Things are fairly quiet on all fronts when it comes to the post-Holiday UK Charts. While the stores no doubt feverishly wait for Capcom's Resident Evil 2 and Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts III, a selection of great titles jostle around the To...

I'm still reeling from the first Detective Pikachu trailer. It has a dark, off-kilter, extreme-close-up vibe I didn't see coming, and while I haven't completely reconciled the movie's tone with the property's usual squeaky clean image, I'm ...

Nintendo is no stranger to crossovers (I mean just look at Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which has Final Fantasy and Pokemon in the same arena), but you can always leave it to fans to comb everything that the company has missed over...

It might be a fairly quiet period for gaming in this post-Holiday period, but that sometimes allows for titles that would otherwise have to fight through busier periods to simply saunter into the top spot. Case in point: New Super Mario Bro...

While Pokemon Go's connections have been tenuous at best to the main IP outside of the obvious Pokemon Let's Go promotions, they've always kept up on the chance to let people buy up nostalgic cosmetics. In addition to outfits that are ...

Despite Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 walking away with the coveted Christmas Number One slot, it seems that the status quo has been restored as we head into 2019, with Electronic Arts' footie-sim FIFA 19 returning to the top of the char...

The Pokemon Company has released a new trailer, hyping the upcoming remake of 1998 anime Pokemon: The First Movie, which is being is being reborn as CGI feature Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution.The remake is being produced as part of ...

I completely forgot Nanoblocks existed (which is easy to do since they're based and mostly sold out of Japan), but after 30 minutes of research I kind of want a bunch of them. I'm sure our kid will grow up crafting tons of Lego-esque creati...

As I've said many times recently, Pokemon Go is still making money around the world and people are still playing it. So, Niantic will continue to support it as it basically steals the AR hunting crown from everyone else (it's hard to believ...

The Pokedex has become an international symbol over the past few decades or so. While the look is pretty iconic (sorry Aiden Pearce, actually iconic) the voice that goes along with it, popularized by the TV show, is also burned into my...

The final update of the UK's high-street retailer charts is now live and, as predicted, Rockstar's epic western adventure Red Dead Redemption 2 is this year's Christmas number one.The Christmas Top Ten features a glut of great titles, inclu...

The Pokémon series has a not-so-hidden treasure trove of unfinished and unused designs. If you're ever looking to kill a rainy day with a fascinating internet rabbit hole, I'd start off with the Pokémon Gold and Silver prototy...

After being briefly usurped last week by the amazing success of Nintendo's crossover fighter Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Rockstar's epic western adventure Red Dead Redemption 2 is back atop the UK Charts.Red Dead 2 is followed up by Electro...

It's mid-December and, hoo-boy, money is changing hands. With cash registers ringing and people grabbing up stuff for Tat-mas, it's been a very profitable week for video game publishers. None more so that Nintendo, whose biggest release of ...

[Header Herabuff by @WaddleDurrr] Nick Franco's Pokémon: Hard Mode comics popularized the concept of the Nuzlocke, one of the most well-known self-imposed challenges among electric mouse enthusiasts. Its two simple rules --...

After a basic tease last week, Niantic has detailed the soon-to-launch Trainer Battles in Pokémon GO. You can face other Pokémon trainers by scanning the unique Battle Code associated with their account. "While Trainers will u...

Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee & Pikachu have been a success, managing to woo in a lot of veterans and appeal to a new generation of trainers. After positive sales numbers have been cascading for days now Game Freak team member and Let's Go&nb...

So Pokemon Let's Go is a lot better than some people thought it would be, combining some new sensibilities with old school flair. One of the biggest nostalgia hits is the soundtrack, which combs through a decades-long history with songs lik...

It can't be denied that most games have struggled with physical sales this year. The UK Charts have featured a lot of major titles that saw a serious reduction in the amount of physical units shifted, compared to their previous releases.Spa...

We're just days away from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and while director Sakurai has noted that there will not be any major surprises through launch, we are getting little tidbits here and there. Just this past weekend the Nintendo Australi...

A common thread in sports/sports entertainment is hyping up re-used events. Ignoring repetition is a great tactic, and now Niantic is once again bringing back the "legendary dump" event from last year. This time though, instead of just enco...

Pokemon Go is no stranger when it comes to using any advantage it can to win over new fans, and that includes taking the anime for all its worth. As of today new outfits are in tow (which are roughly 300 coins), clearly inspired by the like...

We're at the end of one of the biggest shopping weekends of the retail calendar. Did you spend a lot of cash? I didn't, but clearly I'm in the minority, as the UK video game charts have seen a bit of a shuffle following the high street spen...

Thanksgiving week was the perfect occasion for me to dive into a nostalgic and relaxed game like Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu. I knew that just like the originals, once the adventure started in earnest, I wouldn't want to stop. I block...

We live in a time when most people forty years old and younger were brought up adoring media that was designed to function as toy commercials, childhood companions, and near-religious texts at the same time. When I saw Michael Bay's Transfo...