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…
Split Fiction, the latest co-op multiplayer game by developer Hazelight, launched on March 6th to critical acclaim. Shortly after launch, it was rumored that a movie adaptation was in the works for the game and we’ve now received confirmation on its existence, along with one of the stars as well…
One of Japan’s leading bag brands “Porter” will be teaming up with The Pokémon Company later this week to deliver an exclusive new lineup of collaborative products at Japanese Pokémon Center stores. Being part of The Pokémon Company’s year-round 25th anniversary initiative, the latest set of fashion products pays tribute…
Embracer Group — the parent company of Gearbox Entertainment, THQ Nordic, and others — announced today that they’ve acquired Dark Horse Media along with a number of other subsidiaries. Embracer now has over a dozen groups under its umbrella. Dark Horse is known first and foremost for its comics division,…
This coming March Switch owners will be able to enter The World in Bandai Namco’s action RPG quadrilogy .hack//G.U. Last Recode. To hype up the Japanese audience, the company has released a short web commercial for the game that gives us a little look at the Switch port in action….
Version 1.3.1.7 of Pokémon Unite is now available, and with it come a handful of balance changes for all your favorite pocket monsters. Some things received vague “bug fixes,” like Sylveon’s Hyper Voice and Gardevoir’s Future Sight. A few strong performers also saw their moves be toned down. Eldegoss’s Leaf…
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…
