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The Smart Play toys can battle, heal, and level up in ways that mimic actual Pokémon games, Lego revealed in an exclusive Polygon interview.

Examine these cropped screenshots bit by bit.

We also got a glimpse of Aion 2's four-player party-based content, which looks similarly fast-paced, and the team told us that there’s also more challenging eight-player raids, though we didn’t get to see them. This stuff was less traditional “navigate a bunch of scenarios and regular enemies and then do some boss fights along the way” and more “here’s a cool fight against a boss, go nuts,” but it did look cool.

Hello, pinch, punch and all that, and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Marie goes thrifting, Connor discovers the virtues of oxcarts, Dom goes back to an all-time favourite, and Kelsey gets cosy with... nautical horror? Sounds about right. Read more

Pokémon Go has begun testing a virtual item that helps play the game for you, throwing Pokéballs to catch creatures, and spinning PokéStops.