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Red alert, Apex fans. EA’s servers are down and that’s preventing anyone from doing much of anything that involves connecting to Origin accounts. This includes Apex Legends, where players aren’t able to connect at all. Rest assured, this is a problem on EA’s end and (probably) not yours. The official EA Help Twitter account confirmed server-side issues earlier this morning. “We are aware that http://help.ea.com and a number of our services are experiencing issues at this time and are working on a fix,” the Twitter account wrote....

As the name implies, Poison-types are some of the deadlier creatures to exist in the Pokémon franchise. Most Poison-types have toxic and venomous abilities allowing them to infect their opponents with a toxin that will slowly bring their HP down to 0 until they have won the fight. This list will cover Poison-type Pokémon that would be even deadlier in real life and show players some creatures that they should be glad aren’t real....

Many fans will gladly proclaim that the Kanto region in Pokémon has been done to death. We got the four original games on the Game Boy, and then got to revisit a slightly touched up version graphically in the post-game of Gold, Silver, and Crystal on the Game Boy Color. Afterwards, we got the first full remakes on the Game Boy Advance, which will be discussed here, and in the post-game of the Johto remakes on the DS....

July is going to be a big month for Pokémon GO fans, as Pokémon GO Fest 2020 is less than 4 weeks away from kicking off. Now, dataminers have found special research leading up to GO Fest and a new PVP cup. Pokémon GO Fest starts on July 25th, and there seems to be some new special research that will lead up to the event. The research is short, however, and will only have three steps in the questline....

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX was released on March 6th, and fans have been immensely enjoying the GBA/DS game remake on the Nintendo Switch. Of course, when it comes to remakes, comparisons are inevitable, especially with the beloved spin-off Pokémon series that is Mystery Dungeon. Many gamers believe that a remake should add something new to its source material and become its own creation, while others believe remakes should exist to introduce a franchise or game to a newer, contemporary audience....

The ever-popular Pokémon series hit the eighth generation of games with Pokémon Sword & Shield. These Nintendo Switch classics took significant steps towards further honing the formula, adding numerous quality of life changes, ambitious new elements with the Wild Area (watch out for the powerhouse Pokémon in there), and a lot more. At the same time, though, Sword & Shield definitely has its issues and shortcomings. The Isle of Armor DLC went some way towards patching these issues, but there are still some important problems that the upcoming Crown Tundra expansion really should address....

In Pokémon Sword & Shield, most Gym Leaders are the same across the two different versions. However, there are a few changes to the lineup that are exclusive to either Sword or Shield. One of those changes involves Circhester Stadium. While the Ice-type specialist, Melony, is the Circhester Gym Leader in Shield, her son, Gordie, takes over her position in Sword. As a Rock-type specialist, Gordie has a bulky team of massively defensive and physically offensive Pokémon....

Hang in there, Legendary Pokémon fans. The Crown Tundra expansion for Pokémon Sword & Shield is coming, and it’s going add a whole gaggle of mighty critters to the mix. It’s an exciting time to be a Pokémon fan, isn’t it? New Pokémon Snap has just been unveiled for Nintendo Switch, Pokémon GO is still just as engrossing for fans as it’s ever been, despite worldwide lockdowns… Oh, and the Isle of Armor expansion has just touched down....

As the latest gimmick battle mechanic in the Pokemon series, Dynamax was a pretty good attempt at fixing the problems faced by Mega Evolution and Z-Moves while still implementing a method for players to supercharge their Pokemon. While the history and lore of the Dynamax mechanic is fairly well explained, there are several aspects that don’t make much sense in various contexts and raise more questions about the mechanic overall than are answered during the dozens of hours of gameplay....

The Pokemon franchise is close to hitting 1,000 different Pokemon at this point, which is pretty wild. It originally started with 151 Pokemon in the Kanto region, and over the years, the series has added to that roster with each new game release. Fire-types have always been fan favorites and that goes back to Charizard in Pokemon Red & Blue. The recent release of Pokemon Sword & Shield introduced fans to a new roster of Pokemon, with a decent number of Fire-type creatures that have joined in, both the strong and the weak....

