Former Pokémon lawyer says fundraising and press coverage lead to fan project takedowns

Colin Farrell says his upcoming neo-noir detective series Sugar and his Batman spin-off show The Penguin are polar opposites – with the later being a complete and total trip to the dark side.

Niantic reveals the details for Part 2 of the paid Wonder Ticket experience in Pokemon GO including the rewards that can be earned as well as the unique Eevee encounters that players can experience. After launching to incredible popularity back in 2016, becoming a massive phenomina, Pokemon GO has managed to maintain a level of success throughout the years thanks in large part to its ability to evolve. Adopting a live service model, players have seen new Pokemon continually added to the experience, new limited time events, as well as seasonal content to help keep the experience fresh.

It's a pretty strange time for Xbox owners, with some concerned about the future of the hardware now that the company has committed to launching its flagship exclusives on rival systems. Grounded, Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush, and Pentiment have all launched on both PlayStation and Nintendo Switch systems, with rumors of bigger titles like Starfield and Halo following them refusing to go away.

Xbox’s new exclusivity strategy has partly been shaped by research into Gen Z consumer behaviour, according to Microsoft’s head of gaming.

A Pokémon website which hosted links to fan-made Pokémon games has been taken offline.

There’s been drama brewing in the HoYoverse fandom for some time, but it may have reached boiling point following the announcement of Honkai: Star Rail’s latest update, Into the Yawning Chasm. As the game celebrates its first anniversary, the gacha game developer announced rewards of up to 1,600 Stellar Jade and up to 20 Star Rail Special Passes. For the uninitiated, this represents 30 free pulls on a character or weapon banner.

Lilo & Stitch will soon be surfing back onto our screens. A live-action remake of the 2002 Disney animated classic is in the works, and among the cast is Billy Magnussen as Pleakley, the neurotic, nervous alien who is sent to Earth to help capture escaped experiment Stitch. 

In a repeat from last weekend, the animated adventure Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune: Part Two led the box office, per Deadline. Both movies maintained their strong performance, with Panda experiencing only a 48% decline, accumulating $30 million in its second weekend and reaching a domestic total of $107.7 million. Meanwhile, Dune saw a 37% drop, earning $29.1 million in its third weekend and bringing its domestic total to $205.3 million.

A fan project has brought the original Halo 2’s multiplayer back to life, 14 years after its servers closed down for the last time. While Halo 2’s multiplayer did receive a re-release alongside Halo: The Master Chief Collection, this project aims to bring back the original servers, exactly how they were back in 2004.

If you're looking to dust off that original Xbox and play Halo 2 but wish you could hop on the servers like you did in the late 2000s, well, now you can, thanks to a group of devoted fans.

The Pokémon Company's chatty former legal boss has thanked the media for publicising projects the company may then be compelled to shut down.

A former chief legal officer of The Pokémon Company has shared a rare insight into its thinking behind fan project takedowns.