Today is Pokemon's 26th birthday, and The Pokemon Company celebrated by sharing a Pokemon Presents that revealed, among other things, that the open world Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be headed to the Nintendo Switch in 2022.

Pokemon Day 2022 also unveiled new updates for Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, and many more. To help ensure you don't miss a thing, we've gathered all the biggest announcements below.

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet Announced for Late 2022

Generation 9 will officially begin later this year when Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet arrive on Nintendo Switch in 2022. This open world game "where various towns with no borders blend seamlessly into the wilderness" will be an "evolutionary" step for the Pokemon franchise.

We were also introduced to the starter Pokemon, and they are wonderful. When Trainer begin their journey, they will choose between the Grass Cat Sprigatito, the Fire Croc Fuecoco, or the Water Duckling Quaxly.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus Daybreak Update Arrives Later Today

Pokemon Legends: Arceus' Daybreak update (Ver. 1.1.0) will arrive later today and will have Trainers "investigating mysterious mass outbreaks of Pokemon that are popping up all over the HIsui region." They will also be able to battle "powerful opponnents - like Legendary Pokemon and Wardens - adding yet more options to the Pokemon battle experience."

Players will also be able to recieve 30 Ultra Balls, Gigaton Balls, and Jet Balls by entering the password ARCEUSADVENTURE in the Mystery Gifts menu before March 31, 2022.

Furthermore, there will be an online animated series set in Pokemon Legends: Arceus' Hisui region that will launch later in 2022 with an original story.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Trainers Will Be Able to Add Shaymin to Their Party

By using an item called Oak's Letter, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl players will be able to catch the Mythical Pokemon Shaymin by talking to Professor Oak on Route 224.

Pokemon GO to Add Pokemon From the Alolan Region on March 1

Pokemon that call Pokemon Sun and Moon's Alola region home will begin appearing in Pokemon GO on March 1. Until then, Alolan Form Exeggutor will be available to catch.

Pokemon Masters EX Celebrates 2.5 Years With Free Gifts

In celebration of Pokemon Day and it being 2.5 years since Pokemon Masters EX was released, players can earn 3,000 gems and scout 10 sync pairs each day for 10 days for free. Trainers May, Skyla, and Raihan will also become available in special outfits.

Pokemon Cafe ReMix Adds Bonuses for Pokemon Day 2022

In celebration of Pokemon Day 2022, Pokemon Cafe Remix players will be able to enjoy a log-in bonus of a celebratory outfit for Bulbasaur, a "four-day period of an increased chance of Shiny Piplup appearing," and that chance to try out the game's new Delivery feature 11 times for free.

Pokemon Unite Players Can Try Out Mythical Pokemon Hoopa and Earn Its License

The Mythical Pokemon Hoopa has joined Pokemon UNITE and all players can try them out for free in celebration of Pokemon Day 2022. Additionally, those who log in between now and March 14 will receive a Pokemon Day hat and t-shirt in-game. Lastly, full-fury battles were shown and Duraludon was revealed as the next Pokemon to join the roster.

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The Pokemon Company has announced that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, a brand new open world Pokemon adventure, will be released on Nintendo Switch in late 2022.

Announced During Pokemon Day 2022's Pokemon Presents, these two new Game Freak-developed games will feature a new region and its three starters have already been revealed. At the beginning of the game, Trainers will need to choose between the Grass Cat Sprigatito, the Fire Croc Fuecoco, or the Water Duckling Quaxly.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are an "evolutionary" step for the Pokemon franchise and feature an "open world where various towns with no borders blend seamlessly into the wilderness." The Pokemon Company also notes that "Pokemon can be seen everywhere in this wide-open world - in the skies, in the sea, and on the streets."

While we obviously don't all the differences between the two versions, it has been revealed that Trainers will "have a different outfit depending on which game they are playing."

Sprigatito the Grass Cat has the Overgrow ability and its description says they are "capricious" and "attention-seeking." Fuecoco the Fire Croc has the Blaze ability and is "laid-back" and "does things at its own pace." Quaxly the Water Duckling has the Torrent ability and is "earnest and tidy."

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were only one of the many annoucements during the Pokemon Presents showcase. To hear about all the others, including Pokemon Legends: Arceus' Daybreak update, check out our roundup of the Pokemon Day 2022 celebration

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The Batman director Matt Reeves has previously spoken on how he wants this film to be as grounded and realistic as possible for a DC story, and now he has discussed if Superman or other DC heroes also exist in its universe and whether they would be part of future entries set in this world.

