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Keeping your trading cards safe and in pristine condition is of the utmost importance if you're a serious collector. Gone are the days of cramming a shiny Blastoise into your pocket and going about your day - yes, that example is pulled from personal experience. Right behind keeping your cards safe on the priority list when it comes to storing your collection is making sure it still looks good. Ultimate Guard has been helping out with that for more than a decade, and now it has officially teamed up with Magic: The Gathering's creators to further those efforts.

The Titans are deeply invested in our reality, our world, and a very specific «true» timeline — but why? Nobbel87 asks this question in his latest lore speculation video.

The latest instalment of the SaGa series has finally dropped today. SaGa Emerald Beyond is up for grabs on Android and iOS along with Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and 4 and PC. Published by Square Enix, it’s priced at $49.99. This newest addition to the SaGa family stays true to its roots. Keep reading to find out more!

Destiny 2: The Final Shape is fast approaching, and we’ve reached the point where every weekly blog post has some bombshell to shake up the community. But on Thursday, Bungie dropped some of the biggest news that veteran players have ever seen: Destiny 2’s weapons are getting un-sunset.

In Dragonflight, Professions as we knew them were completely revamped: gone were the days of simply crafting an item in one go; instead, players could craft, recraft, and recraft again the same items over and over in order to produce consistently stronger weapons, armor, trinkets, and profession gear over time. One key piece to this system was Sparks — Optional Crafting Reagents that allowed players to adjust the minimum item level a piece of gear would be crafted at. Based off our datamining, it looks like that system will continue in The War Within.

Fallout fever is sweeping the globe at the moment, as the TV show has convinced everyone to pick up the series again. Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 are benefiting from massive influxes of new and returning players, and it now seems like Magic: The Gathering is also feeling the love too, with the recently released Fallout Universe Beyond decks projected to be the "best performing" Commander set ever released.

Magic: The Gathering’s recent set of Fallout-themed cards is the franchise’s “best-performing Commander set ever” said Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks. The announcement, made Wednesday during an earnings call with investors, brings attention to the potential of the trading card games’ ambitious Universes Beyond initiative. But it also highlights the risks of working with IP licensed from other companies.

For some time now, we’ve known Ubisoft has two big Assassin’s Creed projects in the works – the more traditional Japanese ninja and samurai epic Codename Red, and the more experimental Codename Hexe. In development at Ubisoft Montreal, we know Assassin’s Creed Hexe will be a “different type of game” with a dark witchcraft-focused storyline and perhaps a more linear structure, but beyond that, we haven’t heard much about what’s cooking.

The promotion of the Tower of Fantasy and Spy x Family kicks off on April 30th. Here’s the intel: Watch the Spy x Family movie trailer (specific locations to be confirmed). Enter a social media giveaway to win movie tickets and Spy x Family merchandise.

Today, CCP Games announced EVE Online: Equinox, the next expansion of the sci-fi sandbox MMO, slated for release on June 11.

As April rolls on, skygazers are in for a treat with the upcoming "Pink" moon making its appearance. Despite its name, don't expect a rosy hue; the term originates from a beautiful North American flower that blooms this time of year.

Baby Reindeer, now streaming on Netflix, has become a viral sensation in the week since its largely unheralded release, both in its native U.K. and beyond. It’s easy to understand why; this true story about a struggling comedian and his stalker — written by and starring Richard Gadd and based on his own life — is darkly funny, propulsive, tragic, and peppered with unbelievable turns of events. It mixes the voyeuristic thrill of true crime with the emotional gut punch of memoir. It’s almost impossible not to binge this miniseries in fascinated horror.

A reliable Ubisoft leaker has claimed that Watch Dogs is "dead and buried" as a series, so don't get your hopes up about seeing Marcus, Wrench, and Aiden again.

Roborock has become synonymous with high-end and high-tech, efficient automated cleaning. After taking over an industry that was keeping robot cleaning restricted only to a niche few users, the company refuses to take a breather, managing to deliver cutting edge technology almost every year. This Spring starts with the cleaning giant introducing the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra with yet another revolutionary cleaning dock that ups the game - once again!

Blizzard has responded to Shadow Priest feedback on the Voidweaver Hero talent tree!

ASUS has offered a new "baseline profile" setting in its motherboard BIOS which should help mitigate Intel 14th & 13th Gen stability issues.

