Neville Longbottom actor says Hogwarts Legacy made him “fall in love” with Potter world again

Matthew Lewis, the actor who played Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter movie series, has spoken aboutHogwarts Legacy, explaining that it made him “fall in love” with the wizarding world once again after being detached from it for so long. Despite that controversy, millions of players bought and loved the game, getting to earn their spot in one of the Hogwarts houses, flying around the scenic grounds, and finding little Easter Eggs, such asHagrid’s Hut, in the game....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 349 words · Edward Wiley

Nintendo President finally breaks silence on Palworld “infringing” on Pokemon

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa has broken his silence on Palworld as the Pokemon-style game continues to dominate. Palworld, the Pokemon-inspired game where monsters have guns, has become a worldwide hit and has grown to become Steam’s best-selling game with awhopping 500K concurrent players. The game’s success hasn’t beenwithout controversy, however, as many of its lovable monsters have been compared directly with similar Pokemon, raising allegations that the devs copied their design....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 285 words · Robert Greene

One Piece studio teams up with Sonic designer and Invincible star

A new movie from One Piece’s Toei Animation will see a collaboration between Sonic the Hedgehog’s designer and Invincible star JK Simmons. Sonicdesigner Naoto Oshima and Toei Animation, the team behindOne Piece,Dragon Ball Super, and the award-winning animation film The First Slam Dunk, have teamed up to create a new CGI project called Hypergalactic, a feature-length animated film. Toei is experiencing a wave of success with film releases, including The First Slam Dunk and One Piece Film: Red which made over $525 million collectively, so they’re attempting to continue surfing this wave with a new original CGI family film including an all-star cast including a particular star fromAmazon’s Invincible....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 252 words · Erica Pierce

Overwatch 2 leak gives first look at new Moira Mythic skin coming in Season 9

An apparently Overwatch 2 leak has given players a first look at what appears to be a new Eldritch-inspired Moira Mythic skin coming in Season 9 of Blizzard’s hero shooter. Overwatch 2is sprinting towards the end of Season 8. The hero shooter’s most recent season saw the introduction oftank hero Mauga, as well as new balance changes, a new event, and a new battle pass. However, outside of the slew of content the devs put out, players have been hungry for more exciting news to come to the hero shooter....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 334 words · Robert Smith

Overwatch 2 teases Cowboy Bebop crossover coming in Season 9

Overwatch 2’s next crossover appears to have been revealed in the Season 9 trailer bringing Cowboy Bebop into Blizzard’s hero shooter. The Overwatch 2 Season 9: Champions trailer went live on February 7, introducing a series of newgameplay elementsincluding aranked reset, Jade weapon skins, a new co-op mode and more. If this wasn’t enough already, Blizzard had one more surprise up its sleeve. At the very end of the trailer, we get a shot of Route 66 and a close-up of the jukebox from inside the diner....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 321 words · Harold Jackson

Percy Jackson and the Olympians renewed for Season 2 by Disney+

With a highly-rated premiere and adoring fans, Percy Jackson and the Olympians is getting its Season 2. The premiere season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians has been released on Disney+, and the show has started off on an impressive foot. The first season of the Disney+ show was only based on the first book of the Rick Riordan series called The Lightning Thief. But, there are a total of seven books in the collection....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 295 words · Jody Bowen

Percy Jackson Season 2 gets exciting update – but there’s a catch

Percy Jackson may have ended its first season with a bang, but Season 2’s story is just as action-packed, but comes with a catch. After weeks of Olympian god shenanigans,Percy Jackson and the Olympianshave closed the book on its first season. Based on the novels by Rick Riordan, theDisney+series follows tweenPercy Jackson as he discovers his demigod status and goes a live-altering mission with his friends. After eight episodes, Season 1 of the show has come to an end and, while many fans are excited for what Season 2 will bring, there’s a catch when it comes to this series’ sophomore...

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 355 words · James Gardner

Pokemon Go fans call out players for deleting Friends with no Nice Throws

However, the event also brought with ita massive Global Challengefor trainers all over the world to complete: Make 1,000,000,000 Nice Throws. While many are hard at work trying to complete this challenge, it seems to have caused some in-fighting in the community as some players have deleted Friends who haven’t contributed enough Nice Throws. Pokemon Go players delete Friends over Nice Throw count Aposton the Pokemon Gosubredditcalled out these players in a thread titled, “Do not delete friends that do not show to have nice throws for the [Global] challenge....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 335 words · Meagan Cooper

Pokemon Go player blasts “stupid Qwilfish” for ruining Gym aesthetic

One Pokemon Go trainer called out another fan for submitting a Qwilfish to a Gym and utterly ruining the aesthetic other fans tried to set up. As Pokemon Go fans know, trainers whocome across Gymscontrolled by their Teams can submit their own Pokemon to help guard it from opposing Teams. Sometimes, trainers from the same team will anonymously coordinate their Gym submissions, creatinglittle themes in the Gym—often to the amusement of other players....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 368 words · Cheryl Hogan

Pokemon Go players wowed by “amazing” landscape mode glitch

One Pokemon Go fan stumbled across a strange landscape mode glitch and some trainers were wowed at the possibilities it could open up. Every now and again some prettystrange glitches pop uparound Niantic’s mobile monster-catching game, Pokemon Go. Some glitches involvePokemon evolving into different specieswhile others graphicallydistort Pokemon into horrible monstrosities. However, some glitches have some unintended value, such as the landscape glitch that made some fans intrigued over the possibilities it could bring if it was actually implemented into the game....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 304 words · Julia Sanford

Pokemon TCG Paldean Fates Premium Collection is already discounted before launch

The latest Pokemon cards are flying off shelves, and hot on the heels of the Elite Trainer Box, eager players can already save money on the upcoming Pokemon TCG Paldean Fates Premium Collection. Few things get Pokemon fans as excited as Shiny Pokemon, and players of the Pokemon TCG are no different. The latest set calledPokemon TCG Scarlet & Violet: Paldean Fatesfeatures dozens of differently-colored Pocket Monsters, and even more cards are on the way....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 379 words · Peter Hanna

Red Lobster server literally ‘throws’ plate on table after customer orders endless shrimp

A customer who ordered the endless shrimp at Red Lobster had a downright uncomfortable experience with wait staff, to say the least. In a video that’s gone viral onTikTok,a customer recorded themselves ordering the endless shrimp deal at Red Lobster. We see them being handed the plate, with the text overlay reading “Endless shrimp at red lobster (I had 10 plates).” “Another one, thank you,” the customer requests, after finishing each plate....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 301 words · Rebecca Gray

Riot immediately nerfs Aurelion Sol after new League patch sends win rate skyrocketing

Aurelion Sol received some buffs in League of Legends Patch 14.3 and his win rate soared hours later, now Riot is bringing him back to reality with a micro patch nerf. Aurelion Sol has been in a weird place in League of Legends for a while. His gameplay style was off-putting for mid lane players and his rework has been somewhat successful in getting anyone to pilot him in matches. However, he hasn’t been widely adopted by the player base yet....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 374 words · Jodi Allison