Speaking to Collider, Reeves talked about how Batman's long history has led to fans having so many different versions of the Dark Knight in their heads that are all shaped by their interactions with the many other DC characters over the years. For Reeves, he thinks it's important to focus on the "bat verse" and make that foundation as strong as it can be before adding other elements that could warrant their own blockbuster films.

This doesn't mean Reeves' version of Batman v Superman won't ever happen, it just doesn't appear to be in the cards in the near future.

"I suppose it's not impossible to believe that somewhere down the line, they could connect to something else, but that was not my interest in this, and it's not my interest in what we would do in follow-ups at the moment either," Reeves said. "I feel like the whole point in us working with this incredible cast and this incredible crew to realize this movie that sort of, I really believe, is a fresh and different version of these characters is to pursue every ... There are a lot of great characters in the Gotham world and so the idea of leaning into that, that's really my interest right now.”:

Even though a cameo or sequel or spin-off starring Superman may not be anywhere close, does Superman exist in the world Reeves' is creating? While Reeves talked a bit around this answer, he did give a bit of context surrounding it and reiterate his focus on keeping a story as grounded as possible by introducing only one fantastical element to not make it feel too unreal, relatively speaking.

"In this movie, even further I think than what I did in [Planet of the Apes and Cloverfield], I tried to find the practical, believable version," Reeves said. "If suddenly in the Batman world, you discovered that there was an alien that was Superman, there'd be a lot of shock. I mean, people would have to say, oh my God, and maybe that would be the one fantastical element.

"But to be honest with you, that is not the intention at this point, to figure out how to make that come. Look, we should be so lucky that this is a world that people embrace and that they say, oh my God, we want to see what would happen when those things collide. I think if that challenge ever presents itself, it would be an exciting one to explore, but I'd have to try and do it through this lens. You know what I mean? And that is absolutely right, that at the moment, to me, this world is the place that I want to focus.”

The Superman-less The Batman is set to be released on theaters on March 4, 2022. For more, check out our ranking of the movie Batsuits, everything we know about The Batman including when it will arrive on HBO Max, and the history of corruption in Gotham City.

Oh, and we need your help to decide who the best Batman villain is.

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Nintendo has made the decision to not have any Super Smash Bros. game be part of EVO 2022, the world's largest fighting game tournament that is now owned by Sony, for the first time since 2007.

EVO shared a letter announcing the news on Twitter ahead of the EVO 2022 announcement show on March 8 at 5pm PTT/8pm ET.

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— EVO (@EVO) February 26, 2022

"Please join us March 8 at 5pm PST on twitch.tv/evo for the EVO 2022 announcement show," EVO wrote. "While we're thankful for all the amazing games joining us later this year in Las Vegas, we want to let you know in advance that Super Smash Bros. will not be making a return appearance.

"Since 2007, we've seen historic Super Smash Bros. moments created at EVO's events. We are saddened that Nintendo has chosen not to continue that legacy with us this year. In the future, we hope to once again celebrate the Super Smash Bros. community alongside them."

Nintendo's choice to not be part of EVO follows Sony's purchase of the fighting game tournament in 2021. At the time of the acquisition announcement, Nintendo said that it wishes the show's organizers the best and that it will continue to assess EVO in the future. That decision, at least for now, appears to have been made.

This move also could be due to Nintendo partnering with Panda Global for the first officially licensed series of Super Smash Bros. eSports tournaments in North America.

"Nintendo has enjoyed engaging with fans at past Evo tournaments and wish the show organizers the best with their new venture. We will continue to assess Evo, and other opportunities, as we plan for future online and offline Super Smash Bros. tournament activity.” A spokesperson for Nintendo said in March 2021.

EVO 2022 is currently set to take place from August 5-7 in Las Vegas.

So, not only will 2022 be the first year without new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate content as in 2021 Sora was the final DLC fighter to be released, but fans will also have to look elsewhere to see competitive Smash battles.

For more on this ongoing situation, check out our look at the rocky history between Nintendo and its esports communities.

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Marvel and Fortnite are once again teaming up for a new comic mini-series that will launch in June 2022 and star Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, and Shuri.

