Saturday: Pokémon GO - Zapdos Day
21-07-2018 04:00 BST / 23:00 EDT by Serebii
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In The Games Department
Pokémon GO - Zapdos Day
Today marks the Pokémon GO Zapdos Day. On this day, for three hours in each region, Zapdos will appear exclusively in Raid Battles with a three hour timer at all gyms during the event. In addition to this, you will be able to get five free Raid Passes when you spin Gyms, but not able to get the next one until you've used one. With this, Zapdos can also now be found Shiny. This special event runs at these times:
Asia & Oceania: 03:00 UTC - 06:00 UTC (12:00 JST - 15:00 JST)
Europe: 09:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC (10:00 BST - 13:00 BST / 12:00 CET - 15:00 CET)
North America: 18:00 UTC - 21:00 UTC (11:00 PDT - 14:00 PDT / 14:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT)
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
A new update has started going live for Pokémon GO. This update has started rolling out on the Play Store for Android and will be available to more players over the coming days, with iOS likely in a few days. This update contains a variety of fixes and features. They are as follows:
Lucky Pokémon - A new tag has been added for Pokémon in the Pokédex indicating a new style of Pokémon, Lucky Pokémon. At present it's not 100% clear what a Lucky Pokémon does differently or how it's determined.
Friend List - You now have the ability to nickname your friends. There's also a new Sorting feature where you can sort friends by Name, Friendship Level or if they have a Gift for you. You can also check the PokéStop a received gift is from on the map
Gifts - You can now discard gifts if you do not wish to give a gift from a certain location or if you just want to clear your inventory. Sending gifts now gives 200XP and Stardust can now be received in gifts
Raid Battles - The list will now allow you to scroll if there are more than 6 Raid Battles nearby. The list will also now display the time remaining for raids which are active without you having to check the Gym
Pokémon List - You have the ability to search specifically for Traded Pokémon
