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Thursday 8-30-18: Dream Daddy Comic Book and Nintendo DMCA’s Nintendo Essentials

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On August 30, 2018

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Like sand in an hourglass, these are the video games of our lives.

  • Dream Daddy: The Comic Book
  • Nintendo DMCAs Pokemon Essentials
Dream Daddy Comic Series


Developer and Publisher Game Grumps have recently announced that their popular dad dating game will be receiving a six-issue comic book series with Oni Press, with the first one available now. The first issue focuses on “fitness dad” Craig as he joins the protagonist for a college reunion. More information, including where to purchase the first issue, can be found on the Oni website.

Nintendo Takes Down Pokemon Fan Game Maker


If you’re a fan of fan games, you may have heard of Pokemon Essentials. It’s a game making toolkit that gives the user a friendly interface for setting up their own Pokemon games. Recently, this project “and all downloads for it have been taken down due to a copyright claim by Nintendo of America.” This has sparked some community outlash, primarily from the Pokemon Essentials community. Many are confused as to why, after 11 years, Nintendo only now issued the takedown. While this is unfortunate for those who invested their time in the project, I can’t say this is a surprise.

That’s all for today, tune in tomorrow for the final news post of the week. Otherwise, have a great day!

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Friday 5-4-18: Battlerite Royale, Beyond Good and Evil 2 Gameplay, and Pikachu’s Third Evolution

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On May 4, 2018

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It’s the last weekday! I look forward to the weekend. Not because of relaxation, but because I won’t have to be at my day job. Here’s the news.

  • Battlerite Battle Royale
  • Beyond Good and Evil 2 Dev Footage
  • Pikachu’s Long Lost Evolution
Battlerite Royale


The popular MOBA, Battlerite, has announced a battle royale mode to release this summer. This mode consists of 20 (not 100) players dropped off in a map about 30 times larger than a standard Battlerite map. The players will fight each other for 10 minutes, aiming to be the last one standing. Expect this next season.

Beyond Good and Evil 2


The developers of the long-awaited RPG have checked back in with us. This time they’re showing off a bit of the movement and controls. Explaining how players can travel and coordinate. I’m happy to see progress being gradually made on the game, it certainly looks like its coming together. You can watch the video here, it’s not long. Good luck with the French accents, though.

Momochu, Pikachu’s Third Evolution


In an interview with Pokemon designers Koji Nishino, Atsuko Nishida, and Ken Sugimori, We discover the truth behind Pikachu’s forgotten third evolution, Momochu. “The Pokémon known as Gorochu bared fangs and even had a pair of horns,” according to Nishida. There was nothing wrong with the design, but the Pokemon was removed for balance reasons. You can read the entire interview on SiliconEra. It’s not bad.

Thanks for reading, everyone. A new episode of The Cozy Co-op has gone live, in which we talk about Mass Effect. It has an amazing ad break too. Check it out! Check back Monday for the next news post. Otherwise, have a good weekend!

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Monday 4-16-18: Agony Censorship, New Gen Pokemon, and Playtonic Projects.

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On April 16, 2018

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Thursday Morning, and man does it feel like a Monday. Gross. Here’s the news.

  • Agony for PC can be Uncensored
  • New Pokemon Generation in Official Magazine
  • Yooka-Laylee Devs’ New Project
True Agony


You may not have heard about Agony. It’s a hellish horror game coming to consoles and PC. Originally the game was to launch on March 30, but it was delayed after the developers had a hard time coming to an agreement on the age rating. In its original state, it would be rated Adult Only, which isn’t allowed on consoles. The devs didn’t want to, but they removed certain content to get the game down to a Mature rating. But to keep to their original vision, they’re going to offer a downloadable patch for PC versions of the game that restores it to its uncensored glory. They are also offering their Kickstarter backers the chance to switch their game of choice to the PC version for this reason. It looks horrifying, I might get it to review.

New Pokemon Gen, Maybe


Twitter user raqueruu noticed that the Spanish Nintendo Magazine talks about the upcoming Pokemon game for Nintendo Switch. The snippet claims that it will be the eighth generation Pokemon, and will be released in 2018. This would be a new land, new Pokemon, the whole shebang. Now be careful, the Spanish version of the magazine has been wrong about the franchise in the past, so this might also be false. Make what you will of this.

Playtonic Isn’t Done


Yooka-Laylee was the highly-anticipated spiritual successor to the Banjo Kazooie series. Unfortunately, it wasn’t met with the same level of success. It received a “Fair” score of 72/100 on OpenCritic. The developers have spoken up after the first birthday of the game, saying that they’re working on more content for Yooka-Laylee, as well as “other stuff.” Perhaps this means a new game? Time will tell.

Thanks for reading everyone! I’m also excited to announce the launch of my new podcast, The Cozy Co-op. It’s a show where a games journalist (me) join a creative writer to talk about video games. We already have five episodes available, and more information can be found on its official webpage. Tune in tomorrow for more video game news. Otherwise, have a great day!

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Friday 1-5-18: Mad Catz, Paladins: Battlegrounds, Burnout Paradise HD, and Pokemon GO in China.

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On January 5, 2018

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Friday is here and I cannot be happier its the weekend. Work killed me this week. Here’s the news.