As detailed on Marvel.com, Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War follows 2020's Fortnite X Marvel - Nexus War: Thor and has our heroes on the hunt for a crystallized fragment of the Zero Point that was sent to the Marvel Universe. Spider-Man and Wolverine will team up with Shuri and "several fan-favorites from Fortnite" to find this Zero Shard.

Spider-Geddon's Christos Gage will be writing the story and he is teaming up with Epic Games' CCO Donald Mustard and artist Sergio Davila (Captain Marvel) to bring this series to life that will have "enormous ramifications for both universes."

Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War will contain five issues and those who are subscribed to Marvel Unlimited and read all of the comics will be able to unlock a code for a cosmetic in Fortnite. Each first print issue will also contain a code to unlock a bonus digital cosmetic in the battle royale.

One week following each book's release, the cosmetics will be made available for purchase in Fortnite's Item Shop. Details on what these items will be will come at a later date.

“At its heart, the series is an adventure story, with characters from both universes coming together to go on a treasure hunt into the deepest, darkest depths of the Marvel Universe.” Marvel Comics editor Alanna Smith said, “Donald Mustard and Christos Gage have such a deep love for both Fortnite and Marvel, and Sergio Davíla is turning in some absolutely unreal pages. Having the amazing Leinil Francis Yu on main covers and a killer lineup of Marvel artists on variants has been a real gift as well. This is going to be the ultimate team-up, where the best of both Fortnite and Marvel are represented.”

For more on the worlds of Fortnite and comics colliding, check out our look at how Batman has helped expand the Fortnite multiverse.

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Marvel and Fortnite are once again teaming up for a new comic mini-series that will launch in June 2022 and star Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, and Shuri.

As detailed on Marvel.com, Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War follows 2020's Fortnite X Marvel - Nexus War: Thor and has our heroes on the hunt for a crystallized fragment of the Zero Point that was sent to the Marvel Universe. Spider-Man and Wolverine will team up with Shuri and "several fan-favorites from Fortnite" to find this Zero Shard.

Spider-Geddon's Christos Gage will be writing the story and he is teaming up with Epic Games' CCO Donald Mustard and artist Sergio Davila (Captain Marvel) to bring this series to life that will have "enormous ramifications for both universes."

Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War will contain five issues and those who are subscribed to Marvel Unlimited and read all of the comics will be able to unlock a code for a cosmetic in Fortnite. Each first print issue will also contain a code to unlock a bonus digital cosmetic in the battle royale.

One week following each book's release, the cosmetics will be made available for purchase in Fortnite's Item Shop. Details on what these items will be will come at a later date.

“At its heart, the series is an adventure story, with characters from both universes coming together to go on a treasure hunt into the deepest, darkest depths of the Marvel Universe.” Marvel Comics editor Alanna Smith said, “Donald Mustard and Christos Gage have such a deep love for both Fortnite and Marvel, and Sergio Davíla is turning in some absolutely unreal pages. Having the amazing Leinil Francis Yu on main covers and a killer lineup of Marvel artists on variants has been a real gift as well. This is going to be the ultimate team-up, where the best of both Fortnite and Marvel are represented.”

For more on the worlds of Fortnite and comics colliding, check out our look at how Batman has helped expand the Fortnite multiverse.

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A program that was meant to restore the Ethereum mining potential of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30- and RTX A-series graphics cards has instead been discovered to infect the host computers with Malware.

As reported by Tom's Hardware, the Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker was said to "modify the firmware of graphics cards to remove mining performance cap introduced by Nvidia to make its LHR (light hash rate) boards unattractive to miners." While making these kind of changes to the graphics card BIOS can be considered a "half-legal" action, those who attempted to undertake this process were met with big issues.

Not only did this 'LHRUnlocker Install.msi' fail to do uncap the mining performance of these cards, but they also infected powershell.exe with malware.

As shared by Joe's SandBox Cloud, these types of programs are known to perform some "suspicious activities" while they attempt to accomplish their goal that bypasses limitations set by the OS and drivers. However, it shouldn't "check for available system drives, perform evasive loops to hinder dynamic analysis, use code obfuscation techniques, or cause abnormally high CPU usage,"

The damage caused by this program may not be critical at first, but it can lead to other attacks of an even greater magnitude.

Programs like this one are meant to combat Nvidia's measures to limit the ETH hash rate - how fast a GPU can process cryptocurrency - of the RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti. This move was also made to help "get more GeForce cards at better prices into the hands of gamers everywhere."

