Pokemon World Championships 2018 Starts Today August 24, 2018

This weekend, the best Pokémon trainers in the world will be getting together in Nashville, Tennessee to determine just who is the very best like no one ever was. That’s right, it’s time for the 2018 Pokémon World Championships! The event covers all the competitions with the Trading Card Game (TCG) and recent video games like Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. We might even see some special surprises, it has happened in years past!

The stream is live now, but it looks the event will officially begin at 10am Eastern time. You can watch it here!

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon are out now exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS Systems

Swery65’s Next Game is The Missing August 22, 2018

The game director known as Swery65 is famous for unique titles like D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die and Deadly Premonition, two games I’ve enjoyed a lot. Now, his next game is called The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories. Today, it’s launch trailer has been released.

The Missing is coming some time in 2018 for the PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. We don’t have an exact release date for it yet, but it should be out soon!

The Making of Halo: Fireteam Raven August 21, 2018

Arcades in the US have been getting a resurgence ever since getting combined with the adult food and bar experience provided by locations like Dave and Busters. While there’s currently only one location for the entire state I live in, my friends and I have had a blast there whenever we have visited. Now, Microsoft just released a next generation 4K arcade experience exclusively to Dave and Busters locations called Halo: Fireteam Raven.

How does a game like Halo: Fireteam Raven get made? How difficult it is to take a property best known as a console first person shooter and turn it into an arcade light gun game? Watch this behind the scenes look and see for yourselves.

Halo: Fireteam Raven is out now exclusively in Dave and Busters arcades.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Xbox One X Trailer August 21, 2018

It’s been out for a few years but it looks like Halo: The Master Chief Collection is finally getting fixed and put into a playable state. At Gamescom 2018 Microsoft has announced Halo: The Master Chief Collection will be getting a major game update. The next patch will include an updated UI, improved game stability, LAN functionality and the much requested 4K graphics for Xbox One X. Take a look at the trailer for yourselves.

The new patch is expected to drop September 1st, 2018. That same day the game will be made available on Xbox Live GamePass.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is out now exclusively on the Xbox One.

Shenmue III Release Date August 21, 2018

I wasn’t kidding when I said I was going to have some big Shenmue news from Gamescom 2018. Fans have been waiting for the third game in the Shenmue series for over a decade. In fact, demand for the game was so high its creator was able to successfully crowdsource funds for a sequel a few years ago. Today, Deep Silver has announced the release date of the highly anticipated game Shenmue III. I can’t say any more, just watch this trailer for yourselves.

Shenmue III is coming August 27th, 2019 to PC and PS4.

Shenmue I and II Release Trailer August 21, 2018

The day has finally come. Sega America is finally re-releasing the Dreamcast classics Shenmue I and II to the PC and modern consoles. Here’s the trailer!

We may have some more Shenmue news from Gamescom pretty soon. Until then, by popular demand, we will be streaming these games later!

Shenmue I & II is out today on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

The Dark Pictures Announced August 21, 2018

Gamescom 2018 is in full effect and the time zone difference has us behind a bit. However, we’re going to kick this off with something pretty special. The guys over at Supermassive Games, makers of Until Dawn, have teamed up with publisher Bandai Namco to create a new horror anthology of games called The Dark Pictures. Here’s the reveal trailer of the very first game in the series!

Man of Medan, the first of The Dark Pictures anthology is coming to PC, Xbox One and PS4 in 2019.

Life is Strange 2 Episode 1 Trailer August 20, 2018

Following the release of The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, DONTNOD has finally released the full trailer for their next game, Life is Strange 2. It looks like we’re going to be focusing on two new main characters and a whole new story in the Life is Strange universe. How will Captain Spirit factor into this? I guess only time will tell.

Life is Strange 2 Episode 1 is coming September 27th to PC, Xbox One and PS4. Five total episodes are planned.

Spider-Man PS4 Combat and Gadgets Trailer August 20, 2018

The next part of what appears to be an ongoing series of new trailers for Spider-Man on PS4 was just released by IGN. This video shares a similar framework to the previous one, as we get to hear the great banter between Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson. Sadly, this trailer being released on the IGN channel means we can’t see it in 4K just yet, but if it gets re-posted on a better place like the official PlayStation or Insomniac channels, we will replace it with the superior version immediately. UPDATE: We’ve replaced it.

Well, this confirms it, the Scarlet Spider suit will be playable in the PS4 game. Great choice, and some might remember it was one of my requests.

Spider-Man is coming September 7th, 2018 exclusively to the PS4.