Pokemon's video game competitive scene has an onboarding problem.

It's had one since the birth of the Pokemon Video Game Championship (VGC for short) in 2008 due to hidden mechanics, tedious grinding, and some devious RNG. Now, almost two decades later, The Pokemon Company has the opportunity to make competitive Pokemon the most approachable it's ever been. Thanks to Pokemon Champions, a battle simulator akin to Pokemon Stadium coming to Switch and mobile, players will be able to quickly and efficiently train and battle Pokemon. Not only that, but at the Pokemon World Championship last weekend The Pokemon Company announced that it will be the official way to compete in 2026's Worlds.

This is huge.

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Inin Games and Yu Suzuki have announced Shenmue 3 Enhanced, an upgraded version of the 2019 game, with more to be revealed at Gamescom 2025 this week.

The new edition will be coming to PC, PS5, as well as releasing for the first time on Xbox Series X|S as well as Nintendo platforms, although the press release does not confirm whether this will be just Nintendo Switch 2 or also Nintendo Switch. It will be the first time the series has appeared on a Nintendo platform.

Shenmue 3 Enhanced features overhauled visuals, performance boosts, and quality-of-life updates, although no new gameplay content has been confirmed. The original release did however have three pieces of DLC, including an additional story quest.

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Since the end of Season 2 of HBO's The Last of Us, Bella Ramsey has been trying to figure out a way to work together with former co-star Pedro Pascal again. The Emmy-nominated actor has found themselves with another Outstanding Lead Actress nomination, with Pascal also racking up another Outstanding Lead Actor nod, as well as the show getting a second Outstanding Drama Series nomination.

Speaking to Variety, Ramsey joked, "I think maybe like a heist movie where we're robbing a bank together."

Ramsey continued by saying the most common question they get is about Pascal. “It's, 'How is Pedro Pascal? Is he as nice as he seems?'" they shared. "That's mostly what people ask me, and the answer is, 'Yes.'" Ramsey also mentioned they hadn't seen Pascal in a while and were "looking around, trying to find him." They laughed about how their texts are mostly about trying to hang out: "Where in the world are you? I'm here, are you there? Oh, we just missed each other."

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The Pokemon Company is making some big changes when it comes to the video game series' world championships. Over the weekend, the latest Worlds tournament took place in California, and as is usual for the event a number of announcements were made. The biggest one for the Pokemon Video Game Championships is that the upcoming pseudo-spin-off game Pokemon Champions will be the main game at next year's Pokemon World Championships. On top of that, the game was also finally confirmed to be releasing on Nintendo Switch 2.

A trailer announcing this news also revealed that Mega Evolution will feature in the "first set of regulations for Ranked Battles in Pokemon Champions." There was also a teaser for a new in-game device called the Omni Ring, which you can check out on Pokemon Champions' official website. This will seemingly let you rotate between Mega Evolution and other similar abilities in the series like Z-Moves and Dynamaxing.

Announced back in February, details on Pokemon Champions are still pretty light overall. An overview trailer from last month did go into a little bit of detail about the game. It showed a bit about how you can recruit Pokemon, how you can change their stats, and the kinds of battles that will be available. You'll also be able to connect the game to Pokemon Home, and there's cross-platform support between the original Nintendo Switch, the Nintendo Switch 2, and mobile.

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With its two beta weekends over, it's going to be a long wait until Battlefield 6 releases in October. Fortunately, an all-new Road to Battlefield 6 event for Battlefield 2042 will bridge the gap, as it kicks off today and runs through October 7. Players can expect new content, including a free rewards pass that EA says will celebrate the legacy of the Battlefield series with new gear, a reimagining of the fan-favorite Iwo Jima map, and more.

EA added that the event will feature 20 exclusive rewards for Battlefield 6, and these can be unlocked in Battlefield 2042 ahead of its launch. Players can pick up the KFS2000 assault rifle and the Lynx sniper rifle, and for aerial warfare, the A10 Warthog and SU-25TM Frogfoot are being pulled out of the vault so that they can be put back into service.

Alongside the rewards--which harken back to previous Battlefield games, including Bad Company 2--there'll also be several bug fixes and gameplay tweaks when Update 9.2 is installed. The Iwo Jima map is a location that appeared in the very first Battlefield game--Battlefield: 1942--and has since been featured in several more games in the series over the decades.

