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 ESRB has officially rated Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the upcoming game in the Legends series. Legends: Z-A has been given a rating of E10+, marking the first time a Pokémon mainline game has received a rating higher than E. What’s interesting is that the only games in the Pokémon series…
Reporting gaming news is a tough and often thankless job, especially if you’re endeavoring to get information out as quickly as possible without misinformation. On Twitter, a website constantly moving at the speed of sound, where signal and noise are one and the same, one of the few masters of…
Halloween isn’t the only holiday involving spooky spirits worth celebrating — October 30th (yesterday) was the 30th anniversary of the release of the very first Shin Megami Tensei game in Japan on the SNES! The Shin Megami Tensei series, which began with the Japanese launch of Shin Megami Tensei…
First 4 Figures has been teasing its Urbosa statue for quite some time now, and we’re happy to report that the wait for the newest Champions piece is nearly over. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Champions series from F4F will finally be one step closer to completion…
Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line is shaping up to be a massive celebration of the Final Fantasy series with well over 380 songs covering the main games and beyond. Perhaps the best way to celebrate the series, though, lies in the new Series Quests mode. While previous Theatrhythm games let you…
We may have recently seen the reveal of various holiday-themed goods from Pokémon Centers around the globe but Japan is getting even more! The new selection, themed around a Pokémon Toy Factory, is a bit meta, with recreations of in-universe toys and of the Pokémon making them. It’s also noteworthy…
Yesterday the Brazilian game development team at QUByte Interactive announced a bunch of projects, many of which are set to bring more obscure classic games to modern systems. Perhaps the most noteworthy of the bunch is none other than Glover, the bizarre Nintendo 64-era platformer from 1998. Judging by the…
With the imminent dawn of a new Pokémon generation comes the dusk of an old one — the final Sword and Shield set for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, titled VSTAR Universe, has been revealed. It features a variety of reprints of cards from this generation, including secret cards that…
Are you ready to kill demons and save the multiverse — in style? Bayonetta 3 struts onto the Nintendo Switch today, after many years of waiting and a month rife with a voice actor controversy. And now, the third entry in Platinum’s vaunted action franchise arrives eight years after the…
The situation revolving around former Bayonetta voice actress Hellena Taylor’s campaign to boycott Bayonetta 3 continues to spiral, even as the game releases and highly positive reviews come in. While much of the basis for the campaign was presented dishonestly, Taylor is still adamant about calling for a boycott, and…
So… Halloween hasn’t even arrived yet (which means the Halloween Tour is still going on), yet we’re already getting word of the next event in Mario Kart Tour. At least it’s still seasonal! That’s right: the Autumn Tour will soon kick off in the game, bringing racers the New York…
In the Smash Bros. community, a small urban legend built up around a player known as “Falcomaster 3000,” a mysterious newcomer who showed up to some locals, completely silent and disguised in a balaclava and sunglasses — and it did super well. Some observational and deductive skills eventually revealed him…
As revealed in September’s Nintendo Direct, Marvelous is set to release a remake of the Gamecube’s iconic Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life next year. For those of us with nostalgia it’s a very exciting prospect, while those new to the game will likely have heard its praises sung for years….
