Pokémon Sword and Shield aren’t out until November 15, but the internet is buzzing with leaked information from the games already. The following contains major Pokemon: Sword and Shield spoilers. We already know that Sword and Shield won’t contain every single Pokémon in existence — that fact has become a huge controversy for players who have diligently collected and transferred every creature across games. Green denotes Pokémon still in the game, while dark green signals that creature has a new

Faze Jarvis, a YouTuber with nearly 2 million subscribers, has been permanently banned from playing Fortnite after uploading videos where he uses cheating software to kill enemies. While some believe this is a cut and dry situation, others, like popular YouTuber The Fortnite Guy, are calling it unfair. “We have a zero tolerance policy for the usage of cheat software,” Epic says. The professional players temporarily banned earlier this year teamed up and made an agreement, whereas aimbots are som

Anthem’s chief developer for live service — aka the whole reason the game was made, basically — has left the studio. Chad Robertson announced via Twitter on Thursday that he would be leaving BioWare after 14 years with the company. I join as a fan now, and look forward to playing BioWare games for years to come. — Chad Robertson (@crobertson_atx) October 31, 2019Anthem lead producer Ben Irving also left BioWare in August, around the time Anthem’s 1.3.0 patch update finally delivered the promised

BlizzCon is a fan convention, after all, so it follows that heaping helpings of fan service are served up there. Fifteen years of that are driven by World of Warcraft, of course, and its factions’ principal characters combine for the trailer’s money line “You’ll never fight alone.” World of Warcraft launched Nov. 23, 2004. World of Warcraft Classic, a vanilla presentation of the game’s early state, went live in the MMO in August. And World of Warcraft: Shadowlands was announced as the next major

NBA 2K20’s practice mode does provide on-screen input direction (move the stick this direction, buttons or triggers, etc.) What I really need is something like this, a video of 10 go-to dribble moves, all of them leading to a shooting action. More importantly, you’re seeing the player demonstrate the tricks in the game, as opposed to just getting controller input icons. As I have seen in NBA 2K20, spacing and getting an open look is more important than ever, even with solid shooter ratings or ba

At the BlizzCon 2019 opening ceremony, Blizzard revealed World of Warcraft: Shadowkeep, the long-running MMO’s eighth expansion. Starting with Shadowlands (and starting early next year for players who pre-order the expansion), players can make a Death Knight class of any race. Blizzard’s original reasoning for not allowing Allied Race Death Knights came from a story justification. Blizzard reasoned it wouldn’t make sense to have new playable races rise from the dead as Death Knights. Blizzard ha

In the opening ceremony for BlizzCon 2019, Blizzard unveiled Shadowlands, World of Warcraft’s eight expansion in 15 years. In a deep dive panel after the ceremony, game director Ion Hazzikostas revealed some serious changes to the way players level in World of Warcraft — as well as a shift in the numbered level players display under their name. Once Shadowlands arrives next year, all max level players will transform from level 120 back to 50. In Shadowlands, players will level from 50 to 60; the

Still, it is charming to see in the credits of The Outer Worlds a tribute to all of the Dungeons & Dragons characters who died during development. Cotto, a designer with Obsidian since 2016, ran a fifth-edition D&D campaign during development that took out five level 7 characters. They weren’t the only casualties; 3D artist Daniel Platt bagged a level 12 Barbarian Dragonborn in “At Death’s Door.” He concocted a big scenario where we destroyed an evil tome of magic and saved the realm right befor

Toby Fox, the developer and composer behind Undertale, has announced that he’s made music for the new Pokémon games. Fox announced on Twitter on Friday morning that he composed a track for Pokémon Sword and Shield. Hey, I’m finally allowed to announce this: I was asked to compose a track for Pokémon Sword & Shield! Early on, Fox composed music for Homestuck, as one of many community composers who helped bring music to the popular webcomic. Pokémon Sword and Shield are set to release later this y

Soon, Pokémon fans will know the history behind Ash’s Pikachu, thanks to the Pokémon anime. The first episode of the new season of Pokémon will be called “Pikachu is Born!” and will show what Ash’s Pikachu was like before his life at Professor Oak’s office. Ash’s relationship with Pikachu started off rocky at first. Pikachu refused to get in its ball, electrocuted Ash constantly, and even laughed at him when he failed to catch a Pidgey.

