Pokémon will hold its annual Pokémon Presents live stream later today. The stream, which is held on February 27 to mark the anniversary of thePokémonfranchise, will include information about forthcoming video game, anime and other Pokémon projects. In past years, the Pokémon presents stream has been where new entries in the main Pokémon series have been announced, such asPokémon Scarlet and Violet. Last year,The Pokémon Companyannounced Pokémon Legends Z-A, the next entry in the Pokémon Legends spinoff series....

Stores across the UK and the US have quickly sold out of the Pokémon Prismatic Evolutions Booster Bundle following its long-awaited launch. The newPokémonPrismatic Evolutions Booster Bundle was released on Friday in the US and the UK, marking the first Prismatic Evolutions product that exclusively included packs. However, before the set was even released, fans were worried that getting even a single Pokémon Prismatic Evolutions Booster Bundle would be a challenge....

Around 40% of US Nintendo Switch owners also own a PlayStation 4 and/or an Xbox One, according to an NPD survey. The data was revealed on Thursday by analyst Mat Piscatella, who claimed it could indicate that the upcoming next-gen console launches are unlikely to cannibalise sales ofNintendo’s console, as many consider the platform “supplemental” toPlayStationandXbox. BothPlayStation 5andXbox Series Xare due to launch in late 2020. According to reports, Nintendo could seek to combat the launches with new hardware of its own....

PlayStation has already generated significantly more video views from last week’s digital PS5 reveal event that it did from its most recent E3 showing or PS4’s first-year events. As of Monday,PS5 reveal eventvideos have amassed more than 80 million combined views, which is doublePS4’s first E3 (about 40m) and significantly higher than PS4’s own reveal event (around 53m) orPlayStation‘s most recent E3 showing in 2018 (55m). The figures, which are based on YouTube views from official PlayStation videos, demonstrate the huge demand for new information onSony’s next-gen console....

Raccoon Logic has announced a release date for Revenge of the Savage Planet. The sequel to 2020 first-person adventure,Journey to the Savage Planet, will be released on July 08, 2025. It will be available forXbox Series X/Sand Game Pass. It is also coming toPS5,PS4, andPC(GOG,Epic Games StoreandSteam). Raccoon Logicannounced Revenge of the Savage PlanetduringGamescomOpening Night Live in August 2024. “Revenge of the Savage Planetis an upbeat, satirical action adventure sci-fi,” according to an official product description....

Rez and Tetris Effect creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi has suggested that his next game will be an original project based on synaesthesia. TheEnhanceCEO made the comments via Twitter on Sunday, in acknowledgement of the 19thanniversary of the original Rez. “Thanks to everyone who played Rez, Child of Eden and Rez Infinite. I and Enhance [are] moving forward to the new project – totally new adventure with synaesthesia,” he wrote. Synaesthesia, which is the concept of mixing together senses such as sight and sound, has been the basis for all of Mizuguchi’s recent games including Lumines, Child of Eden andTetris Effect: Connected–a multiplayer update released alongside Xbox Series X/S....

Dino Crisis creator Shinji Mikami has said he’s surprised to hear that fans want more Dino Crisis games. In a new interview withEurogamer, Mikami said he was “very surprised to hear that” when asked about fan desire for a new Dino Crisis game, suggesting thatCapcomhad already covered the dinosaur-fighting market with another series. “The awesomeness of dinosaurs and the stuff you can do with dinosaurs, that’s been kind of really nailed down by Monster Hunter in recent years,” he said....

Splitgate studio 1047 Games says bringing the game to Nintendo Switch and mobile is “absolutely” part of its product roadmap. Speaking in a recentlivestream,1047 Gamesco-founder and CEO Ian Proulx also touched on plans to enhance the free-to-play shooter forPS5andXbox Series X/S, among other topics. Splitgatereleased forPCin early access in 2019 but has seen its popularity explode since its open beta launched in July, when the title was also made available forXboxandPlayStationconsoles....

Skylanders, Spyro and Crash Bandicoot studio Toys for Bob has reached an agreement with Microsoft for its next game. “We’re excited to announce that we’ll be partnering withXboxto publish our next new game,” said the studio,which split from Activision this yearfollowingMicrosoft’s acquisition of the Call of Duty publisher. “We’re still very early in development, so you might not hear from us for a bit – but know that we’re working hard on an experience we’re so sooo inspired about!...

Square Enix has said that money raised from the sale of a large part of its western development arm won’t be reinvested in NFTs and blockchain. GearboxownerEmbracerannounced on May 2 that it is toacquire Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, Square Enix Montrealand a catalogue of IPs including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief and Legacy of Kain for $300 million. Square Enix said at the timethat “the transaction enables the launch of new businesses by moving forward with investments in fields including blockchain, AI, and the cloud”....

Two of Starfield’s lead designers have shared more information on the game’s story and gameplay. Lead designerEmil Pagliaruloand lead quest designer Will Shen held a Q&A session on the officialBethesda Discord server(which was then summarised on theStarfield Wiki). A total of 16 questions were answered, covering a wide range of topics such as buying houses and recruiting companions. Although the full answers can be found on theStarfieldWiki, some of the key information provided included the following:...

Acclaimed composer Yoko Shimomura has returned to the Street Fighter series for the first time in more than three decades. The BAFTA Fellowship recipient has created a new track forStreet Fighter 6, which will be added to the game in a free update coming later this week. Shimomura is best known by some players for being the composer of the Kingdom Hearts series, the Mario & Luigi series andSuper Mario RPG....

It’s easy to have lost track over the years, but this is actually the 18th game in the Mario Party series. Ever since the original was released on theNintendo 64a quarter of a century ago,Nintendohas frequently put out updated takes on its popular party game formula, and over the past 12 years these have been handled by the recently-renamed studio Nintendo Cube (formerly Nd Cube). Given the regularity of the instalments and the familiarity of the developer, then, it stands to reason that this latest offering would be expected to be running short on surprises....