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…
Hot on the heels of the recent release of Magic The Gathering’s massive Final Fantasy crossover set, featuring cards representing characters, events, and places from each mainline Final Fantasy game, Wizards of the Coast has announced today that their video game crossover shenanigans are far from over with the reveal…
The days of interesting amiibo support are, by and large, long past us – but some are keeping the flame alive. The upcoming Fire Emblem Engage will feature pretty basic amiibo support for any amiibo that you tap in, earning you “useful adventure items” (presumably vulneraries, weapons, stuff like that)….
It was a big night at The Game Awards for PlatinumGames’ premier witchy franchise. Bayonetta 3 not only walked home with a shiny award for Best Action Game – nabbing Nintendo’s fourth award of the night – but Nintendo also releasing a trailer for a brand-new prequel game unlike anything…
Sleigh bells ring, are you listenin’?In the lane, snow is glistenin’ It’s nearly time to sled into a winter wonderland, racers! The Peach vs. Bowser Tour is wrapping up, which means it’s time for Mario Kart Tour’s Holiday Tour to begin. This time around, the new GBA Snow Land course…
Last night during The Game Awards, Keegan-Michael Key made an appearance to debut a new look at The Super Mario Bros. Movie. In the clip, Mario is given a tour of the Mushroom Kingdom by Toad, voiced by Key himself. We see plenty of references, like the warp whistle and…
Announced very early in yesterday’s eventful Game Awards event, Dead Cells is getting another cross-over and this time it’s with one half of “Metroidvania”. No, Samus isn’t screw attacking onto the scene, but Castlevania’s Alucard and Richter are more than ready to bring their expertise to the rogue-lite take on…
In an award that effectively amounts to “Most Hype,” The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has won the Most Anticipated Game award for the 2022 Game Awards. The Legend of #Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is coming in 2023. What are your favorite The Legend of Zelda:…
Can I get a “Woomy!”? This year’s The Game Awards spanned 31 categories and a variety of them sported Nintendo nominees. For the sales juggernaut that is Splatoon 3, it managed to secure two nominations. One for Best Family Game, and the other for Best Multiplayer Game. Well, the adorable…
Fire Emblem Engage is still over a month away from release, but we already have a glimpse at the game’s downloadable content. Whether you find the announcement of such content before release palatable or not depends on the person, but we have details on the first wave of the Expansion…
About a year and a half ago, Extremely OK Games – developers of Towerfall and Celeste – announced their next project, titled Earthblade. And now we have our first glimpse of the the game, courtesy of a reveal trailer at The Game Awards 2022: From the youtube description:…
The Game Awards proper got off to a hell of a start, revealing the followup to Supergiant Games’ (under)earth shattering rogue-like Hades. How do they follow up a game of that caliber, with beloved characters and impeccable gameplay? Well… with a direct sequel, naturally! Hades II looks to be all…
It’s time again for The Game Awards, where fans and industry members come together to celebrate the last year of releases and herald what’s to come. Nintendo’s received quite a few nominations across the categories, though a look at Best Family Game shows them effectively omnipresent. Beating out Splatoon 3,…
Dusters. Drawstring bags. Humidifiers. These are simply some of the mundanities of everyday life that have previously not featured Pokémon on them. But now the geniuses at The Pokémon Company have rectified this existential mistake with a new slate of “Everyday Happiness” household goods that feature Pokémon designs. This includes…