Pokemon GO is putting in a lot of work to keep players engaged and active in the mobile AR game throughout April. A new world full of social distancing and state and country lockdowns is definitely bad news for a game that wants players to be out and running around in the real world, but Niantic is making quick changes and doing everything it can to make the game playable from home....

Pokemon GO trainers have been enjoying some added bonuses that make the game easier to play from home for the last month or so. The play-at-home limited time features increase the effectiveness of Incense, add bonus damage for Remote Raiding, increase the limit on Gift activity and more. As more states begin to relax their lockdown and shelter-in-place orders, many fans of the mobile AR game have started to wonder if the bonuses may be coming to an end in the near future....

The Galarian Star Tournament is one of the most useful and entertaining new features of Pokemon Sword & Shield to come in the Crown Tundra DLC. This series of multi-battles include some of the highest-level opponents in the entire game, alongside some amusing dialogue between opposing partners and tons of experience points. The ability to choose your partner from any rival or Gym Leader is another huge benefit of this new battle format, but not all of your potential allies are worth your attention....

This article contains spoilers for POKER FACE episode 4. With a charged reference to the 1976 death of The Yardbirds singer Keith Relf, Peacock’s Poker Face teaches a valuable music industry lesson: Song pluggers should check their cables before plugging in. Especially drummers, surrounded by metallic conductors, trying to break out original material. When they do, as Phil Collins of Genesis or Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad can attest, those songs can change the group dynamic and take center stage....

Aggretsuko is becoming a mobile game, which is certainly going to give Retsuko something else to scream about. Did you know Aggretsuko was initially just a mascot for a Japanese fashion company? It then got a few animated shorts that caught the eye of Netflix who then paid for a full-fledged anime. The rest, as they say, is history. Only it’s not history, because Season 3 of Aggretsuko is coming. And not only that, we’re also getting a mobile game based on the show....

Predator: Hunting Grounds is adding a classic hero from the Predator franchise to the lineup of character classes in the multiplayer game’s latest paid DLC, due out September 1st on both PC and PlayStation 4. Already having added a modern take on Dutch to the game back in May, the new version of Dutch is from the original 1980s Predator movie. The popular character took on the Predator in the movie’s climax in a showdown that cemented the film as an all time classic and the Predator as a iconic villain....

Gameplay reveals and trailers have begun to shown a subtle new trend in next generation games coming to the PS5 and Xbox Series X, and it could mean really big things for the gaming industry as a whole. Some fans have noticed that there seem to be an influx of brand new franchises being developed for these next gen consoles, and if that becomes a trend, then these consoles and the games that come with them could revolutionize gaming the same way they did two generations ago with the PS3 and the Xbox 360....

The response to the PS5 at launch has been staggering, but it was beaten in sales by the Nintendo Switch in the US during its debut month on the market. The PS5 is suffering from major stock shortage issues, due to the pandemic stalling production of new systems. The same pandemic is preventing people from shopping in safety, so fans have had to resort to online orders to acquire PS5s and Xbox Series S/X systems....

Despite rumors, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Quarantine is not being renamed Rainbow Six Parasite. Ubisoft has confirmed that although the name is being used for internal playtesting, it’s simply a placeholder. The studio has also said that an official name will be unveiled “soon.” A few days ago, several key art images with the Rainbow Six Parasite logo were posted on the PlayStation Network. The main image showed Ela, one of the confirmed characters, covered in black goo with the name Rainbow Six Parasite printed on a bright yellow background....

The newest operator for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is no longer limited to the test server with Flores now being fully released. This attacking operator uses special drones that have the ability to detonate and damage gadgets, soft walls, and other players. As with any new character in Rainbow Six Siege, some players may not know how to deal with Flores. This can be especially troublesome with the majority of games currently having at least one player choosing the new operator to feel him out for themselves....