Pokemon Go May Have Leaked an Entirely New Pokemon

Pokemon fans believe they've uncovered an entirely new Pokemon due to a leak in Pokemon Go's network traffic. Pokemon database site Serebii posted an image of the Pokemon, which is currently labeled as existing Pokemon Kecleon.

Twitter user Chrales appears to be the first person to have spotted the leak, noting that while the creature is labeled Kecleon in Pokemon Go, the game's Unity files tag it as Pokemon 891.

Chrales also grabbed some images, which looks a bit like an orb floating inside a hardware nut for a head on top of a Ditto-like body. The right image appears to be a shiny variant.

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Fallout 76’s World Seemingly Has an Official Name

Bethesda Softworks has seemingly revealed where exactly Fallout 76's country roads will be taking players home to. It was already known that the game is set in a version of West Virginia, but fans can now put a name to Bethesda's wasteland version of the Mountain State.

"How does Appalachia differ from the Commonwealth or Capital Wasteland? It starts with a Guitar Sword," reads a tweet from the official Fallout account.

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17 Big Things Coming From Marvel and DC in December

December is shaping up to be another big month for the comic book industry. DC will be debuting major new creative teams on books like Detective Comics and Aquaman and kicking off the new Batman Who Laughs miniseries, while marvel will celebrate a Fantastic Four wedding and debuting new books for Winter Soldier, Miles Morales and Killmonger.

Scroll down to see all the major new comics from Marvel and DC hitting stores in December.

A Fantastic Wedding

Fantastic Four #5 Cover by Esad Ribic. (Marvel Comics) Fantastic Four #5 Cover by Esad Ribic. (Marvel Comics)

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Twitch Has Been Blocked in China

Despite a boom in popularity last month, Twitch has been blocked from China.

Users who wish to download the Twitch app in China will find themselves disappointed as the app has been removed from respective mobile app stores. Likewise, trying to access Twitch through a web browser will simply not connect you to the website.

Last month, the Twitch app in China saw huge success when it became the third most downloaded free app on the iOS App Store. The sudden rush of downloads and viewers can primarily be attributed to the Asian Games, an esports event where Twitch was the most popular way to watch.

Why the block? There is no clear answer but according to Abacus, some Chinese users believe this is the government cracking down on the country's gaming addiction issues. Others believe it is another form of limiting free speech.

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Teacher Arrested for Sending Daughter into Toy Machine to Steal Nintendo Systems

A Massachusetts teacher has turned himself in after he sent his daughter inside a toy machine to steal Nintendo systems and other prizes earlier this week.

According to the Union Leader, the man was identified as Anthony Helinski after a video of the theft went viral late last week. In it, the man can be seen retrieving items from the opening at the bottom of the machine where the daughter had managed to crawl inside. Prizes inside the KeyMaster machine at the Mall at Rockingham Park included a Nintendo Switch and what one witness called a "Gameboy DS."

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Birds of Prey: Huntress, Black Canary Roles Cast

Update: Following reports of possible casting considerations for Birds of Prey last week, new reports indicate WB and DC have decided on who will portray Huntress and Black Canary.

Variety reports 10 Cloverfield Lane's Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been chosen to play Huntress, while True Blood and Friday Night Lights' Jurnee Smollett-Bell has been picked to play Black Canary.

Both were mentioned in the earlier reports about casting surrounding the film.

Margot Robbie is expected to return as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey, which recently got a 2020 theatrical release date.

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Why Disney and Bob Iger’s Star Wars Movie ‘Slowdown’ Is a Win for Fans

Today word came that Disney CEO Bob Iger believes his plan to release a new Star Wars movie every year was “a little too much, too fast” and that fans can expect “some slowdown” in the studio’s output of films set in that galaxy far, far away. From where I’m sitting, this is a good thing -- for Disney as well as for fans.

Much has been made about the box office performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story, so there’s not too much point in re-litigating that here, but suffice to say that the film’s worldwide theatrical take clocked in at $393 million. Meanwhile, the other Star Wars Story standalone, Rogue One, made just over $1 billion. For two Star Wars films that were only released two years apart, that’s a big difference.

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Lore’s Season 2 Trailer Reveals Horrifying True Stories

Amazon Prime Video is bringing back Lore for a second frightening season on Friday, October 19.

Based on Aaron Mahnke’s award-winning podcast of the same name, Lore Season 2 "explores the real-life frightening and disturbing tales that have given rise to our modern-day myths and legends. The six-episode second season will feature new tales from the podcast, as well as original stories not yet available in podcast form," according to an Amazon press release.

For a look at all of the spooky goodness Lore Season 2 has to offer, check out the trailer below:

Amazon also provided us with a synopsis for all 6 episodes dropping on October 19:

Captain America’s Chris Evans Gets New Series at Apple

Chris Evans is coming to the small screen in a new series for Apple.

Evans, the star of the Captain America franchise, will star in Defending Jacob, a limited drama series based on the novel of the same name by William Landay. Evans will also serve as an executive producer on the project.

Oscar-nominated director Morten Tyldum—who recently directed the pilot for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan on Amazon—will direct the series, while Mark Bomback, who co-wrote War for the Planet of the Apes, will pen the series and serve as its showrunner.

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