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Pokemon GO fans have been closely monitoring the official social accounts today for news about a Gen 4 release, but apparently Niantic has other plans. Right around the time many players predicted a Gen 4 announcement would arrive today, the Pokemon GO accounts confirmed this month’s Community Day exclusive move instead. October’s Community Day is Beldum-themed, which means players should be able to store up enough candy to evolve into the powerful Metang and Metagross....

Having first entered the fray during the Halloween 2019 event, the Mythical nightmare Pokemon Darkrai has returned to Pokemon GO’s five-star raids until May 5, 2020 at 1:00 pm PT. It is a powerful and popular Pokemon in Pokemon GO. Darkrai is a Dark type Pokemon introduced in Diamond and Pearl, the series’ fourth generation, and it’s only been available to players on rare occasions in the 13 years since its first reveal....

It has been a big week for Pokemon GO, with the game introducing legendary Pokemon and the chance to take part in legendary Raids. While most players will be occupied with this new content for quite a while, it seems that developer Niantic is already preparing to release the next big update. That information comes from one Pokemon GO player who posted a screenshot of a Gym in Roseville, Michigan that had been closed....

One of the most consistent complaints from Pokemon GO players since the game launched has been the lack of things to do in rural areas. Cities are flooded with Stops, Gyms, and spawn points; but players in rural areas often feel left out of the fun. Hopefully that may be changing soon, now that Ingress, Niantic’s other mobile AR game, is opening up submissions for new Portal locations. Players who have been following Pokemon GO closely may be aware that in some ways the game launched as a Pokemon-themed re-skin of Ingress....

Back in April 2020, Pokemon Go gifted us the Remote Raid Pass, allowing players to join any raid that appeared on the screen. A year has passed, and for April 2021, we still get to enjoy one free raid pass every Monday. For some reason, we just don’t seem to have this pandemic under control, and Pokemon Go understands that. Raid passes were created as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic....

Niantic has announced that it’s planning to remodel Pokemon GO Gyms, which means the game’s Gyms will be closing soon. As part of the closure, Niantic revealed that all Pokemon currently assigned to Gyms will be returned to Pokemon GO players. The announcement was made via Niantic’s support page, though a Niantic employee elaborated with a few additional details about the Gym closings. Reddit user NianticGeorge, who’s a verified Niantic representative, explained that Niantic isn’t yet closing the Pokemon GO Gyms, but wanted to give a heads up so players know it’s coming....

The Pokemon series has been around for over two decades and there are no signs of it slowing down as it continues to dominate video games, television, film, and more. The Pokemon franchise has expanded in major ways, but it’s still a big event when a new entry in the core series gets released and the Nintendo Switch’s Pokemon Sword and Shield is no exception. The Pokemon games beautifully translate onto the Switch and the title’s new region of Galar has provided players with tons of new content, including all-new Pokemon....

Longtime Pokemon fans will finally be given worthy opponents, as the Galarian Star Tournament in the Crown Tundra DLC for Pokemon Sword & Shield will be the hardest challenge in the game. One of the biggest complaints about the Pokemon series is that the games are too easy, or rather, players never have to be creative or strategic to win battles. Pretty much every storyline in the Pokemon series can be finished with the starter and the resident HM slave, with minimal power-leveling....

While Overwatch has dominated the eSports scene since its debut in 2015, it may have finally met its match. Riot Games’ new title Valorant built up a dedicated community during its exclusive closed beta phase, and drew in many FPS fans looking for a fresh take on the genre. However, after its extremely popular first week on Twitch, Valorant seems to be attracting many professional gamers to its growing competitive scene....

Our quick take Project Cars - 4.5 / 5 DIY development From amateur to pro Structurally, Project Cars takes an innovative approach that lets you dictate proceedings, according to your general level of driving skill (or lack of it). In Career mode, there are eight racing Tiers, from karts up to LMP1 and Formula A, and you can jump into any of them, opting to build up a reputation as an untried kart-racer and progress through the formulae or, if you fancy yourself, go straight into the highest echelons of motor racing....

