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During the latest Pokémon Presents video presentation, the Pokémon Company shared new details about Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, the next games in the mainline series announced earlier this year. Following in the footsteps of February’s Pokémon Legends Arceus, the games introduce an open world to the modern day setting of the series. To travel

Over 40 trailers, teases, updates, a Pokémon concept car, and a Hideo Kojima podcast announcement were featured at the Gamescom 2022 Opening Night Live event hosted by Geoff Keighley. Most of the 2-hour runtime was updates on already announced titles, but there were a number of surprises sprinkled in througout the show. Here are the

It is hard to think that it has now been over twenty-five years since Bandai and WiZ released the digital-battling toy rival to their own Tamagotchi virtual pets way back in 1997. From such humble beginnings dawned a multimedia franchise – with several anime, manga, movies, and video games bearing the portmanteau branding Digimon. Digimon

Kirby has had more spinoff titles than any Nintendo character apart from Mario, and developer HAL Laboratory is back again with yet another new on the pink pufffball. Releasing just 4 months after Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Kirby’s Dream Buffet lets players compete against each other across three game types: races, minigames, and a “battle royale.” It

https://madcavestudios.com/ Fans of God of War will be getting an extra dose of Kratos and his world this November. Not only is the much-anticipated game God of War Ragnarok launching November 9th, but Dark Horse Books and Santa Monica Studio will be bringing you a behind the scenes look of the game’s development with The

https://madcavestudios.com/ By Defne Sastim At SDCC this Thursday, the creative team and actors behind the highly anticipated Gotham Knights shared more details about the upcoming open-world RPG releasing on PS5, Xbox, and PC this fall. With an exclusive Batgirl-centric trailer drop and preorder bonus reveal, we’ve got a lot to unpack. Spoilers below. [embedded content]

A long 8 years after the release of Bayonetta 2 on the Wii U, the next entry in the Platinum Games series is just a few months away. Nintendo announced its October 28 release date, accompanied by a new trailer, with a tweet. You can check out the trailer below. [embedded content] The decision to

Eerie crackles and a distorted howl, ominous yet mournful music, a slow text intro: all set the tone for Silt, an intriguing horror-tinged puzzle adventure debut from small indie developer Spiral Circus. Possession time… After setting the tone we begin as a captive diver chained to the seabed. How and why are not immediately explained

At the tail end of Star Wars Celebration, Electronic Arts announced the heavily-rumored Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, a follow-up to 2019’s Jedi: Fallen Order developed by Respawn Entertainment. The game is releasing on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in 2023. While the debut trailer doesn’t show actual gameplay, the footage suggests that the title

Sony just aired its latest State of Play presentation to spotlight upcoming games coming to PlayStation. The event was mostly focused on third-party titles and games coming to the PlayStation VR 2, so we didn’t get an update on God of War or Naughty Dog‘s next project. But, thanks to partnerships with publishers like Capcom and Square

In a near 2-hour presentation, Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest 2022’s opening event was comprised mostly of already announced titles. With updates on the status of existing projects, additional trailers, and gameplay footage on the likes of Gotham Knights, Saints Row, Nightingale, Soul Hackers 2, and many more taking up the bulk of the Summer

Mario and friends have mostly limited their extracurriculars to tennis and golf as of late, but finally returned to soccer after an 11-year absence. Mario Strikers: Battle League is a bit tamer than predecessors, abandoning the more inflammatory character animations from past titles, but the spirit of the series is still alive and kicking. Most

Last night the Tribeca Festival announced the jury winners for this year’s official selections. For Tribeca Games – now in its second year – the Tribeca Games Award 2022 went to the Outerloop Games-developed RPG Thirsty Suitors, with Night School Studio‘s Oxenfree II: Lost Signals receiving a Special Jury Mention. Tribeca said: “For its quirky

Neon White is a difficult game to describe. I guess you would call it a card-based speed runner, but that label gives a false impression. Neon White isn’t a card game like Magic: The Gathering or Slay the Spire. The cards are power ups you collect during a run, like shells or mushrooms in a

Bear Walker has previously designed skateboards featuring all of the Eevee evolutions and fan-favorites like Gyrados and Mew, but the sixth collaboration between Bear Walker Industries and the Pokémon Center will take you back to where it all began: choosing between the three Pokémon Partner options offered by Professor Oak in Pallet Town! Who’s that

