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…
Of all of the games to come out within the past decade, it’s undeniable that Hollow Knight was one of the most impactful even among bigger studio releases. Originally released in early 2017, Hollow Knight took the world by storm, and following that success, a sequel game called Hollow Knight:…
Dragalia Lost has just announced its next Gala Dragalia Remix showcase, opening the door for players to add two new adventurers to their ranks (and Encyclopedia) if luck permits. This time around it’s a pair of alternate versions of characters that have been in the game since the very beginning,…
Today, during the Indie World Showcase, South Korean developer SouthPaw Games and publisher Neowiz announced that their Steam exclusive hit Skul: The Hero Slayer will be coming to Switch later this summer. The action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer, which previously launched to positive critic and public reviews this past January, will…
Annapurna Interactive had a double feature of announcements during today’s Indie World Showcase. First up was confirming that Last Stop (previously announced at Microsoft’s Xbox London event in November 2019, followed by an appearance at last year’s Xbox Games Showcase) would be coming to Nintendo Switch. Last Stop…
There were so many great-looking games crammed into today’s Indie World Showcase that you’d be forgiven for missing some of the fleeting moments during the highlight reel towards the end of the presentation. The biggest reveal here was that of House of the Dead: Remake, which surprisingly didn’t get its…
Studio Seufz’s award-winning, indie point-and-click adventure The Longing, which launched on PC platforms in 2020, is now bringing its cavernous depths to Nintendo Switch, as revealed in today’s Indie World Showcase presentation. Players take control of a creature known as a Shade, the last remaining servant of a king who…
Let’s face it, the runner genre could use some fresh ideas, and that’s exactly what Headup Games and developer Aerial_Knight plan to bring to the scene when Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield lands on the Nintendo Switch next month. Announced during today’s Nindie Showcase, this stylized 3D side-scrolling runner set in a…
Last month, we reported that a brand-new arcade-styled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title called Shredder’s Revenge was in development from Tribute Games and would be published by DotEmu in collaboration with Nickelodeon later this year. After a tubular animated feature showcasing the game’s story, characters, and soundtrack debuted revealing the title’s…
With its Eyvind Earle-like art style, charming characters, and fascinating (and fun) time-traveling battle mechanics, Cris Tales has been on plenty of gaming wishlists – mine included – since 2019. While its planned release date of November 17th, 2020 slipped into “early 2021” and then July 2021, we can now…
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises from Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase presentation earlier today was the reveal of OlliOlli World, a new installment in the addictive OlliOlli franchise that’s introducing 3D elements into the traditionally 2D skateboarding series. OlliOlli World appears to have a bigger story focus than its predecessors,…
Initially announced at last year’s The Game Awards, Road 96 opened today’s Indie World Showcase. The procedural narrative hitchhiking game, which has 148,268 route combinations, gave us a glimpse of these different narratives in its first-ever gameplay trailer. The country of Petria has gone to hell. The regime…
The last time we heard news of 3DClouds’ nautical action-RPG King of Seas, it was the bittersweet report that the game was delayed into May for further polish and a broader localization. Thanks to 3DClouds’ new publishing partnership with Team17, their promise has been fulfilled, and the pirate sim will…
Few games have tapped into the potential of a Mesoamerican setting, meaning whenever one does, it stands out. Aztech Forgotten Gods certainly does, and then some. The game is set in an alternate universe Mesoamerica that never saw contact with European powers from across the Atlantic, meaning the capital Tenochtitlan…