Fallout 76 buyers in Australia are entitled to a refund, under a ruling from that country’s Competition and Consumer Commission published earlier today. Consumers who bought Fallout 76 from its Nov. 24, 2018 launch until June 1, 2019 can request the refund. Fallout 76 is an always-online multiplayer game that requires a check-in to Bethesda Softworks’ servers on startup. The ACCC’s statement listed “problems with the servers, lagging, graphic and visual problems” as faults within Fallout 76 that

Even the video games you play might haunt you with your embarrassments. Fortnite Chapter 2’s big thing is that introduces new mechanics, such as swimming. So, inevitably, some people died in silly ways as they started to figure out what made Chapter 2 tick. Infamously, a failed rescue attempt off a cliff also got a tombstone last year that players could visit. It seems that if your death makes people laugh, there’s a good chance it might get a nod in-game.

It’s Nov. 1, which means that Halloween is done, fall is over, and stores and radio stations are starting to blast Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.” Who needs the grace period of November, amirite? We’re full-blasting into this holiday season, ho ho ho! Freeform is wasting no time in unfurling its annual 25 Days of Christmas schedule. Behold, all the Christmas movies and television shows, both old and new, licensed and Freeform-original.

Blizzard has spoken twice about its decision to suspend Hong Kong Hearthstone player Ng “blitzchung” Wai Chung — first, when it suspended the player, and later, when it shortened his punishment. Now, during the BlizzCon 2019 opening ceremony in Anaheim, California, the company has addressed ongoing criticism it has faced since then. Today you’re going to see a lot of the hard work of the Blizzard team. Blizzard did not speak directly about blitzchung, nor did it note any decision to adjust his p

The hope is to make Diablo 4 darker, gorier, and more sinister, like Diablo 2 before it. Inspiration was taken from old medieval paintings, and the trailer showcased during BlizzCon featured plenty of blood. Blizzard wants to combine the sense of dread from Diablo 1, the loot chase from Diablo 2, and the combat from Diablo 3. As the years went on, Diablo 3’s developers ironed out the loot kinks, released some beefy expansions, and closed the auction house. Last year, a mobile MMO version of the

Nintendo’s Mario Kart for mobile phones, Mario Kart Tour, will get its first taste of real-time multiplayer this December. Mario Kart Tour’s Gold Pass costs $4.99 per month and grants subscribers access to the mobile karting game’s fastest speed class, 200cc, and other cosmetic rewards. Nintendo released Mario Kart Tour for Android and iOS devices in September, but the mobile game shipped without a proper multiplayer mode, a staple of the franchise. Instead, players race against computer-control

There’s the obligatory Ghoul Trooper skin, which players will cop due to rarity. And then there’s this inexplicable monstrosity, which the battle royale developer revealed earlier today via a new trailer. Available tonight pic.twitter.com/BAK9gLCTij — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 31, 2019It’s a great costume — I’m definitely tempted to boot up the game and buy it. Despite the bewilderment, everyone accepted Peely, because it’s a silly skin that adds to Fortnite’s ever-growing food obsession.

The Nintendo Switch Lite sold 1.95 million units in its first 10 days on sale, according to Nintendo’s quarterly earnings report. If you’re wondering how good that is, the Nintendo Switch itself sold 2.74 million units in the first month it was available back in 2017. Outside estimates at the time pegged the original Switch as selling 1.5 million units in its first 11 days. On the whole, the Nintendo Switch line has moved 18 million consoles since launch, the company says. The Nintendo Switch Li

The dragon appearing at the end of the Nier: Automata alliance raid in Final Fantasy 14 is just a fluke, according to an announcement from Square Enix this morning. The new raid, The Copied Factory, released on Tuesday morning and a handful of players running it started seeing a bizarre dragon spawn at the final boss fight. Unfortunately that isn’t the case, as the developers just used the same test internal ID as another quest, so the Dying Dragon NPC from the other quest was popping up in the

As a joke, the fan — who goes by tuxedojack on Reddit — decided to try his luck once more. It was all in jest, as he had actually already bought a copy of The Outer Worlds. Here’s a key to the Epic Game Store for The Outer Worlds. [An Epic Game Store key followed.] It would have been easy to ignore the support ticket, given that the fan wasn’t actually having an issue with his game.