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Is Marvel Super Heroes and Universes Beyond Threatening To Overshadow Magic’s Next In-Universe Set Again?

Magic: The Gathering is continuing where it left off in 2025, rolling out a whopping four crossover sets under its Universes Beyond branding in 2026: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Marvel Super Heroes, The Hobbit, and Star Trek.That’s quite the mix, but at a time when fans are crying out for ...
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Feature: “We Were Quite Nervous” – Star Trek: Voyager – Across The Unknown Dev Talks Returning Actors, Music & Fan Feedback

Switch 2 demo arrives on 9th February.We're fans of the final frontier around these parts, so when our combadges chirruped with news of a Star Trek game for Nintendo's newest console, our anticipation grew like a clutch of tribbles in a grain silo.As you'll have gathered from the title, Star ...
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Exodus’ writer wants to make the Mass Effect successor’s side quests so good you won’t care if you’re rewarded for doing them

You know, you'd think that with decades worth of RPGs in existence, side quests would have been more or less figured out by now. And yet, there are still enough games releasing that seem more interested in going for quantity over quality. But for the devs over at Archetype Entertainment, ...
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I’m certain the pirates in strategy game Menace are laughing at my mistakes

My Menace campaign hasn't been a rousing success. In my first mission, I failed a string of optional objectives and saw one of my squads gunned down by a group of heavily-armed, jetpack-wearing space pirates. I got revenge by running them over with an APC. So, we'll call it a ...
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HBO’s Baldur’s Gate Show Wants To Be a Sequel to BG3. That’s Impossible.

This article contains some spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3. So, HBO is turning Baldur’s Gate into a TV show. On its own, that’s quite an exciting proposition: a big-budget, live-action series set in Dungeons & Dragons’ most iconic city? Yes please. But the project’s announcement, which came courtesy of Deadline, ...
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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (7th February)

Directly to you.Just when we thought our wishlists couldn't get any longer, Nintendo had to go and drop another Direct. Let's see who's working through their backlog to make way for the oncoming deluge of releases in another edition of What Are You Playing.The Direct was the big news for ...
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Games Workshop Issued ‘FTL in a Warhammer 40,000 Skin’ Steam Game With a DMCA Takedown Because of ‘Oversized Convex Shoulder Pads With a Metallic Rim,’ Dev Says

It turns out the “Mal Reynolds” who issued Steam game Void War with a DMCA takedown was not a troll who also happened to be a huge fan of Firefly. It was actually Warhammer 40,000 owner Games Workshop, which took issue with an image of a shoulder pad.Last month, IGN ...
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Pokémon Pinball Teased By Stern Pinball, Prices Start At $6,999

No, not that one.Pokémon is celebrating 30 years this year, and as part of this, trainers around the globe can expect all sorts of exciting (and surprising) announcements.Ahead of the annual event Pokémon Day, taking place later this month on 27th February 2026, Stern Pinball has announced it will be ...
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Mario Tennis Fever Demo Now Available At Switch 2 Kiosks (North America)

Hit the court at your nearest retailer.Mario Tennis Fever launches for the Switch 2 next week, and if you want to try out the game before it's released and happen to be located in North America, there's now a free in-store demo.It's available at select Best Buy, GameStop, Target and ...
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That Resident Evil: Requiem Nintendo Switch 2 Trailer Shows That It’ll Be Awesome For Budget PCs

Resident Evil: Requiem is just a couple of weeks away, and while the first few trailers definitely made it look like a beautiful game, the Switch 2 trailer that debuted earlier this week, well, didn't. But, the way I see it, that's excellent news, especially for anyone on a budget ...
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