I’m sure Supermassive are going to do a perfectly respectable job with horror puzzler Little Nightmares 3. But, when there’s two games coming out, one of which looks like a pitch-perfect spiritual sequel by Little Nightmares‘ creators in the form of Reaminal, and the other is an eh-looking numbered affair by a different, talented but wildly inconsistent studio, it’s hard not to pick favourites. Nonetheless, Little Nightmares 3 is out on October 10th. Here’s a trailer. It’s too bright. Grumble.
The Palworld x Terraria update has launched, bringing fishing, salvaging, bigger towns, a Pal trust mechanic and more in one of the biggest patches the game has seen since its early access release last year.
Update v0.6.0 adds the collaboration with Terraria, Re-Logic’s hugely popular sandbox game. It includes a unique dungeon featuring enemies from Terraria, and the ability to collect materials in the dungeon to create equipment from the world of the game. The Moon Lord, a boss from Terraria, is now a raid boss in Palworld.
But the Terraria content is just one part of the update itself. Not only are there PlayStation 5 dedicated servers, but a number of new features. These include fishing, a salvage system, three new types of islands, a Pal trust mechanic, and the level cap raising from 60 to 65. All that and more is detailed in the patch notes, below.
Palworld developer Pocketpair continues to release major updates to the game even as it battles Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s patent lawsuit. And the lawsuit has affected the game. Last month, Pocketpair admitted that recent patches made changes to the game that were forced upon it as a result of the ongoing litigation. As you’d perhaps expect, modders stepped in.
Palworld launched on Steam priced $30 and straight into Game Pass on Xbox and PC early 2024, breaking sales and concurrent player number records in the process. Pocketpair boss Takuro Mizobe has said Palworld’s launch was so big that the developer couldn’t handle the massive profits the game generated. Still, Pocketpair acted swiftly to capitalize on Palworld’s breakout success, signing a deal with Sony to form a new business called Palworld Entertainment that’s tasked with expanding the IP. It later launched the game on PS5.
After Palworld’s huge launch, comparisons were made between Palworld’s Pals and Pokémon, with some accusing Pocketpair of “ripping off” Pokémon designs. But rather than file a copyright infringement lawsuit, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company went down the patent route. The companies want 5 million yen (approx $32,846) each plus late payment damages, as well as an injunction against Palworld that would block its release.
At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in March, IGN sat down for an extended conversation with John “Bucky” Buckley, communications director and publishing manager for Palworld developer Pocketpair. We spoke following his talk at the conference, ‘Community Management Summit: A Palworld Roller Coaster: Surviving the Drop.’ During that talk, Buckley went into candid detail about Palworld’s struggles, especially the accusation it used generative AI (which Pocketpair has since debunked) and stealing Pokemon’s models for its own Pals. He even commented on Nintendo’s patent infringement lawsuit against the studio, saying it “came as a shock” and was “something that no one even considered.”
▼Terraria Collab!
・Terraria Dungeon
⤷ A unique dungeon featuring enemies from Terraria has been added! Collect materials in the dungeon to create equipment from the world of Terraria!
・Terraria Equipment
⤷ 6 new weapons and 7 new armour pieces from Terraria have been added!
・The terrifying “Moon Lord” raid boss has appeared!
⤷ The Moon Lord has invaded Palworld! Work together with your friends and Pals to defeat the greatest threat the islands have faced!
▼New Content
・PS5 Dedicated Servers!
・Fishing!
⤷ Craft a fishing rod and bait to catch new Pals! To start fishing, cast your rod in water where you can see fish shadows.
・Salvage System!
⤷ Ride on water Pals and use the fishing rod to salvage supplies at sea! Collect new ores salvaged from the ocean floor to strengthen your weapons.
・New Islands!
⤷ Three new types of islands have been added to the world: Tropical Islands, Iceberg Island, and Shipwreck Island! Find new Pals that live on each of these new islands!
