Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
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,…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Amazon’s Treasure Truck promises to bring deals, hard to find items at non-scalper prices, freebies, fun events, and more on any given day. They first caught our attention when select cities suddenly had access to the NES Classic last year, back when the mini-console was limited and in high demand….
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Hidden among the countless announcements and teasers at The Game Awards was another game coming to Nintendo Switch. Dauntless, a free-to-play action RPG currently available on PC, will be journeying to even more platforms in 2019. After appearing on Epic Games Store, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in April next…
Practically everyone with a Switch is probably diving straight into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate right now, and that’s naturally putting quite a bit of strain on the online servers. In response, Nintendo of Europe has announced that network services are going to be disabled for a brief while today to…
Talk about an out of left field announcement! Straight from the metaverse — and Los Angeles — we got news on who the first non-Piranha Plant fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s DLC will be. And to say it’s unexpected is a bit of an understatement — coming from the…
Are you all ready to go to the Upside Down? For us Stranger Things fans out there — and I know there are quite a few — the wait for Stranger Things Season 3 has been a long and grueling one. The retro, ‘80s-style sci-fi horror has captured tons of…
Tonight during the Video Game Awards, Ed Boon announces Mortal Kombat 11. While this may not be a huge shock to many, the fact that it is also coming to Nintendo Switch might be. The initial (and violent) trailer revealed that the game will have a global release on April…
Among a throng of some spectacular competition — including Dead Cells, The Messenger, Into the Breach, and Return of the Obra Dinn, each one highly regarded and revered in their own right — one game stood tall above the rest at The Game Awards. Matt Makes Games’ Celeste, the masterful…
Wow. Well that was a surprise. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 was just announced at the 2018 Game Awards, to everyone’s surprise. Even more surprising, the game is being released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch! The title is to be released in 2019, so stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted…
The Game Awards is here yet again, with plenty of announcements and accolades promised throughout the night. Catch it live here:
The Game Awards hasn’t even officially kicked off yet, but we’re already into announcements! First up from Simogo is a neon-imbued “pop album video game” known as Sayonara Wild Hearts, featuring a healthy dose of intensely saturated colors, motorcycles, and that quasi-’80s feel that we all know and love. Going…
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