Niantic claims that Pokémon GO’s one-year anniversary is going to “be legendary”

Pokémon GO’s one year anniversary will be here in July, and Niantic Global Product Marketing Lead Archit Bhargava has dropped a hint at how the company plans to celebrate.

Speaking at the 21st Annual Webby Awards, Bhargava gave a speech assuring fans and players that this summer was going to “be legendary.”

Could mean nothing, could mean everything

My guess is that the people at Niantic have learned how to control the beast of their fame at this point, and using words like “legendary” when talking about Pokémon is only going to lead to assumptions and speculations. If they haven’t learned this at this point, then my goodness, will they ever?!

No, the hint was very specific in what it was trying to say. Legendary Pokémon will be available this coming July in Pokémon GO, meaning you’ll finally be able to catch the three birds and possibly even Mewtwo.

We’ll let you know when Niantic has a confirmation.

Microsoft has renewed the trademark for Scalebound

On May 3, 2017, as spotted by a gaming site by the name of SomosXbox, Microsoft was granted an extension on their trademark for Scalebound.

Scalebound was canceled not too long ago. This Xbox One title was being developed by Platinum Games, the house of Bayonetta and Vanquish. It saw the light of day at some conventions, presented with some frame rate issues. We saw a multiplayer demo after that.

Then? Nothing for a while until we all got word of its cancellation. Many fans of all things dragons and anime were depressed by the news.

Is it back!? Probably not…

Don’t get your hopes up about this trademark extension, friends. While it’d be nice to see a Scalebound revival just in time for Project Scorpio, the next, beastly iteration of the Xbox, I doubt this means anything.

The extension of Scalebound‘s trademark is likely Microsoft protecting its intellectual property. If that changes, we’ll let you know.

Magikarp’s theme song dubbed into English by The Pokémon Company

Back in July of 2016, the Japanese arm of The Pokémon Company released a music video about Magikarp. More specifically, the clip and song were about how weak and terrible Magikarp was. In spite of that terrible weakness, the singers still loved him.

That video was spread online to folks (like me) who have a soft spot for the Splash-using fish that eventually evolves into greatness. I love Magikarp, too, no matter how useless he is.

Now that clip has been dubbed into English by The Pokémon Company. Magikarp is still terrible, but at least this music video is awesome. Enjoy.