Forget Shiny Pokémon, now we've got Radiant!

That's right, Red Gyrados. As the name suggests, the Astral Radiance expansion is here and features not only new Hisuian VSTAR cards but also a new mechanic called Radiant Pokémon.  According to the official website:

This expansion introduces a sparkling new mechanic unique to Shiny Pokémon. Each player is only allowed to have one Radiant Pokémon in their deck at a time.

I'll shut up now and let the eye candy do the talking. There are some absolutely gorgeous cards in Astral Radiance, plus some killer new combos you can learn about in the Deck Tips section. Do your peepers a favor and go check 'em all!

WTF happened to TCG Live?

Some time ago, the Pokémon Company teased the release of a new app that would replace TCG Online. Then, a few months back, Canada and Mexico got the live beta.

Since then? Kricketunes.

The official site still says "coming soon", but there's no word on when "soon" might be. Meanwhile, in the latest email announcement about the Astral Radiance Expansion, the Pokémon Company sent out download codes for online booster packs codes for TCG Online.  

While the cards will carry over to TCG Live whenever it comes, it makes me think we've got some waiting to do. Meanwhile, you can check out the requirements for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android on the official site.

Pokémon GO New Season + June breakdown

Starting June 1 at 10 a.m. local time, the Season of Go begins! I've got you covered with the breakdown of June happenings, including Pokémon GO Fest 2022 June 4-5.

Pokémon GO Fest 2022 Highlights

• Shiny Shroomish, Shiny Numel, Shiny Karrablast, Shiny Axew, and Shiny Shelmet appearing for the first time.
• Costumed Pikachu and Axew appearing in raids (both shiny eligible).
• (Paid ticket holders) Special Research Task featuring Land Forme Shaymin.
• (Paid ticket holders) Shiny Unknown B available for the first time.
• (Paid ticket holders) Increased chance of shiny Pokémon in the wild when using Incense.
• Full details of habitat hours here.

June Events

• Research Breakthrough: Klink
• Starting with the Season of GO and continuing onward, all trainers level 31 and above are able to earn Candy XL.
• Adventure Week: Fossil and rock-type Pokémon featured Tuesday, June 7, 2022 to Sunday, June, 12 2022.
• Pokémon TCG Crossover Event: Thursday, June 16, 2022, to Thursday, June 30, 2022.

Featured Five-Star Raids (Every Wednesday in June, a Raid Hour event will occur from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time featuring the Pokémon of that week)

• Kyogre: Wednesday, June 1, 2022, to Tuesday, June 7, 2022
• Groudon: Tuesday, June 7, 2022, to Thursday, June 16, 2022
• Mewtwo: Thursday, June 16, 2022, to to Friday July 1, 2022

Mega Raids

• Mega Steelix: Wednesday, June 1, 2022, to Tuesday, June 7, 2022
• Mega Aerodactyl: Tuesday, June 7, 2022, to Thursday, June 16, 2022
• Mega Venasaur: Thursday, June 16, 2022, to Thursday, June 23, 2022
• Mega Blastoise: Thursday, June 23, 2022, to Friday July 1, 2022

Pokemon Spotlight Hours and Bonuses (every Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time)

• June 7: Nosepass, 2x candy for catching Pokémon.
• June 14: Mantine, 2x candy for transferring Pokémon.
• June 21: Spinarak, 2x XP for evolving Pokémon.
• June 28: MYSTERY ???

More nostalgic Sugimori-style game footage

Our new BFF Pokeyugami treated the Twitter world with a second clip of the Sugimori art-style game he teased last week. While there's no indication that this is actually being made, we can always dream, right? 

P.S. Pokeyugmai: TAKE ALL MY MONEY and make this happen.

TPCi has announced the location of the Worlds 2018 venue: it will be held at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee from August 24th to 26th.

The company also announced that the Greater Columbus Convention Center will once again host the North America International Championships. The event will take place in Columbus, Ohio from July 6th to 8th.