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Nintendo’s Pokémon Sword & Shield are planning to kick off the New Year in a way that is sure to entice players — particularly those who hunt for Shiny Pokémon. A mini-event has been announced that pertains to Shiny Magikarp and how players can catch one through a raid battle. Starting now and running until January 3, there will be an increased chance of Magikarps appearing in raid battles, and an even higher chance of them being Shiny (when compared to coming across one in the wild)....

Today, the Pokemon Company provided details regarding the day-one update that will be available for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet when they release on Nov. 18, 2022. The latest generation of Pokemon will take players to the Paldea region, where they can meet new Pokemon to train, battle and trade. Of course, some of these features may be limited without downloading the 1.0.1 update. The Pokemon Scarlet and Violet day one update requires 1GB of free space on the Switch system memory or microSD card to download....

Attack on Titan Final Season is drawing ever closer to its conclusion, and Pony Canyon is hyping up the occasion with a special event. In a video streamed via Pony Canyon’s official YouTube account on Sept. 21, it was revealed that a special event would be hosted on November 13. The event will feature live performances of songs from the series, with composer Kohta Yamamoto taking top billing. He’ll be joined by the likes of Yuko Ando, ​​Ai Higuchi, mpi, Laco of EOW, cumi of BINJU, Hannah Grace, and KAREN....

President Donald Trump blames violent video games as the source of America’s epidemic of mass shootings. Last Saturday, a lone gunman with anti-immigrant attitudes stormed into a mall in El Paso and killed 22 people. The next day, another shooter killed 9 people in Dayton, Ohio roughly 1,400 miles away. Unlike the El Paso shooter, the Dayton shooter seemed to have leftist views and even had a Twitter history showing support for gun control....

Weekly PS Vita sales in Japan have hit an all time low of just 8,931 units, marking the first time the handheld has slipped below the 10,000 unit mark since its launch. In fairness to Sony’s handheld there were slumps across the board, with the 3DS down to 72,115 units from 121,921. It was only the Xbox 360 that managed a sales increase, almost tripling its weekly tally from 1,317 units to 3,764 units....

PlayStation VR launch title Headmaster has been updated to enable enhanced visuals on PS4 Pro, whilst also introducing a host of new Party games. “When you play Headmaster on a PS4 Pro it’s like you’re wearing a new set of eyeglasses,” says Ben Throop, founder of Frame Interactive. The final rendered image benefits from up to 2x supersampling with MSAA, making the presentation appear a whole lot sharper especially when looking into the distance....

Version 1.0 of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the chicken dinner-giving battle royale title from PUBG Corp., is arriving on Xbox One as a ‘feature-complete game’ early next month. In addition to the full release of the popular online shooter, PUBG’s Sanhok map, which is currently available for PC users, will be released for the Xbox One version of the game alongside continued updates. PUBG’s full Xbox One release will also usher in a batch of new content, including War Mode and Achievements support....

It’s possible that Red Dead Redemption 2 will be coming to PC in the near future, as a listing on LinkedIn has revealed that a former Rockstar employee worked on a PC version of the game. Red Dead Redemption 2 was released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 26, 2018. There has been no official word on a PC port of the game, despite a vocal demand for the game to be brought to the platform....

Capcom continues to drive interest towards the Resident Evil 2 reimagining. The game is far more than just a remake of its source material. To bring a game into modern times from its PlayStation 1 and Nintendo 64 origins, Capcom had its work cut out for it. To showcase its development, a new 30-minute demo has been revealed. But it will only be available for download from January 11-31, and it has a number of limitations....

The recently released Resident Evil Remaster has become Capcom’s fastest selling digital game in its history in both North America and Europe, the publisher has announced. The game, which launched January 20, has also broken the day one sales record for PlayStation Network. “It’s been great to see so many positive comments from fans that have enjoyed this new release,” said Capcom producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi. “The team here at Capcom Japan have worked hard to bring the game to the latest generation of consoles and we are thrilled at this news on its performance....

