Pokémon TCG Pocket's Game-Changing Update And More Of The Week's Big News

The year is wrapping up but the gaming news keeps coming. This week, tales of hurt feelings and anger among some developers and fans of Black Myth: Wukong emerged after it failed to take home Game of the Year honors at this year’s Game Awards. Additionally, the announcement that pricey Killzone skins were coming to Helldivers 2, a game that already costs $40 to purchase, did not go over well with fans. Also, Day of the Devs gave us loads of great games to look forward to in its latest showcase, and we’ve got the rundown on those. All this and more in the pages ahead.

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Award ceremonies are very silly. One film, or book, or game, isn’t objectively better than all the others, because that’s not a thing. But the notion that it is nonetheless serves as the bizarre basis for such events, and it’s one that it seems the developers and players of Black Myth: Wukong are really not coping with, since their game didn’t win Game of the Year at last week’s Game Awards. - John Walker Read More

NBA team the Charlotte Hornets screwed up and is having to apologize after recently giving a young fan a PlayStation 5 console during a Christmas-themed halftime skit and then taking the console away after the cameras were turned off. The team is also gifting the fan a PS5 he can keep this time, too. - Zack Zwiezen Read More

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Helldivers 2's first crossover collaboration is officially here and it’s already causing some wallet agita. The good news is the multiplayer game is getting Killzone Helghast skins as it approaches its one-year anniversary. The bad news is the entire bundle of virtual cosmetics costs $20, half the price of the paid game itself. - Ethan Gach Read More

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We used to only get a Day of the Devs showcase once a year during the summer. Now we get an encore during the holidays as well. This year’s Day of the Devs: Game Awards 2024 Edition didn’t disappoint either. Every time I think the heavily curated, very personal, extremely intimate showcase can’t possibly top the last one, somehow it still does. - Ethan Gach Read More

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Apple has released lists revealing the most downloaded and popular free and paid games on iPhone and iPad. The company also shared data on the most popular Apple Arcade games. Balatro sickos might be surprised! - Zack Zwiezen Read More

McDonald’s is teasing a collaboration between itself and the extremely popular Evangelion anime franchise. But while the figures in the collab have yet to be announced, they have apparently leaked online via a promotional poster. The leak provides more details on the crossover, which is seemingly only going to be available in Japan. - Zack Zwiezen Read More

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Capcom has confirmed that the publisher plans to revive more old, dormant video game franchises after recently announcing a new Okami and Onimusha. That sound you just heard was thousands of Dino Crisis fans around the world gasping at once. - Zack Zwiezen Read More

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Monster Hunter Wilds is just a couple of months away. The action-RPG looks great so far and is poised to be the biggest game yet in the long-running series. It also probably looks completely overwhelming and hard to parse for newcomers to the franchise. Fortunately, actor Daisy Ridley is here to explain it to you in just 10 minutes. - Ethan Gach Read More

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It’s Mewsday! That could be a thing, right? Let’s all say it until it’s a thing? No? Oh. Well fine, but you should still open Pokémon TCG Pocket this morning, because it’s just added its first new cards since launch. And they’re going to mess up everything. - John Walker Read More

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LG’s new transparent OLED television set is nearly here and you can pre-order it now. The TV can display both transparent and opaque video and it does so wirelessly. And if you want this new fancy TV, you just have to shell out $60,000. - Zack Zwiezen Read More