Pokemon GO is obviously a huge success, that much isn’t news. But it’s worth analyzing, however briefly, what made the game so massive. It’s not just that it’s backed by the Pokemon brand. The brand is obviously a huge factor, though – catching other monsters wouldn’t be nearly as appealing as living the childhood dream of going […]
To coincide with EVO 2016, which started yesterday and continues all weekend, Capcom has announced several new pieces of DLC for Street Fighter V. There are new costumes for Cammy and Chun-Li, under the theme “Capcom Cup Collection” (an obvious reference to EVO 2016), which cost $6 each. There is also a third costume that will
The 2016 edition of the Evolution Championship Series, better known as EVO 2016, started yesterday, July 15 and will continue until Sunday, July 17. It’s a fighting game competition that takes place in Las Vegas and reunites elite gamers from around the world. This year, Street Fighter V is the star, but there are plenty of
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EA is pushing for players to stop playing Pokemon GO and log in to Star Wars Battlefront this weekend. Developer DICE is giving players 5,000 credits just for logging in. As if that wasn’t enough, all Hero characters are free to try, even if you haven’t bought their DLC. Both these offers will only last
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Hideo Kojima, one of the most celebrated video game developers of all-time, previously a major player in Konami and now head of his own studio, Kojima Productions, thinks episodic content is the way games will mostly release in the future. His statement reads as follows: “I don’t think movies in the future will last two
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Nintendo announced the mini-NES today, a $60 game console that’s a miniature version of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System, that comes packed with 30 pre-installed 8-bit games. These are classics from the system like all 3 Super Mario Bros., the original Legend of Zelda and Zelda II, Metroid, Mega-Man 2 and many more. The machine
The Dark-type Legendary Pokemon from the Sinnoh Region Darkrai is coming to Pokken Tournament. The announcement comes from the Pokken Tournament character announcement stream that happened just a few hours ago, on July 14. Currently only Japan is confirmed to be getting this new Pokemon fighter. This Pokemon seems to be bulky, strong and slow, with
Nintendo is letting Pokemon Go players take matter into their own hands if the area where they live doesn’t have enough Pokestops and Gyms. It’s an all-around logical move, really, since some towns may be less popular than others but that doesn’t mean there aren’t people playing Pokemon Go. Requesting Pokestops and Gyms is a
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Evolve’s switch to the free-to-play model keeps proving to be a success, as the total player count has risen to 1 million in less than a week since the so-called “Stage 2” of Evolve, the free-to-play version, was made available. Publisher 2K is giving away a free skin to celebrate. Players who login between right
Hideo Kojima is one of the most celebrated video game developers of all time (many have called him a video game auteur), and he has spent the grand majority of his career directing and producing all installments of the classic franchise Metal Gear Solid. Now he’s moved past it after 30 years; he quit his job
