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Summary This summer will potentially be one of the biggest in recent memory for blockbusters with Fantastic Four, Superman, and Jurassic World Rebirth all hitting in quick succession. Rebirth will be getting someLegosets to go along with it, six of them, and they’ve all been revealed well ahead of time. Even though Jurassic World Rebirth won’t be in theaters until July, the six sets revealed by Lego todaywill be available to buy from Jun 18, 2025....

Summary Ravensburger released a very limited edition set ofDisney Lorcanacards during 2024’s D23 Expo that was exclusively available to D23 attendees and at select locations around the world, includingDisneyparks in the US. That set, unsurprisingly, sold out pretty fast, but Disney and Ravensburger are giving Lorcana fans a second chance to get their hands on it. Lorcana’s D23 Collection features six cards, one from each of its first five sets, which were the only sets to have been released when this collection was revealed, and a sixth card from what was, at the time, the upcoming sixth set, Azutire Sea....

Summary Wizards of the Coast has updated its ban list, and while there are no changes to Standard and other categories, as many expected,Underworld Breach has been banned in Modern. The reasoning behind the decision has been explained, but it’s one many of you will have seen coming. Magic: The Gathering’s Modern format allows players to choose from far more sets, and hence a lot more cards, than the Standard format....

Summary Dotemu is once again teaming up with Tribute Games, the team behindTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, to work on a sidescrolling Marvel beat ‘em up -Marvel Cosmic Invasion. Nintendomight be about to have its all-time biggest showcase next week,where it’ll properly reveal the Switch 2 like we’ve all been waiting for, but that hasn’t stopped it from doing themostNintendo thing ever and holding a last-minute Direct. That Direct was mostlyfocused on games coming to the original Nintendo Switch throughout 2025....

I downloadedMarvel Rivalsa couple of days ago, and I’m terrible at it. This doesn’t surprise me. The game has been compared mostly toOverwatch 2, something I played with my friends during the COVID lockdowns and was also terrible at. If you sat in on ourDiscordcalls, you’d be treated to a symphony of screamed expletives, groans of frustration, and “oh my god Widow Widow Widow”. We lost more – a lot more – than we won....

Summary Marvel Rivalsis in a pretty good spot at the momentwhen it comes to balance, but there is one thing that’s been starting to grind the gears of almost every player out there,and that’s support ults. Mantis, Luna Snow, Invisible Woman, and Cloak & Dagger all have the ability to grind fights to halt with their ultimate abilities, essentially making their entire team invincible. In the higher ranks, an entire game can be won and lost depending on the placement of a support ult, and it’s no surprise that the meta revolves around them right now....

What do players love most aboutMarvel Rivals? NetEase’s recently released hero shooter has prospered despite audiences experiencing live-service burnout and a dwindling interest in Marvel IP because it’s just sofun. Sure, it largely draws from the original comics for its characters and settings, pulling in fans who love the power fantasy of getting to beat the snot out of their least favourite characters with their most favourite characters. It has afrankly absurd pace of updates and additions, ensuring that there’s always something fresh and new to try....

Having played simulator games since I was a kid, I’m no stranger to management sims of all sorts of varieties. Oddly enough, I’m not even a stranger to games where you breed frogs tosave an ecosystem, having played Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge last year. As a lover of cute frogs and fun sim titles, when I was offered the chance to playMudborne, I hopped right into it (get it?). Don’t get me wrong: I’m grateful to play games during their pre-launch phases as part of my job, but one of the tricky parts about it is that there’s not always a guide to help me if I get stuck – I’m playing these games early for the sake ofwritingsaid guides so thatyoudon’t get stuck....

Summary MultiVersusdirector Tony Huynh has finally shared his thoughts on the game’s impending shutdown after Season 5 and admitted that he’s in “deep mourning” over the cancellation. Earlier this week, MultiVersus fans were hit with a bombshell when Player First Games and Warner Bros.confirmed that the game would be going offline once again following its fifth and final season. AlthoughMultiVersus had been struggling to gain tractionever since its year-long hiatus and relaunch,its sudden cancellation came as a big shock to most players....

The best part of aNintendoconsole launch isn’t the console itself. It isn’t even the marquee game that launches alongside it, as much as I loveSuper Mario 64andBreath of the Wild. No, the best part of a Nintendo console launch is the game Nintendo releases at the same time (usually as a pack-in) to teach you the hardware’s ins and outs. Wii Sports And Nintendo Land Were Great Introductions TheWiihad the best of the bunch with Wii Sports....

Niantic just sold its entire game division for $3.5 billion, which includes the Pokemon Go, Monster Hunter Now, and the Pikmin Bloom teams, to California-based mobile game developer and publisher Scopely. There’s a lot of reasons why this sucks. It sucks to get fleeced for our location data by Niantic - even if it really shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone - for the sake of an AI initiative that’s almost certainly going to make the world a worse place for everyone....

Summary Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket’sA2 expansion, Space-Time Smackdown, hit the game yesterday aftera handful of annoying server issues. Despite only just launching, though, players are already looking ahead to the subsequent expansions, which could be launching as soon as next month. Alongside the new expansion, February looks set to be chock full of events, with the event schedule seemingly leaking, too. Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket’s Booster Pack Schedule May Have Been Revealed Much likeGenetic Apexdid withMythical Island, Space-Time Smackdown is set to receive a strengthening expansion or an ‘a’ set, which could not be far away....

Summary It’s clear that in this day and age, no brand crossover is out of bounds. This is exemplified bya new collaborationbetween Japanese beverage giant Suntory andPokemon, which will see 17 different cards from thePokemon Trading Card Gameprinted on cans of the company’s Coffee Boss coffees. The collaboration has only been in the wild for about a day, and, surprising nobody, complete sets of the cans are already appearing on eBay in Japan....