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Here’s where you can find Skarmory in the new expansion to Pokémon Sword & Shield, the Isle of Armor. Skarmory says something very interesting about the world of Pokémon. Despite being a game developed in Japan, which is a country that uses the metric system (as most countries do), Skarmory’s Pokédex entry quotes it as having a top speed of 185 mph. Thus, we can infer here that the Pokémon universe actually uses the imperial system of measurements instead....

The Pokémon series is one of the most popular properties of all time. It’s impressive to see how the Pokémon games continue to evolve while they still retain their core elements. Nintendo has found a lot of different ways to explore Pokémon and it’s allowed audiences to connect with various aspects of the series. People can get so focused on the exciting Pokémon in the games that it’s easy to forget that there are also human Pokémon trainers who are actually the protagonists....

Pokemon’s Ash Ketchum is one of the few animated characters that have become a household name over the past few decades. With fans constantly talking about upcoming anime episodes or new Pokemon movies, it is not all too surprising for one particular aficionado to discover, and share, old Pokemon concept art that reveals what Ash Ketchum’s design would have looked like before he was first introduced to the public. Ash made his first TV appearance in Japan in 1997, with the anime coming to Western shores in 1998....

July is here, which means there’s a new month of Pokemon GO Field Research tasks to complete and rewards to earn (including a new Breakthrough). Information is still being gathered, but trainers already know enough to put together some preliminary intel. Pokemon GO trainers should be able to gather enough data in the next day or two to know every Field Research task and possible reward available, but there’s already plenty of information to start digesting....

Pokemon GO smashes app sales records earning $200 million in revenue worldwide in its first month of release beating out Candy Crush and Clash of Clans. Pokemon GO has had a bit of trouble the last few weeks - the latest update to the game was riddled with bugs, and removed popular features, while the developer’s CEO had his twitter account hacked by hacking group Our Mine. This, in conjunction with almost daily reports of Pokemon GO players doing things like threatening other players for lures, or failing to provide care for their children, doesn’t help with public perception about the game....

Want to play Mass Effect 3 when it launches next month, but don’t want to leave your house? Lucky you! Electronic Arts and Sony announced today that the digital version of BioWare’s upcoming RPG-shooter can be pre-ordered from the PlayStation Network. Starting today – when the PlayStation Store updates – you can pre-order your copy of Mass Effect 3 through the title’s store page. Unlike walking into GameStop and putting down five dollars, chances are you’ll have to pay the game’s full price when pre-ordering, so go buy those $50 PSN cards now....

In this current era of remakes running rampant throughout the gaming landscape, Ubisoft also joined in to reveal that it was working on a full reimagining of one of its most beloved titles with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. Although fans had been clamoring for a new release in the series for over a decade, overall response to the first Sands of Time Remake trailer was mixed....

Seemingly out of nowhere, IO Interactive, the team behind the critically acclaimed Hitman games announced a new game. Said game is known as Project 007, a brand new James Bond game. There hasn’t been a new James Bond game since 007 Legends which was critically panned. All that is known about the game is that it will be a James Bond origin story. Of course, the most iconic Bond game ever made is GoldenEye which revolutionized first-person shooters forever....

In the past, many have noticed a pattern to PS Plus games where Sony offered one big title (typically first-party title) and a more niche title as its offering most months. There’s been divergences, obviously, with some months being much better than others, and then months like May 2020 that offered such niche games that a petition requested Sony to change them. However, since then, it seems safe to say that PS Plus has been on a hot streak....

With the hype continuing to build for the upcoming launches of PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S, gamers are learning more about the machines competing for their attention and dollars. With a significant leap in performance comes an inevitable leap in hardware size, but a new video shows just how big the hardware size leap could be for PlayStation 5 owners. You Tuber Gamer Snack has used an augmented reality likeness of the PlayStation 5, which appears to be based on the official dimensions shared by Sony, and created a video where the virtual console is compared in size to a prototype Xbox Series X and a PlayStation 4....

