Games

Every time I hear that we’re getting a new game based on The Lord of The Rings, I experience a brief moment of excitement that is inevitably followed by a sense of impending doom. Despite plenty of rich lore to draw from (and a built-in fanbase who are willing to give pretty much any game […]

Tales of the success of Magic: the Gathering’s Final Fantasy set may sound greatly exaggerated, but they are not. It was the fastest-selling Magic expansion ever, to the point that distributors and retailers experienced significant product shortages. To wit: A Final Fantasy collector booster currently sells for over $120 at tgcplayer.com, and a collector box

Pokémon fans are accusing the creators of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket of plagiarism after artwork created by a fan in 2021 was seemingly used for a card in new expansion Wisdom of Sea and Sky. That expansion pack, officially due out Wednesday, allegedly includes a new Immersive Card featuring Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh which appears

Following uproar over Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket using fan art for a card in the new Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion, The Pokémon Company has apologized and pulled the offending art entirely from the new release. “We want to share an important update regarding the upcoming expansion, Wisdom of Sea and Sky,” The

Third time might be the charm for the juggernaut franchise starring Jason Voorhees, with San Diego Comic-Con 2025 bringing a brand new announcement: there’s a new Friday the 13th game in the works. The reveal came from Robert Barsamian, the executive vice president at the company Horror Inc. For those who don’t know, the company

Nintendo’s chaotic racer is undergoing some changes today thanks to its Ver. 1.2.0 update, which tries addressing many of the biggest complaints about the game. Emphasis on tries: at least one of the adjustments to Mario Kart World isn’t quite what it seems based on player testing. So, what’s new? We’ll drop the whole patch

Ahead of the launch of Apex Legends Season 26: Showdown, developer Respawn Entertainment has released a gameplay trailer unveiling the game’s new mode — Wildcard, a permanent game mode focused on fast-paced fights and last-minute comebacks. Oh, and it also allows you to stack Legends. “[The] goal was to create lower stakes, a high-energy experience

Electronic Arts isn’t looking to increase game prices to $80; well, not right now, at least. “We’re not looking to make any changes on pricing at this stage, but that’s in the construct of — we already offer a fairly broad pricing scheme across our various products,” said EA CEO Andrew Wilson during the company’s

Clair Obcur: Expedition 33 was released in April as a relatively polished game. Yet, bug fixes and minor improvements are always welcome, and that’s what Wednesday’s patch 1.4.0 brings. Unlike the game’s first major patch that nerfed Maelle (but not really), patch 1.4.0 centers around quality of life improvements, the most notable being a battle-retry

The Sims 4’s latest expansion pack, Enchanted by Nature, has received quite a bit of promotion from publisher Electronic Arts since its release in July, but its latest promo for the game — an FKA Twigs music video made in-game and sung in Simlish — isn’t as out of left field as it might sound.