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Loot Box drop rates have become one of the most controversial topics in the gaming community. Since the official release and implementation of a Chinese law that forced game developers to reveal the drop rates of items in loot boxes, industry leaders from the across the globe have been forced to examine these loot boxes from a legal standpoint. Authorities in the United States, Belgium and the UK have all begun their own investigations in whether or not loot boxes…

Are promotions built into the purchase of video games a problem that needs to be addressed, or is it simply the way things are now in 2018? It’s a longstanding question about whether or not companies should provide incentives for users to spend real money on paid and free-to-play games; developers and publishers indicate it’s just another way to incentize someone to purchase their product, allowing them to offer their game originally as a free-to-play experience, or at a reduced…

Player Unknown Battlegrounds (PUBG) has been a huge hit on the PC, and console fans had been waiting a long time for that experience to make its way over to the Xbox One. In late 2017, Microsoft announced the game would be launching on the Xbox One X, and the company even gave away copies of the game for those purchasing an Xbox One system over the holidays. The player count in PUBG has been phenomenal from day one, and getting into matches has been a cinch! What do we think of the experience as a whole? Find out more below!

Alongside the launch of Detective Pikachu, Nintendo is launching a Pikachu New Nintendo 2DS XL in January for 209.99 in Canada. The new design features the loveable electric Pokémon's face, which really pops as you can see in the picture below! Check out more info from Nintendo and begin saving those dollars! This will be a hot ticket item!

The Pokémon Company announced today via a trailer on their YouTube page that Detective Pikachu - already a playable title in Japan - is heading west this March for Nintendo 3DS. Alongside the release of the game on March 23rd, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company are also releasing a unique amiibo, a detective Pikachu! Take a peak at the trailer below!

The LEGO Group is constantly innovating and creating some really cool sets, but they always seem to fall into on of their many LEGO Themes, whether that be Star Wars, NINJAGO, LEGO City, or a host of other great LEGO franchises. It's not a bad thing, as some of the sets have some amazing creative genius built into them! When LEGO launched the LEGO Ideas line, however, I knew that we would be getting sets that didn't fit the traditional LEGO Themes mold; boy was a right, and this latest set - The Ship in a Bottle - is the PERFECT example of this. Check it out below!

The first Dragon Quest Builders is coming to the Nintendo Switch next month! I have never played the game before and I’m pretty excited about it. You know what got me even more excited for it? Square Enix released a demo today for the game! A demo for the first Dragon Quest Builders was released for the Nintendo Switch today. I downloaded the demo and here are my intial impressions of it! I wasn’t sure about Dragon Quest Builders before…

A Nintendo Direct was rumoured for today but Nintendo never made an official announcement for it. I was starting to have my doubts that we’d see a Direct. As it happens, we did get a Nintendo Direct! You can check it out below along with my initial impressions of it. I’m not going to hide my opinion here: I was disappointed with this Nintendo Direct Mini. Yes, I do think it was partly because the Direct was so hyped and…

Assassin's Creed Rogue is being remastered, a surprise announcement from Ubisoft today. Rogue, the spin off successor of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, was a title that didn't get a ton of attention as it was released on the Xbox 360 and PS3 AFTER the Xbox One and PS4 had already launched. Many people missed out on this great experience, but will get a second shot when it arrives this march.

It's been a long while since a Mario Sports game had a story mode, and for the Mario Tennis franchise, you'll have to go all the way back to Mario Tennis on the Gameboy Advanced. With the promise of a new story mode, new tennis mechanics, and more, can Mario Tennis return to its former glory on Nintendo Switch? Based on the trailer we got today, we definitely think so!