Another day, another round-up. Our daily collection of biggest stories for August 7, 2021 contains a few highs and lows to catch up on for your weekend reading. Today, we’ve got plenty of Pokemon stories to share and some sad news for those of you who can’t stop talking about Hades. If you need a debrief on yesterday, remember we’ve always got you covered, and you can check out Friday’s latest from TheGamer, too.
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Goodbye, Heracross
Niantic doesn’t seem to want to stay in our good graces for very long. Today, Niantic confirmed that Heracross can no longer be caught in the wild, and you’ll have to turn to Pokemon Go’s raids if you want to catch a bug of your own. While the community may have typically been more forgiving of changes like this, Niantic is currently facing backlash for its choice to remove pandemic-related Pokemon Go features while the world continues to deal with a raging pandemic.
We All Want A Hades Sequel
Supergiant’s beloved Hades released a while back, but none of us can seem to stop talking about it. In an interview with NME, writer and designer Greg Kasavin gave us a painful “I don’t know” in regards to a question about sequels. The studio hasn’t released any follow-up titles in the past to any of its older games, but that won’t stop all of us from wishing we could experience a Hades prequel, sequel, side story, movie, etc.
To Nerf Or Not To Nerf, Zapdos Is The Question
Pokemon Unite players can’t stop talking about its legendary bird boss, Zapdos. Regardless of how you feel about the electrical game changer, we all seem pretty divided over whether or not that bird needs its wing clipped. If you want to read more into the back-and-forth Unite players are having about Zapdos, then there’s a Reddit thread raging that perfectly demonstrates how heated this topic makes all of us. For what it’s worth, I wanna see that thing nerfed into the ground.
Epic Probably Won’t See A Profit Until 2027
Epic and Apple are duking it out in court, and that’s currently revealing a ton of information on both companies as things progress. The ugly battle between the corporate giants recently revealed that Epic isn’t profitable, and probably won’t be until 2027. The company has spent a whopping $500 million on its store, and hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down.
Canceled Power Rangers Game Looked Bad Ass
A former Saban writer, Jason Bischoff, took to Twitter to share concept art for a canceled triple-A Power Rangers title, Project Nomad. The game was abandoned long ago, back in 2016, but he described it as “basically Arkham Rangers,” while showing off a few pieces from the title. It sounded like there were some big plans for the game, and from what little we saw, the team had a killer vision for our childhood favorites.
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