Pokemon Let’s Go: Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee have brought the much-loved Pokemon RPG to a wider audience, satisfying veteran trainers and newbies alike. These two games brought us back to Kanto, with the original 151 Pokemon (153 if you include the two new additions Meltan and Melmetal). While this may seem like a lot of Pokemon to a new fan of the franchise, older fans will find this a comparatively small number....
In Pokémon Sword and Shield trainers can now stuff their wardrobes with an overabundance of various shirts, parkas, hats and more. But while the myriad of clothing options allows trainers to express their individuality, they leave the makeup chair hardly changed from when they sat down. In all reality, if the makeup feature was retitled ‘Accessories’ it would be more aptly named. There are no real makeup options to be found aside from a small selection of lipsticks and two eyelash styles....
March 2020 is here, which means Pokemon GO players are eagerly racing around their towns trying to confirm any rumored changes to the available Field Research tasks and rewards. At this point, it looks like there are some new tasks to discover this time around while out earning your Research Breakthroughs for a special Stardust bonus. As if the new Breakthrough rewards weren’t enough to be excited about, a new batch of encounter rewards full of shiny opportunities are sure to bring many players out this month....
When we discuss sports games, at least here in the US, we’re often referring to Madden. Across the pond the focus seems to be on FIFA. But there are many other sports in the world, and just as many video games to go with them. Just ask Cyanide Studio, the team behind the Pro Cycling Manager series. For over a decade they’ve followed the literal ups and downs of the cycling scene, and released a yearly game to coincide with the Tour de France....
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds is a game built around the pretty simple premise of dropping 100 players onto a map and having them fight till only one player, or one team, remains. Despite this pretty intuitive concept, the game has a lot of quirks built in that are not made obvious to the player and frequently confuse players not intensely familiar with the inner workings of certain game mechanics. Take the frying pan for example, in many games not only would you not see weapons not currently held by a player but these weapons would have no impact on gameplay but in PUBG the frying pan can block bullets at any time—even when holstered on the player’s back....
PUBG Corp has announced the Fantasy Battle Royale, a limited-time mode with fanciful rewards to celebrate April Fool’s Day in PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds. Fantasy Battle Royale is intended to be “a little bit of lighthearted fun during this necessary isolation,” and is a game mode that offers squads of four a new experience on Dragon’s Isle (also known as, Erangel). The players choose to be a Barbarian, Ranger, Wizard, or Paladin, and each class has their own strengths and weaknesses....
PUBG’s eighth season has arrived on PC, bringing with it some interesting changes. To start with, PUBG corp. is introducing more backstory and lore to the game, following in the footsteps of Apex Legends and Fortnite. The last season 8 video went over this, showing us “The Sanhok Tapes.” A squad of four soldiers came across the mysterious PUBG control room, showing us a glimpse at just what’s behind the happenings of this particular battle royale....
PUBG. Corp has pushed out the latest update for the Xbox One version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, offering up a boatload of weapon rebalancing among other tweaks. Almost everything in the battle royale game’s arsenal has been poked and prodded, including pistols, shotguns, SMGs, ARs, DMRs, SRs, and more. In addition, the SLR has now been added to PUBG alongside a new vehicle in the shape of the muscular Mirado. Both of these items were rolled out last week if you may recall, although back then the update was only live on the game’s test servers....
Raft has been a success since it hit Steam Early Access in May 2018. While the game did not end up on Metacritic’s top ten games of the decade list, the Steam forum sings its praises, using words like “perfectly balanced” and “challenging enough” when describing the sea-based co-op friendly game. Its objective is simple enough; build a raft, improve said raft, and sail the seas to explore the storyline — all while avoiding getting eaten by the Great White circling the raft 24/7....
Here’s a weird combination for you: Rick and Morty meets Rainbow Six Siege. Yeah. Ubisoft and Adult Swim announced today that two Rick and Morty-inspired cosmetic bundles will arrive in the tactical shooter tomorrow. It’s an interesting choice, but this cartoon crossover is just one of many unusual collaborations to appear in Rainbow Six Siege‘s Year 6, including a Resident Evil skin a few weeks ago. According to the press release, two Rick and Morty bundles will arrive to the game on April 15....
