When Pokemon GO first added an Alolan Pokemon – Alolan Exeggutor – to the game, fans were easily excited about the addition of Generation 7 alternative forms. For those unaware, the seventh generation Pokemon games, Sun and Moon, introduced these variants as tropical versions of the standard Pokemon form. Though they are seventh generation forms, Pokemon GO has slowly been adding these forms to the game, with rumors of Alolan Geodude and Alolan Diglett coming soon. Check out their in-game sprite

The Harry Potter franchise has never shied away from dark or disturbing material, but the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery mobile game is mostly lighthearted. However, there is one side quest in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery that stands out because of how bleak and unsettling it is compared to the rest of the game. This unsettling side quest is easily the darkest moment in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery so far, with the rest of the game mostly consisting of smiling teachers and hanging out with f

Unfortunately, the game’s Senior Creative Director has taken to Instagram to reveal that Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still a long way off completion. One such fan asked “when will there be a release date?”, to which Ancel responded: “We aim for a playable beta for the end of next year”. The news will no doubt come as a disappointment to those closely following Beyond Good and Evil 2 and hoping to get their hands on it soon. So Beyond Good and Evil 2 does unfortunately belong to the camp of games w

Interestingly enough, though, some aspects of the title might have been playable as early as 2015, as it has now been revealed that the forthcoming title was essentially built upon the foundation of Fallout 4‘s scrapped multiplayer. This much was divulged during Noclip’s documentary on the making of Fallout 76, which can be found below. In it, Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard explains how the forthcoming online-only survival game came to be, by initially detailing that the studio colle

… I was happy when [Assassin’s Creed Origins] was set in Egypt.”As it so happens, players were definitely happy that Assassin’s Creed Origins was set in Egypt as well, as the open world action-adventure release from Ubisoft went on to be praised in many positive reviews for its in-depth exploration Ancient Egyptian mythology and lore. All things told, Ghost of Tsushima appears to be a legitimately lofty enterprise when one considers Sucker Punch’s previous efforts like the Infamous or Sly Cooper

A FAQ page was created for the Fallout 76 beta (stylized as B.E.T.A. One of the answers, however, reveals that the Fallout 76 beta will be available on the Xbox One before other platforms, meaning that the beta – at least – is a Microsoft timed exclusive. For those still interested in joining in playing Fallout 76 as soon as possible, here’s how to join the game’s beta. Fallout 76 is scheduled to launch on November 14, 2018, for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Source: Bethesda – Fallout 76 FAQ

This fantasy distilled in the action-adventure title from Rare managed to be quite successful, as Microsoft has now gone so far as to say that the game has surpassed its sales expectations. This much was confirmed by the Executive President of Gaming at Microsoft, Phil Spencer, who told Giant Bomb that Sea of Thieves sold “significantly more” than the company projected that it would. Nevertheless, it seems as if its inclusion in the membership service actually could’ve helped boost sales of the

To that end, the trailers featured up-close looks at some returning characters and monsters, with the exception of the mysterious Ada Wong. The E3 2018 PlayStation Showcase footage of Resident Evil 2 features a brief look at a character shrouded completely in darkness. Check out the character from the E3 2018 Resident Evil 2 footage who many believe is Ada Wong:If Resident Evil 2 fans need more evidence that this mysterious character is Ada Wong, they just need to take a look at where the charac

Pokemon GO players are in for a huge shakeup when the Friends and Trading update releases later this week. Niantic announced the new features this morning and the community is already buzzing with potential strategies for how to take advantage of the new system and its future bonuses and rewards. Trading is less expensive with a strong Friend level, so players will definitely want to spend some time getting to Best Friend status with a few other players. In addition to the discounted Stardust fo

Now that the dust from Larvitar’s Community Day is settled, many fans are eagerly awaiting an official announcement from Niantic revealing the featured Pokemon for its next Pokemon GO Community Day. The aforementioned theory states that the Community Day events essentially rotate Pokemon hatched in 10 km eggs with starter Pokemon. The same fears surround Squirtle Day, as well as fears that its Shiny variant is underwhelming as well. At the very least, this change would make the Community Day eve