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In the quest to discover extraterrestrial life, scientists are broadening their horizons beyond the traditional green image of alien beings. A recent study suggests that alien life forms might actually be purple, specifically purple bacteria. Astronomers are focusing on these lavender-hued microbes due to their unique chemical makeup, which could make them well-suited to thrive on distant planets orbiting dim red stars.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has been a massive success for developer Larian Studios, but the developer recently made the surprising announcement they won’t be following up with Baldur’s Gate 4, or even DLC for BG3. Instead, they’ve vowed to focus on new original IP and projects. That’s a noble, albeit risky, goal, although beyond some musing about likely doing the early access thing again, we haven’t heard much about what this next step for Larian will entail.

Supergiant Games’ modern classic roguelike, Hades, is getting a sequel. Following a surprise announcement at the 2022 Game Awards, Hades 2’s early access launch is getting close. The game promises to take players beyond the Underworld in the company of a new heroine, Melinoë.

Baldur's Gate 3 CEO Swen Vincke has issued a new statement about developer Larian Studio's next RPG, promising that it could be "our best work ever."

From heart-wrenching tales of love and loss to adrenaline-pumping action adventures that redefine the laws of physics, here is Fortress of Solitude’s 30 best anime series of all time.

Dead Boy Detectives showrunners Steve Yockey and Beth Schwartz have plans for not just a potential season 2 of the upcoming Netflix show, but a season 3 and beyond.

A ton of love is being shown right now for the Fallout franchise. The video game IP was already cherished by so many players worldwide. But now that the franchise has had a successful live-action adaptation, you will find a bigger fan base than ever before. More people are returning to play the games as they await the following season. 

The PC Gaming Show returns in two months to celebrate what's ahead for PC gaming enthusiasts in 2024 and beyond. 

A new Helldivers 2 patch is live now, confirming that it's not just you - a whole bunch of weapons don't really work as intended.

As if casting Idris Elba in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 wasn't enough of a scoop, this year's third Sonic movie will reportedly see the eternally youthful Keanu Reeves take on the role of Shadow.

Almost all video games are painstakingly made by human hands, but Harold Halibut takes that idea so literally that you can almost spot the fingerprints of its creators on screen. This colourful, story-driven adventure features meticulously hand-sculpted characters that have been seated in detailed miniature sets, digitally scanned, and brilliantly brought to life in a 12-hour interactive stop-motion movie that we get to star in. Yet, like the oceanic alien world in which it takes place, Harold Halibut is deeper than it first appears. I came for the unconventional art style, but I stayed for the cast of quirky characters and a playful mystery to unravel that features plenty of warmth and humour beneath its striking stop-motion surface.

Paladins encounter a surprising character during a Phase 3 Rune questline — Gregory, a Death Knight who has regained his own free will, and yet still chooses to follow Arthas.

What does Taylor Swift have in common with a group of improv comedians pretending to be wizards? They can both sell out Madison Square Garden (… and also, their fans kind of hate Ticketmaster now).

After the Sunken Temple nerfs, some players have expressed disappointment in the lack of challenge provided thus far in Season of Discovery. But was completing difficult content the overall goal of this seasonal experiment? WoW Classic Senior Game Producer, Josh Greenfield has recently expressed his outlook on the topic of difficulty in Season of Discovery. All Runes Found in Phase 3 Worldcore Fragment Hotfix To summarize, the Season of Discovery team believes that the majority of their player-base should be able to clear level-up raids fairly consistently. While this content may seem too easy to some players, Josh Greenfield states that there are many other iterations of WoW that provide difficult challenges, and that the team wants Season of Discovery to be more focused on fun.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is a wacky puzzle of a game, full of secrets and interactions that were still surprising players weeks after launch. And while it seems like most of its major twists have already been uncovered, one player claims they've found an obscure Dragon's Dogma 2 secret that's taking them to previously unexplored parts of the game's map.

Blizzard has released additional Patch 10.2.6 hotfixes for today which includes trinket & item changes ahead of Season 4's launch.

The Trinket tuning originally found on Patch 10.2.7 is now hotfixed onto live servers, nerfing popular trinkets ahead of Season 4.

Just in time for the debut of the Fallout TV series, Bethesda has revealed that the long-awaited current-gen update for Fallout 4 will be dropping on April 25.

A new Final Fantasy VII Rebirth patch is now live, introducing fixes for multiple issues, including a progression issue that prevented the completion of a Chapter 12 sidequest.

We've datamined some Season 4 trinket tuning on the Patch 10.2.7 PTR, including some large nerfs to popular trinkets.

When Disney revealed that its 2023 animated movie Wish would have an actual, literal big bad, a certain conglomerate of hardcore Disney fans rejoiced. For the past decade, Disney movies have avoided traditional baddies, but King Magnifico — whose whole schtick is that he’s lying to his people for his own gain while using dark, forbidden magic — seemed like a return to form. With a charismatic performance by Chris Pine, complete with a big villain song and an overwhelming ego, he’s a verifiable checklist of favorite Disney villain tropes.

