Evening Reading - February 27, 2026 (Pokemon Day)

Published February 27, 2026 8:30 PM, by Ozzie Mejia

Hello, Shacknews. I've managed to keep my feet on the ground this week and now I'm here with a full round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.

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In case you missed it at Shacknews:

• Mewgenics review: The great cat army
• Damon and Baby is a silly twinstick shooter with a technical edge
• Google and OpenAI employees join Anthropic's call for limitations of government and military AI use
• Nintendo (NTDOY) reportedly planning stock buyback as several Japanese banks plan to sell shares
• Nintendo (NTDOY) authorizes share buyback to offset secondary offering, sales by DeNA and banks
• Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves announced for 2027
• Pokemon Champions arrives in April 2026 on Switch, later this year on mobile
• New California law will require operating systems to have age verification
• OpenAI announces $110 billion investment round at $730 billion pre-money valuation
• Bluepoint reportedly pitched a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware shot it down
• Marvel Snap's March 2026 season introduces Objective keyword
• Warframe sets March release date for Shadowgrapher update & Nintendo Switch 2 version

Your weekly reminder to check out Shackmaps, our growing collection of video game maps to help enhance your gameplay experience!

• Introducing Shackmaps - Free interactive video game maps
• We now have S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl!

And, because it's the weekend, go find yourself something to play!

• Weekend Console Download Deals for Feb. 27: Dealmania
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Feb. 27: Anno 117 free trial

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Around the Gaming Horn

Here's some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week.

As part of today's Pokemon Day reveals, the GameCube's Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness is coming to Nintendo Switch Online!

Plus, Kanto's legendary birds are coming to Pokemon Unite!

Reanimal has a fresh update.

Get a peek at what's coming to Rocket League. We'll learn more next week.

And a new expansion is coming to Where Winds Meet.

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And now... Other Stuff From The Internet!!!

Today in Bubbletron

Be sure to play Bubbletron today!

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Pokemon Day celebration!

Unleash the dogs of war!

Floof!

Skatebird!

Bouncy!

I've owned my dog long enough to know that this only works for so long.

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Nothing but the Hotfix

Blindfolded runs have been done enough that they got a whole weekend to themselves!

GDQ's Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.

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This week in Shaqnews

Time to Shaqt a fool again.

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IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

Swerve Strickland is the best at what he does. It's still his house.

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Tonight in video game music

To wrap up this Pokemon Day celebration, here's Pokemon Colosseum/Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness composer Tsukasa Tawada, returning to his classic Miror B battle theme from Pokemon Colosseum.

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That's it for the last Friday Evening Reading for February! Be sure to keep the spirit of the classic Evening Reading alive by jumping into the comments about whatever you see here or whatever randomness you'd like to discuss. Join the conversation and dive into the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. If you want to go new school and find different ways to leave your feedback or talk about whatever, join us in the Official Shacknews Community Discord.