Pokémon Sleep's 2.5 Year anniversary was earlier this week, on January 20th. In celebration of this milestone, the game is now distributing a special bundle of gifts to all Sleep Researchers. Details have also been released on the game's next Good Sleep Day event at the beginning of February.

The Fox Pokémon, Vulpix and Alolan Vulpix will be the featured Pokémon for Pokémon GO's February 2026 Community Day, which will be held at the very beginning of the month on Sunday, February 1st, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time. During this event, Vulpix and Alolan Vulpix will be appearing more frequently in the wild, together with their Shiny variant, and some that has a Special Background. Scopely have also announced the dates of the next Season's Community Days and other events.

Dynamax Ho-Oh will be making its debut in five-star Max Battles in Pokémon GO's next Max Battle Weekend, running from Saturday, January 31st, at 6:00am to Sunday, February 1st, at 9:00pm local time. Lucky Trainers may also encounter Dynamax Lugia in its Shiny variant during this event.

The next Pokémon to join the fray in Pokémon UNITE will be Sirfetch’d — It will be available to play from January 30th. Sirfetch'd is a Melee All-Rounder that does Physical damage, with Expert difficulty.

Pokémon UNITE's newest update, dubbed Indomitable Spirit, was released on January 22nd at 7am UTC, and brings balance adjustments for various Pokémon, alongside the usual bug fixes, and Shop and Event updates. Specifically, this update provides buffs (⇧) for Garchomp, Ceruledge, Tinkaton, Trevenant, Darkrai, Psyduck, Charizard, Galarian Rapidash, and Comfey; while bringing nerfs (⇩) for Zacian, Blaziken, Mega Gyarados, Mega Charizard Y, Mewtwo (X), Glaceon, Scizor, Vaporeon, and Latias.

Pokémon TCG Pocket's next expansion, “Fantastical Parade”, is set to launch worldwide next week on Wednesday, January 28th at 5:00pm (PST). This expansion introduces Stadium cards into the game. Various in-game events to take place throughout the next month have also been announced.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A version 2.0.1 is now available to download for the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. This update allows Trainers to purchase multiple berries at once and increases the maximum amount of Mega Shards that a Trainer can have to 9,999. It also fixes several minor bugs to enhance the gameplay experience. This update is required to access Internet features.

Pokémon Masters EX is today launching its latest Ranked Damage Event, Super Sparring No. 18. Featuring battles against Wally, Hop, and Barry, this event will run through to January 28th, at 9:59pm (PST).

Glimmet, the Ore Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut in the Into the Depths event, which will run from Tuesday, January 27th, at 10:00am, to Sunday, February 1st, at 8:00pm local time. Trainers will have the opportunity to encounter Glimmet from Routes, Field Research, free Timed Research, and paid Timed Research during this event.

Team GO Rocket are back to their old tricks in Pokémon GO, with the latest Team GO Rocket Takeover event, Precious Pals: Taken Over, running from this Friday January 23th, at 12:00am, and concluding Sunday January 25th, 2026, at 8:00pm local time. A Raikou Shadow Raid Day will also run alongside this event on Saturday from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time.

The Dutch speedrunning community is coming together for the 2026 edition of BSG Plus this week at the Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant Nieuwegein-Utrecht. This year's event will be raising money for Stichting MIND, a charity for mental health based out of the Netherlands. Runs of two Pokémon games have been scheduled for the event, which can be watched from its Twitch channel.

The 2026 Pokémon Toronto Regional Championships were won by Cary D'Ortona. The event ran from 17-18 January 2026, and featured a total of 750 trainers battling for an invite to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships. This was both the first official tournament in 2026, as well as the first to use the Regulation Set F ruleset in the 2026 Championship Series, allowing the use of all Paradox and Legendary Pokémon, with the exclusion of Restricted Special Pokémon such as Koraidon and Miraidon.

Pokémon UNITE's January 15th update has introduced various new features, including helpful features that encourage teamwork and communication, and more game modes, with the new "Super Magikarp Splash" mode and the returning "Electrode Volleyball" mode. Additionally, the Draft Pick mode will be suspended temporarily due to instability and crashing issues.

A Mega Latios ex Drop Event has now commenced in Pokémon TCG Pocket, running through to January 26th at 9:59pm (PST), offering players the opportunity to challenge a series of special solo battles to attempt to obtain promo card packs and other rewards.

Three new Sync Pairs are making their debuts in Pokémon Masters EX today alongside the launch of the game's latest Academy Event, Art Agony, Teacher’s Tears. Players will receive Kris (Academy) & Igglybuff simply for starting the event, while Brassius & Sudowoodo and Hassel & Baxcalibur make their debuts in separate EX Fair Scouts.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket's first deluxe pack, Deluxe Pack: ex, which was originally available as a limited-time booster between September 29th and October 29th, 2025, is making a return to the game for roughly the next two weeks. Players will once again be able to open boosters from this set until January 28th, at 4:59pm (PST).

Pokémon Sleep will enter a maintenance period this week for an update of the software to Version 3.2.0. This update is expected to run for roughly four and a half hours, commencing Thursday January 15th at 4:30am (UTC), and continuing through until 9:00am (UTC). In addition to preparing the game for the Super Skill Week Part 3 event, the update also makes adjustments to the Speed Review Function.

Pokémon Masters EX's latest High Score Event, Ghost and Fairy Conqueror, has launched today alongside a one-time-only 5★-Select Fair Exclusive Scout ×11. Both the event and scout will be running through to January 17th, at 9:59pm (PST).

The latest Pokémon to join the fray in Pokémon UNITE is Meowth, a Melee Speedster with Intermediate difficulty that deals Physical damage. As is usual for a new Pokémon release, a new set of Holowear has also been made available, with Happi Style: Empoleon now available in Zirco Trading, featuring Audio/Visual FX for Movement.

The Precious Pals event will be running in Pokémon GO later this month from Tuesday, January 20th, at 10:00am, through to Sunday, January 25th, at 8:00pm local time. Shiny Fidough will be appearing in Pokémon GO for the first time as part of this event.