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There isn’t much time left for players to participate inPokemon GO’s Sinnoh Celebration Event where certain Sinnoh Pokemon have increased spawn rates among other special opportunities. This event will be ending on Sunday, January 17th at 8:00 pm in players' local times. Among the Pokemon getting increased spawn rates for this event are the Sinnoh starter Pokemon. This means thatPokemon GOplayers that want to get their hands on Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup and their evolutions will be able to do so much more easily....

Quick Links There are more ways than ever to evolve Pokemon, and that may leavePokemon Scarlet & Violetplayers confused over the way to evolve Steenee. Thankfully, turning this Pokemon into a Tsareena isn’t particularly difficult. Bounsweet has flown under the radar in some regards, but it evolves into the queenly Pokemon Tsareena, which is a great grass-type option for the story mode and beyond.Pokemon Scarlet & Violetplayers would be well-served in adding this Pokemon to their team, but it’s easy to miss out on evolving Steenee....

Summary Pokemon Scarlet and Violethave sold almost as many units as the classicPokemon Gold andSilvergames from the second generation. Just two months after its release,Pokemon Scarlet andVioletpassed an important milestone, surpassing the sales of their predecessorsSword andShieldin the same timeframe, so it’s not surprising that the two games have continued to sell well over the following months. Released at the end of 2022,Pokemon Scarlet andVioletinitially received mixed reviews. While these games were an ambitious attempt to create a fully open-world experience, several critics argued that the world was too empty....

Summary Pokemon Sleepis adding Generation 2 legendary Pokemon Entei to its collection of pocket monsters that players can capture with a good night’s sleep. The addition of this new creature toPokemon Sleep’s lineup provides players with even more incentives to go to bed, as the entire goal of this mobile app is to track its users’ sleep data and reward them with charming snoozing Pokemon. By just placing their smartphone at their bedside every night,Pokemon Sleepplayers can receive a report of how well they slept and get rewards based on their sleep style....

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crownhas some big shoes to fill: not only is it a beloved franchise’s 14-year comeback, but it’s also stepping into the Metroidvania genre which has enjoyed an explosion of high-quality titles in recent years. Gamers have come to expect certain quality-of-life features and game mechanics inmodern Metroidvania games, but they also have grown accustomed to several of the genre’s pitfalls. Speaking exclusively with Game Rant,Prince of Persia: The Lost Crownsenior producer Abdelhak Elguess and game director Mounir Radi revealed how the series' latest entry addresses a few of the genre’s pain points....

Summary Characters who have entered the public domain are free for anyone to use. That means that anyone can create any kind of creative work using these characters, provided they don’t too closely resemblemore recent adaptations. These creative works can also include video games. There have been many beloved video games based on public domain characters, such asSherlock Holmes: Chapter 1andLies Of P. However, many public domain characters either never got a video game adaptation, or their games were poorly received....

Two of the most prominent figures in the world ofTwitchstreaming, Shroud and Sacriel, have teamed up with the UK-based game developer Splash Damage to create a new open-world survival game. A livestream conducted by Shroud onTwitchearlier today provided some more information regarding this collaboration. Shroud whose real name is Michael Grzesiekis a former professionalCounter-Strike: Global Offensiveplayer turned full-time streamer. Sacriel, whose real name is Chris Ball, is another well-known streamer and content creator, with a focus on tactical shooters such asEscape from TarkovandRainbow Six Siege....

Almost 9 years after release and closing in on spanning across three separate console generations,Skyrimstill has a bustling player community sharing new additions to the massively popular open-world RPG. One thing that keeps fans playing at this point isn’t so much support from the developer, but the ingenuity of fan mademods for the latestElder Scrollstitle and how they can reshape the way the game is played. OneSkyrimmodder going by Haytur on Nexus Mods has released a new skin for players and their companions, with credit to other modders like AthenaX who made the armor, and Ilikeawp who inspired this new skin and made the original asset....

In what little ofSonic Frontiershas been shown, the community is buzzing at the prospects of the ambitious title. Sega is keeping most of its cards onSonic the Hedgehog’s next adventure close to its chest, but it has spoken about a few things though, like how Sonic’s movement will work. While fans got a sneak peek at the game in 2021,Sonic Frontierswas officially revealed at The Game Awards 2021. While the trailer lacked formal gameplay, Sega did show a sizzle reel of open environments, or rather, an “open-zone"Sonicgame....

Without mincing words, FromSoftware’sDark Soulsis one of the most influential games of the modern era. Though it took inspiration from the likes of Metroidvanias,The Legend of Zelda, andBerserkitself,FromSoftware’sDark Soulsserieshas gone on to influence a whole new subgenre of action-RPGs called Soulslikes. These titles borrowDark Souls' interconnected level design, its stamina and combat mechanics, and its obtuse approach to storytelling. But many Soulslikes actually take more inspiration fromDark Souls' younger sibling,Bloodborne....

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderwas an important addition to the newStar Warscanon established after Disney’s acquisition due to the fact that it explored some new grounds, like the Zeffo. There has been much speculation surrounding the story of the game’s upcoming sequel,Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, with the hope that the next title will lean into somenarrative strengths ofStar Wars Jedi:Fallen Order. Some spoilers forStar Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderaheadCentral toStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s plot is the mysterious and enigmatic Zeffo alien race....

There has been a lot of speculation regarding the motivations behind whyMicrosoftpurchased Activision Blizzard. At the end of the day, the reason why major corporations buy other major corporations is to make money, but the specifics as to how that’s going to happen with this particular acquisition are still up in the air. Because of the widespread popularity ofthe IPs owned by Activision Blizzard, plenty of fans are skeptical about whether they’ll all become Xbox exclusive titles in the future....

The first PlayStation was incredibly important to both gaming as a medium and the industry. Sony took a big gamble by entering the spacedominated by Nintendo and Sega, but the company managed to knock it out of the park on its first try. Many of the games have become timeless classics, but a lot of them have not aged well, either. Third-Person shooters in particular were hard to make. RELATED:Games You Never Knew Were Ported To The PS1 3D game design was in its infancy and developers were trying different ways to make it work....