Borderlands 2 may be 2K’s most successful game of all time, but prior to the original game’s launch Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford was “terrified” that the game was going to be a “disaster”. Speaking in the latest issue of EDGE, Pitchford admitted that he “was afraid Borderlands was going to be a disaster, frankly. All the Borderlands games have obviously been important for Gearbox, and they’ve been personally important to me....
Today Wayforward released a rather awesome new trailer of its upcoming beat’em up River City Girls. The trailer focuses on revealing the villains that we’ll fight in the game, including crime lord Sabu, who breaks out of prison to avenge his daughter Sabuko’s defeat in the first game. Sabuko herself will also appear, alongside Sabu’s adopted son Ken from River City Girls Zero. More baddies include tech expert Tsuiko, strength-enhancing chef Primo, and magic-wielding witch Blaire....
A new year means many more changes are coming for Overwatch players. But this also means there are plenty of new interactions to find between heroes and the environment. For example, players have discovered that Sigma, the insane gravity-controlling tank, can reach to infinity or just a bit beyond normal reach with the side effects of his weapons. Sigma fires “Hyperspheres” as his primary weapon which deal direct damage on impact and splash damage in a short radius....
Just when you thought the whole Fortnite craze couldn’t get any more extreme, it’s now been revealed by The Wall Street Journal that parents are hiring tutors for their kids to teach them how to play the battle royale juggernaut. The publication has actually interviewed numerous individuals who are hiring Fortnite tutors for their children, offering insight as to why this is actually a thing. Apparently, some parents simply don’t want their kids to lose at Fortnite, while others are actually getting tutored in all things battle royale themselves to avoid being crap and the embarrassment that inevitably follows....
A lot of gamers have slept on Three Fields Entertainment’s past games. While its debut title Dangerous Golf may not have been too great, the studio has been hard at work for the past three years trying to recreate the Burnout series of old. That’s fitting seeing as how Three Fields was founded by the ex-heads of Criterion Games, the developer behind the Burnout brand. Whether or not you think Three Fields has been successful is up for debate, but most people don’t even realize there’s a successor to Burnout available on modern platforms....
When Microsoft announced that the popular Phantasy Star Online 2 would receive a Western release on both Xbox One and PC, fans were glad to hear the surprising news. However, players who were looking forward to the closed beta tests were disappointed to find the servers struggling to keep up with eager testers. In a Reddit post expressing disappointment about the inability to play the Phantasy Star Online 2 beta, several users shared their experiences so far....
While the technical components of new gaming hardware aren’t often of interest to the average gamer, that can be a different story when they’re one of the few things that’s being teased about the hardware. And since the upcoming Xbox Series X is set to boast some of the most powerful tech ever put into a console, Microsoft has decided to show off some of it. Not a lot of people ever bother to open up their new consoles to see all of the pieces that make their next-gen experiences possible, so few people will ever personally get to see what the XSX’s inner workings will look like firsthand....
Friends aren’t always on the same page, yet your differences make your friendship exciting. In that way, friendship is a lot like a double-sided sausage dog. The double-sided sausage dog is a walking, barking disaster. Yet together, its two halves can solve the toughest of puzzles. Perhaps not very quickly nor efficiently, but certainly in the most entertaining manner. PHOGS! is the premier co-op adventure for friends of any age. Every second of the game is a new opportunity for friendship-fueled hilarity....
UPDATE 24/11/22: Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana has been returned to the PlayStation Plus catalogue, following its mysterious disappearance earlier this week. Publisher NIS America said that disappearance had been down to “issues” with Sony’s “backend” which have now been rectified. “Regarding Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana missing from PS Plus, there were some issues on the backend that have now been resolved,” a spokesperson told Eurogamer this morning. “The game has been restored and is once again available on PS Plus....
Shadowy Skirmishes, released during the Crackling Voltage event in February 2023, is the latest in the Team Go Rocket-themed special research questlines in Pokémon Go. These quest steps focus on battling Team Go Rocket in Pokémon Go; seeing you face the familiar gauntlet of grunt battles, catching Shadow Pokémon and facing the Team Go Rocket leaders before taking on Giovanni himself. You’ll also receive a host of rewards, including experience, and may even catch a new Shadow Pokémon....