The video game demo is starting to come back into fashion.

Helldivers 2 is a funny game, with great physical comedy that naturally occurs from its robust friendly fire mechanics. It’s also a challenging game that pits extremely squishy Helldivers with limited resources against endless waves of enormous bugs. But few people talk about how it’s sometimes a terrifying game thanks to the Automatons.

With Marvel's 'From the Ashes' era of the X-Men on the horizon this summer, the publisher is now getting into the side titles that will populate the rest of the new X-line beyond the three core series, starting with a new take on X-Force from writer Geoffrey Thorne and artist Marcus To.

Sweet mother of Joel, Helldivers 2's Automatons have returned in force after being temporarily vanquished, and that means the new Major Order is to sort them out - again.

The former CEO of Prytania Media, Annie Delisi Strain, has said that the project Crop Circle Games was working on could not attract investment.

Sea of Thieves is reportedly a "key test" that will decide if Xbox brings more of its first-party games to other consoles.

It's day three of Phase 3 in Season of Discovery, and almost every Rune has been found — but some have trickier information to find than others. We've been hard at work scouring the database, user comments, and digging around in Season of Discovery to bring you the discovery steps for the newest Runes, but some have still eluded us — take a look! Our Rune coverage has brought us to all corners of Azeroth, and only one elusive Rune now remains unsolved — the Rune of Light's Grace for Paladins. This Rune teaches the Light's Grace spell, reducing the cast time of Holy Light, and unfortunately, there aren't many leads on its location. The running theory is that this Rune is somehow related to the datamined NPC Injured Gnome, but this mysterious Knight is nowhere to be found — at least, not yet. We don't know for certain that this NPC is connected to the Rune, but the name is suggestive since Light's Grace is a healing spell. Aside from Light's Grace, some Runes have spotty information associated with them. While we know the broad strokes of how to find and earn these Runes, the finer details have eluded us — things such as NPC names, complete coordinates, or in some situations bugs associated with them that make earning them more difficult:

Xbox President Sarah Bond has revealed in an email to Microsoft staff that she has set up a team dedicated to gaming preservation and backwards compatibility in preparation for the next Xbox console.

The latest update for the MC Extractor has added new AMD Granite Ridge "Ryzen Zen 5" CPUs and also mentions the AM5+ platform.

Xbox has partnered with the UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie) trade association’s Digital Schoolhouse initiative in order to release a series of Xbox Field Trips, educational podcasts based on popular Xbox Game Pass titles including Sea of Thieves and Minecraft.

Google Maps has evolved beyond a mere navigation tool, becoming an indispensable part of our daily lives. From locating new restaurants in your city to finding the best metro routes, its functionalities go far beyond basic navigation. For those new to Google Maps or seasoned users looking to maximize its potential, here are ten hidden features worth exploring.

From the very first time it was decided that Star Wars would extend beyond the original trilogy, what has been added to its growing galaxy has been hotly debated. The first new addition to the Star Wars universe beyond the first three movies - and the Holiday Special, but don't worry about that - was The Phantom Menace. The first installment in the prequel trilogy that split hardened Star Wars fans, and it turns 25 this year.

Ubisoft is the latest company to reveal its not-E3 livestream for the upcoming summer months, with its live and in-person event set to take place on 10th June 2024. That is three days after Summer Game Fest streams live from the YouTube Theatre, fronted by Geoff Keighley. Ubisoft teases it'll have «updates and upcoming releases» to show.

A SaGa Emerald Beyond playable demo is now available for download on PC and consoles, offering a different experience depending on the platform.

Jesse McCartney has confirmed in a recent interview that he has no idea if Roxas or Ventus will appear in Kingdom Hearts 4, as he doesn't seem to know that a new game is even in development.

The Cabin in the Woods director and The Martian writer Drew Goddard is set to helm a new installment in The Matrix franchise.

Netflix’s TV adaptation of the novel The Three-Body Problem makes some important changes to its source material. Characters in Cixin Liu’s original book are reimagined and split into others. Threads from later books in Liu’s trilogy, known as Remembrance of Earth’s Past, are brought forward into the narrative. And thankfully, the virtual reality video game that’s played in 3 Body Problem is noticeably different to how it’s described in the book version.

Spacefaring adventures can be yummy! Honkai: Star Rail just celebrated its first year in orbit! To celebrate, Honkai: Star Rail Teams Up with Sprinkles bakery chain to launch a limited-edition line of out-of-this-world cupcakes—or at least, out of this bakery display case.

