The lions, tigers and bears of Detroit Zoo welcomed a new resident this week in the form of Pikachu. Players of Pokemon Go have been delighted to pick up a Pikachu at the zoo, as well as there being a total of 47 Pokestops and four gyms to help gamers out while visiting the animals in Motor City. Pokemon Go is the monster-hunting, augmented reality game that has people from all across the world getting up off their sofas and hunting for Pokemon in the real world.

The world needs heroes, and citizens from London to Xi’an to Rio de Janeiro are rising to the occasion to join the ranks of Overwatch! Blizzard Entertainment’s critically acclaimed team shooter launched worldwide on PlayStation^®4, Xbox One, and Windows PC on May 24, and since then more than 7 million players have fought for the future in Overwatch, logging more than 119 million hours combined in one of the most successful global game launches of all time—and the battle is just getting started.

Millions of parents are being left in the dark by their super-geek kids, according to new research. A study of 1,000 parents of children aged three to eight show two thirds didn’t realise their little ones were learning coding at school or nursery. Many admit being staggered to hear the youngsters babbling on about ‘hyperlinks’, ‘pop-ups’ and ‘downloads’. ‘Password’, ‘software’ and ‘icons’ are also coding words now used by the nation’s youngsters.

Video game publisher Rising Star Games and game developer Bitmap Bureau want YOU to don your brightest cape and tightest spandex as they invite you to become a part of 88 Heroes’ design process. Pick up your finest crayon and wow us with your most creative hero designs and your delightful doodle could become the game’s 88^th playable hero!

Now entering its ninth year, EGX - powered by Virgin Media - has cemented its status as the number one venue for publishers and developers to exhibit their pre-release games in the UK. In recent years the event has grown to encompass all aspects of gaming culture including eSports, VR, YouTube talent, indie games, cosplay and retro gaming.

Gamer Network has revealed the fantastic feedback received from its EGX Rezzed attendee survey, further solidifying its position as London’s premier games event. More than 15,000 enthusiastic gamers joined over 100 exhibitors at the historic Tobacco Dock in East London from the 7th-9th April to celebrate the best of gaming from around the world.