Earlier this month Nintendo released Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, which allows players to design their own campsites and make some new friends. Early estimates from Sensor Tower suggest that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is doing phenomenally well. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp easily beat Fire Emblem Heroes, which racked up six million downloads when it launched in February this year. The Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp player base may soon grow even more, though, as Nintendo is planning a major ho

World of Warcraft may be over a decade old, but the powerhouse MMO experienced a major renaissance during the last year thanks to the wildly successful Legion expansion. The add-on content increased the level cap and introduced a new region with a very compelling story to keep players busy for months on end. The story is so compelling that some fans even think it warrants its own anime-style series…Some World of Warcraft fans with a talent for editing and an eye for anime aesthetic recently took

Heads up to all the Destiny 2 collectors out there—Loot Crate and Bungie are teaming up to offer a limited edition Destiny 2 Loot Crate this coming spring. As is the case with every offering from Loot Crate, the exact items within will remain a mystery, but the company has teased that the crate will include an exclusive figure, a hoodie, apparel, and other collectibles. Considering the fact that, by the time the Loot Crate ships in the spring, Destiny 2 will have both of its Year 1 expansions ou

The developers of Friday the 13th: The Game have recently reached out to the community to update them on the next major patch. The update was posted in the Friday the 13th official forums, and gives a general idea at what players can expect in the game’s next patch, but offers no dates as to when it will be implemented. With November drawing to a close, it isn’t terribly surprising the patch won’t be released before the end of the month. As for new, unannounced content, the devs offer a hint by

For players who managed to snag an Xbox One X earlier this month, Epic Games is finally giving Fortnite the visual boost it needs to really take advantage of the new hardware. According to the notes, the HUD is 100% 4K, while the game content is set to 80% and then upsampled to 4K using a high-quality software upsampler. The Xbox One X update isn’t the only item contained in this patch, however. Fortnite is available now on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Source: Epic GamesCheck out Page 2 for

Pokemon GO developer Niantic may be one of the hottest in the mobile space right now, but the company is still on the rise. Venture capital firm Spark Capital led the latest round of financing for Niantic, raising $200 million in the process. As part of the deal, Spark Capital partner Megan Quinn, who previously worked with Niantic CEO John Hanke at Google, will join the developer’s board. With the recent purchase of social developer Evertoon, it’s clear that Niantic is a developer on the move.

Star Wars Battlefront 2, on the other hand, uses loot boxes to dole out Star Cards that can give players an edge online. At one point, though, Battlefront 2 was to feature cosmetics in its loot boxes, but EA’s Chief Financial Officer did not believe they could worth with a Star Wars experience. “The one thing we’re very focused on and they are extremely focused on is not violating the canon of Star Wars,” commented Blake Jorgenson. Although sticking to canon makes sense, Star Wars Battlefront 2

In what could be a response to fan complaints, a pair of popular exotic emotes have appeared in Destiny 2‘s Eververse store after the weekly reset. Both the Salty and Spicy Ramen emotes are now available for purchase in the rotating inventory of Tess Everis, but neither was there at the time of the weekly reset. It’s significant because, unlike Destiny 1, Destiny 2 has been split into Seasons lasting approximately three months. The Spicy Ramen emote is one such emote that many fans were hoping t

It’s not hard to see the battle royale genre is hitting a high note, with games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Fortnite, and The Culling all pulling in massive amounts of players. Even Rockstar Games implemented a heavily Battlegrounds-inspired minigame in Grand Theft Auto: Online, with the game’s massive world and variety of vehicles being a perfect fit for such a scenario. Now, a dedicated team of modders is doing the same for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, despite the title being close t

Following the highly successful launch of Assassin’s Creed Origins, after the franchise chose to end its game-per-year development cycle, an apparent leak from several Italian retailers seems to suggest where developer Ubisoft is directing the series next – namely, an HD remaster of Assassin’s Creed Rogue. Assassin’s Creed Rogue was first released in November 2014 for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, and was the last Assassin’s Creed title to be released on that generation of consoles. pic.twitt

