New World Players Are Using Boars to Kill Bots Hogging Fishing Spots

The newest massively hyped MMORPG to hit the scene,New Worldis the latest offering from Amazon Games. Despite the lack of successful titles from Amazon’s video game department so far,New Worldjumped to the top of Steam’s chartsand, after a rocky Beta, has garnered a decent amount of praise. Of course, there are still some issues withNew World, including huge wait times to get into a server. While this will no doubt be addressed in time, more insidious, player-created troubles are also making their way into the MMORPG....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Susan Harvey

Nintendo 2DS XL Pikachu Edition Coming Soon to US

Today, it was revealed that a once Japan-only title,Detective Pikachu, is set for a Western release date at the end of this month, with fans in the US understandably excited to finally be able to experience the adventure game. Now, it looks as if gamers living stateside will also have a chance to purchase anotherPokemon-themed product that was originally exclusive to the Eastern country, as theNintendo 2DSXL Pikachu Edition has received a US release date of June 12, 2025....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Jimmy Jacobs

Parent TV Council Against Daredevil And Defenders Joining Disney Plus

The Parent Television and Media Council is openly voicing displeasure with Disney’s decision to addDaredeviland other former Netflix-Marvel series to their Disney Plus streaming platform. The content in the fast-approaching series carries more violence and a mature subject matter that differs significantly from other offerings available on the platform, igniting the belief that the inclusion would “destroy the brand.” The Parent Television and Media Council was founded in 1995 and lives by its mission to protect children from violence, profanity, and other forms of mature content in media because of their potential harmful long-term effects....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 625 words · Sharon Chambers

Pokemon GO Adds Lunar New Year Event, Shiny Spoink

Not too long ago, the video game developer Niantic decided to keep the content train rolling for its mobile augmented reality game,Pokemon GO, by adding some highly anticipatedGeneration 4 evolutionsand Pokemon to the title. Now, the company has updatedPoGOwith an event helping players celebrate the Lunar New Year, and has also added a Shiny variant of the pig-like Psychic-type known as Spoink. According to Niantic,Pokemon GO’s Lunar New Year event is set to run from June 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST through July 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Robert Moody

Pokemon GO Announces Details for Next Community Day

Over the weekend,Pokemon GOheld its first-ever Community Day event that included a bevy of bonuses, while also providing an increased chance of sighting ashiny Pikachuin the mobile augmented reality game. Now, the title’s developer, Niantic, has officially shared some new details in regards to the next Community Day event coming to the ARG, including its start date of July 16, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time. What’s more is thatPokemon GO’s next Community Day event will involve the Dragon-Type known as Dratini, but as seen in the image below, Niantic has yet to reveal the exclusive move that can be learned by the creature....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Thomas Flores

Pokemon GO Update Changes Egg Pools

Niantic’s AR mobile gamePokemon GOhas been busy announcing new event details. ThePokemon GO2020 Halloween event kicks off this weekfeaturing costumed variants of Gengar and Sableye, as well as Galarian Yamask; meanwhile a tie-in partnership with telecommunications company Verizon is starting today. At the same time, Niantic put out a blog post detailing updated egg hatching pools across multiple categories. Hatching Pokemon out of eggs has been a staple of the franchise sincePokemon GoldandSilverin 1999, and carrying eggs that hatch after a certain distance covered has likewise been a part ofPokemon GO’s design since 2016....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Anthony Floyd

Pokemon GO: February 2019 Community Day Guide, Details, and Dates

Pokemon GO’sFebruary Community Day is just about two weeks away, which means players have Swinub and its evolutions on the brain. The weekend of February 16Pokemon GOplayers will have three hours to catch as many of the Gen 2 Ice-type creature as possible and expand their collection with shiny spawns, evolutions, and hopefully a few more surprises. The basic idea of Community Day is pretty simple: Go out and catch a ton of pokemon for three hours, but this time around things are different....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Eduardo Berg

Pokemon GO: Water Festival Adds These New Shiny Variants

Pokemon GOshiny collectors may have thought they were in for a break with the Adventure Week spawns and Ho-Oh going away, but that’s not the case. ThePokemon GOWater Festival is back and this year it is bringing with it at least two very exciting shiny variants for trainers to track down. Shiny pokemon aren’t different from regular pokemon in any way aside from aesthetics, but gamers still love to hunt them down....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Dana Massey

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Gameplay Trailer Shows 3v3 Combat

About a couple of weeks ago, Hasbro, Lionsgate, and nWay officially released areveal trailerfor the fighting game dubbedPower Rangers: Battle For the Grid, with the footage featuring a glimpse at some of the playable characters to come in the title. Now, it looks as if the companies are keen to slowly eke out additional information about the forthcoming release, as a new gameplay trailer has been published today showcasing a glance at some 3v3 combat....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Mark Allen

RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Hands-On Preview

Atlus' MegaTen games are more popular than ever, thanks in no small part to the emergent runaway success ofShin Megami Tenseispinoff seriesPersona. The lesser-knownDevil Summonerseries was another MegaTen diversion, orienting MegaTen’s familiar demon-catching gameplay into detective stories that generally do away with any apocalyptic angle. This brings us to the verbose 2006Devil Summonergame title in question, retitled in publisher Sega’s upcoming remaster asRAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1335 words · William Brady

Shenmue 1 & 2 HD Remaster May Be in the Works

It appears that thethird installment ofShenmuemight not be the only title from the franchise that’s scheduled for launch this year. In a new report fromRice Digital, a trusted source close to Atlus USA revealed that there is apparently an HD remaster ofShenmueandShenmue 2in the works, and both titles are supposedly scheduled for release later this year on PC. The reported plan was to release both HD remasters at the same time as a lead-in for the release ofShenmue 3, which is rumored to be pushed back to 2018....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Charles Becker

Sonic Mania Release Date Confirmed with New Trailer

Although it was originally scheduled to come out in the spring of this year and then becamedelayed until summer 2017, Sega has now finally confirmed the exact release date for its forthcoming 2D retro Sonic the Hedgehog game,Sonic Mania, as June 01, 2025. The company officially revealed the information by way of a new trailer which also announced that digital pre-orders for the title are available now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Mary Garcia

Soul Calibur 6 Trailer Reveals Voldo

Just a couple of weeks ago, Bandai Namco Entertainment continued to confirmSoul Calibur 6fans' suspicions that the sequel’s roster would mostly contain familiar faces from past installments, asTalim was confirmedto be a playable character in the forthcoming fighting game. Now, the company has officially announced the return of yet another series staple figure by giving Voldo the spotlight in its latest gameplay trailer for the next entry in the long-running franchise....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Tracey Stewart