Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
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…
One of the most common talking points among video game circles is often the music that accompanies them. Yet for every award-winning soundtrack, there’s a handful of tracks that live on for more amusing reasons. Perhaps the most well-known song of this caliber is the notorious “DK Rap” from Donkey…
We can almost feel the mako energy running from the land of Gaia. Tetsuya Nomura, the creative director behind both the Final Fantasy VII Remake and the Kingdom Hearts series, teased in a Final Fantasy VII: First Soldier Broadcast that some sort of 25th anniversary news will be happening next…
Fire Emblem Heroes is still going strong, and like clockwork we’ve come yet again to wedding season. Even though this theme has evolved past purely featuring June brides, they still remain the main focus no matter how you slice this (no doubt stunning) cake. That doesn’t mean we can’t work…
Earlier this week, Capcom showcased three of the series’ trademark weapons in terms of what the upcoming Sunbreak expansion is adding to their movesets. Even those who’ve spent hundreds of hours in Monster Hunter Rise will have some new techniques to master against the new and familiar creatures on the…
Falcom’s Trails series is well known for its many, many characters and soon English-speaking fans will be able to see where a number of them made their first debut as the long-awaited localiztion of Trails from Zero is upon us. In this latest trailer from NIS America we get an…
As promised, the first episode of the Pokémon Legends: Arceus short anime series Hisuian Snow has dropped. Featuring a story focusing on Hisuian Zoroark, it explores the relationship between humans and Pokémon much like the game itself. Check it out below:
Ship to Shore PhoneCo. has announced that it will be releasing a vinyl record featuring music from the original Phantasy Star. The classic 1987 Master System RPG was composed by Tokuhiko Uwabo and the 8-bit tunes are still beloved to this day. The vinyl’s two sides are separated into two…
For a while now, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has been purchasing stakes in a variety of game companies ranging from Capcom to Activision Blizzard, and now it’s Nintendo’s turn. According to Bloomberg, the PIF has purchased a 5% stake in Nintendo, making it the company’s fifth largest shareholder….
Another Eeveelution has come to Pokémon Unite, and it’s my personal favorite of the whole batch. Espeon dates all the way back to Gold and Silver, and it’s more than welcome in this new kind of Pokémon competition. The above video showcases its powerful Psychic-type capabilities as a…
I know all the names there are to know in video games — Shigeru Miyamoto, Todd Howard, Uwe Boll — but I must admit my knowledge of people outside that gaming sphere befuddle me. So I’m not sure why so many people are engaging with the post of some fella…
First 4 Figures’ series of Champion statues from Breath of the Wild continues, as pre-orders are up for a statue of the Zora Champion Mipha, complete with trident and light up LED base. The 9” painted PVC statue with the usual marks of authenticity and even a little leaflet. …
Fly high — the Pokémon Center is adding some downright luxurious pure nickel-free sterling silver necklaces of the Kanto legendary birds for a pretty penny each. The designs for Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are each quite lovely and sparkling, painted over with bright colors. Produced in collaboration with…
Life imitates art (which is to say, depositing Pokémon in and out of PCs) more each day: Pokémon HOME will be updating soon to Ver 2.0, which will add two-way transfer compatibility for Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus. These games will join Sword/Shield and the one-way transfer support…
