A new week-long event is kicking off soon in Pokemon Go. Niantic is holding another Adventure Week beginning Tuesday, June 4, and it’ll give players a chance to earn extra rewards, catch some rare Rock-types, and even find a couple of new Shiny Pokemon.

During Adventure Week, Geodude, Rhyhorn, Omanyte, Aron, Lileep, Anorith, and other Rock Pokemon will appear in the wild much more frequently than normal. You’ll also be able to hatch certain Rock-types–such as Onix, Larvitar, Lileep, Anorith, and Shieldon–from 2 km Eggs, and Onix and other Rock Pokemon will appear in Raid Battles. On top of that, you’ll have your first chance to catch Shiny versions of Onix, Lileep, and Anorith.

In addition to increased Rock Pokemon spawns, you’ll earn four times the usual amount of Buddy Candy during Adventure Week, as well as a whopping 10 times the usual amount of XP the first time you spin the Photo Disc at a new PokeStop. If you have Adventure Sync turned on, you’ll also be able to earn 50,000 Stardust and 15 Rare Candies when you walk 50 km.

Finally, Niantic is distributing special Field Research tasks during Adventure Week. As usual, you’ll be able to collect these tasks by spinning the Photo Disc at PokeStops. Adventure Week is scheduled to end at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET / 9 PM BST on June 11. You can read more about the event on the official Pokemon Go website.

Adventure Week isn’t the only Pokemon Go event on the horizon. The game’s next Community Day will take place on Saturday, June 8. The featured Pokemon this month will be Slakoth; not only will it appear in the wild more frequently than normal, it will also be able to learn an event-exclusive move if you manage to evolve it into its final form, Slaking, up to an hour after the event ends. The Legendary Pokemon Cresselia has also returned for a limited time.

The Pokemon Company held a press conference earlier this week, where it announced a handful of new Pokemon games and services, including a new app called Pokemon Sleep that aims to “turn sleep into entertainment.” To coincide with the announcement, the Sleeping Pokemon Snorlax is spawning in the wild in Pokemon Go until June 3.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-go-adventure-week-event-announced-adds-new/1100-6467266/

Apex Legends has been facing numerous issues since launch, including dealing with cheaters, but Respawn Entertainment is committed to improving the game and providing enough content to keep returning players satisfied. The California-based company isn’t divulging too many details yet, but in addition to outlining an upcoming event next week, Respawn gave some information on what’s next for the battle royale game.

Respawn’s lead product manager Lee Horn posted a blog on EA’s website to discuss what’s to come before the EA Play livestream on Saturday, June 8.

The headliner is the beginning of the new Legendary Hunt limited-time event. It will last a full two weeks and kicks off on Tuesday, June 6. The event will add an Apex Elite queue (where those who make it into the top five in any match will continue to play against other top fivers), Legendary Hunt rewards (including skins for Bloodhound, Wraith, various weapons, and more), and Battle Pass bonus experience for top fivers in any match. Additionally, double experience weekend returns, starting on Friday, June 7 at 10 AM PT and ending on Monday, June 10 at 10 AM PT.

We’ve heard a few rumblings about the Season 2 Battle Pass for Apex Legends. Though Respawn wants to keep the information as close to the chest as possible, Horn did give some minor details about what to expect from Season 2 of Apex Legends.

To start, daily and weekly challenges will allow you to level up easier. Should you miss any challenges or start late, weekly challenges will remain available to complete and can be completed all at once. Three new Legendary items have been added and one Legendary item will unlock at every 25 Battle Pass levels in the premium pack. Those that reach Battle Pass level 100 will receive an evolving weapon skin, and those that reach Battle Pass level 110 will receive a special recolor version of the skin. Badges and basic stat trackers have been removed from the premium track, while seasonal win trackers will remain in the free track but will be earnable in the first 10 levels. Lastly, voice lines have been replaced by crafting metal. The Season 2 Battle Pass should make earning crafting metal easier and quicker so you can craft that item you’ve been eyeballing.

E3 2019 is just around the corner. With Respawn set to present more information during the EA Play livestream at 10 AM PT on Saturday, June 8, we should walk away from the presentation with a greater understanding of what Respawn’s ideas are for the upcoming season of Apex Legends.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apex-legends-event-coming-next-week-before-season-/1100-6467264/

Ahead of its E3 2019 showcase, additional details about Marvel’s Avengers have leaked via the E3 Coliseum website. Those details have since been removed from the site, but they revealed Square Enix’s upcoming Marvel superhero game will feature both solo and co-op play.

The description for the Marvel’s Avengers Showcase once read, according to PC Gamer, “Embrace your powers and join key members of the development team at Crystal Dynamics and the creative team at Marvel Games as they talk exclusively about the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers. This is the defining Avengers gaming experience: an epic action-adventure that combines cinematic storytelling with continuous single-player and co-operative gameplay. Moderated by Andrea Rene, assemble in teams up to four players, master extraordinary abilities, customize your heroes to fit your playstyle, and combine powers to defend an ever-expanding world under constant threat.”

Now, the showcase’s description has been trimmed down to read, “Join Crystal Dynamics and Marvel Games for a Panel about Marvel’s The Avengers.”

Announced via a January 2017 teaser trailer (seen above) as The Avengers Project, Marvel’s Avengers will finally have an official reveal during Square Enix’s E3 2019 press conference, scheduled for June 10 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET / 2 AM BST. There’s very little information about the game currently available, although we do know Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics and Deus Ex studio Eidos Montreal are behind it. The original teaser seemed to imply the game’s story would focus on the Avengers reassembling after the “time of heroes” has long since passed.

In the teaser trailer, we see Captain America’s vibranium shield, Iron Man’s repulsor gauntlet, Thor’s Mjolnir hammer, and Bruce Banner’s cracked glasses–suggesting the game could focus on the first team of Avengers (though nothing pointing to the other two original Avengers, Ant-Man/Giant-Man and Wasp is shown). Because of how damaged the shield, gauntlet, hammer, and glasses in the trailer are, the video could also be hinting that Marvel’s Avengers takes place in the aftermath of the original team’s defeat and see the rise of a new generation of heroes.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-marvels-avengers-game-details-leak-ahead-of-e3/1100-6467260/

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is making a bunch of changes to the Call of Duty formula with its reimagining of Infinity Ward’s 2007 classic. The studio is going for “continuity and consistency” across all Modern Warfare’s game modes, meaning guns will feel the same in multiplayer as in single-player, and character progression will carry over between those modes. And for the first time, a Call of Duty game will feature cross-play between consoles and PC when it launches on October 25.

Infinity Ward made the announcement in a press release that dropped alongside its first Modern Warfare trailer. It also noted that Modern Warfare will not have the traditional “season pass,” which players usually buy to receive new maps over the course of the year after a Call of Duty game’s release. Instead, all post-release maps for the game will be free to all players.

Both features should go a long way to helping keep the Call of Duty player base together, without limiting them to only playing with people on the same platform and who own the same maps that they do. In general, there should be a whole lot more people to play against. It may also make the Call of Duty esports scene a little more welcoming, as players will be able to compete on their preferred platforms.

The studio showed off Modern Warfare to journalists in the week before announcing the game, giving a sense of the single-player campaign and the technology that’s going into the game. Along with reimagining the story, Infinity Ward said it’s working to make Modern Warfare “more relevant” to the current world, and drew inspiration for the game’s story from real-world conflicts and documentaries about them, as well as recent Hollywood movies.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-adds-cross-play-drops-/1100-6467259/