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Pokémon TCG Pocket: Team Rocket's Ambition expansion brings new cards and a puzzle challenge to the mobile game
Pokémon TCG Pocket: Team Rocket's Ambition expansion brings new cards and a puzzle challenge to the mobile game
📱 Mobile, Multi-platform!Game Informer News(https://gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/bodydefault/public/2022/06/10/eab54e04/oxenfreeii-03-dialogue-bubbles.jpg.webp) Netflix has spent the last five years attempting to expand its chokehold on the film and television industry into the video game space, but it's had limited success. Today, Game File reports(https://www.gamefile.news/p/netflix-closes-night-school-moonloot?r=2o0p2h&utmmedium=ios&triedRedirect=true) that the streaming giant is receding from the gaming world a little more by closing two studios: Moonloot, which had yet to release a game, and Night School, known for its work on Oxenfree and Afterparty. Netflix is also cutting staff from its internal team, though it "declined to say how many jobs were being lost" when speaking to Game File. Moonloot is a Helsinki-based team, founded in September of 2022 and led by Marko Lastikka,(https://about.netflix.com/en/news/building-our-internal-games-studios) who had experience working at Zynga and EA in the years prior. Unfortunately, Moonloot never got the chance to release a game. Meanwhile, Night School made a name for itself long before its Netflix acquisition, releasing Oxenfree in 2016 and Afterparty in 2019. Under Netflix, it also released Oxenfree II: Lost Signals in 2023, Thronglets in 2025, and Unhinged, which launched very recently, on June 30. Game File reports that Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters praised Unhinged in a recent investor call, but given today's news, it seems Netflix was still dissatisfied with Night School. The indie studio's acquisition in 2021 was one of Netflix's earliest investments in the world of video games, so closing the studio is a significant step. Game File says Netflix is choosing to focus its future efforts on "kids gaming, party games, story-driven fare and games with mainstream hooks, such as a recently released FIFA game." Studio closures and mass layoffs have sadly become commonplace in the video game industry over the past several years. Earlier this week, Directive 8020 developer Supermassive had its third wave of layoffs since 2024(https://gameinformer.com/2026/08/11/until-dawn-and-directive-8020-developer-supermassive-games-will-lay-off-up-to-75-people). Earlier this year, Battlefield Studios had layoffs despite releasing the best-selling game of 2025;(https://gameinformer.com/2026/03/09/battlefield-studios-hit-with-layoffs-months-after-successful-battlefield-6-launch) Bungie was decimated and Destiny 2 released its final update(https://gameinformer.com/2026/06/25/bungie-is-laying-off-most-of-the-destiny-2-development-team), and Xbox parted ways with several of its development studios, laying off thousands(https://gameinformer.com/2026/07/06/xbox-parts-ways-with-five-studios-over-3000-layoffs-announced). That last instance, at least, recently received pushback; just yesterday, Xbox's new CEO visited Bethesda and was greeted by a giant inflatable rat(https://kotaku.com/xbox-boss-asha-sharma-says-elder-scrolls-vi-looks-great-so-stop-talking-about-that-giant-rat-outside-bethesdas-office-2000723542). If you want to look back on Night School's great games, check out our reviews for Oxenfree(https://gameinformer.com/games/oxenfree/b/pc/archive/2016/01/15/oxenfree-review-game-informer.aspx), Afterparty(https://gameinformer.com/review/afterparty/afterparty-review-worth-the-hangover), and Oxenfree II: Lost Signals(https://gameinformer.com/review/oxenfree-ii-lost-signals/a-sequel-worth-the-wait).
📱 Mobile, Multi-platformNetflix plans to shut down two of its gaming studios, as reported by Game File and Variety, as it makes a bigger shift toward party games and titles streamed to TVs. One of the studios being shut down is Night School Studio, creators of the Oxenfree series. Netflix bought Night School in 2021, and it &8230;
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Mobile, Multi-platformOne of the best systems for getting your hands on rare Pokemon is set to close down in a few months, as Pokemon Bank will stop working next year. According to Serebii(https://serebii.net/), the shutdown date has been penciled in for February 27, 2027. This will effectively end the 3DS era of Pokemon, although the writing has been on the wall for a long time. Following the closure of the 3DS eShop in March 2023(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-3ds-and-wii-u-eshop-stores-will-shut-down-march-2023/1100-6500734/), 3DS owners were no longer able to download the app. Nintendo had already launched a replacement program for Switch, iOS, and Android a few years earlier, which served as a beefier upgrade when compared to Pokemon Bank. The 3DS program still had value, as you could bring plenty of rare Pokemon from older DS--using a separate Pokemon app--Pokemon games to 3DS, and then move those Pokemon to Switch games in the series. There were a few limitations in place, but if you were looking to quickly complete a National Pokedex in recent Pokemon games, then having a 3DS and a menagerie of Pokemon in Pokemon Bank was the way to go. Games like Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are especially good, thanks to how easy it is to encounter Legendary-class Pokemon in the endgame. Beyond those two examples, this will impact on a lot of great Pokemon games from over the years. From Nintendo DS classics like Pokemon Black/White to later 3DS adventures such as Pokemon X/Y and Pokemon Sun/Moon, the Pokemon in those games will remain locked within their respective cartridges. https://bsky.app/profile/serebii.bsky.social/post/3msxpo2gnjc2a It's worth noting that Pokemon Bank is also free to use, whereas Pokemon Home requires a monthly or annual subscription to house all of your pocket monsters. You're also required to have a Pokemon Home subscription to link to Pokemon Bank for when you want to transfer your pocket monsters over. While you can store up to 30 of them for free in the app, that's not nearly enough space to keep your entire collection in case you've been invested in the series for multiple generations. There are over 1,000 Pokemon to collect--with more on the way when Pokemon Winds and Waves(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-winds-and-waves-release-date-gameplay-and-everything-we-know-so-far/1100-6538522/) launches next year--so that free box can become cramped very quickly. You can also keep Pokemon in boxes in the Switch games, but being able to only move a few at a time from them to Pokemon Home and then to a new game can be an arduous process. The Switch versions of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen will also receive Pokemon Home functionality in October 2026, allowing you to bring Generation One Pokemon over to newer games. Of course, each game costs $20, and any Pokemon taken from them to Pokemon Home cannot be deposited back into FireRed and LeafGreen. Pokemon’s Most Disturbing Pokedex Entries !3968710-pokedex-run.jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1601/16018044/3968710-pokedex-run.jpg?w=636) !4583937-unnamed(3).jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1595/15957481/4583937-unnamed(3).jpg?w=636) !4583933-unnamed(2).jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1595/15957481/4583933-unnamed(2).jpg?w=512) !4583935-unnamed(4).jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1595/15957481/4583935-unnamed(4).jpg?w=636) !4583931-unnamed.jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1595/15957481/4583931-unnamed.jpg?w=636) !4583939-unnamed(5).jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1595/15957481/4583939-unnamed(5).jpg?w=636) !3967904-araquanid-1.jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1601/16018044/3967904-araquanid-1.jpg?w=636) View Images(https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/pokemons-most-disturbing-pokedex-entries/2900-4034/)