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Summary Lorcanaplayers are currently preparing for the release of the Disney card game’s next set, Archazia’s Island. However, as is often the case when it comes to TCGs, many will already have half an eye on the set that’s coming after it. We’ve known that the set will be centered around Jafar for a while, and now we know a little bit more about what to expect from it. Reign Of Jafar will include all of the standard products you’d expect from any other Lorcana set such as booster packs and new starter decks....

Summary Five newMagic: The Gatheringcards have been announced as part of Secret Lair’s Chaos Vault run. This gives us some new wacky and wonderful designs, as the Chaos Vault series is supposed to let artists do “one-off, cool, weird things”, as per theblog post. And, well, one of the cards in particular is certainly making the most of this creative freedom. The designs were dropped yesterday, and as you may imagine, the community is having a really fun time pointing out what this one looks like....

It’s not an exaggeration to callFinal Fantasythe most influential piece of media I have ever experienced. When I was growing up it was still experiencing its golden era on thePlayStation, mere months before Squaresoft would merge with Enix to save the company after the huge failure of Spirits Within. But I was a kipper, and all I cared about was playing each new title as it was released or sinking into classics like 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 for the very first time....

Summary It’s shocking news to nobody thatMarvel Rivalshas taken the world by storm. The game has astaggering player countthat it’sconsistently kept hold of, transparent controlsagainst its cheaters, and enough future content tokeep it going for another 875 years(yes, really). What might be a little more shocking, though, is just how well NetEase’s hero shooter is retaining players compared to other recent live-service releases. Marvel Rivals Has Lost Only Three Percent Of Its Average Player Count Over Six Weeks With Marvel Rivals having six full weeks since its launch, we decided to see just how well its player retention stacked up against other recently releasedlive-service titles....

Summary In the first minute ofMetal Eden, I was dropped into a dystopian future with no idea what I was doing or who I even was. Handed a weighty assault rifle with a satisfying clacking noise, I was pointed in the direction of some squishy sci-fi creatures to see what my new gun-shaped best friend was capable of. Though I didn’t have a clue what the fast-paced and practically plot-free intro was setting me up for, I understood the assignment from the moment I pulled the trigger....

I’ve always struggled to get intoMonster Hunterdespite repeated, fairly lengthy attempts. I put a dozen hours intoWorld, and about the same amount of time intoRise, and though there were things I liked about the games, I could never get into theCapcomseries' particular brand of crunchiness. Rejecting Monster Hunter’s Particular Flavor This is weird because I tend to crave that crunch. I’ve written recently abouthow much I enjoy Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s detail-oriented gameplay that forces you to sweat the small stuff....

Summary Eagle-eyedPersonafans have found some surprisingly convincing evidence that aPersona 4remake is in the works, and it’s mostly thanks to singer Shihoko Hirata. Although almost every Persona fan is sittingwaiting patiently for Persona 6 tofinallybe announced after years of teases and rumours, that’s far from the only thing happening in the series. For a while now,insiders have suggested that multiple Persona projects are in the works at Atlus, including a few remakes of classic games....

Summary Pokemon TCGcollectors were afforded the chance to buy pieces of the game’s history last year when prototype cards from the personal collection of a Creatures Inc. employee went up for auction. However, some of the collectors who paid a lot of money for those cards are claiming that they might be forgeries. Reported by PokeBeachon Tuesday morning, the initial claims that some of the prototype cards, of which hundreds were sold last year, may be forgeries came from a collector who goes by PFM....

Summary We’ve known for some time now thatPokemon Trading Card Game Pocket’snext expansion, A2a, would be coming at the end of this month,causing stress and anxiety for players. The expectation is the new set will be revealed during the upcomingPokemon Day Pokemon Presents livestreamahead of its release on February 28. Ahead of tomorrow’s event, however, a new advert on TikTok may have gone live early, revealing the name of the new set, plus some of the new cards coming....

When you think of Epic Games, you can’t help but think ofFortnite. The battle royale has evolved into a goliath in the gaming world since its launch in 2017. It now regularly receives crossovers with other popular media and companies, including giants like Lego, and has flourished into a game with multiple modes ranging from shooting and looting to reliving your Guitar Hero glory days. Oh and Crocs. It’s got it all....

Summary In a rather interesting twist on Thursday, it was revealed that Samurai Pizza Cats,a cult classic cartoonthat is based off a Japanese anime, would be getting a game in honor of the franchise’s 35th anniversary. Officially titled “Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past,” the game is in development “for all major platforms.” It is being worked on by developer Blast Zero, and it’ll be published by Red Dunes Games....

Summary Over the past couple of years,Secretlabhas collaborated with a plethora ofgamingandanimefranchises,including Monster Hunter, as well asNarutoandDemon Slayer Kimetsu: No Yaiba, amongother marquee franchises. Now,the gaming chair and desk companyis gearing up for a collaboration withMobile Suit Gundamviaits recently revealed Mobile Suit Gundam Collection. The collection, which is based off the original Mobile Suit Gundam 0079, will see two chairs, a pair of chair skins and a custom magnetic mousepad released for fans to add to their home office or gaming setup....

Summary Hasbro confirmed it is seriously expanding its collection of Gamerverse action figures this summer via the reveal of nine new action figures. Seven of them are fromInsomniac’s Spider-Man 2, the most notable being what appears to be a to-scale Venom figure that towers over the five Spidey suits from the sequel that were revealed alongside it. An image included in the reveal shows the Venom figure man-handling - or perhaps that should be symbiote-handling - two of the smaller Spider-Man figures....