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You might remember that, at the end of last year, we covered Bleach Mirrors High's announcement. Back then, we didn't have all that much information to go on, leaving Iwan to speculate as to what sort of game it might be. Fast forward to today, and we've finally got some more details. And, as Mr Morris theorised, it does appear to be an action RPG of sorts, right down to the avatar customisation. It looks pretty in-depth too, with options for hair, face, body, eyes, and offering a wide colour p

Cable Guys has a range of different iconic characters that want to do nothing more than hold your devices for you, looking cool in your gaming space. A new addition to their range is The Amazing Spider-Man Cable Guys, which is a full-sized stand that can hold larger phones, controllers, and whatever else you want to put in Spider-Man's hands. Now, I've checked out a lot of the different full-sized and mini Cable Guys in my time, and I did find The Amazing Spider-Man to be in a bit of an odd pos

I was one of the few invited to the Pokémon Go 10th Anniversary Event that took place in Times Square last week. This event became extremely controversial in the Pokémon Go community, which was understandable, but also a bit challenging as a day one Pokémon Go player who has stuck to the game over the years.  Let's talk about how this all started! I got an email inviting me to a special, secret event in New York City - and initially, I wasn't going to attend. I had My Chemical Romance tickets f

There's been a lot of bad news in mobile lately with Final Fantasy XIV, Looney Tunes World of Mayhem and Mario Kart Tour all closing their doors over the next while. So it's nice to have something more positive to write about with Haikyu!! Fly High's first anniversary celebrations. From July 22nd to August 19th, plenty of new content, events and rewards will be given out. There are even two new limited SP characters to add to your roster: SP Korai Hoshiumi and SP Sachiro Hirugami. The former sp

Sky: Children of the Light has always been all about meditative experiences, so to have the latest update immerse you in the world of Vincent van Gogh is not at all surprising. Dubbed "Dear Van Gogh", the new event takes you through the artist's iconic works via interactive elements, which means you can look forward to experiencing 3D recreations of his art across gorgeous painterly visuals. Now, there's no shortage of Van Gogh-inspired themes in all forms of media, but what I feel makes this p

It's becoming something of a joke around our virtual office that Square Enix has two hobbies: making games and shutting them down. Following the announcement that Ever Crisis will close its doors later this year, Square has now revealed that Final Fantasy XIV Mobile in China will follow suit. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the global launch has also been scrapped. There'll be no heading to Eorzea on your phone, I'm afraid.  Square released a statement on the game's official website, stating that “adju

As if Wuthering Waves isn't big enough already, Kuro Games has decided to grow the franchise even more with the launch of Kuro Onroad, the studio's new animation brand that actually feels like a logical next step in the action RPG's road to world domination. This comes in the form of Wuthering Waves: Elysium, a shiny new anime series that ramps up the immersion for fans of the IP. Details are a little hush-hush at the moment - all we really know is that it's happening and there's a lovely littl

Some people find a job in the games industry by making that job appear. Other people see a job and then line themselves up for it so that they can have that job. Games, largely, are a passion-driven industry, and we can see a lot of passion around the games that we enjoy. Michael Steranka, VP of product on Pokémon Go, recently spoke about how he was the world's luckiest Pokémon Go fan, as he joined the team after launch, gearing himself up to take on the role after he fell in love with the game.

It's all about turn-based tactical tenacity in this week's Ahead of the Game series, where we tell you about a new mobile endeavour that's playable in one form or another despite its unofficial launch.  With how incredibly saturated the market is on mobile these days, it's hard for me to really find something that catches my attention. Broken Ranks, while incredibly unassuming at first glance, has somehow managed to do just that, because while it might seem like your average isometric MMORPG, i

I am seeing more and more wired earbuds appearing back in the wild. This seems to be a trend, which I am all for, as I do not enjoy having to keep my earbuds always charging. The Final VR3000 is not only a pair of wired earbuds, but also has a microphone attachment on one side, so that you can chat with your friends while gaming. This headset comes with a 3.5mm connection, which means you might need an adaptor to connect it to your phone, but that's a small price to pay for such a lightweight a