・Mission System!
⤷ You can now find and accept missions around the Palpagos Islands. Help the islanders and get rewards!
・Zoe’s Special Mission!
⤷ By completing missions for Zoe, you can earn her trust and recruit her as an ally!
・Pal Trust Mechanic!
⤷ The more time you spend with your Pal, the more trust you will gain, and stats will be increased. The weaker a Pal’s original stats are, the greater the trust adjustment will be, so even weaker Pals will be able to shine!
・Sleep together with your Pals!
⤷ After a hard day of farming and battling bosses, you and your Pals can take a hard-earned rest together!
・Treasure Maps!
⤷ Use treasure maps to find the location of the hidden treasure and obtain valuable items!
・Enemy Bases?!
⤷ Enemy factions now build bases just like players! They are on high alert and will defend it with their lives, but if you manage to raid them successfully, you can obtain new blueprints for buildings related to that faction.
・Settlement Overhaul!
⤷ We’ve made the settlements larger and feel more lived-in! There are also many mission NPCs now to meet.
・Player level cap raised from 60 to 65!
・New Buildings!
⤷ Pal Surgery Table – By using various implants, you can overwrite your Pal’s passives! You can also change the gender of your Pals here!
⤷ Fishing Pond – Relax and catch some fish in the comfort of your base.
⤷ Hexolite Quartz Mine – Well, you knew we would add this one eventually!
⤷ Large Incubator – Hatch multiple eggs at the same time!
⤷ Palbox Control Device – A terminal that allows you to access your Pal Box from anywhere in the base. It makes Pal swapping during raid battles more efficient.
・ New Building Material – [Clean]
⤷ Decorate your base with futuristic floors and walls with this new building set!
・New Mechanic – Turbulence
⤷ Find unusual air turbulence around the world and use it to jump high into the sky!
・New Weapons!
⤷ Charge Rifle
⤷ Energy Shotgun
⤷ Overheat Rifle
⤷ Boost Gun
⤷ Pal Recovery Grenade
(These two are weapons for tamers who want to support their Pal!)
・New Item Types!
⤷ Whistles and Growth Acceleration Bell have been added!
⤷ New food recipes.
▼Arena
・A single-player challenge mode has been added!
⤷ Raise your rank by facing off against the fierce warriors of Palpagos Island! Get various rewards with the battle tickets you receive when you win!
・You can now set rules in the arena, such as banning certain pals.
・A public Pal Box has been added at the entrance to the arena that all players can use.
・An arena spectator function has been added in multiplayer!
▼Mechanic Adjustments
・Added equipment durability to the game settings.
・When a cooling Pal is assigned to the flea market, food spoilage rate is now reduced.
・Lyleen’s ability “Bountiful Protection” now recovers HP for all allies within range.
▼Balance Adjustments
・Some aggressive enemies have been made friendly.
・Pal skill cooldowns will tick down even if they are not summoned.
・The speed and stamina of Pals that can be mounted have been adjusted, and the speed of some Pals that were too slow has been improved.
・The lineup of bounty hunters has been expanded.
・With the implementation of the mission system, the rewards obtained from NPCs have been adjusted. To maintain fairness, conversation logs with all NPCs have been reset so that rewards can be received again.
・Pal Condensation is considered end-game content, so the strength of Axel, Marcus, and Victor on normal difficulty has been reduced to reduce its necessity.
・The power of some active skills, such as Pal Blast, has been increased.
・The probability of getting books that enhance Pal’s work aptitude from attribute treasure chests has been increased.
▼Pals
・New Skins!!
The results of the 1st year anniversary popularity poll have been decided, and three new skins have been added to celebrate these results!
(※You must own the Pal to equip the skin)
⤷ Crown Chillet
⤷ Cyber Jetragon
⤷ Desert King Anubis
・Pals can now swim!
⤷ Swimming motions and animations have been added for Pals, and their speed in the water has been adjusted.
