Pokemon in itself is quite weird, but in a good way...at least sort of. And over the years the series has gotten weirder and weirder, bringing us to the bizarre assembly of Pocket Monsters revealed today.

Remember those wacky creatures shown in the recent Pokemon leak? Remember how everyone thought they were fake? Well, it turns out they're 100% real--yes, even that weird bug-type Charjabug that literally looks like a bus, and Bruxish the fish with lips--and all of them will be featured in the upcoming Pokemon Sun & Moon 3DS games.

The Pokemon Company released a new video showcasing each of the seven new Pokemon in all of their peculiar glory, and check below for pics and full BIOS of Drampa (hi Falcor!), Togedemaru, Vikavolt (not so bad), Cutiefly (okay this one is awesome), Bruxish (why is this even a thing?!), Charjabug (hilarious) and Tapu Koko (pretty neat). There was also an eighth snake/gem-like Pokemon revealed in the trailer, but so far no details have sprung up about it.

The Xbox business is looking pretty bright these days and has for some time, but it wasn't always roses. According to Xbox co-creator Ed Fries, at the initial proposal meeting Microsoft founder Bill gates started things off by throwing the Powerpoint deck from Fries' team on the table and saying, "This is a f***ing insult to everything I've done at this company."

Fries recalls in his retrospective interview with IGN that former Xbox executive James Allard was "in shock for a minute", and then himself stepped in only to be quickly shut down by Gates. Others attempted to reason with Gates but were unsuccessful, around which time then-CEO Steve Ballmer backed up Gates and stated the Xbox was financially unsustainable.

After several hours, both Gates and Ballmer softened when an observer asked, "What about Sony?" and explained that allowing the company to dominate the living room could be a "future threat to Microsoft." This seemed to flick a switch, and shortly after the plan was approved. Even more, Fries and his team were given "full approval to do Xbox" and to work independently from Microsoft.

The NVIDIA Shield 3.2 update promised last month is here at last, complete with support for a variety of exciting new features, particularly if you're heavy into video content.

On the media end, you get support for Netflix HDR (making Shield the first standalone device to feature it), 4K and 60FPS YouTube watching, and 4K Vudu (a Walmart-owned movie streaming service). As well, Plex (which organizes and streams all of your content), can use the Shield to run a Plex Media Server directly from the set-top box.

Audio-wise, there's support for Dolby Atmos surround sound pass-through when using Vudu, MX Player, SPMC, or the Photos & Videos app.

eBay is currently holding a promotion that gives you $15 off for every $75 spent, and we've found an ingenious way to use it in tandem with Best Buy to rack up some serious savings.

Right now eBay's new Flash Sale cuts $15 off any $75 or more PayPal purchase when using the code CRUISEN2SUMMER, offering a nice incentive for a huge array of purchases from games, Steam gift cards, video cards, tech and more. Remember all the items in your cart have total up to at least $75, you have to check out with PayPal, and the code only works once per transaction per PayPal account.

So you could pick up a $100 Steam Wallet card for $85, or 2x $40 and a single $50 ($90 in Steam Wallet cash) for $75. If you're an Xbox One gamer, you could pick up some Xbox Store gift cards to prepare for Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Summer Sale.

I recently wrote about popular stock photo company Getty creating their own VR group and breaking it in by sending their photographers to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Well, Samsung and NBC are delivering the kind of Olympics experience we VR enthusiasts have all been craving: 85 hours of sportsing awesomeness viewable in virtual reality.

"The world's greatest sporting event is always a showcase for cutting edge technology, and we're thrilled to partner with Samsung and OBS to bring our viewers even closer to compelling Olympic action with virtual reality," said Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics. "Olympic fans can be transported to iconic venues such as Maracana Stadium for an unprecedented view of the Opening Ceremony, and Copacabana Beach for an immersive beach volleyball experience in the sport's ultimate setting."

The 85 hours of content will be viewable exclusively on Samsung phones compatible with the Gear VR headset (Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note 5), via the NBC Sports app. As for the specifics of the programming, we'll be treated to the opening and closing ceremonies, men's basketball (including the semifinals and final), gymnastics, track & field, beach volleyball, diving, boxing, and fencing.

id Software's new arena-style shooter Quake Champions is all about blistering-fast FPS action, and is being made with "inhuman" enthusiast pro PC gamers in mind. The devs affirm that Quake Champions will rock an uncapped frame rate with up to 120Hz monitor refresh speeds--in other words, gaming experiences that are completely out of consoles' league.

