Pokémon Go is finally getting legendary monsters. Starting this weekend, trainers around the world will be able to catch their first legendary Pokémon. Pokémon Go Fest attendees will get first dibs on legendary monsters at the Saturday, July 22 event. Starting July 23, players will have their chance to team up and have legendary Raid Battles with their friends. The first legendary Pokémon appears that day, but more will appear later in the year.

Something huge is coming to Pokémon Go soon: legendary Pokémon, which players can battle and catch for their own collections. LugiaBut our money is on Lugia being Pokémon Go’s first legendary Pokémon. The trailer for the Pokémon Go Fest campaign that will see our first legendary appearance highlights Lugia more than any of the other Pokémon featured. Pokémon Silver is the best Pokémon game ever made, so we’re OK with this if its cover star Lugia is, indeed, our first legendary monster. CelebiThe

So who is the model on the cover of the original Doom video game? Regardless of your interest level, we now have an answer, and it’s kind of a neat story. Legendary game developer Brenda Romero’s husband John Romero said that the model they had hired for the photo shoot for the cover art just wasn’t understanding what they were looking for. At the end of it we all decided the arm-grabbing pose was going to be the best.”The rest is history. And now we know that John Romero isn’t just Brenda Romer

Here’s the most intriguing one:That’s clearly a Nintendo 64 controller, with its unique three-armed design and central analog stick. The company released the NES Classic Edition last fall, and an SNES Classic Edition is coming this September. Putting all the pieces together, these filings suggest that Nintendo could be thinking about making an N64 Classic Edition. And an N64 Classic Edition seems less likely than either of its predecessors because of the complexity of its controller, although th

But the latest Professor Layton installment, a series reboot that comes five years after the previous entry, is a reminder that maybe it’s not totally on me after all. Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy is out now on iOS and Android, retailing for a flat fee of $15.99. I love all of these aspects of Layton’s Mystery Journey, and particularly Katrielle herself. The new chief puzzle-solver is Professor Layton’s funny, self-confident daughter, and she’s joined by a

Dr. Anthony M. Bean, a licensed clinical psychologist in Texas, thinks that the idea of “video game addiction” is misguided at best, and dangerous at worst. Bean and his co-authors believe that there simply isn’t enough research to support the addition of video game addiction in either document. “We don’t know what video game addiction is. “We raise the potential that video game addiction is a ‘thing’ for the psychiatric and medical community less because empirical research has demonstrated a cl

Phase one: catch challengeThe first phase of Pokémon Go Fest tasks players with catching as many Pokémon as possible. There are three separate “challenge windows” in which the number of Pokémon caught collectively will unlock special rewards for every Pokémon Go player, not just those at the actual event. While the rewards vary based on Pokémon type for everyone in Chicago, everyone else will compete to unlock the bronze, silver or gold rewards. The legendary Pokémon that first descended upon Ch

Pyre, the third title from indie darling Supergiant Games, runs in native 4K resolution at 60 frames per second on a PlayStation 4 Pro, the studio announced today. “If you don’t have a PS4 Pro, no worries, of course,” said creative director Greg Kasavin in a PlayStation Blog post. Supergiant also announced today that Pyre will include more than 50 PlayStation Network trophies, including a platinum. Pyre will be released July 25 on Linux, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC for $19.99; you can watch the

The $21 million dollar prize pool didn’t appear overnight, nor did it come out of nowhere. Fans contributed $9.99 to earn an in-game “compendium,” and 25% of each sale (or, about $2.50) would be put into a prize pool. This money is on top of Valve’s base contribution of $1.6 million, which was the prize pool in prior years, with the top team earning $1 million. In the end, the prize pool was a solid $2,874,380, meaning fans contributed $1.2 million and spent nearly $5 million on the compendium i

Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? This week, guest host Charlie Hall talks to Ashley Oh about her review of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, which you can read right here. You can read more about the changes to the remaster in this story. Email: qualitycontrol at polygon dot comMusic: “Goodwill” by The Custodian of Records

