Japanese electronics giant Bic Camera is making life tricky for those seeking to cash in on Pokémon cards. To deter scalpers, a branch in Tokyo now has a written Pokémon quiz that customers have to pass in order to buy the Ninja Spinner expansion. As spotted by DexertoTwitter / X user Ryo Saeba uploaded a … Read more
The use of artificial intelligence in video game development has become a thorny and divisive topic over the past couple of years, and so naturally it was a topic of conversation during a recent press Q&A session with The Blood of Dawnwalker’s game director, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz. The former Witcher 3 director revealed that generative AI … Read more
Colourful, quirky, and completely chaotic, Above Land: Rhapsody basically takes the three-player co-op carnage of Elden Ring Nightreign and injects it with some hilariously over-the-top weapons and special moves that seem straight out of a Yakuza street brawl. At a recent BiliBili: First Look event in Shanghai, I spent a few hours hacking and slashing … Read more
Introducing Above Land: Rhapsody, an absolutely wild sci-fi fantasy action-RPG roguelite with tower defense elements set above the clouds that you can play in three-player co-op where weapons include bows and arrows, swords, and chairs. Yes, chairs. And basketballs. You’ll see what we mean in the trailer, which you can watch above. Above Land: Rhapsody … Read more
Speaking at iicon today, a new conference for video game executivesTake-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick addressed the much-debated question of how much Grand Theft Auto 6 will cost. He declined to confirm the game’s price, but hinted away from the potentially super-premium price point that has been floated in the past. “Consumers pay for the value … Read more
Today a new romance game was announced, Silent Whispers, and fans of the ruling otome title Love and Deepspace quickly noticed a few similarities between the two. Namely, the white-haired, sharp-cheekboned Alarik, one of the three romantic leads in Silent Whispers. Silent Whispers is the work of Archosaur Games, a Chinese company that has already … Read more
The Blood of Dawnwalker finally has a release date, but developer Rebel Wolves also released the PC system requirements and they’re a little extreme. As has been the trend for recent games like Crimson Desert, Rebel Wolves released its PC requirements with a chart, detailing the kind of hardware necessary to run the game at … Read more
The MindsEye comeback has begun, with developer Build a Rocket Boy seemingly hoping for a Cyberpunk 2077-level redemption story. Since MindsEye’s disastrous launch last year, BARB has laid off staff and blamed internal saboteurs for its failure. CEO Mark Gerhard has issued claims of corporate sabotage for some time nowbut has yet to provide any … Read more
Capcom cut a whole chapter from Resident Evil Requiem that would have taken place shortly after the beginning of the game. According to Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi, Capcom excised a “phantom” Chapter 2 during development — similar to how the company also cut Resident Evil 7’s second gameplay chapter. “I’ve mentioned in interviews before that … Read more
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie might still be in theaters, but we already know when Nintendo’s next animated film will arrive. Universal has now updated its movie schedule with an “Untitled Illumination/Nintendo event film” that’s set to launch on April 12, 2028. Illumination, of course, is the animation studio behind the Minions franchise, as well … Read more