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…
For December 2025, Gigantamax Snorlax returns in Pokémon GO for their very own Max Battle Day event. To take on Gigantamax Snorlax, you’ll need to team up with your fellow Trainers, build your Dynamax and Gigantamax team around type advantage, and even use a Max Mushroom if you don’t have…
Players can expect an equal dose of both Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy in the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem, in what sounds like an episodic structure. Director Akifumi Nakanishi and Producer Masato Kumazawa explained the dual-protagonist system in an interview with Automaton. Nakanishi said: “In terms of gameplay, Grace…
To help kick off the summer, Nintendo will be holding a summer sweepstakes on the My Nintendo website. From now until August 8th, users can enter to win a bundle containing six rewards related to Mario Strikers: Battle League and Nintendo Switch Sports. From exclusive bags and bottles to an…
It’s been one of the most enduring and prolific rumors in the game industry for years upon years — did Michael Jackson, king of pop and controversial public figure, compose music for Sonic the Hedgehog 3? Keyboardist and Jackson comrade Brad Buxer said so as far back as 2009, with…
It’s hard to believe that just a matter of years ago Taiko no Tatsujin rarely saw releases in the west, as now Bandai Namco’s drumming series is making regular appearances on the Switch and beyond. The next game to feature Don-chan and co. is Rhythm Festival, which was previously announced…
During February’s Nintendo Direct we got confirmation that the once-panned, now loved open-ended space exploration game No Man’s Sky would be heading to Switch. Now we have a release date, plus some extra details. You’ll be able to explore six years worth of updates in No Man’s Sky…
It’s only a couple of days until AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative (the first game in history to score a trillion out of ten) releases, and Spike Chunsoft is still giving out deets on some of its finer points – such as the minigame where you raise a…
It’s only been a few weeks since the Nihilego, an Ultra Beast, appeared in Pokémon GO. Debuting during the worldwide, weekend-long Pokémon GO Fest 2022, many Trainers were thinking we’d see even more Ultra Beasts during Pokémon GO’s Season of GO. Niantic confirmed via the official Pokémon GO blog today…
Remember Blades from Xenoblade Chronicles 2? The gacha-based mechanic that determined your party loadout for the game in a very random and disorganized fashion? Well, the concept of extra party members has returned for the sequel, but in a way that appears a lot more tidy: the Xenoblade Chronicles 3…
It’s time to engage the enemy — the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct delivered a good deal of new info about its battle system and finer points, including a couple new bits about the Ouroboros mechanic. Much like previous games, Xenoblade 3’s fights take place in the open world, characters auto-attacking…
Tying in with the recently concluded Hisuian Snow miniseries, which prominently featured a shiny Hisuian Zorua, a new Mystery Gift distribution has arrived for Pokémon Legends: Arceus. By accessing Mystery Gift and the “Get via Internet” option you’ll be given a Shiny version of the Baneful Fox Mask. If you…
The Squid Research Lab, the official Splatoon Twitter account, has another report on Splatoon 3. This time, the team is shining a spotlight on some of the new hairstyles that’ll be in the upcoming game. Check out the fancy photoshoot that was shared on Twitter: Squid Research Lab here,…
It’s not a Xenoblade game if you don’t have a landscape the size of Alaska to explore in any given map, and a sizable portion of today’s Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct was dedicated to showing off the world traversal. The usual giant landscapes, similarly giant monsters, and fast travel points…
The world of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has expanded a little further — actually, quite a bit, with today’s Xenoblade Direct revealing a whole new side to the world-building that hasn’t been revealed prior to today’s presentation. What previously was depicted as a simple war between the nations of Keves and…
