Octopath Traveller April 2018 Preview April 17, 2018

Octopath Traveller was one of the first games announced for the Nintendo Switch. It features an incredibly unique art style and gameplay that harkens back to some of the greatest RPGs ever made. It looks like the folks from Square Enix are releasing a new preview of the game every month, and a new one is out today. Take a look!

Octopath Traveller is coming July 17, 2018 exclusively to the Nintendo Switch. You can download the a demo for it right now off the Nintendo eShop.

Shenmue 1 and 2 Coming to Xbox One, PC and PS4 April 13, 2018

Sega made an enormous announcement late tonight and I had to fire up the site to share it with all of you. The Sega Dreamcast cult classics Shenmue I & II is being remastered for modern game consoles and PC!

Shenmue was considered to be the greatest game made for one of the most beloved game systems of all time. It is still recognized as groundbreaking for a lot of features that have since become standard in games for its open world day/night cycle and extreme environment interactivity. Shenmue II was released on the Xbox in the US and continued that tradition, but many purists believed the original Dreamcast version of the game that was looked better. I’ll post an article covering more about that later.

The remastered edition of both games will offer custom resolution support, choice of modern or original control schemes, and an updated interface. Oh and did I mention the game will include both English and Japanese voice over? Take a look!

Shenmue I & II is coming to PC, Xbox One and PS4.

God of War Fight Your Way Trailer April 10, 2018

We’ve got slightly over a week until the release of the highly-anticipated PS4 exclusive game, God of War. This week, Sony offered to showcase what the game’s character progression system is going to look like. Building and increasing Kratos’s skills has always been a staple of God of War, and I’m glad to see that tradition will continue with this game.

Unlockable skills based on in-game earned experience points? It’s so nice to see a recent triple-a game released with a in-depth single-player campaign and no microtransactions. See you next week, Kratos!

God of War is coming exclusively to the PS4 on April 20th, 2018.

The Score of God of War April 6, 2018

We’re fourteen days away from the release of God of War on the PlayStation 4, and Sony has been cranking the promotion of the game up to eleven. Today, they released an all-new behind the scenes featurette on the game which details the underlying inspiration of the game’s music. This time, the game’s music will have lyrics based in Old Norse as opposed to Latin from previous games. Given the new mythology for this new game, I’m not surprised. Let’s take a closer look into what it takes to make the music for a game like this.

God of War is coming April 20th, 2018 exclusively to the PS4,

Spider-Man PS4 Release Date April 4, 2018

Sony and Insomniac Games have finally announced the release date for the highly anticipated PS4-exclusive Spider-Man. We saw a preview of it at last year’s E3, and were really impressed by it. So take a look at this new trailer for the game where not only will you see the game’s official release date, but the first announcement for the game’s preorder bonuses and its Collector’s Edition.

Spider-Man is coming September 7th, 2018 exclusively to the PlayStation 4.

Get Legendary Pokemon Raiku or Entai From Target Stores Later This Month April 3, 2018

Today, The Pokémon Company has finally announced how they will be distributing this month’s legendary Pokémon Raiku and Entai. Take a look:

Retail store Target will distribute codes for the event on during the last week of April. No further details have been given, including exactly WHERE Target customers should be expected to go to find the codes.

I understand The Pokémon Company wants to give trainers a little challenge when distributing these legendary Pokémon, but this is a little ridiculous. GameStop stores are smaller and have an easy to find staff briefed on store promotions. In my experience, Target stores are huge and employ lots of people, many of which will likely not get briefed on the event. Which isle will customers need to look to find the codes? Who will we have to talk to that may know what is going on? We will have to find out for ourselves starting on April 22nd.

Pokémon Sun, Pokémon Moon, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon are out now exclusively on Nintendo 3DS systems.

Detective Pikachu Prequel Story Free on Kindle April 3, 2018

I just wanted to give you all a heads up about something you may have missed out on. The Pokémon Company and Amazon have partnered to offer a free prequel story to the new 3DS game Detective Pikachu. The specific free story is called Detective Pikachu Episode 0: Eevee’s Case and it is published by The Pokémon Company.

If you’re not a Kindle owner, it may take some wrangling to get this story for yourself, despite the fact that it is free. As of the time of this post, Kindle purchases can only be made on the Amazon.com website, and cannot be made through a smart device’s Amazon app. You’ll also need the Kindle app on a Kindle-enabled device like the iPhone to read the story once it is added to your account.

We may end up reviewing the story in the future but for now, if you’re a Kindle user interested in Detective Pikachu, you should give it a look!

Baseball Vs Soccer Splatfest This Weekend April 3, 2018

Nintendo’s next Splatfest is coming up this weekend and Splatoon 2 players all over the region can choose their sides now.

This weekend, the question will boil down to which sport you prefer, Baseball or Soccer. Choose your side now, Splatfest will be going live April 7th. You will need an Internet-Connected Nintendo Switch and a full copy of Splatoon 2 to participate.

Splatoon 2 is out now exclusively on the Nintendo Switch.

Five More Minutes of God of War on PS4 April 2, 2018

The new God of War is coming to the PS4 later this month and PlayStation Underground has an exclusive preview of a section of the game nobody has seen before. Take a look!

God of War is coming exclusively to the PS4 April 20th, 2018.

Research is Live in Pokemon Go March 31, 2018

As promised, Niantic has activated a major update for Pokémon Go this weekend. They have enabled an all new in-game feature, the ability to do Pokémon research.

That’s right, players will now be able to help out Professor Willow by performing specific in game tasks. Here’s an example of some tasks you’ll need to perform to earn in-game rewards.

You’ll be able to perform two types of tasks with the new research feature, special and field. Special tasks will activate immediately, and you’ll get a new set of tasks every time you complete the old set. As you can see, special tasks can range from catching a certain amount of Pokémon to hatching a certain amount of eggs. You’ll earn field tasks from Pokestops, and your profile will be able to hold a maximum of three field tasks at any given time. You earn a stamp if you complete a field task (on top of whatever bonus you get from completing the task), but you’ll only be able to earn one per day. Typical field tasks include catching a certain amount of specific Pokémon, participating a raid, or battling in a Gym. It looks like you’ll collect some kind of reward for collecting seven stamps, but its unclear what that reward is.

One last thing I wanted to bring up. Has anyone noticed many of the in-game icons for GEN1 Pokémon are looking a little low-resolution today? In fact they look almost identical to the way Pokémon looked on the April Fool’s Google Maps event for a few years ago? I think the same team that did that event now runs Pokémon Go, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if it was the same icons.

Pokémon Go is out now on Android and iOS Smartphones.