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Gym leaders are, more often than not, pretty straightforward fights. They’re meant to be the most advanced trainers in the region, apart from the Elite 4 and Champion, but they’re usually pretty easy, especially since their team usually consists of a single type. However, every generation has that one leader that just poses serious issues for the player. From amazing type combos to good moves and high levels, each of the leaders on this list represents what most gym leaders should be: difficult, challenging, and needing a well-thought-out strategy to take down....

Pokemon Go has been a titan of mobile gaming ever since its launch in 2016. Although starting small with the simple premise of catching em’ all and holding on to the occasional gym, the game has retained its top position on the mobile download charts through constant updates and additional content; with even more Pokemon, battle and raid systems, and even the introduction of Community Days each month. Pokemon GO has always gone the extra mile for its players, helping many achieve daily exercise goals and even changing the way you played during the pandemic to help players stay at home and keep safe....

There isn’t much time left for players to take advantage of the Hoenn Celebration Event in Pokemon GO. This event increases the spawn rates of various Pokemon from the Hoenn region as well as features special tasks, raid bosses, and egg pools focused on Hoenn Pokemon. One of the biggest parts of this Pokemon GO event is the Hoenn Collection Challenge. In order to complete this special challenge, players need to catch all of the Pokemon from a select list of Hoenn Pokemon they can find during the event....

Pokemon GO players have had quite a while to finish the Meltan Special Research at this point, but this series of quests is easily the most difficult to complete yet for the average casual player. A few steps along the way require catching a certain number of specific Pokemon who don’t spawn frequently in the mobile game. That means players need to take advantage of Field Research rewards and track down the necessary quests....

When stay-at-home orders and lockdowns first start popping up around the world in early 2020, Pokemon GO quickly adjusted its strategy for the spring and early summer by cancelling in-person events and rolling our a series of bonuses and features to make playing from home more enjoyable (and possible). Although some of those new features were permanent changes, like Remote Raiding, the majority of them were eventually removed later in the summer....

How to choose your Eevee evolution Vaporeon - Rainer Jolteon - Sparky Flareon - Pyro Umbreon - Tamao Espeon - Sakura Leafeon - Linnea Glaceon - Rea Sylveon - Kira Open up your Pokemon collection and find an Eevee that’s spare. Change the name from Eevee to the codename - so that’s Linnea (for Leafeon) or Tamao (for Umbreon) for example - by tapping the pencil next to that character’s name....

Niantic’s Sylveon rollout in Pokemon Go has been odd. After the starters, Sylveon is clearly Generation 6’s headline act, and arguably is even ahead of Chespin and Fennekin in that regard. As an evolution of Gen 1’s Eevee, Sylveon is also much more recognisable to the casual Pokemon fans that make up a significant portion of Pokemon Go’s playerbase. For that reason, the Fairy Eeveelution has been kept back until late in the generation, with more common Gen 6 Pokemon being released into the wild first, followed by a trickle of some more interesting ones while Sylveon’s silhouette lingers in the background of the loading screen....

2020 has been a wild year for the gaming industry in general, but Pokemon GO has been a particularly interesting product to keep a close eye on. When stay-at-home orders and lockdowns began, there were concerns that the game, which is built around traveling through cities and interacting with other players in person, might not survive the year. Luckily for fans of the game, the team at Niantic quickly pivoted and made the mobile AR experience a play-at-home friendly game with tons of bonuses and tweaks that made staying socially distant and still engaging in the world of PoGO not only possible, but enjoyable....

After a short stint at Microsoft’s now-defunct Mixer, Soleil “Faze Ewok” Wheeler has returned to Twitch with an exclusive streaming deal. After Mixer shut down on July 22, Ewok and other pro streamers had the option of going with Facebook Gaming or returning to Twitch. Ewok chose to return to Twitch since she had already established a community on the platform. Upon her return, more than 20,000 viewers watched her play Fortnite and Fall Guys, according to Dot Esports....

