Cobalion is back in Pokemon Go for a limited time. The Legendary Iron Will Pokemon has returned to the game as part of a special Raid event, which has been extended to run from March 17-23.This marks Cobalion's second appearance in Pokemon Go, but even if you've previously caught one, there's a good incentive to get another this week. Not only does the Legendary Pokemon now know a special event-exclusive move--Sacred Sword--but you'll also have a chance to encounter its Shiny form.Like other Legendaries, Cobalion is a formidable Pokemon to battle, so you'll need a good team and some aid from other players to take it down. To help you out, we've rounded up some tips on how to battle and catch Cobalion below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With most people stuck at home this week, there's more time than ever to work through your backlog or try a game that's been on your Steam wishlist forever. Steam tends to offer a ton of deals on a regular basis, but this week's deals include an Ubisoft publisher sale with steep discounts on series like Assassin's Creed and Far Cry. In addition, there's no shortage of excellent indies and other games on sale this week, so we've rounded up the very best Steam deals on games you should check out.The Ubisoft sale includes the entire Assassin's Creed franchise; notably, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is free to play this weekend and also discounted to $19.79 if you want to buy it and keep playing (we very much doubt you'll complete the entire game this weekend, but we'd be impressed if you did). You can also snag the Assassin's Creed bundle, which gets you Black Flag, Unity, Rogue, and Syndicate, for just $28.22; it usually sells for $100.You'll also find a collection of Devolver Digital games on sale, including the bullet-hell dungeon-crawler Enter the Gungeon for $7.49 (50% off). This deal is perfectly timed alongside the release of its sequel, Exit the Gungeon, on Nintendo Switch today. Other notable deals include the gorgeous, emotional platformer Gris, which is down to $8.49, and the excellent beat 'em up Ape Out, which is discounted to $7.49.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Season 3 premiere of Westworld on Sunday was a big ratings miss for HBO. Variety reports that viewership for the first episode, "Parce Domine," is significantly down compared to the Season 2 premiere, at least by one metric.Specifically, 901,000 people watched the Season 3 premiere on live TV, which is down 57 percent compared to the Season 2 premiere (2.1 million viewers on live TV). In fact, 901,000 is the lowest number in Westworld's history for any episode of the show on live TV.Factoring in all of HBO's platforms, including digital networks like HBO Now, the Westworld Season 3 premiere drew 1.7 million viewers, which means viewership was divided nearly evenly between live TV and digital.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Animal Crossing: New Horizons arrives on Switch in only a couple of days, but Nintendo will be releasing an update for the game before it's even out. The company announced on the official Animal Crossing Twitter account that New Horizons' 1.1.0 update will go live at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET on March 18.Nintendo hasn't shared any further details on what the 1.1.0 does, but those who've purchased New Horizons digitally from the Eshop will be able to download the patch starting at the aforementioned time. Those who pick up a physical copy, meanwhile, will need to install the update after the game launches on March 20.[Announcement] The Ver 1.1.0 update for #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons will be available ahead of launch, starting at 6pm PT, 3/18. Customers who have preloaded the game after purchasing from Nintendo eShop will be able to download the update data at this time. #ACNH — Tom Nook (@animalcrossing) March 17, 2020Unlike previous Animal Crossing games, New Horizons begins by shipping you off to a deserted island, which you'll be able to build into your own village from the ground up. The game introduces a variety of new features, including a photo mode and the ability to terraform your island. Nintendo has also made a swathe of quality-of-life improvements; this time around, you can choose where your animal neighbors live and unlock a tool wheel to let you swap between tools more quickly.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) threatening to disrupt its development workflow, Rockstar Games isn't planning to stop its ongoing content updates for Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online.In a message posted on its official Twitter page, Rockstar Games said it is maintaining a weekly programming schedule and more events and activities for Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online are coming. These are typically a mix of experience bonuses, new missions, and clothing items, and they occasionally contain older content brought back for a limited time.pic.twitter.com/uoGxTCfGUY — Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) March 17, 2020 Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Sword & Shield's spin-off anime, Twilight Wings, has just released its third free episode, titled Buddy. While the first episode focused on a hospital-bound boy following his dreams, and the second episode showed us more of gym leader Bea, this one focuses on Hop and his beloved Wooloo. No matter what you thought of Hop in the game, he's a very sweet kid here.The episode is a low-key emotional affair, as Hop's Wooloo grows jealous of the trainer's admiration for his brother Leon's Charizard, and goes on a journey to try and become stronger. Milo, the first gym leader from the game, also makes an appearance.You can watch the complete episode below--like previous episodes, it's only about six minutes long. It's also a surprisingly emotional affair.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In case everyone had forgotten about Saint Patrick’s Day with everything that’s been going on lately, Apex Legends has an all new commemorative skin for Twitch Prime members in celebration of the Irish holiday.What a charmer. 🍀Dive into the Arena with luck on your side with the Lucky Charmer Mirage skin, available through April 16 when you link your #TwitchPrime account.👉: https://t.co/HMPynZFJaN pic.twitter.com/bYdxLvF43c — Apex Legends (@PlayApex) March 17, 2020The Mirage skin is a blend of greens and gold, with a four leaf clovers pattern adorning the arms and legs. Unless you are looking up close you can’t make out the clovers, instead it just blends into a pseudo camo print. Players without such high detailed graphics will probably only see a green camo print with some golden trim here and there.The combination of the orange checkered scarf and lime green goggles is a crime against color theory. however. Normally colors have corresponding opposites that match, but apparently Respawn has thrown out the color wheel and is playing fast and loose with aesthetic design.