Pokémon Go Twitch Drops – how to get them and what they are

Niantic has hosted many rewarding events over the years, including itsPokémon GoTwitch Drops program. However, these celebrations are often time-restricted, so it’s possible to miss out on the event. Here’s how to getPokémon GoTwitch Drops and their rewards. How to get Pokémon Go Twitch Drops To claim Twitch Drops forPokémon Go,connect your Twitch to your Trainer Club account. You can easily do this on thePokémon Rewardspage, which only takes a few minutes to set up....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · John Christian

Prove Mom Wrong By Becoming President Tycoon codes

Roblox tycoon-type games have always been my favorite genre, so I had to tryProve Mom Wrong By Becoming President Tycoon. This fun Roblox experience took me on a fantastic journey where I gathered money, spread my influence, and worked my way up in politics. I usedProve Mom Wrong By Becoming President Tycooncodes to obtain plenty of Votes and Cash. Then, I used all that Cash to hire Voters and accumulate more Votes!...

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 448 words · Amy Robertson

PS2 games coming to PSN next month (in Japan)

This is what I’ve always wanted Sony to do. There are tons of great PS2 games out there that are sitting and rotting. Why not re-release them digitally for the PS3? They’re doing exactly that in Japan, starting July 25. The PSN Game Archives will be expanded to include PlayStation 2 games, kicking off with five titles: FFFF!Dragon Force?!Kessen?! These are some of my favorite games!Andriasangreports that these PS2 re-releases will only be playable on the PS3....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Sandra Clark

PUBG’s tropical map will be available for testing next week

Codename: Savage Therecently teasedtropical island map forPlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundswill be available on the test servers next week. Going by the title of “Codename: Savage,” the map will be a generally smaller take on the battle royale subgenre than what players are currently accustomed to. This was all revealed at GDC today along with a bunch of screenshots of the new island. The testing window for this new map will begin on April 2 (7:00 pm PDT) and run until April 5 (4:00 am PDT)....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Adriana Ellis

Rhythm Heaven lives on in this massive fan animation

Reanimated Rhythm I was driving in the car yesterday and much to my surprise, theWii’s Mii Channel music came on the radio, sending me on an unexpected, much-appreciated nostalgia trip. Actually, nostalgia may not be the right word, as it implies wistfulness for a time when I was a younger, happier person. The truth is, I wasn’t. It was the world that was better back then, while I was pretty much the same (for better or worse)....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Robert Dougherty

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 just got released on iOS

No microtransactions! Hallelujah! The initial reaction for lot of people have to “iOS port of ___” is to run away screaming. Microtransactions, ads, and Facebook integration. Mobile gaming for the most part is a total mess, but this time, someone’s done it well! And, more shockingly, it’sRollercoaster Tycoon 3. The game was ported over by original developer Frontier Developments. It includes all eighteen of the scenarios the originalRC3had, touch screen controls, and it has no microtransactions or in-app purchases....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Carlos Smith

Schilling auctioning bloody sock to pay 38 Studios debts

The saga continues Former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling isselling his personal effectsto pay off the debts of 38 Studios. Last year, the company releasedKingdoms of Amalur: Reckoningonly to file forbankruptcyandshuttermonths later. Among the items to go up for auction will be Schilling’s prized bloody sock from the 2004 World Series. That year Schilling pitched through injury to win one of four consecutive elimination games in the American League Championship Series. Schilling underwent tendon surgery on his ankle prior to a critical Game Six....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Casey Sanders

Sonic the Hedgehog 2018 birthday event and livestream set for June

Still way younger than me, FML Sega’s irrepressible mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog, turns 27 years old this month. To celebrate nearly thirty years of shenanigans from the spiky blue blur, Sega will hold a special birthday event at Tokyo Joypolis. Scheduled for June 23, Sonic Birthday 2018 will see series producer Takashi Iizuka take to the stage to talk details on the upcomingSonic Mania Plusand other releases, no doubt including the just-announcedTeam Sonic Racing....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Sheri Singleton

Street Fighter V servers struggle with demand

Were you affected? Capcom servers have been struggling to meet demand on the release ofStreet Fighter V. According to reports onreddit,Steam, and Twitter, players have been struggling to keep connected to the game, while others have been unable to connect at all. Here, take a look at the screencap Twitterer GestDaBomb took while trying to find a game to watch on Twitch. I just wanted to watch a stream@Capcom_Unity@StreetFighter#RiseUppic.twitter.com/wsB2FSrkKq...

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Jeanette Blackburn

That standalone DayZ edition is still far away

The mod for ARMA II is still the only way to play for now Just last week, anentry in Steam’s databasesmade it look like the standalone edition of Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall’s hugely popularARMA IImodDayZwas imminent. However,posting on reddit, Hall confirmed that there’s still more work to be done on the game before it’s released. “We have now something that provides basic functionality for 10-20 players,” he wrote. “We think we need a minimum of 15 FPS [with] 50 players, 2000 zombies, and 25000 loot items....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · James Francis

The Acolyte: How the series was inspired by Star Wars games

With the third and final season ofStar Wars: The Bad Batchand the miniseriesTales of the Empirenow firmly in the rearview mirror, theStar Warsfranchise is revving up for yet another new addition. The first live-action series in some time,Star Wars: The Acolyteaims to take viewers back in time. Long before the Empire, long before the Clone Wars, there was the Jedi Order, the Republic, and a mysterious, powerful force seeking to destroy them both....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Carly Ray

The Game Awards 2021 set another viewership record with 85m livestreams

Gotta be honest, I was in bed The Game Awardshas announcedthat the 2021 iteration of the event set yet another online audience record. According to the number crunchers behind the annual end-of-year show, this year’s showcase smashed the 85 million live stream mark, representing a small but meaty 2% increase onThe Game Awards 2020. Broken down, this equates to somewhere in the region of 3.35 million viewers on streaming platform Twitch alone, with YouTube logging a cumulative 1....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 223 words · Christopher Mendoza

The Switch eShop is hosting a staggering 36 indie releases this week: is it too much?

Are you finding the eShop bloated? For roughly six years now I’ve been cataloging eShop releases for the 3DS, Wii U, and Switch on a weekly basis (I haven’t missed a week in years!). Over time, you start to notice some trends. I remember the first time the Switch eShop started to completely overtake the Wii U storefront and the day the 3DS began to slowly fade. As they say: numbers don’t lie....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Robin Sandoval