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It sometimes feels entirely random which shiny Pokémon Niantic decides to release to the players. They often fit some type of themed week or event, but often, they simply don’t and are chosen spontaneously, it seems. With these events, other, more interesting things (or huge glaring problems that get the community riled up) overshadow the released shiny, making many forget it was even added. Other Pokémon are so rare and unusable in the competitive scene that many forget they exist at all, regardless of their shiny being released....

It’s another week of the Pokémon GO Throwback Challenge tasks, and this time we’re reminiscing on the Hoenn region. This covers the Ruby & Sapphire era of games that introduced the third generation of Pokémon. For some fans this is where they stopped, as the dream of the ’90s felt long gone. For others this is where they started, fresh-faced with a Game Boy Advance as their first handheld. Whichever camp you fall in, you need to start by catching a Rock-type Pokémon....

Here’s where you can get a Tauros in Pokémon Sword & Shield’s Isle of Armor. Tauros, the rampaging bull Pokémon. For a while, Tauros was our only indication that the world of Pokémon had cattle, but then Miltank and Bouffalant came along and sort of stole Tauros’ thunder. At least a little bit. Tauros is still a strong choice and fun to have following you around. Just don’t try to hop on its back....

Not just anyone can become the Pokémon Champion of an entire region, as any aspiring trainer will have to fight through a variety of different Pokémon experts to reach the very top. These experts are each region’s Gym Leaders, who specialize in a specific Pokémon typing to test the mettle of young trainers. Sword & Shield’s gym leaders certainly don’t mess around, including Bea, leader of the Stow-on-Side Gym. The Karate Prodigy challenges players with seven different Pokémon across their three encounters with her, where she has a mix of top-tier battlers and more niche picks....

With Mega Evolution officially underway in Pokemon GO, players are now able to partake in new Mega Raid Battles as well. Players with their sights set on a Mega Charizard will have to prepare to defeat the fiery opponent in battle. Pokemon GO most recently treated players to a series of themed event weeks, one of which offered myriad Dragon-type Pokemon. These rare Dragons should come in handy now that Mega Charizard X is appearing in Raids....

Pokemon GO players came out by the masses during GO Fest 2020 to power through all of the timed research and unlock some massive Ultra Rewards. Now that August is here, it’s time to cash in on that hard work and enjoy three different week-long bonus events. Things kicked off on Friday with Dragon Week, but some parts of the PoGO community are very unhappy with part of the bonuses....

Pokemon GO players may not be able to roam around their cities with big groups of friends just yet, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be taking part in any Legendary Battle Raids this month. The mobile AR game’s Remote Raid Passes allow players to raid at nearby Gyms and the next Legendary rotation is going to provide some great motivation to take part in those battles. Starting tomorrow, Pokemon GO players will have a chance to battle against the Legendary Pokemon Terrakion in five star Battle Raids....

The Pokemon GO Tour: Kanto event has come and gone for Pokemon GO players. While players that didn’t buy tickets for the event were able to enjoy certain parts alongside the paid participants, some players managed to get into the ticketed parts for free. When the event was preparing to start, Pokemon GO players had the opportunity to buy either a Red Ticket or Green Ticket for more parts of the Pokemon GO Tour: Kanto event itself....

Pokemon GO’s last few code changes have been pretty exciting ones. Most recently, dataminers uncovered new research tasks and avatar backpacks, but that’s not all that is hidden away. The latest teardown includes a long list of new moves being added to the game code, though they haven’t actually been associated with any Pokemon just yet. Keep in mind that there are already a handful of moves in the game code that have been there for a while and no Pokemon have access to....

In a historical decision, Poland has added the survival simulator game This War of Mine to its schools’ official reading list, marking the first time a video game has been formally included as curriculum for a school system. The game is currently free to students in Poland that are studying Sociology, Ethics, Philosophy, and History. Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has a very forward thinking opinion on video games like This War of Mine, claiming that in reality they are no different from books....

