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Pokemon Go‘s big Hoenn celebration event is coming to an end, and a new Legendary Pokemon is set to debut soon afterward. Niantic has announced that Palkia, the cover monster from Pokemon Pearl, will begin appearing in Raid Battles today, January 29, at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET.

As usual, in order to catch Palkia, you’ll first need to team up with other players in-person, then visit a Gym that’s hosting a Palkia Raid and battle it. If your party manages to defeat the Legendary Pokemon, you’ll be rewarded with a handful of Premiere Balls and an opportunity to capture it.

Although it may not look it, Palkia is a dual Water- and Dragon-type, which means it only takes neutral damage from Ice attacks, one of a Dragon Pokemon’s biggest weaknesses. Your best bet is to battle it using other Dragon-types, such as Dragonite and Rayquaza–although The Pokemon Company warns that Palkia will always know a Dragon-type Fast Attack of its own. You can read more details on the official Pokemon website.

Palkia will appear as a Raid Boss until February 28, giving you about a month to capture it. It is also the fourth Gen 4 Legendary Pokemon to appear in Pokemon Go thus far, following Giratina, Cresselia, and Heatran.

Niantic hasn’t announced when other Gen 4 Legendaries will debut in Pokemon Go, but the developer had previously teased the Lake trio–Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit–in a promotional image for the game’s recent winter event, suggesting they may also be on the way soon.

In addition to Palkia’s arrival, Pokemon Go players have the game’s next Community Day to look forward to soon. The event takes place on Saturday, February 16, and will feature another Gen 2 Pokemon: the Ice/Ground-type Swinub.

Nintendo Switch‘s new system software update, version 7.0.0, is out now. However, the patch changes surprisingly little, despite the important-sounding version number.

The update adds Chinese and Korean language support to the home screen and introduces new user icons themed around New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Aside from these features, version 7.0.0 merely includes “general system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.”

New Super Mario Bros. U is the most recent big exclusive to launch for the Switch, so perhaps it’s unsurprising for Nintendo to include content around that game in its system updates. We awarded the platformer a 7/10 in our New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe review.

“Despite its aging formula, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is still a great entry in the series, with its typically tight platforming and both accessibility and depth to spare,” we said. “While it can feel a bit stale for those who have been round the Mushroom Kingdom one too many times before, Deluxe is well worth playing, especially if you didn’t get a chance to play NSMBU on Wii U.”

For more titles coming to Nintendo’s consoles soon, check out every big new Switch and 3DS game coming in 2019 and beyond.

It’s almost February, and that means there are a whole bunch of new movies and television series coming to Hulu. Finally, you and your significant other can snuggle up on the couch together and enjoy some new programming on this upcoming Valentine’s Day.

But what romantic movies are available to set the mood? Well, you could start the evening off yelling “Get over here,” as you cuddle up to the sweet sounds of martial arts warfare with 1995’s Mortal Kombat. And if that’s not enough, you can always witness the premature death of Johnny Cage in 1997’s Mortal Kombat Annihilation. Either way, you and your significant other will greatly enjoy these movies.

February actually has plenty of fantastic new movies coming to Hulu. Get your White Russian fix with the cult classic The Big Lebowski from 1998 or watch a young Ben Affleck try to paddle people’s butts in 1993’s Dazed and Confused. Also, both Wayne’s World movies are coming to Hulu as well, but I will warn you: the Aurora, Illinois the film takes place in is nothing like the real Aurora, IL.

Sadly, there are plenty of movies leaving the service as well, so this will be your last chance to check these films out: Apollo 13, Beetlejuice, and all the Lethal Weapon movies. I implore you to watch all the saxophone-loaded Lethal Weapon movies before they leave Hulu. They are wonderful.

Below, you’ll find the full list of everything coming to Hulu and leaving for the month of February. And again, please watch the Lethal Weapon movies before they leave. For more on streaming services, check out everything new to Netflix in February.

