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Pokémon Turns 30, and Its Past Is Moving: FireRed and LeafGreen Return as Pokémon Bank Nears Its End
Pokémon turns 30 as FireRed and LeafGreen return on Nintendo Switch, Pokémon HOME expands to 9,000 storage, old event Pokémon reopen, and Pokémon Bank gets a confirmed 2027 shutdown date. Here is what veteran trainers need to know.
Marvel's Wolverine Is Not a Marvel-PlayStation Merger. It Is the Next Major Expansion of Insomniac's Marvel Universe on PS5
Marvel's Wolverine launches September 15, 2026, exclusively on PlayStation 5, developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment in collaboration with Marvel Games. The game is not evidence of a corporate merger between Marvel and PlayStation. What it does establish is a continuing creative relationship in which Insomniac is expanding the Marvel continuity it built through Spider-Man into a separate Wolverine story designed specifically for PS5.