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Mega Charizard X ex Ultra-Premium Collection Hits Pokémon TCG, and It’s Worth the Splurge for Fans

The Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution - Phantasmal Flames set was just released on Nov. 11, 2025, and with it, an elusive Pokémon TCG: Mega Charizard X ex Ultra-Premium Collection. As a huge Charizard fan, I had to have it, even with its pretty high $119.99 USD MSRP (or a lot ...
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord War Sails designer on ships that mimic horse archers and dredging for inspiration in French bogs

Can a ship be a horse archer? This is one of the many maritime musings Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord's devs had to grapple with when putting together the flotilla of vessels which make up its naval warfare-themed War Sails expansion. Ahead of War Sails' release on November 26th, I ...
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Review: iMP Gaming Mini Arcade Pro – Turns Your Switch (Or Switch 2) Into A Bartop Cabinet

Coins not required.While we've all become accustomed to using fancy analogue controllers these days, there's still a large sector of the market which loves a good, old-fashioned eight-way digital arcade experience – and to that end, accessory company iMP has produced the Gaming Mini Arcade Pro for Switch and Switch ...
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The Full Screen Experience is available for Xbox Insiders Starting today!

November 21, 2025 The Full Screen Experience is available for Xbox Insiders Starting today!
  • Cassie Chou, Senior Technical Program Manager
Today the full screen experience (FSE) is generally available on Windows 11 handhelds currently in market, bringing performance optimizations and the ability to boot directly into Xbox for a smoother, more seamless way to ...
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Share of the Week: Side Quest

Last week, we asked to venture off the main path and share moments from a side quest using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here’s this week’s highlights: ​​ jobolts_ shares a moment fishing in Red Dead Redemption 2 shovoiceactor shares Alan Wake 2 side character Alex Casey AlifGreat shares Astro Bot ...
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Seasons Of Solitude is a wistful turn-based strategy game with constantly changing prehistoric maps

Seasons of Solitude is a soulful balance of survival game and turn-based strategy about an exiled prehistoric tribesman who is trying not to trash his own habitat. It's the work of Estonian developers Ninjarithm Studio, and is based on Estonian myths. There's a demo on Steam, which I've spent barely ...
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The IGN Readers’ Top 25 Nintendo Games of All Time

Recently, IGN teamed up with Nintendo Life to rank the Top 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time. But this celebration wasn't just about what we think: we also wanted to know what your list would be, too. This was calculated through our Face Off tool, which pits two games ...
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PUBG: Black Budget is an extraction shooter spin-off with an island trapped in a time loop of supernatural munching

Krafton have revealed PUBG spin-off Black Budget, just in time for alpha testing of the extraction shooter to kick off next month. As you might expect given the genre, this latest work from PUBG Studios is all about getting out of the bad vibe zone in good time, after shooting ...
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How Disneyland Wrote the Video Game Rule Book

The name “Disney” has been showing up in quite a lot of gaming-related headlines as of late. As part of its arms race with Netflix, the conglomerate announced plans to add AI-powered user-generated content and “game-like features” to Disney+. Last year, it acquired a $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games, ...
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Guide: 40 Switch 1 & 2 Games You Should Check Out In The ‘Cyber Deals’ eShop Sale (North America)

Every game we scored 9/10 or higher, plus a personal pick.Hot on the heels of the European Black Friday eShop discounts, Nintendo has brought some of the sweet, sweet savings over to North America in the 'Cyber Deals' sale.This one is now underway on the North American eShop and will ...
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