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Some new Pokemon have arrived in Pokemon Go. A handful of monsters originally from the Unova region–the setting of Pokemon Black and White–can now be found in the wild and raids in the hit Pokemon mobile game. On top of that, Niantic has also implemented a new method of evolving certain Pokemon that harkens back to the series’ roots.

Pokemon Go players around the world can now encounter the following Pokemon in the wild:

• Roggenrola
• Tympole
• Dwebble
• Trubbish
• Karrablast
• Joltik
• Shelmet

On top of that, the following Pokemon can now hatch from certain eggs:

• 2 km eggs: Venipede, Dwebble
• 5 km eggs: Roggenrola, Tympole, Trubbish, Karrablast, Joltik, Shelment
• 10 km eggs: Timburr, Tirtouga, Archen, Axew

A handful of new region-exclusive Pokemon have also been added to the game. The following Pokemon can now be encountered in certain parts of the world:

• North America, South America, Africa: Throh
• Europe, Asia, Australia: Sawk
• Southern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean,South America: Maractus
• Egypt, Greece: Sigilyph
• Eastern hemisphere: Red-Striped Form Basculin
• Western hemisphere: Blue-Striped Form Basculin

Finally, you can now evolve certain Pokemon by trading, just as you can in the mainline series. If you trade Kadabra, Machoke, Graveler, Haunter, and other Pokemon that traditionally evolve through trading, the Candy cost to evolve them in Go will be removed. This also retroactively applies to these Pokemon if you’ve previously received them through trades.

In other Pokemon Go news, the Legendary Heatran recently returned to five-star Raids. Pokemon Go’s January Community Day also takes place this coming Sunday, January 19, and the featured Pokemon this month will be Piplup, the Water-type starter from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.

Though GameStop is primarily known as the last remaining chain retailer of video games in the US, it’s also become a pretty sweet destination for collectibles of all different varieties. As part of its weekly sale, GameStop is offering a buy two, get one free promotion on a ton of its collectibles through January 18. All of the collectibles in the promotion are on clearance already, so you’re getting even more bang for your buck here.

Because the sale focuses on clearance collectibles and not a specific type of product, the items in the promotion are quite random. There are some gems to be found, though. A number of the awesome “Movie Moments” Funko Pops are featured in the sale, including Batman and the Joker’s clash int the 1989 film and the banquet room scene from Ghostbusters.

My favorite Funko Pop in the promotion is this extremely cursed Spongebob Squarepants set, which comes with his pineapple house. If Spongebob isn’t your thing, here are some of our other favorite Pops in the sale.

Best Funko Pop deals

• Comic Moments: Green Lantern and Batman — $10.97
• Movie Moments: Star Wars Clash on the Supremacy Rey and Praetorian — $15.97
• Movie Moments: Star Wars Clash on the Supremacy Kylo and Praetorian — $15.97
• Aquaman Deluxe by Jim Lee — $10.97
• Movie Moments: Harry Potter Ron Riding Chess Press — $17.97
• Comic Moments: Batman 80th Anniversary — $17.97
• DC Super-Villains Catwoman — $10.97
• Gears of War – Skorge — $8.98
• Star Wars: Princess Leia with Speeder Bike — $10.97
• Fallout – Brotherhood of Steel — $8.98
• Overwatch – Wrecking Ball — $10.97
• Dragon Ball Z – Goku — $8.98

While Funko Pops have a large presence in the sale, they aren’t the only collectibles up for grabs. Check out a handful of our favorite collectibles below and browse the entire buy two, get one free collectible sale at GameStop.

Bloodborne – Hunter Modern Icon Statue | $37.97

Fallout T-51 Nuka Cola four-port USB charger | $39.97

Star Wars IG-88 The Black Series action figure | $18.97

Kingdom Hearts – Mickey and Donalds statue | $24.97

Pokemon Trading Card Game: Sun and Moon Lost Thunder Elite Trainer Box | $29.97

It will still be a while before viewers get to see Showtime’s Halo TV series debut, but it’s actually, officially happening now. After it was revealed in December that production had begun on the upcoming show, Showtime president of entertainment Gary Levine has shared a quick update.

Appearing at the TCA winter press tour, Levine revealed that he and his fellow president of Entertainment Jana Winograde had recently traveled to the set of the series, noting it is “is currently shooting all over the city of Budapest.” Unfortunately, there was no footage from the series to screen, but Levine and Winograde did come with the first photo of Pablo Schreiber in costume as Master Chief.

Unfortunately, the image was for viewing in the room only and will not be released widely at this point. In the photo, Chief is seated on a ship in his full armor–helmet included. According to Levine, it’s Schreiber in the costume, which looks like a spot-on recreation of Chief’s classic armor.

There’s been a lot of discussion over whether Master Chief will unmask at some point, revealing Schreiber’s face. Of course, in the games, Chief never removes his helmet. When asked by GameSpot about whether viewers will see Chief’s face in 2018, Levine offered, “It is a key question and an important part of our series is all I’ll say.”

After the success of The Mandalorian, which saw Pedro Pascal remain entirely hidden under a Mandalorian helmet, save for one small scene in the Season 1 finale, it seems entirely possible we will never actually see Chief’s face.

Of course, Schreiber isn’t the only cast member in the Showtime series. We have a detailed breakdown of the announced cast you can check out. However, the most notable character, after Chief, is Natasha McElhone as Dr. Catherine Halsey/Cortana. The artificial intelligence that guides Chief on his journeys will play a big role in the series.

While there’s no release date for Halo announced at this point, it’s expected to debut on Showtime in 2021.

