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As a reminder, now that the stream is over, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen — remakes of the original games for the GBA — are now available on the Switch.

The battle-focused spinoff Pokémon Champions has a launch date — or a month, at least. The Nintendo Switch version is out in April, while mobile players will have to wait until later in the year.

As part of the Nintendo Classics line for NSO subscribers, Nintendo is bringing the GameCube cult classic Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness to the Switch 2. There’s no release date, though it’ll be launching some time in March.

The latest Pokémon Presents showcase streams this morning, and given the fact that it also marks the franchise’s 30th anniversary, we’re expecting some good announcements. You can watch it right here.

The GeForce Game Ready Driver 595.59 that optimizes DLSS features for the game on PC has been temporarily removed after Nvidia discovered a bug impacting fan control and monitoring. Anyone who already installed the driver is being advised to roll back to 591.86 WHQL while the issue is investigated.

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier published a big piece about Highguard’s development and what took place after the game flopped at launch. Following Wildlight Entertainment’s layoffs earlier this month, less than 20 people are still at the studio, Schreier reports.

To celebrate the game’s 10th anniversary, creator Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, posted a fascinating retrospective video. He also revealed two new marriage candidates in the upcoming 1.7 patch: Clint and Sandy.

Deezer started labeling AI content last year. Now Qobuz is doing the same. It’s also enacting an AI charter promising “The heart of Qobuz is and will remain human,” saying curation and editorial won’t be AI-driven. It stopped short of banning AI content, which some customers have been asking for.

Input this twist on a familiar code to unlock it early in the recently-released Sons of Sparta: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, L1, R1, touchpad.

Australian mobile carrier Telstra launched Second Life Sounds to raise awareness of the discarded electronics in landfills and collecting dust. I don’t know how much of an impact this box of repurposed mobile phones, game consoles, and old cables is going to have, but it’s a good reminder to revisit Since I Left You.

With season 5 of For All Mankind streaming next month, Apple’s showing off a first look at its upcoming spinoff. Star City is shown from the Soviet Union’s perspective as it becomes the first country on the moon, offering an alternate view of this alternate history. It starts streaming on May 29th.

The entertainment giant remains tight-lipped on its negotiations with Warner Bros. Discovery, but said its streaming business earned $2.2 billion in revenue over the past few months, marking a 10 percent year-over-year increase.

The New York Times is launching the Midi, a mid-sized crossword puzzle for subscribers that sits between the Mini and the full-size Daily Crossword. Looks fun.

Microsoft is rolling out the ability for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to stream games at up to 1440p on Xbox Series X / S, Xbox One X, and Xbox One S consoles. When Microsoft initially launched 1440p streaming last year, it was limited to “select games and select devices.”

Andrew Webster and I have played the game, and we’ll be answering questions about it for Verge subscribers starting at 3PM ET right here. You can get your questions in now, if you already have some.

Full Circle, the studio behind the free-to-play Skate reboot, says that it’s making some structural changes, and that “some roles will be impacted,” without specifying a number. Development on the game will continue, but the news is another clear sign of the volatility of live service games.

Warner Bros. just released a new trailer for Mortal Kombat II, which is punching its way into theaters on May 8th after it was delayed from a planned October 2025 debut. The first movie was dumb and fine, and it seems like this one will be more of all that.

It’s a great time for fans of side-scrolling beat ‘em ups, and now Limited Run has announced a collection featuring some classic Marvel takes on the genre. There’s a curious mix of 13 games spanning 8 and 16-bit platforms, though there’s no release date yet.

I Saw the TV Glow writer / director Jane Schoenbrun is back with Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a horror about a director (Hannah Einbinder) becoming strangely entangled with her lead actress (Gillian Anderson) as the two work on the reboot of a long-dead slasher franchise. The film’s out August 7th.

The South Carolina Republican said he’s bringing along Ellison, son of Trump ally and billionaire Larry Ellison, as his guest to the address. Paramount is in the midst of its persistent attempt to buy Warner Bros. Discovery over Netflix — a deal Trump said he’d be involved in before backtracking.

The notification was related to an incident at the BAFTAs on Sunday, as Variety reports. “We’ve removed the offensive notification,” Google spokesperson Brianna Duff said in a statement to The Verge, adding that the error didn’t involve AI, but rather that push notification systems intended to “accurately characterize” content from the web “accidentally” included the slur.

Instead of a suspension completely stopping you from accessing any part of Twitch, which has historically been the case, users will now only lose access to specific features for minor infractions. To start, there will be streaming suspensions and chatting suspensions.

Jane Austen’s signature work is being adapted for Netflix. Think Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), but no zombies, so think the 2005 film starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, but a series, so think the 1995 miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth.

The 10-episode season kicks off on March 27th on Apple TV. Based on a trailer, it looks like things will get tense between Earth and Mars.

Roku CFO Dan Jedda tells The Wall Street Journal that the company’s new ad deals, coupled with cost-cutting in areas like its smart home products, helped boost its annual profit in 2025 to $88.4 million. The company reported losses three years in a row following the pandemic.