The least-liked generation of pocket monsters has long been dormant since its release on the Nintendo DS back in 2007, but it’s finally time for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl to get a second chance at life! Nintendo announced that the Sinnoh region of games will be headed to the Nintendo Switch this year, as brand-new and faithful remakes titled Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
Pokemon games have always felt like they took part in some magical future with bleeding edge technology that could be used to store living gods inside of a convenient pokeball, but for the next game in the series? Nintendo and developer Game Freak are looking to explore the origin of the species. The Pokemon Company showed off Pokemon Legends Arceus, a game set in a feudal era version of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl’s Sinnoh region.
More than just a game, Pokemon is a media empire which has expanded beyond the humble Gameboy cart that the original game was coded onto. How do you even sum its impact up? By taking a quick look at what has made Nintendo’s pocket monster series so popular over the ages. Here’s 25 things that we love about Pokemon.
After years of questions, rumours and delays, it looks like all those System Shock fans are about to be more than a little excited.
According to the listing, this version of Final Fantasy VII Remake cannot be upgraded to the PS5 version, so you’ll still have to shell out if you want all those fancy next-gen extras on that console.
Final Fantasy VII is the franchise that just keeps on giving, and Square Enix isn’t content to just stick with an upcoming remake split across multiple PlayStation consoles. Last night saw two new mobile games announced by Square Enix, in the form of a battle royale that’ll be out later this year, and a more comprehensive handheld remake called Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis.
Destiny 2 has always been a game that you could set your clock to, but some big changes are on the way to Bungie’s sandbox. The first notable one? Annual expansions are no longer a thing, as Bungie is changing up the cadence for when those game-changing upgrades are released. This means that Destiny 2’s next expansion, The Witch Queen, will no longer arrive in 2021 and is now scheduled for release in “the early half of 2022.”
It’s about time someone at EA said, “Hey, what if we actually just give people what they wanted instead of pointless multiplayer?”. A refreshing take indeed.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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