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Pokémon GO Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube828k Pokémon GO Fest 2025: Max Finale lands on August 23rd to 24th in the hugely popular mobile AR game, featuring multiple Max Pokémon and the first ever global appearance of Eternatus. There’s also a brand new promo code — GOFESTMAX — that you can pop into the web store …

Dark Pictures studio Supermassive has announced a round of layoffs and delayed its sci-fi horror game Directive 8020 into 2026. In a statement published on its social media channels, the studio said that it had begun the redundancy process for around 36 employees. “This decision was not taken lightly, and we know this will be an incredibly difficult time for …

Ahead of Eternatus’ debut in Pokémon Go, there’s a Timed Research set you can unlock via a promo code that rewards you with Gigantamax Rillaboom, Cinderace, or Inteleon. The limited-time “Gigantamax Journey” research is definitely worth completing — but which of the Galar starters should you pick? We explain how to redeem the code for the Pokémon Go Timed Research, …

Those of you subscribed to PS Plus Extra tier have something new to play today: Abiotic Factor is launching directly into Sony’s service, and is available to download and play right now. Described as a narrative-driven survival co-op experience, you’ll join forces with up to five other players as you plumb the depths of an underground research facility, which finds …

Apple on Tuesday released the fourth developer beta of its next big software update, iOS 26, which brings with it slight changes to its Liquid Glass redesign and the re-introduction of AI-powered notification summaries for news, among other updates. The rollout arrived just ahead of the iOS 26 public beta, which is expected to launch later this week. The developer …

Barbara Krasnoff is officially the reviews editor for The Verge, but although she has done a great deal of reviewing in her time, she doesn’t tend to do a lot of it in her current position. “I was originally hired here to write and edit to-do articles,” she explains. “Now, I spend most of my time editing, overseeing various projects, …

The Pokémon Company is releasing a new, unexpected game today: Pokémon Friends, a daily puzzle game you can download now for mobile devices, Switch, and Switch 2. The company revealed the game as part of a Pokémon Direct presentation that included new details on Pokémon Legends: Z-A and a Switch 2 bundle, Pokémon Champions, and more. In Pokémon Friends, players …

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Vi, the Piltover Enforcer, will be a playable character in League of Legends-based free-to-play tag fighting game 2XKO, and a closed beta test will begin for PC on September 9, developer Riot Games announced. Sign-ups are available here. “After Closed Beta begins, our goal is to keep the game online, outside of any necessary maintenance,” reads an update from Riot …

Android Headlines reports that the black and white finishes are the familiar “Obsidian” and “Porcelain” that Google has used before. The grayish blue will apparently be called “Moonstone,” while the “Jade” green is the most colorful of the lot, with a subtle gold trim too. Shortly after Android Headlines shared leaked images of the base Pixel 10 yesterday, Google responded …