It's been around 10 weeks since the launch of Pokemon TCG Pocket, and the game is estimated to have already shot past $400 million in gross revenue. This figure comes from [Hidden Content], who reported having found it on data analytics service AppMagic. Read more View the full article
Another big year lies ahead for the Pokémon TCG in 2025, which is now well into the Scarlet and Violet era. With all the new Pokémon from Gen 9 in the TCG, The Pokémon Company has the scope to be creative. Fan-favorite features are returning to the Pokémon TCG this year, as players eagerly anticipate news of what lies ahead with the likes of Pokémon Legends: Z-A and what’s on the cards for the Nintendo Switch 2—and things are starting to take shape for the year ahead. View the full article
For all of the great games released in 2024, it was a year that felt somewhat bereft of major blockbusters. Instead, last year was the perfect time to explore your niche—getting lost inside something new and hyperspecifc. To the point that, when the PC Gamer team came together to decide our Game of the Year awards, we all realised we'd spent the last 12 months obsessing over completely different games... Read more.View the full article
Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The first Nintendo Switch basically had the road to itself, and Nintendo instantly proved just how awesome a hybrid console and handheld could be, leading to massive success. The next Switch is imminent, but it will launch into a world that’s packed with very capable handheld gaming PCs that could present an interesting challenge to Nintendo, especially following news from CES 2025. Valve’s Steam Deck kicked off the handheld gaming PC push in large part because its Linux-based SteamOS makes playing your games just about as easy as it is on consoles. That’s why one of the biggest CES announcements is that Valve is going to let people install SteamOS on other handhelds as soon as April, potentially making the entire handheld PC gaming market a lot more appealing. The first official non-Valve device with SteamOS is set to be Lenovo’s $499 Legion Go S, which launches in May. But it’s not hard to imagine a near-term future where many other hardware makers announce their own SteamOS handhelds, meaning the magic of SteamOS might be available in all kinds of interesting devices very soon. (And hopefully, the increased competition means Valve will make the eventual next Steam Deck really good.) Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The Lenovo Legion Go S next to a Steam Deck OLED. CES 2025 featured a bunch of other handheld gaming hardware, too, like the chonk that is Acer’s Nitro Blaze 11. It has a gigantic 10.95-inch screen, detachable controllers, and a kickstand. It’s huge! Intel and Tencent also made a handheld with an 11-inch screen, and theirs has stereo 3D. My colleague Sean Hollister finally got to see the MSI Claw 8 AI Plus. Razer made a docking station that works with handheld gaming PCs. And in a CES panel, Microsoft promised news about changes to the handheld Windows experience for later this year, which could improve things for people who already own Windows-based hardware. [/url] That’s a lot of cool stuff! But Nintendo is the 800-pound gorilla in the room, and as interesting as all of the PC gaming hardware is, the Switch’s imminent successor will almost certainly be a very compelling upgrade. The original Switch was released nearly eight years ago, so the successor will likely be much more powerful and will probably have splashy new games in marquee franchises like Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda. (I’d bet already-announced Switch games like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Pokémon Legends: Z-A will get some kind of boost on the next Switch, too.) Right out of the gate, Nintendo’s new console will also have an enormous library. The company already announced its next console will be compatible with original Switch games — a catalog that includes many of the indie hits that are also some of the best games on handheld PCs. Back in 2017, when the original Switch launched, there wasn’t anything like it. The Switch’s successor will compete in a much more crowded field — and one that’s getting even more crowded after CES 2025. Hopefully, the competition means everyone makes better hardware and better games. It’s a great time for handhelds. View the full article
Microsoft has announced its next Xbox Developer Direct, which will take place on January 23. The upcoming broadcast will mark the first Xbox game showcase event of 2025. View the full article
Fortnite players aren't happy with the recent selection of skins in the game's item shop, calling out developer Epic Games online. Specifically, players are taking issue with variants of skins that historically have been included for free or in various PS Plus Packs, leading some to accuse Epic of being "greedy." These criticisms come as Fortnite continues to delve into the world of digital customization items, something that will likely continue throughout 2025. View the full article
Xbox confirmed that the first gaming livestream of 2025 is just a couple of weeks away, kicking off another year of announcements and reveals for gamers. This morning, Xbox announced that the first Developer Direct of 2025 will take place on Jan. 23, featuring at least four upcoming titles scheduled to launch in 2025, headlined by DOOM: The Dark Ages. View the full article
You can find many friendly mobs around the world in Minecraft. Pigs are especially adorable, and they have important uses and a few unique variants of this creature worth tracking down. Since the Pig mob didn’t always have special variants, there’s a decent chance you haven’t seen all types of this creature yet. All variants call specific biomes home, so you must travel to the right spots to meet them. Here are all Pig variants and where to find them in Minecraft. View the full article
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Thanks to online store listings, Borderlands 4 appears to be bringing back its split-screen co-op feature, which has been a staple for the franchise. Gearbox has been teasing Borderlands 4 for quite a while, leaving fans waiting for any sort of new details to sink their teeth into. View the full article
A new leak has revealed that Fortnite might be getting a new gameplay feature that could be similar to the Ripsaw Launcher, which was added to the game all the way back in Chapter 3. Fortnite has recently added a plethora of content from past seasons, but many fans think that this one is probably hinting at a collaboration instead. View the full article
