Wizards Unite arrived with much fanfare back June 2019, presenting a more narrative-focused take on the hugely popular location-based AR action of Pokémon Go as Harry Potter seeped into the real-world. And now, nearly two and a half years on, that adventure is almost at an end. “Not all games are meant to last forever,” Niantic wrote in a statement announcing Wizards Unite’s imminent closure. “Our goal…was to bring the magic of the wizarding world to life for millions of players as they stepped outside and explored their neighbourhoods....

If you want to complete this quest, however, you need to purchase a Pokémon Go Tour: Johto ticket and play Pokémon Go during the event. Doing so will unlock the Pokémon Go Tour: Johto special research quest and, once it’s completed, Masterwork Research: Apex will be available. Below you’ll find the Masterwork Research: Apex quest steps, so you can get Apex Shadow Ho-Oh and Apex Shadow Lugia for your collection....

After being hit by the game’s standard seven-day ban for a first cheating offence and then waiting a week to play again, fans are logging in to find a second, third and fourth seven-day ban simply awaits them on their return. Instances of players being erroneously flagged for cheating have occurred in the past, and developer Niantic acknowledged a spate of false flags last year. But the situation here seems a little more complex....

If you want to add this magical stag to your collection, you’ll need to have a good understanding of Xerneas’ counters and weaknesses before you meet it in battle. You can now catch a shiny Xerneas in Pokémon Go! Like all legendary Pokémon, Xerneas appears in five-star raids and, to ensure its defeat, you’ll want to battle it alongside a group of trainers, which, thanks to the Remote Raid passes, you can now do at home....

PowerWash Simulator is a game about cleaning things - cars, helicopters, bungalows - that quickly becomes a compulsion. You complete jobs to upgrade your powerwash machine, then take on progressively bigger challenges. Pretty soon you’re hosing down whole skate parks, fairground rides, and a particularly grubby set of public toilets. PowerWash Simulator launched fully on PC and Xbox (including via Game Pass) in July this year after a period in Steam Early Access....

With this in mind, ShopTo has put out the cheapest pre-order we’ve seen for the game yet. You can get a whopping 20 per cent off the total price, giving you day-one access for just £39.85. Pokémon Violet on Nintendo Switch - £39.99 ShopTo (was £49.99) Pokémon Scarlet on Nintendo Switch - £39.85 from ShopTo (was £49.99) Depending on which game you pre-order, you’ll also receive a nifty Pokemon pin badge....

Eurogamer can confirm that the feature has been enabled for PS5 users in the UK who have updated to the latest system software released yesterday. The feature was previously only available to PS5 users in the Americas. Users will know when it’s available to them when they receive the below prompt inside Media Gallery. The update means screenshots and videos are automatically uploaded to the mobile app, once the feature is enabled....

Taking a leaf out of the Fortnite Battle Pass, it’s a way to access new items - we suspect emotes and skins - while playing PUBG matches and completing specific challenges across an Event Season. The Event Pass can be levelled up throughout a Season by playing games and completing missions, and the further you progress, the more rewards you unlock. Right now, the Event Pass is priced at $9....

The original enhanced edition - which bundles together Quake, its two official expansions, plus two additional expansions by Wolfenstein: The New Order developer Machine Games - was already an extremely solid brush-up of the quarter-century-old FPS classic, but the newly released “next-gen” upgrade adds a little extra oomph for Xbox Series X/S and PS5 owners. Once installed, Xbox Series X/S and PS5 will both run Quake at 120fps with a maximum resolution of 4K....

This time it’s US private equity giant Carlyle Group that’s snapped up a majority stake in the Cambridge games studio. The Carlyle Group did not disclose the terms of the transaction, but The Daily Telegraph reported the value of the deal is expected to be more than the $530m (£390m) paid for Jagex when it was acquired from its previous Chinese owners by a US holding company in 2020. Jagex employs more than 450 people, and is one of the largest and most successful British video game studios....

