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A new Max Raid event is now underway in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Unlike most previous Max Raid events, this one features only a single Pokemon, but it’s a rare one: Gigantamax Pikachu.

Until May 18, Gigantamax Pikachu will appear as a Raid boss in dens across the Wild Area. This marks the first chance most players will have to catch the Pokemon. Previously, the only way to obtain Gigantamax Pikachu was if you had save data for Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu on your Switch. If you fell into that category, you would receive the special Pokemon as a free gift from a character in the Wild Area station.

Even if you already have a Gigantamax Pikachu, there are a few good incentives to participate in this event. Not only do you have a chance of finding a Shiny Gigantamax Pikachu, but each Pikachu you catch from five-star Raids will know the move Surf. You may also earn some helpful items from the Raids like Nuggets, Exp. and Dynamax Candy, and more.

After the Gigantamax Pikachu event ends, two more previously exclusive Pokemon will be featured in Max Raids. First, Gigantamax Eevee–which was similarly only available as a bonus for playing Let’s Go, Eevee–will appear from May 19-25. After that, Gigantamax Meowth–which was available as an early purchase bonus–will appear from May 25 to June 1.

Two DLC expansions are on the way for Pokemon Sword and Shield this year: Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra. The former is slated to launch next month, while the latter is set to follow sometime this fall, and each will introduce a new area to explore, new and returning Pokemon to catch, and more. You can catch up on all the details in our roundup of everything we know about Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra.

Iron Man VR has been the subject of a few delays, most recently when it was delayed alongside The Last of Us 2 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Recently, Sony has been getting its displaced release dates back on track, and now we know when you can take to the virtual skies as Marvel’s Iron Man.

PlayStation tweeted that the PSVR game will now be coming to PS4 on July 3, just in time for the Independence Day weekend for the US.

The game from Camoflaj had been slated for February 2020, and then was pushed to May before the coronavirus crisis shook up Sony’s schedule. At the time it had been delayed indefinitely due to supply chain disruptions. Under the new schedule, The Last of Us 2 is coming in June and Ghost of Tsushima in July. Iron Man VR sits comfortably sandwiched between those two AAA exclusives.

Iron Man VR is a PlayStation VR exclusive, using the VR headset to put you inside Tony Stark’s Iron Man helmet. The character was popularized in Marvel’s cinematic universe as played by actor Robert Downey Jr. Game director Ryan Payton says the studio wants to make “a deeply personal, and appropriately funny, narrative” in which Tony has to confront “ghosts from his past.”

Denis Villeneuve’s take on Dune is shaping up to be on of our most anticipated upcoming movies, thanks in part to a series of glimpses at its star cast.

We’ve put together a gallery of every official image so far (below) – the newest being a shot of Josh Brolin’s Gurney Halleck and Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides clinging to the back of what may be a Carryall.

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Villeneuve has made it clear that this movie will be the first of two, because Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel is “too complex” to fit into a single feature film.

For more on Villeneuve’s first Dune movie, take a look at a series of set photos featuring the cast in their costumes, find out about the disgusting yet practical function of their sci-fi suits, and then read our explainer to learn more about the franchise and what to expect from the upcoming adaptation.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming to Predator: Hunting Grounds as DLC later this month.

Announced today on PlayStation.Blog, this paid DLC arrives on May 26 and will see Schwarzenegger’s Dutch character from the original 1987 Predator movie added to the game. Considering Predator: Hunting Grounds is a game based on the universe of that movie, Dutch joining in on the hunt only makes sense.

You can check out what Dutch will look like in the game below.

“Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger has reprised one of my favorite roles from childhood for this game,” IllFonic Chief Creative Officer Jared Gerritzen said. “We got to spend a day in sunny California recording with Arnold.”

As indicated by Gerritzen, Schwarzenegger himself returned to the role to voice lines for Dutch. In order to introduce Dutch into the game, IllFonic will add cassettes to the game for players to earn that allows them to “learn where Dutch has been all these years and hear his story in his own words through a series of voice tapes that you earn as you level up.”

When the DLC is released on May 26, players will get access to the Dutch character and the QR5 “Hammerhead” Rifle, as well as Dutch’s knife. The rifle and knife will be made available to all players, free of charge, later in June.

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The Dutch DLC pack is the first of at least four paid DLCs with the second coming in June, the third coming in July and the fourth in August. The blog post does not mention a price for this DLC.

You can read our review of Predator: Hunting Grounds right here, and then read about how we think the game sets the stage for a Terminator game.

