The 10th anniversary show of The Game Awards is less than a month away, and today we will find out the nominees for 2024! Today at 9 a.m. PT | 11 a.m. CT 12 p.m. ET, a livestream will reveal nominees for each category, including the coveted Game of the…
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,…
We found Dragon Quest Treasures to be a rather fun and satisfying adventure in our review and aspiring treasure hunters are set to receive new monsters through promotional codes. The first two of these have arrived via the official Dragon Quest Twitter account. The first monster is unlocked with the…
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have been around for over a month now and while we’ve all grown familiar with the late-game ‘mon, The Pokémon Company is still focusing on promoting its early reveals when it comes to merchandise. This means Lechonk, Pawmi, and Smoliv are next in line to get…
The Nintendo Switch is a haven for indie titles and the company has been nurturing those games for years now under the Nindies and Indie World banners. Now, to ring in the holidays, Nintendo has announced the Inside the House of Indies holiday event. In the five days running up…
Unexpected prequel/spinoff Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon was announced recently at The Game Awards 2022. Supervising director Hideki Kamiya already sat down with IGN briefly to talk about the series in general (and some other topics), but now he’s offered an official message on the Bayonetta Origins via…
We’re in that phase before a big movie release (The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s, that is) where we know the basic shape of the film, but are still lacking in a number of details. Fortunately, leaks of the oncoming merchandizing blitz for the movie give us glimpses – as is…
This week on Masahiro Sakurai’s YouTube channel where he discusses the development of video games, the Smash Bros. and Kirby director talked about two subjects: Making Lead-Ins Instant and Impactful [Animation] – Sakurai discusses making windups for attacks and other motions striking and memorable. He also points out how…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie finally got a proper trailer in November, and while it was stuffed with tons of references and absolutely lovely animation, it missed the one thing we were all looking for – nostalgic low-poly fidelity. Fortunately, artist and animator KingBobGaming has given us what we crave,…
Next year is looking like it has the potential to be glorious for Falcom fans. Not only is Ys potentially getting two Switch releases (assuming X gets a speedy English translation) but the Legend of Heroes is set to receive two releases overseas. Trails into Azure will cap off the…
Over the weekend Final Fantasy celebrated its 35th anniversary, culminating with the announcement of console ports for the Pixel Remaster series. To mark the occasion, a bunch of series-adjacent artists have shared new pieces. Let’s take a look! For starters we have Final Fantasy IX character designer Toshiyuki Itahana putting…
After launching via PC and mobile over the course of 2021-22, console owners have been waiting for the shoe to drop regarding the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series. Now, to mark the 35th anniversary of the series’ beginning, Square Enix has confirmed that the six classic games are finally heading…
Another day, another Mystery Gift code for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This week, a sandwich ingredient-themed Mystery Gift promotion kicked off for the games. Each day, a new code is released, giving Trainers another chance to stock up on their picnic baskets. Announced via the official Poké Times Twitter account…
You can now pre-order Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life – Premium Edition – for Switch on Amazon! It’s only been a few months since the surprise reveal of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life during the September 2022 Nintendo Direct. Since then we’ve seen plenty of updates…