2025 will be filled with huge new entries in numerous movie franchises after a somewhat quieter 2024, and Jurassic World: Rebirth is near the top of this year's 'most anticipated blockbusters' lists even if 2022's Dominion was a T-Rex-sized disappointment. One of its secret weapons could be return of Jurassic Park and The Lost World scribe David Koepp, and he's got more to share about his approach to the seventh installment. Read more View the full article
Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang has hinted at the company's future plans to move even further outside of the graphics card market. The company's often rumored move to introduce its own Nvidia CPU seems more of a reality than ever. While it did use gaming to show off the new flagship consumer GPU, the RTX 5090, it's clear that Nvidia has its sights set on more than Cyberpunk 2077 demos and best graphics card titles. Huang has spoken with investors and analysts, revealing that Nvidia's CPU ambitions are coming together. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT benchmark leaks show it beating the Nvidia RTX 4080 Super Bring Times Square to your gaming PC with Asus' amazing new AIO CPU cooler Check out the tiny PCB in the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card View the full article
A Wallace and Gromit collaboration has been announced for PowerWash Simulator. Following an earlier tease, FuturLab has announced its next collaboration for PowerWash Simulator, this time teaming up with popular animation studio Aardman for a Wallace and Gromit pack. “Enter the wonderful world of Wallace & Gromit in PowerWash Simulator’s next big adventure – coming soon,” reads a press release for the expansion. Read More... View the full article
The Area-51 is a massive 80L full tower packing some outrageously beefy specs. The biggest highlight is arguably its support for up to 600W of graphics power from nondescript "high-end, next-gen, Nvidia GPUs," plus up to 280W of multi-core CPU power from the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU. Read Entire Article View the full article
Eurogamer has released a preliminary demonstration of Nvidia's newly announced DLSS 4 and multi-frame rendering functionality. The results indicate definitive improvements over what's currently available on RTX graphics cards, but the full extent of the costs involved remains unclear. Read Entire Article View the full article
Marvel Rivals season one is nearly upon us, being set to drop tomorrow, January 10. Ahead of that though, in addition to sharing the fresh additions and tweaks to established characters that it'll bring, NetEase has put out listings of the heroes currently being picked most often in both quickplay and competitive matches. Read more View the full article
Players are now advising against purchasing some of the in-game items in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6, warning that certain bundles actually hurt gameplay. New items like ****** Ops 6's IDEAD bundle come with special versions of the game's base weapons, which feature their own unique model and effects. However, some of these effects can be quite intense, with one fan showing they may actually put Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 players at a disadvantage. View the full article
Seems like making a dock for handheld gaming PCs is now some rite of passage for accessory and hardware vendors, as even Razer have jumped in now with the aptly named Razer Handheld Dock Chroma. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The latest Exotic mission in Destiny 2, Kell’s Fall, came with new weapons and Tonics. Just like with Onslaught: Salvation and Tomb of Elders, to make these Tonics, you need materials that drop from the mission—and at launch, their drop rate was abysmal. On Jan. 8, Bungie Help tweeted that it has increased the amount of Reflective Flakes that you can earn from completing Kell’s Fall Exotic mission in Destiny 2. Completing the mission on Standard difficulty now grants around four Reflective Flakes instead of one. Players on Reddit also reported that completing Kell’s Fall on Expert difficulty grants around nine Reflective Flakes. View the full article
Xbox has confirmed its next Developer Direct live stream will take place on Thursday, January 23 at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm ***. According to Microsoft, the Direct will include a visit to Compulsion Games in Montreal to learn more about South of Midnight, Montpellier-based Sandfall Interactive for a look at Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and id Studios in Richardson, Texas for more info on DOOM: The Dark Ages. The live stream will also visit “a surprise location to see another studio’s brand new game,” the company said. Read More... View the full article
I get it, you worked hard for hours and days and weeks on your incredibly cool-looking interface for your game. You made it so all the text perfectly lines up everywhere and picked a slick looking font, but it's all too darn small. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
To fully complete the Frost & Fairies Star Path event in Disney Dreamlight Valley, you must navigate through quite a few complex tasks. One of these quests asks you to track down a patchwork villager. This Star Path task asks you to talk with a patchwork villager, which is easy to do once you know who it refers to. The character you need to speak with is a bit tricky to find, so here’s who the patchwork villager is in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article
The classic MOBA, Heroes of Newerth, which was shuttered in 2022, might be making a surprising comeback. Although nothing has been confirmed yet, the developer has restarted activities on the Heroes of Newerth social media accounts after more than three years without posting, which suggests the classic League of Legends and Dota 2 competitor could be building up expectations for a potential announcement. View the full article
No matter your personal opinions on gaming subscription services, there's no escaping the fact that Game Pass represents some pretty amazing value. While there's no guarantee that any of your favorite games in the library will hang around forever, you're still getting access to heaps of titles, day-one additions, and extra bonuses and perks, too, depending on which tier you're on. To see exactly how last year's lineup of new Game Pass games stacked up, I've crunched the numbers on everything added to PC Game Pass in 2024, which was a collection of 137 games with a value of just over $4,800. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
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It's been around 10 weeks since the launch of Pokemon TCG Pocket, and the game is estimated to have already shot past $400 million in gross revenue. This figure comes from [Hidden Content], who reported having found it on data analytics service AppMagic. Read more View the full article