Pokemon GO Using Hololens, Doom 3 Gets PSVR Support

Frostbite makes its debut on Switch

EA remains hell-bent on making DICE’s Frostbite engine the standard technology platform across all its studios, and now the very first Frostbite-powered game is coming to Switch.

PopCap did the necessary work to get Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighbourville running on Switch, and that might be the first step towards many other games finally making the leap to Nintendo's increasingly popular console.

Frostbitten: “…we spent the last year and a half bringing it over to the Switch and making sure that Frostbite worked on the platform because we are the first-ever Frostbite title to be launched on the Nintendo Switch,” producer Melvin Teo told How Games Make Money podcast.

Path cleared: Adapting Frostbite for Switch was a “massive technical undertaking” since the game only ran at 2 or 3 frames per second when the work started. “It was a slideshow, and we had a lot of work to do,” according to Teo. They worked with QLOC SA, who also helped bring Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen to Switch.

According to Metacritic, which Harry Potter game has the lowest critic score?

a) Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery 
b) Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup 
c) Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
d) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One

The answer will be revealed at the bottom of today's issue. Join up with our community on Twitter and Facebook to discuss what the answer could be.

Another ooze-less handheld from Sega

Sega’s The Ooze was meant to be a launch title for the Sega Nomad, a handheld version of the Genesis/Mega Drive, but never made it out the door since the console itself was cancelled.

The idea was hatched by one of the designers on Sonic Spinball, and was later included on the Arcade Legends Sega Genesis 2 and Sonic Mega Collection Plus compilations, as well as the Japanese Sonic Mega Collection.

Join our community on Twitter and Facebook to discuss today's fact.

Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto bonus event

A technical issue allowed some Pokémon Go players to enjoy the recent Pokémon Go Tour: Kanto for free, so Niantic is throwing a bonus event to make it up to those who actually paid.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is celebrating Pokémon's 25th anniversary with a Pokémon themed tournament, and Niantic seems to be working to bring Pokémon Go to Hololens.

Pokémon GO

• Searching for Legends event
  • From March 9th until 14th
  • Increased Ground and Steel-type spawns, with Shiny Nosepass
  • 5km Eggs: Magnemite, Nosepass, Aron, Baltoy, Beldum and Drilbur
  • 1 Star Raids: Alolan Diglett, Nosepass, Roggenrola, Drilbur, Ferroseed and Klink
  • 3 Star Raids: Alolan Graveler, Magneton, Skarmory, and Metang
  • Field Research and Timed Research for encounters
• GO Tour: Kanto bonus event
  • From March 5th until April 5th
  • Free bundle containing three Remote Raid Passes
• Research Breakthrough Pokémon have shifted until April 1
• Season of Celebration rolling out with event ending June 1

Pokémon Sword & Shield

• Special Item distribution live until March 4th
• Pokkén Tournament DX registration opens March 8th
• Wild Area Event shift
  • Fairy & Flying-type spawn increases
  • Gigantamax Corviknight and Gigantamax Hatterene

Pokémon Unite

• Beta testing has begun in Canada for pre-registered users
• Pictures and footage of the beta test is forbidden

PlayStation VR Spotlight round-up

Sony will be making loads of new announcement during the PlayStation VR Spotlight event, which will last for the rest of the evening.

The highlight of the event so far is Doom 3 VR Edition, the VR version of id Software's 2004 survival horror classic, but there is sure to be more exciting news as the event progresses.

Spotlight highlights

• DOOM 3 VR Edition – Announce Teaser Trailer – March 29, 2021
• Song in the Smoke – Announce Trailer – TBA 2021
• Fracked – Teaser Trailer – Summer 2021
• I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and the Liar – Extended Announcement Trailer – TBA 2021

Win a copy of Mail Mole for PC or Switch

A charming 3D platformer called Mail Mole is our latest giveaway prize and it’s from indie Talpa Games and Undercoders. In order to save Carrotland from disaster you’ve got to deliver the mail, make new friends, solve puzzles, and race against Mecha-Moles!

Mail Mole launches this week and for a chance to win one of our 5 giveaway codes for either Steam (PC) or the Nintendo Switch all you need to do is follow us @DailyBitsGaming, retweet us and visit the DailyBits website. Check out the Mail Mole Giveaway to learn more.

• Epic Games acquires Tonic Games Group, meaning Fall Guys is now an Epic game
• Hogwarts Legacy still at least a year away and its character creator will feature transgender options
• 13 BAFTA nominations for The Last of Us Part 2, while Ghost of Tsushima is nominated for 10 categories
• Xbox Game Pass adds recent sports games in March including NBA 2K21, Madden NFL 21 and Football Manager 2021
• Scribblenauts creator 5th Cell announces Castlehold, a tactical deck building card game in Steam Early Access now

According to Metacritic, which Harry Potter game has the lowest critic score?

ANSWER: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One!

There has been a staggering number of Harry Potter games, and some of them are even pretty good – but Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One is not. Rather than a family-friendly adventure, it is a third-person cover shooter with wands instead of guns and, well, it’s as silly as it sounds.

This slightly bizarre take on everyone’s favorite series of children’s books about a magic school was panned by critics, earning an average score of 37 on Metacritic. To put that in context, the microtransaction-riddled mobile fiasco Hogwarts Mystery has an average of 43, while the iOS port of Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 has an average of 87. How will Hogwarts Legacy fare?

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