・New Water Skills
⤷ Geyser Gush
⤷ Aqua Surge
⤷ Torrential Blast
⤷ Hydro Slicer
・New Grass Skills
⤷ Crosswind
⤷ Reflect Leaf
・New Ice Skill
⤷ Freeze Wall
・New Unique Skills
⤷ Hydro Spin
⤷ Thalasonic Laser
⤷ High Breach
⤷ Lantern Sweep
⤷ Scorching Lantern Sweep
⤷ Smoke Jet
⤷ Trigger Happy
⤷ Chaotic Spray
⤷ Konoha Flip
⤷ Deep Breath
⤷ Dash Kick
⤷ Thunderslide
・New passive skills have been added!
▼UI
・Implemented “Easy Bulk Storage” feature! Conveniently store all materials in any chest around your base with the click of one button!
・Changed specifications to automatically select materials in bulk in the Pal Condensation UI.
・You can now set and quickly select your current Pal presets from the Pal Box UI.
・All neutral enemies now have green HP gauges, and only aggressive or hostile enemies have red HP gauges.
▼Multiplayer
・Fixed a bug where the option to display servers with matching versions was not working.
▼World
・Added more patterns to random dungeons.
・Fishing spots where fish shadows appear have been placed all around the world.
・Salvage spots have been placed out at sea.
▼Achievements
・Several new achievements have been added.
▼Bug fixes
・Fixed a bug where Jetragon would jump too high when jumping.
・Many many other minor issues have been fixed.
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
Yoshi’s N64 outing returns.
Yoshi’s Story is already available for the Switch Online’s N64 app and now Nintendo has added the game’s soundtrack to its mobile music app.
All up, there are 49 tracks with a runtime of 58 minutes in total. You’ll be able to listen to smooth tunes like “Yoshis on the Beach”, opening tracks from the beginning of the game including “The Yoshis Grew Happier”, and even funky tracks like Yoshi’s Disco.
Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Download it for Switch 2 today.
Nintendo has released a new update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, bumping the Switch game up to Version 13.0.4.
This appears to resolve a few minor issues tied to offline and online play. There was one issue with Mii Fighters that’s not solved and online Switch 2 and Switch connections have been fixed. Here’s the full rundown, courtesy of Nintendo’s support page:
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THE PRINCIPLES of RAIDOU｜ Battle system of Raidou
（※ATLUS Tubeの動画「ライドウの心得：ライドウのバトル・システム」がテキストリンクで入ります）
THE PRINCIPLES of RAIDOU｜ Story and Characters
（※ATLUS Tubeの動画「ライドウの心得：物語と登場人物」がテキストリンクで入ります）
It is the 20th year of the Taisho era in Japan. As the movement toward Westernization begins to intensify, sinister beings known as demons threaten the peace and order of the Capital unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, a Devil Summoner who wields the power to decimate demons, is tasked with protecting the Capital from these threats.
Moonlighting as a detective apprentice at the Narumi Detective Agency, he works around the clock to solve mysterious cases linked to demons. One day, a young schoolgirl appears with a bizarre request.
The client is Kaya Daidouji, the only daughter of the prestigious Daidouji family. However, before she can explain, she is abducted by mysterious figures. Tracking her down won’t be easy for Raidou and his boss, Narumi. This mystifying abduction is about to escalate into a full-blown crisis that will put the Capital and the entire country in jeopardy.
Raidou Kuzunoha XIV
The protagonist: a calm and quiet boy in his late teens. Since taking on the name Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, he has been tasked with using his extraordinary Devil Summoner abilities to safeguard the Capital. Outwardly, he’s a student at Yumizuki High School helping out as an apprentice at Narumi Detective Agency. He leverages his position as a detective to gather information, utilizing the powers of his devil allies to solve any case involving demons swiftly. Beneath his cloak, he carries several demon-slaying tools: a sword, a gun, and multiple tubes for sealing demons.
