Pokémon Legends: Arceus is going to change the Pokémon franchise, taking it beyond its standard RPG roots and turning the title into a much more interactive and action-oriented experience.  This includes turning the usually formulaic, route-based layout of previous new entries and expanding that into a more open, sandbox-style world that will give players a chance to experience a region that feels truly lived in.  The game will bring core gameplay mechanics that will see players interacting with wild Pokémon in new ways, such as catching them without battling or dodging attacks that could damage them.

VALORANT, Riot’s hit tactical shooter, is designed for the PC platform, and despite rumors of a possible mobile release in the near future, is intended to be played with a mouse and keyboard. But that being said, it’s still possible to play the game with a controller. Third-party software like JoyToKey (free) and reWASD ($7) will allow you to remap your controller for VALORANT.  The process is long and arduous with JoyToKey and will require some fiddling to get right.

In Magic: The Gathering, Lifelink is one of the most helpful static abilities that a creature can have if you’re looking to prolong a game or survive an aggressive onslaught. The mechanic, which is automatic and does not get added to the stack, is primarily used on White and Black cards. As defined by the official game rules, damage dealt by a creature with Lifelink “causes that source’s controller, or its owner if it has no controller, to gain that much life (in addition to any other results that damage causes).

To be the best Pokémon trainer you can be, you have to know the ins and outs of type matchups. There are 18 different types of Pokémon. Each type has its own strengths and weaknesses, so choosing the right species for battle in Pokémon Go is crucial to your chances of success. In this article, we’ll be focusing on Fighting-type Pokémon and the best types to counter them with. Fighting Pokémon have resistance to Bug, Rock, and Dark-type moves but are vulnerable to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-type attacks.

Team Rocket has invaded Pokémon Go, and it’s up to you, the trainers, to take them down. As players take on Team Go Rocket Grunts in Pokémon Go, they’ll receive items called Mysterious Components that piece together to make a tracker used to hunt down Team Rocket’s three captains: Arlo, Cliff, and Sierra. You will use six of the Mysterious Components to craft an item called the Rocket Radar, which can be equipped from your bag and will lead you to the Go Rocket leaders.

Completing the Pokédex is the ultimate goal of many trainers around the world. It’s one of the keys to become the very best, but it’s possible to go beyond that. Collecting Shiny Pokémon will allow you to take that next step as a trainer in Pokémon Go, adding value to your collection. While capturing regular Pokémon is almost a reflex for most trainers, catching Shiny Pokémon won’t be that easy. Shiny Pokémon appear a lot less frequently in the wild.

Respawn Entertainment is one of the most reliable developers when it comes to updates. Apex Legends patches are usually quick, smooth, and painless. But, of course, they’re not without their flaws. One issue comes down to the patch installer itself. After installing a new Apex Legends patch, some players are left stuck in the Origin launcher unable to load the game. Waiting and wondering amount to nothing. To fix the error, pause the download, close the Origin launcher through the task manager if necessary, and run Origin again as an administrator.

NFL teams are reporting to training camp, which means a new Madden game is right around the corner. Madden NFL 22, the next edition of the football simulation franchise, releases Aug. 20. This multiplatform game will come out on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, and Google Stadia. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Tom Brady and the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes were former Super Bowl opponents, and now share the honor of being cover athletes for Madden 22.

Pokémon Go Fest 2022 has been full of excitement with many rare Pokémon appearing in the game, including regional Pokémon that fans normally can’t catch unless they are in a certain region of the world or Pokémon that just don’t appear often. Fans are finding that one of the most exciting surprises during the 2022 Go Fest is that Nihilego is going to be available in five-star raids for day two.

Over the last month, leaks of a potential Game Boy and Game Boy Advance (GBA) emulator on the Nintendo Switchhave been stacking up, with some dataminers even getting versions of it to work on their personal systems.  This is something many fans speculated would be Nintendo’s next addition to the Switch Online (NSO) subscription service after launching the Expansion Pack tier that includes DLC for select games, along with Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games.