Over the past few weeks, it feels like we’ve been reporting on leaks more than official announcements. A few months ago, the Pokémon Company suffered a massive leak due to an external hack. However, today’s leaked Pokémon news comes directly from Pokémon GO developer Niantic. According to the leak, a…
Welcome to 2025, everyone! While we eagerly await Nintendo to announce anything about the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, it seems vendors at CES in Las Vegas didn’t get the memo that the console hasn’t officially been unveiled yet. Now, before we dive into the details, remember that the images and…
The start of 2025 has seen more Switch 2 leaks than the last couple of months combined. After a new patent mentioned upscaling technology for Nintendo’s upcoming device and a leak of the Switch 2 Joy-Con showed an optical sensor on the controller, this latest photo dump shows us a…
Ever since the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series was announced, and promptly deconfirmed for everything but PC and mobile, Switch owners have looked on in envy as the first six titles got a facelift, albeit with funky looking fonts. Now it’s been confirmed that the final entry, Final Fantasy VI,…
The wait for Splatoon 3 continues, but it looks like Nintendo had a little bit of Splatmas cheer to share. New artwork has been shared featuring the Squid Sisters, as well as their new Captain – aka the player character from the original Splatoon’s campaign. That’s Agents 1, 2, and…
Hori’s Split Pad Pro is one of the most comfortable ways to play the Switch undocked, and thankfully the company has brought out various designs to cater to a wide array of fans, such as Pac-Man and Monster Hunter. Now, it’s Sonic the Hedgehog’s turn. This latest release emblazons the…
The Luigi’s Mansion expansion sets for Lego Super Mario were unveiled around Halloween, teased with a brief trailer that spooked us (and more importantly, Luigi) to our very cores. Now the sets have pictures in official Lego listings for us all to see! The big one is Haunt and Seek,…
Everybody’s favorite video game is a gift card. This is the only logical conclusion that we can come to looking at Amazon’s best-selling video games of 2021, where seven – SEVEN – of the Top 10 best-selling products are gift cards for various storefronts (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and… Roblox). Is…
Pokémon GO has revealed its featured Pokémon for January’s Community Day: everybody’s favorite rotund Ice-Water boi Spheal, which will appear more frequently in the wild on January 16th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time. If you evolve Sealeo (Spheal’s first evolution) all the way into a Walrein during…
It’s that time of year again — publication after publication is dolling out their Game of the Year honors, selecting the cream of the crop from a relatively quiet year of gaming. But we all know that it’s in the quiet that the Hunter flourishes — Metroid Dread has won…
The Hugo Awards have been honoring the greatest achievements in fantasy and sci-fi for almost 70 years, and for the first time in history they’ve honored the best video game in those genres. The winner? Scoring another win like Zagreus vanquishing the furies yet again, it’s Hades, Supergiant’s roguelike opus…
Adolescence still defines much of gaming culture. Even now as audiences grow older and older and the reach of the industry expands ever onward, the foremost image of gaming in many people’s minds is that of high schoolers playing Call of Duty or pre-teens buying Fortnite dances. This, of course,…
Build-A-Bear has slowly but surely been giving Eevee and its many evolutions plushes, and the latest in line is the ice type, Glaceon. Much like earlier Eeveelution plushes, you can nab a version that makes sounds, or accessorize with a cape or sleeper. Given the typing, though, it probably wouldn’t…
Coinciding with the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Championship regional finals, a new character has just been announced for Bandai Namco’s 2D hit. Stepping into the ring will be Android 21 as she originally appeared both in-game and back at her debut announcement. Formally dubbed Android 21 (Lab Coat), it’s a…
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,…
