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Niantic finally has fulfilled its long-held promise, and right before Pokemon Go Fest too. You can now trade Pokemon with your friends in Pokemon Go. But there’s a catch–you have to be highly leveled to access the feature.

It’s unclear how many players will eventually be able to use the trading feature, but for now, it’s only accessible by players that are level 30 to 40. The Pokemon Go Twitter has been steadily updating the levels this is available for, so other players may be able to get their hands on the feature too. For right now, we’re unsure where what the level range will be; as it changes, we’ll update this story.

For two long years, Pokemon Go players have been waiting for the trading feature. It operates hand in hand with the new friends feature. Like the majority of Nintendo’s systems, Pokemon Go’s friends system will require friend codes, and there are different levels of friendship too. The friendship levels have a lot to do with the balance of the trading system.

The trading feature itself isn’t meant to be easy. Each trade with a friend will cost you both an equal amount of stardust. Stardust is earned by playing the game: hatching eggs, catching new Pokemon, and more. Since the game’s launch, stardust has been used to power up different Pokemon. It’s one of the few resources in-game that cannot be purchased with real money.

From our initial report on trading and friends, the higher level you have with a friend on your friends list, the less stardust a trade will cost. For example, a trade of Legendary Pokemon could cost two friends at the lowest level 1 million stardust. But, if those friends are at the highest level of friendship, that Legendary trade would only cost them 40,000 stardust.

In other Pokemon Go news, the next Community Day event has been detailed. It will take place on July 8 and feature Squirtle. The Legendary Pokemon from Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, Regice, will appear in raid battles until July 19. Regirock and Registeel are expected later this summer.

It has been confirmed that the cast of the canceled sitcom Roseanne will reconvene for a spin-off show. ABC’s hugely popular revival of the classic ’80s/’90s comedy was canceled last month following a racist tweet by star Roseanne Barr. However, the network has now announced that the main cast members–minus Barr–will star in a show called The Conners, which is set to premiere this fall.

As reported by Variety, The Conners will take the same 8 PM Thursday slot that Roseanne was airing in. As the title suggests, the show will focus on the other members of the Connor family, with original cast members John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson, and Michael Fishman all returning to their popular roles. The first season of The Conners will run for 10 episodes.

In addition, it has been confirmed that Barr will receive no payment for the show from the network. Although there was talk of a potential spin-off soon after Roseanne‘s cancellation, there was a question of whether Barr could profit any future series as she is credited as the creator of the Roseanne Conner character. However, Variety states that producer Tom Werner appealed to Barr to step away in order to provide continued employment for the cast and crew who lost their jobs when the show was axed.

In a joint statement, Goodman, Metcalf, Gilbert, Goranson, and Fishman said, “We have received a tremendous amount of support from fans of our show, and it’s clear that these characters not only have a place in our hearts, but in the hearts and homes of our audience. We all came back last season because we wanted to tell stories about the challenges facing a working-class family today. We are so happy to have the opportunity to return with the cast and crew to continue to share those stories through love and laughter.”

The return of Roseanne was a huge ratings success, ensuring that a second season was greenlit. Season 1 had already finished airing when Barr made her controversial comments. The show was cancelled within a few hours of Barr’s tweet.

Alongside the launch of the new Sanhok map, PUBG will be adding something called the Event Pass. This is similar to Fortnite‘s Battle Pass and allows players to earn various cosmetics by purchasing it and completing objectives. However, news of the Event Pass has proven to be controversial, angering many players who feel the game is still not in great shape. Seemingly in response to these frustrations, developer PUBG Corp. has announced plans to give away an additional pair of items to all players, Event Pass buyers or not. [Update: The update is now available on Steam.]

“Many of you seem pretty excited about the 17 permanent, exclusive cosmetic items included with the Event Pass (including the full Jailbird set, Escapee set, Prison Guard uniforms, and Beach set),” PUBG Corp. said in a post on Steam. “But we’ve also heard from many of you that you’d like the chance to earn more permanent items, even if you aren’t paying for the Event Pass.”

In order to address these complaints, PUBG will add two new items (pictured below) that anyone can unlock by completing Event Pass missions, but you won’t have to buy the Event Pass in order to do so. These aren’t the only rewards available to everyone, as you can also get a nickname change and an exclusive parachute skin by reaching certain level milestones.

