Pokémon GO social media accounts have announced that Pokémon storage has been expanded to a maximum of 4,500.

The official McDonald's Japanese website has announced that several Pikachu-themed food items and Happy Meal toys, named the "Sweet Trio Fru-chu", are coming to their restaurants in Japan as a collaboration between The Pokémon Company and McDonald's. The three different food items, each with their own individual packaging, will be available for a limited period starting on June 11, 2021.

Netflix has announced that the twenty-third season of the long-running Pokémon the Series animated series, Pokémon Journeys: The Series will debut on its platform on July 1, 2021.

Several Pokémon that enjoy the rain will be appearing more frequently in Max Raid Battles in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield through June 6, 2021, at 4:59 p.m. PDT. These Pokémon include Venusaur, Politoed, Croagunk, and Seismitoad. Gigantamax Venusaur and Shiny Politoed can also be encountered.

A new online competition has been announced for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Registration for the Fair and Square competition will begin on June 2, 2021, at 10:00 p.m. PDT, and will remain open until June 17, 2021, at 4:59 p.m. PDT. The competition itself will then takes place starting from June 17, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. PDT, running until June 20, 2021, at 4:59 p.m. PDT.

The Pokémon Company International has revealed five more cards for the Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign expansion that will be released on June 18, 2021.

Pokémon GO's Season of Discovery will begin with A Very Slow Discovery, featuring Slowpoke, and the debut of Galarian Slowpoke, Galarian Slowbro, and Mega Slowbro. Several other slow Pokémon will also be appearing during this event. The event will begin June 8, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., and run through to June 13, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Figures published in the Japanese government's Official Gazette reveal The Pokémon Company has attained record sales and profits over the 2020 Japanese financial year (1 March 2020 - 28 February 2021).

Niantic has announced the Season of Discovery, which will feature both new Pokémon never-before-seen in Pokémon GO, and new things about Pokémon we're familiar with, will be coming to Pokémon GO this June. The season begins on June 1, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. local time and will last to September 1, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Niantic has announced details of the monthly update for June 2021 in Pokémon GO.

Niantic has announced more details for the Pokémon GO Fest 2021, taking place on July 17 and 18, 2021. Each day has different special events for ticket holders and players worldwide.

The mobile version of Pokémon HOME will be receiving an update to version 1.4.0 in June 2021. A brand new feature in this update, Catch Calendar, allows you to view your Pokémon arranged by the dates on which you caught them. You can also set specific dates as Anniversaries to mark special occasions. The Pokédex will also be updated which gives the ability to view Pokémon registered to your Pokémon HOME Pokédex from different angles, similar to Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. To celebrate the release of version 1.4.0, all players can receive special Bulbasaur and Squirtle via the Mystery Gift option. When you move these two Pokémon to Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield, when fully evolved as Venusaur and Blastoise, can be Gigantamax during battle.

The Pokémon Company today sprung a pre-E3 surprise on fans with the sudden announcement of release dates for their three upcoming Nintendo Switch titles, together with the first images of the US box art for these games.

The Two Champions Story Event is back in Pokémon Masters EX, and will run until June 7th, 10:59 p.m (PT). Participants who played the previous event can also still take part and claim the rewards for a second time. A Super Spotlight Poké Fair is also running alongside the event, featuring four fair-exclusive Sync Pairs.

The Gym Leaders of Sword and Shield's Galar region have quickly become fan favourites, and so it's no surprise that Good Smile Company would seek to capitalize on that with their latest Nendoroid, Raihan, the Dragon type Gym Leader of Hammerlocke. As typical for Pokémon Nendoroids, Raihan comes with a number of accessories, including multiple face places, and both horizontal and vertically orientated Rotom phones. Raihan is also accompanied by a suitably chibified version of his partner Pokémon, Duraludon, which has some limited posibility with its legs, arms, and mouth.

Sheep Pokémon Wooloo and Dubwool will be appearing more frequently in Max Raid Battles in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield through May 23, 2021, at 4:59 p.m. PDT.

The Pokémon Company International has revealed eight cards for the Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign expansion set that was officially announced earlier this year, and which is currently set to be released on June 18, 2021.

Niantic has revealed more details on the Gible Community Day happening on Sunday, June 6, 2021. The event will start at 11:00 am in player's local time, and end at 5:00 pm.

Every year, a substantial amount of academic research is published about, or with some connection to, the Pokémon franchise and/or fandom. While occasionally some of this research breaks through to the fandom and/or to mainstream news, much of this research sadly goes underreported, and unread by the wider community of Pokémon fans. We here at Bulbagarden think it's about time that changed. Our first featured article comes from a multinational team of researchers, whose study takes an extensive look at how climate change will impact the existence of suitable habitat for Kangaskhan. Dr. Dan L. Warren, the lead author of the study, noted the primary reason for choosing to use a Pokémon character in their research was to engage a broader audience with the issues conservation scientists regularly need to think about. We think that's a wonderful idea, and it's why we've chosen this article specifically to be our first featured article with this project.

A limited-time distribution of Life Orb for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield was announced during the Spring Single Tournament Finals livestream on the official Pokémon Korea Youtube channel. Players can redeem a Life Orb using the code「SPR1NGPA0R1」. This code can only be redeemed until May 16, 2021 at 14:59 UTC.