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,…
As part of this morning’s Virtua Fighter direct stream, Sega announced that Virtua Fighter 5 REVO will be getting ports to consoles soon. Released for PC via Steam in January, players on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2 will be able to jump into the fray to experience one…
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…
Last week, River City Girls gave us a look at Misako, her personality, and her skills in a new trailer — and today her BFF is getting the same treatment. Enter Kyoko, the kind of girl who’d crash her friend’s classes when she doesn’t even go to the same school….
Pokémon as a franchise makes a good chunk of change. And by that, I mean it’s quite literally the most profitable media franchise to ever exist. Of course, not all of that comes purely from game and anime sales — a large percentage of revenue comes from merchandising deals. And…
Final Fantasy fans were beyond thrilled to learn that Final Fantasy VIII Remastered would be coming to Nintendo Switch during the big reveal at E3 a few months ago. And now it looks like that release will become available beyond the digital realm, as Play-Asia has listed physical copies for…
When it comes to Nintendo franchises with forgotten, untranslated gems, Kirby is pretty lucky, with only a few games stuck overseas. One of the most notorious was Kirby’s Super Star Stacker, a Super Famicom remake of the Game Boy original, that launched in 1998, well after Nintendo of America’s 1997…
It turns out Cooking Mama is making a return sooner than we thought! Some months-old press releases are being uncovered across the internet, revealing a Switch game that’s set to launch this fall, with the subtitle Coming Home to Mama, and it’s being pitched as a reboot of the series….
It looks like another batch of Joy-Con colors is on the way, and while they aren’t new, they’re a whole lot more convenient. Best Buy US has listed the new pair of green Joy-Con on its site as of this writing, and they’re set for release on October 27th, just…
PlatinumGames’ Astral Chain will be with us in just a few weeks, and ahead of launch they’ve shared a lengthy interview featuring the game’s director Takahisa Taura, as well as character designer and prolific manga artist Masakazu Katsura. The primary focus is on the character design, though sprinkled throughout are…
Following last week’s horrible tragedy at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas — where an armed gunman killed 22 people and wounded 24 others — the company has sent out notices to employees requesting them to remove “any signing or displays that contain violent images or aggressive behavior” from the…
It’s been a longtime coming, but Lab Zero’s sophomore title is nearly upon us. Crowdfunded after the success of Skullgirls, Indivisible is bringing a different kind of game with the same love and polish to consoles and PC in the near future. If you’ve been sleeping on this one, it’s…
The game’s not out yet but I can’t get enough of River City Girls. Thankfully, a new trailer’s gone up for Japan, and while it doesn’t go deep into new territory or info, there are a few bits that I haven’t seen before. That and it shows off more of…
The stories of game collecting are filled with many twists of fortune and fate, and it’s often the most mundane that somehow end up as the most remarkable. Case in point — a man in his mid-30s went into local Seattle game trading establishment Pink Gorilla with a paper sack…
In honor of the Pokémon Sun & Moon—Unified Minds Trading Card Game launch, GameStop is hosting another Trade & Play event at all of its stores on August 17th. If you’re a fan of the cards, you’ll want to visit your store between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m….
