In the very game industry specific time frame of "soon," gyms in Pokemon Go are going to undergo some changes. Developer Niantic calls it "remodeling," and in the meantime said gyms are going to be closed. Niantic cites it as something that...   read

Ubisoft had two South Park announcements for us today. In addition to Fractured But Whole footage we also got word that Phone Destroyer," a new mobile game is on the way. It's set to hit the scene this year, and will deal with typ...   read

A card expansion to the card battle game Shadowverse called Wondrland Dreams is coming at the end of this month on June 29, 2017. The 5th expansion will bring 104 new "story-inspired" cards,    read

Mojang and 4J have announced that they are now one step closer to unifying all Minecraft players across the globe. Known as the "Bedrock Engine," this reconfigured infrastructure will power the VR, Windows 10, Pocket Edition, Android, ...   read

Pokemon Go seems unfazed by the dropoff in users, as they've just hit 750 million downloads in total in this past year. To kick off their anniversary they're holding yet another in-game event themed after the solstice, which will grant XP b...   read

I do love a good surprise launch. The mind-bending mobile puzzler Monument Valley now has a follow-up and it's out today on iOS as a timed exclusive, priced at $4.99. Despite this being a full-on numbered sequel, developer ustwo says "you ...   read

You might recall that Sony has wide-ranging plans to bring properties like PaRappa the Rapper, Wild Arms, and No Heroes Allowed to mobile devices through its ForwardWorks subsidiary. Also on that list of titles is Everybody's Golf. It's fir...   read

While Pokemon has always invited players to "catch 'em all," Pokemon Go hasn't quite loosed 'em all for catching purposes. Legendary Pokemon still aren't roaming the streets, but we have more confirmation that they will be soon: this summer...   read

Tomorrow's Fire Emblem Heroes update is all about wedding dresses. The mobile game's new crop of Special Heroes introduces four costumed characters dressed in white, as part of a limited "Bridal Blessings" event. The Bridal Blessings charac...   read

Although Italy saw a sort of stealth release of Magikarp Jump last week, it's coming to more markets soon, including Japan as of tomorrow. Both Android and iOS will have its own versions, which feature the titular Pokemon in fishing fo...   read

Among some sweet dedications and some absolutely cringeworthy retorts from host Joel McHale (I just get flashbacks to his duties for Ubisoft), Niantic took the stage during the 21st Annual Webby Awards to accept an award for Pokemon Go. Giv...   read

Darn! Do any of you have access to a time machine? I need to go back -- just to last week! -- and strictly for business. We had a staff-wide discussion about our dream crossover games and instead of cleverly namedropping Arkanoid vs. Space...   read

It's hard to name a favorite in Q-Games' excellent PixelJunk series, but the zen platformer PixelJunk Eden is certainly up there for me. You know, it might just be my number one. The studio is returning to that game concept with Eden Obscur...   read

Two major features are coming to Hearthstone, one of which basically should have been in since the beginning. For years now I've seen fancy deck setups on reddit and YouTube and the like, and have wanted to experiment with them. But individ...   read

Niantic has announced a new event to get people back into Pokemon Go -- Adventure Week. Formed around Rock-type Pokemon, the festivities kick off on May 18 at 1:00 PM PT until May 24 at 1:00 PM PT, and will increase your chances of seeing '...   read

Did you like Super Mario Run? Looking forward to that Animal Crossing mobile game? Like Zelda? Then good news (maybe)! Sources close to the Wall Street Journal have revealed that Nintendo's next smartphone game will a Zelda title ...   read

So far, Nintendo is content in claiming that they won't make Fire Emblem Heroes' gambling-based microtransactions a habit. This is before it made more money than Super Mario Run though, despite dealing with 1/10th of the downloads. So ...   read

According to Takashi Mochizuki of the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo has provided updated mobile sales figures at a recent financial briefing Q & A. They're not exact, but we now know that in total, Fire Emblem Heroes and Super...   read

For those of us who are still hanging in there with Pokémon Shuffle despite knowing full well how devious the free-to-play puzzler can be, big update: Alola-region Pokémon are starting to show up! Familiar faces from Sun and ...   read

Last year, Koei Tecmo joined with Nexon Korea and XPEC Entertainment to create "Project: Dynasty Warriors," a mobile release of the celebrated franchise. Well it's finally here, as earlier this month the trio launched Dynasty Warriors: Unle...   read

Lady Layton is no more. Well, in name only, as it's still set for a July 20 release in Japan, it's just called Layton’s Mystery Journey now. Originally just set for 3DS on that date in Japan it's now coming to iOS world...   read

It's only appropriate given the episodic, seasonal structure of Telltale's games, but the opening moments of most Telltale releases tend to start strong. Events like the heist sequence from Batman: The Telltale Series' first episode and the...   read

Fez turns five today. And more than just a quick birthday celebration and some reminiscing, Polytron has shared that an iOS version of its perspective-shifting puzzle-platformer is in the works for this year. I can't say I'm especially int...   read

Since many millions of users still play Pokemon Go every month, odds are you're still following its events, even if it's from a cursory standpoint. The next one celebrates Easter, and from today starting at 1:00 PM PT until April 20 at...   read

In a blog post discussing recent award wins for Pokemon Go, developer Niantic included a short but promising tease about its near-future content plans. What do you make of this? "With spring arriving in the northern hemisphere, players can ...   read