There’s nothing worse than stumbling across a spoiler, or having a friend ruin a key piece of narrative by eagerly sharing their screenshots. This annoyance may become a thing of the past, however, as the PlayStation 5 will accompany your shared screenshot with a spoiler warning for other users. Sony’s User Experience walkthrough video provided players with a first look at the user interface, which showed a number of features that look smooth and easy to access....

The 1990’s were an incredible time for video games. Numerous genres were defined by the games developed throughout the ’90s, and they had laid the ground work for the entire video game industry moving forward. This couldn’t be more apparent than with the fighting game genre. Across the ’90s, the fighting game genre exploded in popularity, with countless developers releasing games of the genre that had begun to dominate arcades....

In the most recent Valorant Dev Diary, design director Joe Ziegler and competitive design lead David Cole break down some upcoming changes to competitive in Act 3. Ziegler begins the video by thanking players for their feedback on the current ranked system, and he acknowledges the flaws in the system. He introduces some of the changes coming to the game – specifically an improvement to matchmaking in the highest ranks and a potential new game mode with a greater focus on organized team play separate from competitive....

Red Dead Online is highly regarded for its attention to detail, vast landscapes, beautiful scenery, and wide array of wildlife to hunt and fish in. Many debate which area is best to live out your inner outlaw and showcase your skills as an outdoorsman. If an outlaw enjoys catching twenty-pound fish or the fast-paced thrill of deadly hunts and monster-sized legendary animals, the swamps of Lemoyne can provide everything an outlaw needs to scratch their wildlife itch....

One gamer finds unactivated links on the official Rockstar website in a sequence that seems to hint at the developer’s plans to announce two Red Dead titles in the near future. Gamers sure are a dedicated and crafty bunch, and few care more than those that stand firmly behind Rockstar Games. When these individuals aren’t constantly browsing through the online portfolios of Rockstar’s past and present artists, they are apparently intimately looking through the code of the developer’s website....

We’re currently witnessing a trend that is gaining rapid momentum, in which both creators and consumers have become obsessed with the idea of newness (which is in and of itself definitively modern). However, the idea of reappropriating the old into something shiny and new is not endemic to media in the 21st Century - though it’s especially visible thanks to social media and the internet. There is a valid argument in favour of games preservation that comes into play when we consider the modernization of a game like Demon’s Souls....

According to a press leak, Batman Arkham HD Collection is in the works for current generation platforms, and it is set for availability later this year. Thanks to a GameStop employee, the press outlet Eurogamer recently received pictures confirming the existence of Batman Arkham HD Collection. The unnamed worker’s photos reveal that the forthcoming anthology is set to contain both Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two titles from Rocksteady Studios’ take on the Dark Knight....

Spotify is adding the soundtracks from a number of different Persona games on January 5, bringing some of the greatest OSTs of all time to the service. The Persona series has become known for its incredible soundtracks. There are few that can argue against the quality of the Persona 5 Royal soundtrack, which stands as one of the best of the previous console generation. It’s a rare game that can stand up to the likes of Undertale in the OST department, but Persona 5 was one that did....

Planet of the Apes timeline: The chronological movie order Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) A baby chimp named Caesar is exposed to an experimental Alzheimer’s drug and quickly grows in intellect and ability before representing a threat to man. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes picks up 10 years after the events of Rise of the Planet of the Apes with Caesar leading a burgeoning Ape civilisation....

Playdead, the studio behind the morbid puzzle-platformers Inside and Limbo, has been relatively silent about its next project. The studio has only released a few screenshots of its next game in tweets, the most recent one dating back to a year ago and older ones being released two years ago. At least, it appeared that way, as it now seems that Playdead has been sneaking screenshots of its upcoming sci-fi game into job listings on the developer’s website....

This week, Sony finally gave PS4 owners unfettered access to the beta of PlayStation Now, their streaming rental service. However, those who did fire up PlayStation Now were greeted by a rude awakening. Back when we announced that PlayStation Now was jumping from closed beta to open beta on the PS4, we shared a hope that Sony would lower rental prices now that the service was open to the public. That was not the case....