Pokémon is getting a whole new way to collect cards virtually

A Pokemon fan designed a new female-only evolution concept for the critter called Kirlia and shared a picture of their creation, as well as a few traits, on social media. The Pokemon fan artist was complimented by some fans for their effort, while other users chimed in with their thoughts on Kirlia's current evolution line.

Niantic has announced a new partnership between hit augmented reality mobile game Pokemon GO and fast-food chain McDonald's, but it's only happening in India. Pokemon GO has formed all kinds of partnerships over the years, encouraging fans of the game to stop at specific restaurants and businesses in exchange for special rewards.

Pokemon GO is giving trainers the opportunity to catch Shadow Groudon in a Special Research story that will be available for the duration of the season. The World of Wondersseason of Pokemon GO will make new legendary Pokemon available to catch on the mobile platform. This new story will not require a Shadow Raid in order to catch the legendary native to the Hoenn region.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s lukewarm reception seems to have had an impact on Pokemon TCG sales, which have dropped since the latest Pokemon entries were released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022. Fans were less than thrilled with Game Freak’s latest monster-gathering JRPGs, as Pokemon Scarlet and Violet quickly became some of the lowest-rated mainline Pokemon entries despite their record-breaking launch. Players even started review-bombing Pokemon Scarlet and Violet for various reasons, including their many performance issues.

The Pokemon Company created a new subsidiary that has set up shop in the same building as ILCA, the developer of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. In addition to this collaboration, ILCA is the developer of the multi-platform storage application Pokemon Home. It has also worked on the titles One Piece: Odyssey and Sand Land for Bandai Namco.

The Pokemon Company has established a new subsidiary called Pokemon Works. As caught by Serebii.net’s Joe Merrick on Twitter, the company was officially registered last week, and a trademark is also currently live.

The Pokémon Company has established a new subsidiary, Pokémon Works.

The «Verdant Wonders» event is coming soon in Pokemon GO with new paid Special Research and the exclusive «Rogue Monkey» Pokemon, Zarude. Like a majority of Pokemon GO events, players will have a short window to purchase the new Special Research and take advantage of exclusive bonuses, such as additional encounters and reward drops.

Mega Evolution has been incredibly popular among Pokemon fans since it was introduced, with the phenomenon recently inspiring an artist from the Pokemon community to create their own Mega Yveltal design. Though the legendary Pokemon Xerneas and Yveltal strangely didn't get their own official Mega forms when they were introduced in the Gen 6 Pokemon games, fans have shared many of their own custom designs over the years, with the recent reveal of Pokemon Legends: Z-A resulting in tons of new fan-made Mega concepts.

A new Prime Gaming reward hooks Pokemon GO players up with exclusive Partner Research. Pokemon GO has a variety of Research quests for players to tackle. These include Field Research that's collected from PokeStops, Special Research quests, and premium Tickets with their own set of Research tasks for players to complete each season.

LEGO Fortnite is releasing a major update, adding new building kit bundles and other quality-of-life improvements to Epic’s open-world building sandbox. Several new alternate modes were added to Fortnite last December, including LEGO Fortnite,Rocket Racing,and Fortnite Festival. As its name implies, LEGO Fortnite transforms Epic’s already colorful characters into LEGO Minifigures and replaces the base game’s frantic battle royale gameplay with a more relaxed crafting and survival formula that draws inspiration from Minecraft.

Pokemon GO is launching its new Weather Week event on March 14 with boosted encounter rates and other rewarding event bonuses to take advantage of. Similar to Raid Day events, Pokemon GO players will also be able to team up and battle select Pokemon to earn more rewards and potentially capture a Shiny Pokemon.