Pokemon Day Celebration

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Today’s Insights

• Celebrate Pokemon Day all month by getting a rare exclusive Pokemon.

• Is Rockstar Games going to give GTA 6 a taste of Red Dead Redemption 2?

• An entire arcade in the palm of your hands.

• Bring music back to a world devoid of it one song at a time. 

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THIS WEEK IN GAMING

You Don’t Want to Miss Out on Flying Tera Eevee

Get ready for a Pokemon Day celebration. A couple of unknown games called Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green launched in Japan on Feb 27, 1996. Since then, the game has been a worldwide phenom. Fast forward 20 years, and the first Pokemon Day was celebrated. This year, for almost the entire month, the Pokemon team is celebrating that historic day with a special distribution event for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet owners. While supplies last, you can get a free Flying-Tera Eevee. 

A little about the “Evolution Pokemon.” The Pokemon, Eevee, has been a fan favorite since the first games came out. This special little Pokemon could evolve into one of three different versions depending on which elemental stone you paired it with. These were Jolteon, Flareon, or Vaporeon from thunder, fire, and water stones respectively. As the Pokemon games gained popularity, more versions of the “Evolution Pokemon” were “discovered.” As of the release of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Eevees can evolve into one of eight different types. In celebration of Pokemon Day 2025, a new version of Eevee, that can’t be caught in the wild, will be released.

Gotta catch ‘em all! Starting February 7, and through the 27th, while supplies last, visit your local GameStop or Best Buy here in the states and claim a serial code. When you enter the code, you will get a Mystery Gift, and in it will be the level 25 Pokemon. It comes with the moves Hyper Voice, Swift, Sunny Day, and Tera Blast. If you live in Canada, go to Best Buy or Toys R Us. Those in Australia and New Zealand, visit an EB Games to get yours. 

That’s not all folks. There will be a Valentine’s Day event as well. Scarlet and Violet owners will experience Tera Raid events which will be held between February 13 through 16. During the Tera Raids, trainers may come across a Milcery, the sweet Fairy-type Pokemon that was originally only available through The Indigo Disk DLC. Milcery will appear in dens throughout Paldera. What’s even better, is they will drop Tera Shards, EXP Candies, and Sweets which will allow Milcery to evolve into Alcremie. So get out there and get those Pokemon!

DEVELOPER INSIGHTS

Grand Theft Gator? Will GTA 6 Take Ideas From RDR2?

How to unwind after going on a city-wide crime spree. If GTA 6 wasn’t already anticipated enough, get ready for more excitement. How would you like to go on an in-game gator hunt? Take a break from stealing cars, grand larceny, and escaping the cops to live out a scene straight from The History Channel’s Swamp People. If the rumors are true, there could be some big game hunting, similar to Red Dead Redemption 2, found in the urban action-adventure game. 

Why else would there be job listings for creature design? There hasn’t been any official news about Grand Theft Auto 6 since the trailer reveal in December of 2023. But, there have been a few job listings that have people wondering. RDR2 was released in 2018, but Rockstar Games have been advertising openings for artists whose responsibilities would include creature design and animal model rigging. In addition, Rockstar currently has at least one team that’s dedicated specifically to creature design. 

This suggests that GTA6 will see a lot of wildlife. And where there’s an abundance of both guns and animals, it’s only logical to have some hunting dynamics. Even GTA5 had a moderate amount of hunting if you played a certain character. Hunting in RDR2 was often hailed as one of the best features of the game, so it’s not a far stretch to think that Grand Theft Auto 6 would have that distraction. Hopefully, the rumored hunting dynamics won’t delay the game any longer, and we’ll still see it released in 2025. 

The Sunshine State is full of retirees and big animals. GTA6 will be set in the fictional area of Leonida, which is based on modern-day Florida. Going by that, it’s likely we will see similar fauna from the Sunshine State. Florida is obviously known for their abundance of gators, but there could also be giant pythons, iguanas, flamingos, and possibly cougars… the four-legged kind. Get your hunting rifles ready. 

TECH SPOTLIGHT

No Quarters Required for these Arcade Classics

Relive those retro arcade days. If you grew up during the time of arcades, and coin-operated games, you might have a special place in your heart for retro games. Maybe you can’t get enough of the simple graphics, electronic noises, and easy to master, yet challenging to defeat Atari games. If this is you or anyone you know, you might want to get your hands on the portable Gamestation Go when it comes out. 

Atari games on the go with fresh new technology. Retro games seem to be making somewhat of a comeback with cute, mini consoles or plug and play sticks that port directly to your television. Gamestation Go has made them portable and handheld while still keeping that old, retro feel. This handheld system comes with 200 arcade and Atari classics, a 7-inch display, an HDMI port, a microSD card slot, and so much more. 

But I can play emulators on my phone. You may be thinking, “This isn’t so great. I can get retro game emulators on my phone.” That’s true, but those emulators are often more hassle. Generally, you have to deal with constant ads popping up every few seconds, especially on free games. Then you have to find the game you want, and not all of them are available on emulators. In fact, the iOS system doesn’t have as big a library of games as Android does. Besides, you already have so many other apps taking up space on your phone. 

All the control in the palm of your hands. The controls are another high point of the Gamestation Pro. There is a directional pad, thumb dial, and a rollerball for games such as Millipede. Each of these lights up to let you know when they should be utilized. There’s also a number pad like the Atari 5200 had for certain games. 

Coming soon to a town near you. The Atari Gamestation Go is set to be released later this year and has a price tag of $149. It’s unclear what other features it will have as it’s still under development, but we’re sure there will be more game options as well as other exciting features to come.

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

Break the Mold, Break the Silence, and Get into the Beat

Without music, the world will still turn, but it won’t rock (Fran Drescher)  Imagine a world where music is illegal. Now imagine you're a young band member who only wants to make music but half the world is against you. What do you do? Well, you go out, fight the powers that be, and share your music with friends, family, strangers, and the entire world. Meet Beat, she’s the one to do all of that and more. 

We got the beat. In the upcoming game UNBEATABLE you (as Beat) play your music for adoring fans, which draws the ire of the cops, then you punch the cops, which makes them angrier, and then you run from the cops, because that’s the next reasonable step. But that’s not all! You can help people if you feel like it, you can play rhythm games, you can play the story mode, or you can play the arcade mode. And what’s great is you don’t have to play the story mode, settling into arcade mode lets you unlock every song! 

You can get started right now.  UNBEATABLE features hand-drawn, quirky, anime-style characters and backgrounds, catchy rhythm games, plenty of customizations and unlockables, action galore, and tons of original songs. The game is scheduled for a full release in 2025, but if you want to get into the action right now, there is a free playable demo called White Label. You can also pay for some extra downloadable content featuring 17 songs to keep you going until the game is fully released. UNBEATABLE will be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC.

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