Pokemon Go Mega Evolutions will change in two ways just in time for October Community Day. According to the development team, the duration that Pokemon stay in their Mega-Evolved form has doubled from four hours to eight hours. Also, the cap for Mega Energy has increased from 999 to 2,000. This limit applies to each individual type of Mega Energy, not the total amount of Mega Energy you have across Pokemon species....
The Pokemon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass, according to today’s Pokemon Direct, comes with two new areas of the Galar region to explore. Releasing in June is The Isle of Amor. Nintendo describes it as a large island which features Pokemon not previously found in other areas of the Galar region. This includes Kubfu and its evolved form Urfishu. Urshifu has two forms—a Single Strike Style and a Rapid Strike Style—and it appears that each form has different types as well....
Pokemon fans can watch Pokemon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution on the streaming service starting February 27. A CGI version of the first Pokemon movie, the film was was released in Japan and Korea last summer. If you’ve never seen the film, here’s a quick synopsis: When researchers discover and exploit a fossil of the Mythical Pokémon Mew, they unleash a creation that goes against the very laws of nature: Mewtwo, a Legendary Pokémon intended for use as a tool of destruction....
Gibson initially took to Twitter in order to invite fans to discuss potential UI enhancements for the iconic series. Although Pokemon games have a lot of common ground between one another, the user interface has been drastically changed from iteration to iteration - menus in Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee and Pikachu, for example, are markedly distinct from those of Sword and Shield, despite there only being a year between them....
The news comes from a recently filed Sony report on the company’s technology. New details about Sony’s next-gen controller are briefly discussed about midway through said report, including information on how it will respond to in-game actions via haptic feedback. “Although DualSense will allow for more realistic game experiences, creators will also need more time and know-how to create high quality vibrations,” the report reads. The report continues by noting that in order to reduce this burden, Sony implemented a brand new haptic feedback design specifically geared towards game creators....
Returnal was announced back in June and was to be available on March 19. Today, Sony announced a delay for the game. According to the notice, Sony and Housemarque have made the decision to move the release date in order to “give the team extra time to continue to polish the game,” to the level of quality players expect. The new release date is April 30. In the third-person, rouge-like shooter, you have crash-landed on a shape-shifting world....
Sony has revealed that PS5 will not have a web browser. Speaking to Japanese outlet AV Watch (translated by Nibellion), SIE’s senior vice president Hideaki Nishino said the company has no plans to add a web browser to the next-gen console. Nishino went on to question the need for one, in fact, saying: “We have doubts about whether a web browser is necessary for a game console as an app, so we’ll have to wait and see....
Revealed in a livestream with lead system architect Mark Cerny, and by Digital Foundry, the PS5 specs make for interesting reading. While the CPU no longer channels the power of the world’s fifth largest big cat, they’ve more than doubled the GHz. And while the 825GB custom SSD isn’t quite as large as we were hoping for in terms of raw storage capacity, it’s at least an SSD - and they’re great....
Piers Harding-Rolls, research director for games at Ampere Analysis, has revealed some interesting insight into how next-gen will shake out for both PS5 and Xbox Series X. According to Harding-Rolls (via Games Industry), the console market will remain large, at least for another generation. Part of that has to do with the leap in hardware specs and other upgrades both PS5 and Xbox Series X will bring, which should keep things interesting for another few years....
Many in the PUBG community, and one of its top streamers, have been frustrated by bugs introduced with recent patches, as well as unstable servers. Developer PUBG Corp. decided to address each of these complaints in a blog post. The developer revealed that the game’s servers have been under constant DDoS attacks in recent months. These attacks reached a peak last November, and spiked again this month. This is what’s been causing server performance problems for players, as anyone on affected servers will inevitably suffer....
For a few minutes after the official QuakeCon 2021 schedule was published, the event’s website had some extra bits of detail about the opening show celebrating 25 years of Quake. Though the initial description made it sound like a normal anniversary celebration, the site actually revealed what the opening ceremony will be about, which might have spoiled what we’re in for. As spotted by XboxEra, the description at one point referenced a “revitalized edition” of Quake....
Set in the rolling hills of Northern Ireland, the map features the Emerald Plains country club and private ranch. Here, you will be able to explore the grounds to develop the best approach for your matches. This could mean rappelling through the skylight, using the three interior stairs, or seeking cover beside the fireplace atrium. The medium-sized map features two floors inside Emerald Plains, and was partially inspired by the maps Bartlett and Border....
The first game from Rare since Sea of Thieves, Everwild transports you to a magical landscape filled with fantastical beasts. Here’s the trailer: There’s no release date, but it’s coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC.
A number of this year’s massive games have either been delayed, or had late-2020 release targets to begin with. This opens up these weeks to the smaller games, the type we like to showcase in this feature. The pandemic obviously disrupted schedules for indies, too, of course, but there’s still plenty coming between now and the summer. So without further ado, let’s jump in. Hot indie games week of April 13...
The extra Role XP also extends to all ten Legendary Bounties in Red Dead Online and Bounty Hunter Free Roam Events. From now until February 24, playing any Showdown Mode or participating in any Race this week will also give you an extra 50% XP Boost. Those looking to acquire a new weapon should hit up the catalog as Bounty Hunter variants of the Schofield Revolver and Bolt-Action Rifle are on sale....
The latest issue of Famitsu magazine has run a feature on the upcoming Xbox Series X, PS5 and PC game, Resident Evil Village. A key member of the Resident Evil online community, Alex Aniel, has translated the key takeaways from the game’s producers Tsuyoshi Kanda and Peter Fabiano. There are some light spoilers below, so look away now if you want to go into the game as fresh as possible....
A new rumor circulating about Resident Evil Village hints at an experimental new mode in the game that may unlock once players have completed the main campaign, offering a new challenge in Capcom’s survival horror world. Trusted insider AestheticGamer has posted a variety of notes on Twitter that reveal what players can expect from the game once they’ve cleared the main story. As per the insider, Capcom toyed with making a mode similar to Ethan Must Die from Resident Evil 7, but ended up expanding it into an ’expansive difficulty mode’ in the game....
Alavi started his career at Infinity Ward before moving to Respawn Entertainment where he worked for 11 years. The most recent project Alavi was attached to was a third game currently in the works at the studio, and despite losing Alavi as its creative director, development will continue. The secretive game, it was reported last year, is still in the early stages, and at the time it was said the team was very small....
And on top of all that, there’s the arrival of much-anticipated Ricochet anti-cheat, Activision Blizzard’s very own anti-cheating tool that should make the Call of Duty experience a little bit less toxic. Ricochet has already been in use in the newly-launched Call of Duty: Vanguard since launch, albeit without the kernel-level driver. This week, though, that kernel-level driver comes to Warzone – showing off the system’s ‘final form’, so to speak....
The content includes free seasonal content and exclusive content for Year 1 Pass owners and will feature four different seasons with unique themes. It kicks off on day one with the Grand Opening Pre-Season. Players can participate in the game’s launch celebration by playing multiplayer modes Mass Race, Tricks Battle, Free for All, and Versus. They will also unlock exclusive rewards through weekly challenges. Year 1 Pass owners will be able to explore the map with two pairs of Exotic Kits: The Rocket Bike and the Rocket Skis....
