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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate limited-time Spirit Board event is live

  The limited-time Spirit Board event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now live.

• Pokemon Let's Go: how to fly with the new Sky Dash secret technique

  Not a huge amount has changed in the version of Kanto in Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, but one feature happily missing from the old games are Hidden Machines – HMs. These cumbersome moves are gone, but their overworld functionality has been replaced with secret techniques – one of which, Sky Skim, replaces the […]

• Pokemon Let's Go Fortune Teller guide: how to use the nature lady to influence Pokemon natures

  Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee might be a slightly simplified, streamlined Pokemon experience, but many of the most hardcore aspects of Pokemon training are still present – including natures, the random temperament stat that impacts your Pokemon growth. Players in the know-how can influence Pokemon natures, however – and it all involves a trip […]

• Pokemon Let's Go: how to catch Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle in the Pikachu and Eevee-themed games

  Pokemon Let’s Go might be all about Pikachu and Eevee, but we wouldn’t blame you for wanting a classic Kanto starter Pokemon: Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle. Luckily, we know where to get them.

• Pokemon Let's Go Legendary guide: catching Zapdos, Articuno and Moltres

  The ultimate sign of a master trainer is taming Legendary Pokemon, and that’s no different in Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, where you’ll be aiming to take down and catch Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres and the deadly Mewtwo.

• Epic releasing cross-platform game service built for Fortnite free to all developers

  Epic Games will release a suite of cross-platform games services free for all developers.

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate replays will be wiped with next patch - better save them now

  Just a quick heads up: be sure to save your Super Smash Bros. Ultimate replays because the next patch will wipe them.

• Online play in Smash Bros. Ultimate is a bit of a mess

  Nintendo’s online service might be cheaper than its rivals, but its first major online release is a swing and a miss when it comes to quality online play.

• Smash Bros Ultimate character unlocks: how to unlock every fighter on the roster

  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate features the most eclectic, huge cast ever assembled in a fighting game – but you’ll only start with 8 of the 76 total cast members playable. 60-some character unlocks takes a long time, obviously… but there’s some tricks to make it much faster. Here’s how to unlock characters – and quickly […]

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch game at UK retail

  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has set records for the series, and the Nintendo Switch at UK retail last week.

• Fortnite Samsung Galaxy exclusive weapon skin and spray could be on the way

  More Samsung Galaxy skins have been datamined in Fortnite.

• The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 3 releases in January

  Skybound Games will release the third episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season in mid-January.

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate day-one patch adds hard difficulty to Adventure mode, more

  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate releases today, and so does its first patch.

• Fortnite: Dance on top of a crown of RVs, Metal Turtle, and a Submarine

  There might be a whole lot of fresh snow on Fortnite Island, but you’re going to have to steer well clear if you want to complete stage 1 of this week’s Battle Pass challenge.

• Fortnite: Dance in different forbidden locations

  This week’s challenge gives you a chance to strut your stuff and show off your best emotes all around the Fortnite map.

• Everyone is here, but Final Fantasy is left out when it comes to full Smash Bros Ultimate representation

  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is an amazing game, but Square Enix’s showing in the game leaves much to be desired.

• Fortnite: Risky Reels destroyed and replaced with player builds from Fortnite Creative

  Fortnite Creative mode has leaked onto the Battle Royale map.

• Joker from Persona 5 is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

  If you’re a fan of JRPGs, you’ve probably played Persona 5 – one of the best games in the genre of the past couple of years.

• Dauntless is coming to the Epic Games Store, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and mobile, with cross-platform play

  Dauntless, a free-to-play take on the Monster Hunter formula, is heading to console and mobile in 2019.