Editorials
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3.1KEverything we’ve Learned from the Pokémon Sword and Shield Press Demos
The embargo has been lifted for press impressions of the first hour and a half of Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, and...
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6.2KWhat Little Town Hero can tell us about Game Freak and Pokémon
I have spent dozens of hours playing Game Freak’s new, original IP Little Town Hero, and I can’t help but compare and...
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3.2KMy Biggest Sword and Shield Questions are Actually about Pokemon Home
We are fast approaching the release date for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, and it would be an understatement to say that...
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2.3KWhere does Pokémon go from here?
So, you’re disappointed that Pokémon Sword and Shield won’t have every single Pokémon in them. We all knew it would have to...
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1.6KKnow who won Gamescom? NVIDIA and RTX did.
There were some awesome announcements at Gamescom 2019. From a release date for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Complete Edition for Nintendo...
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2.4KFire Emblem: Three Houses will make you a happier, healthier person
Life is hard. I get it. Whether you’re struggling to adjust to a new routine, hunt down a new job, or find...
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2.0KBlock stacking on the go – Dragon Quest Builders 2 on the Nintendo Switch
I played Dragon Quest on the original NES...and that’s the last I’ve seen of the series. When Dragon Quest Builders 2 hit...
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3.6KThe daring, dazzling doozy of Devolver Digital’s E3 conferences
E3 is now in full swing, and with it comes a stable of press conferences. While the presentation quality of each company...
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2.6KExcited for Google Stadia? You might want to read the fine print first
Regardless of where you come down on game streaming, chances are that our industry is eventually going to move in that direction....
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3.4KFinal Fantasy is a treasure trove of pop culture
The Final Fantasy series has always been both self-referential and filled to the gills with pop culture references. As I played my...
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3.7KFive Nintendo games that would be perfect in Labo VR
Nintendo Labo is one of Nintendo’s most creative, albeit underbaked, endeavors in the company’s history. Being able to use the Nintendo Switch...
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2.1KAnthem is stronger and weaker at the same time – one month post-launch update
As I mentioned in my review for Anthem, the game-as-a-service nature makes it a moving target. We are now a month after...
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13.1KGaming Trend’s Holiday Guide 2018
It’s that stressful time of year when you frantically realize that you’ve not bought your friends or loved ones...uh...anything! Well, you might...
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3.5K“You’re making a chicken out of a feather” – BlizzCon 2018 wrap-up
BlizzCon 2018 may not have had any huge announcements this year, but Blizzard still had some pretty exciting things to talk about....
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6.6KJourney Live — Video games as performance art
“If there is any big transformation, the biggest one is the transformation from life to death.” Jenova Chen, Thatgamecompany’s founder, said this...
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1.5KThe Story of Kingdom Hearts — Better Than You Think
This is the fourth in Gaming Trend's new column "Better Than You Think." This is where we take aspects of games, for...
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3.1KCompetitive Pokemon — Better Than You Think
The third in our ongoing series "Better Than You Think," this time with a proper video link above if you've been following,...
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5.0KLara Croft and the temple of doom — Shadow of the Tomb Raider second opinion
At risk of sounding corny, I’ve always seen Tomb Raider as a series living in the shadow of Uncharted. I never played...
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1.5KTelltale’s Batman — Better Than You Think
This is the first of four in Gaming Trend's new column "Better Than You Think." This is where we take aspects of...
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2.1KA little collaboration never hurt anyone — Lessons of the gaming industry
Competition is the driving force of any industry, and the gaming industry is no exception. However, I think that a bit of...
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4.8KGaming Trend’s Best of E3 2018 Winners
The E3 2018 team saw some amazing games this year, and we came away impressed with where the industry is carrying our...
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2.9KShiny Hunting in the Nippon — Life in Japan
In some respects, I'm the luckiest man in the world. I'm going to gush for a moment: my wife is amazing. She's...
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4.7KI chose the form of Gundam and made my inner child’s day thanks to Archangel VR
My childhood was filled with giant robots: Voltron, Power Rangers, Gundam Wing, and Transformers cartoons dominated my young imagination, and, judging by...
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2.4KPoetry in motion – a look at Final Fantasy XV on PC
We knew early on that Final Fantasy XV was going to get a PC edition eventually, but the way it was announced...
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104.4KComing Home — Is AMD good for gaming once again?
When I was younger, scraping by with my meager earnings from serving in the military, I would supplement my income by building...
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3.9KFortnite has PUBG beat over one key feature
Have you ever heard of spatial hearing loss? It’s a form of deafness where the person affected can’t discern the direction a...
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5.0K68 big games coming to VR in 2018
Maybe you are an early adopter, and maybe you got one for the holidays, but if you've got a VR headset, there's...
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4.5KGOing forward together — The new face and cooperative spirit of Pokémon GO
It's been a year and a half since Pokémon GO, Niantic's augmented reality smartphone app, took the world by storm. For a...
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3.8KSnapchat’s Pokémon filter gave me a moment with my mom
My parents don’t play video games. Not because they’re ancient (they’re young) or because they’re “traditional” (they once dressed as a plug...
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8.0KSuper Mario Odyssey and the twisted truth behind Goombette
I have been playing Super Mario Odyssey regularly since its release last month, and I have yet to grow tired of the...
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14.7KDrinks and Dragons: how one group is bringing roleplay to the community
As I sit in my oversized armchair finishing a beer and begin narrating a new adventure to a group of strangers, I...
