Pok�mon Go is now officially the United States’ biggest game in the history of mobile gaming. It’s very nearly poised to pass Snapchat, too which is one of the biggest apps in history period. There’s no denying that the game is one of the biggest crazes to hit the gaming world since well… Pok�mon originally landed on the Game Boy. But is it any fun? Read on for our full initial review.
General: Fallout Shelter Update Introduces a New Quest System & More
Fallout Shelter has been updated with a massive patch that brings a ton of new content into the mobile game that has seen 50M players taking part in building and populating their own vaults.
General: Mobius Final Fantasy Announcement Trailer & Launch Date
Square Enix is continuing on the Final Fantasy train with today’s announcement trailer for Mobius Final Fantasy. The mobile title is being developed by the teams behind Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII Remake.
General: Kingdom Come: Deliverance – New Features Revealed
Warhorse Studios has revealed some new features that will be present in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Players can look forward to an “extensive RPG system”, a robust armor system, item quality and survival elements.
Survarium: Latest Update Brings New Weapons & Tech Improvements
Survarium has been updated to v0.43 that bring a number of important enhancements and features into the game. Most notably, players can look forward to new weapons, inflicted damage visual improvements, updates to item modification rerolls and much more.
WildStar: Heroes Evolved Update to be Deployed Today
WildStar servers will be brought down today to bring the Heroes Evolved Update into the game. Heroes Evolved brings a number of nifty improvements and features into the game including instant level 50 characters, multi-queuing, cross faction instances, Chua Warriors, Aurin Engineers, race / gender swapping, Path Master and account-wide currencies.
Runescape: Jagex Bought Out by Chinese Investors
Jagex has announced that it has been acquired by Chinese investors and that a new board of directors has been appointed. The buy out gives Jagex a new investment cycle to grow RuneScape and other related projects including mergers and other acquisitions to expand its gaming operations.
Pokemon Go: Niantic Scores the Biggest Mobile Game in US History
While the dubious wording of “biggest mobile game in US history”, mobile gaming being a rather new phenomenon history-wise, it is nonetheless worth noting that Pokemon Go has become the biggest game ever in the United States based on average daily users counted in the millions. Pokemon Go players number in the range of 21-22M per day while 2013’s Candy Crush Saga, the second largest mobile game, hovered around 20M per day.
General: $60 Mini-NES Announced PreLoaded with 30 Classics
Nintendo has announced a new ‘console’ based on the original Super Nintendo System. Called the “Mini-NES”, the tiny console will run $60 and come packed with thirty classic Nintendo titles including The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II, Super Mario Bros. 1-3 and many, many more.
Overwatch: Undocumented Changes to Hitboxes Noted
Reddit users are taking apart the latest Overwatch PTR build and have noticed several significant changes to the size of several characters’ hitboxes. Most notably, it appears that Hanzo’s hitbox has been reduced significantly, as have Zenyatta and Genji. In addition, players are speculating on a fairly significant change to Lucio’s ultimate charge rate, though this may be more related to buffs to other healers including Zenyatta and Mercy.