While attempting to enforce coronavirus lockdowns in the UK, police have encountered difficulties from Pokemon Go players. Fans of Niantic’s mobile game are used to leaving the house in order to catch ’em all, but players are entering public places, seemingly in violation of the current rules. According to the Southend Standard, Rochford police posted
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One Digimon Adventure fan has thankfully put together a way to watch how the reboot’s take on WarGreymon’s evolution sequence compares to the original. With the new series now thirty episodes deep as of this writing, Tai and Agumon have officially broken into the next territory as they have unlocked their Mega Evolution. Following a
Horror film fans know Kane Hodder well, the stuntman turned actor is best known for playing the part of Jason Voorhees more times than anyone else in the Friday the 13th film franchise, donning the hockey mask for four of the eleven films. His other credits across the genre include playing the part of Victor
Saturday Night Live decided to parody the collective obsession with the PlayStation 5 with an Eminem and Santa Claus video. In a holiday version of the Grammy-award winning artist’s video for “Stan” off of The Marshall Mathers LP. Pete Davidson played the hopeful Steve obsessed with getting a PS5 from Santa Claus. He wrote a
For a lot of players, World of Warcraft is a very specific kind of escape, with it being easy to dive into its intricate fantasy world. This week, the franchise is set to get a new extension with World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, a new expansion that has been highly-anticipated among fans for some time. In
The Mortal Kombat movie remains an important part of the fighting game franchise’s legacy, and Mortal Kombat 11 will soon celebrate that with new skins based on the 1995 film. On Twitter, Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon gave fans a first look at the new skins, and it seems that they will include actors Christopher
A preview for Dungeons & Dragons‘ next book revealed that it contains rules for personalizing spells and giving players the option of changing subclasses. Next month, Dungeons & Dragons will release Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, a rules expansion for Fifth Edition that contains 20 new subclasses, new spells, and new rules for customizing and improving
Pokemon Go is returning to the art of the Poke Ball throw for an upcoming event. Yesterday, Pokemon Go announced a new Catch Mastery event that will take place on October 25th, which will focus on catching Ghost-type Pokemon and making accurate throws. Players will earn extra XP for making accurate throws, and there will
Saturday Night Live just spiced up its take on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with a bizarre skit featuring time travel and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. It’s been a bizarre year overall, and Saturday Night Live has probably been one of the more bizarre productions as it made adjustments during a period of immediate social distancing
The battle for next-gen gaming will officially get underway when Microsoft opens up pre-orders for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles starting today, September 22nd. Pre-orders are expected to go live at most – if not all – of the retailers listed below at 8am PST (11am EST) in the US. We
Fortnite today released a new update for the ongoing Nexus War that is Chapter 2 – Season 4. In case you weren’t already aware, the popular battle royale video game from Epic Games is in the midst of a canonical Marvel crossover where Galactus is on his way to devour the world. Fortnite v14.10, the
Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on Xbox One and PC have added three new games, including one of 2020’s most notable releases and a surprise new game that released today out of nowhere. Of these three games, all are available on the Xbox One version. Meanwhile, two of the three are available
The Microsoft Store has launched the Ultimate Game Sale, which discounts over 500 Xbox One games, as well as some PC and Xbox 360 games. Included in this sale are some of the console’s biggest games and series like Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption, Assassin’s Creed, Ark Survival Evolved, Fallout, Dark Souls, Star Wars,
Fortnite‘s latest update, v13.40, has officially added the first drivable cars to the popular battle royale video game. While there have been various working vehicles in the past, and cars in general on the map, players can now actively drive around once they find one of the several new cars (and trucks) available on the
Paramount has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is set to speed on to the big screen on April 8th, 2022. No details have been revealed just yet, but it seems like a safe bet that the title will pick-up from the ending of the original movie, which saw Dr. Robotnik stranded on a mushroom-covered
Fortnite’s newest update is live across PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, and mobile devices, and it has made some subtle map changes to the game. Further, it’s added Risky Reels back to the map after it was drowned as part of the Season 3 flood event. If you haven’t jumped into the battle royale
Horizon Zero Dawn has grown to be one of the most beloved games of the last few years, thanks to its visually-interesting aesthetics and fascinating gameplay. If you’d like to pay tribute to the game’s breathtaking world (and aren’t afraid to spend a decent chunk of change, then Prime 1 Studio has you covered. The
WB Games has announced a new mobile strategy game based on The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War is being developed in collaboration with NetEase, Inc. Rise to War is set during the Third Age of Middle-earth, and WB Games has noted that the title will feature a number
New concept art of Netflix‘s The Witcher series has surfaced online, revealing early and alternative designs for Dwarves, Dryads, and much more. While the first season of the Netflix show didn’t feature all of the series’ monsters, creatures, and peoples, it did introduce many. Some of the designs that the show landed on were great,
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is about to get three new playable additions to its roster. The fighting game’s Season 3 pass will add Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger (Robert “RJ” James), Red Samurai Ranger (Lauren Shiba), and a “mystery character” that longtime fans of the franchise should be able to decipher simply by looking
It seems like the timing is perfect for laid-back life sim games. Given the massive success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo Switch owners are clearly looking for games they can relax with. As such, fans of games like New Horizons will be happy to know that Harvest Moon: One World will appear exclusively on
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a major wrench into the plans of the video game industry as a whole. Developers and publishers have made adjustments in order to work from home, but the reality is that video game development can be a difficult process. As such, some announcements simply aren’t as ready as they might
The PlayStation 5 is set to release sometime this holiday season, despite this, Sony hasn’t revealed what PS5 games will be launching with the console. That said, we do have a growing list of every PS5 game confirmed so far, which mostly consists of third-party games that have gotten out ahead of the PS5 reveal
Last month, The LEGO Group and Nintendo stunned fans with the announcement of sets based on the Mario franchise. While that news would be surprising enough on its own, the line is quite a bit different from what fans might have expected. The sets won’t feature traditional mini-figures, opting instead for unique new options that
A new Game of Thrones game is now available, for free. More specifically, Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall, a free-to-play strategy role-playing game, is now available on iOS devices. Meanwhile, the game is also coming to Android soon. Barring any last minute delay, it will hit Android devices on April 3. Meanwhile, there’s still
Behaviour Interactive has announced a release date for its upcoming Game of Thrones mobile game. More specifically, it has revealed thatGame of Thrones Beyond the Wall will launch on March 26 via iOS devices. Meanwhile, not long after this it will hit Android devices on April 3. At the moment of publishing, there’s been no
Riot Games today officially pulled back the veil on “Project A,” its mysterious first-person tactical shooter, revealing that its official title is VALORANT, it’s a free-to-play video game, and it’s set to launch Summer 2020 for the PC. Given that details had been pretty light up until this point, that’s a fairly significant amount of
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is one of the biggest gaming personalities to ever walk the earth. Alongside the meteoric rise of Fortnite, the Detroit-born streamer has shot to the top of the gaming and streaming world over the past couple of years. Along the way, he traded Twitch for Mixer as part of a big money
Back in the Xbox 360 days, Gears of War was a textbook bro-shooter, and a very good one at that. Not only were the first few Gears of War games critically-acclaimed, but they sold very well. In fact, alongside Halo, the series was Xbox’s biggest system seller. However, since Epic Games and creator Cliff Bleszinski
No, being muted in a game isn’t a civil rights violation? How do we know? Because the U.S. Federal Court recently declared it isn’t. That’s right, the U.S Federal Court recently had to set the record straight on players getting muted in video games, and how is not a civil rights violating in any shape