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Pokemon Go Bringing Gen 4 Legendary Giratina Back With New Form
Pokemon Go‘s first Gen 4 Legendary Pokemon, Giratina, is making an encore appearance in the hit mobile game soon. Niantic is bringing the Renegade Pokemon back to Raid Battles for another month beginning March 28, and this time around it’ll appear in a different form.
From March 28 to April 2, players will have another opportunity to capture Giratina in its Altered Forme (pictured below). After that, the Legendary Pokemon will transform into its Origin Forme–the serpent-like appearance it takes in Pokemon Platinum–until it leaves Raid Battles on April 29.
Regardless of what form it takes, Giratina is a dual Ghost/Dragon Pokemon, so the same strategies you used to battle it when it first appeared during last year’s Halloween event will apply. What’s unique about this combination is that both Ghost and Dragon are susceptible to their own types, so Pokemon like Salamence, Rayquaza, and Gengar will prove to be effective against Giratina. Dark-types such as Tyranitar and Houndoom will also have an edge over it.
In the meantime, you still have a few more days to capture Pokemon Go’s current Legendary, Dialga. The Temporal Pokemon will only appear in Raid Battles until March 28, meaning this is your last opportunity to add it to your collection before it leaves the game. Dialga is a dual Dragon/Steel-type, making it weak to Fighting and Ground Pokemon like Machamp and Groudon.
Pokemon Go is in the midst of its spring equinox event, which makes Grass Pokemon like Oddish and Sunkern easier to find. The game’s next Community Day takes place this Saturday, March 23, and it likewise features a Grass Pokemon: the Gen 3 starter Treecko.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-go-bringing-gen-4-legendary-giratina-back-/1100-6465775/
Microsoft Apes Nintendo, Announces Xbox One Indie Game Showcase Stream
Microsoft has taken a leaf out of Nintendo’s book and announced a new Direct-style stream centered around indie titles coming to Xbox One. Named ID@Xbox Game Pass, the first episode will air on March 26 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 4 PM GMT (3 AM AET in Sydney).
“You can expect to learn more about some of the hottest ID@Xbox titles coming to Xbox Game Pass with new reveals, gameplay highlights, and conversations with the developers,” the platform holder stated. It went on to tease information on Afterparty, Void Bastards, and Supermarket Shriek, as well as “new game announcements.” You’ll be able to watch on YouTube, as with Microsoft’s Inside Xbox streams.
On the face of it, the show will be similar to Nintendo’s regular Nindies streams, the most recent of which happened just a few days ago. The spring Nindies showcase even included a collaboration of sorts between Nintendo and Microsoft as a port of Cuphead for Switch was announced. It also brought a new Zelda game and some new Switch games available right now.
Microsoft’s announcement comes just hours after Sony unveiled its new show, State of Play, which promises more information on upcoming PlayStation games and “new game announcements” of its own. That stream is also airing on March 26, just a few hours after Microsoft’s ID@Xbox Game Pass show.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-apes-nintendo-announces-xbox-one-indie-g/1100-6465777/
Life Is Strange 2 Isn’t Back Until May, Release Schedule Detailed
You’ll be waiting a while longer to continue Life is Strange 2. Square Enix outlined the upcoming roadmap of releases for the remaining episodes, and the next one isn’t coming until late spring. The full season is slated to last through the rest of the year.
The company outlined its season of content on Steam. Episode 3 is coming on May 9, followed by Episode 4 on August 22, and Episode 5 on December 3. Those gaps are about what players may have expected given the four-month wait between the first two releases in September 2018 and January 2019, but it also means the story isn’t as close as fans may have hoped.
Life is Strange was a surprise from publisher Square Enix and gained a cult following around its mixture of sci-fi and fantasy tropes with the mundane parts of real life. It received a spin-off, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, that served as a bridge and teaser for the sequel.
“Life is Strange paints an excellent, vivid picture of a young woman’s struggle for acceptance and justice, but trips itself up by trying to make things gamey,” critic Alex Ray Corriea said in GameSpot’s review of the first game’s final episode. “The story of Max and Chloe is a beautiful tale, but it’s marred by bizarre logical leaps and leftover plot holes. Aggravating out-of-place fetch quests and stealth sequences crack the somber atmosphere and very hamfistedly remind you that you’re playing a game. It’s unfortunate, because I do love Life is Strange’s story. I just wish the ending wasn’t so mismanaged.”
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/life-is-strange-2-isnt-back-until-may-release-sche/1100-6465778/
