Pokemon GO Players Are Getting Sick of Pikachu

Summary Pokemon GOplayers are voicing their frustration with Niantic and the popular monster-catching mobile game, complaining about the over-saturation of Pikachu within the game. The beloved mobile game features a wide variety of creatures from throughout the history of the long-runningPokemonfranchise. Niantic regularly adds new Pokemon to the game for players to acquire both through limited-time events and permanent additions, as well asshiny variants ofPokemon GO’s creatures. However, fans are growing particularly tired of the abundance of a certain kind of Pokemon....

May 18, 2025 · 3 min · 544 words · James Smith

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet May Have a Trainer Who Could Beat Gold and Silver’s Red

Summary Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s Indigo Disk DLC is a great example of what future games in the series can achieve even before expansions or third games are introduced, and it should be used as the foundation of what’s to come rather than a generation’s apex. One of the reasons why The Indigo Disk succeeds where base Gen 9 games failed is difficulty.Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s level scalingapproach meant that players could theoretically explore Paldea as they pleased, but every Gym or major encounter was still set at a specific level, and overleveling any of those would make the game a breeze....

May 18, 2025 · 5 min · 990 words · Shane Walter

PS5's Killer Feature Will Be Amazing for Backward Compatibility

Every generation of consoles promises extraordinary advancements over the consoles that came before it, and thePlayStation 5is no different. Among its other claimed improvements on the previous generation, thePS5will reportedly make use of an SSD, or solid state drive, to store and load games. According to Sony, the change from the HDD, or hard disk drive, that the PS4 used will bring about astronomical improvements in performance for the PS5. If that’s the case, not only will new titles for the PlayStation be able to deliver incredible new experiences, but titles of the past might find new lives on the console by loading faster than ever before....

May 18, 2025 · 4 min · 673 words · Rebecca Phelps

Rainbow Six Siege Will Add Map Bans and More in Year 5, According to Leak

With the 2020 Six Invitational coming up soon, players ofthe addictive Tactical FPS,Rainbow Six: Siege, are excitedly waiting to hear news of the new content that is coming to the game throughout Year 5. Much like in the past, leakers were able to find pieces of code that relate to some new features and character reworks that are planned. Reputable leaker Kormora, who has leaked details from previous seasons that turned out to be true such as details for Operation Ember Rise, put out some information from sources that relates to Year 5 content inRainbow Six: Siege....

May 18, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Pamela Adams

RPGs With Innovative Progression Systems

Summary Besides a good story, likable characters, or a big, detailed world to explore, the most important hook to any role-playing game is its progression system. Levels, skill increases, and stat enhancements all work together to give the player the sense that they are slowly improving their characters as they take on more important missions, take down larger threats, and slowly hone in on the end credits. Over the years, various studios have shown gamers that there is more to progression than “line go up” and that the journey, akin to climbing a mountain, need not be monotonous....

May 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1115 words · Edward Sherman

Terra Nil: How to Find Animals

Each map inTerra Nilconsists of three stages. During the first stage,players must clean the landscapeand cover it with greenery and blue ocean tiles. During the second stage, players replace the generic greenery with various biomes based on the local climate. The third stage is a two-step process. First, players mustrecycle and reclaim all the buildings they usedto restore the map. Second, players must discover three out of six animal species that can populate the area....

May 18, 2025 · 5 min · 1019 words · Amy King

The Best Black Friday Deals on Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

Last June, Insomniac Games releasedRatchet and Clank: Rift Apart, a PlayStation exclusive title serving as the sixteenth installment in theRatchet and Clankseries. Since its launch,Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apartquickly became one of the most popular games of 2021 and is widely consideredone of the must-play games on the PlayStation 5. For players who still haven’t played Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, now is probably the perfect time to get the game given that retailers are offering it at a discount for Black Friday....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Jessica Alexander

The Dragon Ball References in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Summary Hirohiko Araki’sJoJo’s Bizarre Adventureis a manga title that needs no introduction. JoJo’s impact on not only anime and manga but various other forms of entertainment makes itone of the most influential titles in history. Having been published in the same era as the legendaryDragon Ball, with which it shares a special place in the medium, it is of no surprise that the franchises have similarities born from mutual admiration and respect....

May 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1193 words · Lindsey Schwartz

Vision Quest Series In Trouble, Agatha Spinoff's New Title Confirmed

Summary Marvel Studios' Vision TV series,Vision Quest, is seemingly changing while theMCU’s Agatha Harkness spinoff’s new title looks official. The writers' strike went on for nearly 150 days, and during that time, movies and shows that were still working on a script had to halt production. This severely hurts companies like Marvel Studios, which have a long list ofMCUprojects that need to be released in a particular order and rewritten constantly to avoid contradicting each other....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Keith Salas

WWE 2k20: 10 Most Dangerous New Moves

With every newWWE 2Kgame and premium DLC comes new moves as well. This keeps customization options updated with recent moves seen inWWEand other wrestling outlets such asTNA, AEW,andNJPW.WWE 2k20has nearly 200 new moves from the previous installment,2k19.Some of these are newly added fresh moves, while others are re-animated moves from the previous games. RELATED:WWE 2K: 10 Banned Moves That Are In The Game However, there are somehidden gemsin this 200-item collection that are candidates for moves that can kill, moves that cause serious permanent damage, career-ending maneuvers, and moves that are just downright insane....

May 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1125 words · Holly Kelley

A New Subnautica Game Appears to Be Happening

A new entry in theSubnauticaseries is coming as Unknown Worlds begins looking to expand its team for the nextSubnauticauniverse project. The studio’s first-person survival game series has already shown off two distinct areas of a single planet, but the details seem to indicate even higher ambitions this time around. Currently two games exist in theSubnauticaseries, each letting the player explore and survive in a distinct area of ocean-covered alien planet 4546-B....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Mercedes Baker

Assassin's Creed Valhalla Missing Controversial Odyssey Feature

Now that the next installment in theAssassin’s Creedseries is out, players are discovering thatAssassin’s Creed Valhalladoesn’t seem to have acontroversial feature thatAssassin’s Creed Odysseyhad. As players are forming their own Viking adventure inAssassin’s Creed Valhalla, some have noticed that the game has a storefront where they canpurchase things like cosmetic items, collectibles, and other trinkets. However, one thing that the in-game store does not have are XP Boosters that were featured in the previousAssassin’s Creedgame....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Charlotte Alexander

Battlefield 5: The Best Grenades, Ranked

TheBattlefieldseries has been about the destruction of the map,the overpowered weapons, the vehicles the players use to cause chaos, and what the player uses to win. InBattlefield 5this rule still applies. Fromgood melee weaponsto the class-dependent item, everything factors into the outcome of the match and how well players fight. While having agood main gunis important, one’s grenades complement it. They enhance the value of the loadout because they add that extra punch at the end of the player’s attack....

May 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1203 words · Terry Washington