PlayStation 4: A History of the Console's Biggest Games and Developments

On November 12, Sony will launch the PlayStation 5, which is releasing alongside a slew of new games that are highly anticipated by many. Even though the PS5 is right around the corner, Sony has said that it willsupport the PS4 until at least 2022, and is putting its money where its mouth is, as there are numerous games in development that are launching as cross-gen titles on both systems. However, it’s safe to say that after the PS5 comes out, most will be paying attention to it instead of the PS4....

May 17, 2025 · 7 min · 1447 words · Tracy Arellano

Pokemon Center Unveils Spooky Halloween Collection

The officialPokemonCenter stores are famous in Japan for selling high qualityPokemonmerchandise to patrons. While officialPokemon Center stores popped up in London, New York, and Paris, the physical stores for those locations have since closed down. Thankfully, the Pokemon Center website acts as an official way to buy high-qualityPokemonmerchandise online. Now, the Pokemon Center website has announced its official line of merchandise and apparel for Halloween 2020. RELATED:Build-A-Bear Selling Pokemon Vaporeon Plush The official Pokemon Center sells merchandise for all sorts of seasonal and holiday events....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Paula Smith

Pokemon Fan Creates Incredible Stained-Glass Togepi for Halloween

Pokemonis one of the most popular video game franchises out there, and creativePokemonfans have been creating tributes to their favorite Pokemon for over twenty years. One artistic fan recently decided to create a seasonal stained-glass Togepi to celebrate the approach of Halloween. Halloween events in thePokemongames often putPokemon in cute little Halloween costumes, but Togepi isn’t often on the official Halloween roster. This doesn’t seem to have kept Reddit user kmglasscreations from using fan-made Halloween Togepi designs as inspiration for a gorgeous piece of stained-glass fanart made just in time for the holiday....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Kathryn Smith

Pokemon GO: How to Beat Garbodor in Tier 4 Raids

Pokemon GOplayers have been spending all of August enjoying an exciting series of Ultra Reward bonuses, but the party is almost ready to come to an end. Withthe last day of Unova Week just around the corner, there isn’t a ton of time left to collect the featured Unova Pokemon from spawns, eggs, and Battle Raids. Thanks to the Unova Week bonuses, thecurrent Battle Raid boss listis full of exciting Unova region pokemon who might be new Pokedex entries for a lot of players....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Gerald Goodwin

Pokemon Sword and Shield Fan Highlights Little-Known Feature

Pokemon Sword and Shieldintroduced plenty of new mechanics and features to the series:Dynamaxing, the Wild Area, and making curry being among the most notable or the most advertised. But, the games also possess some lesser-known features that have flown under most players' radars, probably because the games themselves don’t appear to even acknowledge their existence. Earlier this month, fans discovered that it is possible to playa Pokemon’s battle animationson its summary page and, more recently, one player has shared details regarding a hidden sociability mechanic within the camps players can set up....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 450 words · Caitlin Wilson

Pokemon Sword and Shield Gigantamax Snorlax Event Announced

Now thatPokemon SwordandPokemon Shieldhave had a staggeringly successful launch, Game Freak is ready to start expanding the games' post-launch content, as indicated by an announcement that was made just today. This announcement simultaneously confirmedPokemon SwordandShield’s next event and revealed a brand new Gigantamax Pokemon, Gigantamax Snorlax, who will be debuting in the new season of thePokemonanime and in this event. Starting on December 4,Pokemon SwordandPokemon Shieldplayers will have their first chance at catching a Gigantamax Snorlax, who is appropriately depicted in a sleeping position with its head on the ground....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Traci Torres

Ricochet Could Be The Key to Reviving One of Call of Duty’s Best Features

The multiplayer experiences ofCall of Dutyhave always been a massively successful element of the longstanding franchise, with its annual releases always aiming to shake up this formula in one way or another. While a lot of interesting new mechanics and modes are added to the IP’s multiplayer all the time, there are a lot of older defining features that have sadly been phased out over the years. One of the biggest losses thatCall of Dutyhas faced in more recent multiplayer iterations is the absence of emblem customization....

May 17, 2025 · 4 min · 656 words · Anne Mullins

Rings of Power: Why One Death Goes Against Everything Tolkien Believed

Deaths in Middle Earth’s world always have a special significance, from the demise of Boromir in theLord of the Ringswho managed to redeem his ring-lust in the final moments by protecting Merry and Pippin from orc onslaught, to the final episode of theRings of Power in which Queen Miriel’s father passed away, thedeath of a king that will bring about Numenor’s downfall. But one death in the Amazon series took many fans by surprise, because it goes against everything that Tolkien believed about honor, redemption, and the worth of sacrificing one’s life to create a better world....

May 17, 2025 · 5 min · 855 words · Jonathan Moore

Sniper Elite 5: How to Find the Stolen Antiques (Occupied Residence)

Occupied Residence,Sniper Elite 5’s second mission, features an optional objective that tasks players with finding three Stolen Antiques. While fans are likely to encounter some number of these collectibles as they explore the chateau on the north side of the map, they may not come across every one of them. For those players that have yet to locate all the Stolen Antiques inSniper Elite 5, this guide is here to provide details on their precise positions....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Lauren Madden

Spanish Twitch Streamer Breaks World Record

SomeTwitchstreamers can attract impressively large numbers of viewers, particularly when they’re playing a newly released game or watching something of broad interest like sports.Millions of viewers congregated on Twitch when theOverwatch 2betabecame available in April of this year, and during the 2020 US election season, millions of hours of coverage were watched on Twitch and YouTube.Usually, individual channels reaching an audience of even 100,000 viewers is remarkable, which is whyAsmongold hitting 400k viewers just waiting for theLost Arkservers to launchin February was pretty noteworthy....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Anthony Smith

Spider-Man: No Way Home Stays No. 1 At Box Office, The 355 Struggles

Spider-Man: No Way Homecontinues to defy the odds stacked against it, generating tremendous turnout for the new addition to the Peter Parker narrative. However, the same doesn’t ring true for Jessica Chastain’sThe 355, which has the honor of being the first film to leap into the 2022 box office pool. The 355is comprised of a profoundly talent female led cast, starring Diane Kruger, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Chastain,Black Panther’s Lupita Nyong’o, and Bingbing Fan....

May 17, 2025 · 4 min · 690 words · Bobby Baker MD

Star Wars: Battlefront Collection Coming Next Month

Summary The classicStar Wars: Battlefrontgames are coming back in a blockbuster collection later this year. In 2004,Destroy All Humansdeveloper Pandemic Studios released the originalStar Wars: Battlefront, which allowed players to recreate famous battles from theStar Warsmovies. A sequel was released the following year to coincide withStar Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, adding content from that movie as well as playable ship battles in space. A handful of spin-off games were later produced for handheld platforms and mobile devices, but a full-fledgedStar Wars: Battlefront 3would ultimately be canceled due to issues between LucasArts and developer Free Radical....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Mark Hardin

Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge VR Game Gets New Trailer, Release Date

Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edgehas debuted a new trailer, as well as an official release date. This is the most recentStar WarsVR title from developer ILMxLAB, the same team behind the popularVader Immortal. The game takes place on the planet of Batuu, on the outskirts of Black Spire Outpost. Yes, the very same one found at Disney World and Disneyland. This is the closest anyone is going to get to Disney-owned property without going to Florida for the foreseeable future, asDisneyland has called California’s reopening guidelines “unworkable....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Karen Ellis