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15 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Xenoblade Chronicles 3
8.8.2022
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has been five years in the making and it shows. Monolith Soft’s latest open-field JRPG odyssey has more systems and more to do than either previous game in the trilogy (not to mention the often overlooked Xenoblade Chronicles X). I’m enjoying it a ton so far. I’m also...
Diablo IV Leaks Send Blizzard Into Damage Control
8.8.2022
It’s been a week since the Diablo 4 beta test started, and players are already leaking footage of the game on the internet. What’s funny is that the screenshots have the testers’ identifying number all over them, which means that Blizzard likely already knows who these people are.Read more
This Pokémon GO 3D Billboard Is The Reason We Invented Technology
8.8.2022
All advertising is evil, obviously. But sometimes, despite this, it can be extraordinarily entertaining. This latest 3D billboard from outside of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station is maybe the best use of this optical illusion tech I’ve seen, and it’s cross-promoting Pokémon GO and, er, World Cat Day.Read...
Here Are Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Exclusives (So Far)
4.8.2022
Vulpix or Growlithe? Zangoose or Seviper? Ever since Arceus made the world in its image, Pokémon fans have had to grapple with a huge choice: which version to get. That quandary will remain in place for the latest games, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.Read more
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s New Gym Leader Makes Fans Sexually Confused
3.8.2022
When the Pokémon Presents stream showed off a new ice-type gym leader for the first time, many fans thought the trainer, Grusha, was a girl. But official materials eventually revealed that the leader of Glaseado Gym is actually a man who uses he/him pronouns. Some fans were startled when they...
Here’s Every Pokémon Scarlet, Violet Purchase Perk To Know Before You Buy
3.8.2022
The Pokémon Company has commanded a steady stream of information about Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, out November 18 for the Nintendo Switch, since February to encourage maximum mouth frothing. Today, it encouraged more extreme-level mouth frothing with its Pokémon Presents livestream and...
Everything We Know About Gyms In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
3.8.2022
Today’s Pokémon Presents revealed more details about how the gym system inRead more
Meet The Sunny Pokémon Scarlet, Violet Rival You'll Soon Be Mercilessly Stomping
3.8.2022
The Pokémon Company came through today with a roughly 20-minute livestream detailing various Scarlet and Violet information, including the rival you’ll encounter across both games.Read more
That Massive Pokémon Scarlet, Violet Leak Looks Plausible After The Latest Official Trailer Drop
3.8.2022
The latest info dump for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will likely only add fuel to the fire for rumors and speculation about the upcoming games. That’s because it confirms Pokémon in the Gen 9 entry will be able to transform into more powerful crystallized versions of themselves. That detail...
Pokemon Scarlet, Violet's Legendaries Are Goddamn Motorcycles, Here's The Open World You'll Explore
3.8.2022
Pokémon fans didn’t have to spend long scouring blurry leaked images for details about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet versions. Today, during a Pokémon Presents livestream, Nintendo showed off a ton of footage for November’s Switch-exclusive tent poles.Read more
Competitive Pokémon Now Allows Mythicals, And It Changes Everything
2.8.2022
Competitive Pokémon trainers are both excited and terrified at the recent rule changes in the video game championships (VGC), where players compete against one another via Pokémon Sword and Shield in an array of leagues. Mythical Pokémon are now allowed for official tournament play for the first...
Surprisingly, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Won Me Over In The First Few Hours
2.8.2022
I’ve been looking forward to Monolith Soft’s next game since the last one ended in 2017, though not without my fair share of reservations. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was a meandering JRPG with a hodgepodge of systems and extremely uneven storytelling. As much as I love the series, I was worried...
Destiny 2 Chat Shut Off After Players Abuse It To Crash Games
1.8.2022
Over the weekend, Bungie disabled Destiny 2’s in-game text chat across all platforms after trolls discovered a way to use it to crash other players’ games. Now, the chat still remains off and Bungie hasn’t provided an ETA for when it will return. Read more
Diablo Immortal Player Says He Can’t Get A Match After Spending $100,000
1.8.2022
Diablo Immortal’s pay-to-win mechanics have been controversial since the game launched back in June. Now they’ve also apparently broken the game for at least one YouTuber who reportedly spent over $100,000 on beefing up his Barbarian character. The player’s win rate is seemingly so good the game...
Pokémon Presents Big Info Dump Announced Amid Alleged Leaks
1.8.2022
The Pokémon Company announced its next Pokémon Presents livestream will take place on August 3. The upcoming info dump on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and other Pokémon games comes just in time as fans, desperate for new details, pour over a recent flood of alleged leaks for the earlier than expected...
Octopath Traveler: Champions Of The Continent Is Better Than The Nintendo Switch Original
29.7.2022
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, newly available on mobile, is a worthy sequel to the original 2018 Switch role-playing game. I had expected a watered-down combat system and a menu hell like many other gacha games on mobile devices. Square Enix proved me wrong. Champions retains...
Nier: Automata Secret Door Nobody Can Figure Out Keeps Getting Weirder
27.7.2022
Factions. In-fighting. The whispers of a bounty. For the past few days, the Nier: Automata community has been tearing itself apart over a secret chamber no one knows how to enter, which could be anything from a prank to cut content to a well-executed spot of viral marketing. Only one thing...
Police: A Half-Million Dollar Pokémon Card Collection Heist Was Just Called In
27.7.2022
We’re an odd species, what with our predilection for scarcity, even if that scarce item is a piece of cardboard with a cartoon drawn on it. So it is that 62-year-old South Carolina resident Christopher Polydorou is alleged to have had his home broken into, and his $500,000 Pokémon card collection...
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Reviews Praise Everything But The Filler
26.7.2022
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 might not end up being the best Switch game of 2022, but it certainly sounds like one of the longest. With a main story that takes dozens of hours and more thorough playthroughs clocking in at over 150 hours, it sounds every bit the sprawling JRPG fans have come to expect...