Pokémon reveals first 2025 World Championships merchandise, including Pikachu plush and trading card

The Pokémon Company has revealed a first look at some of the merchandise coming to the Pokémon Center at the Pokémon World Championships this August. ThePokémonWorld Championships will take place in Anaheim, California, from August 14 until August 18. At the event, players from around the world compete in categories includingPokémon Go, VGC, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, and more. Alongside the Pokémon World Championships,The Pokémon Companywill host another of its popular pop-up Pokémon Center stores....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Jeanette Taylor

Remedy is planning a ‘more regular cadence of sequels’ for Alan Wake and Control

Remedy Entertainment has said players should expect a “more regular cadence of sequels” for Alan Wake and Control. Afterstruggling for over a decade to make a sequelto 2010’s original,Alan Wake 2was finally released last October, while a sequel to 2019’sControlis currently in development. RemedyCEO Tero Virtala discussed plans for the two franchises as part of the Finnish company’s full-year financial results, which were published on Wednesday. “With Alan Wake and Control we now have two established franchises, and our ambition is to grow them into franchises that have high brand recognition, steadily growing user base, more regular cadence of sequels and an ability to generate revenues and profits at a high level,” he said....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Jessica Cook

Review: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy offers a wealth of prosecuting perfection

It’s been nearly eight years since the last main entry in the Ace Attorney series. 2016 was the last time gaming’s most famous lawyer Phoenix Wright gelled back his hair, put on his blue suit and yelled “objection” across the courtroom. While fans have been eagerly awaiting a new entry (and new claims fromCapcomthat the series “will never end” will do little to assuage their impatience), for now the publisher is ensuring players who aren’t fully up to speed with the series can catch up....

August 5, 2025 · 5 min · 911 words · Morgan Davidson

Sega’s president calls Sonic Superstars a ‘disappointment’

Sega president Shuji Utsumi has called Sonic Superstars a “disappointment.” TheSegapresident has said that while he thinks the franchise’s most recent release,Sonic X Shadow Generationsis “awesome,” he didn’t think Superstars turned out as well as the company hoped. “We were trying to do something creative withSonic Frontiers,” said Utsumi, speaking toEurogamer. “WithSonic Superstarsit turned out to be a disappointment, in terms of the outcome compared to what we delivered....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Renee Scott

Silent Hill 2 sales have cleared 1 million

Bloober Team and Konami’s Silent Hill 2 remake has sold over one million copies, the pair have announced. That figure includes both physical and digital sales since the game released on October 8 forPCandPlayStation 5. “Silent Hill 2is a skilfully handled retelling of one of the medium’s most loved survival horror games,”according to VGC’s review. “It stays faithful to the original (to a fault at times) but breathes enough new life into it to simultaneously ensure that long-time fans will appreciate the respect shown, while newcomers won’t find it antiquated....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Douglas Wang

Silent Hill 2’s remake proves the doubters wrong

Regardless of how well the Silent Hill 2 remake does, you’ve got to hand it to Bloober Team for turning around a situation that killed so many other games. Following the initial positive response to its announcement and its first trailer, subsequent gameplay footage was met with so much negativity thatBloober Team’s president actually had to come out and say it wasn’t responsible for the game’s marketing, andthat it didn’t represent the game....

August 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1399 words · Sarah Long

So far, Rise of the Ronin feels like a lot of games we love

Rise of the Ronin feels like a lot of other games. During the first few hours that we’re able to cover in this preview, we were reminded ofAssassin’s Creed,Ghost of Tsushima, Nioh (we’ll let them away with that one), and, most obviously,FromSoftware’sSekiro. WhileRise of the Roninisn’t quite a Souls game and sails much closer to something like the aforementioned Ghost of Tsushima, it’s impossible not to be reminded of the FromSoftware classic when in combat....

August 5, 2025 · 5 min · 893 words · Laura Walker

Sony adds more animated PS5 backgrounds including Ghost of Yotei

Sony has quietly added animated PS5 backgrounds featuring Horizon, Demon’s Souls, and Ghost of Yotei to select players. Previously,PS5‘s welcome hub had one animated background, which featuredAstro Bot. Now, backgrounds forDays Gone,Demon’s Souls,Ghost of Tsushima,Ghost of Yotei,God of War Ragnarok, Horizon: Call of the Mountain,Horizon: Forbidden West,Lego Horizon Adventures,Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart,Rise of the Ronin, andStellar Bladehave all been added, but are only available to certain users at the moment....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Katherine White

StarCraft lead teases new RTS in documentary, with reveal coming at Summer Game Fest

A new studio helmed by StarCraft 2 multiplayer lead David Kim has teased its debut RTS project, which it says will be revealed during Summer Game Fest in June. Uncapped Games is a new California-based studio established by developers of strategy classics such as StarCraft, Warcraft, Dawn of War, and Company of Heroes, underneathTencent’s Lightspeed Studios brand. In a new documentary video published on Friday, the studio detailed its plans for an RTS game that appeals to a wider audience of strategy players than its developers’ past work....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Elizabeth Roberts

Starfield docking guide: How to dock in Starfield

Wondering how to dock in Starfield? Despite being something that you’ll have to do often, docking inStarfieldis strangely awkward. So it’s no wonder why you’ve checked out our guide which will detail how to dock onto a ship, or a space station in the game. Starfield Guides: Starfield New Game Plus|Starfield Contraband|Crimson Fleet quests|Ryujin Industries quests|Freestar Collective quests|Starfield fast XP gain|Starfield boost pack|Starfield console commands Starfield docking guide: How to dock in Starfield to dock in Starfield, you’re first going to have to be in your cockpit and in full control of your ship....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Christopher Porter

The first footage of Mortal Kombat 1’s Jean-Claude Van Damme Johnny Cage skin has been shown

The first footage of Mortal Kombat 1’s Jean-Claude Van Damme DLC has been shown. Van Damme appears as a special alternative skin for Johnny Cage, which can be unlocked by players who purchase the Premium Edition of the game. The skin appears to show Van Damme as he would have looked in the early ’90s, around the time when the firstMortal Kombatwas released. Update8th Sep 2023 / 2:37 pm Warner Bros....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · John Norton

The Nintendo Switch Online app looks a bit more slick on Switch 2

Nintendo has published new images showing Switch 2’s redesigned Switch Online app. The app, which is accessible from the home menu, allows users to see its library of retro games, change settings, and view subscription status. TheSwitchOnline app is separate from the individual retro console apps, such as forNintendo GameCubeor Game Boy, which retain a familiar design on Switch 2. At launch, the Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Classics library forNintendo Switch 2will include three games –The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Soulcalibur 2 and F-Zero GX – with other titles coming “a bit later”, according to Nintendo’s Treehouse: Live stream....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Timothy Castro

Watch: Rockstar museum display features never-before-seen Red Dead Redemption 2 concept art

VGC recently visited the National Museum of Scotland’s Game On exhibition, charting 50 years of video games. As part of that exhibition, the team has assembled a display celebratingRockstar North, Scotland’s most famous games studio. The display, which features items loaned to the museum byRockstar, will only be shown in Scotland, making this opportunity to see rare GTA and Red Dead memorabilia a limited one. The exhibition features a section onRed Dead Redemption 2, including brand-new, never-before-seen concept art, which was donated to the exhibit by Rockstar....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Susan Black