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Pokemon Go April Community Day Announced
Now that March is just about behind us, Niantic has shared the first details for April’s Pokemon Go Community Day. The monthly event is scheduled to return on Saturday, April 13, and this time around, it’ll feature a rare Dragon Pokemon: Bagon.
All throughout the Community Day, Bagon will appear in the wild in greater numbers than it normally does, making it much easier to add some to your collection. Considering that Niantic typically introduces the Shiny form of that month’s featured Pokemon during each Community Day, you’ll also presumably have your first chance to catch a Shiny Bagon during this month’s event.
Bagon is the base form of the powerful Dragon/Flying Pokemon Salamence, so you’ll want to catch as many as you can during April’s Community Day. If you manage to evolve any into Salamence up to an hour after the event ends, it will also learn an exclusive move, although Niantic hasn’t revealed what that will be just yet.
Like March’s Community Day, April’s event will take place from 3-6 PM local time, rather than the usual schedule it followed. As an added incentive to participate, Niantic is also offering triple the usual amount of XP for capturing Pokemon. You can read more details about the event on the official Pokemon website.
That isn’t the only event happening in Pokemon Go next month. From April 2-9, Niantic is also holding a Bug Out event. During that period, Bug Pokemon will appear more frequently than normal, and Incenses will last twice as long. You’ll also be able to find special limited-time Field Research tasks revolving around Bug Pokemon from Poke Stops.
In the meantime, the Gen 4 Legendary Giratina is set to return to Raids beginning March 28. It will initially appear in its standard Altered Forme until April 2, when it’ll transform into its Origine Forme. A new Limited Research event is also scheduled for March 30. During that, you’ll find special Field Research tasks focusing on Lotad, and you’ll even have your first opportunity to catch Shiny versions of Lotad and Castform.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-go-april-community-day-announced/1100-6465881/
There’s A Nice Incentive To Buy Wolfenstein: Youngblood’s Deluxe Edition
Bethesda released a new trailer and release date for Wolfenstein: Youngblood, the standalone sequel to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Better yet, the studio revealed the Deluxe Edition of Youngblood comes with a nice extra.
The standard version of Wolfenstein: Youngblood has a retail price of $30 USD, while the Deluxe Edition goes for $40 USD. The Deluxe Edition includes a cyborg-themed skin pack and a Buddy Pass. That extra $10 might be worth it for the Buddy Pass alone, which allows you to give a limited copy of the game to a friend.
According to the Youngblood FAQ, you can send a Buddy Pass invite code to as many friends as you want. With the code, someone can play Youngblood with you in co-op for free. You can only play with one friend at a time, though, and you do need to be playing in order for someone else to use your pass.
Anyone playing Youngblood via the pass won’t be able to earn in-game Xbox One Achievements or PS4 Trophies. If they want to start, they’ll have to pay an upgrade fee to purchase the full game. Bethesda has not revealed whether the upgrade fee will be cheaper than just buying the game.
The Cyborg Skin Pack includes a custom character skin as well as titanium alloy skins for all weapons, the hatchet, and the knife. The pack also gives you an armor-boosting pep signal. Youngblood includes a few other cosmetic packs as well. The Legacy Pack–which is a set of BJ Blazkowicz-themed outfits and weapons–is available as a pre-order bonus for both editions of the game. The Youngblood FAQ reveals there will be additional cosmetic items, all of which can be earned via in-game currency or bought with microtransactions.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is coming to Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Switch on July 26. Bethesda has confirmed the Switch version of the game will be released the same day as the others. The game has you play as Jess and Soph, the twin daughters of Wolfenstein protagonist BJ Blazkowicz. After their father goes missing in Nazi-occupied Paris, Jess and Soph launch a rescue mission in order to find him and bring him home. The game can be played completely solo with an AI-controlled partner or co-op with another person.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/theres-a-nice-incentive-to-buy-wolfenstein-youngbl/1100-6465880/
Shovel Knight Dev Reveals Its Next Project
Yacht Club Games burst onto the indie scene in 2011 with Shovel Knight, a 2D side-scrolling platformer meant to evoke the NES-style sensibilities of yesteryear. Six years and numerous Shovel Knight expansions later, the indie developer has announced its second publishing effort in the form of Cyber Shadow.
Cyber Shadow, according to the official announcement, is a 2D side-scrolling platformer that combines “the level design principles of Mario, the skills and action of Ninja Gaiden, the enemy designs of Contra, and the dark visual aesthetic of Batman.” Think The Messenger but in the future where everything, including the player character himself, is cybernetic. It looks slick, with fast-paced action necessitating precise platforming and quick reflexes. You’ll be able to equip items, find secrets, upgrade your skills, and more, all while listening to a thumping soundtrack produced by Jake Kaufman (Shovel Knight, Crypt of the NecroDancer).
You can view the official trailer below.
Yacht Club itself is not the game’s developer; it’s instead working with its one-person team, Aarne “MekaSkull” Hunziker, to help make it happen. Yacht Club will focus specifically on “the marketing, porting, business side, and typical roles of a publisher,” the studio stated on its official website.
Yacht Club will be at PAX East–which runs from Thursday, March 28 to Sunday, March 31–where the studio will be showing off a build of the game, as well both Shovel Knight: King of Cards and Shovel Knight: Showdown.
Cyber Shadow is headed to Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One at an unannounced date. The next expansion to the Shovel Knight series, Shovel Knight: Showdown, is scheduled to hit PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, Linux, macOS, and Wii U on April 9.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/shovel-knight-dev-reveals-its-next-project/1100-6465877/
