Brock and Misty are heading back to the Pokémon cartoon next month, according to a new issue of Japanese kids’ magazine Telubi-kun. Ash Ketchum will reunite with his OG best friends in a Pokémon Sun and Moon two-parter that sends him home to Kanto. Ash has been living in the Alola region this season, hanging out with Pikachu and making some new, goofy friends. But you never forget your first travel companions, and so Brock and Misty remain beloved. Ash and Pikachu drop by Kanto for a “school pro

Thankfully, one of the more aggravating elements of the way Destiny handled leveling has been fixed for Destiny 2, developer Bungie announced on Twitter yesterday. “PSA: In [Destiny 2] it’s no longer advantageous to equip your most powerful gear when decrypting Engrams,” said Mark Noseworthy, project lead on Destiny 2, on Twitter last night. “We check for your best possible loadout now.”PSA: In D2 it’s no longer advantageous to equip your most powerful gear when decrypting Engrams. Your Guardian

As Half-Life 2: Episode Two approaches its 10-year anniversary, fed up Half-Life fans are taking their long-simmering aggression out on one of Valve’s other games, Dota 2. There are a few common sentiments in recent negative user reviews of Dota 2. Some longtime Dota 2 players have come to the game’s defense on Steam, posting the occasional positive review in defiance of the tide of negativity. Dota 2 still maintains a “very positive” user review rating, however, thanks to more than 775,000 revi

The year’s upcoming indie games on Nintendo Switch will be featured in a live presentation this week, Nintendo of America announced today. Keep in mind that Nintendo is calling this its “summer showcase,” despite the stream airing just two days before September begins. Based on the big Nindies showcase back in February, it’s not easy to speculate on what we may see in this Wednesday’s stream. A whopping 62 indie games were shown off during that half-hour stream. But indie games that we know are

The original Xbox One is no longer for sale. “As is typical for the console industry, we stopped manufacturing the original Xbox One when we introduced Xbox One S,” Microsoft said in a statement when asked about the product’s end. This clears the way for the Nov. 7 launch of the Xbox One X, a more powerful edition of the console. The Xbox One S comes in a white case, the Xbox One X in black, and both are slimmer and smaller than the boxy design of the original Xbox One, criticized before it even

During day 2 of the EU LCS semifinals, G2 Esports triumphantly swept H2k 3 – 0. On the analyst desk for that day was Misfits jungler Nubar “Maxlore” Sarafian. With G2 Esports’ win over H2k, it confirmed Misfits a position at the 2017 World Championship. This is the first time Misfits has qualified for an international premier tournament since they joined the EU LCS. With G2 also has a spot, there is one last EU LCS seed left for Worlds.

After four weeks of qualifications let us know which eight teams would be headed to Blizzcon, Blizzard finally released the bracket details what the first round of matches would be for the 2017 Overwatch World Cup. Most interesting among these match ups is the fact that two of the world’s highest seeded team, North America and South Korea, will play each other in round number one. On that same side of the bracket, China and France, both incredibly strong teams, will be taking each other on as we

The latest season of Game of Thrones is coming to an end this weekend, which means that you’re going to need to get your epic fantasy fix somewhere else, possibly until 2019. Here’s 8 epic fantasy novels that kick off an entire series that you should check out, which should be more than enough to keep you occupied while we wait for the final season of Game of Thrones. Cook’s series has become a classic since it was first published in the 1980s, blending together epic fantasy and military action.

Game of Thrones had its seventh season finale tonight and, oh boy, it was a doozy. Watching the Hound and Brienne smirk at one another as they walked with many other Game of Thrones greats was rather spectacular. To make it a little easier, here’s everything you absolutely need to know about the episode to keep up in conversation. Cersei tells Jaime that she won’t need him if she has their unborn child and Euron as her king. When she can’t, much like she couldn’t with Tyrion, Jaime takes off.

