Pokémon Champions begins differently from most Pokémon games. Instead of selecting a single starter and building a team over time, players choose one starter Pokémon that immediately unlocks a full six‑member roster. Once the starter is selected after the introductory mission, five additional Pokémon are automatically added to your team. Each starter, therefore, represents an […]
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the Japanese video game designer who created the Double Dragon and Kunio-kun franchises, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 64. His death was confirmed by his son, Ryūbō Kishimoto, through social media posts and later reported by the Japanese gaming outlet Famitsu. Ryūbō Kishimoto shared the news publicly in a […]
Valve is developing a Steam feature that could display estimated frame rates for games based on a user’s hardware. The concept appeared after a ResetEra forum user named Dex3108 examined the latest Steam client and discovered a new line of code that reads, “Select an App and a PC config to get a chart of […]
Valve is reportedly targeting 2028 for the release of the Steam Deck 2, according to information shared by industry leaker KeplerL2 on the NeoGAF forums. Valve has not confirmed the timeline publicly, but the leak suggests the company has identified a potential window for the next generation of its handheld gaming PC. “They were targeting […]
If you’ve been grinding Mario Kart World’s Battle mode and wishing there was a bit more chaos in the mix, Nintendo just delivered exactly what you were asking for. Update 1.6.0 dropped on March 30, and the headline addition is Bob-omb Blast, a fan-favourite battle rule that hasn’t appeared in a new Mario Kart game […]
Blizzard Entertainment is recruiting developers for an unannounced AAA open-world shooter, according to a series of job listings that reveal details about the project’s technology, design direction, and development timeline. The listings describe a game built with Unreal Engine and introduce a genre the studio has not released before. The most visible listing seeks a […]
Nintendo’s animated sequel to the record-breaking Super Mario Bros. Movie hit cinemas today, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the most divisive releases of the year. As someone who spent countless hours hopping between tiny planetoids in the original Super Mario Galaxy on Wii, I walked into this one with a very […]
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said the company will resolve an insurance issue involving a former employee with terminal brain cancer who lost life insurance coverage after the company’s March 26 layoffs. The former employee, Mike Prinke, had worked at Epic Games for nearly seven years as a programmer and technical writer and is currently […]
Sony Interactive Entertainment has closed Dark Outlaw Games, a PlayStation first-party studio led by longtime Call of Duty developer Jason Blundell, less than a year after it began operating. The shutdown is part of layoffs across PlayStation that affect about 50 employees, including staff working on mobile development. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier first reported the […]