You’ll cross paths with a host of unique individuals as you work to crack the case, including Raidou’s feline mentor Gouto, Raidou’s boss Narumi, reporter Tae Asakura, the patriotic Major General Munakata, and the crooked Dark Summoner Rasputin. To learn more about them, visit the official website.
Read the official character profiles here
As a detective, you’ll investigate various incidents in the Capital, which will require intel from not just the inhabitants, but also the demons lurking about. You can also tap into your demon allies’ Investigation Skills to help you crack cases. Read Mind allows you to hear the inner thoughts of people unwilling to provide verbal testimony and Cool Down creates new paths by freezing water. On top of that, your demons can sleuth out areas that are off-limits to Raidou.
Your investigations will take you back and forth between the Capital and the Dark Realm, a nexus between the Real World and the Netherworld that is overflowing with demons. Outside of Devil Summoners and others with spiritual abilities, an ordinary person cannot enter—let alone sense—the Dark Realm. However, once in a blue moon, a demon may lure them in. In this remastered version of the Dark Realm, you’ll now be able to enter combat by making contact with demons in the field.
The Capital features a variety of areas to explore, including districts steeped in western architecture as well as traditional downtown neighborhoods. At the Narumi Detective Agency in Tsukudo-Cho, you can save, heal, and review your progress on the case. Once you’ve acquired a certain item, you’ll also be able to play a game of mahjong against Narumi or your demons.
RAIDOU Remastered features real-time combat where Raidou and his summonable demon allies can work together to take down foes. As Raidou, you’ll be able to string together sword and gun attacks with a range of other maneuvers.
In the original game, you could only summon one demon at a time, but in the remaster, you’ll now be able to command up to two allies just like in Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon. Your companions act independently, choosing the most appropriate action for the situation at hand or executing the commands you’ve given them. Each demon has their own unique combat skills, so it’ll be important to consider how they complement each other or fare against enemies. You can also simply deploy your favorites—even two of the same demon, if you’d like!
Magnetite (MAG) is a form of spiritual energy used by demons to perform Combat Skills. Raidou’s light sword attacks siphon MAG from enemies, while his strong attacks deal more damage but do not replenish the party’s MAG. Being able to quickly decide which to prioritize will make all the difference! Additionally, exploiting an enemy’s weakness will stun them, allowing you to deal more damage and recover significant MAG.
The art of confinement allows you to seal an enemy into one of Raidou’s tubes. Should you succeed, you may have the chance to strike up a conversation with them. Choose an answer they like, and they’ll provide benefits such as healing your party or boosting your stats!
Once you’ve got an enemy off guard, you’ll be able to perform Devil’s Bane—a technique that inflicts a massive amount of damage and steals the enemy’s MAG. Additionally, meeting certain conditions during battle will raise your Spirit. Once it’s maxed out, you can perform Spirit Slash to deliver tremendous damage to all enemies in the field.
50 new demons have been added to the remaster, bringing the total to over 120. At the Goumaden, Dr. Victor’s research facility, Raidou can fuse the demons he captures with the art of confinement into more powerful ones. On top of that, each demon belongs to a specific Order, which influences their weaknesses, skills, and fusion properties.
When performing fusion, you are able to decide which skills the new demon inherits, allowing you to create a demon that is uniquely yours. Registering your demons into the Devil Chart will allow you to summon them again at any time. With the Premium Devil Chart, you’ll be able to register multiple entries for the same demon.
Demons possess two types of skills: Combat Skills and Passive Skills. Your allies will gain new abilities as they level up, and they can even inherit them during demon fusion. Skill books allow you to teach your demons specific skills.
Sword Alchemy is a new feature that allows Raidou to craft new weapons by fusing blades with demonic essence at the Goumaden. Through the crafted weapons, Raidou can acquire new abilities known as Summoner Skills. The first type, Combat Skills, includes a range of powerful techniques for battle. The second type, Sword Skills, encompasses abilities that provide Raidou with passive bonuses simply by equipping them. You can change your Summoner Skills as you see fit—even mid-battle!