The top-down indie game RimWorld is a futuristic game where humans are spread across the universe. While there are different colonies, the player character is stranded on the procedurally generated planet. With the end goal of constructing a spaceship in mind, the random traits given to the characters will affect the nature of the gameplay. But before you can construct the spaceship, you will be building a colony from scratch as you progress....

Riot Games announced they have reached a settlement for the class action sexual harassment lawsuit that should have gone a long way in tarnishing the studio’s reputation. Kotaku published a report last year that laid bare several issues at the Los Angeles-based company, citing a culture of sexism and favoritism at the studio. Multiple employers also came forward with allegations of sexual harassment and promotional discrimination. Riot announced a “First Steps Forward” initiative in the wake of the revelations, apologizing to former, current and future employees for not providing the environment they promised and outlined plans to move on....

In multiplayer shooter games, it is necessary to constantly improve the skills and stats in order to keep up with other opponents. Grinding is one way to enhance our skills and reflexes while playing any game. Moreover, improving strategies while keeping stats in mind is what pro players do. Several shooting games allow the player to check their stats like eliminations, damage dealt, total deaths in a game, etc. Luckily, Overwatch 2 also have this feature wherein a player can check their stats by pressing the Tab key....

A proclivity for thoughtful, character-centric exploration makes the walking simulator the perfect avenue for personal, purposeful storytelling. The sights, sounds, and understated gameplay complement the narrative beats every step of the way. And in the years following its meteoric rise, I’ve gotten to walk a mile in just about everyone’s shoes. Needless to say, my figurative feet are quite sore. Paws and Soul is a coming-of-age story with an unlikely, unreliable narrator: a mystical wolf chasing after the spirits of two children....

Starbreeze and Overkill have now launched the PAYDAY 2 VR beta on Steam. The VR version of PAYDAY 2 was announced back in May and this is a big deal for VR owners looking for VR games with a decent amount of content. PAYDAY 2 VR includes all the content from the core game and players can use their existing characters in VR. Even better news is that the VR version is completely free for anyone who already owns PAYDAY 2....

Nintendo’s legendary game developer Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that Pikmin 4 was in development back in 2015, but we’ve not yet seen much of the game or know when it’s coming out. “I’ve been told not to share anything about this from PR,” Miyamoto told Eurogamer at E3 2017 regarding the status of Pikmin 4, “but I can tell you it is progressing.” Miyamoto appeased the PR gods by limiting the specifics of the game’s development to his assurance that the game is “actually very close to completion” and that “Pikmin teams are always working on the next one....

Pinball sim Pinball FX3 is heading to the Switch on December 12, developer Zen Studios has announced today. Making the announcement via a YouTube trailer, the Switch port will be free to download and come with one free table, and fans will be able to purchase more tables from a set of 30 available at launch based on properties such as Portal, Back to the Future, The Walking Dead and Archer and Bobs Burgers from Fox....

Frontier has just released a patch for Planet Zoo and it’s promising a huge number of fixes as well as some new additions to sandbox mode in the game. Recent changes had caused some instability issues, but those are likely squashed now. If you’re a fine of playing by your own rules, though, then you’re in for a treat. The patch notes state that there are over 400 updates and fixes to the game....

Mario Tennis Aces is the next big first-party game to hit Nintendo Switch. It touches down next Friday and boasts an impressive character roster. Judging by this new information from Nintendo’s Treehouse livestream at E3, you’ve got to wonder just how big the final list of characters is going to be. Historically, Nintendo has taken the lumbering dinosaur approach to online play and functionality. Their much-ballyhooed Switch online service is finally set to kick off in September, and many gamers see it as all kinds of underwhelming....

PlayStation’s new head of Worldwide Studios is Guerrilla Games co-founder and managing director, Hermen Hulst (via GamesIndustry.biz). If you’re wondering where former Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida is going, well, he’s not going anywhere. Yoshida will no longer manage Sony Interactive Entertainment’s internal studios and will instead focus his energy on its external and independent studios. ‘Everybody knows just how passionate Shu is about independent games – they are the lifeblood of the industry, making our content portfolio so special for our gamers,’ PlayStation CEO and president Jim Ryan said....