It wasn’t until I’d toppled the first few of Karma Exorcist’s brutal bosses that I finally got my hands on its game-changing grappling hook, but this stunning 2D Metroidvania actually got its hooks into me from the outset. At a recent BiliBili: First Look event in Shanghai, I was completely taken aback by Karma Exorcist’s stunning hand-drawn environments, sizeable cast of challenging…
Pokémon Champions Producer Acknowledges Visual 'Limitations' Amid Ongoing Fan Scrutiny of Series' Graphics
April 28, 2026
The Pokémon Company technical director Masaaki Hoshino has acknowledged continued fan scrutiny of the series’ visuals, seen most recently in criticism for Pokémon Champions.
Hoshino is a veteran of the Pokémon series, who worked on Pokémon Yellow before a long stint…
Walmart Rejects the New Switch 2 Game Pricing Model, Discounts Physical Preorders by $10
April 27, 2026
Nintendo made quite a splash recently when it announced it would charge different prices for physical and digital versions of upcoming first-party games. The new pricing model started with preorders for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, and it has continued with Splatoon…
A number of official Bladur’s Gate 3 books have been announced, including an Astarion prequel, a reproduction of the Necromancy of Thay, a coloring book, and a cookbook.
Penguin Random House announced a new publishing program based on Larian’s masterful Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, which it said has seen over 15 million players since launching in 2023. The program will include “a…
Pokémon TCG Perfect Order Booster Bundles Restocked at Amazon, Dropping the Price to Just $7 Per Pack
April 27, 2026
Pokémon TCG: Perfect Order Booster Bundles are back in stock at Amazon (sold and shipped by the retail giant), and they’re back at the current market price as well.
You can secure your order at just $41.99 right now, which closely matches the current market pricing at…
The Australian Government’s eSafety office has formally asked Roblox, Microsoft, Epic, and Valve to specifically outline how their systems are preventing child grooming and the spread of extremism. The eSafety office is an independent agency that was initially established…
Crimson Desert Gets Its Biggest Patch Yet, Adds Difficulty Settings, Much-Needed Storage Improvements, and Even Birds as Pets
April 24, 2026
Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has released update 1.04.00, which makes significant improvements to the game. Chief among them is the addition of difficulty settings, new storage improvements, new pets, keyboard/mouse and controller preset options, new category tabs for the inventory, new skills, improvements to distant scenery quality, and a lot more.
It’s worth digging into the details…
Not all cards are meant to be played with. If you’re into collectibles already or just starting to collect trading cards, you may have a big enough collection that warrants some extra care or bulk storage. Some of your cards may even have significant value or will continue…
Marathon Changes Announced
April 23, 2026
Marathon has doubled the amount of Depleted Patch Kits (meds) and Depleted Shield Charges (armor) consumables players can carry in a single inventory slot as Bungie fights to make its extraction shooter less punishing for newbies.
Update 1.0.6.1, which is now live, addresses…
Let’s get this out of the way: If it wasn’t already painfully obvious from the trailers thus far, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is not the next ultra-ambitious first-party Nintendo game meant to capture any and all demographics, from grade-schoolers to grandmas in the way, say, Donkey Kong Bananza is. It is the most E-rated of Nintendo’s most recent slate of E-rated games. Putting it…