Throughout your investigation, humans and demons around the Capital may give you requests. You’ll earn rewards for completing these, so be sure to lend a helping hand when you can! Once you’ve completed the game, you’ll be able to choose the Detective Legend difficulty mode for a more challenging experience. By completing a certain quest will unlock Raiho’s fusion, a lovable Jack Frost who looks up to Raidou!
SEGA Account, an online profile service that gives you access to a host of benefits when playing SEGA and ATLUS titles and using their online services, is running a limited-time promotion where those who register the game can receive the Survival Pack Light Gear DLC for free! Be sure to register for SEGA Account by July 31 to claim a gift code for these items! If you’ve already got an account, you’re welcome to pick up a code too!
Free DLC
・Survival Pack Light Gear
Soma x2
Survival Erudition x5
※ Soma can be obtained in-game even without this additional content.
※ Survival Erudition is an item exclusive to the additional content. It prevents Raidou’s death once and fully restores his HP. However, on the “Sleuth” mode, Raidou and his demon allies cannot die, so this item cannot be used. Please use it on other difficulty mode.
※For details on how to obtain the item, please refer to the in-game “Detective Journal”
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 – Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 23:59 (JST)
Thursday, June 19, 2025 – Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 23:59 (JST)
How to Receive a Gift Code
1. Register to SEGA Account and link a platform.
2. Visit the Free Gift Code Promotion website on or after June 19, 2025.
3. Use your SEGA Account information to log in and select the platform you’d like to receive the
bonus on.
4. Claim your code on the gift code website.
「SEGA Account」Registration Campaing
Free Gift Code Promotion website
When the game launches tomorrow, the PlayStation®Store will offer a host of items to aid you in your investigations. The Kuzunoha Village Trainings, Demons of the Aril Rift, Guest Demons Pack, Skill Book Pack, and Survival Pack DLC can be purchased individually or at a special bargain price through the Devil Summoner Ultimate Bundle. Demonic Designations: Summoner Titles and A Special Briefing will be free for all players.
Kuzunoha Village Trainings
＜Contents＞
Offers three ways to train that allow you to increase your EXP, money, and stats quickly.
Demons of the Aril Rift
＜Contents＞
Introduces a special Trial of a Hundred Demons to the game. Clearing it lets you unlock 4 unique Skill Books that can power up your demons.
Guest Demons Pack
＜Contents＞
Adds fan-favorite demons from the Shin Megami Tensei series to the game. Includes:
Fionn mac Cumhaill of the Pyro Order, Artemis of the Frost Order, Zeus of the Volt Order, Huang Long of the Wind Order, Gozuki of the Fury Order, Mezuki of the Fury Order.
Skill Book Pack
＜Contents＞
Gives you a selection of powerful Skill Books, which can be used to teach new abilities to your demons.
Survival Pack
＜Contents＞
Provides you with a set of items that revives Raidou when he falls in battle, Renki a valuable item for Sword Alchemy and more.
Ultimate DLC Bundle
＜Contents＞
A special set that includes the 5 DLC products above at a great value.
A Special Briefing
＜Contents＞
Get additional entries to your Detective Journal that shed new light on the case’s true culprits.
(Not recommended for players who have yet to finish the main story.)
Demonic Designations: Summoner Titles
＜Contents＞
Adds 10 new titles for Raidou to equip.These titles were carefully selected from user-submitted suggestions on various social media platforms as part of a contest.
※ Release Date: July 3
※ New submissions for the contest are no longer being accepted.
The Raidou Glasses, a cosmetic DLC item that spruces up Raidou’s appearance, will be bundled with the physical and digital versions of the game as a limited-time bonus. Physical copies will contain the bonus while supplies last. For digital copies, however, you must pre-order the game to receive the Raidou Glasses. Make sure you pre-order by 23:59 June 18!
