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The next Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion in the Scarlet & Violet Series, Twilight Masquerade, has finally been officially announced by The Pokémon Company International. This expansion, which launches internationally on May 24th, is expected to contain cards from the Japanese Crimson Haze expansion, and the newly announced Transformation Mask expansion, which launches in Japan on April 26th. It's not yet known if all of the cards from those sets will make it over to Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade internationally, or if some will only see release in later sets.

Continuing the month of 4.5 Year Anniversary celebrations in Pokémon Masters EX, the first of two new Costume Sync Pairs are making their debut today alongside the brand new The Power of Dance Costume Event.

Registration for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet's 2024 Global Challenge III Online Competition will open next week on March 21st at Midnight (UTC). Registration will remain open until the end of the month, with the competition itself scheduled to run from March 29th, at Midnight (UTC) through to March 31st, at 11:59pm (UTC).

Today's livestream on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed the new Boomerang Energy Special Energy card, which will be released in Japan at the end of next week on March 22nd as part of the Crimson Haze subset for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Crimson Haze will be released internationally later this year as part of an as-yet unannounced expansion.

The special distribution of Pawmot which was announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet late last week has now commenced. This Pawmot, which is based on Nemona's Pawmot as seen in the music video of the YOASOBI song Biri-Biri, is being released to celebrate the song's physical CD & LP release in Japan. This distribution will remain available to redeem until February 28th next year.

2023's Solve the Case! Costume event continues with the return of Part 2 of the event today in Pokémon Masters EX.

A new video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed regular and SR prints of the new Lana's Assistance Supporter card, which will be released in Japan later this month on March 22nd as part of the Crimson Haze subset for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Crimson Haze will be released internationally later this year as part of an as-yet unannounced expansion.

A new video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed the new Survival Braces ACE SPEC Pokémon Tool Card, which will be released in Japan later this month on March 22nd as part of the Crimson Haze subset for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Crimson Haze will be released internationally later this year as part of an as-yet unannounced expansion.

Shortly after the release earlier of Glorious Day by Eve, the final originally scheduled song for Project VOLTAGE, the official @PokeMikuVOLTAGE account on X (formerly Twitter) has announced that the project will be continuing, confirming that additional songs will be produced for the project. Vocaloid producer sasakure.UK was also announced as the first Vocaloid producer for this continuation.

Project VOLTAGE, the special art and music collaboration project between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku, has released its final scheduled song today with the premiere of Glorious Day by Eve, which just finished its premiere on Eve's official YouTube channel.

2023's Solve the Case! Costume event is returning to Pokémon Masters EX today, alongside a set of Costume Scouts featuring Costume Sync Pairs who originally made their debut in Parts 1 and 2 of the Solve the Case! event. Also launching today is the game's latest Ultimate Battle challenge, Ultimate Battle: Palmer's Rumbling Might.

A special distribution of Pawmot has been announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. This Pawmot, which is based on Nemona's Pawmot as seen in the music video of the YOASOBI song Biri-Biri, is being released to celebrate the song's physical CD & LP release in Japan. The Mystery Gift code for this Pokémon will be released on the Japanese official Pokémon Website around Midday (JST) / 3:00am (UTC) on March 13th, with this distribution remaining available to redeem until February 28th next year.

A new video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has revealed new Spinarak and Ariados cards, which will be released in Japan later this month on March 22nd as part of the Crimson Haze subset for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Crimson Haze will be released internationally later this year as part of an as-yet unannounced expansion.

As announced during the Pokémon Presents video presentation on Pokémon Day, Sleep Researchers are getting their first opportunity to observe the sleep styles of a Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep this month, with the two week long Raikou Research event starting Monday March 25th at 4:00am local time, and running through to Monday April 8th at 3:59am local time.

Pokémon Masters EX's latest High Score Event, Psychic-Type Masters, is launching today alongside two new Scouts featuring Psychic-type Sync Pairs. Both the event and these scouts will run through to March 20th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

Pokémon Sleep's next Good Sleep Day event will run from Sunday March 24th through to Tuesday March 26th. Good Sleep Day events are being held in Pokémon Sleep once every lunar month, starting the day before the full moon, and ending the day after. As usual, a Good Sleep Day Bundle will be available from the in-game shop alongside this event.

Today's livestream on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled an Ultra Rare print for the previously revealed Perrin Supporter Card. This card will be released in Japan on March 22nd as part of the Crimson Haze subset for the Scarlet & Violet series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards from Crimson Haze will be released internationally later this year as part of an as-yet unannounced expansion.

Project VOLTAGE, the special art and music collaboration project between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku, will be releasing its final song this Weekend, March 9th, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). Ahead of this conclusion, the official Hatsune Miku channel on YouTube will be hosting a special live broadcast of all 17 songs released for the project to date, ending with the announcement of the final producer who will be participating in the project.

Pokémon Sleep's Electric Type Week event will start next week on March 11th. Shortly after the start of this event, from March 11th at 6:00am (UTC), a selection of special Electric Type Week Bundles will be made available from the in-game store. These bundles will remain available until one day after the end of the event, on Tuesday March 19th at 3:59am (UTC).

Continuing the game's 4.5 Year Anniversary celebrations, the Leaders of a New Era Neo Champions event from late 2022 will be making a return to Pokémon Masters EX until March 18th. Also returning today is a Pasio Special Stadium, featuring Champion Serena who debuted as part of the Leaders of a New Era event, along with the addition of a new special one-time-only 5★-Select Variety Scout.