You’ll need to be a Prime member to access the deals over the 11th and 12th of October, and if you haven’t signed up before you can get a one month free trial so you can experience the savings and get free next-day delivery thanks to Prime. If you’re a Nintendo Switch user looking for some more games for your Switch or Switch OLED then there’s a great opportunity to grab two Nintendo Switch games, as long as one of them is Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, without paying for the price of two games....

The bundle - which was only available to those who could get to the Team LA store at Staples Center, Los Angeles, on Friday afternoon ahead of that evening’s match against the LA Clippers - was selling for a very reasonable $140 (£105) given the price of a controller alone can set you back £55. Almost immediately, however, the bundles began popping up on internet auction sites, with Buy It Now prices of around $1500 (£755)....

If you don’t, you cannot sprint when exploring, and your health will be lower when fighting - putting you at a disadvantage. It’s a slightly annoying system, so learning where to get the best food and how to eat food will minimise the amount of time you spend having to worry about it. On this page: It will deplete over time as you explore or fast travel, and means several times a day you must top it up by eating....

Suspicions were raised that a new wedding-focussed pack was coming back in January, when EA teased its upcoming Sims 4 content plans for the first three months of 2022. That reveal promised a “game pack that throws a party for love”, and fans’ immediate thoughts of wedding bells now appear to have been by confirmed by a series of leaks on Twitter. One poster, lunar_britney, shared four images of the new Game Pack - said to be titled The Sim 4: My Wedding Stories - alongside a rough translation of the DLC’s description, claiming he found them “in a very dark corner last night”....

Skul is a bit like Hades but viewed side-on. It’s an action-based Rogue-lite where you get one life to see how far you can get. You’re not escaping a mythical underworld, but you are on a team traditionally viewed as the baddies, the demons, and you’re fighting the heroes. Specifically, you’re a skeleton, but more on that later because it’s important. As you fight, you collect power-ups and abilities, and, at intervals, there’s a shop where you can spend currency to either heal or buy further power-ups and abilities....

Five games from Bethesda - all freshly available with Xbox Game Pass - just got an FPS boost: Dishonored: Definitive Edition The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition Fallout 4 Fallout 76 Prey Microsoft said to expect to see an increase from 30fps to nearly60 fps with FPS Boost for the above games. To experience FPS Boost, make sure your console has the latest update installed and the FPS Boost function is turned on in Compatibility Options under the Manage Game section....

As one of the key currencies in the game, Eternal Orbs are crucial to progression, and are bought with real money. However, players who have forked out for Eternal Orbs via third-party sellers - no doubt in a bid to try and save a bit of money; in-game, they cost £0.89 GBP ($0.99 USD) for 60 all the way up to £89.99 GBP ($99.99 USD) for 7200 - have had their Orbs revoked....

The anniversary compilation will include a number of modes, including anniversary mode that features enhanced widescreen visuals and infinite lives, and classic mode that retains the original 4:3 presentation and limited lives. That means Sonic Origins will include the first ever widescreen version of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It will also be possible to play all four games - Sonic 1, 2, 3 & Knuckles, and CD - into one long experience in story mode....

Sony now owns 14.09 percent of the Japanese company, while Tencent, via its Sixjoy subsidiary, now owns 16.25 percent. Existing majority shareholder Kadokawa still owns most of FromSoftware, at 69.66 percent. FromSoftware, widely considered one of the greatest game developers in the world, has a string of influential hits under its belt, including the Souls series, Bloodborne, Sekiro and, most recently, Elden Ring. While FromSoftware games such as the Souls series are critically acclaimed, Elden Ring propelled the developer into truly mainstream video game territory, with sales surpassing an incredible 16....

This page, which you can see here, does exactly what is says on the tin. Here you will find information on all of PlayStation’s games that have been introduced to PC, such as Days Gone, God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn - but also details on upcoming releases. Currently, the three upcoming games listed are Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered (of which you can read more about from Digital Foundry here), Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and the Uncharted Legacy of Thieves collection....