Microsoft usually runs different promotions to give free games to its players, such as the Games With Gold program that dishes out a handful of games each month. Somethings though, there can be pricing errors or unannounced promotions that gift some lucky players free games and that might be what happened recently with the quirky platformer, Psychonauts. Psychonauts is an iconic game that graced the original Xbox back in 2005. Players assumed the role of Raz who found himself jumping into people’s minds to figure out and help each person with some kind of issue....

It’s difficult to remember a week that provided a more damning statement on the current state of the AAA video game industry; over the course of just a few days, the new entries in three of the most beloved series of the last quarter of a decade have left fans reeling in a wash of technical difficulties, overt bugs and — crucially — unfinished games. First there was Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, a new take on the venerable Hedgehog-based franchise developed by Big Red Button Entertainment....

With E3 about a month away, the annual tradition of leaks, rumors, and early reveals has officially begun. Thanks to Walmart Canada, players were tipped off to a surprising sequel to id Software’s post-apocalyptic shooter, Rage. Whether an early reveal was always in the cards or brought about sooner thanks to the leak, Bethesda not only confirmed the upcoming shooter sequel but posted a live-action teaser trailer yesterday. As promised yesterday, Bethesda has finally revealed the first official gameplay footage for Rage 2....

Since Rage 2 was shown off at E3 2018 it has attracted significant interest for its offbeat tone and over-the-top combat. Though its 2019 release date is still quite a ways off, plenty more information has been given about the game - including the fact that there will be no mod support at launch. Rage 2 will release on console and PC, though it’s likely that the mod support in question refers exclusively to the PC version....

While tackling the vast wilderness of her homeland in Horizon Zero Dawn, Aloy will have to defend herself against many powerful foes — machine and man alike. The likes of Watchers and regular bandits may attack the young warrior en masse, but there are also a handful of enemies that she is far less likely to encounter, usually those that are far more deadly in battle. For the most part, the less likely Aloy is to see an enemy, the harder they will hit and the harder they are to defeat without some major practice, although this also means that it’s harder for Aloy and the player to get said practice due to how hard some of these enemies are to find in the world....

Remember Sneki Snek? Razer’s adorable new mascot that was introduced at last year’s RazerCon? Ever since Sneki’s arrival, this cute plush snake has been part of an initiative to save 100,000 trees in nations all over the world. In partnership with Conservation International, every Sneki Snek sold meant that 10 trees wouldn’t get cut down. That initiative started last October, and since then the support has been phenomenal. According to Razer, sales of Sneki Snek have been strong enough to smash their original goal of 100,000 trees, so now they’re extending that goal to a full million trees....

We need hopeful, critical, and empathetic voices in speculative fiction now more than ever, and Charlie Jane Anders is one of the best. The io9 co-founder who has gone on to write Hugo-nominated speculative fiction novels All the Birds in the Sky and The City in the Middle of the Night, is coming out with her first young adult novel, and we couldn’t be more excited. The upcoming science fiction adventure is called Victories Greater Than Death, and it’s being billed as perfect for fans of Star Wars (us) and Doctor Who (also us)....

Red Dead Redemption 2 is full of morally flawed and often tragic characters. A prime example of the latter is Rains Fall, the chief of the Wapiti Indian tribe. He is a man saddled with an almost impossible mission: preserving the safety of his tribe in a rapidly unforgiving and dangerous world. Rains Fall faces stiff opposition from the U.S. Army as well as from the greedy industrialist Leviticus Cornwall. Arthur Morgan has the option of helping Rains Fall and his tribe from the machinations of their enemies....

Like most of Rockstar’s games, Red Dead Redemption 2 has a number of cheat codes that players can use to give themselves an advantage. However, unlike past Rockstar games, Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat codes aren’t activated through specific button pressing sequences, but rather by submitting certain phrases. Some of the cheat codes require players to purchase a specific newspaper first, and for the newspaper to be in protagonist Arthur Morgan’s inventory when the phrase is submitted....

Red Dead Redemption 2 fans want more single-player content, and they’re willing to dredge up an old Change.org petition to get it. Two years ago, user Ivan Ojeda started a petition on Change.org called “Single player Red Dead Redemption DLC.” His ask is quite clear: “Let’s get our voices heard. We want Red Dead Redemption 2 Single player DLCs. It doesn’t have to be free.” The petition sat, presumably unnoticed, for some time....