iPhone 8 Announced September 12, 2017

Let’s be honest, the iPhone is the best smartphone on the market. It actually has an intelligently designed interface with great features and performance. Today, Apple has just announced the newest and latest iPhone coming to the market, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.

The iPhone 8 offers a 25% louder speaker over the iPhone 7, an entirely new camera system that is designed specifically for Augmented Reality (AR), and an all new wireless charging feature.  Here’s the full list of improvements in .08 seconds.

The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will start taking preorders on September 15th. The price of the iPhone 8 starts at $699 and the price of the iPhone 8 Plus starts at $799.

Apple Watch Series 3 and WatchOS 4 Announced September 12, 2017

Earlier today during the September Apple Keynote Event, Apple announced the latest upgrades coming to the Apple Watch.

First up, Apple announced the all-new WatchOS4. It’ll feature a completely redesigned interface with greatly improved health and fitness capabilities, a redesigned music app, and new watch faces. It’ll be released to current Apple Watch owners on September 19th!

Apple also announced the newest Apple Watch, Apple Watch Series 3.

The new watch will come with a dual-core processor offer a built-in cellular modem, allowing its owner to take phone calls and listen to streaming music. Oh and it will come with all the previous hardware features of Apple Watch and Apple Watch Series 2 including the heartrate monitor, BlueTooth, GPS and water resistance.

Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular support will be released on September 22nd

Pokemon: I Choose You Theatrical Trailer September 7, 2017

The next Pokémon animated feature film has been announced and it will be receiving a limited theatrical release in November!  Pokémon: I Choose You is an expanded retelling of the original story arc from Pokémon: The Animated Series, culminating with an epic encounter with the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh.  Without further ado, here’s the official trailer!

Pokémon: I Choose You will be getting a limited theatrical release in November 5th and November 6th. Fans who attend the event will be given an exclusive TCG promo card and QR code that could be used in Pokémon Sun or Pokémon Moon.

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes PAX West Trailer September 2, 2017

My favorite game for the Nintendo Wii is the original No More Heroes. I picked it up new based on the recommendation of a friend of mine and ended up loving every second.  NMH‘s director, Suda51, took the stage when the Nintendo Switch was first revealed to announce a new Travis Touchdown game would be coming to the console.  Sadly, Suda51 didn’t provide any details about the new Travis Touchdown game after announcing it and I’ve been waiting anxiously to hear more about it ever since.

A new trailer has just been shown for the game at PAX West. Now it looks like this next game will be using Unreal Engine 4 and all I can say is…YES!  Take a look!

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch.

Final Fantasy XV Assassin’s Festival Announced August 24, 2017

Square Enix has just announced their next limited-time Final Fantasy XV event, in a partnership with Ubisoft they are bringing the Assassin’s Festival to the world of Eos!

All current FFXV players will get the chance to check it out free of charge while the event is happening between August 31st and January 31st!  You can participate by downloading the free Assasin’s Festival DLC from your console’s online marketplace. The players who captured the Dream Egg during the Final Fantasy XV Moogle Chocobo Carnival will discover it will turn into a familiar assassin’s cloak.

Final Fantasy XV is out now for PS4 and Xbox One.

.hack//G.U. Last Recode Release Date August 23, 2017

I have no idea how the heck this flew under my radar.  Back in the early part of the 2000s, a series of episodic games were released on the PlayStation 2. Called .hack, their gameplay, art style and story fascinated me.  However, I didn’t have a PS2 at the time they were released, and by the time I did, the game was fetching steep prices on the secondary market, so I was never able to play them.

Today, I’m happy to announce that the .hack series is back with a full HD remaster and here’s the trailer!

According to the game’s official website .hack/G.U. Last Recode is an HD Remaster of the first three PS2 .hack games, and includes an all new fourth chapter.  From what I’ve been told, this is not a full remake  of every episode of the .hack franchise, but it is possible those later games could get rereleased in the future and I can’t wait for that!

.hack/G.U. Last Recode is coming November 3rd, 2017 to the PS4 and PC.

Final Fantasy XV Announced for PC August 21, 2017

We’ve been playing Final Fantasy XV nearly non stop for the past month, and now at Gamescom 2017, Square Enix and Nvidia announced the game is coming to the PC. Is it worth the upgrade?  Take a look at the official trailer below, it’s in native 4K.

The game supports a native 4K resolution and will feature HDR 10 on PCs that support it.

Final Fantasy XV is coming to PC in early 2018.  It is out now on Xbox One and PS4.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Release Date August 18, 2017

Yesterday, Square Enix announced the release date of their highly-anticipated upcoming Final Fantasy fighting game, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.  We had a blast playing this game at E3 2017 and have been looking forward to playing the finished version since then. The framerate was solid and the controls for the most part felt familiar to Dissidia players who previously played the earlier PSP games.

If you want to learn more about the game, here’s a preview of the game’s controls for those of you looking forward to the upcoming closed beta test.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is coming January 30th, 2018 exclusively for the PlayStation 4.

Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon Preview Trailer August 18, 2017

The Pokémon Company has just released this new trailer for the upcoming games Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon.  Since they were first announced we really haven’t heard too much about them, so get ready to learn a few new tidbits about these games!

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon are coming November 17th, 2017 exclusively to Nintendo 3DS handhelds.

Pokemon Sun and Moon Slazzle Giveaway at GameStop August 16, 2017

The Pokemon Company has announced they are teaming up with gaming retailer GameStop to give away the Pokémon Slazzle free to anyone who wants it in their copy of Pokémon Sun of Pokémon Moon.  Take a look!

Instructions for how to obtain the Slazzle will be included on the free card.  You will need to connect your 3DS handheld system to the internet and make sure you have the latest version of the game installed.  If you’re not sure if you have the most recent version of your game, check out the Update menu in the 3DS Nintendo eShop.

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon are out now exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS platform.