Author: Game Infliction

PlayStation Store Mega March promotion starts March 12

PlayStation Store welcomes a new promotion tomorrow: Mega March! For a limited time*, you can enjoy discounts across a variety of games on the storefront, including the likes of Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Diablo IV and many, many more.

Get a preview of just some of the game deals below, then head to PlayStation Store when the promotion goes live to see the full list and find out your regional discount.

  • 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
  • 60 Seconds! Reatomized
  • Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
  • ACM – Deluxe Edition
  • AEW: Fight Forever
  • AFL 23
  • Alaskan Road Truckers
  • Alien: Isolation – The Collection
  • Aliens: Dark Descent
  • Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs (PSVR2)
  • Another Crab’s Treasure
  • AO Tennis 2
  • Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
  • Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man
  • Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
  • Assassin’s Creed III Remastered
  • Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
  • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Deluxe Edition
  • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Gold Edition
  • Assassin’s Creed Origins – Deluxe Edition
  • Assassin’s Creed Origins – Season Pass
  • Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered
  • Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
  • Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – Season Pass
  • Assassin’s Creed Unity
  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Meteor Expansion
  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Ragnarok Edition
  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Deluxe PS4 & PS5
  • Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection
  • Asterigos: Curse of the Stars Deluxe Edition
  • Astral Ascent
  • Batman: Arkham VR
  • Bayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle
  • Bee Simulator
  • Ben 10
  • Beyond the Dawn Ultimate Edition
  • Biped
  • Bloodborne Complete Edition Bundle
  • BloodRayne 2: ReVamped PS5
  • BloodRayne: ReVamped PS5
  • Builder Simulator
  • Bus Simulator
  • Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop – Gold Edition
  • Call of Duty Ghosts & Season Pass Bundle
  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Digital Pro Edition
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Edition
  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
  • Call of Duty: WWII – Digital Deluxe
  • Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War – Standard Edition
  • Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®
  • Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions – Deluxe Edition
  • Cartel Tycoon
  • Cat Quest III: The Fur-tastic Trilogy
  • CATAN® – Console Edition
  • Catherine: Full Body
  • Cities: Skylines – PlayStation 4 Edition
  • Cities: Skylines PS5
  • Clock Tower: Rewind
  • Code Vein
  • Code Vein – Season Pass
  • College Football – AFB Bundle
  • Construction Simulator
  • Contra Anniversary Collection
  • Contra: Operation Galuga
  • Core Keeper
  • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
  • Crysis Remastered Trilogy
  • Darkest Dungeon
  • Darkest Dungeon II
  • Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral Edition
  • Darkest Dungeon®
  • Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle PS5
  • Dead by Daylight: Donut Chapter
  • Dead Cells: DLC Bundle
  • Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania Bundle
  • Dead Island 2 Expansion Pass
  • Dead Island 2 Main Game
  • Dead Island: Definitive Edition
  • Dead Rising 2
  • Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
  • Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package
  • Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
  • DEATHLOOP Deluxe Edition
  • Demeo
  • DEMON SLAYER : KIMETSU NO YAIBA THE HINOKAMI CHRONICLES
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles Core Add-on Bundle
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles Ultimate Edition
  • Demon’s Souls Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
  • Diablo® IV Base Game Bundle
  • DIGIMON SURVIVE
  • DiRT Rally 2.0: Game of the Year Edition
  • Dishonored® Definitive Edition
  • Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
  • DOOM 3
  • DOOM Eternal Deluxe Edition – PS4 & PS5
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
  • DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT Legendary Edition
  • Dragon Quest Builders 2
  • Dragon’s Dogma 2 DeluxeEdition
  • Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
  • DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing (BASE GAME)
  • DREDGE
  • DREDGE – The Pale Reach
  • Dying Light – Hellraid
  • Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition
  • DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS
  • DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Dysmantle
  • End of Zoe_PS5
  • ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
  • ENDER MAGNOLIA
  • Exoprimal_PS5
  • Extra Content Shop All Access Voucher PS4 & PS5 (PS5)
  • Fallout 4
  • FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
  • Far Cry 4
  • Far Cry 5
  • Far Cry New Dawn – Ultimate Edition
  • Far Cry® 6 – Game of the Year Edition
  • FAR CRY®6 Standard Edition
  • Fear the Spotlight
  • FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES Remastered Edition
  • Final Fantasy IX – Digital Edition
  • Final Fantasy VII
  • FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE & REBIRTH Twin Pack
  • FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE
  • Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
  • Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
  • Final Fantasy XV – Royal Edition
  • FINAL FANTASY XVI
  • First Responder Police Firefighting Bundle
  • Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted
  • Football Manager 2024 Console
  • For Honor – Standard Edition
  • For Honor – Ultimate Edition
  • Forspoken Digital Deluxe Edition
  • FRONT MISSION 2: Remake
  • Funko Fusion + Bob Ross Bundle
  • G.I. JOE: WRATH OF COBRA
  • Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection
  • Ghostwire: Tokyo Deluxe Edition
  • God Eater 3
  • God of War
  • God of War Ragnarök 
  • Golden Idol Mysteries
  • Golf With Your Friends – Olympus Odyssey Course
  • Golf With Your Friends – Peaceful Pines Course
  • Gran Turismo 7 Standard Edition
  • Graveyard Keeper: Last Journey Edition
  • Gravity Rush Remastered
  • Greedfall
  • GRID Legends (PS5)
  • Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone Bundle
  • Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone Mega Mix Encore Pack
  • Hell Let Loose – Ultimate Edition Upgrade Bundle
  • Hellblade: Senuas Sacrifice
  • Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue
  • High On Life
  • High On Life Bundle
  • High On Life: High On Knife
  • HITMAN 3 – Trinity Pack
  • Homefront: The Revolution
  • Hotel Renovator – Five Star Edition
  • House Flipper
  • House Flipper – Garden
  • House Flipper – Luxury
  • House Flipper – Pets
  • House Flipper 2
  • House of Golf 2
  • Human: Fall Flat
  • Humankind Heritage Deluxe Edition
  • Hunt: Showdown 1896
  • Hunting Simulator 2 Elite Edition
  • inFAMOUS Second Son
  • Infinity Strash: DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai
  • Injustice 2
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us – Ultimate Edition
  • Inscryption
  • JUJUTSUKAISEN
  • Jurassic World Evolution 2: Park Managers’ Collection Pack
  • Just Cause 4: Reloaded
  • Killer Frequency
  • Killing Floor 2
  • Killing Floor 2 – Ultimate Edition Upgrade
  • Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
  • Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
  • Kingdom Hearts III – Re:Mind
  • KINGDOM HEARTS Melody of Memory
  • Kingdoms and Castles
  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
  • Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered™
  • LEGO DC Super-Villains
  • LEGO DC Super-Villains – Season Pass
  • LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
  • LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
  • LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 – Season Pass
  • LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Deluxe Edition
  • LEGO The Incredibles
  • LES MILLS BODYCOMBAT
  • Life is Strange 2 – Complete Season
  • Life is Strange 2 – Episode 2
  • Life is Strange: Double Exposure
  • Life is Strange: Double Exposure – Ultimate Edition
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth  
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – Ultimate Edition
  • Little Nightmares
  • LIVE A LIVE (PS5)
  • Madden NFL 25 – AFB Edition
  • Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Character Pass
  • Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Standard Edition
  • Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition
  • Medieval Dynasty
  • Mega Man 11
  • Mega Man 30th Anniversary Bundle
  • Mega Man X Legacy Collection
  • Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1+2
  • Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
  • Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
  • Megaman Battle Network Legacy Collection 
  • METAL GEAR SOLID 1
  • METAL GEAR SOLID 2
  • METAL GEAR SOLID MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Game of the Year Edition
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of War – Definitive Edition
  • Miraculous: Paris Under Siege – Deluxe Edition
  • Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten 
  • Monster Hunter Stories
  • Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
  • Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Deluxe Edition
  • Morbid: The Lords of Ire
  • Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns Expansion
  • Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns Kollection
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Add-On Bundle
