Before there was Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu in the upcoming film, there was a Japanese 3DS game called Great Detective Pikachu. Another reward for patient fans will be the absurdly large special edition Detective Pikachu amiibo coming out alongside the game. Just look at this thing:It’s almost twice as tall as a regular Pikachu amiibo! Detective Pikachu is the same size as Regular Old Pikachu! Still, that won’t keep me from pushing hard for Detective Pikachu in the next Smash Bros.

With diets and new gym regimes taking over our everyday lives, you can stave off the January Blues with our round-up of the best games, movies and TV over the next seven days. From the irresistible charm of Paddington Bear, to escapist survivalism in Zombi on Games with Gold, or the unexpected delight of 76 year-old thespian Miriam Margolyes befriending Chicago gangsters, here’s our pick of the 8 things to watch out for this week. Good news: if you like what you play, you don’t have long to wait

Firstly, it could be that ‘normal’ Lorca did indeed perish on the Buran, along with his crew, and Terran Lorca assumed his identity when he crossed over to the regular Star Trek universe. It’s possible…Mirror, mirrorOr is Terran Lorca an actually decent, mirror version of regular Lorca? If Terran Lorca knew how to escape the Mirror universe, it’s highly likely he knew how to return. Given that many of the characters “find each other” in both universes, that could mean that Terran Lorca encount

Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ ending – up until The Last Jedi came out, anyway – was the one thing that had everyone talking. “When we were doing [The Force Awakens], Rian said, ‘We might have boulders floating to show your Force emanating’, so I was led to believe that I still had the Force and it was really strong in me.” Rian Johnson, though, chose not to forge forward with that ending, as Hamill explains, “When I read [The Last Jedi] before [The Force Awakens] came out, I said ‘what? !’ and

For those of you who are either A) vegan and B) want nothing to do with Avengers: Infinity War or Avengers 4 spoilers then it’s probably best to look away now. So, here’s the deal: directors the Russo Brothers snapped a pic of Avengers 4’s wrap party cake. Thanos features with tasty Infinity Stones. plzz no12 January 2018the avengers wrap cake has me shook, I don’t know how I feel omgg12 January 2018What do we reckon? There’s also a look at everything you need to know about Infinity Stones, incl

But I’m really happy with the community – that this is something that they really can be involved in. The Twitch world was instrumental in getting the battle royale genre off the ground. Apart from that, everything for the battle royale game mode has been in planning for me for four years, five years now. I’m really hoping that we’re going to see some new and interesting spins on the battle royale game mode going forward. I don’t think they quite understand about gaming, but they’re both hitting

If there was a game that dominated PC in 2017, it was PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. It’s definitely not perfect, by any means, but it was a big boon for Xbox owners looking for an exclusive console game release. Now, of course, the question on the majority of gamers’ lips is whether it’s ever going to come to PS4. Well, it’s looking incredibly likely that we’re going to see a PS4 release for PUBG at some point in the future. The Early Access DilemmaOne of the main reasons that Xbox One gamers g

Guardians can expect to see changes to microtransactions at the in-game store, the Eververse, the addition of Masterwork armor, and a change to raid rewards. Bungie will “provide a gameplay path to earn Bright Engrams and all contained rewards (including Event Engrams).” And when you do want to spend money, you’ll have more direct control over what items you’re getting. “Masterwork Armor provides increased damage reduction while using your Super,” explains Barrett. “You can reroll the armor stat

Every year, CES continues to not technically be a video game show, and yet there’s always a bounty of gaming or gaming-adjacent gear to covet. Here are nine of the coolest, most fun, or just frankly ridiculous products from CES that you should definitely keep an eye on. The Ultra Game Boy brings back dedicated portablesWith Nintendo Switch blurring the line between home and handheld gaming, there’s even more nostalgic appeal to the simple days of Game Boy… not so much for the super-dark screens

Today, Netflix released the first full trailer for its upcoming TV series, Altered Carbon. While this trailer is much more explicit about the high-concept story than the initial teaser, there’s still quite a bit of information it leaves out. He died, but thanks to *cough* magic *cough cough* future technology, he’s brought back in an artificial body known as a “sleeve.” Other people start getting involved (including a detective hot on Kovacs’ tail and an AI modeled after Edgar Allen Poe) and of

