March 19th, 2025

Masahiro Sakurai believes Japanese developers should pursue games that Japanese people like over catering to all demographics
Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News

The legendary game director Masahiro Sakurai was recently awarded the “Art Encouragement Prize” from the Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs. At an acceptance speech given at the awards ceremony on March 11th, 2025, Sakurai was asked about what he feels the Japanese games industry should do to continue growing,…

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March 19th, 2025

Despite ownership of Saudi Arabia’s PIF, Pokémon GO lead claims the game won’t become invested in advertisements
Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Mobile

With the sale of Niantic’s gaming division to Scopely, the PIF-backed gaming sector of Savvy Games, there have been concerns that the future of Pokémon GO would become wrought with new forms of invasive advertising and data collection. While we still can’t rule out some sort of biometric collection going…

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March 17th, 2025

An Official Portal Pinball Machine is Coming This Summer!
Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Merchandise

Fans of Portal and pinball, get ready for some earth-shattering news! Earlier today, Multimorphic Pinball announced that Portal is coming to its impressive P3 Pinball system this summer. This Portal Pinball machine is packed with stunning Portal-themed visuals, iconic voice acting from GladOS voice actress Ellen McLain, and even features…

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March 17th, 2025

Pokémon GO Raid Hour for Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
Author: Jennifer Burch
Categories: Guides, Mobile

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…

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March 16th, 2025

Pokémon GO Spotlight Hour for Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
Author: Jennifer Burch
Categories: Guides, Mobile

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,…

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March 15th, 2025

Pokémon GO Max Mondays for Monday, March 17th, 2025
Author: Jennifer Burch
Categories: Guides, Mobile

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…

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March 14th, 2025

Pokémon Legends: Z-A receives E10+ rating
Author: Roberto Diaz
Categories: News, Switch

The ESRB has officially rated Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the upcoming game in the Legends series. Legends: Z-A has been given a rating of E10+, marking the first time a Pokémon mainline game has received a rating higher than E.  What’s interesting is that the only games in the Pokémon series…

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March 14th, 2025

Ubisoft reportedly looking for investors in a new gaming entity
Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News

With hard times hitting basically every industry in existence, it’s not really surprising to hear that Ubisoft might be courting potential investors for a new gaming entity. In a report from Bloomberg this morning, it’s been stated that Ubisoft Entertainment SA (the official name of the publisher) is considering selling…

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