too difficult – just slap four wheels on a plank of wood (steering wheel optional) and have at it. But while functional, this arrangement isn’t particularly aesthetically pleasing – but with the right creativity, you can have a decked out…
The next game from the creators of Danganronpa is just around the corner in the form of Master Detective Archives: Rain Code and it’s shaping up to be just as surreal. In the game, you’ll be tasked with investigating crime scenes and interrogating witnesses, but once you’ve gathered the clues…
If you’re in the US you might want to start planning a trip to the mall as Nintendo has confirmed that Summer of Play is returning to tour across the country. Nine locations will be visited over the coming months, starting at the Mall of America this weekend and ending…
