Over 20 years in the making, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is almost here. Wayforward announced, this morning, that the long-lost Shantae adventure will be hitting PC and consoles on August 19th, 2025. Actually released a few months back for the Game Boy Advance, this belated console port will include the…
As many people had stated over the last few weeks, Nintendo will be holding a Direct stream to cap off July 2025. Instead of a full-blown first-party presentation, however, it will be a Partner Direct with roughly 25 minutes of information on new third-party games coming to the system. For…
Yesterday, some leaked artwork from an upcoming expansion for Pokémon TCG Pocket showed what appeared to be traced over fan art for the new Ho-Oh EX card. While some people were jumping to the conclusion of plagiarism, most simply wanted an explanation of what had happened or if the art…
Eagle-eyed users of the Xbox app have potentially discovered a release date for the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection. The app listed the compilation with a release of September 29th or 30th September, depending on the users’ time zone. These dates have since been removed on the app, but users…
In a new ranking of Japanese gaming companies posted by software developer SalesNow, Nintendo has ranked third among its peers for average yearly income. Based on data gathered between June 2024 and June 2025, Nintendo’s average pay for employees comes out to around $65K USD (or ¥9,626,857). While that might…
It’s been 1,000 years since Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced by developer Team Cherry, but the wait is seemingly approaching its end. As part of its media blast for featured titles today, Microsoft confirmed that among first-party titles and partner published ones, Silksong will be playable at its booth during…
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…
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,…
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…
Much like how Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment received an age rating in Brazil yesterday, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has also received an age classification in South Korea which can only mean one thing: Nintendo will be talking about it soon. According to South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee…
With Pokémon Legends: Z-A now less than three months away, pre-orders for the game are in full swing. As is traditional for new Nintendo game releases, there’s a wide array of bonuses available for pre-ordering the game from the various retailers out there. It can be hard to decide which…
You can never predict when Nintendo is going to drop a bombshell of a development on us. I did not expect a random Wednesday morning would deliver us the news that Mario and Peach, famous for being positioned as lovers in past Super Mario games, are actually just “good friends.”…
Xbox plans to bring more game ports to Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 soon, according to The Game Business. In a summary of its latest edition of The Game Business Show podcast, the industry analyst website described a conversation with Mat Piscatella, head of market research company Circana. The…
As Hollywood is so keen to do, a sequel to 2023’s Five Nights at Freddy’s was greenlit even before the first film had finished its opening weekend. Being a fairly big hit, it did make sense we’d see a continuation, and production house Blumhouse Films is doing just that. The…
It has now officially been a full week since Donkey Kong Bananza first made its way onto the shelves. It certainly doesn’t feel like it, but with so much to explore and collect, losing track of time is remarkably easy. Before jumping back into the underground and collecting more Banandium…
