Monday: Pokémon World Championships + Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Shiny Ting-Lu Tera Raid Battle Event
18-08-2025 01:00 BST / 20:00 EDT by Serebii.
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Last Update: 07:00 BST
Edit @ 04:00: Closing Ceremony | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Masters EX
In The Games Department
Pokémon
During today's Pokémon World Championships Closing Ceremony, a load of inforrmation was revealed for Pokémon Legends Z-A revealing a new 4 player battle mode for the game where you face off in a time limit to defeat the opposing team members. This is called the Z-A Battle Club and has a Ranked and Casual battle mode where you have 3 minutes to defeat as many of your opponent's Pokémon as possible. If efeated, you reset to the start fully healed.
Edit @ 05;15: We have added new Pre-Release Screenshots
Edit: Created a page on the Z-A Battle Club
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In The Games Department
Pokémon
During today's Pokémon World Championships Closing Ceremony, it was confirmed that Pokémon Champions is to feature Mega Evolution and will be the focus of the VideoGame portion of the 2026 Pokémon World Championships
An item for it was also revealed called the Omni Ring which is used for Mega Evolution while also having symbols on it for Z-Moves and Terastallisation. It will have added functionality later down the line
Edit @ 05;15: We have added new Pre-Release Screenshots
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In The Championships Department
Pokémon World Championships
It has been confirmed that the 2026 Pokémon World Championships will feature an additional event alongside it. This event will run in downtown San Francisco and is called Pokémon XP. The World Championhips finals will also be held in the Chase Center
Tickets will be available on September 17th 2025 and will cost $120 for a Pidgey Pass or $150 for a Standard Pass for the event, with an extra $30 for Arena access
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In The Games Department
Pokémon TCG Pocket
Pokémon TCG Pocket has revealed that Mega Evolution is to come to the game this fall. Mega Evolved Pokémon will give 3 Points if defeated and run similar mechanics to the traditional Pokémon TCG
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In The TCG Department
Pokémon TCG
Pokémon TCG has revealed a coming new set featuring Mega Charizard rex. Alongside this, there are new illustration styles for Mega Evolution Pokémon, thse are called Mega Attack Rares. In addition to that, Mega Dragonite was confirmed for the Pokémon TCG
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In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO announced that as a special surprise to players at the Pokémon World CHampionships, they would be the first to encounter Eternatus in special Max Battles at the event and have Timed Research to obtain Eternatus to be the first in the world.
Alongside this, starting with GO Fest Max Finale, Max Battles will be able to hold 100 players in groups of 4 at any one time
In The Games Department
Pokémon UNITE
It has been confirmed that three Pokémon are to come to Pokémon UNITE. Empoleon will come in September and be followed by Dhelmise and Vaporeon
In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
The latest Tera Raid Battle event is now live in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. This is the special Raid event which offers 5 Star Raid Battles against Shiny Ting-Lu with the Ground Tera Type. It cannot be captured but if it's defeated over 1 million times before it ends, then Shiny Ting-Lu will be distributed to all players from September 5th 2025.
This event runs until August 31st 2025 at 23:59 UTC
We're currently compiling all details of the event so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 01:07: We have updated our section with full details of this Tera Raid Battle Event.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
The latest Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Mass Outbreak event has begun. This event causes Mass Outbreaks of Paldean Wooper in Paldea, Mudbray in Kitakami and Drilbur in the Blueberry Academy; all these Pokémon have got an increased chance of being shiny. This runs until August 31st 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
We have begun adding all the details to our Mass Outbreak Event Page.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX - Neo Champion Event
The "From Kitakami - Continued" Story Event has begun a run in Pokémon Masters EX. This event focuses on Kieran arriving on Pasio. It runs until August 28th 2025
To tie in with that, a new Masters Fair Scout is available to get the Sync Pair of Kieran & Hydrapple
We're currently compiling all details in our From Kitakami - Continued event section
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon World International Championships
Today is Day3 of the Pokémon 2025 World Championships. Today features battles for all four of the games in the current Play! Pokémon Circuit: TCG, GO, UNITE and Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. All four games will be streamed in the main stream starting with UNITE through to VGC with the Closing Ceremonies currently scheduled for 19:00 PT
All streams begin at 17:00 (BST) / 12:00 (EDT) / 09:00 (PDT) alongside the opening ceremony
We have all the streams in our Play! Pokémon Stream Hub which allows for tabbing between all streams or loading all together
The Pokémon VG Juniors Division World Champion is Luke Whittier
Edit: The Pokémon VG Seniors Division World Champion is Kevin Han
The Pokémon VG Masters Division World Chamion is Giovanni Cischke
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The next Pokémon GO event is rolling out globally. This event is the Dark Skies event which runs from 10:00 local time on August 18th through 10:00 local time on August 23rd and features a focus on Max Battles
We are compiling full details in our Dark Skies event section
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café ReMix
The third and final bingo reward panel is now live for the Altaria's Shiny Party event in Pokémon Café ReMix. This panel gives a number of tasks which, if completed, give you Altaria's Stylish Sunflower outfit. These need to be completed before the event ends on August 21st 2025
We have full details in our Altaria's Shiny Party event page
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café ReMix
The Pokémon Café ReMix event, Collect with Gholdengo, has made its repeated return. This event has Gimmighoul appear as icons in the stages. If you collect them, you can earn rewards including Gholdengo. It runs until August 21st at 05:59 UTC
We have details in our Collect with Gholdengo event page