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Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

I’ve got some news for you, are you sitting down? If you’re not, the news is actually related to being seated, so this works out well. Gaming chair maker Vertagear has one of its best chairs on sale right now, meaning you can sit yourself down in comfort while you game or work. You can also save on its chair RGB conversion kits to take your chair to extremely ridiculous levels of awesome. Or am I the only one who demands RGB lighting everywhere?

Gaming Chair Deals at Vertagear

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The SL2000 on sale is for preorder with an estimated ship-date of June 21. The RGB kits are available right now, if you’re looking to turn your chair into a wireless light-up beacon of hope in these troubled times. There are other discounts advertised on the Vertagear website, but unfortunately the other deals are out of stock at the moment.

If you’re unfamiliar with Vertagear, it works with FaZe Clan for their chairs, and two of its seats are on our list of the best gaming chairs, so they’re top-notch.

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Seth Macy is IGN’s tech and commerce editor and just wants to be your friend. Find him on Twitter @sethmacy.

VPNs are a hot commodity these days. Short for Virtual Private Network, VPNs offer the promise of privacy online – or just access to another country’s Netflix catalog. But they tend to cause as many problems as they solve when it comes to gaming online.

IGN and its sister site PCMag recently surveyed our readers on VPN usage with PC Gaming. 58% of respondents said they use a VPN to protect their privacy online, while gaming-related uses such as accessing games from another region or to play with people in different countries together accounted for just 15%.

There’s a reason gamers tend to not like VPNs either: of those who do use a VPN while gaming, more than 75% reported performance issues or lag. Not exactly what you want when trying to land headshots in a fast-paced shooter.

This matches with another survey question, which indicates that prospective VPN users care most about speed when choosing a service.

For more insights from the survey, check out PCMag’s analysis as well.

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the PC game retailer Green Man Gaming. To celebrate the milestone, the site is running a big sale, but it’s also throwing in a fun bonus. When you purchase select titles, you’ll get to spin the GMG Birthday Wheel, which will reward you with a free mystery game. You can check out the full sale here or read on to see some of the highlights.

The titles that qualify for a free mystery game have a green “X” in the corner of their icons. Each account is limited to receiving 10 free games. Some of these deals go away today, so don’t wait too long to make your purchase.

PC Game Deals: Buy One, Get a Free Mystery Game

Don’t see the deals below? Click here.

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Purchasing any edition of the above titles qualifies you for a free game, so feel free to pick up the deluxe, gold, or ultimate edition if that suits you better. And these games just scratch the surface of what’s on sale, so check out the full sale for more PC game deals.

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Chris Reed is IGN’s shopping and commerce editor. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.

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Sony has announced that it has created a new umbrella brand, PlayStation Studios, that will unite all its first-party titles and launch alongside PlayStation 5.

As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, this new branding will only be used on those games that are developed and managed by Sony. A new opening video for PlayStation Studios was also revealed that includes characters from The Last of Us, God of War, Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and LittleBigPlanet.

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PlayStation 4 games will also have the PlayStation Studios branding, but such games as The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima will not feature it as it won’t be quite ready for launch.

This branding will also be making the jump to PC, as Sony’s senior vice president and head of global marketing at Sony Interactive Entertainment has said “any future games it releases on other platforms will also carry the branding.” However, it will not be ready by the launch of Horizon Zero Dawn on PC this summer.

“Over the last few years — and even the last decade — the strength of the titles coming out from our studios has been stronger than ever,” Lempel said. “We have been thinking about how we unite all of these great games under one brand, and really the purpose of that is to make the consumer understand that, when they see this brand, they’re getting ready for a robust, innovative, deep experience that they’ve come to expect from games coming from PlayStation. So we came up with PlayStation Studios.”

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There will also be variations on the opening video seen above, and although it appears similar to what one would see before a Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Lempel says “the inspiration for the branding came from the games themselves.”

“What we really wanted to do was create a way to bring the consumer into the world,” Lempel says. “When they play our games that’s the nice robust piece that happens, and then you’re transported into an adventure with rich worlds, old characters, and really captivating stories. We’re all huge Marvel fans. One of our biggest games of all time has a Marvel character in it with Spider-Man. But this is really about doing something specific for our games and our industry.

In addition to PlayStation Studios including titles from such studios as Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Santa Monica Studio, Media Molecule, and Guerrilla Games, the brand will also “apply to games made by work-for-hire developers under Sony’s direction.”

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.