What is coming to Hulu in February:

Available February 1

• Into The Dark: Down: Episode 5 Premiere (Hulu Original)
• Record of Grancrest War: Complete Season 1 (Aniplex)
• A View to Kill (1985)
• The Animal (2001)
• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatre (2002)
• Bad Santa (2003)
• Barefoot (2014)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The Bounty (1984)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
• Caddyshack (1980)
• Caddyshack II (1988)
• Capote (2005)
• Chaos (2005)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Chasing Liberty (2004)
• Dazed and Confused (1993)
• Deep Blue Sea (1999)
• Delta Farce (2007)
• Dr. No (1962)
• Equilibrium (2002)
• Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
• Field of Dreams (1989)
• Flesh + Blood (1985)
• Foolish (1999)
• For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
• Freedomland (2006)
• From Russia with Love (1964)
• Goldeneye (1995)
• Hairspray (1988)
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
• How to Deal (2003)
• Kingpin (1996)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
• Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
• Licence to Kill (1989)
• The Madness of King George (1994)
• Marathon Man (1976)
• Metro (1997)
• Mississippi Burning (1988)
• Moonraker (1979)
• Moonstruck (1987)
• Mortal Kombat (1995)
• Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997)
• Mystic Pizza (1988)
• Next Day Air (2009)
• Old Fashioned (2014)
• On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
• The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
• The Quiet Ones (2014)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (1997)
• Space Jam (1996)
• The Secret Garden (1993)
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
• The Toybox (2018)
• Thelma & Louise (1991)
• Three Kings (1999)
• Thunderball (1965)
• Tomcats (2001)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
• Unforgettable (1996)
• Universal Soldier (1992)
• Untamed Heart (1993)
• Wayne’s World (1992)
• Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
• Wedding Crashers (2005)
• Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000)
• While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Available February 2

• Cabin Fever (2016)
• Pick of the Litter (2018)

Available February 3

• Legion: Complete Season 2 (FX)

Available February 4

• Saints & Sinners: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Bounce TV)
• Real Housewives of New York City: Complete Season 10 (Bravo)
• Dog Days (2018)
• Experimenter (2015)

Available February 5

• Paid in Full (2002)

Available February 8

• PEN15: Complete Season 1 Premiere (Hulu Original)

Available February 9

• The Preppie Connection (2016)

Available February 10

• The Song (2014)

Available February 11

• All Square (2018)

Available February 14

• False Flag: Complete Season 2 (Keshet)
• Zac & Mia: Complete Season 2 (Awesomeness)

Available February 15

• Bondi Harvest: Complete Season 1 (Fremantle)
• Jamie’s Quick and Easy: Complete Seasons 1-2 (Fremantle)
• Next (2007)

Available February 16

• Proven Innocent: Series Premiere (FOX)
• A Perfect Day (2016)

Available February 17

• The Party (2018)

Available February 18

• Elvis All-Star Tribute: Special (NBC)
• The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Available February 20

• Stan Against Evil: Complete Season 3 (IFC)

Available February 23

• Death Wish (2018)

Available February 25

• Archer: Danger Island: Complete Season 9 (FX)
• Every Day (2018)
• The School (2018)

Available February 26

• The Enemy Within: Series Premiere (NBC)
• The Voice: Season 16 Premiere (NBC)
• Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Available February 27

• World of Dance: Season 3 Premiere (NBC)
• Tickled (2016)

Available February 28

• Whiskey Cavalier: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)
• Digging for Fire (2015)
• The Guilty (2018)

What is leaving Hulu in February:

February 28

• 12 Dates of Christmas (2011)
• A Mermaid’s Tale (2016)
• All Over the Guy (2001)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Bad Girls (1994)
• Bad Girls from Mars (1991)
• Basic Instinct (1992)
• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Best Seller (1987)
• Beverly Hills Vamp (1989)
• Blow Out (1981)
• Blue Jasmine (2013)
• Christmas Cupid (2010)
• Deja Vu (2006)
• Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts (2007)
• Dream House Nightmare (2017)
• Dressed to Kill (1980)
• Exposed (2016)
• Hitman’s Run (1999)
• It’s Us (2016)
• Joey (1988)
• King of the Mountain (1981)
• Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
• Line of Duty (2013)
• Living by the Gun (2011)
• Malena (2000)
• Manhattan Night (2016)
• Mansfield Park (1999)
• Message in a Bottle (1999)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• Mullholland Falls (1996)
• Operation Condor (1986)
• Operation Condor II: The Armour of the Gods (1991)
• Radio Days (1987)
• Ride (1998)
• Righteous Kill (2008)
• Rob Roy (1995)
• Silent Tongue (1993)
• Snow (2004)
• Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2008)
• Snowglobe (2007)
• Spy Game (2001)
• Switchback (1997)
• Teresa’s Tattoo (1994)
• Ulee’s Gold (1997)
• We are Marshall (2006)
• Wicker Park (2004)
• With a Friend like Harry (2000)

Production continues on The Mandalorian, the upcoming live-action Star Wars TV show, and another image has been released from the set. Like previous behind-the-scenes pictures, it comes via showrunner Jon Favreau, and reveals a character that will be familiar to fans of the franchise.

The image was posted by Favreau on Instagram and shows R5-D4, the astromech that Luke Skywalker and his uncle Owen initially buy from the Jawas in the original 1977 movie. As fans will recall, the R5 suffered a malfunction, so Owen took R2-D2 instead. Check it out below.

This image follows one that Favreau posted last month of another famous Star Wars droid–The Empire Strikes Back’s iconic bounty hunter IG-88. The Mandalorian is set between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and it has been rumored that it might also feature fellow bounty hunter Bossk.

The full cast for the show was announced in December. The lead role will be played by Pedro Pascal (Narcos), and there are also roles for Gina Carano (Deadpool), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Carl Weathers (Predator), Omid Abtahi (American Gods), Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), and Nick Nolte (Affliction). The series follows Pascal’s character, a lone gunfighter on the run from the law of the New Republic.

The show will launch on Disney+, the studio’s upcoming subscription-based streaming service. Another season of the animated The Clone Wars is also scheduled to come to the service, and there is another live-action Star Wars show, this time focusing on the Rogue One character Cassian Andor, in development.

Toy Story 4 is due this summer, and so far all we’ve seen of the new film are short teaser-trailers. The first one featured a new character named Forky, and the latest reveals the return of Bo Peep, Woody’s love interest who was missing-in-action in the last film.

The teaser shows Bo popping through a background followed by the declaration “Bo’s Back!” It doesn’t shed much light on what she’s been up to, but she has a totally different look, having lost the frilly dress and now clad in a jumpsuit.

“Bo’s taken control of her own destiny,” director Josh Cooley said in the announcement. “While Woody was watching Andy grow up, Bo gathered dust until she took it upon herself to head out into the world. And when Woody shows up, they can’t believe that they’ve found each other again.”

The character was only briefly touched on in Toy Story 3, when Woody mentioned her absence as one of the signs of changing times as the gang has watched Andy grow up. That movie showed the Toy Story gang seeing Andy off to college, and being passed on to a new child named Bonnie. Her playtime with Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest has been the focal point in subsequent shorts.

We’ve known Bo would be appearing again in some capacity thanks to cast listings, but this is our first look at the character since Toy Story 2. Toy Story 4 is coming on June 21, 2019. Check out everything we know for more details.

The release of the star-studded, big budget remake of The Mummy in 2017 was supposed to kickstart an entire interconnected monster movie universe. But the movie was a critical and commercial failure, and the so-called Dark Universe was quickly abandoned by Universal. However, it has now been reported that The Invisible Man, one of the properties that was previously in development, has been resurrected by the studio.

According to Variety, the Invisible Man man reboot will be directed and written by Leigh Whannell, who most recently directed the sci-fi action movie Upgrade, as well as co-creating the Saw franchise. The movie is set to be produced Jason Blum, whose Blumhouse Films also produced Upgrade, plus horror hits such as The Purge, Get Out, and Insidious.