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A program that was meant to restore the Ethereum mining potential of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30- and RTX A-series graphics cards has instead been discovered to infect the host computers with Malware.

As reported by Tom's Hardware, the Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker was said to "modify the firmware of graphics cards to remove mining performance cap introduced by Nvidia to make its LHR (light hash rate) boards unattractive to miners." While making these kind of changes to the graphics card BIOS can be considered a "half-legal" action, those who attempted to undertake this process were met with big issues.

Not only did this 'LHRUnlocker Install.msi' fail to do uncap the mining performance of these cards, but they also infected powershell.exe with malware.

As shared by Joe's SandBox Cloud, these types of programs are known to perform some "suspicious activities" while they attempt to accomplish their goal that bypasses limitations set by the OS and drivers. However, it shouldn't "check for available system drives, perform evasive loops to hinder dynamic analysis, use code obfuscation techniques, or cause abnormally high CPU usage,"

The damage caused by this program may not be critical at first, but it can lead to other attacks of an even greater magnitude.

Programs like this one are meant to combat Nvidia's measures to limit the ETH hash rate - how fast a GPU can process cryptocurrency - of the RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti. This move was also made to help "get more GeForce cards at better prices into the hands of gamers everywhere."

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While Valve president Gabe Newell has shared that he doesn't think the company needs its own version of Xbox Game Pass right now, he said that he'd be "more than happy to work with [Microsoft] to get that on Steam."

Speaking to PC Gamer, Newell discussed that despite him understanding the popularity of such services like Xbox Game Pass, he just doesn't see Valve committing resources to do a similar version any time soon.

"I don't think it's something that we think we need to do ourselves, building a subscription service at this time," Newell said. "But for their customers it's clearly a popular option, and we'd be more than happy to work with them to get that on Steam."

These comments align with Newell's previous comments that pushed back against closed platforms. He also said that openness is 'PC's superpower."

Xbox Game Pass being part of Steam's future isn't so out of reason as Valve and Microsoft have been working together in a much greater capacity recently. Not only did Microsoft stop selling its games exclusively through the Microsoft Store and start selling them on Steam, but Bethesda also said it was forgoing its own launcher to also put their games on Steam going forward.

Xbox Game Pass would pose a bit more of an issue as sometimes different versions of games appear on the service as opposed to digital storefronts. In March 2021, for example, the version of Nier: Automata on PC Game Pass was better than the one found on Steam.

So, even though it may be a while until we see a native version of Xbox Game Pass on Steam, the Steam Deck will be able to play games through Xbox Cloud Gaming thanks to the fact that it can also be run as a PC.

For more, check out our Steam Deck review in progress and Newell's comments on why Valve banned NFTs and how the company may be looking at providing customers with more "higher end" versions as opposed to increasing the handheld's price.

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While Valve president Gabe Newell has shared that he doesn't think the company needs its own version of Xbox Game Pass right now, he said that he'd be "more than happy to work with [Microsoft] to get that on Steam."

Speaking to PC Gamer, Newell discussed that despite him understanding the popularity of such services like Xbox Game Pass, he just doesn't see Valve committing resources to do a similar version any time soon.

"I don't think it's something that we think we need to do ourselves, building a subscription service at this time," Newell said. "But for their customers it's clearly a popular option, and we'd be more than happy to work with them to get that on Steam."

These comments align with Newell's previous comments that pushed back against closed platforms. He also said that openness is 'PC's superpower."

Xbox Game Pass being part of Steam's future isn't so out of reason as Valve and Microsoft have been working together in a much greater capacity recently. Not only did Microsoft stop selling its games exclusively through the Microsoft Store and start selling them on Steam, but Bethesda also said it was forgoing its own launcher to also put their games on Steam going forward.

Xbox Game Pass would pose a bit more of an issue as sometimes different versions of games appear on the service as opposed to digital storefronts. In March 2021, for example, the version of Nier: Automata on PC Game Pass was better than the one found on Steam.

So, even though it may be a while until we see a native version of Xbox Game Pass on Steam, the Steam Deck will be able to play games through Xbox Cloud Gaming thanks to the fact that it can also be run as a PC.

For more, check out our Steam Deck review in progress and Newell's comments on why Valve banned NFTs and how the company may be looking at providing customers with more "higher end" versions as opposed to increasing the handheld's price.

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