Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
G-MODE has slowly but surely been reviving its back catalog of games that were once exclusive to Japanese feature phones, including fairly big names. The latest? The Atlus developed Persona 3 prequel, Aigis: The First Mission. The game is an action RPG set in 1999, ten years before the events…
In the weeks since Apple announced that it was relaxing its App Store policies regarding emulators, we’ve seen a few emulators for Nintendo systems come and go for various reasons, like iGBA being delisted for using entirely stolen code or an NES emulator that was uploaded and approved before being…
Need a phone case? An airpod case? A case case? Well, all of those and more (except the last one) are going to be part of an upcoming CASETiFY collaboration with Pokémon. Buyers will be able to get customizable phone cases based on one of nine different Pokémon in two…
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has grown from a cult favorite manga to full on anime phenomenon over the last handful of years, and Bandai Namco knows it. Featured in today’s State of Play showcase, a stylish PlayStation 3-era fighter is getting another chance on current consoles. Behold, the greatest high that…
Today’s State of Play featured a few surprises, with one of the final reveals being an all-new IP from Square Enix – the tactical RPG The DioField Chronicle. The game will feature music by two Game of Thrones veterans, Ramin Djawadi and Brandon Campbell, which you can get…
In recent years video game companies have been much keener to release their soundtrack albums on digital services, and today marked YouTube’s turn for Square Enix. Not only has the company put up playlists featuring a wire array of official soundtracks, from Final Fantasy VII to Octopath Traveler, but there’re…
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe isn’t the only Mario Kart racer getting updates — the little mobile game that could Mario Kart Tour is having a whole slate of new additions and changes, the foremost of which is adding Miis and Mii costumes to the game. Other changes include the following:…
The history of the Mother series and fan translations runs deep, and now another chapter in it has been written — or rather, translated into English. The two official Mother novels written by Saori Kumi, one for EarthBound Beginnings/Mother (subtitled The Original Story) and another for EarthBound/Mother 2 (subtitled Giyagas…
Fans have theorized about what a third Mario brother would look like for a long time now, drawing up various design interpretations over the years for what someone even farther out of the limelight than Luigi would look like. Well, the answer may have been found in a Finnish grocery…
It’s been a while since we heard an update on Evil Dead: The Game, with the only recent news being that the title had been delayed once again from its February launch. Finally, we have some more positive news on the game, delivered once again by big man Bruce Campbell….
For the third year in a row, various developers from Japan and the US are banding together for their own digital announcement showcase. New Game+ Expo is on the way again, featuring no less than ten companies poised to share their latest news. Participants include the following: Aksys Games…
Viewtiful Joe still stands out as a beloved piece of Capcom’s history, standing side-by-side with Ōkami and God Hand as a fine game from Clover Studios. Of the three, it’s the only one that received a sequel from the original developer in its time, with Viewtiful Joe 2 both continuing…
Last night the lineup of featured titles for the world’s largest fighting game tournament was announced. Despite previous confirmation that Nintendo and Super Smash Bros. would not be participating, and the certainty that all official matches won’t be played on Nintendo Switch, a handful of the games that will take…
The Monster Hunter Rise of today is a very different game than when it launched. Event Quests, special collaborations, and more have pushed the game steadily along for about a year now! With the massive Sunbreak expansion on the horizon, Capcom decided it was time to look back at that…
