Author: Jessica Lamb

It seems that the Pokémon hype train keeps moving forward. With the prospect of Pokémon Sword and Shield on the horizon, as well as the release of Detective Pikachu this week, there is no escaping the world of Pokemon. Fans of the franchise now have yet another project to look forward to filling their Pokedexes and Poke cravings with- a new mobile game. Japanese developer DeNA has officially partnered with The Pokemon Company to launch a new Pokemon mobile game in the coming months. DeNA has previously created a multitude of mobile games for Nintendo such as Animal Crossing: Pocket…

My Hero Academia is an incredible anime. Almost from its inception, the series garnered a massive fanbase due to its quirky yet fallible super heroes in training. In a society in which super powers have become the norm, there are naturally going to be many people that don’t look like humans. From sharks to cats and even orca whales, seeing characters with anthropomorphic traits is a common occurrence. No character in class 1-A encompasses this concept better than Tokoyami. Tokoyami is a student whose head resembles a black bird. In many ways, his head looks similar to that of a…

Yesterday, PlayStation held their second State of Play live stream. This thirteen minute compilation showed off a variety of titles coming to PlayStation in the near future. With a total of six games and a new PS4 console, there was certainly a lot to see and get excited about. So, let’s briefly explore the seven new items PlayStation had to show off. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne- Capcom kicked off this State of Play with an all new trailer for this highly anticipated DLC expansion. Showing off the new snowy environment of this expansion, hunters and their palicos can keep themselves…

Lately, it is impossible to go anywhere without hearing about Game of Thrones. Whether you watch the show or not, the excitement about the final season is palpable. Everyone wants to find out who will take the Iron Throne and whether or not their favorite characters will make it out alive. Some fans are showing their love for the series in a very unique and unexpected way- gender reveal parties. Online retailer Risen Son Creations offers expecting parents hand-crafted gender reveal dragon eggs. These eggs resemble those of Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons from season one. When heat is applied to the…

Respawn is sending a clear message to fans of their popular title Apex Legends, cheaters never prosper. The free-to-play battle royale game set in the Titanfall canon saw 50 million players within its first month of launch. Since then, the inevitable flow of cheaters has been tightly monitored and banned by Respawn Entertainment. Respawn has been diligently working with Electronic Arts’ security and fraud unit as well as developers EA Capital Games, EA DICE, and EA Vancouver’s FIFA team to seek and destroy cheating and abuse in Apex Legends. Shortly after the game’s launch in February, Respawn had already banned…

Detective Pikachu hits theaters this week and Pokemon GO plans to celebrate. Niantic and The Pokemon Company are bringing a special event to Pokemon GO which includes new cosmetic items and in-game bonuses. The event will promote and celebrate the live-action Pokemon movie’s release on May 10. The Detective Pikachu celebration goes from May 7th at 4 p.m. EDT to May 17th at 4 p.m EDT. During this event, players will see Pokemon featured in the Detective Pikachu movie in raids and the wild. This includes Pokemon such as Snorlax, Psyduck, Snubbull, Aipom, Jigglypuff, and Bulbasaur. Additionally, shiny Aipom, who…

Hanbei the Undying is an interesting NPC in the world of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. As an unkillable NPC, Hanbei offers combat training and tips to Sekiro for his quest. Hanbei can take an absurb amount of punishment and come back the same as he was before. But how exactly did a single warrior end up this way? Thanks to a new manga spin-off starting on May 27, we may soon get an answer. Sekiro Side Story: Hanbei the Undying will explore the bloody history of this cursed warrior. As a tutorial character, there is a lot of room for…

Persona 5 has been receiving a lot of attention these days. Persona 5 became the highest selling title in the Persona franchise in December 2017 with over two million copies sold worldwide. Since then, Atlus has kept the momentum going with the Persona 5 Royale announcement and the ever mysterious Persona 5 S. For awhile now, fans of the franchise have wondered what the mysterious S project could mean, most speculating it to be a Nintendo Switch port of the game. Atlus has now given us an answer to that question, and it is so much more than we imagined.…

Yesterday, director Tetsuya Nomura officially announced the first DLC for Kingdom Hearts 3. The announcement was made during the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra World-of-Tres concert in Tokyo. Although much is still unknown, Nomura did provide enough information for fans to get excited about Kingdom Hearts REMIND. Kingdom Hearts REMIND will be more or less a Final Mix version of the game, with extra content and episodes. The DLC will be highlighted by a mysterious additional scenario simply titled “REMIND.” According to attendees of the concert, the DLC will also include a secret boss, secret episode, and limited episodes and bosses. An…

War of the Spark is setting up to be something truly spectacular. A colossal war bringing Planeswalkers from all across Magic history together for a confrontation against the powerful Nicol Bolas. It will be epic, and deadly for at least some if not a majority of the Planeswalkers we have come to love. Thanks to a recent announcement from Wizards of the Coast, we have one more thing to look forward to in an already much anticipated new set. Wizards of the Coast has teamed up with 28 artists from Japan to create 36 alternate War of the Spark Planeswalker…