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Why The Heck Is Mew Hanging Out With Professor Oak

It’s fitting that Pokémon Masters, DeNA’s mobile take on the ever-popular series, used Valentine’s Day to introduce some of my earliest loves: Professor Oak and Mew. The sync pair is currently free for every player who logs into the game until March 15 Pokémon Masters marks the first time Professor Oak himself has stepped into…

Final Fantasy XIV‘s Wedding Attire Will No Longer Be Tied To Character Gender

There’s a saying among some Final Fantasy XIV players: “glamour is the true endgame.” While there are plenty of high tier raids and continuing story quests, fashion is a key component of the game, and today brings some good news for players who put fashion first. In the lead-up to the next round of fresh…

The Final Fantasy VII Remake Opening Is A Little Longer And A Lot Prettier

The opening movie for Final Fantasy VII starts with a field of stars, fades into Aeris, pulls back to reveal the city of Midgar, and then follows Cloud and Barret’s train to its destination. The Final Fantasy VII Remake opening does that too, only prettier and with a lot more Midgar. As iconic as it…

Track: Merry-Go-Round | Artist: Joe Hisaishi | Album: Dream Songs 

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from Brooklyn. New York. By Christopher VanDuyn. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

Saving It For A Rainy Day

Mauro Cerati is an artist who has worked on stuff like Street Fighter V and Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite You can see more of Mauro’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Even Ronda Rousey Has An Exclusive Video Game Streaming Deal Now

Noted World of Warcraft fan, Mortal Kombat character, person with bad opinions about trans rights, and also WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey is diving headfirst into the lucrative world of video game streaming. She’s announced that, beginning next week, she’ll be doing it exclusively on Facebook. In a post on Instagram, Rousey described video game streaming…

The Unpredictable Challenges Of Gaming With Cerebral Palsy

The world of video games should be one without limits. Sadly, this is often not the case. As a lifelong gamer who also happens to have cerebral palsy, my own experiences with video games have been both helped and hindered by their mechanics. Cerebral palsy manifests itself differently in every person who is diagnosed with…

What The Hell Has Final Fantasy VII Remake Done To Carbuncle

Square Enix released a big batch of new Final Fantasy VII Remake screenshots today, including one of Carbuncle, who is usually one of the Final Fantasy series’ cutest summons. It now looks like an alien from a 1950s science fiction B-movie. Is it a fox or a dog? Why is its head so big? Why…

Sega’s New Sakura Wars Game Launches Worldwide April 28

Released in Japan this past December, the soft reboot of Sega’s long-running steampunk mecha series, simply titled Sakura Wars, is set to release on PlayStation 4 on April 28. It’s an action role-playing game. And a dating sim. And a visual novel. It’s Sakura Wars, and Sakura Wars is great. For those unfamiliar with the…

Hatsune Miku’s Switch Game Is Out In Japan With A Fancy Playable Demo

Back in the less-wild, more lawful days of region locking, a new game featuring virtual songstress Hatsune Miku coming out on a Nintendo system in Japan meant a run on import shops. But the Switch is region free, and anyone with an easy-to-setup Japanese eShop account can hop online and grab Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA…

Track: Sakura ga Saku Mae ni | Artist: Kinoko Teikoku | Album: Sakura ga Saku Mae ni (single)

Taika Waititi Now Isn’t Sure If He’s Directing The Live-Action Akira Movie

For years now, the live-action Akira film has languished in development hell. The project has cycled through a handful of directors, but the current attached director, Taika Waititi, is no longer sure if he’ll be doing the film. Warners Bros. first got the live-action movie rights to Akira back in 2002. Over the years, Stephen…

Catedral de Sevilla. Sevilla, Spain. By Christopher VanDuyn. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

Welcome To The Rose Inn

Hyunsu Cha is a concept artist from Korea. You can see more of Cha’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Company Of Heroes, The Best RTS Ever Made, Is Coming To iPad

Relic’s 2006 classic Company of Heroes, which I will remind you all is the perfect RTS, is coming out tomorrow (February 13) on the iPad, and that is just the most wonderful news. It’s basically the entire base game (so no British expansion, sadly, at least not for now), complete with both campaign and skirmish…

Destiny 2 Is Having An Extremely Wall Street Moment Right Now

Destiny 2 players need to harvest billions of pieces of Polarized Fractaline in order to complete the construction of a mysterious new tower on Mercury for the Empyrean Foundation event. Instead of simply donating the material outright, they’re trying to invest it to grow their own Fractaline nest eggs, turning the event into an opportunity…

E3 Host Geoff Keighley Bows Out Of Show, Criticizes Event’s Direction

Rumors of Nintendo’s possible absence from this year’s E3 have proven to be unfounded, but doubts are still swirling around the 2020 edition of gaming’s signature mid-June hype festival in Los Angeles. Earlier today, longtime E3 participant Geoff Keighley announced he wouldn’t be involved with the show this year. “I have made the difficult decision…

Under Night In-Birth’s Rough Climb From Disappointment To Evo Headliner

The latest fighting game documentary from Esteban Martinez over at YouTube channel Hold Back to Block is a fantastic look at the trials and tribulations of the Under Night In-Birth community on its road to becoming part of the official Evolution Championship Series lineup in 2019. While Under Night In-Birth is considered one of the…

Ubisoft Resurrects Prince Of Persia… As A VR Escape Room

It’s been nearly a decade since Ubisoft released a triple-A Prince of Persia game. But if you’d like to jump back into the dusty tombs and elaborate palaces of the once-popular series, you can do that in the company’s latest virtual reality escape room: Prince of Persia: The Dagger of Time Dagger of Time tasks…