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A new Legendary Pokemon has arrived in Pokemon Go. Reshiram, the cover monster from Pokemon Black, is appearing in five-star Raids until June 16, making this your first chance to capture one in Niantic’s hit mobile game. Even a seasoned Pokemon Master needs a little assistance now and then, however, so we’ve rounded up some tips to help you battle and catch Reshiram below.

Reshiram Raid Hours

Reshiram will periodically appear in Gyms as a five-star Raid boss until 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET on June 16. These Raids can occur at any time, but you’ll receive a notification before a nearby one is about to begin, so you shouldn’t have much difficulty tracking a Raid down.

Niantic will also hold a handful of Reshiram Raid Hour events on Wednesday evenings. From 6-7 PM local time during these events, nearly every Gym will host a Reshiram Raid, giving you a much better chance to find the Legendary. You can see the Reshiram Raid Hour schedule below:

• June 10 — 6-7 PM local time

Reshiram Weaknesses And Counters

Reshiram is a Dragon/Fire type, which gives it a handful of common weaknesses that you can exploit. Thanks to its Fire typing, Reshiram is vulnerable to Rock and Ground Pokemon like Rhyperior, Groudon, Rampardos, and Terrakion, making any of those great choices when battling the Legendary.

Reshiram is also weak to other Dragon Pokemon. Rayquaza, Haxorus, Salamence, and Dragonite can all dish out a ton of damage against it, although be aware that they will take super-effective damage in return from Reshiram’s Dragon-type attacks.

Remote Raids

Thanks to Remote Raid Passes, you no longer need to physically travel to a Gym to join a Reshiram Raid. If you have a Remote Raid Pass, you can join any Raid Battle that’s listed on your Nearby screen, letting you challenge the Legendary without leaving home.

There are a few caveats to keep in mind when using Remote Raid Passes, however. First, only a maximum of five players can join the same Raid remotely. Second, Pokemon used by remote players have lower attack power than those used by players physically at the Gym. You can learn more about how to get and use Remote Raid Passes in our guide.

June is officially here, and for players in the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the start of summer in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Along with a new assortment of bugs and fish to catch, you can find a new type of crafting material called summer shells washed up on the beach in your town and on Mystery Islands.

Summer shells are a distinct blue color, and much like the cherry blossom petals you could collect in spring, they are used in crafting special seasonal DIY recipes. As before, these recipes will only be available for a limited time, from June to August (or December to February in the Southern Hemisphere). Acquiring them also relies quite a bit on chance, as you’ll primarily need to shoot them down from balloons or find them washed up in bottles.

Since the summer shell recipes are only around for a brief period, you’ll want to get your hands on them while you can. To help you out, we’ve rounded up all the summer shell DIY recipes we’ve found–along with the materials you need to craft them–below.

That’s not all that’s happening in Animal Crossing: New Horizons right now. Wedding Season is also underway. Until June 30, you can visit Harv’s Island and help Reese and Cyrus celebrate their anniversary. Take photos for the couple and you’ll be rewarded with a special currency called heart crystals and sometimes a piece of wedding furniture.

Summer Shell DIY Recipes

Underwater Flooring

• Summer Shell x3
• Coral x3

Underwater Wall

• Summer Shell x3
• Coral x5

Starry Sands Flooring

• Summer Shell x3
• Sandy-Beach Flooring x1

Tropical Vista

• Summer Shell x5

Water Flooring

• Summer Shell x6

Shell Wreath

• Summer Shell x1
• Sea Snail x1
• Sand Dollar x1
• Coral x1
• Giant Clam x1
• Cowrie x1

Shellfish Pochette

• Summer Shell x6
• Giant Clam x2

Shell Wand

• Summer Shell x3
• Star Fragment x3

PlayStation has announced an official The Last of Us podcast series.

The eight-part series, hosted by writer and stand-up comedian Christian Spicer, will explore the development of both The Last of Us and its Part 2 sequel. The first episode is available now, and will be released weekly on Tuesdays.

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Episode one features interviews with Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann and Anthony Newman, who discuss the first few hours of the original game. Future episodes will include chats with Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker, as well as developers, composer Custavo Santaolalla, and notable fans of the series.

From July 7, the episodes will begin to discuss The Last of Us Part 2, providing a deep dive into the new game’s creation.

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For more from Naughty Dog, check out Druckmann’s thoughts on what game he’ll make next. You can also read or watch our latest The Last of Us Part 2 preview, which takes a close look at combat without spoiling the story.

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Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK News and Entertainment Writer. You can follow him on Twitter. 