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Half-Life: Alyx, the first new entry in the series in 13 years, is finally launching on March 23 as a virtual reality-exclusive game. Developer Valve has now announced exactly when the game will launch and when pre-loading will begin.Pre-loading starts on Friday, March 20, Valve confirmed in a tweet. Players can download the entire game at that point, but of course it won't become playable until March 23. The game unlocks at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on March 23, Valve also confirmed.Half-Life: Alyx will play on all SteamVR supported headsets, including Valve Index, which will be in stock again soon. If you need to brush up on exactly what hardware you'll need to fight the Combine, check out our exhaustive list of VR headsets that will get you up and running later this month.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Today in news that will surprise no one, Verizon has released numbers that show time spent gaming has increased dramatically as people stay home from work and school due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Verizon, which is one of the largest telecom companies in America, announced that it has seen a 75 percent increase in gaming during peak hours compared to the week prior. Additionally, video streaming (Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.) jumped by 12 percent. Overall web traffic on Verizon's networks jumped by around 20 percent compared to last week. Virtual private network (VPN) usage jumped by 34 percent. Time spent on social media sites was flat. Verizon said in a statement that its online networks have remained reliable during this period of increased traffic across sectors. In some cases, Verizon has added capacity to meet demand. All of these numbers apply to America only, and are based on Verizon's own metrics.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new edition of the Steam Game Festival is coming, following an earlier successful iteration during the 2019 Game Awards. The Spring Edition of the Festival will launch on March 18 at 10 AM PDT, and was originally meant to coincide with GDC 2020, which has been indefinitely postponed due to the the spread of the COVID-19 virus.The Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition will feature demos of over 40 games that would have been featured at GDC in some capacity--far more than the 14 titles featured in the first Festival. There were some real heavy-hitter indies among those 14 games, though, including Spiritfarer, SkateBIRD, The Drifter, System Shock, and Carrion.The specific titles have not been named, but Steam promises that there will be demos that would have been shown at various showcases, including Indie Megabooth and Day of the Devs. We won't know which titles will be playable until the Festival begins.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Lionsgate has become just the latest movie studio to delay some of its upcoming movies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hollywood studio has confirmed a delay for the Saw spin-off, Spiral, from Chris Rock. It's also delaying the mystery-thriller Antebellum starring Janelle Monae and the horror-thriller Run featuring Sarah Paulson. This news comes from Collider.These were very last-minute delays. Antebellum was due for release on April 24, with Run following on May and Spiral set to premiere on May 15.The postponement of these films follow delays for a number of other high-profile movies, including Black Widow, No Time to Die, Mulan, F9, and A Quiet Place 2, among others.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

We are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Star Trek Online, and the launch of Legacy on PS4 and Xbox One, with this exclusive giveaway packed with great prizes. Here is the breakdown:Three grand prize winners will take home one HyperX CloudX headset, HyperX ChargePlay Duo, one Star Trek Online Anniversary replica badge, one code redeemable for the T6 Europa Heavy Battlecruiser in Star Trek Online on Xbox One, and one code redeemable for the Discovery Starter Pack for Xbox One.Five first prize winners will receive one code redeemable for the T6 Europa Heavy Battlecruiser in Star Trek Online and one code redeemable for the Discovery Starter Pack. Both codes are for the Xbox One version. 10 second prizes will get code redeemable for the Discovery Starter Pack for Xbox One.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar sequels have become the latest big Hollywood productions to shut down amid the ongoing spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Producer Jon Landau confirmed the production delay to The New Zealand Herald. Filming was taking place in and around Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand.Landau said he doesn't know for sure when production will resume. "I think that's an honest truth," he said. "We're in the midst of a global crisis and this is not about the film industry. I think everybody needs to do now whatever we can do, as we say here, to flatten the [coronavirus] curve."While filming might have paused, Landau said he's hopeful the digital effects team at Weta can continue working on the project at this time. Landau said the filmmakers are looking to send more footage to Weta for digital effects during the filming downtime. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

(This article contains spoilers for the final season of Game of Thrones.)Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen across all seven seasons of Game of Thrones, was set up throughout the series as a character with the potential to unite the land of Westeros--but ultimately, her character faced a far more ignoble fate. Now, in a new interview with The Sunday Times, Clarke has opened up about her feelings towards the divisive series finale.When asked whether she expected the finale to be controversial, Clarke gives a relatively diplomatic response. "I knew how I felt when I first read it, and I tried, at every turn, not to consider too much what other people might say, but I did always consider what the fans might think — because we did it for them, and they were the ones who made us successful, so … it’s just polite, isn’t it?," she said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has sent a memo to the company's global staff regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. It's a heartfelt and emotional note wherein Guillemot commends his teams for their effort and contributions during this trying time."We are now in a pandemic, with far-reaching effects on our daily lives," Guillemot said in the memo, which was obtained by Kotaku. "At this exceptional juncture, it is essential that we take special care of ourselves and our loved ones. The health and well-being of Ubisoft team members is our primary concern, and we have taken the necessary steps to ensure that all of you are safe and get the right support through these demanding changes."Like numerous other game developers, Ubisoft is allowing its employees to work from home in an attempt to stay safe and healthy.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com