Oshi no Ko Season 2: Back On The Stage

Summary The following contains spoilers for Episode 1 of Oshi no Ko Season 2, “Tokyo Blade,” now streaming onHiDive. After making a massive splash during last year’s Spring anime season, the reincarnation showbiz-revenge storyOshi no Kofinallyreturns this summer with its highly-anticipated second season. The series' return coincides with the start of theTokyo Bladearc, with Aqua, Kana, and Akane all playing fairly major roles. The first episode sees the various actors involved in theTokyo Bladestage play, with all the problems that come with making an adaptation of a popular property....

July 18, 2025 · 4 min · 821 words · Daniel Larson

Overwatch Fan Creates 'Lovebringer' Mercy Skin Concept

Overwatchfans have recently been going above and beyond with skin concepts, and the latest mockup of a Mercy skin is no exception. Donning the angelic healer in an outfit fitting of Cupid, the Valentine’s Day-themed Mercy skin is sure to steal the hearts ofOverwatchfans. WhileMercy has received some incredible skinsin the past, fans of the support character would certainly like to see her get even more love in the cosmetic department....

July 18, 2025 · 3 min · 440 words · Vanessa Lopez

Overwatch Halloween Terror 2021 Trailer Reveals Skins, Limited-Time Rewards, and More

Overwatchis well known for its creative library of gorgeous skins and Blizzard has released even more as part of this year’s Halloween Terror event. Not only areOverwatchplayers getting access to eight new chilling skins, a treasure trove of previously-released spooky skins are making their return, as are the Junkenstein’s Revenge and Junkenstein’s Endless multiplayer modes. A new trailer uploaded toOverwatch’s official social media channels shows off the new skins, some of the challenges gamers will face during the event, and some of the time-limited unlockable rewards....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Michael Morgan

Path Of Exile: Top 10 Heist Builds, Ranked

Path of Exile’snewest league, Heist, includes an entirely new endgame activity for players to embark on. These Heists, while buggy at times, offer a massive amount of currency forthose that can brave the overturned guards within. RELATED:10 Best Action-RPGs Of 2019 (According To Metacritic) Since the enemies tied to Contracts and Grand Heists are so tough, many players are looking for builds that can dish out tons of damage and can take an equal amount of punishment....

July 18, 2025 · 7 min · 1360 words · Taylor Fitzpatrick

PlayStation Boss Thanks Fans in New Message

Today saw the launch of Sony’sPlayStation 5console. The PlayStation 4 has an impressively successful run, dominating the last console generation. Now Sony is ready for a new console to take over and all indications point to thePS5building off of the PS4’s market share. One thing that’s different is that PlayStation is now headed by Jim Ryan, based out of PlayStation headquarters in California. Despite the change, Jim Ryan wants PlayStation fans to know that there’s a lot to look forward to in the PS5’s future....

July 18, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Alice Giles

PlayStation Delisting Cyberpunk 2077 Influenced Other Platform Sales

Cyberpunk 2077got off to an extremely rocky start and has since struggled to improve itself. Despite possessing many technical issues in the form of glitches and bugs, it still managed to perform well financially, given how highly anticipatedCyberpunk 2077was in the months leading up to its release date. However, even after being out for over four months, the game still can’t be purchased on one major platform. It’s been over100 days since the removal ofCyberpunk 2077from the PlayStation Store, and in that time, Sony has made no clear indication of when PlayStation users can purchase the game digitally again....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · Angela Sanchez

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl: How to Find Shiny Stones (& Every Pokemon They Evolve)

After the introduction of the first five Evolution Stones inPokemonRed&Blue, only one additional type was added to the series across the next two generations ofPokemongames. This all changed with the gen 4 games, however, with three brand new types of Evolution Stone all making their debuts. Fifteen years on, and all three stones return once more inPokemonBrilliant Diamond&Shining Pearl. RELATED:Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl: How to Find Moon Stones (& Every Pokemon They Evolve)...

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Patricia Evans

Pokemon Fan Makes Their Own Gigantamax Version of Swampert

New forms are one of the most common types ofPokemonfan art. While some will create fan-made regional variants or evolutions for older Pokemon, some instead design entirely new mega evolutions or Gigantamax forms for Pokemon who never received one in the officialPokemongames. Introduced inPokemon Sword and Shield, Dynamax and Gigantamax is a special transformation unique to the game’s setting of the Galar region. This phenomenon will result in any Pokemon growing to the size of buildings and gaining access to stronger attacks....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Jamie Anderson

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Has Taken More Notes From Minecraft Than Expected

Summary It’s not unheard of for certain video games to take inspiration from others, or resemble similar or even completely different titles by complete accident. Nintendo and Sega in particular are great examples, asSonic the Hedgehoghas taken inspiration fromSuper Mariofor decades. Not many of these instances are made clear unless the developers say this is truly the case, though.Pokemon ScarletandVioletfall into the latter category. Due to this, many fans typically assume or joke about similarities between one game to the next....

July 18, 2025 · 3 min · 558 words · Matthew Campbell

Pokemon: Brock’s Best Team If He Chose To Evolve Them

Pokemon’s first-ever gym leader has been a main character of the anime since the original series and has been a very loyal companion to Ash Ketchum. Related:Every Pokemon Game On The Game Boy Advance, Ranked (According To Metacritic) But as the gym leader and rock-type specialist of Pewter City, he has a fairly strong team, but just likeevery main character in the anime, he doesn’t evolve hisPokemon. This obviously hinders his team, Brock could have a powerhouse of a squad under his care....

July 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1083 words · Jeffrey Cook

PS5 Backward Compatibility to Support 'Overwhelming Majority' of PS4 Games

This past week Sony put out a presentation detailing its technical plans for thePS5. During the presentation, Sony touched on thePS5’s backward compatibility functionality. To PlayStation fans' worry, all that was said about games was that virtually all of the top 100 most-played PS4 games would run on PS5 at launch. Sony’s now issued an update to clarify some misinformation that’s spread since. The misconception that Sony is trying to correct is that only the top100 PS4 games are being worked on for the PS5and no others....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Christopher Roach

Razer Kraken V3 X Headset Review

Summary The Razer Kraken V3 X combines a comfortable design, decent audio quality, and excellent microphone clarity at an affordable price. This headset won’t blow away any hi-fidelity audio fan’s mind, but thanks to Razer’s TriForce 40mm drivers, the Kraken V3 X can hold its own against even thebest gaming headsets. Over the last couple of weeks, the Kraken V3 X has been my daily driver for gaming, listening to music, and hanging out on a Discord call with friends....

July 18, 2025 · 7 min · 1370 words · Anthony Terry

Reasons E.K. Johnston's Star Wars: Ahsoka Is Essential Reading For Ahsoka Tano Fans

In an age whereStar Warsfans cannot seem to agree on anything, one thing that fans can agree on is just how awesome Ahsoka Tano is. The fierce warrior was reckless enough to be a perfect match for Anakin Skywalker as his apprentice inStar Wars: The Clone Wars, and has gone on to be an essential ally to the crew of the Ghost inStar Wars: Rebels. Related:Star Wars: The Clone Wars - 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ahsoka...

July 18, 2025 · 4 min · 770 words · Sarah Williams