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…
Of all of the games to come out within the past decade, it’s undeniable that Hollow Knight was one of the most impactful even among bigger studio releases. Originally released in early 2017, Hollow Knight took the world by storm, and following that success, a sequel game called Hollow Knight:…
With the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie less than two weeks, the collaboration between one of the biggest video game companies in the world and one of the most prominent current animation studios around is getting a promotional boost from one of the absolute most powerful corporations on…
This morning SEGA announced an upgrade to last year’s remastered collection of classic Sonic the Hedgehog games, Sonic Origins. This upgraded version, titled Sonic Origins Plus, was rated in South Korea last month, though no details were known outside of the name at the time. The wraps are fully off…
The Let’s GO! event is still on and Team GO Rocket has decided to crash the event in typical Team GO Rocket fashion. That means while the Let’s GO! event and all its bonuses are still happening, more Team GO Rocket Grunts will staking out PokéStops and flying in balloons…
With 2022 now firmly in the rearview mirror, Metacritic has put out its yearly publisher rankings – an “objective” metric as to how well each publisher did in terms of critical acclaim last year. Nintendo did pretty alright for itself, scoring a #12 on the ranking – narrowly missing the…
If you’ve long since exhausted what you can do with your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island, it might be time to become mayor of this new game from Prideful Sloth, the studio behind Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles and Grow: Song of the Evertree. Go-Go Town! styles itself as a…
Across 2021 and 2022, Square Enix released the unusual RPG series Voice of Cards on Switch, PC, and PlayStation 4. Put together by several veterans of the Drakengard and Nier series, including director Yoko Taro, they’re definitely unique, and if you’ve been waiting to dive into their odd tabletop gameplay…
Part of Nintendo Switch Online’s offerings is Game Trials, free trial versions of games that you can play for a limited time. Game Trials offer the ability to play the entirety of games during the period, provided you can put in the hours. Read on for more info about Game…
Of Kingdom Hearts’ many illustrious qualities, one of its most timeless is its music – Yoko Shimomura and co.’s scores are legendary for their heart-wrenching bombast, and now you can obtain some of that masterful music for yourself with the series’ 20th Anniversary Vinyl Box Set, available for pre-order now:…
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon just released last week, to largely positive if unexceptional reviews. It wasn’t long ago that series creator Hideki Kamiya professed that he wants to series to continue past Origins into many many more entries, but in a new interview from Famitsu (translated courtesy…
I think it’s safe to say that we could all use a vacation. If Magic Design Studios is to be believed, that includes Death himself as well, and I can’t blame them. The poor reaper has set aside his scythe and cloak for a business suit and rubber stamp,losing touch…
UPDATE (Tuesday, September 26th, 2023): A free update has been released adding additional chapters and puzzles. The review below is only about Storyteller’s original release and does not cover elements from the free update. (Other than the desire for a free update with more puzzles!) Storyteller appeared on…
I’ve known the super fighting robot that is Mega Man for many years now, but there’s something about its cybernetic Battle Network subseries that always spoke to me. Maybe it was the collecting of Battle Chips, maybe it was the cool redesigns of familiar Robot Masters. More than likely though,…
