Good to know I’m not even actively playingOverwatchright now on account of the wallet-punching last several weeks this has been for big game releases, but I’m still feeling antsy for Blizzard’s holiday event. Some details and cluesseeped outafter a round of data mining, and now, we wait — until December 13, that is. The company shared a little “RSVP” video teaser over Twitter announcing the date: You’re invited!pic.twitter.com/MQZPZOW4Y1 — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch)July 30, 2025...

New proposals are coming If you playedPokemon Goduring its peak, you probably saw how a lot of institutions, both public and private sector, reacted to the game. Some embraced it, encouraging folks to petition to add them as a Pokestop, and had deals for players. Others were cautious, posting rules and regulations for folks who didn’t typically visit places like public parks — things like “make sure you respect the wildlife....

But Popcap still hasn’t announced anything When the Xbox One launch lineup was announced, one title stuck out the most —Peggle 2. I was a huge fan of the original and the pseudo-expansionPeggle Nights, so I couldn’t wait to see what PopCap had in store next. Sadly,it was delayed until after launchto a “TBA 2013” placeholder. Butaccording to VentureBeat,Peggle 2is on track for a December 9th Xbox One release date — the only thing is, that’s less than a week away, and PopCap still hasn’t announced anything....

New details emerge for the HD upgrade While playing all those saucy hostess club sub-stories in private in theYakuza 1 & 2 HDremake due later this year was already known —thanks to this uncomfortably strange trailer— a recent interview inFamitsuhas shed additional light on other enhancements for the currently Japan and Wii U only upgrade. Specifically regarding gameplay tweaks, the Yakuza team has made a bevy of changes that will make the game easier for newcomers....

The team will explore systems needed to enable massive scale in open worlds Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, the creator ofPlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, announced his departure fromPUBGowner Krafton today. The creator is forming a new studio in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Greene’s studio, PlayerUnknown Productions, is an independent development studio. Krafton will, however, have a minority stake in the studio. Its site also listsPrologueunder its games, at least for the time being.Announced in 2019,Prologuewas set to be something else entirely for Greene and his team, and also wouldn’t have been a battle royale....

It has a comet shard Are you sick of free Pikachus yet? Too bad! Despite the fact that we’ve had an entire string of free Pikachus recently, The Pokemon Company is trotting out their main mascot yet again for anotherPokemon SwordandShieldpromo. This time, it’s aKIBOPikachu, which sports the wish, swift, thunderbolt, and celebrate abilities; and comes with a comet shard item. So what is all of this for? It’s actually a promo fromthe 2021 “Space Sunrise” stream, which ran via the International Space Station right before the New Year in Japan: for some reason, Pokemon were also featured....

Return to Cyndaquil The7-Star Typhlosion raid event inPokemon Scarlet & Violetis here, paying homage to both Generation 2 andPokemon Legends: Arceus. Fortunately, it’s not just Typhlosion making its debut; you can use it to get Cynaquil too. Here’s how to hatch your own Cynaquil inPokemon Scarlet & Violet. Bring Typhlosion and Ditto to a picnic Just like previous raid monsters, you can get a Cynaquil egg by bringing Typhlosion and Ditto to a picnic....

Back in November, I told you about “Anthony Saves the World,” an online web series by Mikey Neuman and Anthony Burch of Gearbox Software. (Yes, that’s the same “Reverend” Anthony Burch whose face used to be plastered all over Destructoid.) Well, months later, it’s still happening. And it’s pretty good. They’re six episodes in, which means if you haven’t been paying attention, you have some catching up to do. I’m telling this to you because we’re friends, and I like to make sure my friends know about all the coolest stuff....

Will you siege the new content? Siege, the latest multiplayer mode forResident Evil 6, will release on March 5 for Xbox 360 and March 6 for PlayStation 3,Capcom announced. As per the other mode releases, Siege will cost 320 Microsoft Points, or $3.99/ €3.99 / £3.19. Siege revolves around one set of players protecting BSAA rookies while another set attempts to attack them. A map pack bundle will release on the same day for 400 MS Points, or $4....

“We have been steadily moving more development resources towards the next entry in theGrand Theft Autoseries” MajorRed Dead Onlinesupport is coming to an end, according toa new blog postdirectly from Rockstar Games. After spending the majority of the post talking about how much stuff is coming toGTA Online, the team broke the news to fans that major development would no longer be a focus forRed Dead Online— something a lot of folks felt was a long time coming....

PlayStation and Xbox bumped to mid-December, while the Switch physical edition falls to 2022 The physical release ofGrand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Editionwon’t be happening in early December as expected, which, given thesloppy state of the game, is probably for the best. As it now stands, Rockstar has decided to push back the game’s physical release to December 17 on PS4 and Xbox One / Xbox Series X, while the Nintendo Switch version has fallen back even further — it’s now slated for “early 2022....

Great news, folks: Nvidia has just confirmed that the production lineup of the fancy new RTX 5000 graphics cards has experienced a hiccup at one point. This manufacturing issue has, in turn, led to a performance reduction on an allegedly small number of cards. This confirmation comes thanks toTechPowerUp’s sleuth-workon the matter, which in turn came about onlyafterRTX 5000 buyers discovered something was amiss. More specifically, a number of RTX 5090 and 5070Ti graphics card users found that their hefty new purchase had a lower number of ROPs (i....

Don’t those two look completely wrapped up and interested in what they’re watching? Wait, what are they watching. Oh, right, it’sJames Cameron’s Avatar: The Game. How silly of me to forget. If you’re wondering about those 3D glasses, let me remind everyone that the game adaptation ofAvatarwill be viewable in full 3D, a feature that was nothing short of one-hundred percent necessary. Hey, theG-Forcegamedid it, so why the heck not?...