The PlayStation 4 appears to have received a price drop, as online retailers have adjusted prices for a specific Slim SKU of the console. The PS4 is normally priced at $299, though it can very often be found on sale for less, but multiple retailers appear to have adjusted its price down to $279. Walmart even went as far down as $269, and Target is even advertising the price point in their print flyer....

Resident Evil VIII, known as Resident Evil VIIIage, is now a real thing. Rumors have been foretelling it (down to the exact name), and the actual reveal matched them almost exactly. The game was unveiled with a trailer during Sony’s PS5 event, showcasing a creepy village in wintery woods. The game seems to continue from where Resident Evil VII left, both in story and gameplay. Ethan Winters is the protagonist again, and we see through his first-person view....

Since launch, players of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds have been complaining that the game has a cheating problem and a common solution has been region locking. In essence, the move would keep players from regions with less cheaters away from regions with more. It seems that PUBG Corp, the developer behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, has heard these calls and has added region locking. The region locking is designed to restrict players to their own region unless they are playing with a friend from another region....

Just two weeks after PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds surpassed Grand Theft Auto 5 to obtain the fourth highest concurrent user count on Steam, the popular multiplayer title has seen its drastic surge of growth set another milestone. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds can now claim the third highest concurrent Steam user count of all time, becoming top non-Valve title for such out of every single game available on the digital platform. The title, which peaked at 481,291 concurrent users, is still some far cry short of competing with Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which set records of 1,291,328 and 850,485 concurrent users respectively....

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is getting a new mode: Skill Battle Mode. In addition to announcing the new game mode, Sega also put out a new trailer featuring the mechanic in action. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 was officially revealed at the surprise Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase just last August, and is slated to release in December 2020. The new game mode will rely on the player selecting characters and item cards that best fit their particular play style....

According to the 2016 Xbox One sci-fi third-person shooter video game/TV show Quantum Break, January 5, 2021 will be the End of Time. For many, that may mean 2021 is looking better than 2020 was. According to the lore of Quantum Break, the “End of Time” is the moment when the universe runs out of Chronon energy, leading to the collapse of the Meyer-Joyce field, which maintains the flow of time throughout the universe....

The official Rainbow Six Siege Twitter account announced that the Y5S2.3 update has been delayed. The tactical, squad based shooter has entered its 5th year of updates, evolving from a rough game into one of the most popular shooters in esports. Major updates include new operators with unique stats, abilities, and gadgets, while more frequent and smaller updates address the game’s balance. The Y5S2.3 update was scheduled for launch on PC today, July 28, but has been delayed “due to unforeseen circumstances....

Now that Red Dead Redemption 2’s Online mode has officially entered early access, Rockstar looks to mimic the enormous success of Grand Theft Auto V Online. While GTA is a completely different experience than Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar still seeks to provide players with loads of content and enough of a reason to start playing Red Dead Online, and never stop. As expected, Red Dead Online is launching with a humongous amount of available content right off the bat....

Arthur Morgan is the protagonist of Red Dead Redemption 2, and a lot of fans adore him because of his rich personality and ability to react calmly in stressful situations. Arthur Morgan is a cowboy, and as such, he is often seen wearing many different types of clothing and hairstyles. There are so many fans that adore Arthur Morgan and his personality that have decided to create fan art pictures to envision this protagonist in their own image....

There are a lot of characters in Rockstar’s smash-hit Red Dead Redemption 2. There is the beloved protagonist Arthur, the sweet-talking Dutch, the conniving Micah, the widow-turned-badass Sadie, the father figure Hosea, and almost a dozen other key characters in the game’s sweeping narrative, but one character that is often overlooked is that of Miss Grimshaw. This is where the community stepped in to give some love to her. Miss Grimshaw was the matriarch of the Van der Linde gang in Red Dead Redemption 2, and one of the earliest members at that....