The Digital Deluxe Edition will also be available at launch. Save on the base game, the Guest Demons Pack, Demons of the Aril Rift, Kuzunoha Village Trainings, Skill Book Pack, and Survival Pack by picking it up!
RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army DX Pack
＜Contents＞
PS5/PS4 Version of RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Base Gmae
5 Additional contents
Additional content “Kuzunoha Village Trainings”
Additional content “Demons of the Aril Rift”
Additional content “Guest Demons Pack”
Additional content “Skill Book Pack”
Additional content “Survival Pack”
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RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
・Publisher ：SEGA
・Platforms：PlayStation 5 / PlayStation 4
・Genre： Action RPG
・Release Date: Coming June 19, 2025 (Thu)
・Number of Player ：1 person
・CERO：C
※ Owners of a PS4® disc copy can download digital PS5® version of this game at no extra cost
※ Players with a physical copy of the PS4 version can download the digital copy of the PS5 version by inserting the disc into their PS5. Without a disc drive, you won’t be able to receive a free digital copy of the PS5 version.
※ Digital version of this game entitles you to download both the digital PS4® version and the digital PS5® version.
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Official Website for RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
Whether it was the anime, the video games, or the card game itself, Yu-Gi-Oh has been a pop culture staple for over 25 years.
Today, it remains one of the most popular and enduring trading card games on the planet, and whether you’re chasing meta-defining staples or just looking to fill out your binder with something flashy, the high-value cards always demand attention.
2025 has taken a breather compared to last year’s chaos. Prices are down, panic-buying has cooled, and both duelists and collectors are feeling the benefits.
But make no mistake, there are still plenty of premium pulls hidden in Yu-Gi-Oh’s 2025 releases. Between Supreme Darkness and Alliance Insight, we’ve seen the final wave of Quarter Century Secret Rares. And just this past week, Starlight Rares officially returned to the TCG, turning heads and inflating wishlists overnight.
So, since we’re halfway through 2025, I’ve been busy taking stock of the most valuable cards you can still pull from Yu-Gi-Oh’s 2025 boosters. It’s time to d-d-d-duel!
This reprint of Mulcharmy Purulia is pretty pricey these days, reaching around $100 right now after its printing in Maxze of the Master.
It has started to level off, but it was a sharp climb just a couple of months ago.
Sitting at around $90 at the time of asking, this spell card is a dream for reptile-focused decks. The Supreme Darkness Quarter Century Super Rare version has recently dropped from $120 to $90, but it’s still expensive.
If you managed to grab the Blue-Eyes White Destiny structure deck, then good news – many of its cards are pretty pricey to get these days.
Maiden of White is going for around $90-100 right now, with first editions climbing to the $120s.
As TCGPlayer explains, Paladins of Bonds and Unity is perhaps less useful to play with and more of a collector’s edition. That art is gorgeous, and it’s going for around $100 on the secondary market (although some are asking for more).
It never takes long for Yu-Gi-Oh cards to devolve into made-up words and random letters, but this one is worth checking your packs for. In fact, it’s the most valuable Secret Rare from this year’s Alliance Insight set.
A 5000 attack and defense creature that can’t be targeted by card effects? Where do we sign? This XYZ creature is essentially a one-card wincon, but it won’t come cheap.
Remember what we said about words and letters? This link-summoned monster can bring in monsters while disrupting your opponent nicely. Destroy a card and bring in your own? We’re sold.
But we’ll need to get saving – it reaches over $130 at present.
We didn’t expect this badass dragon to be called Beryl, but this isn’t one to be laughed at. It’ll set you back $150 right now for its Monster Mayhem version, and it plays very, very nicely with Blue-Eyes White Dragon decks.
If you’ve enjoyed anything Yu-Gi-Oh over the years, you’ll know this one.