For close to two decades now, the Postal series has been known for one thing: being ridiculously offensive. While times have changed and the comedic stylings of developer Running With Scissors’ games has shifted, there’s always room for something a little more…colorful. Enter Postal: Brain Damaged, a more traditional looking spin-off of the GTA-lite shooter that could pass as a Serious Sam sequel. Revealed during Realms Deep 2020, the devs kicked things off with a somewhat cringy video that sees lead designer Mike J getting killed....

The criminally overlooked Anodyne 2: Return To Dust will be coming to consoles in the near future. Scheduled for release on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Switch on February 18, 2021, the title originally launched for PC back in August of 2019 and was met with…not much enthusiasm. The very few reviews for the game were mostly positive, but it seems that people were too interested in everything else releasing around that same time....

This soon after the launch of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 it’s still somewhat difficult to say whether Sony or Microsoft has definitively won the latest console war, at least in terms of sales. Where there is such uncertainty, quotes from Wedbush Securities games industry analyst Michael Pachter tend to follow, and Pachter has not been shy in giving his opinion about the current state of the gaming industry....

Sony releases Patch 4.07 for the PlayStation 4 which promises improved performance, but it remains to be seen if this will fix recent issues with the PS4 Pro. Sony released the latest system software update for the PlayStation 4 today and it’s currently available for download on the PlayStation Network. Patch 4.07 is said to improve the “quality of the system performance” which implies that this is likely a minor patch, but some fans might be wondering though if this will do anything to fix those PlayStation 4 Pro titles suffering from poor performance....

Now that both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have been revealed, fans are waiting to know exactly when they will be able to purchase the next-generation consoles, and how much they will cost. Neither Sony nor Microsoft have made any announcements about the consoles’ prices or release dates, but it seems as though that will change at some point within the next few weeks or so. Former Game Informer editor and current Kinda Funny Gamescast host Imran Khan has said that he has “heard” both Sony and Microsoft will be revealing those details this month....

Horizon Zero Dawn proved itself to be one of the most popular PlayStation 4 exclusives when it was released in 2017. The brand new IP from Guerrilla Games introduced a world that blended both ancient tribalism with modern AI to create a stunning post-apocalyptic landscape, where the protagonist, Aloy, must explore and conquer to uncover the answers she seeks. However, Horizon Zero Dawn isn’t without its flaws. Thanks to the success of Horizon Zero Dawn, a sequel titled Horizon Forbidden West is in development and looks to be one of the most highly anticipated titles heading to the new PlayStation 5....

The PlayStation 5 has long been talked about in its competition against the Xbox Series X as a tentative highpoint of late 2020, despite a running theory that the console could be delayed due to the novel coronavirus. To the contrary, the console is apparently on schedule to hit the release window it has long been rumored to have. According to the PlayStation 5’s webpage on PlayStation’s website, a statement confirms that the PlayStation 5 will be launching in the holiday season of 2020....

Sony’s recent release of PlayStation 4 system update 8.00 did not go very smoothly. Unfortunately, PS4 system update 8.00 had a number of technical issues at first, and while those seem to be largely resolved, perhaps the biggest criticism of the new update is something that Sony is implementing on purpose. By using PlayStation party chat, players have to consent to their voices being recorded in case another user decides to report them to Sony for moderation....

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 was the biggest puzzle game release of holiday 2020, launching across consoles. It’s a meeting of what some consider to be two of the best puzzle game franchises ever made, with Puyo Puyo having over 25 games released in the past 30 years and Tetris being the iconic block arranging game that it is. Now Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is adding another iconic element to its mix, as Thursday morning Sega confirmed that Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 will be receiving some unique Sonic the Hedgehog content....

Michael Rymer’s Queen of the Damned (2002) celebrates its 20th anniversary next week. The film is notable for the breakthrough performance of Aaliyah as the title character Queen Akasha. The rising singer tragically died at age 22 during post-production, with the movie offering only a glimpse of her greater talent. But 20 years on, the movie is most remembered as a famously flawed fright flick follow-up to one of the best vampire movies ever made–a rush job which doomed a promising franchise....