The remaining items will still only be unlockable if you purchase the Event Pass, but PUBG Corp. said it’s offering freebies because it wants the event “to feel fun and meaningful for all our players.”

In addition to announcing these changes to its plans, PUBG Corp. explained why it failed to note that some items unlocked through the event don’t become permanent parts of your collection.

“The main reason is that we wanted to let players just try out some of the most popular items from crates we’ve released in the past,” it said. “We thought it’d be cool to give all players a chance to try them out during the launch event. But, we’ve heard your feedback on this. We will continue to work on creating new ways to allow you to unlock great content in PUBG, and that includes offering cooler ingame swag. We’ll keep thinking about how to better use trial items in the future.”

Both the Event Pass and the new map, Sanhok, launch on Steam on Friday, June 22.

Like other battle royale games, Fortnite: Battle Royale offers a wide variety of ways that any match can play out. But come to the final circle of a round, and you likely know what to expect: Players building elaborate defenses and wielding shotguns and rocket launchers. It can get a bit tiresome, and Victory Royales can feel out of reach for those who aren’t experts at building. Developer Epic Games is aware of all this, and it’s looking to mix things up.

In a post on Fortnite’s website, Epic explained that it plans to “continue to make changes to evolve the game to give players multiple ways to counter each other in combat, and create more strategies to win the game.” It also specifically addresses the notion that building is the only way to win: “It’s important to support a variety of late game strategies, that don’t boil down to ‘just build lol.’ We strongly believe that the evolution of Fortnite supports a wide range of play styles and counterplay. Currently, the superiority of shotguns, rockets, and uncapped building are such a dominant play style in the final circle that most other strategies are being drowned out.”

Epic said it’s already made some changes to address these concerns and will continue to do so. Weapon balance is being looked at, as is the resource economy, which it said includes something like a cap on the number of resources you can hold. The “next few weeks” will see Epic continuing to look at changes it can make, and it says it wants to hear from players about what they want to see.

“You should be able to find Victory Royales through multiple strategies,” it said. “Shotguns should be strong, but other weapons have room to grow. Not every encounter should have to end in a build-off. We want to empower you to showcase your skill, strategy, and tactics in all variety of ways.”

The ability to build ramps, walls, and floors was initially the thing that most distinguished Fortnite from competitors like PUBG, but Epic has done an impressive job in expanding the game since launch last year. Just how much it’s willing to deemphasize the need to build to win remains to be seen, but it’s a positive sign to see that it’s willing to address what can feel like a stale endgame experience.

It hasn’t been especially long since Overwatch‘s last new character and map were added, but Blizzard seems to already be teasing what the shooter’s next playable hero or locale. It’s very all very mysterious for now, but based on the teasers released in the past, we can expect several follow-ups in the coming days.

This first teaser is accompanied by the words “Calm before the storm.” It shows what looks like an alleyway with a variety of sprays and posters on the wall. Among these is one of Lucio, one calling for rights for Omnics (essentially robots), and another calling for “no robots.” It’s possible some hidden clue awaits, but there’s nothing that immediately stands out. Check it out for yourself below.

With the references to Horizon and space, some have speculated that this could be leading to the reveal of Hammond, who is another Winston-type character and test subject. He’s a character we’ve heard of before, but Overwatch has not spent much time exploring his background.

As it stands, Overwatch has a total of 27 characters. The most recent of the bunch was Brigitte, a Support character who can can heal teammates, equip a barrier shield, and stun enemies. So far, Blizzard hasn’t given any indication of what to expect from the next character, nor do we know when they will be released. As always, though, any new addition to the roster has the chance to dramatically shake up the game, both for casual players and on the competitive/Overwatch League side.

We can expect new characters for Overwatch to continue to roll out, as Blizzard doesn’t seem keen on moving on to an Overwatch 2. “What people might not realize is the team now is significantly bigger than what it was when we shipped the game, and we have put all of that into working on the live game and the new maps, heroes, and events like Anniversary,” the studio said recently. “At least for the time being, [supporting Overwatch] is our focus right now, and we’re excited to work on this game.”