While Dark Magician Girl the Magician’s Apprentice’s core stats are hardly awe-inspiring, collectors love her (I wonder why?) so her Quarter Century Secret Rare from Alliance Insight is fetching up to $170 right now at TCGPlayer and other secondary markets like eBay.
That’s a lot of cash considering her Secret Rare counterpart is just under $10 market right now as well, but who am I to judge?
Sorry Dark Magician Girl the Magician’s Apprentice, your artwork is no longer the cutest on this list. The most valuable card of 2025 is the truly adorable Mulcharmy Meowls, which is going for upwards of $200.
It wouldn’t feel right to wrap up without a quick nod to Battles of Legend: Monster Mayhem. While it’s still early days for this set, and prices haven’t fully settled yet, a couple of cards are already standing out.
Namely, Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Starlight Rare) from BLMM is currently hovering around the $120–140 mark, and close behind, Galatea-i, the Orcust Automation (also in Starlight Rare) looks poised to follow suit at around $127.49 right now.
That said, it’s too soon to draw any hard conclusions for the time being. These early prices are often inflated by hype, and the market tends to shift quickly. We’ll be keeping a close eye on where these cards land once the dust settles, and the other eye on Duelist’s Advance.
So your best bet of owning any of the above is simply through the secondary market, and buying individual cards standalone.
But, if you are in it for the love of the game, and fancy fleecing out for some shiny boosters in an attempt to pull some of the rarest cards going, this is where you can buy the latest 2025 Yu-Gi-Oh booster bundles.
We’ve mentioned the highest price sold as well, alongside the current listing price at the time of publication,so you have a good idea what the market is looking like at the moment.
Looking for more TCG discussion and market watch updates? Check out the full Magic: The Gathering release schedule for 2025, this week’s MTG price movers and shakers, or, on the Pokemon side of things, our latest crashers and climbers for Pokemon TCG and the most expensive cards going right now for trainers.
Lloyd Coombes is Gaming Editor @ Daily Star. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay. He’s also a tech, gaming, and fitness freelancer seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, IGN, and more.
This article includes contributions from Robert Anderson. Thanks to the lovely folks at TCGPlayer for information and data that informed this article.
Techland is taking players back to Harran after 10 years with a surprise free content release for the original Dying Light that it’s calling the Retouched update.
Come June 26, 2025, the thousands of players who haven’t been able to let go of the 2015 zombie parkour hit will be treated to improvements that should improve the experience across the board. The Dying Light: Retouched update includes visual enhancements, a remastered soundtrack, and more for players across PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S. IGN has asked Techland about a potential Nintendo Switch version of the Retouched update.
It’s an exciting time to be a fan of the original Dying Light, but Techland wants to make one thing clear: Retouched is not a remaster. Franchise director Tymon Smektała said this update is more about improving the original experience without altering its system requirements.
“When I looked online the day after [the update was announced], my heart skipped a beat. Quite a few of you were expecting a full remaster of some sort,” Smektała explained in a new blog post. “So, let’s set the record straight: the Retouched Update is about squeezing out even more from the Dying Light you already love. It’s not a complete overhaul or remaster.”
Some of the visual enhancements players can expect include improved textures, lighting, and shadows. You might notice a wooden fence has a bit more detail or that certain metal surfaces will reflect light more realistically, for example. Techland is especially proud of how some floors and cement walls look in Dying Light: Retouched, sharing images of stone paths that feature more depth than before.
In the audio department, original Dying Light composer Paweł Blaszczak returned to remaster the soundtrack. The entire soundtrack has been re-recorded on tape for Retouched, with new tracks, ambient sounds, and even hit reaction audio also remastered for this week’s update.
“A lot of you have been asking in the last few months about the Retouched Update — where it was, why it was taking so long,” the post continued. “The honest answer is this: we were working with 10+ year old technology. Even with all the new experience we’ve gained over the years, figuring out how to apply those learnings to the original Dying Light engine while keeping everything stable was a challenge.”
