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…
On the heels of Dimitri and the Kingdom of Faerghus, another house is ready to return in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. This time it’s Edelgard leading the charge for the Adrestian Empire, revealing new designs for the Black Eagles as they cut through enemies by the thousands. …
The Pokémon Trading Card Game has had plenty of gimmicks over the years, but this latest one is quite the surprise… Literally. In the Pokémon GO wave of cards you might stumble on one with a little Ditto symbol near the number. That’s your cue to peel away the front…
On July 22nd Square Enix will finally be releasing the classic SNES RPG LIVE A LIVE worldwide with an all-new remake. As part of a Japanese broadcast for the game, the company shared a bunch of new trailers delving into four different time periods. On top of those…
My Nintendo’s latest physical offering is celebrating the recent release of Nintendo Switch Sports! Up for grabs is a Spocco Square Cooling Towel, which you can snatch up for a mere 550 Platinum Points. Made of 100% polyester, the towel is sporting (haha) fun, colorful imagery of Spocco…
The surprises keep coming in Pokémon GO partnerships this week. While Trainers are focusing on finishing up the Season of Alola, Niantic has been focusing on building a stronger Pokémon GO community. Earlier this week, Niantic officially announced a partnership with The Silph Road, a well-known grassroots network dedicated to…
Hey, remember Keiji Inafune? That guy? The classic Capcom Mega Man illustrator who ran his reputation into the ground during the mid-’10s after getting involved in a ton of botched Kickstarters and releasing the disastrous Mighty No. 9? Well, he’s back. And not with a new game or anything (well,…
You may have caught wind of a game development tool Activision Blizzard touted over the past week, referred to as the “Diversity Space Tool” in shorthand. Developed by subsidiary King (the Swedish developer who makes Candy Crush Saga, among others), it basically has a set of metrics to judge a…
Get yourself ready for some reading — or perhaps just a walk near a local place containing books to read. Starting today, a new type of Decor Pikmin will now be available to users of Niantic’s Pikmin Bloom application. For those walking past their local libraries and bookstores, “Tiny Book”…
Today Outright Games shared the first trailer for its upcoming game based on the animated Star Trek Prodigy series, subtitled Supernova. Primarily aimed at a younger audience, Prodigy as a series still features plenty of Star Trek iconography and themes, not to mention a familiar face in the holographic form…
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 launches in about two months, and after revealing a handful of areas over the past few weeks, Nintendo has released a bit more info on the mechanics of traversing the world. After going over the same areas previously revealed, they launch into enemy types, traversal, and more….
The ’90s and very early 2000s were the pinnacle of games about goofy lil’ cartoon animals bouncing around and throwing punches. While some, like Sonic and even Gex, have remained in the public consciousness in one way or another, any number of others have faded into obscurity (remember Rocky Rodent?)….
If the protagonists of the Silent Hill games think they have it rough, they should try being a modern-day fan of the series. With no new titles over the past decade, the incredible P.T. wiped from digital storefronts, and Silent Hills scrapped altogether, things have looked bleaker than a night…
