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Next week, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live will be receiving an update to Version 1.14.0 ahead of the release of Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade. This update will resolve a number of issues where cards abilities and effects were being applied incorrectly or inconsistently. As usual, the update will be preceded by an 8 hour long maintenance window, which is scheduled to start at 8:00am (PDT) / 3:00pm (UTC) on May 21st.

The next Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion in the Scarlet & Violet Series, Shrouded Fable, has been officially announced in a press release by The Pokémon Company International. This expansion, which launches internationally on August 2nd, is expected to primarily contain cards from the Japanese Night Wanderer subset, which launches there on June 7th, along with an assortment of Japanese promotional cards that have yet to have international release.

A new video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed new cards for Rowlet, Dartrix, and Decidueye, which will be released in Japan early next month on June 7th as part of the Night Wanderer subset for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Night Wanderer will be released internationally later this year as part of a yet-to-be-announced expansion.

Poppy from Paldea's Elite Four is making their Pokémon Masters EX debut today with their sync partner Tinkaton in a new Poké Fair Scout, which launches alongside the Strong AND Amazing Time Trial Event, as well as another Welcome Back Rally for returning players.

The Fruit Pokémon Bounsweet is the featured Pokémon for Pokémon GO's Community Day for May 2024, which is being held this weekend on Sunday May 19th, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time. During this event, Bounsweet will be appearing more frequently in the wild, together with its Shiny variant.

Continuing on from the recent launch of the Trainer Files: Lovable Numskulls event in Pokémon Masters EX, Plumeria & Gengar are making their playable debut today in a new set of Variety Scouts.

Pokémon Sleep will enter a maintenance period early next week on Tuesday May 14th, ahead of a planned update of the software to Version 1.7.2. This maintenance period is expected to go for roughly 4 and a half hours, from 1:00am until 5:30am (UTC). The update includes additional perks for Novice Researchers, and a selection of Balance adjustments for helper Pokémon, in addition to preparing the game for the Entei Research event later in the month.

The new Trainer Files: Lovable Numskulls event has just launched today in Pokémon Masters EX. Running alongside this event are a set of Variety Scouts featuring Guzma, with his new sync partner Ariados, and the debut of a new Ultimate Battle, Leon's Unbeatable Blaze.

Pokémon Sleep's next Good Sleep Day event will run from Wednesday May 22nd through to Friday May 24th, during the first week of the Entei Research event. Good Sleep Day events are being held in Pokémon Sleep once every lunar month, starting the day before the full moon, and ending the day after. As usual, a Good Sleep Day Bundle will be available from the in-game shop alongside this event.

Pokémon Masters EX's latest High Score Event, Water and Fairy Conqueror, is launching today alongside two new Scouts featuring Water- and Fairy-type Sync Pairs. Both the event and these scouts will run through to May 20th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

The next past generation first partner evolution to appear in special Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet will be the Soloist Pokémon Primarina, who will be making its first appearance in 7-star Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles between May 10th 5th at Midnight (UTC), and May 12th at 11:59pm (UTC), with a follow-up appearance one week later from May 17th at Midnight (UTC), and May 19th at 11:59pm (UTC). Blissey will also be appearing more frequently in 5-star Tera Raid Battles during the second week of this event.

A limited-time distribution of a Flutter Mane was announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet during the livestream of the 2024 Korean Pokémon Trainers Cup. This Iron Hands is based on the one used by Shin Yeo-myeong in 2023 Korean Pokémon Trainers Cup. This distribution will remain available only until May 7th, at 11:59pm (KST) / 2:59pm (UTC).

The A Golden Future Story Event that originally ran for Pokémon Masters EX's 40 million download celebration is receiving its second re-run today for the final day of the Japanese Golden Week holiday. Sygna Suit Morty & Ho-oh, who first made their debut alongside the original run of this Story Event, are also making a return in a new Poké Fair Scout. Both the event and scout will be available until May 19th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

The next Pokémon Trading Card Game subset for Japan was revealed during today's Pokémon Champion's League stream. The Night Wanderer subset will be released in Japan on Friday June 7th. Today's stream has also given fans their first look at a selection of cards from this set, including Pokémon ex cards for each of the Loyal Three originally introduced in The Teal Mask expansion for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, as well as Neutral Center, the game's first Ace Spec Stadium card.

As announced at the end of last month, Sleep Researchers will soon be getting another opportunity to observe the sleep styles of a Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep, with the two week long Entei Research event scheduled to commence Monday May 20th at 4:00am local time, and running through to Monday June 3rd at 3:59am local time.

After almost two months of waiting, the official @PokeMikuVOLTAGE account on X (formerly Twitter) has announced that the first additional song of Project VOLTAGE, After Epochs (アフターエポックス) by sasakure.UK, will be making its premiere next week, Friday May 10th, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). As with past songs, the music video is expected to be posted on the artist's own official YouTube channel.

A brand new villain is arriving in Pokémon Masters EX today, with Bellelba & Swoobat making their debut in a new set of Costume Scouts alongside the ongoing Infamous Pokéstar Villains Costume Event. The Bellelba Costume Scout and Bellelba Costume Tiered Scout will run through until May 19th, at 10:59pm (PDT). The associated Bellelba Costume Featured Ticket Scout and Bellelba Costume Guaranteed Ticket Scout meanwhile will run through to May 26th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

Today, Pokémon Masters EX is receiving its second ever Mix Scout, with the launch of the Blue & Charizard Mix Scout. New content is also being added today to the Main Story's Mysterious Stones Chapter, as previewed in the recent developer letter, while Raihan & Duraludon make a return for the latest Monthly Poké Fair Scout.

April's final new event comes to Pokémon Masters EX today with the launch of a second new Costume Event, Infamous Pokéstar Villains. Also launching today is the first of two new Costume Sync Pairs featured in this event, Brycen-Man (Special Costume) & Zoroark.

Sleep Researchers looking to prepare their helper Pokémon ahead of the debut of Entei in Pokémon Sleep in late May will be getting some help early next month, with a week-long event focused specifically on Fire-type Pokémon scheduled to commence Monday May 6th at 4:00am local time, and running through to Monday May 13th at 3:59am local time.