The Pokemon Company has shed more light on Pokemon Home, the upcoming cloud storage service set to launch in February 2020. The service will be available on both Nintendo Switch and smartphones, and it appears some features will be exclusive…
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Pokemon Home Offers Different Features On Switch And Mobile
The Pokemon Company has shed more light on Pokemon Home, the upcoming cloud storage service set to launch in February 2020. The service will be available on both Nintendo Switch and smartphones, and it appears some features will be exclusive…
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Pokémon Bank going free for a month to allow Home transfers
With Pokémon Home’s Premium plan, Pokémon enthusiasts will be able to transfer 6,000 creatures to the cloud-based storage system. Players will be able to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon Sword and Shield, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!,…
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Tony Fadell and Mitsui Kinzoku back ‘holy grail’ silicon battery startup Advano
There’s no shortage of engineers with ideas that could improve rechargeable batteries, but relatively few of the new concepts are ready for mass production. Now Japanese battery materials giant Mitsui Kinzoku and “father of the iPod” Tony Fadell are among…
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Pokemon Go January 2020 Field Research List
January 2020 is here, which means a new batch of Field Research tasks is now live in Pokemon Go. Unlike the more story-driven Special Research quests, Field Research tasks are distributed through PokeStops. The first task you complete each day…
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Coronavirus Outbreak Motivates Plague Inc. Sales, But The Game's Creator Has A Warning
UK studio Ndemic Creations has seen sales of Plague Inc. skyrocket–particularly in China–as players are using the real-time strategy game to gain a better understanding of how diseases spread. This comes as the BBC reports that there have been 830…
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Coronavirus Outbreak Inspires Plague Inc. Sales, But The Game's Creator Has A Warning
UK studio Ndemic Creations has seen sales of Plague Inc. skyrocket–particularly in China–as players are using the real-time strategy game to gain a better understanding of how diseases spread. This comes as the BBC reports that there have been 830…
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Pokemon Go And Harry Potter Wizards Unite 2020 Events Announced
Niantic, the studio behind Pokemon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress, has recently announced its schedule for upcoming live events in 2020. The company promises “immersive interactive experiences” themed after each game, with events scheduled for St. Louis, Philadelphia,…
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Pro Player Banned From Hearthstone Over Hong Kong Protest Has No Regrets
In October 2019, Hearthstone pro player Ng Wai Chung, known as “Blitzchung,” was banned from the game after shouting “liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” in a post-match interview. Blitzchung’s support of protesters in Hong Kong landed him a…
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Legends of Runeterra’s first major patch adds ranked mode, prepares for open beta
The Legends of Runeterra open beta is almost here. In anticipation of the beta arriving in the hands of thousands of players, developer Riot Games released early patch notes for the game. The notes feature economy changes, card changes, as…
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U.S. Senate committee tackles shortage of 5G tower climbers
While 5G cellular networks are beginning to spread across the United States, comprehensive rollouts of the next-generation technology are being held up by a significant shortage of professional installers — “tower climbers,” as they’re known in the trade — and…
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Fortnite–Ninja Responds To This Controversial Change For Competitive Play
Epic’s hugely popular battle royale game Fortnite is rolling out a significant change to curb a form of cheating in competitive tournaments for 2020. The company is attempting to crack down on cheating by taking action against players who “signal”…
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