Bandai Namco's brand new Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has had a very positive launch week, which sees the anime RPG rocket straight into the number-one spot of the UK charts, pushing Electronic Arts' FIFA 20 into third place, right behind Activis...

[CJ and Holmes Disagree is a series where Destructoid Features editor CJ Andreissen and washed-up Dtoid Show host Jonathan Holmes disagreeing about video games. Who will you agree or disagree with?] When I saw the Smash Bros. direct th...

Look, if I had to catch even a brief morbid-curiosity-driven glimpse of this official Pokémon ASMR video in which a Charmander curls up and snoozes next to a fire for half an hour, then so do you. It's highly uncomfortable, but we'r...

Last week, during the reveal of the Pokémon expansions, my favorite reactions came from people on Twitter who behaved with disgust and sometimes PTSD when the sizzle reel for the Crown Tundra scrolled through many Legendary Pok&eac...

There are so many absolute artistic gems housed away within the walled gardens of various ecosystems. Take Mei and the Kittenbus: a short film and semi-sequel to My Neighbor Totoro. It's a thing that exists, but you can only see it legally ...

Remember that free Gigantamax Meowth that was offered at the launch of Pokémon Sword and Shield? Well it really was a launch-ish offer. It's coming off the table soon: very soon. As was announced back in November, January 15 was...

This week's UK Charts continues to see most games simply jockeying for position, as we wait for the first major releases of 2020 to come in and shake things up a little. In the meantime, Electronic Arts' FIFA 20 has returned to the number o...

Pokémon Go is finally adapting the trade-based evolution mechanic from the mainline series. As of today, you can trade certain established Pokémon like Kadabra, Machoke, Graveler, and Haunter to wipe out the Candy cost needed ...

Game Freak is running so many Pokemon Sword and Shield raid events that it's hard to keep track of them, and another one is on the way. Announced through this week's Nintendo Direct presentation, the latest event will bring some v...

There's no denying that Pokemon GO will go down as one of the biggest overnight phenomenons in gaming. Niantic's augmented reality mobile game launched to a rapturous response, leading to never-before-seen reports of people gathering in loc...

Nintendo and Game Freak dropped a ton of Pokemon news on us today, but you might have missed one particular snippet that is actually live today: a new creature to catch! Yep, although we'll have to wait until June and "fall" for the two exp...

Well, it's time for the polarization train to pull in...choo choo! The whole "third (or even fourth) edition" of each Pokemon generation has always been controversial, but Game Freak is trying something different this time for Sword&nb...

It was a very brief part of today's Nintendo Direct, but Pokemon Home, the new transfer app, did get a confirmed release date: February 2020. It's all very vague, as is customary, as "more information is coming soon," but Game Freak noted n...

New Pokemon were revealed for Pokemon Sword and Shield today, and man we got a ton of very quick tease flashes across the screen. First up is Kubfu for the Isle of Armor expansion, which evolves into Urshifu: the latter of wh...

Welp, this is a nice surprise. Game Freak announced today during their Pokemon Sword and Shield Direct that an "expansion pass" is coming for the duo of games. The studio says this will replace the "third" edition that the series somet...

It's been 15 years. In 2005, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team was released on the GBA and DS systems, but now Nintendo has a surprise for us: a remake! Yep, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX was a...

It's time for a Nintendo Direct! No, not that Direct. A Pokemon-flavored one. Yes, this 20-minute broadcast is all about Pokemon, and the only major thing we have to go off of is that it will give us "new information" on the franchise. Expe...

Recent murmurs have been pointing to an upcoming Nintendo Direct, and the developer/publisher has made good on them, announcing a new showcase that will take place this Thursday, January 9.This particular Direct, however, is Pokemon-specifi...

The first UK Charts of the new year falls into typical post-holiday fashion, as in very little movement and likely to stay that way for some weeks. Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare retains the number one spot, followed by Electroni...

Many of us may be bemoaning the end of the holidays and the return to work, but over in the globally-successful mobile title Pokemon GO, the little critters are apparently still partying hard like Andrew W.K.As part of the current "Hatchath...

So it's January 1, 2020! Lucky you, you've entered the sweet spot for Pokemon Sword and Shield's weather patterns. In case you haven't figured it out by now, you're able to easily go into the Switch's system settings and swap the date ...

Pokemon Go has been running events throughout 2019 as it explores new gameplay mechanics and concepts, and that run is going to continue through early 2020. As revealed on the official blog, Team Rocket is still causing trouble in the ...

Game Freak has been cycling raid events in and out for Pokemon Sword and Shield, and it looks like they are going to be following that schedule throughout 2020. A new Wild Area event is in the works, and it's live right now through Jan...

Labo has been getting by in an extremely low key manner in the west. It almost never even hits sales charts, and much of it, including the late-in-the-game-kinda-VR set, is almost never mentioned in popular culture. But in Japan, it's been ...

The final UK video game chart listings for 2019 have been released, and there has been little movement over the last seven days. Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare remains in the number one spot, closely followed by Electronic Arts' ...