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Thundurus is back in Pokemon Go for a limited time. The Gen 5 Legendary is appearing in its Incarnate Forme once again until March 16, and this time, you’ll have a chance to encounter a Shiny version. If you’re looking to add the Legendary Pokemon to your collection, here are some tips to help you beat and catch Thundurus.

Thundurus Raid Schedule

Incarnate Forme Thundurus is appearing in five-star Raid Battles again from March 11-16, giving you only a few days to catch it. In order to participate in a Thundurus Raid, you’ll need to have either a standard Raid Pass to join the battle in-person, or a Remote Raid Pass to join remotely. Both are on sale in Pokemon Go‘s in-game shop, but Niantic is also giving away one Remote Raid Pass in its free weekly item bundles, which are available every Monday in March.

How To Catch Shiny Thundurus

As previously mentioned, Shiny Incarnate Forme Thundurus is also appearing in Raids until March 16. However, your odds of finding one are fairly slim, and there’s no way to tell if Thundurus is Shiny until you’ve already defeated it and made it to the catching phase. If you’re hoping to catch a Shiny version, your best bet is to participate in as many Thundurus Raids as you can before the Legendary leaves the game again.

Therian Forme Thundurus

Immediately after Incarnate Forme Thundurus leaves five-star Raids on March 16, Therian Forme Thundurus will appear until March 30. This will mark your first chance to catch this form of the Legendary in Pokemon Go. Therian Forme Tornadus will also make its debut in the game starting March 30, while Therian Forme Landorus will appear sometime in April.

Weaknesses And Counters

As an Electric/Flying Pokemon, Thundurus is only weak to Ice and Rock types, so your best bet is to use Pokemon of those types when battling it. Golem, Tyranitar, Rhyperior, Rampardos, and Regirock are among the best Rock types in the game and will be very effective against Thundurus, while Mamoswine, Glaceon, Weavile, Kyurem, and Galarian Darmanitan are great choices when it comes to Ice Pokemon.

Ground types are also good options to use when battling Thundurus. Although Ground attacks will only deal neutral damage to the Legendary because its Flying typing cancels out Electric’s weakness, Ground Pokemon will still be helpful because they’ll resist Thundurus’s Electric attacks. Golem, Rhyperior, and Mamoswine are especially great choices because they’re part-Ground and can still dish out super-effective damage with their Rock and Ice attacks, respectively.

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Niantic is implementing a new referral system in Pokemon Go. The feature will first be tested in Australia before being rolled out to other parts of the world, and it’ll dole out rewards when you refer new players to the game.

As Niantic explains on the official Pokemon Go blog, when you refer friends through the new system, both of you will receive rewards in the game such as Rare Candy, Incubators, and specific Pokemon encounters. The friends you refer can either be entirely new to the game or lapsed players who are returning after a while.

Niantic hasn’t announced when the referral program will officially launch, but the studio says it will send out referral codes to players in Australia first as it tests out and fine-tunes the feature.

In other Pokemon Go news, Niantic has recently kicked off the game’s newest content season, the Season of Legends. As part of the new season, a Searching for Legends event is underway until March 14. On top of featuring increased spawns of Rock, Steel, and Ground Pokemon, this event gives players their first chance to catch a Shiny Nosepass in the game.

Niantic is following that with a Beldum Incense Day on March 14, while the Electric Pokemon-themed Charge Up event kicks off on March 16. That event will introduce two new Pokemon forms to Raids. Mega Manectric will make its debut in Mega Raids, while Therian Forme Thundurus will appear in five-star Raids for the first time.

An unknown EA employee is alleged to be selling FIFA 21 Ultimate Team cards worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The scandal has quickly been nicknamed “EAGate” and has prompted the company to issue a statement saying it has opened a probe.

Eurogamer reports that the messages, captured from WhatsApp, show the employee offering Icon card packages ranging from 750-1000 euros (roughly $840-1200). One package of Prime Icon Moments cards are even offered for 1700 euros ($2000). At one point the seller assures a potential buyer that there is no risk of being banned, but can’t say why for “security reasons.”

The messages appear to show the sale of a bundle of high-value cards going through and then showing up in the game shortly after.

EA’s FIFA account has shared a statement promising a “thorough investigation” followed by “swift action” if any improper conduct is uncovered. It also stated that it understands how this creates concerns of “unfair balance in the game and competition.”