Nintendo has confirmed that a total of 300,000 user accounts have been compromised, up 140,000 cases above the 160,000 already declared in April.

In an update on the Nintendo Japan support page, the company states that an additional 140,000 NNIDs have been accessed maliciously. The passwords of these accounts have been reset, and the owners contacted directly.

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In April, Nintendo began investigating reports of unauthorized account breaches, leading to an estimation that 160,000 NNIDs had potentially been affected. At the time, Nintendo clarified that this was not a security breach of the Nintendo network, but that it appeared the login data for accounts had been acquired by other means.

At 300,000 cases, Nintendo assures that less than 1% of NNIDs have been illegally logged into. The company is currently in the process of refunding users who had purchases made using their account. These purchases will have been made using linked PayPal or bank accounts, as credit card numbers are not part of the information that was compromised. Nintendo states that a third party may have been able to see nicknames, date of births, country/regions, and email addresses.

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Nintendo has stated that it is taking additional security measures. It is also recommended that users activate two-factor authentication on their accounts.

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Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK News and Entertainment Writer. You can follow him on Twitter. 

Naughty Dog vice president Neil Druckmann hasn’t yet decided if his next game will be The Last of Us Part III, or a brand new IP.

In a huge interview article with GQ, Druckmann explains that, so close to the release of The Last of Us Part II, his thoughts have inevitably begun turning to the next project: “As you start wrapping things up, creatively there are fewer and fewer responsibilities and my mind can’t help but think about the next thing. So yeah, the next thing could be a Part III, the next thing could be some new IP.”

Druckmann gives no indication as to which he prefers, with GQ paraphrasing his mindset as, “Ultimately, the best idea wins.”

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If Naughty Dog did return for a third instalment in its celebrated franchise, it seems likely that it’d revisit the same ruined American settings as the first two games, rather than diverge too much. Discussing the planning stages for the second game, Druckmann explains that many people saw the ending of the first game as “sacred”, and would have preferred for it not to be continued:

“People are always like ‘do another one but focus on all new characters.’ Or like, ‘do it in, like, Europe. Or do it in Japan. Do something really different.’” Druckmann describes that approach as the “coward’s way out.”

As if to reinforce the idea that any Last of Us sequel will focus on the same kinds of locations and characters, Druckmann adds that, if you were to wildly change setting or protagonists, “To me, at that point, you might as well just do a new IP.”

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Likely before that decision is finalised, Druckmann will begin working on the HBO TV adaptation of The Last of Us. The show, which recently found a director in Chernobyl’s Johan Renck, will begin production after The Last of Us Part 2 is released.

Druckmann, who is co-writing with Craig Mazin, also explained to GQ what the benefit of a TV version could be, saying, “It really lets us focus on the characters and the drama and shows you other aspects of those characters.”

Mazin explains why he feels The Last of Us was important within gaming, as well as why it’s a good fit for a non-interactive adaptation: “It’s ironic that in a medium where technology has progressed so rapidly and incessantly, the narratives so often feel 8-bit. That’s not because of lack of plot. Video games have been drowning in plot for years. The problem was always the lack of compelling characters. Neil brought emotional sophistication, but maybe more importantly, he brought confidence — confidence that story and characters were worth stopping for.”

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Before we get to any of this, however, we have the small matter of The Last of Us Part 2 to play through. The game finally arrives on June 19, and we’ve got a combat-focused final preview to whet your appetite.

We also recently spoke to Neil Druckmann, who discussed creating (and recreating) the Infected, and the new human factions in the game. We recently got confirmation that the PS4 version of The Last of Us Part 2 will be compatible with PS5 upon the new console’s release.

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Joe Skrebels is IGN’s Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to [email protected].

The Black Series collection from Hasbro is its high-end Star Wars figure and accessory line, and the helmets in the collection are excellent. The latest, and some would argue greatest, in the series is the Boba Fett electronic helmet, now on sale for the first time since release.

Star Wars Black Series Boba Fett Helmet Deal: Save 13%

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Hasbro’s higher-end accessories like the Boba Fett helmet are really well made. This one includes an “illuminated rangefinder HUD,” with 2 LEDs inside to make it seem like you’re bearing down on your bounty.

On top of that, it’s padded inside, and adjustable, so the realism doesn’t just stop with the battle-scarred paint job on its exterior. I have a big ol’ melon and I was able to comfortably wear the Black Series Luke Skywalker helmet.

With Boba Fett set to appear in The Mandalorian Season 2, I’d say now is a great time to reacquaint yourself with the original trilogy’s favorite bounty hunter.