Nearly all video game showcases follow the same structure: an introduction by a semi-charismatic host, followed by trailer after trailer of previously-announced or brand-new games. Devolver Digital, the publisher of games including Hotline Miami, Enter the Gungeon, and Katana Zero, does its annual presentation very differently, interspersing game trailers with silly skits filled with an

Xbox‘s video game slate for Fall looked pretty slim when two of its biggest titles planned for the year, Redfall and Starfield, first shown off last year, were delayed to 2023. But the benefit of the Game Pass subscription service and being part of one of the biggest corporations in the world is Xbox’s ability

DC shared a brand-new look at its upcoming co-op action role-playing game Gotham Knights, developed by WB Games Montréal. Focused on Nightwing and Red Hood, the 13-minute demo is the most extensive look to date at the game’s systems-based combat. [embedded content] Based on the footage, the heroes’ fighting styles are very distinct from one

A Memoir Blue is the latest interactive-narrative game to be released by publisher Annapurna Interactive and the debut release from indie development studio Cloisters Interactive. The game has promise and ambition. Visually it has appeal but the game suffers from insubstantial interactive elements and a frustratingly shallow plot. Despite its meagre one hour length, the

Most Nintendo series upgraded to 3D with their debuts on the Nintendo 64, but the console’s Kirby title was one of only a few platformers that remained a classic sidescroller. That’s why Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the game Kirby fans have been waiting for since booting up Crystal Shards finding themselves trapped on a

Sean McKeever worked in comics full-time from 2003 to 2011, writing titles like Gravity, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, and Teen Titans. But, suddenly, he wasn’t able to land new work when Marvel placed a moratorium on new series and DC was in the midst of launching its New 52 initiative. The industry had quietly been

ManaVoid Entertainment‘s Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is one of a number of successfully funded Kickstarter gaming projects. Originally entitled ‘Steamboat Billy’, in 2018 the game made CA$ 88,480 of its CA$60,000 goal and in 2021 it finally saw launch with the assistance of publisher Skybound Entertainment (The Walking Dead and Invincible author Robert

Sony just aired its latest State of Play showcase, showing off titles coming to the PlayStation 4 and 5 later this year and into 2023, mostly ones from third-party publishers like Capcom and Square Enix. You can watch the event in its entirety here, but, if you prefer a summary, here are the most notable

During its presentation at CES 2022, Sony gave viewers more information about its next foray into virtual reality. Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan emphasized how the PlayStation VR 2 will take advantage of next-gen technology to deliver a more immersive experience than ever before. It will do that with the all-new Sense

Imagine the joy of a fresh coloring book. Bold black lines and inviting white space all waiting to be filled. Take that premise, add a simple yet charmingly written top-down adventure and you have Chicory. Chicory is set in an animal world. You are the canine janitor for the current Wielder of the magic paintbrush

The mega-merger era of mind boggling consolidation continued today with the announcement that Microsoft plans to buy game company Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion.  Activision Blizzard is behind some of the most famous games of all time, including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Candy Crush and Overwatch. It’s also been deeply troubled of

As The Beat reported yesterday, Xbox is in the process of acquiring video game publisher Activision-Blizzard early for a staggering $68.7 billion, pending SEC approval. To put that in perspective, that’s 17 times the amount Disney paid for Marvel. Microsoft’s move has gigantic reverberations for all of video games. Let’s look at whom the acquisition

We’ve been wondering how Sony will answer to Microsoft‘s industry-shaking acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, and we just got our answer. The maker of PlayStation announced that it is buying Bungie Inc for $3.6 billion. That’s much less than the near-$69 billion Microsoft shelled out for Activision/Blizzard, but it’s a major investment by Sony into the future of

After a bit of a lull, Nintendo‘s game studios are back in full force for 2022, beautifully illustrated by today’s Nintendo Direct presentation. We already knew about a few games coming to Switch this year, but Nintendo used the Direct to fill out the rest its Spring and Summer schedule. Here are 5 of the

Electronic Arts will no longer sell its games and other content in Russia and Belarus, the publisher announced this week, after condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. An announcement about the decision said Electronic Arts stands “solidarity with the people of Ukraine” and is working to understand how it can help people in that region