Image via The Pokemon Company Published Jun 1, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Marc Deschamps has been writing about video games and popular culture for more than a decade, at various outlets. Prior to joining GameRant, Marc served as a freelancer, staff writer, and editor at sites like IGN, Nintendojo, and ComicBook.…

Summer Game Fest is set to air on June 5, and Geoff Keighley claims it’s going to be the biggest showcase in the event’s history. The anticipation surrounding Summer Game Fest has been building over the past few weeks, with many gamers eager to see what the event has in…

For over 20 years, the Sims franchise has been the king of the life-sim hill. But Paralives, out now in early access, seems like a game ready to shakeup the leaderboards. Paralives started as a project from solo dev Alex Massé, who’s known for his work on PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator.…

Infinity Ward co-studio head Mark Grigsby responds to a fan asking about the inclusion of skill-based matchmaking in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, responding by promising transparency soon. Ahead of the big summer showcases like Summer Game Fest, Activision and INifnity Ward revealed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4,…

If they act soon, Steam users can claim a unique 2D asymmetric co-op game completely free of charge, titled Linebound. Whereas asymmetric multiplayer games are not unheard of, asymmetric co-op games are genuinely rarer. What that means is that, while player A is completing one task, player B is completing…

You might have already noticed that 2026 is Pokémon‘s 30th anniversary. To mark this, it’s long been known that The Pokémon Company is intending to release a special 30th Celebration set for the trading card game, but the company has been very close-lipped about when. We now know, following the official…