Pokémon Go Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl event guide
Pokémon Go is hosting a special event to celebrate the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. The event is broken up into two parts, with each game getting…
There’s a new FarmVille game with new crops and cute animals
The original FarmVille was a Facebook sensation with a very simple concept: What if you could grow a bunch of crops over time, convert them into profits, and then grow…
Disney’s horny mobile game Twisted Wonderland gets the anime treatment
Disney: Twisted-Wonderland is being adapted into an anime for Disney Plus, the company announced at an Asia-Pacific showcase event on Oct. 14. The adaptation is being developed in partnership with…
Squid Game knockoffs are the latest sensation to take over Roblox
A series of knockoffs of Squid Game, Netflix’s latest battle royale show, have proliferated across the gaming platform Roblox. The platform’s trending section is now littered with titles like “Squid…
Xbox Game Pass offers new indies Sable, SkateBird, and more in September
Xbox Game Pass subscribers will get a fresh batch of diverse Xbox and PC games through the end of September, including promising indie games SkateBird (in which you play as…
Lego Star Wars Battles shuttered in July, now returning as an Apple Arcade exclusive
Lego Star Wars Battles, a mobile real-time strategy game that was shut down in July, is getting re-released as an Apple Arcade exclusive. The game was soft-launched in a few…
Pokémon Go restores pandemic distances for Pokéstops and Gyms
Pokémon Go’s interaction radius — how close a player has to be to spin a Gym or Pokéstop — has been pushed back to 80 meters from 40 meters, a…
Pokémon Go Tepig Community Day guide
Tepig is getting its very own Pokémon Go Community Day on July 3, running from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. in your local time. The fire-type starter pig Pokémon from…
Konami’s new Contra game coming to phones
Contra is back with a new entry that’s coming exclusively to mobile devices. On Monday, Konami announced Contra Returns, a new take on the side-scrolling run-and-gun series that’s coming on…
Pokémon Go is changing again in response to the pandemic
Over the past year, developer Niantic rolled out a series of gameplay tweaks to Pokémon Go designed to make the mobile game more playable under quarantine conditions. Many of those…
Sp!ng is a ‘stress ball for your brain’
Recently, when I want to play a game, I’ve been reaching for my phone — particularly, games on Apple Arcade. Currently I’m traveling with only a laptop, and while I…
Apple might have scared one of the biggest gaming companies in the world
Roblox, a massively popular platform where people go to play and make video games, no longer wants the public to think of it as a platform where people go to…
Diablo Immortal starts a new alpha test full of endgame content
A new closed alpha is beginning for Diablo Immortal, and it’s chock full of content that’ll be important to the final game. A technical alpha in December allowed players to…
On Among Us’ Airship, Impostors need their dead allies
Among Us’ new Airship map is deadly for crewmates, thanks to the large size of the map and the fact most players are still learning every nook, cranny, and vent…
MLB The Show 21 launching on Xbox Game Pass
MLB The Show 21, developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment’s San Diego Studio, will launch on Xbox Game Pass on April 20 — its release day. Major League Baseball and Microsoft…
Magic: The Gathering Arena arrives March 25 for mobile
The full release of Magic: The Gathering Arena will go live on the Apple App Store and Google Play on Thursday, on March 25. The digital adaptation of the original…