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Pokemon Presents announced for Feb 27th
A new Pokemon Presents Direct will air on February 27th, 2022, it’s been announced. The video will last around 14 min. Air dates are below: 6 AM PT 9 AM ET 2 PM UK 3 PM Europe Pokemon Presents will be airing on Pokemon Day, which celebrates the release of the original Game Boy titles in Japan. The franchise is turning 26 years old this year.…
PlayStation Plus games for March: Ark: Survival Evolved, Team Sonic Racing, Ghostrunner
The March PlayStation Plus lineup will test your survival, racing and combat skills in equal measure. Prove you’ve got what it takes to survive a deadly island wilderness in Ark: Survival Evolved, outpace the competition in Team Sonic Racing and sharpen your reflexes in cyberpunk first-person adventure Ghostrunner. And in addition to those titles, team up and take on fearsome, supernatural foes in bonus game Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, which joins the lineup this month. All games will be available…
Xbox Live Streaming with Twitch
In a move that has been missing for a LONG time, Microsoft is finally attempting to bridge the gap of ease to allow you to stream right from your platform as well as Sony Playstation does so today. Direct from Xbox: With everything going on in the world, it’s more important than ever that we stay connected with our friends, families, and communities. We’ve heard your feedback and are excited to bring back this fan favorite feature, re-engineered, and better…
EASports FIFA and Canada’s Rise in Soccer (Football) Rankings
A few years ago, when EA Sports added the women's national teams to FIFA, I often enjoyed trotting out Team Canada and going to work. As one of the better clubs in the world, it was fun to not only cheer for them in real life, but to play with them as well in FIFA. On the men's side...it's never been that way. I've always cheered for the Netherlands when the EURO Cup or World Cup come around, and always played as the Netherlands in FIFA. When FIFA 23 launches this fall with a FIFA World Cup mode, I can finally play as....Canada?
Story Cubes Demands Imagination – And I’m All For It
As GamesReviews has gone deeper and deeper into the board game review and news arena, we've had the opportunity to review and play a lot of interesting games. In all my time reviewing, Story Cubes might be the most non-game, game I've ever played, and while I was skeptical as I read the information sent over by the PR company, the actual product is really interesting and a ton of fun. Especially in the car!
Horizon Forbidden West comes to Lego
Just before the game released today Lego announces a very cool set coming inspired by Horizon Forbidden West: Build the ultimate LEGO® brick model (76989) of the most iconic Horizon machine in the Forbidden West: the Tallneck. Use clever building techniques to capture authentic details of this Communications Class machine, from its smooth, disc-shaped head to its long, slim legs. Display the Tallneck on a stand with brick-built Horizon landscape details, including a birch tree and rusty stoplight. A new-for-May-2022…
Every Developer Wants To Be Bought
The unexpected consequences of Microsoft’s near-$70b purchase of Activision is suddenly every developer wants to be bought. Nearly every studio and publisher, when asked, have answered positively about the possibility. So Ubisoft, for instance, today said they would consider offers. Which is a great answer, by the way. Makes it sound like the second the bidder walks out the room the party poppers will come out. Look, video games are hard. They’re expensive and developers don’t make much money on…
Dark Deity Strategically Invades the Nintendo Switch in March
If you like old school Fire Emblem, like the GBA Fire Emblem, then you’ll to check out Dark Deity. The game is coming to the Nintendo Switch in March. Check out the release date announcement trailer and our thoughts on the game below. Dark Deity, a strategy rpg, will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on March 17, 2022. The game is an indie strategy rpg that has a similar look to Fire Emblem on the GBA. The battle system…
Two Point Campus – Archaeology Course Reveal
Have you always wanted to discover ancient ruins, dig up artifacts that have been lost for thousands of years or find remnants of ancient civilizations? In Two Point Campus you can summon your inner whip wielding, hat wearing, adventure seeking professor, and enrol your students for the Archaeology Course, where they will be digging, scanning, and dusting their way to fortune and glory. In this first short video in a series of course reveals for Two Point Campus, you’ll get…
Nintendo Direct Annnounced for 2.9.2022
Nintendo announced a Direct for 2/9/2022. Hey! Thats tomorrow! We have all the details on the Nintendo Direct so far, plus some thoughts on it. Nintendo announced on twitter today that there will be a Direct…tomorrow! The Direct will be “roughly 40 minutes of information mainly focused on #NintendoSwitch games launching in the first half of 2022.” It will be livestreamed. And thats all we know about the Nintendo Direct so far. There are two Nintendo published titles coming in…