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The original announcement for Yooka-Laylee managed to garner the attention of many retro fans, and rightfully so. Playtonic, the game’s developer, consists of original developers who worked on titles like Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country. The team heavily relied on Kickstarter in order to get the lift it needed to complete the project. Today, Playtonic revealed the next installment in the franchise, that being Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. Donkey-Laylee It looks like the team at Playtonic is taking a slightly different approach this time around....

There are many reasons why Game Freak’s iconic series Pokémon has increased its popularity. From the cute designs of newer Pokémon, the aim to collect every creature and fill the Pokédex, and the increasingly competitive nature of Pokémon battling, Pokémon has become one of the strongest gaming brands in the industry. With each new generation of games comes a noticeable amount of new creatures to collect, new items and attacks to use, and even new battle types and mechanics that change the way Pokémon is played....

Field Notes: Starly is the latest Community Day research quest in Pokémon Go. Releasing as part of the Pokémon Go July 2022 Community Day, it is focused around the highlighted Pokémon - Starly - and requires you buy a ticket from the in-game store leading up to or during the event hours to participate. The quest adds some welcome structure to the event - and a handful of rewards, including Starly encounters, and Golden Razz Berries - as part of the ticket....

The UK launch of hit mobile title Pokemon Go has been put on pause while the game’s developer works on fixing server stability. The game launched in the US and Australia last week, but some players quickly ran into server troubles as they attempted to get online. The game sees players trying to track down Pokemon in real life, encouraging them to exercise by exploring their surroundings. But its popularity caught the game’s developer Niantic by surprise, CEO John Hanke tells Business Insider, leading to the international release being “paused until [Niantic is] comfortable” the game’s servers are able to hold up....

With multiple Pokemon available on the vast lands of the Hisui region, you gotta catch ’em all. While traveling the regions, you will come across numerous Pokemon and one of them is Sliggoo. While Sliggoo is evolved from a Level 40 Goomy, how does it Evolve to Goodra? This guide has all you need on this said topic. So let’s check out this guide and see how to evolve Sliggoo to Goodra in Pokemon Legends Arceus....

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players know how tough it is to beat Rika, one of the Elite Four. If you intend to be one of the best in Paldea, you will have to beat the Elite Four. So naturally, it’s not going to get any easy as you progress. Rika is the first of the Elite Four you will have to face and as soon as you do, you won’t be able to go back....

Nvidia just concluded its GTC 2022 live stream, where the tech giant showcased the future of GeForce RTX video cards, the RTX 40XX series. Alongside the announcement of the cards and insane pricing, Nvidia showed off a bevy of new features like DLSS 3, a feature that renders entire frames relying on AI-powered neural network technology. Nvidia concluded the showcase with a showing of titles that would see significant boosts in performances, such as Cyberpunk 2077 and A Plague Tale: Requiem....

Barely a month after announcing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite from Pokemon Go developer Niantic Games, today Warner Bros imprint Portkey Games has announced a second mobile game in the wizarding franchise in the form of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. As with the previous announcement, there’s not a huge amount of information yet on the game, but we do know you’ll be taking on the role of a new Hogwarts student of your own creation and move through your academic life taking part in wizarding lessons taught by Professors and getting to do activities like the Duelling Club with other, more well known, characters from the series....

The original Prey exemplified what the future of gaming would look like when it released in 2006. The game was successful enough to justify a direct sequel, Prey 2, but the sequel was never released. However, some newly uncovered audio logs shed light on what the new story could have entailed. Fans of Arcane Studio’s 2017 Prey title might not know that the Prey IP came from a very different lineage....

With the current glut of mobile phone games and the Nintendo Switch Lite dominating the portable gaming market, it’s easy to forget Sony used to have a pretty strong foothold in that market. In fact, many gamers may have forgotten that the PS Vita was still having new games made for it’s system up until earlier this year. It seems that the lack of sales and even an awareness that the PS Vita existed has finally pushed Sony out of the handheld gaming business for good....

Sony’s Playstation 4 is now the second best selling gaming console of all time. According to an end of the quarter earnings call from Sony, the PS4 recently surpassed the original Playstation in total sales, taking the number two slot on the list of best selling consoles. In the document, Sony claims that it sold 2.8 million PS4s this quarter, from June 1 until September 30. This follows the landmark the company hit last quarter when it announced it had officially sold 100 million Playstation 4 units....

Documentation allegedly linked to Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 4 Neo has leaked online. The supposed developer docs were uploaded to PDF-sharing website Scribd last night, and are believed to be the same documents leaked to various members of the press earlier this year. The docs go into detail on Sony’s plans for Neo and its “high-end” specifications, as previously reported, but also offer a closer look at timings, revealing that developers will be able to submit Neo-supported games from August....

As we near the next iteration of the PSP, it seems only logical for the current generation of the hardware to get a price cut in order to make it a bit more palatable. Sony’s current version, the PSPGo, is getting its price lowered in the North American, Japanese, and European markets. For those who were thinking of picking up the PSPGo in the U.S., the price has now been taken from $249 to $199....

Psychonauts 2 will be a reality if developer Double Fine can secure $3.3 million via crowd-funding platform Fig. Announced overnight at The Game Awards 2015, Psychonauts 2 is targeting a summer 2018 release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The original title was the first project at Double Fine, with the game finally launching on April 19, 2005 after the best part of five years in development. The game wasn’t an instant hit, but in the years which have passed has gone on to sell around 1....

It’s already been said many times that last year was one of the most memorable in video games with the success of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds proving to be one of 2017’s most surprising stories. Over December 29 the popularity of the battle royale title didn’t waver as the game pulled in over three million concurrent players on Steam. Creative director Brendan Greene highlighted the milestone on Twitter, while thanking everyone in the process with a lovely ‘GG WP everybody....

PUBG’s PS4 and Xbox One ports have had the ability to play together for months now, but friends across both platforms weren’t able to party up with each other. At long last, the ability has come in the form of patch 6.2. Basically the same as the “Team Deathmatch” update that hit PC a few weeks back, console combatants can now finally put aside the barriers of their chosen platforms and team up together....

The Pure Farming 2018 development team has been steadily improving the game with constant updates since the sim’s original release a few months ago. Just recently, a new patch has been dropped which brings the latest game version up to 1.2. It includes a lot of fixes and changes, but the main new addition is that Pure Farming 2018 now supports Steam Workshop. This will make the modding process all the more straightforward....

Ragnarok X Next Generation has some gift codes that you can redeem to get free rewards in the game. These rewards range from fishing rods to free coins that you can spend. So, hurry up and redeem all these codes. However, these codes might expire soon if you don’t redeem them soon. So, make sure to bookmark this page so that you can visit again to check if there are any new codes....

Stealth adventure Republique, which launched for iOS back in December 2013, is making its way to PC and Mac in the form of a Remastered edition, independent studio Camouflaj has announced. Rebuilt using Unity 5, Republique Remastered promises to improve the mobile title with new visual effects including physically-based shading, real-time global illumination, and reflection probes. “Ever since we committed to doing a desktop version of République, we’ve been haunted by the task for delivering something truly special for PC players,” said Camouflaj designer Ryan Payton....

Capcom announced Resident Evil Village in last night’s The Future of Gaming event, and it’s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC in 2021. Priding itself on the “most realistic and terrifying graphics to date” with the power of the next generation of hardware, Resident Evil Village will use the RE Engine like Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3. “Set a few years after the horrifying events in the critically acclaimed Resident Evil 7 biohazard, the all-new storyline begins with Ethan Winters and his wife Mia living peacefully in a new location, free from their past nightmares,” read the description of the eighth entry into the series....