It seemed like any other announcement from The Pokémon Company. The Pikachu corporation announced it would be launching a touring museum exhibit called The Pokémon Astronomical Observatory in Kanagawa, Japan. The event is set to begin on November 1 and aims to educate visitors on the wonders of the cosmos with the help of Pokémon. … Read more
Sony’s massively popular third-person online sci-fi shooter Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox later this month. Many fans had assumed that developers Arrowhead had been the ones behind the decision, likely pushing PlayStation to let them port the game to the company’s rival console. But it turns out it was actually Sony’s idea, and that’s … Read more
When the original Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell arrived in 2002, it threatened to dethrone Metal Gear Solid’s tight grip on the stealth genre. And for some purists, it likely succeeded, given its groundbreaking technical displays of light and shadow that were more than just pretty to look at. The game also pushed you to move … Read more
Today, during QuakeCon 2025, Bethesda, Id Software, and Xbox announced (and immediately released) newly remastered versions of beloved retro fantasy first-person shooters Heretic and Hexen. Both games, as well as their expansions, were developed by Raven Software (RIP) with help from id Software and released in the mid-’90s. Raven developed the popular spell-tossing shooters using … Read more
Shoot ’em ups were one of the first video game sensations to sweep through arcades. The novelist Martin Amis became so obsessed with 1978’s Space Invaders he wrote an entire guide/appreciation of sorts for it long before the idea of games criticism was considered anything worth thinking about. From fixed-screen shooters like Galaxian and Galaga … Read more
It’s been almost six years since 2K revealed that a new BioShock was in development with recently minted Canada-based studio Cloud Chamber at the helm. But the only real news about the game since then was a report last week from Bloomberg that BioShock 4 has changed leaders after failing an internal review. But amid … Read more
Last week, controversy erupted around the art for an animated card in Pokémon TCG Pocket‘s latest set, Wisdom of Sea and Sky, where a drawing of legendary monster Ho-Oh looked almost identical to that of a piece of commissioned art by a Chinese creator. The Pokémon Company swiftly apologized, and announced the art for both … Read more
Nintendo, apparently dissatisfied with being a stalwart of nearly every school child’s life, is aiming even younger. A new range of products under the banner of My Mario has been announced, including wooden block toys, board books, and a Switch and mobile app that’ll let kids mess with Mario’s face, all focused on a preschool … Read more
It’s time for your monthly reminder that your Amazon Prime subscription also comes with a bunch of free games. And in many cases, while that “free” perhaps deserves scarequotes for falling under a subscription fee for a monstrously evil corporation, they’re actually yours to keep forever, with no DRM, and no requirement to keep up … Read more
The goal of the game is to catch as many ants as possible. To catch an ant, click on it with the mouse pointer. On touchscreen devices, tap the ant with your finger.