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Pokémon Legends: Arceus Is Looking Less Rough
18.8.2021
We got a second, much more in-depth look at Pokémon Legends: Arceus today, and the most ambitious Pokémon game to-date looks to be running a lot smoother than when it was originally revealed earlier this year.Read more
Pokémon Unite Gets Mobile Launch, Crossplay Confirmed
18.8.2021
Pokémon Unite will come to mobile on September 22, and it will offer crossplay between the Nintendo Switch. The MOBA also adds Mamoswine and Sylveon and gifts for trainers.Read more
The Biggest Shiny Pokémon Collector Needs One $30,000 Card To Complete Set
11.8.2021
Shiny Pokémon hype has jumped out of the games and into real life with one trading card game fan who’s trying to collect one of every monster color variant that currently exists. Good news: he only needs one more card. Bad news: some people are selling it for as much as $30,000.Read more
Japan Reaches Impressive Pokémon Manhole Milestone
11.8.2021
In August 2020, Kotaku reported that there were 100 Pokémon manhole covers in Japan. At the time, that seemed like a lot. But in the last year, the number has doubled.Read more
I Woke From A Coma Into A Fortnite-Obsessed World
9.8.2021
First things first: In March of 2018 I was rushed to the hospital for a life-saving surgery. There were complications. I woke up in mid-April from a medically induced coma. One of the first things I remember anyone saying is, “Does he play Fortnite?”Read more
The Pokémon Company Company Actually Says Gay Rights
6.8.2021
Pokémon Unite is blowing up right now, and with a new patch hitting servers in early August, many players have followed the associated accounts to keep up with news of the MOBA. But the game isn’t handled by The Pokémon Company or Game Freak, and is instead developed by Chinese developer TiMi...
Pokémon Unite Bug Ruins Gengar’s Best Move
5.8.2021
A recent Pokémon Unite update appears to have ruined Gengar’s Hex move, often leaving the ghostly speedster unable to perform his strongest combo.Read more
Pokémon Go Tries Enticing Players As They Call For A Boycott
5.8.2021
Niantic announced legendary Pokémon Zacian and Zamazenta from Sword and Shield will come to Pokémon Go. In normal times, this alone would be cool news! We do not live in normal times.Read more
Pokémon Go Creators Reconsidering Rule Changes After Players Threaten Boycott
5.8.2021
Niantic, the studio behind Pokémon Go, has responded to player criticism and threats of a boycott after proposed changes to some of the game’s rules in the USA and New Zealand did not go down very well.Read more
Pokémon Unite Patch Stops Eldegoss The Murder Healer, Buffs Poor Charizard
3.8.2021
About two weeks after launch, Pokémon Unite is getting its first real patch on August 4th. Before you ask, yes, the character select menu will still have a heart attack every time you sort through your monsters. There’s nothing in the patch notes addressing that most unstable part of the game...
Fans Dismayed Niantic Removed Pokémon Go Safety Measures Despite Delta
2.8.2021
One of the most popular pandemic-inspired changes to Pokémon Go was the doubling of the distance from which players could interact with gyms and Pokéstops, making those features easier to access without venturing out into the wild. Yesterday, with Covid-19 transmission levels spiking throughout...
Fortnite's Next Big In-Game Concert Stars Ariana Grande
1.8.2021
Epic announced today that Ariana Grande is the next big musician who will be teleporting into the virtual world of Fortnite in a series of concerts starting next week. Read more
Pokemon Unite's Pay-To-Win Is A Drag, Even If It'll Even Out Later
30.7.2021
I’ve had a surprising amount of fun with the Nintendo Switch’s latest Pokémon spin-off, the free-to-play arena fighter Pokémon Unite. Coming from the dense and inconsolable world of Valve’s Dota 2, there’s plenty I could nitpick about Pokémon Unite’s controls, interface, and balance, but man if...
Pokémon GO Really Needs To Stop Fixing Raid Captures
28.7.2021
There’s certainly a lot wrong with Pokémon GO. The extraordinarily popular mobile AR game has just celebrated its fifth birthday, five years during which it’s routinely brought in more than a billion dollars for creators Niantic. I’d like to imagine would be enough money for them to fix a bunch...
Pokémon Go Accidentally Banned A Ton Of Players
28.7.2021
Pokémon Go developer Niantic has acknowledged that a recent wave of cheating punishments, including account strikes and outright bans, were doled out to players erroneously.Read more
Epic Games Briefly Suspends Fortnite Creator Over Homophobic Comments
22.7.2021
Fortnite’s latest event, Rainbow Royale, is supposed to be a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. But elsewhere, developer Epic Games chose not to suspend a popular creator for more than a few hours after discovering a history of homophobia. While the influencer has been reinstated, the situation...
Pokémon Go Fest 2021 Ended In A Total Anticlimax
19.7.2021
This last weekend offered the world Pokémon GO Fest 2021. This year, the mobile game’s biggest annual event attempted a more outgoing vibe yet still managed to end everything on the dampest squib imaginable: a quest line entirely focused on Hoopa, that absolutely in no way included Hoopa.Read more
Pokémon Unite Launches On Switch July 21
15.7.2021
Pokémon fans eager to get in on the team-based multiplayer battles of Pokémon Unite following last month’s Japan-only network stress test don’t have long to wait at all. The free-to-start PokéMOBA starts service on the Nintendo Switch on Wednesday, July 21, giving us a little less than a week...
New Pokémon Card Shows 25 Pikachu Drawn By 25 Iconic Artists
14.7.2021
There is no such thing as too many Pikachu and The Pokémon Company’s gonna prove it.Read more
Pokémon Go's Okinawan Pikachu Delayed 'Due To Recent Developments'
13.7.2021
Niantic was planning to do a promotional collaboration with the Pokémon Air Adventures campaign by having a special Okinawan kariyushi shirt-wearing Pikachu appear in Pokémon Go. That has now been delayed. Below is the following update Niantic added to the original announcement:Read more