The firstPokemon TCGrelease of each year is usually a special one, designed as much for collectors as it is players. This year, it is Crown Zenith to say goodbye to the Galar Region. Next year, though, we’re celebrating Paldea with over 100 new shiny Pokemon in Paldean Fates. Like Hidden Fates and Shining Fates before it, Paldean Fates’ focus is on shiny Pokemon, and is sure to be a hit with collectors....
When it comes to a remake, it can be a difficult balancing act between bringing the game up to modern standards, yet keeping it faithful to avoid annoying fans of the original game. Sometimes you have a developer that goes rogue with the whole idea of what a remake can be - hello Square Enix - but most remakes tend to be faithful reimaginings of classic titles. Fool’s Theory is probably aiming for the same withtheir remake of The Witcher....
The originalTomb Raidergames are among some of the most iconic titles in video game history. All launching onPS1across a two-year period (it was a different time), the trilogy has finally been given a fresh coat of paint andwill launch as a remastered collection on all major platforms on July 29, 2025. Considering some of the other games to have been ripped from the past, dusted off, polished, and re-released, it’s shocking it has taken this long for someone to get around to doing the same thing for the OG Tomb Raider games....
With the introduction of the Amethyst bounce package in Rise of the Floodborn, Ruby/Amethyst Control has become the undeniable top deck in the Disney Lorcana meta. Try as we might to overcome it, the deck is dominating in every online and in person event right now. Inan online tournamentthis weekend with more than 250 participants, Ruby/Amethyst represented seven of the top eight finishers. You’ll find the same thing at 1K events and local tournaments wherever they’re played: Ruby/Amethyst seems to be unstoppable - for now....
Warhammer Age of Sigmar’sFlesh Eater Courts have always embodied the first two words of their name, and less so the latter. But that’s all changing with the upcoming range refresh, as characters depicting ghoulish judges with crusty wigs are joining the fray. But one model stands out to me above all others: Ushoran the Bold. This creepy guy is a Mortarch, one of Nagash’s most trusted generals. He has a litany of titles, known throughout the realms as the Lord of Masques, the First Exemplar, the Sumeros Summerking, and the Sombre Paladin, but to me he’s one thing only: aFromSoftwareboss....
Quick Links As fun as playingDungeons & Dragonsis, sometimes, in a game where imagination is the limit, people can get carried away. Whether it’s a remarkably brutal description or a romance scene going a bit too far, tools exist within the TTRPG sphere to address these concerns. This isn’t a new concept, and for a lot of tables, it’s necessary. Many other games have built-in safety tools within their handbooks; concepts that have been tested to work well within their games....
Quick Links The Boy and the Heron, created by the animation powerhouse that isStudio Ghibliand directed by the prolific visionary Hayao Miyazaki, is another in a long line of work that will leave a deep impact on its audience. The first half of the film embraces mundane life, following the young Mahito Maki as he moves to the countryside after his mother dies in a tragic hospital fire. The film takes a magical turn when a strange talking heron offers to take Mahito to find his mother, saying she is not really dead....
Scientists and secrets have shared an inextricable bond in video games since time immemorial. Comic book stories double down on the trend. It’s little surprise that you’ll encounter the classic trope inMarvel’s Spider-Man 2. Your search for Doctor Connors, otherwise known as The Lizard, will lead you to his quaint Astoria residence… and a puzzle. Whereas many of Spider-Man 2’s more puzzling moments are fairly straightforward, Doctor Connors' requires a few steps complicated enough to rival even some of those old 1990s point-and-click adventure games....
Summary Ubisoft’sThe Crew has been out for less than a decade, and it’s already become obsolete. The game has been delisted without warning, and Ubisoft has announced that its servers will shut off in April 2024. It’s an always-online game, which means it will become completely unplayable. Forever. There’s no plan to transition the game into an offline experience despite there already being plenty of offline content, leaving players in the lurch....
Quick Links From dragons to Daedric Princes to the assassins of the Dark Brotherhood, there is no shortage of magic and mystery in The Elder Scrolls series. The lands on the continent of Tamriel have a deeply varied history across its numerous territories. InThe Elder Scrolls Online, you can travel to almost every corner of the continent, and even beyond. Much of the conflict in Tamriel comes from the continuous fighting for control of the central Imperial City in Cyrodiil....
Quick Links The world ofPaliais full of beauty, from the natural landscapes to the creatures that inhabit them. It’s no wonder that plenty of villagers, and Tau, request that you capture Brighteye butterflies from time to time. Brighteyes are not as plentiful as some butterflies and therefore, harder to find. Whether you need one now, or you’d like to have some of these luminous butterflies on hand at all times, you’ll need to know where to find them and how to catch them without going through all your smoke bombs....
Quick Links Super Mario RPGis absolutely packed with hidden items, bosses, locations, andsecrets for the player to find if they want to explore off the beaten path and away from the main quest. Most of these are fairly self-explanatory and easy to find if you just dedicate some time to looking around each of the areas in the game,but there’s a set of collectibles that is bound to give you a lot more trouble than anything else you’ve come across so far- the hidden Treasure Chests....
It’s 2019. Walmart Canada, for whatever reason, decides to open its own separate Twitter account for gaming. Its very first post is a GIF happily announcing, “I can fix it”, born into the raging discourse hellfire with an odd sense of glee. It retweets gaming news, pre-orders, trailers, and even roadmaps. There’s a clear logic to it - a brand account for a major supermarket aiming to build a gaming audience so that people will shop there for the newest goods and follow them to stay in the loop....
