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,…
As part of this morning’s Virtua Fighter direct stream, Sega announced that Virtua Fighter 5 REVO will be getting ports to consoles soon. Released for PC via Steam in January, players on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2 will be able to jump into the fray to experience one…
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…
Over this last week, a quintet of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R character trailers have been released. Riding off the heels of reveals of four new characters coming to the astonishingly true to the source fighter, these videos have given us a look at some of the most…
Klonoa’s return is nearly upon us, though Bandai Namco has been fairly quiet when it comes to the dreamy platformers. What we do have is a brief graphical comparison between the original versions of the series’ titles and how they’ll look in Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series. It’s worth…
A crafting, “find all the items” journey awaits with Super Rare Games’ next physical release. From Whitethorn Games and Alientrap, Wytchwood is a beautiful, storybook-like game filled with gothic fables and fairytales. Plus, you’re a witch that lives in the woods and will be concocting spells when you’re not solving…
There’ve been plenty of Kirby Nendoroid figures in the past. I don’t just mean characters from the Kirby series, I mean Kirby himself. The tough pink puffball is getting another Nendoroid meant to mark his 30th Anniversary — and even owning all the previous versions, I don’t think I can…
The Sega Genesis Mini is a fine micro-console, sitting proudly beside the SNES Classic for 16-bit fans. While there were hopes and rumors that a “Dreamcast Mini” could be on the way, Sega’s instead announced another opportunity to bask in their retro glory. Behold, the Mega Drive Mini 2! …
Kotaro Uchikoshi is one of the most interesting men working in video games. The Zero Escape and AI: The Somnium Files director/writer has a distinct frankness and bawdiness when discussing his work (one that you can often feel in the writing itself). And now, he’s conducted another interview with Nintendo…
June is here, which means more than pride discourse on Twitter — it means it’s time for summer! And Nintendo is celebrating the latter the only way they know how — promotion for their consumer products. From June 10th to September 5th, Nintendo of America will be embarking on the…
Yahoo! The countdown to Super Nintendo World’s early opening in 2023 encroaches closer and closer, and we’re finally seeing behind the curtain of the park’s operations. Universal has released a short teaser look at the park’s Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge ride, the “world’s first interactive Mario Kart ride” that will…
Father Time comes for all things, and while most of us live in blissful ignorance of when we will shudder off this mortal coil, the same cannot be said for the likes of the video games we play. Apparently. And the clock is ticking on this beloved title — Animal…
Konami has sad news for fans of Super Bomberman R Online, the latest title in the Bomberman series. Servers for the free-to-play online multiplayer game will be shut down on December 1st, 2022, at 01:00:00 (UTC) (which is 6 p.m. PT on November 30th when converted). In a recent statement,…
You best play your opponents better than those cards. The highly-anticipated indie game Card Shark from publisher Devolver Digital and developer Nerial releases today on the Nintendo eShop. Below, viewers can check out Card Shark’s animated launch trailer previewing the game’s deceitful skills players will have to utilize to survive…
The Nintendo eShop’s web browser version may have accidentally revealed that a demo for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes could be on the way soon. As can be seen in the photo below and currently on the Nintendo eShop product page for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, a “Download demo”…
