Last week we brought you the news that the next Pokémon to be transformed into Squishmallow are Dragonite and Marill. Now, we have the full reveal! As you can see, Dragonite is detailed with wings, antenna, and a tail, while Marill has big round ears and its tail orb, though…
Back in December at the Game Awards, we got the surprise announcement that Sega would be rebooting a bunch of its classic franchises, namely Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Crazy Taxi, and Streets of Rage. At the time we were given very little information, even regarding the developers of…
Japanese game developer and publisher Square Enix just broke some major news to its investors with the announcement of an extraordinary loss of ¥22.1 billion (approx. $140,343,309) in content abandonment for the fiscal year ending March 2024. The company went onto specify that it has revised its development pipeline of…
Welcome back to Echo Location, where we shout our picks for Echo Fighters into the wide open gorge of the internet in the hopes that Masahiro Sakurai hears the reverbs on the other side. (If you don’t get that metaphor, don’t worry — I don’t either.) Last time we kicked…
This week marks Gamescom 2018 in Germany and Nintendo’s brought a few new toys for attendees to see up close — specifically the first wave of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo, featuring Inkling, Ridley, and returning fighter Wolf; and the upcoming Octoling triple pack. Have a look at some shots…
Battle Chef Brigade was my favorite not-Zelda game of 2017, and it’s about to get even better. First announced on the PlayStation blog by Tom Eastman of Trinket Studios, Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe will bring many features to the game that have been teased for a long time now. Those…
With September just around the corner, a new character is almost here for Mario Tennis Aces. Diddy Kong is swinging into action as another Speedy character with a brand of simian style to call his own. Just like the previous post-release characters, Diddy will be completely free. Those…
Yet another Switch announcement out of Gamescom was made: the game adaptation of the award-winning comic Blacksad, called Blacksad: Under the Skin, is getting a Switch release. Blacksad is a Spanish comic intended for a French audience based in a fictionalized 1950s New York City where the inhabitants are anthropomorphized…
The story of Pokémon GO is a rocky one, filled with tumultuous beginnings and fraught with tension between players and developers. But John Hanke, founder and CEO of Niantic, seems to believe that the sailing has gotten a bit smoother, as a broader piece by the Guardian illustrated as the…
Before this month is out we should be getting our hands on the first Sega Ages ports, Sonic the Hedgehog and Thunder Force IV, which will be followed by more than 13 other ports, with two arriving each month. One of next month’s releases has now been confirmed and it’s…
Way back in March, Nintendo announced that the GameCube launch title Luigi’s Mansion would be coming back to haunt us this year on 3DS, courtesy of Ever Oasis developer, Grezzo. While we still haven’t received a release date, we have seen the official box art, and it points to one…
Pokémon GO, the AR app sensation that took the world by storm in 2016, is still going strong. Now many years deep into updates, the game has changed significantly since launch — and new mechanics, Pokémon, events, and more have been added to it. Need some help? Check out our…
While the Switch has seen huge success with numerous genres, one hugely popular type of game has yet to find purchase: the MOBA, or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. Tencent hopes to change all that when they bring the popular mobile hit Arena of Valor to the Switch. A recent trailer…
The toughest part of a Nintendo Direct is waiting for the next one. With a game as anticipated as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate threat goes double, but it looks like Nintendo’s trying to make things a little more bearable. As a nice surprise two full matches featuring most of the…
Another piece of news coming out of Gamescom today, and it’s not technically even game related! The comic book reading app InkyPen will be making its debut on the Switch this November, as revealed by the following trailer by Nintendo UK: # InkyPen will be a subscription service…
