Pokémon Champions Launches on Mobile & Adds Mega Raichu!

June 17, 2026 · 45 sources

Pokémon & Nintendo

The competitive battler Pokémon Champions officially arrives on mobile devices today alongside a massive new game update that expands the roster and items! Excitingly, Mega Evolutions are finally coming to the battle sim, leaving players to debate which Mega Raichu to use between Raichunite X and Y.
If you've been waiting for a hardware discount, you can grab a Nintendo Switch 2 for just $434 (down from $449) for a limited time using a Woot coupon code! For current Switch owners, Nintendo is currently offering a free bonus month for 12-month Switch Online + Expansion Pack memberships in the US.
The recent Devil May Cry anime is doing wonders for the franchise, helping Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition achieve record sales ahead of its Switch 2 launch. Speaking of Switch 2 ports, Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is being hailed as the crown jewel of the Survivor trilogy in its new review.
Are you planning to replay The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time before the highly anticipated remake arrives? Furthermore, Nintendo recently acknowledged that employee data is at risk following a third-party service breach, though they confirmed their own servers were not hacked.
On the merch front, you can now preorder all 12 interactive Lego Pokémon Smart Play sets (featuring sound and light effects) ahead of their August 1 launch.

Epic Games recently offered a look at how Generative AI is currently riddling Fortnite characters and buildings with mistakes that its human artists then have to manually fix. This controversial behind-the-scenes look arrives just a few months after the publisher laid off 1,000 employees.

Xbox has revealed its next six Game Pass titles, confirming that Call of Duty Vanguard is joining the service alongside EA Sports FC 26 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 on Game Pass Premium!
In a major industry move, longtime Treyarch studio head Mark Gordon has announced he is retiring after 22 years with the Call of Duty developer to "focus on his next chapter."

Embark Studios is finally cracking down on the extracurriculars in Arc Raiders! They are testing a highly requested ban on free loadouts to balance the early game, while simultaneously reaffirming their commitment to anti-cheat initiatives to squash cheaters and item duplication antics.
For Raiders looking for new objectives, you can now complete the new "Converging Paths" mini-event project for exclusive rewards! You'll also want to jump in and check out the Forgotten Relics event before it disappears.

Steam Next Fest is in full swing, and it's an absolute goldmine right now! The team at Rock Paper Shotgun is highlighting massive, hidden gems, while players are absolutely loving Meccha Chameleon, a million-selling painterly stealth game where players hide from shotgun-wielding hunters.
If you're a former 2000s youth, you'll be thrilled to know a second Beyblade-inspired roguelike has just hit Steam Next Fest! One intrepid reporter even ran 45 idle game demos simultaneously for a chaotic desktop companion battle royale.
In slightly sobering news, over a thousand games in this Steam Next Fest feature a Generative AI disclosure of some kind, showing how prevalent the tech has become in the indie scene.

Overwatch Season 3 drops today, introducing Shion, a motorcycle-riding DPS hero who was originally designed with a Devil May Cry-style combo meter! ArenaNet also dropped a massive bombshell, confirming Guild Wars 3 will completely avoid "hidden" subscriptions, meaning no battle passes or paid seasonal systems.
Mark your calendars, because Hellraiser: Revival finally hooks a release date with a new trailer packed full of Doom-like glory kills and otherworldly powers! Strategy fans should also keep an eye on The Guild: Europa 1410, a medieval reboot that plays like a fussy Kingdom Come boardgame.
In incredibly frustrating industry news, the developers behind the first-person horror shooter Luna Abyss have been laid off just weeks after the game's successful launch on PC and Game Pass.

Microsoft caused quite a stir recently by announcing Senua, the next game in Ninja Theory's Hellblade series, despite their confirmed plans to shut down the studio entirely. Meanwhile, fans are heavily praising the final update for Assassin's Creed Shadows, claiming it finally fixes plot holes, even as Ubisoft admits the base story didn't resonate as well as they hoped.
If you need a break from the grind of NBA 2K, NBA The Run is being praised as a fantastic streetball alternative that doesn't aggressively demand all your time and money. Finally, if you want to relax with a good book, Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series is currently Buy 2, Get 1 Free at Amazon!