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Seth Macy is IGN’s Executive Editor, Commerce, and just wants to be your friend. Find him on Twitter @sethmacy.

 

Get your air guitars ready, as the first totally bodacious poster for Bill & Ted Face the Music has just dropped out of the sky and into our social media feeds.

The official Bill & Ted 3 Twitter account shared the excellent new artwork on Tuesday, alongside the caption: “Their destiny is calling. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are BACK in the official poster for Bill & Ted Face the Music! Time to be excellent, dudes.”

The one-sheet shows the titular duo, played by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, approaching the iconic time-travelling phone booth that kickstarted the pair’s excellent adventures in 1989’s Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and 1991’s Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.

“The Future Awaits” tagline appears directly below the film’s fuchsia-accented title, just ahead of the “Summer 2020” release window, which is printed in favour of the slated theatrical release date of August 21, 2020.

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Bill and Ted 3 has been in the works for decades, with both Reeves and Winter consistently teasing the threequel throughout the years, until the moment that it was finally made official with the announcement of the franchise’s original writers Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson boarding the long-awaited project.

The third installment of the beloved franchise follows Bill and Ted, who are now middle-aged and dealing with real-life family responsibilities, still trying to write the greatest song ever made. However, a visitor from the future suddenly warns the hard-rocking duo that only their song can save the universe.

So prepare yourselves to party on (dudes) when Bill & Ted Face the Music blasts into theatres on August 21.

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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

A Bungie job listing has indicated that the studio’s new IP will be “comedic” and feature “whimsical characters.”

A posting for an Incubation Art Director on the Bungie career portal asks potential applicants if they would like to work on “something comedic with lighthearted and whimsical characters,” giving us a teensy glimpse at the tone the studio may be setting for its next game beyond the Destiny series.

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Other job listings help further illustrate the direction of Bungie’s new IP. A position for incubation investment designer reveals that the game will have “a wide variety of pursuit and loot systems”, and notes the role requires experience in “fundamental RPG” systems, indicating that we can once again expect a game built on RPG principles. “You will work in tandem with our sandbox and economy teams to build and distribute items to our players,” explains the listing, which suggests an open world design.

The position of incubation senior/lead combat designer also indicates that “weapons, armor, and abilities” will be a core component of the game’s combat encounters.

We know that Bungie is working on something new. Last year, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons told IGN that the studio is aiming to have a new franchise “within the marketplace” by 2025. Prior to that interview, PCGamesN reported that Bungie had filed a trademark for something called ‘Matter’ back in 2018. And before that, Bungie entered a partnership worth $100 million with Chinese publisher NetEase, a deal struck to allow Bungie to “explore new directions”.

Despite not having had a proper announcement, Matter already has logo decorated with a burst of paint-like colour. Early speculation could tie colourful to “comedic” and “whimsical”, and so it may be that these jobs relates to Matter.

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Even with the cheeky Fillion quips from Cayde-6 and its shiny metallic weapons, Destiny is not exactly bright and whimsical, but rather a broody space drama. This looks like a new direction for Bungie in the future, then, despite the promise of loot systems. It’ll be interesting to see these “whimsical characters” in action, and hopefully – despite the COVID-19 situation – the 2025 target of a new franchise is still on track.

In other Destiny news,  check out our coverage of the Almighty Tower explosion live event which occurred over the weekend. Last month, Destiny 2 was confirmed for Xbox Series X and PS5, which should please devoted fans ready to jump to the next generation.

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Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Fans have started to receive their limited edition Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox Ones, and one Reddit user quickly stumbled across a secret bit of code. User Eversmans037 found a small section of writing on his new Cyberpunk Xbox–but that was just the start of it.

In a small square on the back of the machine, the words Uniform, Victor, Mike, and Echo are listed. Anyone familiar with the NATO phonetic alphabet will recognize these words as stand-ins for single letters spelling “UV me”.

After the message was decoded, Eversmans037 posted an update on what he found when he used a UV light on the back section of the console–a sweet message from CD Projekt Red.

The message reads, “many languages, one message,” followed by “thank you” printed in 15 different languages. This is capped off with “CD Projekt Red – Xbox” at the end.

You can see the process in this video by YouTuber RevTheGame, with the secret message being displayed around 56 seconds in. If you’re looking to check out the message for yourself, sadly the limited Xbox One is already sold out.

We’ve seen this attention to detail in Cyberpunk 2077’s marketing before, such as a high res wallpaper hiding numerous easter eggs, interesting details, and hidden messages.

Cyberpunk 2077 is scheduled to release on September 17, 2020 on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Google Stadia. It is also planned to release on the PS5 and Xbox Series X in the future.