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You read that right. Niantic has raised $300 million to create a metaverse. The creators of Pokémon GO are now planning to link users in virtual reality. John Hanke, founder and CEO of Niantic, states that Niantic aims to create an “ever-evolving AR map of the world” and “make the real world come alive with … Read more

Bits & Bytes is a weekly column where Editor-in-Chief Robert shares his thoughts about video games and the industry on a lazy Sunday. Light reading for a day of rest, Bits & Bytes is short, to the point, and something to read with a nice drink. 2021 hasn’t been all that much better than 2020. … Read more

Back in the late ’90s, mascot platformers were all the rage. Spurred on by the popularity of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, and other platformers of the era, many a developer took a stab at creating their own anthropomorphic mascot and sending them on a collectathon. In the years since, the genre has largely shrunk, … Read more

Bits & Bytes is a weekly column where Editor-in-Chief Robert shares his thoughts about video games and the industry on a lazy Sunday. Light reading for a day of rest, Bits & Bytes is short, to the point, and something to read with a nice drink. I’ll admit it: I stopped playing Animal Crossing: New … Read more

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is having a rough go of it ever since its launch on November 11. Since then, fans have encountered a myriad of glitches and problems in the game, chronicling many across social media. The deluge of criticism has come from fans and critics alike (and isn’t … Read more

Tetris: The Grand Master was a series of Tetris games that were released from 1998 to 2005 and developed by the Japanese developer Arika. In a tweet posted October 31 by Arika vice-president, he states that the port was scheduled to be “released today” but is delayed “for reasons beyond our control.” The tweet came … Read more

One complaint about Super Mario 3D All-Stars was that the game lacked GameCube controller support in Super Mario Sunshine. Given that there’s an entire adapter that allows users to connect Nintendo GameCube controllers to the console, it made little sense to not offer compatibility with the pad in Sunshine, the series’ GameCube installment. Eventually, Nintendo … Read more