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Pikmin Bloom Release Date: When is it Rolling Out?

Top GamesImage courtesy of NianticPikmin Bloom has started to roll out, but when is it releasing globally?Pikmin Bloom, the latest mobile game from Niantic, has been getting a soft launch to coincide with the series' 20th anniversary. It seems that the plan is for the game to slowly release globally in the coming days. Today, Oct. 27, Pikmin Bloom has launched in Australia and Singapore. Players looking to get in on the action in the US, UK, or other territories will have to wait just a little bit longer.The game

Pikmin Bloom: What is it?

Top GamesImage courtesy of NianticPikmin Bloom is the latest mobile game from Niantic, but what do you do in it?Niantic have been hard at work creating the follow-up to the wildly successful Pokemon GO. Rolling out globally over the next coming days, Pikmin Bloom is a slightly different take on the walking games. As a neat spin-off for the Pikmin franchise, players will be utilizing the help of little colorful Pikmin to grow flowers as you go about your daily life. So what exactly do you do in Pikmin Bloom,

The Emerald Skull Far Cry 6: Everything You Need to Know

Top GamesWe’ve devised how to traverse the cavern within the Emerald Skull treasure hunt in Far Cry 6. / UbisoftWe’ve devised how to traverse the cavern within the Emerald Skull treasure hunt in Far Cry 6.Treasure hunts are one of the types of side quests available in Far Cry 6. Some are stand alone and net the player some serious loot to help in their journey to liberate Yara. Others are multifaceted and are simply one or a collection of steps to unlock a greater reward. The Emerald Skull is

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles Character Tier List

Top GamesHere is a tier list of the playable characters available at launch in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles. / Photo courtesy of CyberConnect2This Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles character tier list is here for those who want to get a get idea of where the competitive is at the moment early on within a week of the game's launch.Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles is the latest 3D arena fighting game from CyberConnect2. Based on the anime adaption

How to Unlock All Characters in Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles

Top GamesImage courtesy of CyberConnect2There are 18 characters to unlock in Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles. Here's what you need to know in order to unlock them all. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles is the latest 3D fighting game from CyberConnect2. Based on the anime adaption of the Demon Slayer manga series, the game follows the events of the first season and features exploration elements coupled with various boss battles. As with most anime adaptations, the game features a whole host of characters that will need

Pokemon Legends: Arceus Will Feature Monster Hunter-like Mechanics

PokémonThe Pokemon Company, the lead corporation behind the iconic Pokemon franchise, has issued a statement confirming exploration gameplay Legends: Arceus. / The Pokemon Company, Game FreakThe Pokemon Company, the lead corporation behind the iconic Pokemon franchise, has issued a statement confirming exploration gameplay in Pokemon Legends: Arceus.In a statement originally issued to Kotaku on Friday, Oct. 8, The Pokemon Company explained how exploration will work in its upcoming Nintendo Switch title Pokemon Legends: Arceus. According to the statement, this style is comparable to another franchise under the corporate umbrella: Monster

Pokémon Legends: Arceus will be more of a sandbox game, not fully open world

Fans have slowly been getting more and more excited for the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, a game that will take the Pokémon franchise to places it has never gone before—even in its numerous spin-off titles. However, now it looks like one popular descriptor of the game has been clarified.  Images in previously released trailers show that the Legends: Arceus map is segmented and heavily resembles a Monster Hunter game. This led many to start questioning if the new game would be fully open world or take what Sword and

Pokemon Legends: Arceus Might Not be Fully Open World

PokémonImage courtesy of Game FreakAs more details surface around Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it seems that the game might not be as much of an open world as previously thought. Since its announcement back in February, Pokémon fans have been anxiously awaiting the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus. First revealed as part of the Pokémon 25th Anniversary, this new game looks to take the beloved series in a different direction. With noticeable comparions to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Pokémon Legends: Arceus appeared to show an expansive world which

AWAY: The Survival Series Interview – Premise, Environments, Exploration, and More

A game with a premise as inherently fascinating as that of AWAY: The Survival Series is bound to pique curiosity, and it certainly has done that. Taking the form of a playable nature documentary where you play as a glider, control various other animals, and explore beautiful environments while avoiding dangerous predators, Breaking Walls’ upcoming game certainly seems to be shaping up to be quite unique. Ahead of its launch, we recently reached out to the developers with some of our questions about AWAY: The Survival Series. Below, you can read our conversation

Riot releases official trailer, launch date for Arcane

Riot Games and Netflix have finally given a taste of one of the most anticipated shows of the year by releasing the official trailer for Arcane, the upcoming animated series based on the globally popular video game League of Legends. Arcane will be Riot’s first television series and will premiere on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 8pm CT. The show will be broadcast around the world via Netflix, while it will be shown on Tencent Video in China. It’ll be a great way to celebrate the League of Legends 2021 World Championship