WHO also revealed that the ICD-11 would feature a new mental health disorder for excessive game playing, and now it’s official. Compulsively playing video games is a mental health disorder. With no more than three percent of gamers believed to be affected, compulsive video game playing doesn’t seem to be as widespread of an issue as some may think. There are some reported incidents where people have played video games until they died, unable to pull themselves away from whatever game they’re pla

From the sound of things, Pokemon GO players will be spending the next few months working hard to reach Best Friend status with their real life buddies. The announcement from Pokemon GO revealed a lot of details about the new system and explained how players can increase their friend levels. One of the crucial pieces of intel to come out of that chat relates to how long it takes to reach the top tier of friendship in the game. According to Koa, here is the breakdown of how long it would take to

In a panel discussion that took place at E3 2018, developer Naughty Dog revealed more about the big changes to The Last of Us Part 2‘s enemies. The biggest of these is that the enemy AI is a lot smarter, particularly in terms of communication. This is quite unlike the first game in which enemies just seemed to know where Joel and Ellie were off the bat. While this is fascinating from a technical perspective, it’s not great news for fans who perhaps planned to cheat the enemy AI by just hiding un

As is the trend with many open-world titles recently, Days Gone will have no load times, keeping its experience seamless. Hopefully developer SIE Bend kept this in mind, and attempted to keep those loading times as short as possible. The developers could take some notes from another recent PlayStation exclusive, God of War, which made headlines when it claimed to have no loading screens. Originally scheduled for a late 2018 release date, Days Gone has been moved to an early 2019 release instead.

Pokemon GO players can increase their friendship status in a number of ways. Although you can’t open the Gifts you receive from PokéStops, you can send them to a friend on your Friend List. As your Friendship Level builds, you’ll then unlock bonuses when you play together.”Trade Pokemon“You can also build your Friendship Level by trading Pokémon with a friend. If you’re near a friend and have a Trainer Level of 10 or higher, you can trade Pokémon you’ve caught with that friend. As you build your

While the big mystery in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is the fate of the player character’s brother Jacob, there are other mysteries that keep fans playing the mobile game every day. More specifically, SeaEscapologist thinks that R is the parents of Tulip Karasu, a Ravenclaw student that players meet as part of the main story in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Players are free to attend as many Hogwarts classes as they want to raise their stats, and these classes feature the exact same animati

When Destiny 2 first launched it did so with a selection of PS4 exclusive content not unlike what was available in Destiny 1. With the launch of the Forsaken expansion, all Year 1 PS4 exclusive content will become available for PC and Xbox One players. The sniper rifle is capable of changing its element on the fly, which is a cool perk, but there are better sniper rifle options out there. Regardless of personal feelings on the PS4 exclusive content, though, there are some new items that will bec

Only now it looks like Blizzard won’t be targeting World of Warcraft from 2004, but rather World of Warcraft from 2006. In a developer update posted on Friday, Blizzard officially confirmed that World of Warcraft Classic will run on patch 1.12, better known as the “Drums of War” patch. Patch 1.12 was the final major patch in World of Warcraft prior to the release of its first expansion, The Burning Crusade. As Blizzard says, the “Classic” era of the MMO lasted over two years, which means that “C

The announcement of Destiny 2‘s Forsaken expansion has reinvigorated the game’s community much like the original Destiny‘s The Taken King expansion did in 2015. Bungie has now revealed its plans for exclusive PlayStation 4 content included with Forsaken, such as the addition of a second platform exclusive Exotic Weapon. If anyone thought Destiny 2‘s initial struggles might lead to a softening of the PS4 content partnership, here’s your answer. According to the announcement, much like the origina

For those lucky enough to be in attendance, a free Daily Bugle newspaper was distributed, providing several Easter eggs and references for the game. The Daily Bugle contained references to the following properties: Iron Man, The Avengers, Daredevil, Black Cat, as well as in-game characters Miles Morales and Norman Osborn. Considering the deep and diverse universe of Spider-Man, it stands to reason that any number of the aforementioned unconfirmed characters (such as Iron Man) could actually appe