Competitive play in Pokemon games is about to change for good, and the beginning of the end starts on April 1st.

A major change for the franchise officially marks the end of an era for Pokémon.

Image: The Pokémon Company. Last year, it was announced Pokémon's Video Game Championships would shift across to Pokémon Champions in 2026. With the "free-to-start" game's rele ...

Pokémon has set its latest competitive format, with players now able to bring two Pokémon from a restricted list of Legendary Pokémon to battles. For years, the double battles format has been the ...

Twenty-five years ago, I drove my mother up the wall every Saturday to take me to the local Toys R' Us in South Florida. At the time, the retailer hosted some of the first Pokémon Leagues in the U.S. ...

An Israeli-American competitive Pokémon player says he has been banned from competing professionally after being thrown out of the 2025 Pokémon World Championships – which he attended as a spectator – ...

I used to compete in Pokémon TCG regionals but I think I’m done after this year’s World Championship. The gameplay is fine, the meta is fine, I’m even okay buying new decks every few months due to ...

Pokemon Champions producer Masaaki Hoshino says the battle game is being built to last “basically forever”, and that could one day mean dealing with a Pokemon roster of 10,000 species.

The annual event pits some of the trading card and video game's most seasoned players against each other — and it demonstrates how Pokémon has... 2025 Pokémon World Championships show how competitive ...