Author: Garry Smith

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Alola to Alola is the final event in Pokémon Go’s Season of Alola. During this Pokémon Go event, you can complete the Alola to Alola special research quest – if you’ve met the requirements, of course. Alola to Alola is a branching quest, which means it’s a good idea to know which Choose Path choice is best for you.There’s also an Alola to Alola Collection Challenge and event exclusive field research tasks to complete as well! Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full…

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Temtem, developer Crema’s massively multiplayer riff on Pokémon, will be leaving early access and getting its full PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, and PC release on 6th September. Temtem, you might recall, entered Steam early access back in January 2020, selling over half a million copies in its first month of release. Crema has been steadily expanded the game’s core creature-collecting and battling action since then – introducing the likes of new Temtem, new islands to explore, and new social and competitive features, not to mention launching an early access version for PS5 – and update 1.0 is now finally…

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The Sims 4’s long-awaited customisable pronouns feature has finally arrived – albeit in English only to begin with – and is available now as part of the game’s latest update. Developer Maxis confirmed it was investigating ways to introduce expanded pronoun options to The Sims 4 last May – following a community petition signed by more than 22,000 people – and players got a first look at the feature’s progress during a livestream earlier this year. And now, with some additional development time under its belt, Maxis has pushed the first iteration of its customisable pronouns feature – developed in…

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Developer Infinity Ward’s next instalment in the long-running Call of Duty series, which was previously confirmed to be near-future sequel Modern Warfare 2 (not to be confused with the 2009 game of the same name), will launch on 28th October. Platforms have yet to be detailed. Activision Blizzard formally revealed Modern Warfare 2 and its logo in April – after months of rumours and even an official pre-announcement announcement in February. Following today’s release date confirmation, specifics remain extremely light, but the gameplay-free trailer accompanying Activision Blizzard’s announcement does include a description revealing a smidgeon more of what’s in store.…

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It seems plenty of people are thirsting after Elden Ring’s sexy wolfman Blaidd. So much so, Buzzfeed has done a thirst tweet reaction video with voice actor Scott Arthur. Blaidd, for the unaware, is an NPC in FromSoftware’s epic who’s half man and half wolf. He’s involved in one of the game’s main quests, helps players with one of the major bosses, and has had the furry community in a frenzy. Welsh voice actor Arthur admits it too. “I know that he’s caused quite a stir in the furry world, which I didn’t know anything about until I looked on…

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Long-time gamers likely remember the Game & Watch systems from Nintendo back in the 80’s and early 90’s. They were awesome little portable pieces of tech at the time, and on them you could play a classic Nintendo game and use it as a clock when you weren’t gaming on it. 40 years later, there was a limited run of Game and Watch: Super Mario Bros. released by Nintendo which contained the full NES versions of Super Mario Bros.Nintendo has stopped making the Mario version now, but you can still find it on offer at some retailers for a reduced…

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Sony’s revamped PlayStation Plus subscription has now begun rolling out worldwide, and is available first in Asia from today. The launch gives us our first proper look at the service’s full catalogue of games – although fans say it contains far fewer titles in its catalogue than previously expected. Indeed, a guide to PlayStation Plus published yesterday on the PlayStation blog mentions “700” games available across the subscription’s various plans – a rough figure we’ve heard from Sony before – albeit with the caveat that these games will vary “over time and plan”. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content…

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Sea of Thieves’ sixth season of content is nearing its end, but there’s still time for one last Adventure before we say farewell – and this final episode of the season is promising to be a biggie, asking players to determine the fate of Golden Sands outpost once and for all. Lost Sands will the fourth monthly instalment in Seas of Thieves’ ongoing, seasons-spanning narrative, and is aiming to significantly raise the stakes by giving players the option to side with an in-game faction and make a permanent mark on the world. Golden Sands has, of course, been at the…

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A group of 28 QA testers at Activision Blizzard’s Wisconsin-based Raven Software studio have, despite the publisher’s ongoing anti-unionisation efforts, won their vote to unionise. Quality Assurance testers at Raven Software formally announced their intent to unionise under the name Game Workers Alliance in January – amid then-ongoing strike action following the firing of 12 members of the developer’s QA team – but when Activision Blizzard missed a deadline to voluntarily recognise the union, the group filed a petition with independent government agency the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to initiate a union election. Activision Blizzard contested the filing, but…

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As Sony’s revamped PlayStation Plus subscription service goes live across Asian markets, more and more previously unknown details are beginning to emerge, including the news that Syphon Filter won’t be the only classic PS1 title getting trophy support at launch. When Sony Bend Studio shared word of Syphon Filter’s new trophies last week, it didn’t confirm whether other PS1 titles would be getting a similar treatment as part of Sony’s revised PlayStation Plus – but with the service now going live, that question has been answered. Achievement tracking website Exophase has revealed trophy lists for four more PS1 games alongside…

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