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All Sustainability Week event-exclusive Field Research tasks and rewards for Pokémon Go

Sustainability Week is Niantic’s way of celebrating Earth Day and promoting sustainable lifestyles within Pokémon Go, all while giving players some new content to work with. See Pokémon on Amazon This year’s Sustainability Week will run from April 20 to 25 and include the Pokémon Go debut of Oranguru, the Sage Pokémon. Shiny Cherubi will also be available to encounter for the first time for players who get lucky enough to find one.

All weapon buffs and nerfs in Apex Legends season 13

The next season of Apex Legends, titled Saviors, will be released on May 10. While the new legend Newcastle and major changes to Storm Point will be the headlining features of the update, Apex’s 13th season also contains a plethora of changes to weapon balance. LMGs are seeing nerfs across the board, while other less-beloved options in the floor loot are receiving some small quality-of-life improvements. With the Spitfire returning to the loot pool from its tenure in the care package and headshot damage getting altered heavily, there are some potentially major shake-ups to the meta that players will want to get on top of before the season goes live.

Can you upgrade the SSD in a Steam Deck?

Valve’s Steam Deck is dropping soon, with three models in the range offering storage capacities of 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB. Some are already wondering whether the SSDs are replaceable, probably because they have massive Steam libraries. Of the three available models, the entry-level 64 GB option is advertised with embedded multi-media card (eMMC) internal storage, while the other two have NVMe SSDs. Most devices with eMMC like mobile phones aren’t upgradeable because the memory is soldered directly onto the board.

Here’s everything we know about Nvidia’s refreshed RTX 2060 GPU

Getting a new GPU for a decent price is next to impossible thanks to the chip shortage, but Nvidia’s hoping to give customers some good news to close out the year. The GPU giant was expected to launch a refreshed RTX 2060—a card that first launched in January 2019—a second lease of life in early 2022. The entry level offering was expected to ship alongside refreshed versions of the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080, cards that have been in exceedingly short supply all year due to their popularity.

How to catch and evolve Onix into Steelix in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

If you’re looking for a good early-game Rock-type in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, you can’t go wrong with Onix. Like many Rock-types, it’s also a Ground-type, giving it access to moves like Dig alongside Rock-type classics like Stone Edge. Because it’s a base form in its evolutionary line, Onix gains EXP fairly quickly and is powerful early on. Evolving it into Steelix later on replaces the Rock typing with Steel and gives it a stat bump, which is great for taking on the post-game.

How to enable Nvidia’s Freestyle ray-traced filters in games

Nvidia’s latest GeForce Game Ready Drivers include three added Nvidia Freestyle GeForce Experience filters, including Screen Space Ray Traced Global Illuminations, a filter that can improve lighting in games. Nvidia Freestyle has been available for a few years, amassing a variety of in-game filters ready to be applied at a moment’s notice. Filters are easily enabled and have minimal in-game performance impact (opposed to other settings), making them a great way to view your favorite title underneath an alternative lens.

How to get the Prince Lunatender minion in Final Fantasy XIV

Final Fantasy XIV offers numerous customization choices for the fans, and a bunch of them were added alongside the expansion Endwalker earlier in December. Minions are pets that follow the characters around. Some have unique interactions such as sitting on the character’s shoulder or interacting with other minions. The Lunatenders made quite an impression on the FFXIV community when they were teased with the Mare Lamentorum map before the release of the expansion.

How to get to the Confluence in the Dreaming City in Destiny 2

The Dreaming City has become a focal point for much of the story and activities of Destiny 2‘s current season, the Season of the Lost. But one of the most important and sought-after locations in the game doesn’t appear on any Dreaming City map. Tucked right behind the Blind Well is the Confluence, a system of tunnels that connect the Harbinger’s Seclude, Spine of Keres, and Gardens of Esila areas. The Confluence also lets you access the Shattered Throne dungeon, but finding the Confluence isn’t the easiest task to accomplish.

How to wave dash in Rocket League

Wave dashing is an intermediate Rocket League technique which can be used to quickly generate speed while conserving boost and fully maintaining control of your car. While wave dashing is more challenging to pull off than some of the simpler techniques for acceleration, it is an exceedingly valuable tool to have in in your arsenal. Here’s how to wave dash in Rocket League. What is wave dashing? Wave Dashing in a maneuver which essentially allows you to cancel a a directional dodge while still accruing all of the forward momentum that the dodge would have given you.

Riot gives Duality VALORANT Player Card to all players due to issues with code redemption

Riot Games has decided to give all VALORANT players the Duality Player Card after several issues prevented players from redeeming the code to unlock the item.  During the VALORANT Champions Tour Masters 2 Reykjavik Grand Finals between Sentinels and Fnatic, Riot revealed the Duality cinematic trailer. The short trailer gave players more insight into VALORANT lore and answered a few burning questions.  Due to the issues with our code redemption process, we're granting all players the Duality player card!