During the 2024 Pokemon Presents livestream to celebrate Pokemon Day, The Pokemon Company revealed the next corePokemongame coming to the Nintendo Switch. Dubbed’Pokemon Legends: Z-A,' the title will more than likely follow a similar gameplay loop to 2022’sPokemon Legends: Arceus, in which players explore a semi-open-world taking place in the Sinnoh region, but in the far past. Game Freak and The Pokemon Company did not disclose much information aboutPokemon Legends: Z-A, so there are a lot of questions surrounding the 2025 title....

Summary Fans ofFalloutare praising the recent release ofFallout 4’snext-gen update 2. The first next-gen patch forFallout 4was announced around two years ago and released on April 25 of this year. When the first next-gen update was released, players were underwhelmed, and fans pointed out many issues. Bethesda then released a second patch fixing issues with the next-gen update on May 13. Bethesda’sfirst next-gen update forFallout 4was met with mixed reviews. PC players found that some ultra-widescreen resolutions were not supported, leaving a stretched view on some monitors....

Of every game in thebeloved franchise,FinalFantasy 7is probably the most iconic title. This was the game that introduced so many of us to theFinal Fantasyfranchise, if not to JRPGs in general. The company’s fortunes would have been dramatically different if it hadn’t gone on to become the phenomenon it did. RELATED:Final Fantasy 7: The 10 Best Cities, Ranked One of the most memorable aspects of this title is its cast of legendary characters....

TheFortnitebattle royale map is constantly evolving, and the new map introduced in Chapter 3 is no exception to the rule.Fortnitefans can expect regular changes to the battle royale map as time goes on, with developer Epic Games tweaking Points of Interest and adding new locations for players to explore. The many changes to theFortnitemap has resulted in a map that’s virtually unrecognizable when compared to how the game looked when it first launched, but it seems as though an old POI from years ago may be making a comeback....

Quick Links Epic Games is celebrating the onset of a new season with a quirky new emote inFortniteknown as the Nanner Ringer, and players are quite curious to learn more about how they can redeem it before it expires. The newFortniteseason has had a shaky start with a series of hiccups marring the big events Epic Games had in store for fans. Thankfully, thedevelopers have been quite generous in compensating fansfor the issues they faced, and a series of freebies were handed out....

Playground Games has announced the latest expansion toForza Horizon5,Rally Adventure. The announcement comes nearly a month afterForza Horizon5’s JDM updatewhere players saw the addition of new cars such as the Nissan Z, Toyota Sports 800, and a host of others. But the new update will be a much wider DLC expansion for fans. TheForza Horizonfranchise has grown to be one of the most popular open-world racing titles around, particularly due to how the games often incorporate visually stunning environments with their racing mechanics....

Summary OneElden Ringplayer has recently found themselves let down by their Demi-Human Swordsman Yosh after the allied creature backflipped into oblivion in the midst of a battle. The clip of the funny incident was later promulgated on social media, underlining one key weakness of thisShadow of the ErdtreeSpirit Ash. The critically acclaimed DLC expanded the base game’s pool of Spirit Ashes by nearly one-third. Among the 20 newElden RingSpirit Ashes introduced inShadow of the Erdtreeis Demi-Human Swordsman Yosh, a crafty little fellow who has a tendency to chip away at opponents while effectively dancing around them....

Video game preservation has become an increasingly important aspect of the industry, as the steady shift to a streaming future makes it more difficult to maintain games as they are upon release. That makes the work of preservation groups like The Hidden Palace invaluable. And now, the group has dropped more than 700 unreleasedPS2 game demosand prototypes online for fans to pour over. The Hidden Palace held a 6-hour stream on Saturday, playing through some of the biggest names contained in the dump....

It’s always disappointingwhen a video game gets canceled. Announcements bring about excitement at the game’s possibilities, only for that excitement to be pulled away months, or sometimes years, later. Players can only be left wondering what could’ve been; many have probably wondered about what potentially legendary games we’ve missed out on because of various cancelations. RELATED:Games Based On Anime That Were Canceled It’s even more disappointing, however, when a game adapted from a larger franchise gets canceled....

Summary Killing off a main character at the end of a video game is always a risky move for a developer to make. After all, players are going to be controlling this person for an entire story, so to reach the end, only for them to be killed off, can come across as a little unsatisfying or even infuriating at times. However, when done right, this can bevery emotionally impactful, and can even make the whole journey feel all the more special, depending on what the protagonist gives their lives up for during their final few moments....

It’s very rare to see games that make players fail meaningfully as opposed to just rewriting their mistakes and giving them a second chance instead. More often than not, games just want players to attain a sense of catharsis and satisfaction at all costs. So, it’s easy to see why omitting any meaningful failure is important for players to get as much of a positive experience from a title as possible....

Even though the PlayStation 5 has been out for months now, it’s still extremely difficult for people to get their hands on Sony’s next-generation consoles.PS5 scalpers, unprecedented demand, and supply shortages have created a perfect storm that has severely limited the console’s availability. However,GameStopis giving its PowerUp Rewards Pro members a better shot at getting their hands on a PS5 console, with the next early access availability happening right now....

Genshin Impactupdate 2.4 will add two brand new characters, Shenhe and Yun Jin, and both of them are expected to arrive at the same limited character banner. Exploration is one of the main parts of the game and adding a new region to explore is certainly one of the most exciting things for most casualGenshin Impactplayers. The last couple of updates have brought the long-awaited Inazuma islands, and it seems as though a new region is just around the corner...