Despite a few canceled games (such as the titles in development at Hidden Path and Otherside Entertainment), Wizards of the Coast is still betting heavily on the D&D brand for its video gaming division.

There was actually a race of sentient bird-like people in long before the Rito existed. franchise in its entirety is sprawling, with a multitude of spin-off titles and associated media alongside the main game series. One largely ignored, but interesting aspect of the franchise is an avian race that has had a remarkable effect on the franchise despite its obscurity, and could have an even greater impact in the future.

Square Enix has finally confirmed that Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link is going to have another closed beta from April 25 to May 2 on Android devices.

With the surprise launch of Patch 10.2.6, 17 new mounts were added. Let's recap all new mounts available for collectors.

Tekken 8's first DLC fighter, Eddy Gordo, has been confirmed to be joining the game on April 1 in early access for players with the Year 1 Pass and will be purchasable for everyone else on April 4.

I’m going to level with you: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire might be the stupidest movie I’ve ever seen. Not the worst movie (that would be Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2), but very possibly the most absurd. I’m ashamed to tell my mother I saw it, for fear of a lecture about how she did not raise a dummy, and did not break her back putting me through school so I could sit through the giant-monkey-and-lizard movie, for money. But unfortunately for her (love you, Mom) she did put me through school to watch the giant-monkey-and-lizard movie, for money. So I did watch the stupid thing. And you know what? I’d do it again.

The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth hype continues. Even the excitement surrounding the release of Dragon's Dogma 2 hasn't slowed it down all that much, and since there is so much to do in Rebirth, many of us are still slowly making our way across the grasslands, through Costa Del Sol, and beyond. Whether you're still on your journey or you're done, if you love Final Fantasy 7, you likely want more. The wait for the next game will be a long one, but the wait for Cloud's mini static figure is already over.

The latest trailer for Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has seemingly confirmed that certain characters won't be able to fly, which was the case in previous Budokai Tenkaichi games.

While the biggest focus is currently on Phase 3 of Season of Discovery, we did get some teasers for Phase 4 and level 60 in the Phase 3 Preview video! We've compiled all the updates we've been told are coming in Phase 4 and beyond.

The developer of Baldur's Gate 3 may be done with the series and D&D as a whole, but it still has "two games that we want to make" and "lots of concepts" to explore. 

There’s still no word as to when we can expect Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the indefinitely delayed follow-up to 2023’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. There’s still good news for Spidey fans, though: A new short film set in the Spider-Verse starring Miles Morales hit the web on Wednesday.

Imagine the frustration of an unexpected mishap that leaves your bike damaged while you're on a thrilling road trip. The financial burden can be heavy enough to cast a cloud over your travel plans. However, with two-wheeler insurance or motor insurance at your disposal, such stressful scenarios can easily be transformed into minor inconveniences. 

Dune has had its fair share of adaptation attempts. Denis Villeneuve and David Lynch brought Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel to the big screen in 2021 and 1984, respectively, while Ridley Scott and Alejandro Jodorowsky also made their own efforts that never came to fruition. 

In the most recent Phase 3 Preview video Blizzard has announced several changes to how instances and raids will function. One important change is that raid that are introduced in Phase 3 and beyond will be moving to a weekly reset. They say a big reason for this change is to make organization of groups more manageable.

Folks seem pretty down on Dungeons & Dragons lately, and not for no reason. The company that owns it, Hasbro, continues to stick its foot in it — first with the whole OGL fiasco this time last year, and most recently with some conflicting comments from the company’s CEO regarding its stance on AI. But the gang at Worlds Beyond Number, the wildly popular Patreon-funded actual-play podcast, is still all-in on the seminal role-playing game. In fact, their most recent behind-the-scenes episode is serving to remind me why 5th edition D&D remains so popular — both with at-home players and with performers at Dimension 20, Critical Role, and elsewhere.

Intel's next-generation Battlemage "Xe2-HPG" GPUs have potentially been spotted within the SiSoftware Sandra database.

If you’re looking for an anime that will force you to interrogate the inevitable passage of time and reconcile with the fact that one day you, too, will be forgotten, then boy do I have a show for you.

Riot Games has revealed Clove, the next agent that will come to Valorant as part of Episode 8, Act II. This character brings some pretty awesome “post-death” abilities that give players a way to fight back after getting killed, continuing the trend of Riot adding game-changing new agents to Valorant.

A recent update to the official Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero website hints that we could see the classic Dragon Ball Z version of Broly as a playable fighter on the roster.

Larian Studios head Swen Vincke has confirmed that it's not Wizards of the Coast's fault that the team is moving on from Baldur's Gate and that it's simply something the studio wanted to do.