Game Freak’s Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl remasters aren’t officially out for another two weeks, but some copies of the upcoming Nintendo Switch games have already started appearing out into the wild. Now fans are combing through apparen…
Skyrim Anniversary Edition, Explained
Yesterday, just a week before it launches, Bethesda finally revealed how much Skyrim Anniversary Edition will cost: $50. But what you’re actually getting in the latest version of the decade-old game is a bit confusing, so let’s break it down.Read more….
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Delayed Two Weeks To Ensure ‘Stability’
Originally planned to come out later this month, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the Square Enix MMORPG’s biggest expansion to-date, will instead arrive a few weeks later on December 7. That’s because director Naoki Yoshida and the rest of the developmen…
A Second Nintendo Store Is Opening In Japan
While you’d think Nintendo would have a slew of official shops in Japan, the Kyoto-based game company only has one. Located in Tokyo, the store, cleverly called Nintendo Tokyo, opened in November 2019. But that is going to change because now, in Novemb…
Obscure SNES RPG Lets You Take Photos Of Lovecraftian Horrors For Mad Cash
Making money in role-playing games often boils down to killing monsters or selling off low-level equipment you no longer need. But the terrifying Laplace no Ma (roughly Laplace’s Demon in English) takes a more novel approach, allowing you to accrue a s…
Star Ocean Is Back And It Looks Kinda Like Monster Hunter
At long last, Square Enix’s interstellar JRPG series Star Ocean is back. Star Ocean The Divine Force is set to launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X/S, and PC in 2022, the company revealed during today’s PlayStation State of Play livestream.Read more….
Darkest Dungeon II Tries Something New, And It Mostly Works
Darkest Dungeon II is nothing if not evocative—a positive quirk it shares with the first game. When my party reaches the Mountain at its heart, they are brought low. This place has haunted their dreams for weeks—a different configuration for each of th…
Feds Say Man Spent Covid Loan On $57,000 Pokémon Card
Vinath Oudomsine, from Dublin, Georgia, has been accused by federal prosecutors of fraudulently applying for a an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). The man claimed to be running a business, but reportedly spent most of the money on a rare Pokémon c…
Final Fantasy XIV Has Many Mounts, But Only One Sneezes
The hype for Endwalker’s impending launch recently pushed me back into the arms of Final Fantasy XIV. Instead of doing the smart thing and working my way through the massively multiplayer role-playing game’s litany of main story quests so I’d be caught…
Ubisoft Brings Back Might and Magic Game They Shut Down In June
In May, Ubisoft took down some DRM servers that accidentally broke Might & Magic X – Legacy, to the point where the game had to be removed from shopfronts. A few months later, and probably after some folks had long assumed the game was simply dead,…