Trading Is Now Available in Pokemon Go
Update (June 22): Trading is now available in Pokemon Go for players level 10 and above.
You can see an example trade in the video below:
Original story follows:
Nearly two years after launch, trading is officially coming to Pokemon Go.
Niantic announced this morning that trading will arrive alongside a new Friends system, which will offer various social features online or nearby.
Each player will have their own Trainer Code that they can share with friends to exchange friend requests. Once someone has accepted your friend request, that player will appear on your Friends List, where you can interact in various ways.
Octopath Traveler Won’t Get DLC Because It’s a ‘Complete Game’
Octopath Traveler has no planned DLC because the title is a 'complete game,' says producer Masashi Takahashi.
Square Enix's Octopath Traveler for Nintendo Switch won't be getting any DLC because it will release as a fully complete game, says the studio.
"We haven’t even thought of having DLC," producer Masashi Takahashi said in an interview with Dengeki Online (via Siliconera). "The retail version is a complete game.”
Takahashi also confirmed that there would be New Game Plus, saying that the studio has made it so that "you can finish the game in one playthrough," but "depending on the order you go about things, the difficulty will organically change."
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Hardwick Reportedly Out as Warner Bros. Comic-Con Moderator
Following allegations of abuse and sexual assault made against him by his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra, talk show host Chris Hardwick will reportedly not moderate Warner Bros.'s panel at next month's San Diego Comic-Con. The talk show host had moderated the studio's Hall H presentation for the last couple of years.
The Wrap reports that Hardwick is out. Warner Bros. will showcase their upcoming DC movies at their SDCC panel, with the first trailer for Aquaman set to debut there.
George Lucas’ Star Wars Episodes 7-9 Would Have Explored Midi-Chlorians and the “Microbiotic World”
Back in 2012, if George Lucas hadn't sold Lucasfilm for over $4 Billion, he would have created a third Star Wars trilogy focusing on midi-chlorians and the "microbiotic world."
Speaking to filmmaker James Cameron for the second episode of his six-part AMC series, "James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction," Lucas went more in-depth about what the future of Star Wars would have looked like were he still in charge.
were going to get into a microbiotic world,” he explained to Cameron. “There’s this world of creatures that operate differently than we do. I call them the Whills. And the Whills are the ones who actually control the universe. They feed off the Force.”
Incredibles 2: Biggest Opening Weekend Ever for an Animated Movie
Disney-Pixar's latest sequel, Incredibles 2, had the biggest opening weekend ever for an animated film - and it isn't even close.
Coming in during the lucrative Father's Day weekend, Incredibles 2 earned $180 million in the domestic market across 4,410 theaters, according to Variety. The previous record was held by Finding Dory, another one of Pixar's sequels that took forever to come out, which earned $135 million in its opening weekend in 2016.
Incredibles 2 also became eighth largest domestic opening of all time, overtaking another one of Disney's films for the spot: last year's Beauty and the Beast, which netted $174.6 million during its debut weekend.
Incredibles 2: Viral Thread Prompts Theaters to Add Strobe Light Warning
Following a viral Twitter thread which warned viewers that footage in Incredibles 2 had potential to trigger seizures, theaters have decided to add strobe light warnings to the recently released Pixar film.
The footage in question involves rapidly flashing lights and occurs multiple times throughout the film, one sequence lasting over half a minute. The viral thread in question was started by Twitter user Veronica Lewis (@veron4ica) and detailed the various scenes filled with strobing lights that could "cause issues for people with epilepsy, migraines, and chronic illness."
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Kill la Kill Game Announced
Kill la Kill The Game has been officially announced by animation house Studio Trigger and game publisher and developer Arc System Works.
Following a countdown clock for a mystery collaboration between two companies, a game based off the popular anime series Kill la Kill is being developed by APLUS Games and is set for a 2019 release.
On their official website, Kill la Kill The Game is listed as a "battle action" title that supports up to two players, and looks to play in the same vein as Dragon Ball FighterZ or the recently announced Jump Force.