Niantic Comes Under Fire For Charging Pokemon GO Players Differently for Same Items

Earlier this year,Pokemon GOdevelopers Niantic set up atask forcewith prominent members of the game’s community. The idea came from the fact that Niantic realised, after making some extremelyunsavoury changes, it “should be communicating and engaging more with Trainers.” The ultimate goal was more transparency with the millions who still play the game. Unfortunately, that didn’t last very long. What Happened? Over the last couple of days, players noticed a new “Lure Module Box” appear inPokemon GO’sin-game store....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Lisa Vaughn

Not Man of Steel or Dawn of Justice, These 2 Zack Snyder Movies Were Bigger Financial Disasters For Warner Bros

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed When we think of Zack Snyder, our minds might automatically soar to his superhero epics likeMan of SteelorBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. But did you know there were two other ambitious projects that, despite Snyder’s imaginative touch, ended up being even bigger financial hurdles for Warner Bros? Yes, we’re talking about the aesthetically stunning yet underratedLegends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole(2010) and the stylistically boldSucker Punch(2011)....

June 1, 2025 · 4 min · 844 words · Gabrielle Williams

Outriders Developer People Can Fly Announces Over 100 Layoffs

Polish developerPeople Can FlyCEO Sebastian Wojciechowski announced today that the studio is laying off over 120 developers. The decision is part of a reduction for their self-publishing strategy, which includes suspending Project Victoria, reducing the size of their team on Project Bifrost, and restructuring other supporting teams. “We are deeplysaddened by the fact that this situation means suspending or parting ways with more than 120 talented Aviators, colleagues who we enjoyed having on our team,“the studio said in a statementon its X, formerlyknown as Twitter, account....

June 1, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Brittany Briggs

Persona 3 Portable: How To Join A Club

Quick Links Persona 3 Portablewas the first game in the series to try out many new ideas for the series, with one of the bigger additions being social links. Some social links in Persona 3 Portable are tied to specific clubs, committees, or teams that you’ll have to join and attend to rank up the corresponding social link. Related:Persona 3 Portable: How To Raise Social Stats Depending on which protagonist you pick, you’ll choose which clubs to join, but this will not affect the social link you’ll begin by attending....

June 1, 2025 · 3 min · 581 words · Todd Peterson

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet's DLC Needs To Copy Sword & Shield's Homework

Pokemon’s been shifting away from the “third game” formula for a while now. This change is old enough that I feel I need to explain:Pokemonused to release two versions of a game, and then a year or so later, bring forth a third version that combined elements of the previous two, along with some improvements. Red/Blue (Red/Green in Japan) was followed by Yellow, and the streak went all the way until Black/White saw direct sequels instead....

June 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1204 words · Brittany Robinson

Police Stories Review — Tactical Execution

The number of new co-op based games feels so limited nowadays. Sure, there are your go-to titles like the newly releasedBorderlands 3, but there are so few that I can think of that heavily rely on playing with someone else. While the end product has some design issues, especially being played on a console,Police Storiesis a perfect game to play with a friend. It is a challenging and strategic top-down shooter that implements the rules and laws of the police....

June 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1287 words · Mark Bruce

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish & The Art Of A Great Villain

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Nearly a year ago,Dreamworks AnimationreleasedPuss In Boots: The Last Wish. The sequel to the somewhat successful mostly forgotten moviePuss In Boots. ‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’, also known as just Puss In Boots 2, follows Puss as he reaches the last of his nine lives. When gaining knowledge about a wishing star, he goes on an ambitious quest to find the star and wish for more lives....

June 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1280 words · Victoria Conrad

RE8 Cosplay: Lady Dimitrescu and Daughters Get Together for Family Portrait

You may have already finished Resident Evil Village but Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters are just getting started in this chilling cosplay. Capcom’s most recent endeavour into theResident Evilworld sure got tongues wagging and it was all down to one very tall lady. The voiceover actor and performance capture artist behind our beloved Lady D,Maggie Robertson, brought the countess to life in more ways than one and will forever be loved by theResicommunity....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Vincent Allen

Returnal PC Port Announced For Early 2023

Returnalis officially coming to PC, as confirmed byHousemarqueat last night’s Game Awards ceremony. The studio’s critically acclaimed third-person shooter will arrive on PC in early 2023. Sony also shared a new announcement video showcasing the footage captured on the game’s PC port. There has been a myriad of reports indicating Returnal’s addition to the list of growingPlayStationtitles on PC, but now the news has officially been confirmed by both Housemarque and PlayStation in a new announcement trailer....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 417 words · Karen Davis

Robert Downey Jr, Cillian Murphy Can Work in Takashi Yamazaki’s Next Godzilla Movie But They Will Have to Take an 80% Pay Cut

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed It goes without saying that out of all the fictional monsters out there, Godzilla is an absolutely S-tier character that can completely capture the audience’s attention the moment it shows up on the screen. One could say that the monster is nothing short of a pop culture icon! You would think that since Godzilla has shown up in so many movies, video games, TV shows, and more, fans would be over it by now, but no....

June 1, 2025 · 5 min · 995 words · Alison West

Robert Pattinson’s Biggest Twilight Criticism After Comparing it to 1 Ryan Gosling Classic: ‘Well not eat her, drink her blood, whatever’

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Despite becoming the fan-favorite actor following his highly anticipated role as Edward Cullen in theTwilightfranchise, Robert Pattinson has been an outspoken critic of Stephenie Meyer’s story. From time to time, the actor has openly expressed his love-hate relationship with the films—given his gratitude towards the franchise for catapulting his career, while simultaneously bashing the plot....

June 1, 2025 · 5 min · 1018 words · Joshua Johnson

S.J. Clarkson’s Ties To HBO Series ‘Succession’ Has Fans Recoiling in Shock After Madame Web’s Epic Crash and Burn

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed The recently releasedMadame Webhas failed epically, both among general audiences and critics, and surprisingly enough, fans weren’t shocked by the film’s failure. But therewassomething related to the film thatdidend up shocking fans; something related to S.J. Clarkson, the very director who helmed the Dakota Johnson-starrer box-office disaster. Recently, a fan unearthed a fact about S....

June 1, 2025 · 5 min · 977 words · Dr. Jason Smith

Serious Sam 4 Carves a Bloody Path in the Latest Gameplay Trailer

During the crazy shenanigans of Devolver Digital’s yearly press conference, the publisher revealed a brand new gameplay trailer forSerious Sam 4. Croteam’s latest entry in the bloody first-person franchise will be coming to both PC and Stadia in August. The trailer below also revealed a bit of story (basically that you’re fighting off an alien invasion with our favorite badass protagonist) but we all know that an excuse to kill a lot aliens, which is a glorious thing:...

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Jack Hughes