Sony has shared an official photo from the film with IGN, showing Tom Hardy in his role as Eddie Brock. I’ll be honest with you: it’s not really a particularly shocking pic since Eddie Brock is just an average guy about Tom Hardy’s age, so it kiiiinda just looks like Tom Hardy as… well, Tom Hardy. And in that short-lived series, it was revealed that a nefarious group called The Life Foundation had created five “children” of the original Venom symbiote. It looks like Brock, in his job as a repo

Brace yourself, Marvel fans: a set pic of the still-untitled Avengers 4 could contain spoilers for the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. At first glance, this would seem to be a relatively inconsequential picture showing a meeting between fellow Avengers. Possibly to discuss strategy or just a rallying “rah rah!” They even made a joke scene about Ant-Man being awkward when the two of them met for the first time. Maybe we need to go back and more closely analyze that Infinity War trailer…

Assassin’s Creed Rogue is officially the most unfairly overlooked game of the entire free-running franchise. Released as a last-gen exclusive in 2014 at the same time as Assassin’s Creed Unity , it was sadly lost to the dark annals of PS3 and Xbox 360. Plus, the story ends with an (AC) revelation that only myself and about six other people have enjoyed. While it’ll run in HD on PS4 and Xbox One, Rogue Remastered will run in glorious 4K on PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, making it even more beautiful as

It’s not Super Luigi Odyssey, but it’ll do for now: Nintendo has announced a free update coming to Super Mario Odyssey in February that will add a new online mode called Luigi’s Balloon World to the game. Appropriate to its namesake, the game is partly about fading into the background and not being found for extended periods of time. By finding more and more balloons, you’ll increase a unique set of stats and move up in the rankings. Here are the Sunshine Shades and Sunshine Outfit , the Musicia

I was worried about Star Trek Discovery’s return before I watched it. Either way it went, I thought, Star Trek Discovery was about to downgrade itself. Star Trek Discovery doesn’t pander to any of that. Star Trek Discovery has wilfully failed all the important tests of Sophisticated, Unpredictable TV, and frankly I couldn’t be happier. So nice one, Star Trek.

Prepare to die on the go because Dark Souls: Remastered is coming to Nintendo Switch. The notoriously demanding game that first challenged players to explore and master its dangerous world in 2011 will come to a Nintendo system for the first time on May 25, 2018. The company says Dark Souls: Remastered will run with improved framerate and resolution compared to the original version, and it will bundle in the Artorias of the Abyss expansion DLC. The standard multiplayer system will remain, with s

During my first few minutes in Fortnite’s Battle Royale spin-off it seems like I really am getting a carbon copy of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. It’s difficult to miss just how hard Epic has tried to reuse parts of Fortnite’s main, shelter-building, zombie-bashing game to make its standalone (and free-to-play) Battle Royale spin-off. It could have just stripped everything down to the barest bones of the Battle Royale combat model, leaving in just the procedurally-generated maps, scattered weap

Thor: Ragnarok is coming to Blu-Ray in the UK on February 26 and March 6 in the US and it’s chock full of special features, deleted scenes, and, yes, Jeff Goldblum mini-movies. Thor: Ragnarok, meanwhile, will have two deleted scenes: Skurge finds Heimdall and Hulk chases Thor through Sakaar. If only there was some place where you could already watch it…8-bit battle scenesOne of the weirdest (and coolest) bonus features comes in the form of the retro recreation of a couple of Thor: Ragnarok battl

This Thor: Ragnarok gag reel sure is… something. Jeff Goldblum shake that thang? There’s Taika in Loki’s helmet, here’s Taika making Chris Hemsworth crack up, and, my favourite bit, Taika inspiring Jeff Goldblum’s wicked dance moves. In all of the crackpot things Jeff Goldblum has done, ah who am I kidding, this only ranks only about somewhere in the middle. If that hasn’t left you scratching your head, then this might: 5 questions we had after watching Thor: Ragnarok.

55 players are nominated for the Team Of The Year, based on performances throughout 2017. Of those 55, select celebrities and high-profile Youtubers, such as Bateson87, are being asked to vote for their final 11 based on feedback from their audience. It means that while the ‘real’ team of the year selected by FIFA was mostly made up of La Liga players, the virtual one should contain a cross-section from every major league. For instance, Bonucci was a surprise omission from the current Team Of Th