In a recent interview with Gamespot, id Software creative director Tim Willits discussed why it's absolutely imperative that Quake Champions hits a consistent streamlined 120Hz at all times: "Most of us, and even me, I can't really tell the difference. But there are some players who are inhuman. And we can't come out and say we're going to make a game for them and not run ridiculously fast. Because if we lose the pro guys, we're in trouble. That's why it's a PC game. No excuses. No limitations."

During Quake Champion's official E3 2016 reveal, id Software promised that the multiplayer-only game is "aimed at hardcore fans" and provides the "challenge and rush you'd expect from our games," but the game won't be a true arena shooter for one big reason: classes. In an apparent attempt to make the game more accessible to new gamers, id is including classes which are made up of "diverse warriors with unique attributes and abilities."

Buying a smartphone today typically entails putting up with a lot of things you don't want to put up with, or being bothered to find a way around those things. The Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge ($669 and $769, respectively), though, come with no such conditions and instead respect the customer in that they come unlocked and free of difficult-to-get-rid-of bloatware.

The somewhat rare approach means you can choose from most carriers (also nice if you spend a lot of time in foreign countries), likely get updates faster, and not be bogged down by difficult-to-get-rid-of and performance-taxing apps and services. On the latter point, you will still see some Google apps but just the "top tier" stuff; as for Samsung apps, those are entirely optional at setup.

While the minimalist approach to smartphone offerings has been happening a little more in recent times, it's a deviation for Samsung. And given it's the leading Android phone manufacturer, the shift could pave the way for even more choice from competitors going forward.

Irrational Games today announced the BioShock: The Collection remastered trilogy, prompting a good portion of existing owners to ask about free upgrades. Luckily the studio will offer a free upgrade program for PC gamers, but console players are out of luck.

If you already own BioShock 1 or 2 and/or the Minerva's Den DLC on PC, then you'll get a free version of that remastered game on PC. You won't get the full collection, of course, but you will get an upgraded remastered port of whichever game you own--so if you own the original BioShock, you'll get a free copy of BioShock from the remastered trilogy. If you own both, then you'll get both. BioShock: Infinite won't be remastered on PC, however, as Irrational says the game "already meets current-gen console standards and runs smoothly on high visual settings." Since the trilogy includes all singleplayer DLC, I'm assuming you'll only get a free copy of the base game, not all of its DLC; so if you own BioShock 2 and no DLC, you'll likely only get BioShock 2 remastered free.

"If you already own BioShock, BioShock 2, and/or Minerva's Den on Steam, you will be able to upgrade to the remastered version of the respective title(s) for free after release. It's a circus of values!" reads the official announcement page on Steam. Right now both BioShock games are deeply discounted to just $3.99 as part of Steam's Summer Sale, so if you want a remastered version be sure to pick them up.

After months of teasing, leaks, and filibustering, 2K Games has finally announced the BioShock Collection, an all-in-one remastering of the original BioShock trilogy for Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

The BioShock Collection features upgraded visuals and enhancements of BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock: Infinite, but 2K didn't say whether we can expect 1080p 60FPS on console flavors. The publisher did say that only BioShock 1 & 2 would be remastered on PC, as BioShock: Infinite "already meets current-gen console standards and runs smoothly on high visual settings." Sadly, BioShock 2's mutltiplayer isn't included. Along with touched-up ports of the original games, the remastered collection comes packed with all singleplayer DLC for each game (check below for a list) and even little behind-the-scenes featurettes with Irrational's Ken Levine.

Hopefully the remaster doesn't jam all three games on a single disc. Based on the absolutely failure that was Halo: Master Chief Collection and Gearbox's janky Borderlands: Handsome Collection, packing in three high-def ports on a single Blu-ray disc is a recipe for disaster. The BioShock Collection will launch September 13, 2016 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

AMD changed things up with its new Radeon RX series, moving away from the Radeon R7/R9 naming system - towards something that will hopefully stick this time. The new Radeon 400 series is split into two subseries; the RX 400 and 400.

The Radeon RX parts will offer 1.5 TFLOPs or more of performance with at least 100GB/sec memory bandwidth - but for cards that don't have that type of speed, we can expect them to rock the Radeon 400 branding. AMD has also confirmed it will be using XX5 revisions, where we might see faster versions of the cards over time - especially as yields improve, leakage is minimized, or AMD wants to hit NVIDIA again with higher-clocked versions of their cards.

AMD says there are 9 tiers that are split into five groups, where Tier 6 (46X cards) might appear with both the RX 460 and non-RX 460. Tier 9 is the most exciting, where we can see higher than 256-bit memory bus with 4K gaming being the focus point here, which has me thinking - will the Radeon RX 490/495 be a Polaris-based design, or will AMD save this for the Vega architecture?