The Dying Light: Retouched update is less Techland reanimating a long-forgotten corpse and more of an example of that team delivering a surprise for a game that has somehow managed to stand the test of time. Despite SteamDB listing a player peak of only 45,876, the original Dying Light has hovered around the 12,000-player mark for the last year. Those are impressive numbers for a zombie game that mostly leans on its single-player offerings, and it’s even more impressive considering Dying Light 2: Stay Human, which launched just three years ago, usually struggles to break 10,000 players.
The original Dying Light story will continue with the launch of Dying Light: The Beast, which recently pinned down a release date of August 22, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. It follows original protagonist Kyle Crane in a new story, and you check out our preview of how it looks so far here. Finally, you can read up on our original Dying Light review, where we gave the parkour zombie video game an 8.5/10.
Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).
I love fishing in games. I already went over this last week with Out Fishing, so I won’t repeat myself much more. But I do desperately need to tell you about FISH³, or FISH³: FISHTASTIC FISHING FISHSCAPES, a very unconventional fishing game that’s also an arcade time trial racer, where the fish you catch are also your boat’s engine, and you can fish while you’re racing? If, like me, that entire description has you thinking “come again”, then read on.
Another month, another Assassin’s Creed Shadows update, again one that comes with a list of quality of life changes, but also one that comes with another surprising collaboration. Let’s start with that one, which is, weirdly, a new story pack made in collaboration with Critical Role, the wildly popular actual play series. For some context, Critical Role did an official Assassin’s Creed themed oneshot a little while back. In said oneshot, Hi-Fi Rush‘s Robbie Daymond played a character called Rufino, who’s being added into the game through this new mission in update 1.0.6.
Frontier Developments is walking back the use of generative AI in Jurassic World Evolution 3 following backlash from fans.
Jurassic World Evolution 3 finally sprouted legs when its official reveal trailer was published as part of Summer Game Fest 2025 earlier this month. Its existence marked the end of a four-year wait for a third game in the dinosaur strategy simulation franchise, but much of the excitement was quickly soured when fans discovered that Frontier had used controversial generative AI technology to create certain scientist portraits in-game.
Shortly after this realization, fans gathered to campaign against the use of AI in Jurassic World Evolution 3 in hopes that Frontier would reverse its decision in favor of content created by actual human beings. It’s a movement that seems to have achieved the desired results, as the team behind the Jurassic Park video game now replied to a popular Steam post to confirm that generative AI portraits will be removed.
“Thanks for your feedback on this topic,” the post says. “We have opted to remove the use of generative AI for scientist portraits within Jurassic World Evolution 3.”
Those who visit the Jurassic World Evolution 3 Steam page will now find that Steam’s AI Generated Content Disclosure can no longer be found above the list of its system requirements. It’s a move that’s already being celebrated by the Jurassic World Evolution 3 community as they look forward to seeing art that wasn’t created by artificial intelligence.
“Thank you. As a dev myself, this was wholly unnecessary from the start and such an own goal that I’m happy to see the pivot, and to be able to wish the team the best for a successful launch,” one Steam user said. “Been such a fan of JWE1+2 (and PC/PZ), so this change takes me from a never-buy to a buy-at-launch!”
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Jurassic World Evolution 3 will not use any generative AI!
I repeat: Jurassic World Evolution 3 will NOT USE ANY GENERATIVE AI!
— Evolution Square (@EvoSquareYT) June 24, 2025
Well, it looks like it’s the perfect frontier game now. They removed the Generative AI from #jurassicworld evolution 3. pic.twitter.com/K0YCkQpias
— Herald Of Geese (Stealer of geese) (@GeeseHerald) June 24, 2025
Frontier confirmed in a statement to GameWatcher that Jurassic World Evolution 3 still has a release date of October 21, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. In the meantime, you can read up on how other companies, such as Epic Games, Microsoft, and Capcom, are using AI in their video games.
Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).