Welcome back to Let’s Go To Hell, our new series about altering time and space to supernaturally punish our favorite video games. This time around, we take one of our favorite games — Super Mario Galaxy — and use the power of technology to convert all its fun directly into suffering. Missed the first episode of Let’s Go To Hell? Want to keep up with future episodes of Let’s Go To Hell, or the rest of our video shenanigans? Simply subscribe to our channel on YouTube, and you’ll be notified when w

As the creator of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, he’s populated our lives with the King and Prince of Cosmos — and that alone warrants our eternal gratitude. Attached was a picture of a curiously shaped green balloon, which he immediately gave a face and some limbs. pic.twitter.com/ZbyQUwLTM8 — 髙橋慶太 (@KeitaTakahash) June 27, 2017He’s a cute little guy, gangly like the Prince of Cosmos and almost as weird as Noby Noby Boy. “I’d like [to] give you original one to let you make new friend,” he w

In a letter to fans, Sense8 co-creator Lana Wachowski told the “Sense8 family” that their voices were heard and the show would return to the network for a two-hour finale. After a petition circulated asking Netflix to bring back the show, the creators were adamant that it wasn’t going to happen. Netflix giving the team a special, Wachowski wrote, was unforeseeable. “Improbably, unforeseeably, your love has brought Sense8 back to life,” Wachowski wrote. The first two seasons of Sense8 are current

The show got its first full-length trailer today and, while fans had a number of concerns over what they saw, one stood out: Medusa’s hair. Here’s the thing about Medusa’s hair: It’s more than just something she keeps long for beauty reasons. Medusa’s hair is, well, inhumanly strong, and is capable of stretching past its already considerable length. Medusa’s hair is her central superheroic characteristic, that’s why many fans thought it was crucial ABC and Marvel get it right. #medusa #Inhumans

Rebellion Developments’ third-person shooter Rogue Trooper Redux, a remaster of the 2006 game based on the 2000 A.D. comic book, is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One later this year. For a taste of what’s to come, check out 15 minutes of gameplay from the PS4 version, captured at E3 2017. Rogue Trooper Redux brings remastered graphics and effects to the 2006 original. The original Rogue Trooper video game tells the story of its eponymous soldier, the last Genetic

In each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? This week, guest host Charlie Hall talks to news editor Chelsea Stark about her review of Tekken 7, which you can read right here. Email: qualitycontrol at polygon dot comMusic: “Goodwill” by The

Rick and Morty will premiere on July 30, co-creator Justin Roiland confirmed tonight during a livestream. ET on Adult Swim’s website, began with jokes about the relationship between Roiland and his co-creator, Dan Harmon. Rumors and speculation about their working relationship have drawn concerns over the future of the series, but both acknowledged tonight how much they love each other. The writer joked that those things only happen once in a while, calling it a “magical day.”The third season wi

Developer Grezzo and its staff has helped out on several well-known adventure and role-playing games, a compelling resume when going into Ever Oasis. Grezzo’s also made some quirky, original action games exclusive to Nintendo eShop. As the studio’s first big, solo-developed original title, Ever Oasis feels like a mixture of all of these projects. But when baked into Ever Oasis, these genres are reduced to their most basic parts — almost always for worse. If I had any favorite characters among Ev

Rick and Morty’s third season is almost here and now there’s a trailer to tide you over. Co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland released the trailer during a livestream for the series, which was being hosted on Adult Swim. Although the duo didn’t premiere a new episode, as some fans previously thought, the new trailer has just enough footage to keep people happy before the new season premieres. Along with the trailer, Roiland and Harmon also confirmed that the third season will premiere on Ju

After four days of tough battles among the top teams in Southeast Asia, a highly competitive region in Dota 2, Fnatic and Execration have taken the region’s final qualifier spots for The International 7. The teams won through Phase 2’s GSL brackets, a double-elimination-like bracket, and will attend the main event in Seattle. The Dota 2 squad of Fnatic, the international and multi-game esports organization, had a rough year full of a number of changes. They were, most notably, one of the subject