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Pokemon Go’s second Community Day is quickly approaching, and like the inaugural event held last month, it’ll give players a brief chance to capture a rare Pokemon with an exclusive move. Developer Niantic had previously revealed that the Pokemon in question this time will be Dratini, and now the studio has shared details about what its exclusive move will be and how players can learn it.

The rare Dragon Pokemon will spawn much more frequently for the duration of the Community Day. If players manage to evolve its evolution, Dragonair, into a Dragonite during the event, it’ll learn the ultra-powerful Dragon-type move Draco Meteor. This applies to all Dragonair you own, even ones that were obtained prior to the Community Day. However, Dragonite will only learn Draco Meteor if it is evolved during the event hours, giving you a very brief window of time to get one with the exclusive attack.

The Community Day takes place worldwide on February 24 and runs for three hours, although the starting times will differ depending on your region. The event kicks off in the US at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET, while Europe’s Community Day begins at 10 AM GMT. In addition to the increased Dratini spawns, players will earn triple the normal amount of Stardust for any Pokemon they catch during the event, and Lure Modules will last for three hours.

Community Days are a new series of events that Niantic plans to hold once a month for Pokemon Go. Each event will feature a Pokemon that knows a move it cannot typically learn in the game. During the first Pokemon Go Community Day in January, players could find and catch a Pikachu that could use Surf, just like the one you get in the classic Pokemon Yellow version.

Before the next Community Day event begins, Pokemon Go players still have a chance to take part in the game’s Lunar New Year event. From now until February 17, you’ll earn triple Stardust for catching certain dog-like Pokemon such as Poochyena, Growlithe, Snubble, Eevee, or Electrike. Players can also encounter the latest Legendary Pokemon, Rayquaza, in Raid Battles until March 16.

This story has been updated.

As it so often does, Sony has kicked off another impromptu flash sale on the PlayStation Store. In addition to this week’s regular selection of PSN deals, players can now find a big assortment of new discounts on PS4, PS3, and Vita games for the next couple of days.

As usual, the biggest selection of deals is for PS4, and it includes some steep discounts on a number of deluxe and complete editions. Players can get Final Fantasy XV Digital Premium Edition for $30, Overwatch Game of the Year Edition for $30, Dragon Age: Inquisition Game of the Year Edition for $10, Titanfall 2 Ultimate Edition for $10, Battlefield 4 Premium Edition for $15, Injustice 2 Ultimate Edition for $32, and Minecraft: Story Mode Bundle for $14.

In addition to that, the standard version of Final Fantasy XV is $20, Uncharted 4 is $20, Rocket League is $12, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is $9.89, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst is $5, Amnesia Collection is $12, Infamous: Second Son is $8, Darksiders: Fury’s Collection – War and Death is $16, Tearaway Unfolded is $8, Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty is $5, The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition is $12, Matterfall is $8, The Technomancer is $10, Never Alone is $3, and Unravel is $5.

On PS3, Red Dead Redemption is $9.89, Battlefield 4 Premium Edition is $15, Dragon Age: Origins is $5, Dragon Age II is $5, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is $6.59, Grand Theft Auto IV is $7, Mass Effect Trilogy is $9.89, Mirror’s Edge is $3.74, Watch Dogs is $8, Dead Space 3 Ultimate Edition is $7.49, R-Type Dimensions is $4, Alice: Madness Returns is $5, and Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection is $5.39. Vita owners, meanwhile, can pick up Tearaway for $5, Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty for $5, and Skullgirls: 2nd Encore for $10.

The flash sale ends at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET on February 19, giving you only a couple of days to take advantage of these discounts. You can find the full list of deals available right now on the PlayStation Store. In addition to the flash sale, publisher 2K Games is also holding a sale on some of its own titles, which runs until February 20. That encompasses discounts on XCOM 2, NBA 2K18, BioShock: The Collection, Mafia III, and more titles.

Bungie is preparing to launch the next Season 2 instance of Faction Rally in Destiny 2, and it’s right around the corner. Along with an opportunity to earn the armor and other items offered during previous Faction Rallies, this one will also introduce a number of new weapons to obtain.

In its latest blog post, Bungie showcased the weapons coming soon. Some of these are brand-new additions to the pool of possible rewards for taking part in the event. Others you may recognize from January’s Faction Rally–the exclusive auto rifles that would only be available if their corresponding Faction won the event will now be obtainable as standard Faction Rally rewards. This will mark the first time that two of these (those belonging to Future War Cult and Dead Orbit) will be available to players; New Monarchy won last month’s event, so only its Winner’s Offering weapon went up for sale.

This Faction Rally will operate similarly: members of the three Factions will all compete to acquire the most rewards packages during the week-long event. A new weapon belonging to that faction will then be sold to all players for 50,000 Glimmer, though members of the faction will get it for just 1,000. Both Dead Orbit and New Monarchy will offer a pulse rifle, while Future War Cult will have a scout rifle. You can see all of these, along with the other new reward weapons and the returning armor, in the gallery below.

Destiny 2’s next Faction Rally begins with the weekly reset on February 20. It will run for one week, as always, and be followed by Victory Week, during which time you can cash in any remaining Faction Tokens and buy the Winner’s Offering. You may want to save your Tokens, however, as not all of the new Season 2 Faction Rally items will have been introduced–more are still to come in the subsequent event. Following some confusion about how new items would be rolled out, Bungie clarified last month that not all Faction Rally weapons would be available right away.

This will be the first Faction Rally to take place since the most recent update, which made tweaks to how Lost Sectors work. You can now rapidly farm them, letting you open a new chest each time you kill a boss without the throttling that was previously happening. This update launched as part of the ongoing Crimson Days event, which itself offers exclusive new Crimson Days rewards. Alongside all of this, Bungie has also previewed some of the changes coming to Destiny 2’s Exotic weapons and armor.

Black Panther, the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has officially been released and already it’s making a massive impact. The first box office numbers for the movie are starting to roll in and it seems like they might be higher than originally expected.

According to Variety, the film earned $25.2 million from Thursday night screenings, just edging out the $25 million Captain America: Civil War took in during its opening night in 2016. It’s the second-highest opening for a movie in the MCU, only falling short of the $27.6 million haul that 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron wound up with.

All told, Variety reports that Black Panther could end up making $170 million in its opening weekend alone, which would put it in the top five films of the franchise, just behind Iron Man 3‘s $174 million. It’s worth noting that it would also be the highest opening for a Marvel superhero’s first standalone movie.

While the Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) was part of Captain America: Civil War, this is his first solo film. The other recent first-time standalone movie in the MCU is Spider-Man: Homecoming, which earned $117 million in its first weekend.

Looking outside of the MCU, Black Panther nearly doubled Deadpool‘s opening night ($12.7 million) and slightly trails the $27.7 million bow for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice–the highest opening for a film in the DC Extended Universe. No matter how you look at it, Black Panther is going to reign supreme at the box office this weekend–and likely for the next couple of weeks.

After that, fans luckily won’t have to wait long before the next MCU adventure. Avengers: Infinity War arrives in theaters on May 4.