Gunnar creates a ton of different glasses, collaborating with tech hubs, different tech brands, and sometimes video games. The Gunnar x Cyberpunk 2077 Militech glasses are a fantastic example of a pair of glasses inspired by the Cyberpunk 2077 IP.  This pair of Gunnar glasses has a hard, metal case and lots of military green and yellow colour all throughout. The combat palette looks fantastic, making this pair of glasses look like something out of a battlefield. It's got lots of good detail, li

Tiny Bookshop is one of those cosy, sort of slower mobile adventures that feel like a complete experience instead of something that you play on your phone to pass the time. It's split into different days, though you can pause them; they feel like complete little chapters with a lot going on. The days themselves start off the same; you check the newspaper and purchase any mystery boxes of books you want. Often, there are some hints as to what type of books you will be getting within the boxes. Y

Rent is up, wages are not keeping pace, and somewhere, a landlord is explaining why that is actually fine, actually. Mogul Life will not fix any of that, obviously, but for a few minutes a day, you get to be the one setting the salaries instead of receiving them. You can found a company, hire staff, set salaries and take it public through an IPO, climbing through six corporate ranks as you go. Prefer to stay off the org chart? Take a job at someone else's company instead and draw a wage, pickin

Somewhere, right now, someone is holding a phone and deciding whether to press send. Negotiator puts you on the other end of that line. You play Felix Fandor, a crisis negotiator, a job that sounds like it belongs in a film and somehow does not. The person texting you is not a criminal in the way you think. They followed the process, filed the forms, got nowhere, and eventually ran out of patience with a system that had already run out on them. Now they have your number, a grievance, and not mu

Eterspire is a fair way up the pile of indie MMORPGs I have poked at over the years, and I do not think any of them have asked me to fight something because of how it smells. Bah Randa's Rotten Rampage changes that.  Bah Randa, The Stenchful is the headline act, a level 110 Remnant tucked away on Bah Randa's Islet. You will need to have finished the quest A Shell of a Problem first, then bring the map you get from it to Captain Quina at Stonehollow Port, who sails you out to the smell yourself.

Frieren spent most of her show wandering around after everyone she cared about had already died of old age, which is a strange thing to build a shop around. But here we are. Summoners War has opened its doors to a Frieren: Beyond Journey's End collaboration, and Com2uS has done it with a dedicated Surprise Shop running throughout the month. Drop in daily, and you get a free Mystical Scroll, no strings attached, alongside a 100 Crystals Shop that rotates its lineup on a weekly basis. If you have

Five million people have apparently decided that playing as a spider doing household chores is a good use of their time. I am arachnophobic, so I am not among them, but hard to argue with the numbers. A Webbing Journey just hit that download milestone, and Fire Totem Games is marking it with the Living Room update, the fourth level in the game, out now on iOS and Android. The Living Room brings ten new quests, which range from the expected to the truly odd. You can play a fully interactive pian

BanG Dream! has been going long enough now that it's earned some genuine history with its audience. BanG Dream! Our Notes is the next game in the series, and Bilibili Game has opened global pre-registration ahead of a 2026 launch on iOS and Android, with a Closed Beta Test also kicking off in August. The CBT runs from August 6th, and registration is open now via a questionnaire on the official site. It'll support English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, and Korean, so the global rollout is

Charting the course of gaming history is a topic complex enough to make you weep. But it makes for an interesting read, so one particular subject I’ve been reading up on is the browser-gaming-defining Adobe Flash. Because, as I so often love to put it, the essence of Adobe Flash is also the essence of mobile games, as both share a common DNA and many gameplay conventions. However, in the course of my research, I stumbled upon a particularly interesting factoid. The endless runner genre is commo

Krafton is a name which has significant weight in the world of mobile (and PC, though probably for less positive reasons), with big names such as PUBG: Mobile under their belt. But they've also got plenty of other upcoming releases in the offing, such as Palworld Mobile and Astro Arena. Initially, when we spotted Astro Arena, the assumption was that this was an entirely new game. However, a quick gander around revealed that this is actually one we've seen before, specifically under the name of