Month: October 2019

Pokemon Sword and Shield‘s animal cam-style 24-hour livestream turned out to be largely uneventful, but it did give us our first glimpse at another new Gen 8 Pokemon. A mysterious monster was teased throughout the entire broadcast, but only toward the end did we get a clear look at the new Pokemon, and it appears to be a Galarian form of Ponyta.

As you can see in the images below, the new Pokemon bears a strong resemblance to Ponyta. However, its mane appears to be made out of purple clouds rather than fire, and it has a small horn atop its head much like a unicorn, which seems to suggest it’s a Fairy-type.

While The Pokemon Company has yet to outright confirm the new Pokemon is indeed a Galar-exclusive variant of Ponyta, Ponyta’s cry could be heard during the stream, lending credence to the theory. After the stream ended, Sonia, Professor Magnolia’s assistant and granddaughter, said she’ll “collect everyone’s reports and create a summary for [her] gran soon,” so we’ll likely get official confirmation sometime this week.

A handful of other old Pokemon are also receiving new Galarian forms in Sword and Shield. Earlier this summer, we got a look at Galarian Zigzagoon and Weezing. A couple of monsters will also have new Galar-exclusive evolutions. Galarian Linoone will be able to evolve into a new Pokemon called Obstagoon, while Farfetch’d is getting a new evolution called Sirfetch’d.

Pokemon Sword and Shield launch on November 15. Until then, you can see all the new Gen 8 Pokemon revealed so far in our gallery. If you’re interested in picking up a copy of the games, check out our Pokemon Sword and Shield pre-order guide.

Fans in attendance at WWE’s Hell in a Cell PPV — from Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California — were left with a super sour taste in their mouths after the main event featuring Universal Champion Seth Rollins and “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt.

With arguably everyone in attendance behind Bray Wyatt, wanting him to defeat Seth Rollins, WWE opted instead for a super surreal finish that involved Wyatt repeatedly kicking out of Seth Rollins’ finisher – the Stomp – which Rollins delivered over a dozen times.

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Bethesda has announced Fallout Legacy, a bundle compiling the definitive editions of all the mainline Fallout games. The only catch is that it’s coming to the UK and Germany only.

Legacy contains Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition, and Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition. One notable exclusion, however, is the most recent game in the series, Fallout 76.

The PC-only collection launches on October 25, but Bethesda did not offer any explanation as to why it’s only coming to the UK and Germany. A previous bundle, titled Fallout Anthology, contained many of the above games but excluded Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition.

A price has not been announced for the latest collection, but it was leaked by Amazon Germany before its reveal with the price of €40.

The mainline Fallout series has enjoyed critical acclaim. Our verdict on the most recent mainline title awarded it a 9/10. “In the grand scheme of things, Fallout 4’s minor issues pale in comparison to its successes,” wrote Peter Brown. “When you put the controller down, you think about the friend you betrayed to benefit another, the shifting tide of an incredible battle, or the moment you opened a drawer and found someone’s discarded effects, making you wonder how they felt before the bombs fell. In moments like these, Fallout 4 can be an intoxicating experience. You’re often forced to sacrifice something–a relationship, a lucrative opportunity, or your health–to make gains elsewhere. And the deeper down the rabbit hole you go, the more you wonder: what if I chose a different path? You second guess yourself, not just because you had other options, but because you aren’t sure if you did the right thing. The fact that your decisions stick with you after walking away from the game is a testament to the great storytelling on hand. Fallout 4 is an argument for substance over style, and an excellent addition to the revered open-world series.” Read more in our full Fallout 4 review.

Adult Swim has dropped a colourfully chaotic new trailer for the highly anticipated fourth season of Rick and Morty, which has now been given a premiere date of November 10 at 11:30 p.m. Eastern – with a UK broadcast expected to follow shortly after the initial launch.

As per the brand new trailer, the “smartest Rick and mortiest Morty in the universe” will be returning for five episodes next month, as the voiceover confirms that it’s “half the season you deserve, all the season we could handle.”

Last May, creator Justin Roiland revealed Rick and Morty had been renewed for a whopping 70 more episodes, prompting co-creator Dan Harmon to joke about the announcement on Instagram.

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