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Pokémon Legends Arceus Is A New Open-World Game Coming In 2022
26.2.2021
Set in the Sinnoh Region of old, Pokémon Legends Arceus is a new approach to open-world Pokémon games coming to the Nintendo Switch in early 2022. Read more
How Pokémon GO Turned Me Into a Birder
25.2.2021
Niantic celebrated the 25th anniversary of Pokémon last week, using the occasion to roll out an extensive event on its popular mobile game, Pokémon GO. I’ve been playing the game for a couple of years now, ever since my son got interested in Pokémon through his friends at daycare. Early on,...
The Pokémon Company announced a video livestream over on its YouTube channel on February 26 starting
25.2.2021
The Pokémon Company announced a video livestream over on its YouTube channel on February 26 starting at 10:00 a.m. ET. Who knows what will be shown in it, but this week marks the series’ 25th anniversary, and the company is putting on a concert with Post Malone on Saturday to celebrate.Read more
Pokémon Go Devs Have Punished Over 5 Million Cheaters Since 2020
24.2.2021
Niantic, the studio behind augmented reality mobile games like Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress, has reportedly punished over 5 million cheaters since the beginning of 2020, with over 1 million players receiving permanent bans across the three games.Read more
The 10 Best Deals of February 22, 2021
22.2.2021
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Niantic Announces Bonus Pokémon Go Event After Players Let In Free To The Kanto Tour
22.2.2021
Saturday saw one of the biggest paid international events Pokémon Go has hosted, the Kanto Tour. Costing a not-cheap $11.99, it was a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Pocket Monsters, with the hit mobile game going back to the series’ origins for a 12-hour celebration of the OG 151 Pokémon....
It's Weird To See Ryu Use A Gun In Fortnite
21.2.2021
Yesterday, after some hints and leaks, Street Fighter characters Ryu and Chun-Li came to Epic’s mega-popular battle royale game, Fortnite. Watching Ryu run around shooting people with an assault rifle is weird. It’s also just one more example of how Fortnite consumes popular characters...
Pyukumuku Can Spit Its Organs Out And Use Them As A Weapon
20.2.2021
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Pyukumuku!Read more
Cosmog Is An Idiotic, Naive Ball Of Gas
13.2.2021
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Cosmog!Read more
Dance Team Perfectly Recreates Apex Legends Character Intros
13.2.2021
Monster Hunter Dancers, a dance group in Japan, has recreated some of the character intros featured in Apex Legends during the selection process before a match. It’s fantastic.Read more
A Pokémon And Post Malone Concert Is--Wait, Why Are You Laughing?
11.2.2021
Pokémon and Post Malone sounds like the follow-up album to Post Malone’s 2018 Beerbongs & Bentleys, but it is a real thing that is actually happening because 2020 isn’t done fucking with us I guess. The “Circles” rapper is teaming up with The Pokémon Company to put on a concert this month...
The Pokémon Company Swears It's Printing Pokémon Cards As Fast As It Can, Folks
10.2.2021
Pokémon trading cards have once again exploded in popularity, and the Pokémon Company is struggling to keep up with demand. Prices are surging for new packs thanks to scalpers and resellers as a result.Read more
Epic Games Settles Lawsuit Against 14-Year-Old Fortnite Player
10.2.2021
Epic Games has settled a 2017 lawsuit against a 14-year-old Fortnite player who allegedly made YouTube videos of himself using cheating software.Read more
McDonald's Pokémon Card Packs Are Selling Out
10.2.2021
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pocket Monsters, Mcdonald’s is including card packs in Happy Meals. It seemed like a good idea! Others thought so, too.Read more
Pokémon World Championships Skip 2021 Over Covid-19 Concerns
9.2.2021
After canceling in-person competition in 2020 due to the rise of the covid-19 pandemic, The Pokémon Company announced it will skip official tournaments through 2021 as well.Read more
The Pokémon Company Screwed Up Plushie And Is Sorry
9.2.2021
Official Pokémon retail shops released a mistaken Magnemite plushie. Many people might not even spot the error at first glance, but those who are drawn to the electric steel Pokémon will. Read more
Would You Ever Get A Video Game Tattoo?
8.2.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
Tyanmo Is Just A Boring Little Fish
6.2.2021
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Tynamo!Read more
WallStreetBets Mods Are Now Battling For Control Over The Subreddit
4.2.2021
A couple weeks ago, most people hadn’t ever heard of WallStreetBets, the edgelord Reddit hangout for renegade investors and amatuer traders. Now it’s blown up to over 8.5 million users, and a war has broken out between the old mods and the new for control over the community and its future.Read more
Man Arrested After Selling A Hacked Sobble From Pokémon Sword and Shield
4.2.2021
People in Aichi Prefecture, Japan have arrested a 23-year-old man for violating the country’s Unfair Competition Prevention Act. According to Asahi News, the suspect is accused of selling a modded Sobble.Read more