Trying to figure out who is going to die and who is going to survive a Game of Thrones finale is always a fool’s game, and the writers know it. We had multiple situations during tonight’s finale that hinted someone was going to die, only to take it back at the last moment. I’m looking at you, shot of Jaime riding off and hiding his hand after not being murdered by the Mountain. The political backstabbing that Littlefinger represented has no place in the show anymore, although Cersei likely has a

Euron Greyjoy is quickly becoming the character to watch week-after-week in Game of Thrones and for good reason. [Warning: The following contains spoilers for Game of Thrones’ season seven, episode two.] Like other Game of Thrones episodes, the battle sequence had an air of individuality. Victarion has never appeared in it, despite both Euron and Victarion being included in the original Greyjoy family tree from Game of Thrones’ first season. In one scene, Red Priest Moqorro warns Victarion about

The actor best known for playing Superman in Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League has a lot going on. He’s in the middle of filming Mission Impossible 6 and is still working on Justice League, which is undergoing major reshoots. Most films have a few weeks’ worth of reshoots, but according to a report from Variety, the Justice League ones are extensive. As such, Cavill keeps having to hop back and forth between Mission Impossible 6 and Justice League. Justice Leagu

If you missed out on the Avengers: Infinity War trailer shown exclusively at Disney’s D23 convention and in San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H, don’t worry. Despite Marvel’s best attempts to keep the trailer exclusive, it found its way online — just like footage that Marvel showed the year before and the year before that. Bottom line, it’s making exclusivity — the one aspect of attending Hall H that fans literally sleep outside three days for — an issue. It would be one thing if Marvel could keep its

However, by performing a series of sacred rites — rites that you, as a Reader, preside over — you and the Nightwings have the possibility of winning your freedom. It is within these rites that Pyre reveals its most singular mechanics. A ball of energy appears on the map between the two teams, and your goal is to grab the ball, plunge it into their flame and keep doing so until the enemy team’s pyre has been doused entirely. When I pulled off a great play, bouncing the ball between characters bef

Pokémon Go Fest ended in a cavalcade of sighing fans, sunburnt visitors and empty-handed Pokémon trainers. For those who stayed beyond its abrupt conclusion — when the event’s livestream host tearfully announced that everyone there would receive the promised legendary Pokémon free of charge — Pokémon Go Fest ended quite differently, however. In the end, Niantic promised refunds to all attendees, as well as $100 of in-game credit and a free legendary Pokémon. “I get a lot of energy out of [this],

Pokémon Go is ramping up the legendary Pokémon count in the coming months. Niantic revealed in a blog post on Pokémon Go’s website that Zapdos and Moltres will also appear in-game. Articuno arrived first largely because of Pokémon Go Fest; members of Team Mystic, which uses Articuno as its mascot, racked up the most bonus rewards during the event. It’s unclear when that will happen, just as it’s unclear when Pokémon Go Fest attendees will receive their promised Lugia giveaway. But those legendar

If you’ve seen us play Salmon Run live on YouTube — the archive’s below, if you missed it — you have a sense of how this mode works. We’ve been excited about people getting into Salmon Run since before the game launched, and now that it’s here, people are singing its praises. Salmon Run is only playable online on a schedule, putting some severe limits on what many think is Splatoon 2’s most fun addition. Luckily, Salmon Run is rad in local multiplayer too, if you have pals around. There’s also T

Warner Bros. announced this weekend that its upcoming, stand-alone Flash movie will be known as Flashpoint, sending fans and reporters into an emotional spiral, questioning everything they thought they knew. Prior to San Diego Comic-Con, The Hollywood Reporter published a piece claiming that Warner Bros. executives were looking for a way to oust Affleck. The Hollywood Reporter’s article said the change would come in one of Warner Bros. and DC’s upcoming films. Warner Bros. gets exactly what it n

Team Liquid announced on Monday that it has signed former LCK professional mid laner Son “Mickey” Young-min. Son will replace current starting Team Liquid mid laner, Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer. Because of Riot’s limit on international roster spots in North America, this will cause current Team Liquid jungler Kim “Reignover” Ui-jin into a bench spot that he may sometimes rotate in from. According to the press release, the contract that Son has signed will keep him on Team Liquid until November o

Less than three weeks prior to the kickoff of The International, the broadcast talent has been announced by Valve. The main hosts of the events are relative newcomers to the scene, though they’re far from unqualified. The “main host” title has been handed to Starcraft veteran Sean Saintmichael “Day9” Plott, who has been working hard to learn Dota 2 with fellow host Kevin “Purge” Godec through a weekly stream series. For group stages, Alex “Machine” Richardson has been tapped in after a successfu