Yesterday afternoon we witnessed a devastating loss to the video games industry. In another round of layoffs that seems to happen every week, WB Games announced it would be closing three studios. These were Player First Games (Multiversus), WB San Diego (which had not yet announced its game), and Monolith…
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…
It’s very bizarre to hear executives from Microsoft talking about the Nintendo Switch 2, but ever since the company’s pivot to multi-platform development took hold, we’ve been hearing more and more from Team Green about games on other platforms. During the Official Xbox Podcast yesterday, Xbox Games Studio head Craig…
Koei Tecmo has slowly but surely been making the Switch a go-to place to play the Atelier series, bringing brand-new games to the platform alongside ports of the classics. Hot on the heels of Atelier Ryza 2’s release last week we have new confirmation that a Deluxe Pack of the…
While dedicated Pokémon retail stores are nothing new, we don’t usually see existing convenience stores get taken over by the little monsters. Yet that’s exactly what happened with a Taiwanese 7-Eleven that has received an official makeover featuring the likes of Pikachu and Bulbasaur. The makeover, which took…
I can hardly believe I’ve been playing Fire Emblem Heroes for as many years as I was in high school at this point. Nintendo’s mobile title launched back on February 2nd, 2017, and I’ve logged in daily ever since. Whether it’s more the character art or the lite-strategy gameplay that…
The Switch is a surprisingly beefy little console, with massive open world games like The Witcher running decently well, and smaller games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons looking borderline Pixar-esque at times. However, when it does run larger and more taxing games, such as the aforementioned Action-RPG from CD Projekt…
Fire Emblem Heroes has revealed the winners of its annual Choose Your Legends popularity vote, and as expected we’re seeing some Three Houses characters take the top spots. If you hadn’t spotted the interim results, though, the big winner this year might come as a bit of a surprise. “Greetings,…
Pecan may be a snooty squirrel in the world of Animal Crossing, but that just means she has high standards and particular taste. That’s why her fortune cookie had to be nothing short of perfection. Luckily, we camp managers get to benefit from her fortune cookie, Pecan’s House Cookie, by…
Nintendo is offering quite a golden incentive this month for My Nintendo members. Select digital titles are getting a Gold Point boost! Purchase any of the following games digitally on the “Nintendo eShop or Nintendo.com (where available), or [at] participating retailers”, and you’ll see 600 Gold Points added to your account…
Relax your body and mind before hitting the battlefield. Pokémon Sword and Shield’s latest event for the month of February will allow you to go toe-to-toe with some of the game’s most popular Fighting and Psychic-type pocket monsters. Throughout all of February, Trainers will be able to find the three…
This February is a big month for Nintendo, concerning anniversaries. The Legend of Zelda will be turning the big 3-5 (like the Super Mario Bros. franchise did last year), Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary celebration continues with the release of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury on February 12th,…
Ash, Brock, May, and Max’s adventures in Hoenn continue in Pokémon: Advanced Challenge, which is headed to streaming service Pokémon TV this Friday. Pokémon: Advanced Challenge is the seventh season of the Pokémon anime and the second of four seasons known collectively as Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire. “In Pokémon: Advanced Challenge,…
News about the upcoming release of battle royale Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch is coming “very soon,” according to game director Chad Grenier. Grenier shared the information on Twitter in a response to a fan asking when the game will launch on Switch. Will have some news very soon!…
There’s no Nintendo character that’s more at ease snoozin’ than Kirby. Setting aside that it’s canonically one of his abilities, so many pieces of merchandise have portrayed the pink puffball sound asleep. Takara Tomy is about to bring in another, and this time they’re going big. This Kirby Suyasuya…