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A Nintendo Direct has been scheduled for tomorrow--the third one in the past month--this time focusing on a single game: Kirby Air Riders. Much like how his Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentations went, game director Masahiro Sakurai will be hosting this particular Direct.

According to the livestream's description, it will "provide an in-depth look at the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game," and will be roughly 45 minutes long, which is longer than both of the previous two Directs combined. It kicks off at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM BST, and you'll be able to watch it on Nintendo's official YouTube channel.

Kirby Air Riders was announced back in April during a Nintendo Direct that revealed a bevy of Nintendo Switch 2 games, though at the time all that was shown off was a pre-rendered trailer. Not much is known about this sequel, but with tomorrow's Direct running at around 45 minutes, that will soon change. The game will also mark the first time Sakurai has directed a Kirby title since the original Air Rider for the GameCube.

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Prime Video and Kilter Films have released the first-look images from the highly anticipated second season of Fallout, set to premiere this December exclusively on Prime Video. Filming of the series recently wrapped over the summer, and fans have been waiting for any new updates.

Picking up in the wake of Season 1's finale, Season 2 will follow the characters as they journey through the radioactive Mojave Wasteland to the iconic post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas. You can check out the photos below.

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The ensemble cast features Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets), Aaron Moten (Emancipation), Walton Goggins (The White Lotus), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Moisés Arias (The King of Staten Island), and Frances Turner (The Boys).

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Satisfactory players may recognize some common elements with StarRupture, an upcoming solo and co-op sci-fi survival-action game from developer Creepy Jar. Both games are set on alien planets that require resource management for players to thrive. However, StarRupture's early-access trailer ramps up the danger compared to Satisfactory, as humanity has to contend with alien creatures while protecting their new home. It also reveals a new release date for the early-access version, which is now coming in January.

Near the end of July, Creepy Jar hosted a playtest for StarRupture, which attracted over 158,000 players as they explored Aracadia-7, a penal colony world where the inhabitants have their work cut out for them. Players need to maintain their colonies as well as factories for their corporate overlords, while also staying on guard for any direct threats from the indigenous creatures. But the biggest threat may be Ruptura, the talking star that gives everything on the planet its life.

According to Creepy Jar CEO Krzysztof Kwiatek, the decision to push StarRupture's early-access release to early 2026 was to give the developers more time to refine the game based on the feedback from the playtest.

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Spiritfarer is celebrating its 5-year anniversary today, August 18, 2025. Below, we reflect on how the game's compassion and empathy can help influence our own lives.

When it was first introduced, Developer Thunder Lotus billed Spiritfarer as "a cozy management sim about dying," which immediately intrigued me. What's so cozy about dying, and what difference does the team see between a game about dying and a game about death? The wording seemed unmistakably intentional. Many games are, to some degree, about death--and specifically, avoiding it. But Spiritfarer not only makes dying unavoidable; it makes dying the whole point. As Stella, players ferry over a dozen characters through a purgatorial plane, waving them goodbye as they cross the Everdoor into a permanent afterlife. But it's her thoughtfulness and understanding of each passenger, regardless of the life they lived, that I find so inspiring. Stella's hospice care approach works great on the precipice of the afterlife. But we don't need to wait until it's nearly too late to express such a devotion to forgiveness.

It's Stella's job to manage the many personalities that find their way aboard her boat, helping each passenger with their unfinished business before sending their souls floating away into the warm glow of the Everdoor. Though this sounds like the setup for something so saccharine it may induce nausea, in reality, Spiritfarer doesn't shy from the much gloomier and less picturesque aspects of life. And yet, despite its flawed, hurting, sometimes even hurtful characters, it never wavers in its expressions of love and understanding, and it's that difference that helped me learn something about my own life.

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To save her people from the world destruction, the supreme tried to breakthrough to the legendary supreme realm but failed! She is coming back. In this fantasy world, you will explore the race origination, recover the prehistoric secrets, and become the most powerful supreme! This is a fantasy 3D ARPG, with exaggerated and cool fight, rich plots, and full dubbing of all game characters and creatures!