The site states that the film is part of a “fresh strategy” for Universal’s classic monster properties, utilising fresh, distinctive creative teams for the individual titles. Blumhouse is known for its modest budgets, so it is highly unlikely that The Invisible Man will cost anywhere near as much as The Mummy. There is currently no release date set for the movie. Johnny Depp, who was initially attached to star in the Dark Universe film of The Invisible Man, is reportedly no longer connected to the new version.

Dark Universe was launched in May 2017, but by November that year it was reported that the entire thing was dead. The second movie in the series was set to be The Bride of Frankenstein, but that was indefinitely delayed, and soon after franchise producers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan quit.

In a statement at the time, Universal president of production Peter Cramer said, “We’ve learned many lessons throughout the creative process on Dark Universe so far, and we are viewing these titles as filmmaker-driven vehicles, each with their own distinct vision. We are not rushing to meet a release date and will move forward with these films when we feel they are the best versions of themselves.”

The new Resident Evil 2 Remake for PS4, Xbox One, and PC is a huge hit. Capcom has announced that the game hit 3 million copies shipped worldwide in its first week.

Capcom also announced that the entire Resident Evil franchise has now pushed 88 million units shipped since the series debuted back in 1996. It also updated the sales performance for Resident Evil 7, confirming that it has reached 6 million copies shipped.

Unsurprisingly, Resident Evil is Capcom’s biggest franchise based on total units shipped.

For comparison, the 1998 original Resident Evil 2 reached 4.96 million in sales during its lifetime, so the new edition is already well on its way to hitting that mark. A big launch week for the Remake was no surprise, as the game’s unique “1-Shot Demo” picked up 4.7 million downloads.

Capcom has faith that the Resident Evil 2 remake will continue to sell well. The company said it believes that the remake can enjoy the kind of “long-term sales” that Resident Evil 7 did.

Looking ahead, Resident Evil 2’s new Ghost Survivors DLC, which is free, launches on February 15. GameSpot’s Resident Evil 2 review called it “a terrifying experience like no other.”

“Resident Evil 2 is not only a stellar remake of the original, but it’s also simply a strong horror game that delivers anxiety-inducing and grotesque situations, topping some of the series’ finest entries,” wrote critic Alessandro Fillari. “But above all, the remake is an impressive game for the fact that it goes all-in on the pure survival horror experience, confidently embracing its horrifying tone and rarely letting up until the story’s conclusion.”

Those who are new to Resident Evil 2 can check out our story recap before diving in. We’ve also put together a helpful guide on how to clear the 4th Survivor bonus game. The remake also makes it easier to unlock the secret Tofu Mode.

A fictional beer from the Breaking Bad universe might be tapped for a real-life promotion.

Sony Pictures Television, the production company behind Vince Gilligan’s celebrated crime drama, has filed a handful of trademark applications that suggest some kind of real version of the character Hank Schrader’s in-universe home-made beer, Schraderbrau, may be produced in real life.

One of the trademark applications filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office this month is for a beer called Schraderbrau. Another one is for “Luminous signs,” yet another covers drinking glasses and bottle openers, and the fourth is for t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hats.

Put together, it would appear that Sony is trying to continue to make money off the popularity of Breaking Bad by bringing its fictional beer–and related merchandise–to the real world in some capacity. The wacky and wonderful Schraderbrau logo can be seen in Breaking Bad S2 Episode 5, and we sure do hope this makes it into whatever real beer Sony may be creating.

In another Breaking Bad episode, Hank says Schraderbrau is “home-brewed to silky perfection,” but that’s as close as we ever got to finding out what kind of beer it is. Its light colour suggests it may be a pilsner, but this is only a guess. At another point we see Hank bottling his brew in his garage, and some bottles explode because they became over-carbonated.

Breaking Bad premiered in January 2008, so last year marked its 10th anniversary. The show earned numerous awards, and it ended in 2013 after five seasons. A Breaking Bad movie is currently in development, and Aaron Paul might be coming back to play Jesse Pinkman again.

Would you be interested in sipping some Schraderbrau? Let us know in the comments below!