Monopoly GO: How to Trade Stars

Quick Links Monopoly GOis a fun mobile board game with easy-to-follow gameplay. The game advances as you roll the dice, andin addition to dice rolls, there are many materials in the game, including shield skins, stickers, and stars. Talking about stars, they’re valuable material in the game that you can use to claim exciting rewards. Luckily, trading stars is fairly straightforward inMonopoly GO, but there are a couple of things you need to know....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Linda West

Monster Hunter Rise Screenshot Seemingly Confirms Barroth

Capcom has been showing off new monsters inMonster Hunter Risesince its announcement back in September. Some have been confirmed via specialized introductions in trailers, while some could be spotted in the general gameplay footage used. Now, however, it looks like a screenshot of the quest list inMonster Hunter Risehas revealed the return of Barroth. The Japanese website Inside posted several screenshots showing its hunt with the newRisemonster, Bishaten. In the series of screenshots was the quest posting for the Bishaten hunt....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Beth Costa

NES Classic Was the Best-Selling Console of June 2018

Nintendo dominated console sales in June, but it wasn’t the buzzed-about Switch that overtook the PS4’s reign, it was theNES Classic. The miniature version of the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System was June 2018’s best-selling console in terms of numbers sold, even edging out its own modern counterpart, the Nintendo Switch. Retail analyst NPD Group released the slightly delayed industry report for the period between June 3 and July 7, which tracks hardware and software numbers by both unit and and dollar sales....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Melanie Costa

Observer: System Redux Confirms PS4 and Xbox One Release Date

What was hailed as one of thetop 10 best PS5 launch games,Observer: System Reduxwill soon be available on more consoles. Originally, Bloober Team upgraded and expanded the originalObserverfor next-gen systems, adding things like ray-tracing and DualSence controller support for Sony’s console. Now,Observer: System Reduxis coming to both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this summer with even more improvements. The developer recently shared a release date trailer that revealed the launch date for both the digital and physical versions, launching on June 06, 2025....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Andrew Hubbard

Pokemon GO July Community Day to Feature Squirtle?

Now that the dust from Larvitar’s Community Day is settled, many fans are eagerly awaiting an official announcement from Niantic revealing the featured Pokemon for its nextPokemon GOCommunity Day. We already know thatJuly’s Community Day dateis set to occur on Sunday, July 16, 2025, and if a thus-accurate theory proves to be true, it should feature Squirtle. The aforementioned theory states that the Community Day events essentially rotate Pokemon hatched in 10 km eggs with starter Pokemon....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Michael Peters

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Player Reveals Magikarp Strategy to One-Shot 7-Star Tera Raid Blaziken

Summary APokemon Scarlet and Violetplayer took to social media to share a coordinated strategy that gave trainers the means to take down Blaziken the Unrivaled in one hit with a Magikarp. Though this version of Blaziken is a formidable foe inPokemon Scarlet and Violet, the trainer’s intricate strategy did not go unnoticed, as others took note of what to do. Known as the Blazing Pokemon, Blaziken is the first Seven-Star Teraraid featured inPokemon Scarlet and Violetin 2024....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 575 words · Rebekah Vance

Redfall Could Be Getting Rid of Its Most Controversial Feature

Redfalldeveloper Arkane Studios has confirmed that it’s planning to change a feature that’s drawn a relative amount of controversy. The upcoming first-person shooter has been looked at as quite the curiosity, even among Arkane’s biggest fans. That’s because Arkane is best known for its single-player releases, including theDishonoredseries,Prey, and most recently Arkane Lyon’sDeathloop. Arkane Austin is moving in a different direction, however, with what’s previously been said to be the always-onlineRedfall....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Stacy Simpson

Resident Evil 2 Remake Demo Beat in 3 Minutes

The full release for the remake ofResident Evil 2is less than two weeks away, with several fans now enjoying the game’s30-minute demo.This demo does a great job of highlighting the graphics and changes made to the 1998 entry of the survival horror franchise. So while many players are likely enjoying every minute they have with the demo, a few players have speedrun it instead, beating the one-shot in a tenth of the available time....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Michael Guzman

Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes Holds An Impressive MCU Record & It’s Time Marvel Makes That Count

Bucky Barnesis one of two characters who hold an impressiveMarvel Cinematic Universerecord, and I think he deserves a bigger focus in the franchise due to that. Sebastian Stan’s performances as Bucky have made himone of Marvel’s best live-action characters. Bucky has had a lot of character development, going from a war hero to HYDRA’s mind-controlled Winter Soldier to a broken man trying to atone for the sins of his past. Bucky has gone through it all, and alongside thecast ofThunderbolts*, he will explore that past....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 524 words · Casey Price

Skyrim is Getting an Upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series X

Few games can claim to have had the lasting impact thatSkyrimhas had. The fifth mainline entry in the franchise has cultivated a name for itself over the last decade as a revolutionary RPG, setting new trends in the games industry that are still apparent today. While the game was enhanced for PS4 and Xbox One years ago, it will now see improvements for the PS5 and Xbox Series X in time for its 10th anniversary....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · William Daniels

Sonic 4 Has A Big Shadow Problem, & The Solution Risks Robbing The Franchise Of A Great Element

After the series' third film, which was a huge success,Sonic the Hedgehog 4will have a difficult time finding a suitable role for Shadow. All the characters inSonic the Hedgehog 3were great, but Shadow is widely viewed as the highlight of the movie. Additionally, since Shadow is such a popular character from the video games that fans have been waiting to see in a film for a long time, he is one of the main reasons whySonic 3was such a major critical and commercial success....

June 7, 2025 · 4 min · 760 words · Brittney Andersen

Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Apparently Adding New Owl Character

If SEGA’s mascot Sonic the Hedgehog is known for anything, it’s going fast and having a growing cast of anthropomorphic animal friends and foes since his debut. The upcoming movie based onSonic the Hedgehogmay be capitalizing on the opportunity to introduce a new character into that cast, according to information put out by the Paramount Spain Twitter account. Since theSonic the Hedgehogmovie redesign was unveiledin a trailer last November, the film’s marketing machine has been churning nonstop....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Kenneth Oneal

Summer Games Done Quick 2018 Raises Over $2 Million for Charity

At the tail end of June, SummerGames Done Quick2018 beganfor those who like to see speedrunsfor a slew of games from various eras, and now it has closed out its final 24 hours by raising nearly $1 million in donations, which has ultimately assisted in breaking another fund-raising record for the charity gaming marathon. As it so happens, SGDQ 2018 has managed to generate over $2 million dollars for the non-profit organization Doctors Without Borders....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Michael Sexton