Chill Soundtrack Makes Tricky Puzzle Game Slightly Less Stressful

The surprisingly complex Yankai’s Peak has some intense puzzles, but it’s pretty relaxing to play. Well, mostly. Yankai’s Peak is another horrifying puzzle game from Kenny Sun. Like Yankai’s Triangles, it takes a simple shape—here, pyramids—and creates a compelling series of puzzles out of manipulating them. The goal of Yankai’s Peak is to push a…

Arms Lets You Fight In A Hoverboard Skate Park, And It Is Dope

The Nintendo Switch’s upcoming fighting game Arms offers much more than battle slinkies. Its wild maps might be its best asset. Right now, I’m obsessed with Arms’ Snake Park map, where you can glide on hoverboards and punch people in the face. It’s the Arms character Kid Cobra’s map (ha ha—get it?). He’s a skateboarder…

Battleborn‘s Competitive Multiplayer Is Now Free-To-Play

Starting today, anyone with an Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or PC can download the free trial of Gearbox Software’s hero shooter Battleborn, gaining instant access to all of the game’s competitive multiplayer content. It’s like it’s gone half free-to-play. Last fall we reported that Battleborn would be going partially free-to-play, with unlimited multiplayer with the…

In 2015 Vanillaware revealed 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, the latest very pretty game from Dragon’s Crown and Odin Sphere director George Kamitani. Today Atlus announced it will be localizing and releasing the PS4/Vita game in the West. The game’s Japanese release date is still TBA, so expect it sometime after that.

Oh hey, Pokémon Gold and Silver are coming to the 3DS eShop on September 22nd, same day as the Switch version of Pokken. Like other Virtual Console versions of Pokémon, you will be able to battle and trade wirelessly.

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon Only Announced For 3DS Later This Year [Update]

Despite rumors that a mainline Pokémon game would appear on the Nintendo Switch, developers Game Freak only announced that souped-up versions of the latest games will be releasing on 3DS hardware. For many, this news will be disappointing, but it’s not without precedent. In the past, Game Freak has stated that they “believe that Pokémon…

The Pokémon Fighting Game Is Coming To Nintendo Switch

Hey, at least it’s not another mobile spin-off. Here’s the trailer for Pokkén Tournament DX, which will be available starting on September 22nd 2017: The Switch version of the game will come with all of the DLC characters: DX will also include 3 vs 3 team battles, online ranked matches and friend-only group matches.

You can catch today’s Pokémon-centric Nintendo Direct right here, starting at 10 AM Eastern. Hopefully we get to see a new game, rather than a spin-off, but you never know.

Sino Alice Art Gets Covered Up Because Of Cleavage

The art for Sino Alice has been changed on both the Google Play Store and the App Store in Japan. The original key art, which can still be seen on Square Enix’s website, featured low cut outfits. The new art, however, does not. Sino Alice was created by Yoko Taro of Nier fame and developer…

Going To Japan? Short On Cash? Stay Here, Maybe.  

Visiting Japan can be expensive, so here’s how to cut costs. This article was originally published on December 6, 2016. It has since been updated and expanded. For ages, internet cafes have been a viable option for budget travellers visiting Japan. (Heck, I wrote about one chain of Japanese net cafes back in 2004 as…

This Past Spring. Miyajima, Japan. By Piyush Bedi. 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! 

Chinese Overwatch Clone Has Some Giant Balls

The Chinese market is no stranger to brazen rip-offs of popular Western games, but even taking that into account this Overwatch clone is something else. Spotted by ponpo and called Hero Mission, this is a mobile shooter that is basically Overwatch, only for a phone, and with the slightest of design edits (most lifted from…

May The Ciri Cosplay Never End

The Witcher 3 is still the best. Ciri is still the best. As long as those two things hold true—and they may hold true forever—then good Ciri cosplay is always welcome here. And this is some real good Ciri cosplay. This is cosplayer Alena Shvidkaya from Belarus, getting not just the outfit 100%, but the…

Wonder Woman Figure Is So Lifelike It’s A Little Unsettling

Hot Toys have a 1/6 scale (11.5″/29cm) Wonder Woman figure out next year. As is pretty standard with their big movie releases, it looks fantastic. While I will call it her “Wonder Woman on the island” outfit, the official name for the figure is “Wonder Woman – Themyscira Training Armor Version”. It’s a fully articulated…

Overwatch Still Isn’t Ready To Be A Top Esport

Over the weekend, Blizzard hosted the first round of qualifiers for Overwatch’s Contenders series, aka the minor league to the upcoming Overwatch League’s majors. There was some solid action, a couple surprising upsets, and a lot of Winston dancing. I don’t think Overwatch is ready to be a top esport yet, though. Don’t get me…