After numerous teases, Team Rocket finally made their debut in Pokemon Go earlier this week. The villainous trainers would “take over” various PokeStops around the world and challenge players to battles using their Shadow Pokemon. Although Rocket sightings up until now have been relatively rare, particularly if you live in rural areas, you’ll have a […]
The next big Nintendo Switch role-playing game, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, releases this Friday, July 26. If you’re interested in the game and want to save a little scratch, Walmart has an offer you may want to consider. The retailer will reportedly sell the Switch-exclusive for $49.94 USD on release day this Friday. This is […]
Following its release in the United States and other parts of the world back in May, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition will release in Australia and New Zealand on August 1. Ahead of that, Microsoft has started to take pre-orders as of today, 22 July, in ANZ regions. The All-Digital Edition is aimed at […]
The PlayStation Classic’s price continues to freefall. Best Buy is currently offering the slimmed-down retro console for only $20 USD. That looks like the lowest it’s ever been. Go to Best Buy’s website here to buy one or learn more. The PlayStation Classic released in December 2018 at $100 USD. Presumably in response to lower-than-expected […]
Gears 5 will not feature any depictions of smoking as part of a move to avoid glamorizing the addictive and deadly habit. Rod Fergusson, the head of developer The Coalition, said in a series of tweets that he has been against depictions of smoking in Gears “from the beginning.” He pointed out that the concept […]
Ubisoft has once again partnered with actor Joseph Gordon Levitt’s HitRecord studio for a unique promotion around user-generated content, this time for Watch Dogs Legion. As part of the collaboration, Ubisoft is looking to the community to create music for the open-world game. HitRecord is asking the community to create 10 songs for Watch Dogs […]
Gears 5 launches in September, but developer The Coalition is letting people play early through multiplayer technical tests. The studio has now shared more details about the technical test periods, including when they’re available, how to get in, what’s in them, and more. When It’s Available There will be multiple tests, the first of which […]
The main character of the God of War series is Kratos, but Sony almost went with a different name–one that was very close to developer Stig Asmussen. He recalled in an interview with Game Informer that the marketing team didn’t like the name Dominus, which is what the developers used as a working name throughout […]
Avengers: Endgame returned to theatres this weekend with bonus footage–and included in that is Epic Games boss Donald Mustard. Mustard, who is worldwide creative director at the Fortnite studio, said on Twitter that he appears for 3.2 seconds as a pony-tailed character. Mustard shared a photo of himself in costume, chatting to Iron Man actor […]
The first of the Halo: Reach PC betas began this weekend, and it took no time at all for people to do what people do. Tyler Davis of developer 343 Industries announced on Twitter that the first beta test, or “flight” in the Halo parlance, was “illegally distributed online” just after release. Those who download […]
