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Pokémon Pokopia ‘Bubbly Basin’ DLC Preview Reveals New Update Details

• Pokémon Pokopia's "Bubbly Basin" DLC launches 5th August 2026 on Switch 2
• Adds underwater Pokédex entries, Dive ability and Surf upgrades
• Free update includes shared storage; more DLC parts due 2026-2027

Pokémon Pokopia's first paid Expansion Pass, "Bubbly Basin," launches on Nintendo Switch 2 on 5th August 2026 alongside a free Version 2.0.0 update, with Japanese outlet Famitsu previewing what players can expect. The DLC introduces a largely underwater world as "Part 1" of a planned three-part expansion, expanding…

Spider-Man Franchise Surges With Record Box Office, Mary Jane Anniversary, And Upcoming Animated Sequel

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens to record $930m globally, beating forecasts.
• Producer credits success to focus on character over spectacle.
• Franchise marks Mary Jane's 60th anniversary and confirms new animated sequel.

Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become a major box office success, posting a record-breaking $930 million global opening that far exceeded pre-release forecasts of around $600 million and surpassed the lifetime gross of Tom Holland's first solo Spider-Man film. The result marks a significant win for Sony…

Two Cancelled Virtual Boy Games Join ‘Nintendo Classics’ Today

• Nintendo released two previously cancelled Virtual Boy games (Zero Racers and D-Hopper) on Switch Online + Expansion Pack on 4 August 2026
• Update 1.3.0 adds screen colour customisation; Virtual Boy soundtracks also added to Nintendo Music app

Nintendo has added two previously cancelled Virtual Boy games, Zero Racers and D-Hopper (Dragon Hopper), to its Nintendo Classics library on the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service. The move continues Nintendo's practice of reviving unreleased titles from the ill-fated 1995 console, offering subscribers access to games that…

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Producer Amy Pascal On How Destin Daniel Cretton’s Vision Made The Difference, Franchise’s Future & A 007 Update

• Amy Pascal explains how Brand New Day deepened Peter Parker's story
• Film's $360m opening is the biggest ever at the domestic box office
• Director Destin Daniel Cretton pushed themes of isolation and connection

Producer Amy Pascal, who has been part of the Spider-Man franchise since its 2002 debut, discussed how director Destin Daniel Cretton's vision shaped Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which has just broken box office records. Rather than trying to outdo the scale of the previous three films, Pascal said…

Beast Of Reincarnation Difficulty Options – How To Change Difficulty

Beast of Reincarnation is the new action-RPG from Pokemon developer Game Freak, and offers a very different experience from the creature-collecting bliss you're used to. It has three difficulty options, with each being designed so that a wider variety of players can enjoy it, unlike a typical Soulslike…

Review: Beast of Reincarnation (PS5) – Pokémon Dev’s Flower Power Action RPG Is Nearly in Full Bloom

• Push Square reviews Beast of Reincarnation, a new PS5 action RPG.
• Plant-cursed heroine Emma and wolf companion Koo battle bosses in post-apocalyptic Japan.
• Combat's forgiving parry system draws comparisons to a lighter Sekiro.

Push Square's review of Beast of Reincarnation, a PS5 action RPG from a developer with Pokémon pedigree, finds a game that borrows Souls-like conventions without being a straight copycat, offering a more forgiving and distinctive alternative to FromSoftware's punishing formula. Players control Emma, a woman afflicted by a…

Did an AI Music App Just Snitch on the Song of the Summer?

• Chart-topping summer track 'Rubberz' remained under AI-generation suspicion all season despite artist denials and undetected by mainstream AI detectors
• Independent producer identified specific generative music platform (Treblo) through archived social media evidence and demonstrated matching output with similar lyrics
• The app's own detection system subsequently flagged both the contested track and related work by collaborating artist Tyga as likely artificially produced

An AI-generated song, "Rubberz" by Fenix Flexin, spent the summer of 2026 climbing the charts amid persistent accusations that it was made using artificial intelligence rather than performed by the artist himself. The track's synth-pop sound, unusual for a rapper known for his gritty voice, drew suspicion, but…

Your Fitbit data can now connect directly to Apple Health

• Fitbit data can now sync directly into Apple Health.
• Previously only one-way syncing (Apple to Google) was possible.
• Google also added Smart Health Links for sharing medical records in the US.

Google has rolled out an update allowing Fitbit data to sync directly into Apple Health, closing a gap that had frustrated users switching between the two ecosystems. Previously, data could only flow one way, from Apple Health into Google Health, forcing users who wanted the reverse to rely…