Back in the budding days of online play, before ranking systems and anti-cheat measures were rampant, sore losers clung to anything they could to game the system. The easiest strategy? Yank out your ethernet cable when you're about to lose....

While the Mystery Dungeon franchise has been around since 1993, I imagine a lot of players only got their first taste of it more than a decade later when developer Chunsoft teamed up with The Pokémon Company to make Pokém...

I don't think anyone wasn't expecting Nintendo's colourful communal title Animal Crossing: New Horizons to be a success, but the reality is even more surprising, as the long-awaited Switch release is absolutely killing it in sales, debuting...

Pokemon Sword and Shield is running yet another event this week! Like Smash Ultimate before it the cadence has been rather regular, with folks diving into the Wild Area to encounter new types of Pokemon. The last one focused ...

Team Ninja's Nioh 2 has gotten off to an excellent start in the U.K., debuting straight in at number one in the high street retail charts, dethroning Nintendo's Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX after just one week in the top spot.The...

Social distancing and augmented-reality mobile games like Pokémon Go don't exactly go hand in hand. With flights, events, conferences, and other gatherings postponed or outright canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus, should p...

[Update: As of today, Serebii.net reports that the bug has relaxed the requirements for the Magearna gift. Now all you need is a National Pokedex, but not a "Living" 'Dex. In other words, you don't need every Pokemon to be in the app at the...

I've previously written about my love of the design and architecture podcast 99% Invisible here when it pertains to gaming. Last time, it was when they signal-boosted a Smithsonian podcast for an episode about the ET landfill, but this week...

A few weeks ago Game Freak unveiled its newest mythical Pokemon to the world: Zarude. It's a dark/grass "Rogue Monkey" hybrid, and it's going to be heavily featured in the next film, Pokemon the Movie: Coco. Speaking of... Based on a tweet ...

Nintendo's Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX launched on Nintendo Switch last week and has had a healthy start, shooting straight to number one in the UK Charts.A remake of the 2006 Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS titles, Rescue Team...

The just-released console port of Two Point Studios' Two Point Hospital has had a very healthy (no pun intended) launch, debuting at number two in this week's UK Charts.The cheeky hospital sim is available now on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo ...

Pokemon the Movie: Coco, the whopping 23rd film in the series, is set to debut this July in Japan. Naturally, following a pattern that they've been following since Mewtwo in the very first flick, The Pokemon Company is using it as an opport...

Game Freak is still mixing up the whole max raid battle event schedule in Pokemon Sword and Shield, and the next era has begun: but it's going to be very brief. This time the stakes are a little higher, as Kanto region (Generation 1) c...

In case you missed it, Google held a "Pokemon of the Year [2020]" poll recently, and allowed everyone to vote on their favorite creatures. The results are in! And for the most part, will not shock you. Coming in fifth is Umbreon (of course ...

After weeks of teasing (as The Pokemon Company tends to do when they have a multi-billion dollar franchise on their hands), the curtain has finally been pulled back on the new mythical Pokemon that's debuting in Sword and Shield: Zarude. It...

Nintendo pulls off memorable expo booths like few others in the gaming space. This year for PAX East, the company is setting up a "full-scale immersive experience" for Animal Crossing fans with scenery and costumed characters from New Horiz...

It's been a pretty lucrative fortnight for Sega's famous mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. Not only has the Blue Blur's cinematic endeavour met with resounding success, but said movie also appears to have given his game sales a boost, with Team S...

Pokemon Go is still making tons of cash, which means developer Niantic, and Nintendo (which is part of The Pokemon Company) are still supporting it. While previous early Niantic events have been disastrous, the company is still hosting them...

[Update: This is the last day to grab the promo Munna. After tonight (roughly 7PM ET), the service will be shut down forever!] Make way for the new generation. As 2016's Sun and Moon simmer, Sword and Shield are thriving...

Game Freak has been running all sorts of monthly events for Pokemon Sword and Shield, but they also keep the competitive train running from Sun and Moon, which has its own set of rewards. This month The Pokemon Company is hosting ...

The UK Charts saw three new entries this week, with Sega's Yakuza Remastered Collection smashing into the Top Ten at number two, while Sony's excellent game-creator Dreams settled at number eight. THQ Nordic's Darksiders Genesis finally arr...

After a surprise launch, a lot of people seem to be warming up to Pokemon Home. It has its limitations (and even hacks to iron out), but for the most part the interface is clean and a lot of Pokemon Bank transfers have gone smoothly. Now th...

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is kind of getting slept on. Sure it's a remake of a set of 2005 GBA games, but the art style alone is enough to secure my interest as one of the best looking games of 2019 thus far. Now, if you've pl...

Pokemon bugs are no joke: especially if they mess with a hundreds-of-hours-long save file or creatures you've lovingly doted on. While this particular bug won't corrupt your save file, it will crash your game. Confirmed by the Pokemon ...

[Update #2: You can check out a partial silhouette of the creature below from CoroCoro Magazine's reveal event.] [Update: According to Serebii.net, the new mythical creature will be teased on February 15 in the form of a silhouette. Who's t...