Fans of the gothic point-and-click series Black Mirror may have thought that the series would never return. However, six years after Black Mirror 3 released, the series is getting rebooted with Black Mirror (henceforth, Black Mirror 2017), releasing today. Black Mirror 2017 looks to take the story back to the start, following David Gordon as he visits his family’s old home for the first time. The launch-day reception for Black Mirror 2017 has been a bit lukewarm, with the title currently sitting

Although Bungie initially planned to host a livestream focused on the new gear in Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris, the developer has decided to change things up. The livestream has been canceled and in its place, Bungie will release a blog post detailing “high priority information.”The livestream cancellation is sure to take the community by surprise but is arguably the right move for Bungie right now. Instead, Bungie will now presumably address the feedback it has received since Destiny 2’s launch i

There will soon be a lot more for the leaders of humanity to do, as Civilization 6 has just announced its first expansion, Rise and Fall. Rise and Fall will release on February 8th, 2018 and comes with an array of new features. The Civilization 6 expansion will include “new Great Ages, Loyalty, and Governors systems,” and it will expand the existing Diplomacy and Government systems. The nation also came with a new leader, John Curtin, who was Australia’s prime minister for the final four years o

The discussion about whether or not video game loot boxes should be classed as gambling continues to rage on. But as politicians and fans continue to have that conversation, the games industry has now taken a major step towards self-regulation. A group called the National Committee for Games Policy has been announced and is made up of games industry experts. Some players have been unconvinced that anything will be done about microtransactions and loot boxes, as games industry bodies like the ESA

As a reward for completing the Pokemon GO Global Catch Challenge and obtaining 3 billion Pokemon collectively over the last couple of weeks, developer Niantic is granting players double XP and Stardust in-game until the first of December. The official Pokemon GO Twitter account confirmed the news earlier, announcing that the period of bonus XP and Stardust would be ending at 1:00PM PT/ 4:00PM ET on December 1. Thankfully, Ho-Oh will be around until December 12, giving players a little more time

Until then, however, the weekly reset has returned with some new stuff to overcome before the Curse of Osiris descends. Here’s everything Destiny 2 players need to know for the week of November 28, 2017. Weekly Nightfall StrikeThis week in the Nightfall, players will likely be feeling a bit of deja vu. To progress, players need to destroy the void crystals while managing to avoid the likes of Wizards, Knights, and ogres. As it is each week, players need to complete public events within the EDZ t

Now that the Pokemon GO Global Catch Challenge has come to a conclusion, trainers everywhere have access to double stardust and XP until December 1st. In addition, the legendary Pokemon Ho-Oh has finally arrived in Raid Battles, and is proving to be quite the difficult opponent so far. As a Fire/Flying-Type Pokemon, Ho-Oh has a weakness to Rock, Electric, and Water-Type attacks which trainers should take full advantage of when picking their opening line-ups. As shown in the image above, Ho-Oh’s

Now almost a month after the release of Call of Duty: WW2, the popular Activision shooter finally has microtransactions fully integrated into the game. Anyone who logs onto Call of Duty: WW2 from today onward will be be given a free allotment of 200 Call of Duty Points to spend, and the option to purchase more from the game’s shop. Here are the current purchase options for Call of Duty Points, straight from the shooter’s in-game store:200 Call of Duty Points — $2/£2/$3.35 AU— $2/£2/$3.35 AU 1,10

Since the launch of Destiny 2, many players have taken issue with developer Bungie’s decision to change up the iconic weapon system of the first game. In a video dedicated to analysis of the new weapon system, the YouTuber explains that the new system effectively gives players two primary weapons while limiting their fun to just the Power slot. Unfortunately, the way the system is currently set out, there is no obvious disadvantage to carrying a rocket launcher. Thanks to the Titan class’s Rally

Pokemon GO fan and famed dataminer Chrales has now confirmed that the Ho-oh base capture rate is just 2%, meaning that players have a 1 in 50 chance of capturing the Pokemon after defeating it. Ho-oh has the same base capture rate as other legendaries such as Lugia and the legendary beasts Raikou, Suicune, and Entei. This means that Ho-oh is one of the hardest Pokemon to catch in the game. Ho-oh’s Defense and Attack stats are strong and combined with its Solar Beam move, the new legendary Pokemo