Niantic is giving Pokémon Go players a proper chance to catch the shiny variant of Meltan, one of the series' newest and most huggable critters. It's only a slightly different shade and the tail is just blue instead of red, but still...

More familiar faces from the Sinnoh region have started entering Pokémon Go, but it's not as simple as finding them while gallivanting around town. You're going to need to stock up on some dreaded items. Niantic has added Poké...

The Elder Scrolls: Legends was met with a tepid response upon its early 2017 launch, but thankfully Bethesda hasn't given up on it. Over the course of the past few months I've been really taking to it, due in part to its studio swap and int...

The just-delayed Mario Kart Tour isn't the only Nintendo title coming to mobile devices this summer. In the briefest of announcements, the company revealed Dr. Mario World for iPhone and Android. Dr. Mario World is a "new action puzzle gam...

I'm worried about Mario Kart Tour. Nintendo kicked off their mobile game initiative right, with delivering a fully-fledged title for one premium price. But it didn't work out so well for them, so they loaded up most of their other releases ...

So the Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster on Switch is becoming a full-time job to track. Firstly, we found out that getting both games on the same cart would ostensibly be an Asia-region exclusive. Now, it looks like the deal has been al...

When Hearthstone's new season starts in February, ranked play won't be quite the grind that it has been in the past. Well, at least not for the majority of players. Blizzard has revealed a restructuring of how long it takes to climb ranks i...

Super Mario Run gets a lot of hate but I got a ton of play out of it: and hey, it beats the hell out of Nintendo's Gatcha-crazy gambling schemes it's running on its current mobile titles. $9.99 for a premium full game without microtransacti...

Low player bases and even lower revenues are forcing Robot Entertainment to axe two of its free-to-play games. Both Orcs Must Die Unchained and Hero Academy 2 will be shut down on April 8, 2019. In a message on its website, Robot ...

Alien: Blackout, a mobile follow-up to Alien: Isolation for iOS and Android, has been announced. Amanda Ripley, Ellen Ripley's daughter and protagonist of Alien: Isolation, is the star. It's a joint effort between FoxNext Games, D3 Go ...

That headline probably goes without saying, but it's true! The indie scene brought some genuinely great games in 2018 that will continue to stick with us for years to come. Look no further than the 2019 Independent Games Festival, which rou...

Ironically, Donut County is a game without holes. Well, not strictly speaking. Donut County is a game about an ever-growing hole. But, it's also a game without any real flaws -- its inventive and creative spirit shining brightly ...

I've played every Tony Hawk game to date. Yep, even the ones with the physical skateboard (one was okay). Beyond my love of the sport, I always approached Tony Hawk joints as puzzle games. Figuring out where all the devilishly hid...

Fortnite is giving players a way to mess around in the freedom of a sandbox. Epic has just announced Fortnite Creative, a new permanent addition that builds on the foundation of the limited-time Playground mode. In Creative, players a...

Tony Hawk might not work with Activision anymore, but that doesn't mean he's done lending his likeness to video games. Three years after the dismal THPS5, the Hawk squawks again. Next week, Tony Hawk's Skate Jam will release on iOS and...

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...

Epic Games had planned to let Fortnite players merge their accounts this month, but the system needs more work than originally anticipated. Citing "ongoing technical concerns," the developer has come up with a new release window for account...

You've spent the past two years proving you're perfectly capable of catching them. Soon, it will be time to prove you know how to put those Pokémon to good use. You haven't just been capturing them just to put them in little sph...

Stardew Valley is a charming game made even more delightful with the knowledge that it was created by one passionate developer. Eric Barone adored the Harvest Moon series so much that he set out to design a fitting tribute that got every el...

Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia is a bit of an odd duck, but it's not just a weird mobile game that's relegated to one region because it makes a ton of loot box/gacha cash there; it's available worldwide. It's yet another attempt of Squ...

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...

Bethesda intended to bring The Elder Scrolls to mobile devices this year, but the game in question, Blades, needs more time. The developer confirmed today that the title will now launch in early 2019. The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a first-p...

Maybe the most off-kilter announcement from Microsoft at this year's E3 was Gears Pop! -- a mobile game that's Gears of War by way of Funko Pop. This series that has long been about large muscly men being as masculine as possible...

Earlier this year we met the so-called "Pokemon Uncle" that resides in Taiwan. He built up a reputation for living his best life possible, riding his bike, getting out of the house, and of course: playing no less than 11 instances of Pokemo...

Diablo on mobile is going to be a dangerous prospect for some of us. Blizzard closed out its BlizzCon conference with Diablo Immortal, an action-RPG for iOS and Android that promises "authentic Diablo gameplay at your fingertips." It's set ...