Author: Tom Phillips

The Pokémon Company has established a new subsidiary, Pokémon Works, based in the same building as ILCA, the studio which developed Pokémon Home and the recent Diamond and Pearl remakes. Pokémon Works is yet to get a formal announcement, but its trademark and company registration was spotted this week by the eagle-eyed Serebii.net.…

Children of the Sun, the indie puzzle shooter where you have to take out encampments of cultists using only one bullet, will launch for PC on 9th April. You can give the game a go right now via its Steam demo, which was one of the highlights of the most recent Steam…

Production artwork for the Super Mario Bros. Movie shows a number Mushroom Kingdom characters who didn’t make it into the final film – including Princess Daisy, Toadette, Eurogamer favourite Birdo, and the loyal Toadsworth. The artwork, created by freelance veteran Jed Diffenderfer, was recently spotted after being uploaded to his website (thanks, Nintendo…

Nintendo hasn’t announced which of its many development studios or partners is making Princess Peach: Showtime, this spring’s biggest new Nintendo Switch game, and doesn’t seem likely to before it debuts later this month. “The development team will be credited in the game credits,” a Nintendo spokesperson simply told me today when…

Funcom, developer of the upcoming Dune: Awakening, has issued a statement regarding the role of religion in the game after fan concerns erupted on the internet this week. In Eurogamer’s preview of Dune: Awakening, Funcom chief creative officer Joel Bylos mentioned how “for the large part, we sort of sidestep religion” as part…

What came first, the video game or the tie-in novel? Typically it’s the former – and only after it’s proven to be successful. But this isn’t the case with Unknown 9: Awakening, a historical action adventure published by Bandai Namco originally announced back in 2020. Back then, it was due for launch the following…

Pokémon Go Fest will head to the Spanish capital of Madrid for this year’s big European event, developer Niantic has announced. The smartphone game phenomenon’s biggest annual gathering will once again comprise three big in-person meetups, before a worldwide finale that can be played anywhere. Go Fest 2024 will kick off in…

This War of Mine developer 11 bit studios has at last unthawed a launch date for Frostpunk 2. The chilly society survival sequel will launch for PC on 25th July. As previously announced, Frostpunk 2 will also launch straight into PC Games Pass. There’s no further news on the console version today, though…

Ukrainian developer Frogwares has announced The Sinking City 2, for launch on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2025. Set once again in a Lovecraftian 1920s United States, this sequel will tell a separate and standalone story from its predecessor. But, as detailed during tonight’s Xbox Developer Direct, this…