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Pokemon GO Players Want Refunds after Update Bans Rooted Phones
With all the positive hype surrounding Pokemon GO lately, it was due for a bit of bad press. Some Pokemon GO players are up in arms after the game’s latest update rendered the game unplayable on jailbroken (rooted or unlocked) phones. Niantic did warn users that this would happen ahead of the update’s release. That, of course, hasn’t stopped users from crying foul. Players on rooted phones are gre...[Read More]
New Video Game Releases for Week of September 13, 2016
This week’s new release list sees quite a few heavy hitters dropping. Biggest among them to many are BioShock: The Collection and Dead Rising Triple Pack. Soccer fans get to revel in the releases of Konami’s latest entry in their venerable series, Pro Evolution Soccer 2017. Basketball fans, meanwhile, can finally get their hands on NBA 2K17. Hockey fans aren’t left behind; NHL 17 drops as w...[Read More]
Pokemon GO Still Most Profitable Mobile Game despite Massive Drop in Paying Players
Pokemon GO launched on July 6th and quickly became a global sensation. The game would reach a peak of July 15th with nearly 45 million users. A few weeks later, the combination of poor performance and poorer communication with players began to affect the user base significantly. By the time our August 23rd article about Pokemon GO was published, the game had lost more than 12 million users. Accori...[Read More]
Pokemon GO Update Adds Pokemon GO Plus Support, Buddy System
Niantic is set to release a new update for Pokemon GO, bringing the app version to 0.37.0 on Android and 1.7.0 on iOS. This update will introduce the buddy system, which will allow players to walk with a Pokemon as a way to earn Candies that will help the Pokemon evolve. The update will also add support for the newly-released Pokemon Go Plus Bluetooth peripheral. Here is Niantic’s official announc...[Read More]
Retro Review: Metroid (NES)
Release Date: August 6, 1986 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Last month, I celebrated Samus Aran’s 30th birthday by paying homage to one of my favorite games on the SNES, Super Metroid. I would be remiss if I didn’t recognize the matriarch of the series: Metroid for the NES. As a 15-year old obsessed with girls and cars, I missed this gem. I had to graduate from my teenage years before I e...[Read More]
A Hand-Carved Mini SNES that Shames 3D Printers
Nowadays, 3D printing has revolutionized how tinkerers and hobbyists approach their projects. This is especially true of gaming enthusiasts who want to build their own projects. The Mini NES that I wrote about in July – and I still dream about – is an example of the wonders 3D printing can achieve. It is more amazing, however, to see a true craftsman design a mini system with only his hands. I pre...[Read More]
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Delayed until 2018
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Koji Igarashi’s anticipated Metroidvania-style platformer, has been delayed to the first half of 2018. The original release date was set for March 2017. In a video titled “Development Update 6” on the game’s YouTube channel, Igarashi addressed the delay. “Things have been progressing with development for Bloodstained, but between our current production setu...[Read More]
Nintendo Hitting Mobile with Super Mario Run for iOS
For everyone watching the Apple press conference and anticipating the new iPhone 7, Apple snuck in a doozy. During the conference, Tim Cook announced someone new was coming to Apple. He then dropped a doozy on everyone: Nintendo will be releasing Super Mario Run on the iPhone and iPad on December. This marks the first time Nintendo’s signature plumber has officially made it out of Nintendo ecosys...[Read More]
Pokemon GO Plus Will Be Released September 16
The Pokemon GO Plus, the Bluetooth enabled device that makes playing Pokemon GO easier, will be out “in much of the world next week”, according to Niantic. The device is designed to let players enjoy the game, doing basic in-game activities like capture Pokemon and collect loot in PokeStops without having to grab their phone. The device was initially supposed to be released in July. Niantic, howev...[Read More]
New Video Game Releases for Week of September 6, 2016
The biggest releases this week include Elder Scrolls Online Gold Edition, the Halo 5: Forge level creator for PC, and the latest in the Phoenix Wright series. Also making its debut this week is DOGOS, an indie twin-stick shoot-em-up that looks positively insane! Click on the games for more info. Game Platform Date 140 PS4 9/6/2016 Chaos of Hearts PC 9/6/2016 DOGOS PS4,Xbox One,PC 9/6/2016 J...[Read More]
Nintendo Unleashes Takedown Orders on Over 500 Fan Games
I have mentioned AM2R, a fan-made reboot of Metroid II: Return of Samus, a couple of times in this space. The game, after six years of development, was released earlier this month and was soon taken down by Nintendo. Well, it turns out that AM2R was not the only game in Nintendo’s cross-hairs. DoctorM64, the creator of AM2R, wrote on his blog today addressing a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DM...[Read More]
Pokemon Go Data Hints at Buddy System
Pokemon GO players have been merrily catching Pokemon for over a month now. However, many have not felt a real connection to their digital pocket monsters past CP level and rarity. Based on newly-unearthed info from the latest version of the game, that may change. Pokemon Go Hub has broken down the data mined by intrepid programming enthusiasts efinazz and AeonLucid. The data suggests that Niantic...[Read More]