Even thoughPokemon GOhas seen its fair share of controversy in 2023, the hit mobile title continues to churn out new content and seasons to keep players logging in. The latest is called Hidden Gems, which runs through the summer months and features a number of planned events for fans to participate in.Community Day for June puts Axew in the spotlight, newly added Shadow Raids features Articuno, and there’s also an upcoming Research Day Event with featured Pokemon and a chance at capturing Roaming Form Gimmighoul....

Quick Links Abilities are a passive feature introduced back in Generation 3 ofPokemon. As ofPokemon ScarletandPokemon Violet, there are well over 200 Abilities. A Pokemon may share its Ability with another species, or it may have an exclusive Ability. Then, there are Hidden Abilities. Pokemon with Hidden Abilities have a 1/250 chance of appearing/hatching. Fortunately, there’s a simpler way of getting a Pokemon their Hidden Ability. Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violethave a special item called the Ability Patch....

Video games are evolving each day. Some in visuals, some in audio, and some in their storyline. Thesepositively weird gamessubmerge the player into a foreign world by introducing trippy designs and graphics, including music in a unique way, and/ortelling a storythat is unexpected from a video game. RELATED:The Best Indie Games Of E3 2021 Some discuss heartwarming stories or shed light on grief, illnesses, and other life circumstances. Some dive into philosophical topics and unfold stories that make players think for days after playing them....

Rabbit and Steel, the unique roguelite inspired by theelaborate boss battles from MMORPG raids, gives players a wide variety of ways to customize their characters, including powerful class-specific ability upgrades, and synergistic item drops. The random nature of roguelites, however, can often prevent players from obtaining all the pieces for the perfect build, and can make experimenting with different combinations an exercise in patience, waiting for the stars to align to get a chance at testing specific interactions....

Quick Links One of the three important bars in the lower-left corner ofRaftis food. Players need a consistent supply of both food and water to survive the endless oceans, and not all food is equally filling. In fact, players may notice that the beets and potatoes they find in floating crates and barrels hardly provide any nutrition at all. This is because these foods must be grilled to be filling, and the same is also true about the various kinds of meat and fishRaftplayers can gather....

Summary Red Dead Redemption 2has experienced a major accomplishment, selling enough copies to become the seventh-most sold game in the entire world. TheRed Dead Redemption 2achievement is an impressive one, and may make fans wonder about what the future holds for the franchise. While Rockstar Games has put most of its focus inGrand Theft Autorecently,Red Dead Redemption 2is arguably a masterpiece of a game. Thehidden details inRDR 2continue to surprise players, and the game’s massive, sprawling world is still stunning new fans all the time....

While Crytek has been hard at work refining the intense online gameHunt: Showdown, as well as makingHunt’s currently delayed Halloween eventaccessible to console players, documents have leaked regarding the studio’s future projects. While it is unclear how recent the documents were gathered and how reliable the leak is, the most interesting information is related to theCrysisIP, as Crytek supposedly has both a VRCrysisgame and a battle royale in the works....

Summary An eagle-eyedSkyrimfan online appears to have discovered a hiddenSpongeBobEaster egg in Alftand, one of the game’s Dwemer Ruins. Just when it seems as though gamers have discovered just about every secret inSkyrim, another appears out of nowhere. Just like every other Bethesda game,Skyrimis filled with small Easter eggs hidden away for players to find. It’s never quite clear when everything hidden in the game has been discovered, which is part of the magic as to whySkyrimremains so popular almost 13 years after its initial launch....

Summary The following contains spoilers for Solo Leveling, available onCrunchyroll. It also contains heavy spoilers for the Solo Leveling webcomic, available onTapas. TheSolo Levelinganime has done quite a lot in the realm of worldbuilding to explain some of the phenomena that inform the meat and bones of the story. One of the aspects that is continuously hammered home isthe Hunter ranking system, which quantifies and qualifies the overall potential and ability of the magically-enhanced population and gives a basic sense of what kinds of magical threats are within a particular Hunter’s scope....

Nintendo released the second trailer forThe Super Mario Bros. Movie, and although Chris Pratt’s voice remains a big talking point for lifelong fans, with it also came the unveiling of the film’s official characters posters.Both previews for theMariomovie have been dropped as part of special Nintendo Direct events, but the second one’s longer runtime made room for Princess Peach and Donkey Kong to show up. Now, while so far Illumination’s rendition of the Mushroom Kingdom and other parts of Mario’s world have been praised it’s clear some changes had to be made with DK’s character design in particular standing out, though luckily the movie’s promotional art provides a better look at it....

Summary It may be unfair to compareThe Last of UsandInto the Dead: Our Darkest Daysbecause the former presents a unique fungal horror as opposed to the traditional zombie fare the latter has adapted, but their themes are endlessly similar. Of course, whileThe Last of Usdoes make a great effort to be distinct, its reanimated monstrosities do emanate a ‘zombie’ ambiance alongside the timeless depiction of humankind turning on itself in disturbing ways....

Summary The Marvelswas quickly called the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest failure after becoming a box office bomb. However, it has achieved a rather substantial victory, seemingly flying in the face of the hate-filled deluge that haunted it since long before release. Captain Marvel 2has had its narrative dominated by those celebrating its lackluster box office performance despite generally positive to even glowing reactions from those who saw the movie. The story many seemed to be latching on to was that the sequel to 2019’s already excellentCaptain Marvelfailed to live up to expectations, an understandable assumption given various factors like its poor marketing....

The following contains spoilers for Critical Role season 2. Dungeons and Dragonsis known for its long list of iconic classes, from fireball-slinging wizards to greataxe-wielding barbarians. However, the game’s popularity—influenced by media likeStranger Thingsandthe Faerun-focusedBaldur’s Gate 3—has naturally attracted creatives who contribute interesting unofficial material, also known as homebrews. One such creation is the blood hunter, a fascinating monster hunter with a wide range of abilities and a creation of deep roots....