Pokemon Go Teams Up With McDonalds To Bring More PokeStops To Canada

Every night at 9 p.m., a pay phone would ring on a street corner in Mexico City. If someone picked up, they’d hear a question:

Having new Pokémon introduced to the augmented reality world of is always exciting. For a trainer, getting to experience seeing a Pokémon that they don't already have in their collection out in the wild can provide a little hit of dopamine as they go to tap on it and try their hand at catching them. Some have noticed recently, however, that it seems that the newer creatures being added to the game appear to be more difficult to catch than the older ones, which can lead to some crushing disappointment right after the thrill of thinking a new Pokémon would be caught and can take a lot of the fun out of the game.

There are dozens of characters to play in Genshin Impact, and building teams with or around them is one of the game’s most enjoyable aspects. There are, however, some best practices for optimizing your team when you get a new character so you don’t spend too much time grinding aimlessly.

Over the past few years, Asmodee around the globe has been buying up smaller companies and putting all those titles under their grand banner. To many, Asmodee is the Disney of the board game world, and rightfully so. They own a ton of properties, win dozens of awards each year, and continue to push high quality games out to market. As we head into this holiday season, here are a few of the more recent games from Asmodee that we think you should consider for those board game loving folks on your list! Plus, see how you can enter to win an Asmodee Prize Pack as the bottom of this article!

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The will kick off 2024 with the new set, and the Elite Trainer Box is a deluxe way to celebrate the addition. follows the November release of, localizing cards from the Japanese set along with some that didn't make it into the Western launch of The set will be significantly bigger than with over 240 cards in total, and more than 100 of these cards will focus on Shiny Pokémon.

After leaving BioWare in January, Mass Effect lead writer Mac Walters has established a new remote studio, Worlds Untold, in Vancouver, Canada, with NetEase Games. As per a press release, it aims to create new IPs with “depth and possibility” that “can’t be contained in a single game, or even a single medium.”

NetEase has announced a new game development studio headed up by one of the key writers on the Mass Effect series.

A Mass Effect and Dragon Age veteran has announced they are leading their own AAA game studio focusing on narrative and worldbuilding. 

Sonic has been enjoying renewed popularity in recent years thanks to the two Sonic the Hedgehog movies that have become some of the highest-grossing video game adaptations. Sega hopes to capitalize on this by bringing more of its franchises to a non-gaming audience.

In Pokemon GO, players can earn rewarding new Field Research Tasks with a quick swipe at PokeStops. However, there are some quests that players dislike so much they delete them on sight rather than even attempt them.

Samsung expands its cloud gaming ambitions.