Icon Cards, like the ones being offered through the seller, are high-value and hard to obtain through randomized packs. The Prime Icon Moments are even tougher, and some players spend thousands on packs attempting to obtain the rare cards. FIFA has reportedly had a black market of selling Coins that could be spent on auctions for the rare cards, but this appears to be direct sale that populates inside the game itself–suggesting involvement of someone in the company.

One week ago, a surprising little endless RPG about the end of the world launched on Steam, published by Devolver. Now, only seven days later, Loop Hero has sold half a million copies.

Loop Hero puts you in the shoes of a hero awakening in a world entirely destroyed but for an empty, circular path infested with slime enemies. As they set out around the loop, they fight enemies and gain memories of a world back in the form of cards — both equipment and terrain. Placing them brings back remembered elements of the empty world, creating new powers for the hero but also new monsters to fight. Loop Hero ends up being a combination of a rogue-like, a deck-builder, a strategy game, and an RPG as you place cards, change your equipment builds, fight, retreat or die, and return to camp to slowly build up your powers for your next run.

With half a million players now and an average playtime of 12 hours, that makes an estimated 3 trillion hours played and 18 billion loops, at least (at least, according to Devolver. who may be exaggerating that last bit some). Its soundtrack is also the fastest-selling in Devolver history.

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Developer Four Quarters has released a new set of Steam trading cards to celebrate the milestone, and is currently working on further quality-of-life updates to Loop Hero such as an improved save system, new speed settings, and new rewards from bosses — as well as more content to come down the line including new cards, classes, and transformations.

“When we first encountered Loop Hero it led to a 98% drop in productivity at Devolver,” the publisher said in a statement. “We can’t thank Four Quarters enough for giving us the opportunity to share their incredible game with the rest of the world. They fully deserve all of the praise they’ve received so far, but seriously, we can’t get any work done and may never recover from this.”

Loop Hero is out now on Steam, and we have a walkthrough to help you survive your loops.

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Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

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After a quick tease showcasing new content coming to The Outer Worlds, developer Obsidian Entertainment has revealed the next story DLC, Murder on Eridanos, set for release on March 17. As the final DLC for The Outer Worlds, this endgame-focused expansion centers around a classic murder-mystery on the planet Eridanos, with your character having to solve a complex and strange ‘whodunit’ to uncover who assassinated the spokesperson for a new brand of space vodka.

Set for release on March 17, with the Switch version coming sometime later, the Murder on Eridanos DLC features new quests, gear, and a weird questline that seems totally in line with the bizarre plot of this space RPG. What makes Eridanos a stranger setting than the usual areas is that the planet’s key locations are spread across a set of floating islands, each with its own points of interest, quests to find, and gear to add to your expanding inventory. Ahead of the announcement, GameSpot spent some time with the new DLC and uncovered the strange happenings on Eridanos.

The main story of the Murder on Eridanos expansion focuses on the death of the celebrity Halycon Helen, who was set to be the spokesperson for Rizzo’s Spectrum Brown Vodka. After her suspicious death, you’re tasked with finding her killer, which will inevitably uncover a sprawling plot involving weird, behavior-altering parasites, Eridanos’ local Tossball team, and the happenings within the Grand Colonial luxury hotel. This new DLC will also introduce new gadgets, including the Discrepancy Amplifier that allows you to uncover hidden clues and secrets. Along with these gadgets, you can find new weapons like the Utter-Buddy, a science melee weapon that is essentially a souped-up cattle prod. There’s also new armor and cosmetics to find, including the Ranger Mascot’s Noggin’, which comes from Eridanos’ Tossball team’s mascot.

As mentioned previously, the final DLC will be a late-game-focused affair. Along with the new quests and gear, the expansion will also increase the level cap by 3, so if you own the previous DLC–Peril on Gorgon–then the Outer Worlds’ final level cap will be level 36. For those who want to jump into the Murder on Eridanos expansion once it launches, your character will need to be level 30 and have completed the Radio Free Monarch quest in the main story.

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Releasing on March 17 and costing $15 USD, this new expansion will mark the end of content coming to The Outer Worlds. For more on the game, be sure to check out our gameplay video that showcases the opening sections of the DLC, along with a look at one of the side-quests.