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Quick Links Black Panther, Wakandan King is one of the five heroes included inMagic: The Gathering’s Marvel Superdrop. The Marvel Superdrop is a set of five different Secret Lairs, each based on a different hero. There are four reprints with new art (and in some cases, names) and a mechanically unique legendary creature. Black Panther, Wakandan King is a unique commander that wants to flood the battlefield with creatures while spreading +1/+1 counters across all your creatures....

Quick Links It’s time to take on a brand newWordlechallenge! If you find yourself needing a little help solving today’s word, then fear not as we’ve got you covered right here. We’ve got a breakdown of all the letters, some general word clues, or, if you just want the full answer, we’ve got that here too. All the answers are hidden from view, so don’t worry about any accidental spoilers....

Summary I played a lot ofKnights of the Old Republicas a kid, and when I remember what it felt like to play those games, it’s the conversations that stand out. I loved talking to these characters so much that I’d check in with them constantly, just to see if they had anything to say about what we were doing, the planet we were on, or the people we’d met. Very often, theydidhave something to say – they’d share what they knew with me, tell me what their childhoods were like, or drop delicious nuggets of lore....

Quick Links Whether you’re the most die-hard fan of the originalSilent Hill 2or planning to experience it for the first time, 2024’s remake has a lot to offer. Though there were apprehensions, there has luckily been a lot to rejoice about for the Silent Hill community, as the game launched to a strong critical receptionand ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ reviews from players on Steam. The 2001 game wasan instant survival horror classicthat many hailed as the gold standard for the genre, so it’s a very high bar to overcome....

I have long had mixed feelings on Max Caulfield returning forLife is Strange. I was initially dead set against the idea - Max’s story was over, and it was one of the most precious stories in gaming to me. Shedeserved better than nostalgia baitfor a series that placed such reverence on the idea of narrative. Over time, my stance softened. But now I think I was right all along. When I first previewed the game, I played an out of context section in which Max had to snoop around an office for a camera....

Summary It can be a little difficult for sports games to try and freshen things up with each game, with titles likeEA FCadding additional modes like Rush to try and give players something new to do.They’re not always that innovative or successful, but they’re usually connected to the sport that the specific game focuses on.NBA 2K25is taking a bit of a different approach, giving players a full-scale arena shooter to play instead....

Quick Links Having initiated the “Save the Mourning Snakes” quest, which will unlock Junah’s Masked Dancer Archetype (and grant you the chance to get her as a follower soon thereafter), it’s time for anotherMetaphor: ReFantaziooptional dungeon. This time, your destination is the Orbwise Path. This guide endeavors to give you the full layout of the Orbwise Path, as well as what you’ll encounter along the way, and how to get every treasure this place has to offer....

Summary A Game Freak leakrevealing everything from plans forPokemon’s Gen 10 toNintendo’s codename for the Switch 2 went down over the weekend. Among the thousands of files unearthed in the leak is some rather disturbing lore about humans having children with Pokemon, as well as a story about a guy slaying a bunch of Ursaring for what appears to be no reason at all. In a document titled “The Collapse of Culture and Relationships”, a man finds an Octillery on the beach, has relations with it, and then throws it back into the sea....

Summary After almost 30 years,Pokemonhas so much merch that deciding what to buy the next time you want to pick up something officially Pokemon-themed can be tricky. The Pokemon Company appears to be very aware of how hard choosing its merch can be as it has provided a solution - the Special Delivery Box. A box filled with plushes, Pokemon cards, and more, all chosen at random and sent to you in the mail....

Summary Rule of Rose, a once-controversial JapanesePlayStation 2horror game from developer Punchline, has returned to the public eye after a sealed shipment was reportedly discovered in Italy. The United Kingdom version of Rule of Rose has become a collector’s item over the past decade-and-a-half because the game was never officially released in the region. In 2007, Rule of Rose was the subject of a moralist campaign in Europe, with then-European Union justice minister Franco Frattini claiming the game contained “obscene cruelty and brutality....

Summary Nintendois reportedly asking third-party developers to head up work on remasters ahead of theSwitch2’s release, which reportedly includesRayman3: Hoodlum Havoc. As every Rayman fan is painfully aware of, the last decade and a bit sinceRayman Legends launched in 2013 has been incredibly dry. 2023 made up for that a bit with thecharacter’s infamous reimagining in Captain Laserhawkand hisstarring role in Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope’s final DLC pack, but it’s far from what we were all asking for....

Quick Links There’s something special about a group of friends sitting down to a nice, breezy game ofMagic: The Gathering’s Commander format. Even better when the table agrees not immediately to go for the throat to make the game last. The best is when the table communicates. Alliances are forms, truces declared and broken, and negotiations on who deserves to have their commander killed. Sergeant John Benton thrives at such a table....

Quick Links Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, also known as Pokemon TCG Pocket, is a mostly free-to-play app that allows you to open up one or two free packs of Pokemon cards daily. These digital cards are added to your collection and, if you so choose, you’re able to later utilize them in the digital card battles against other players or AI. While the entire catalog of real-world Pokemon cards is not in the app, there are more than enough to make the simplified card battles relatively enjoyable, regardless of whether or not you’re choosing to battle a real player or a bot....