Rainbow Six Siege had a brief downtime on PC to implement a new patch with a number of fixes. The 4.2 update (aka Y4S4.2) is now live on PC, with a PS4 and Xbox One release date to be announced.

The main focus of the patch is the so-called “Clash Exploit,” a game-breaking bug that made the shielded operator overpowered. The exploit allowed players to fire her secondary weapon while her shield was still up, which made her almost unstoppable. Ubisoft disabled her temporarily while it worked out a fix, so with this patch live she’ll be playable again on all platforms.

The full patch notes also list a number of other fixes, including smaller-scale fixes to various operators, level design, and UI. You can check out the full patch notes below.

Meanwhile, the Siege team is undergoing some significant leadership changes, as game directors Xavier Marquis and Alexandre Remy recently announced they were stepping back to work on other projects. The new game director, Leroy Athanassoff, will be leading the project going forward. We already know Ubisoft plans to bring the game to PS5 and Xbox Series X. A separate team is currently working on the PvE spin-off Rainbow Six Quarantine.

Rainbow Six Siege Y4S4.2 Patch

BUGFIXES

• FIXED – Clash exploit
  The Clash exploit is fixed with this patch and we will be re-enabling her on live for each platform as 4.2 goes out. Thank you for your patience and understanding over the holiday period!

GAMEPLAY

• FIXED – Hostage can be shot and damaged through both reinforced and unbreakable walls when placed too close to either.
• FIXED – Some thin fragile map props are not properly destroyed when hit by projectiles and other minor prop destruction issues on maps
• FIXED – Operator hitboxes can clip through reinforced walls and be shot.

OPERATORS

• FIXED – Goyo’s Volcán can be destroyed and detonates when a reinforcement destroys it from the other side of the wall.
• FIXED – Deploying a Mira Black Mirror next to a Volcán Shield placed too close to the wall can trigger the Volcán explosion from the other side of the wall.
• Now Goyo’s Volcán will just be destroyed without exploding and spreading fire, destruction, and RFF.
• FIXED – Volcán’s explosive canister and shell will sometimes remain floating after an Ash breaching round or Mira mirror is deployed close to it.
• FIXED – Jackal can scan footprints from the disruption radius of a Mute Jammer if he begins scanning while outside the jammer area.
• FIXED – Wamai’s Mag-Net will still draw and catch projectiles even after the destruction of the surface it is on and will detonate them in mid-air even as it is falling.
• FIXED – Players can sometimes escape Frost traps if Finka’s Adrenaline Surge is used under certain conditions.
• FIXED – Mira can deploy her Black Mirror through a reinforced wall under certain conditions.
• FIXED – Clash CCE Shield SFX is sometimes inaudible.
• FIXED – Prompt to deploy Kapkan’s EDD sometimes displays when running and stopping near doorways.
• FIXED – Once Lion’s scan is finished, Lion’s debuff icon sometimes re-appears for a few frames for tagged players.
• FIXED – Kali’s left-hand pops in first person POV when unequipping her LV lance.
• FIXED – Caveira’s hand clips through her phone when resetting it during a Dokkaebi call.

LEVEL DESIGN

• FIXED – Various dynamic clipping and general clipping issues across maps.
• FIXED – Various LOD issues on.
• FIXED – Players can vault onto the shelves and other un-valuable assets in Day Care on Theme Park.
• FIXED – Valkyrie’s Black Eyes can be deployed inside a helmet on Favela.
• FIXED – Gap in wall present in 2F Offices of Tower.
• FIXED – A small gap between two walls in EXT Roof of Theme Park.
• FIXED – Deployable gadgets float after the monitor they’re placed on is destroyed in Border.
• FIXED – Sticky gadgets remain floating after destroying a vase in 3F Cocktail Lounge in Kafe.
• FIXED – Light damage projectiles don’t destroy the ashtray in 1F Security Room of Coastline.

USER EXPERIENCE

• FIXED – Various minor cosmetic modelling and shop fixes.
• FIXED – Various minor menu and HUD visual issues.
• FIXED – Minor animation clipping issues.
• FIXED – Ela Elite’s model outline can be seen behind the paint during the Elite Victory Animation at the end of a match.
• FIXED – Operators’ guns will sometimes briefly display on the screen when picking up Bulletproof Cams, Maestro’s Evil Eye, or Jager’s ADS.
• FIXED – Snapping arm animation when close to an object while entering ADS.
• FIXED – Spectators can see Nomad’s ammunition count oscillating between the normal AK-74 ammo and the launchers ammo, when Nomad switches the gadget on and off.

Minecraft has been a fertile playground for ambitious projects, but one recently unveiled mod is particularly magical. The Floo Network modders revealed a trailer for their “Minecraft School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,” a massive recreation of Harry Potter landmarks and locales, with activities to match.

The gameplay trailer shows familiar locations like Hogwarts Castle, complete with the Great Hall and twisting staircases, Hagrid’s hut, the Quidditch pitch, and Diagon Alley. It even recreates parts of London, including the train station that takes you to Platform 9 3/4. The visuals seem largely based on the settings as presented in the series of films.

But you can actually do more than simply explore the castle grounds. You can also scavenge for magical loot and solve mysteries in the castle, and fight against Death Eaters with wand projectiles. The team is aiming to release the map by the end of January.

The mod gives another layer of adventuring to the core Minecraft game, which has retained its popularity since its official release in 2011. Meanwhile, Mojang is planning a new type of co-op Minecraft adventure with Minecraft Dungeons, which is releasing this April.