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The 2021 Pokémon World Championships have been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. The Pokémon Company made the tough call today stating “the safety and well-being of our competitors, organizers, employees, local communities, and partners continues to be our top priority and is the primary consideration with every decision we make.” This marks the second year straight

As a card-carrying classic Final Fantasy fanboy, I should love Bravely Default 2. But what makes sense on paper doesn’t always reflect reality – and I’m really struggling to get into this game. In many ways, Bravely Default 2 feels like a game often pulling in two polar opposite directions. As a player, I end

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Re-Logic games released Terraria in 2011 on PC, and it has since come to almost every device under the sun — it was even available on the now-defunct Windows Phone platform. One place it won’t show up as of now,

Failbetter Games, the developer behind Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Sunless Skies, and long-time fans of placing scary adjectives next to big places, launched their newest Kickstarter today to fund Mask of the Rose, an upcoming romantic visual novel about “love, mystery, the restructuring of society after profound change, and bats.” Mask of the Rose is

Nintendo Europe has announced this afternoon that those of you with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership can play the entertaining Overcooked 2 for free for a limited period of time. The free trial for the cooperative cooking simulation begins this Wednesday and ends next Tuesday. Nintendo of America has yet to announce the same

Let’s get something straight before we properly start: there are no bad Yakuza games. There are superb, there are great and there are good Yakuza games. Yakuza 3 is one of the weakest games in the series, but a ‘bad’ Yakuza game is still head and shoulders above most other experiences. This remastered version of

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you

Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford has said that its recent surprise acquisition by THQ Nordic parent company, Embracer Group, is good news for gamers because it allows the studio to explore new ideas and concepts. In an interview with VentureBeat, Pitchford said that while Gearbox has worked with numerous publishers in the past, the studio

Greetings, everyone! Matt “Bayohne” Hilton here from the Final Fantasy XIV community team, hoping you enjoyed our first ever Announcement Showcase! While we weren’t able to see everyone in person at our Fan Festival events this year, we are all very excited to have been able to bring you a first look at Endwalker, our

Is this a story I’m writing as another excuse to say, “VR gaming is doing fine, actually”, or is it a story I’m writing as another excuse to say, “Beat Saber is the best VR game? I’m a man of many motivations. Beat Saber, a rhythm game and the best VR game, has sold 4

During a feature presentation this evening, Square Enix revealed the latest expansion for the sprawling Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG. Endwalker is coming this fall. That’s right. This year! A teaser trailer briefly dipped into a number of story beats involving a warrior of light and the end of the world. Again! While many JRPGs only have room

By Alex Calvin, Friday, 5 February 2021 17:55 GMT The title was set to launch in March but now doesn’t have a release date. French publisher Ubisoft has decided to delay its remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time a second time. The news was revealed via the game’s official Twitter account, with

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Sony has released its FY Q3 2020 earnings report, including information on the PlayStation 5’s sales performance. The company’s overall performance was strong, with revenue up 9 percent and operating income up 20 percent. The Game & Network Services Segment

Have you ever tried to shoot all 190 names in Super Smash Bros. Melee credits sequence? Apparently, up until a few days ago, nobody had ever got a perfect run. Now, though, one guy by the name of Martin Zarate has achieved this seemingly impossible feat. Speaking to Polygon, Zarate revealed it took him around

The topic of Sonic has been doing the rounds online recently with a few high profile voice actors retiring from the franchise along with the announcement of a new Netflix show. But now it’s been revealed that a Sonic the Hedgehog LEGO set that was designed by a fan has been given the green light

We don’t often get to indulge in a bit of werewolfing. Resident Evil: Village may well change that (well done Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood for sneaking in earlier), but there are undeniable joys in switching, at the touch of a button, from a boring human to a hulking lycanthrope, lolloping around forests and carving

Hei Outlanders, Long time no see! We hope you had a wonderful holidays and celebrated New Year’s Eve with the ones you love. Here’s hoping 2021 will prove to be a safer, healthier, and far more normal year. It was a crazy ride last year, and we have no plans to slow down this year

If you have nostalgic love for old Amiga and MS-DOS sidescrollers, Olija is a game that practically demands your attention. Its striking minimalist art style is complimented by a fluidity of movement and realistic animations that will immediately bring to mind games like Flashback, Another World, or the original Prince of Persia. But even if

One of the best PlayStation Plus months in recent memory has just gone live. The February 2021 free PS Plus games are now available to download, including the launch of PS5-exclusive multiplayer phenomenon Destruction AllStars and both current and last-gen versions of Control Ultimate Edition. These, alongside Concrete Genie, replace the January Plus titles, available

From Dreams in February to the launch of the PlayStation 5 console in November, there was a lot of gaming to celebrate in 2020. To commemorate our collective journey, we’re pleased to bring back our year end wrap-up report, so you can reflect upon your many 2020 gameplay accomplishments. Through March 2, 2021, PS4 players*

Cyberpunk 2077 continues to compel me to do the grimace emoji face on a weekly basis. Here’s the latest reason to wince: developers CD Projekt Red say that there’s a security vulnerability in external DLL files used by the game that means you should be careful while using mods and custom saves with the game.

People are excited for Resident Evil Village. Part of that enthusiasm comes from the recent gameplay demo, along with additional details revealed as part of the latest trailer. However, another part of the excitement comes specifically from Lady Dimitrescu, the ghastly, yet compelling woman who has captured fans’ attention with her disturbing mystique and towering height. Capcom

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 1 February 2021 20:05 GMT Sony’s Santa Monica Studio has announced that 2018’s PlayStation 4 exclusive, God of War, will be getting a dedicated PS5 patch on February 2. Sony Santa Monica published a new statement on its website announcing that God of War is getting a free patch that “replaces the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. If you’re shopping for a gaming laptop, it’s important to check reviews before you buy. We’ve discussed this issue before in a CPU context, but it’s just as important in GPUs. A recent set of reviews from our sister site

PQube is no stranger when it comes to Switch. Having published several games that range between Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle to Cat Quest II, it has just revealed that its next project, The Plane Effect, is next in line for Nintendo’s handheld. Developed by Studio Kiku and Innovina Interactive, The Plane Effect is described as

Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios in Japan may not be opening for a while due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Minecraft player Dippy22 from creating the theme park in Mojang’s popular sandbox game. It’s around 45% complete and Dippy22 is asking fellow players and creators for help to finish the virtual

January has typically been a quieter month after “silly season” in terms of games released, but that doesn’t mean there has been a shortage of easy Xbox achievements and Gamerscore to be had. And we are here once again to highlight to you any that may have been missed from those Xbox games that launched

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you

Progress is made through solving consistently enjoyable puzzles that almost always hit that sweet spot of not being so simple that they’re boring but being challenging enough to satisfy upon solving, without becoming so complicated that it induces groans. Special items and novel mechanics are introduced throughout which prevent the puzzles from ever becoming too

Stormind Games, the studio behind Remothered, have announced Batora: Lost Haven for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Batora: Lost Haven tells the story of a 16-year old Avril, who lost everything when a mysterious calamity destroyed the earth. Avril was somehow gifted special powers in the