Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket’sWisdom of Sea and Sky expansion has been marred with controversy. Yesterday, after the cards were datamined, it became apparent that at least one, the Ho-Oh ex immersive rare,had been copied from fan art, leading DeNA and The Pokemon Company to issue an apology, pulling the card and replacing it with a placeholder in the process. Despite this, the game moved ahead, releasing itsJohto-themed set, much to the delight of fans....

I’m not going to say we all wrote (or write) fanfiction. Sure, we’ve all had headcanons about the characters we love. That’s natural, and a lot of the time subconscious. But when it comes to writing fanfiction, I know it’s not for everyone. Even I haven’t written lots of it, and most of it when I was a child. Frankly, I’ve forgotten most of it. But I do remember some of them....

Over the weekend, developer VOID Interactive announced thatit would be censoring certain aspects of Ready or Notahead of its console release to maintain its ESRB rating, and that those changes would carry over to the PC version due to the game being cross-platform. The tweaks are fairly minor, lessening violence towards children, allowing dismemberment only for living targets, and removing nudity, but it’s been enough to ruffle the community’s feathers. As reported byPCGamesN, the game has dropped to a ‘Mixed’ score on Steam with fans highlighting the supposed “censorship”, demanding that the changes be reversed....

Late last week, Rob Wiethoff, theactor behind John Marston, sent theRed Dead Redemptioncommunity into a frenzywhen he teased that “exciting news” that he “cannot wait” for fans to find out is on the way. A few days after that,Roger Clark and Noshir Dalal, the actors behind Arthur Morgan and Charles, respectively, also teased thebignews, only adding more fuel to the fire. Unfortunately, it seems that massive news is nothing more than a reunion for the cast behind bothRed Dead Redemptionand its prequel/sequelRed Dead Redemption 2....

Three days ago, Electronic Arts finally took the curtains offBattlefield 6with the cinematic unveiling of a game thatstill lacks any officially-revealed gameplay. DICE’s latest juggernaut will have a separate multiplayer reveal on July 31, but fans needn’t wait until then to learn far more about Battlefield 6’s full-blown battle royale mode - though I’m sure EA was hoping they would. Prominent leaker and dataminer Temporyal, whopreviously showed the gaming communitysome work-in-progress single-player campaign footage, is back with a thorough examination of a soon-to-be-famous fictional destination called Lyndon Beach....

Quick Links The Nine remains a mysterious force inDestiny 2. Ever since the Witness' downfall, they have started to become a more prominent force in the game’s plotline. With Rite of the Nine, they are actively inviting Guardians to play their games. It isn’t a proper gameshow in this case, but there are plenty of rewards to earn nonetheless. Rite of the Nine has updated three of Destiny 2’s dungeons with new mechanics and rewards, including a limited-time title and some powerful reprised weapons....

Disneyhas just dropped yet another reference toKingdom Heartson its social media, all whileSquare Enixrefuses to say pretty much anything about the series. If you’re a Kingdom Hearts fan, then you’re no doubt used to long periods of silence. Heck, thewait between Kingdom Hearts 3’s original announcement and its release was nearly six years, so it’s not like we’ve never had to wait around to hear more about the series.What’s been happening over the past few years has somehow been even worse, though....

It’s hard to measure the impactGames Done Quickhas had throughout its 15 years of existence. The idea of streaming video games for an entire week was once a novel concept, and continues to evolve before our very eyes to this day. But in its own unique way, the biannual event has changed the expectations and tropes of what a livestreaming video game event can and should be. And by that, I mean thatAwesome Games Done Quickhas never been afraid to go ‘All In’,get weird, and experiment....

Summary Clair Obscur: Expedition 33features a large open world with mysterious locations and dangerous enemies to defeat. There is never a dull moment for the main cast of characters, but they are able to wind down every night at camp to rest and reflect on their journey so far. You can do some important stuff at camp, like upgrade your weapons and items, but you can also spend some one-on-one time with your allies to increase your bond with them....

Whether you’re brand new to thePokemon TCGor you’re a seasoned veteran of the hobby, one of the most important things to familiarize yourself with is grading. To go back to basics, grading cards means sending them to designated grading companies to have their conditions evaluated, scored, and encapsulated. You can grade your cards to keep them safe and verify their condition, which also makes it easier to receive the most in return when selling your cards....

Thevideo games industryhas gone through several shifts over the years as new trendsetters release and old trends fall by the wayside. These can range from anything between different genres becoming more popular to the ways that developers and companies operate. While following trends is to be expected, and it’s not bad for developers to do, it can often lead to periods of stagnation where every triple-A studio seems to be making the same game....

I grew up withGex. My parents weren’t always around and my older siblings had either long moved out or were giant stoners, so time and time again I’d lose myself in whatever was put in front of me. One day, after perusing a car boot sale with my Dad, that was a copy of Gex: Enter The Gecko for the originalPlayStation. I played this and its sequel to death, but in the two decades that have since followed, never did I expect them to surface again....

Do you remember the EyeToy? It was a peripheral released for thePlayStation 2with a few distinctive games which, at the time, felt like a bizarre glimpse into the future. First launched in 2003, almost a decade beforeXbox Kinectfirst burst onto the scene, this gadget plugged into your console and will immediately track your movements across a variety of different experiences. It was pretty rudimentary, but in the early noughties, it still seemed incredible....