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DeNA has posted their Message from the Team vol. 16. These changes include more information on the Stamina Adjustments , adding the new Theme Skills and more.

The Battle Villa is now Open in Pokémon Masters EX. After the last update the Battle Villa is a rotating event and is unavailable until the next reset. The current Battle Villa will be available from December 14th until December 29th.

Niantic has announced the Season of Celebration event and the start of Season 6 of Pokémon GO Battle League. Starting November 30th players will be able to participate in Season 6. End-of-season rewards for Season 5 will be available on the Battle screen, including an Elite Charged TM for players who reached rank 7 or higher.

Niantic has announced the upcoming December Schedule of events. Research Breakthrough December 1st to January 1st either Lapras or Unovan Darumaka will be the reward in Research Breakthrough encounters, and catching either will reward bonus XP. Raids Legendary 5 Star Raids Each week in December, there’ll be a Raid Hour event on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. local time featuring that week’s Legendary Raid Boss in five-star raids. December 1st to January 1st: Kyurem Regirock, Registeel, Regice Weekends Mega Raids Update 11/27/2020 Niantic has updated details regarding Mega Raids. Mega Blastoise, Mega Charizard Y, Mega Pidgeot, and Mega Houndoom will all be leaving Mega Raids. Mega Raids will only be featuring Mega Charizard X, Mega Gengar and Mega Abomasnow starting December 1st. December 1st: Mega Abomasnow will be replacing Mega Blastoise. Mega Blastoise will be appearing more frequently in Mega Raids until December 1st. Normal Raids Update 11/30/2020 Niantic teased over the last few days...

DeNA has announced changes to some of the Stamina and Rewards in their Message from the Team vol. 15. These changes include adjusting the amount of rewards and increasing rewards to assist players just starting the game.

Niantic has announced that some of the Temporary Bonuses in Pokémon GO that were reverted a few months ago are now back to their original levels. Niantic is constantly reviewing the current world situation and will adjust accordingly and as needed.

The Battle Villa is now Open in Pokémon Masters EX. After the last update the Battle Villa is a rotating event and is unavailable until the next reset. The current Battle Villa will be available from November 19th until December 4th.

Niantic teased yesterday on Twitter with the Tweet Level 40 Cap? and today revealed their official plans. Their new initiative is called GO Beyond, and beginning the week of November 30th players can experience new aspects of the game.

Terrakion, Cobalion, and Virizion will be available to challenge in five-star raids starting November 16th at 1PM, replacing Lugia in Pokémon GO. Be sure to checkout the other events planned for November .

DeNA has revealed Chapter 27 of the Story Mode will be coming November 19th. The story involves battling Sygna Suit Cynthia & Kommo-o and Caitlin & Reuniclus in the Pokémon Masters League (PML) Quarterfinals.

Trainers can now earn Mega Energy by walking with their Buddy Pokémon in Pokémon GO. You can earn Mega Energy by walking with any Pokémon within an Evolution Line as long as you have previously Mega Evolved that Pokémon.

PokémonJapan has announced their rotation for Standard. Until December 3rd B, C, and D regulation mark sets will still be legal. On December 4th E sets, which include the new Blastoise and Venusaur VMAX decks will be added to standard. Finally on January 22nd the format will rotate to C, D, and E sets only.

Niantic has announced the start of Season 5 of Pokémon GO Battle League. Starting November 9th players will be able to participate in Season 5. Season 5 will only be three weeks long and ratings will not be used for rank progression and instead will be based on winning a certain number of battles. Season 4 rewards will be available when Season 5 starts.

The Max Raid Dens in the Wild Area have now shifted in Pokémon Sword and Shield. With this, the Ghost & Dark-type Pokémon have left the boosted raids and various Bug-type and Poison-type Pokémon have been added including Gigantamax Butterfree and Gigantamax Garbodor. This event runs until November 30th

With the Vivid Voltage Prerelease starting today,  Play! Pokémon has provided some FAQs on certain cards play mechanics. There are no official prereleases, but these will be helpful for when the cards are legal in TCGO on November 13th. You can see a full list of cards in our previous article .  Pokémon Abilites Buzzap Generator  (Electrode) Q. When using Electrode’s “Buzzap Generator” Ability, can I attach the 2 {L} Energy cards to Electrode before it is KO’d? A. Yes, you can. Eerie Beam (Orbeetle VMAX) Q. Can you use more than one Orbeetle VMAX’s “Eerie Beam” Ability per turn? A. If a different Orbeetle VMAX becomes active you can use its Eerie Beam Ability, but each Orbeetle VMAX can only use its Eerie Beam Ability once per turn. Shell Survival (Shedinja) * There’s a new deck building rule with Shedinja from Vivid Voltage. Shedinja with the “Shell Survival” Ability cannot be the only Basic Pokemon in your deck. You must have at least 1 other Basic Pokemon in your dec...

The Official Pokémon Masters EX website has updates planned for November and December in their Message from the Team v14. Included in this announcement is the current event Dazzling Dizzying Battle Stage , the return of The Dragon That Rules the Sky, a new Time Trial Event, a Prestige Event, new Theme Skills, an update to the Champion Stadium, and the next 6★ EX Sync Pair.

Niantic has updated Pokémon GO to version 0.191. You can read about the updated features and bug fixes below. 

Play! Pokémon has updated their Rules and Regulations for Autumn 2020. The only update was the addition of the Promo Card Legality Status adding the upcoming Sword and Shield Promo Cards coming to the TCG. The three promo cards from the Fall 2020 Treasure Chest are not listed, meaning they may not be Black Star Promos and instead are alternate holos of the previously released Rillaboom, Cinderace and Inteleon. Update After posting Play! Pokémon released the updated banned list effective November 27th. The next announcement will be on February 4th 2021.

Pokémon Masters EX has been updated to Version 2.2.0. Along with the previously announced changes to the Battle Villa and Legendary Sync-Pair Level-Up items , additional game bug fixes and updates were implemented.

DeNA has announced they will be reviewing the current rewards in Pokémon Masters EX due to the recent game balances . Starting with an event at the end of November, Trainers be able to get more 5★ Power-Ups, and more chances to earn 5★ Scout Tickets . There will also be more rewards in December. More details will be provided in late November.