  • Mad Catz is making a comeback
  • Paladins announced a Battle Royale mode
  • Burnout Paradise HD Remaster in Japan
  • Pokemon GO in China

Mad Catz Cant Stop won’t Stop
The popular gaming peripheral creator was 27 years old last year when they filed for bankruptcy. This caused an upset stir amongst gamers, who had grown to know the Mad Catz brand as that controller you’re parents would get when they didn’t want to buy officially licensed controllers. Turns out they’re not done yet. A video announcement was made saying that Mad Catz is back again, this time branding themselves as high-end gaming gear to compete with brands like Razor. GG Mad Catz, keep on living the dream.


Paladins: Battlegrounds
That title sounds like a joke, but it isn’t. Paladins have announced that they are working to release a new update to the game, featuring a new game mode called Battlegrounds. As you may expect, this is a battle royale style game mode, pitting 100 players against each other to be the last one standing. The free-to-play aspect of Paladins attracted many fans to the hero shooter, though it looks like being the poor man’s Overwatch wasn’t enough. Personally, I’m fairly disinterested in this bandwagoning. You can watch the announcement trailer here.


Burnout Paradise HD
Early December we heard rumors of an HD remake of the open world racing game coming to consoles worldwide. the rumors were based on retailer listings. Now EA has announced that a Burnout Paradise HD Remaster will be coming to PlayStation 4 in Japan on March 16. While it seems the rumors are true, this brings up the question. What about the rest of the world? Its possibly Sony manages an exclusivity deal, though we really have nothing but speculation to go on right now. Maybe time will tell. I used to play Paradise, great game.


Pokemon GO in China
The mobile game was originally banned in China due to government concerns. Niantic has recently announced that they are partnering with Chinese publisher NetEase to bring the game to the country. They are looking to make the game ready by the second half of 2018. Good for China.

That’s all! Thank goodness. I’d love to say how ready I am to relax this weekend, but I have a hefty backlog of journalism work to catch up on. Tomorrow will be a pretty long day of work as well. Though I derive much more enjoyment from this job than my day job. My favorite part is writing your you, the reader! Check back Monday to hear what cool news has happened this weekend. Otherwise, have a great night!

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Thursday 12-14-17: Pokemon Crystal, The Walking Dead, and Private Division

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On December 14, 2017

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Thursday is here, and so is some more news!

  • Pokemon Crystal on 3DS eShop
  • Overkill’s The Walking Dead Trailer
  • Take-Two announces Private Division

Pokemon Crystal
Hype was made last year when Nintendo released a digital version of Pokemon Red and Blue for the 3DS eShop. This features the ability to trade and battle wirelessly, as well as interact with the Pokemon Bank to store your Pokemon. Recently Nintendo announced a release date for Pokemon Crystal for the 3DS eShop. This is more or less what I described above, but with Pokemon Crystal. It will release on the 3DS eShop for $9.99 on January 26. There’s also a trailer for it you can watch here.

Overkill’s The Walking Dead
A new trailer was released teasing the upcoming The Walking Dead game being developed by Overkill. The video follows a young black adult by the name of Aiden. It goes from his stressful life of metropolitan business to zombie-ridden streets. The trailer does an amazing job of portraying that “I’m sick of my life and would rather be a zombie killing badass” we all have felt at one point in our lives. You can watch it here.

Private Division
Take-Two, the publisher of games like Grand Theft Auto V, has announced a new publishing label called Private Division. This label will have a special focus on indie developers. It will begin with Kerbal Space Program, which Take-Two acquired back in May. They have a trailer announcing the label, you can see it here.

An interesting collection of news, though I don’t have many thoughts about it this time. Be sure to check back tomorrow for the latest news stuff and things. Otherwise, have a great night!

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Thursday 12-7-17: PUBG Maps, Portal Games, Steam’s Bitcoin, and Ryan Reynolds

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On December 7, 2017

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Thursday! I forgot Wednesday. I’m sorry, I guess its been a rough week. here are the last 2 days of gaming:

  • New PlayerUnknown’s Battleground map
  • New Portal game??
  • Steam drops Bitcoin
  • Ryan Reynolds is Detective Pikachu

PUBG Map
Developers Bluehole has finally released the newest map to the hit battle royale game, Miramar. This desert based map has been in the works for a while now and has been known about for nearly just as long. Despite its contrast to the grassy plains of the original map, Miramar looks to be full of interesting places, all with Spanish names.

Bridge Constructor Portal
Here’s a release no one expected, or asked for really. Valve has announced that in partnership with Headsup Games, they will be releasing a new Portal-themed physics puzzle game called Bridge Constructor Portal. As you guessed, it’s like Bridge Constructor, but with Portals. Many fans are upset at the emotional damage they suffered from getting excited about another Portal game. Regardless of how you feel, you can get this game on December 20 for PC and mobile, with a console version coming next year. You can watch the reveal trailer for it here.

Steam removed Bitcoin
The largest digital game storefront has decided to remove functionality for the largest cryptocurrency. They state the reason is that the currency is simply too volatile, and transactions are becoming too expensive, for it to be a viable transaction option. Its hard to argue with that, considering Bitcoin fees have reached upwards of 20 dollars. Now if you want to buy Steam games, you have to do it the normal way to us plebs.

Ryan Reynolds is Detective Pikachu
It was recently announced that renowned actor, Ryan Reynolds, will be taking the role of Detective Pikachu in the upcoming live-action movie of the same name. This M-Night Shammy level twist sounded like a dream when I first read about it, but it’s as real as it gets. Some fans are upset about Danny Devito not getting the role, a meme that had popularized back when the Detective Pikachu game had released in Japan.

That’s all we have for today, and how bizarre it all is. Check back tomorrow for the last day of this weeks news. Otherwise, have a great night!

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