  • Mortal Shell
  • MotoGP™22 PS4 & PS5
  • MudRunner – American Wilds Edition
  • MX vs ATV Legends – 2024 Monster Energy Supercross Edition
  • MXGP 24: The Official Game
  • My Friend Peppa Pig: Complete Edition
  • My Hero One’s Justice
  • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
  • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst
  • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
  • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy
  • Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker – Season Pass 2
  • Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
  • Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered
  • Neva
  • NHL 25
  • Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
  • NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition
  • OCTOPATH TRAVELER 2 Main
  • Okami + Kunitsu-Gami Bundle
  • Okami HD
  • One Piece: World Seeker
  • Onimusha: Warlords
  • Outcast – A New Beginning
  • Overcooked! + Overcooked! 2
  • Overpass 2
  • Pacific Drive: Deluxe Edition
  • Palworld
  • Party Animals
  • Party Animals Deluxe Group
  • Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous 
  • Paw Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls
  • PEAKY BLINDERS: THE KINGS RANSOM VR
  • Persona 3 Reload Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
  • Persona 5 Tactica
  • PGA Tour 23
  • Phasmophobia
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
  • Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition
  • Planet Coaster 2
  • Planet Zoo: North America & Europe Bundle
  • Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: Deluxe Edition
  • Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
  • Poker Club PS4 & PS5
  • Police Simulator: Patrol Officers: Extended Edition
  • Police Simulator: Patrol Officers: Gold Edition 
  • Potion Craft
  • Powerwash Simulator
  • PSIL-DeluxePackGroup
  • Pumpkin Jack
  • Quake 1 & 2 Bundle PS5
  • Rabbids Party of Legends
  • RAGE 2: Deluxe Edition
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Ravenswatch
  • Red Matter 2
  • Resident Evil
  • Resident Evil 0
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Resident Evil 3
  • Resident Evil 4
  • Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Resident Evil 6
  • Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
  • Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
  • Resident Evil Revelations 1 & 2 Bundle
  • REYNATIS Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Ride 3
  • RiMS Racing
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
  • Road to Elysium
  • Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
  • Rugby 22
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat PS4
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky PS4
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy 
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl PS4
  • SaGa Emerald Beyond
  • Saints Row
  • Sakura Wars
  • SCARLET NEXUS Ultimate Edition
  • Scorn
  • Sea of Stars 
  • Secret Neighbor
  • Shadow Man Remastered
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
  • Shave & Stuff
  • Shenmue I & II
  • Sherlock Holmes Chapter One PS5
  • Sherlock Holmes The Awakened – Deluxe Edition
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Darkest Mysteries Bundle
  • Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster
  • Ship of Fools
  • Shrek Special Pack
  • Sinful Edition
  • Skater XL
  • Slime Rancher
  • Slime Rancher 2
  • Slime Rancher Rainbow Bundle
  • Smalland: Survive the Wilds
  • Sniper Elite 5
  • SnowRunner – 2 Year Anniversary Edition
  • SnowRunner – 4 Year Anniversary Edition
  • SnowRunner – Year 1 Pass + Year 2 Pass
  • SnowRunner – Year 1 Pass + Year 2 Pass + Year 3 Pass
  • SnowRunner – Year 1 Pass + Year 2 Pass + Year 3 Pass + Year 4 Pass
  • Sonic Forces
  • Sonic Frontiers Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Soulcalibur VI – Deluxe Edition
  • SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY!
  • South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Gold Edition
  • SpiderHeck
  • STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE
  • STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R
  • Star Ocean: First Departure R
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
  • Stardew Valley
  • Stick Fight: The Game
  • Street Fighter 6
  • Street Fighter 6 – Year 1 Character Pass
  • Street Fighter 6 – Year 1 Ultimate Pass
  • Street Fighter 6 Ultimate Edition
  • Streets of Rage 4
  • Streets Of Rage 4 – Mr. X Nightmare
  • SunnySide
  • Super Bomberman R
  • Super Mega Baseball 4 (PS5)
  • Sword and Fairy 7
  • Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment
  • Synapse
  • Tactics Ogre: Reborn
  • Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke (Entertainment District) Character Pack
  • Taxi Life – Supporter Edition
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Ultimate Edition
  • TEKKEN 8
  • Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown – Gold Edition
  • Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown – Silver Street Edition
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles
  • The Beast Inside
  • The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
  • The Callisto Protocol
  • The Casting of Frank Stone
  • The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
  • The Disney Afternoon Collection
  • The Evil Within Digital Bundle
  • The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
  • The Heavy Rain & Beyond: Two Souls Collection
  • The Jackbox Naughty Pack
  • The Jackbox Party Pack
  • The Jackbox Party Pack 3
  • The Jackbox Party Pack 6
  • The Jackbox Party Pack 7
  • The Jackbox Party Pack 8
  • The Jackbox Party Pack 9
  • The Karate Kid: Street Rumble
  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV
  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV TEAM PASS 1
  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV TEAM PASS 2
  • The Last Faith
  • The Last Guardian
  • The LEGO Movie Videogame
  • The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game
  • The Order: 1886
  • The Plucky Squire
  • The Setlist Edition
  • The Settlers : New Allies
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia
  • The Sinking City PS5 Deluxe Edition
  • The Surge 2 – Premium Edition
  • THEATRHYTHM FINAL BAR LINE Premium Digital Deluxe Edition
  • theHunter: Call of the Wild™ – Hunting Starter Pack
  • theHunter: Call of the Wild™ – Weapons and Companions Bundle
  • This War of Mine: Complete Edition
  • Thymesia
  • TIEBREAK – ACE Edition
  • TimeSplitters
  • TimeSplitters 2
  • TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
  • Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint: Deluxe Edition 2021
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint: Gold Edition
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands – Year 2 Gold Edition
  • Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Starring Lara Croft
  • Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
  • Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ 1 + 2
  • Train Sim World® 5: Special Edition PS4 & PS5
  • TramSim: Console Edition Deluxe
  • Trials of Mana
  • Trivial Pursuit Live! 2
  • TT Isle Of Man 3 – Racing Fan Edition
  • TY the Tasmanian Tiger™ 2: Bush Rescue™ HD
  • UFC® 5 PS5
  • Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
  • Uno – Standard Edition Cross-buy
  • UNO Party! Mania DLC
  • VALKYRIE PROFILE: LENNETH (PS4/5)
  • VENDETTA FOREVER
  • Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown Main game & DLC Pack
  • Visions of Mana
  • Visions of Mana Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Waltz of the Wizard
  • Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
  • Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide – Imperial Edition
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide – Imperial Edition Content
  • Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin – Ultimate Edition
  • Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition
  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2
  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2 – Careers & Cosmetics Bundle
  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2 – Ultimate Edition
  • Welcome to ParadiZe – Zombot Edition
  • Wild Hearts Karakuri Edition Bundle
  • Winter Games 2023
  • Wolfenstein: The Two-Pack
  • Worms Battlegrounds + Worms W.M.D
  • WRC 2023 (PS5)
  • WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship
  • WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship PS4
  • WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship PS5
  • WRC Generations – The FIA WRC Official Game
  • WW2 Rebuilder PS5
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon Legendary Hero Edition PS4 & PS5
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon PS4 & PS5
  • Ys IX: Monstrom Nox (PS5)
  • Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA (PS5)
  • Ys X: Nordics – Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Ys X: Nordics – Digital Ultimate Edition
  • Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – Mars

*PlayStation Store’s mega March promotion runs from March 12 at 00:00 AM PDT / GMT / JST until March 26 at 11:59PM PDT / GMT / JST.

Arkham Horror: The Card Game Buying Guide

Arkham Horror: The Card Game is a series of deck-building card games that you can build and curate to your dark heart’s delight. It’s a cooperative game, so you and your fellow players are working together to take on the horrors that await.

It’s also part of the extensive world in the Arkham Horror Files family of board games, card games, and the newest, the nicely accessible Arkham Horror: The Role-Playing Game (see on Amazon) and subsequent newly released matching expansive rulebook.

The card deck-builder Arkham Horror card game has been around since 2016. It has seen multiple expansions and revisions since its original printing. Buying the game is also not entirely straightforward outside of the base deck and campaign, as there are multiple ways to build, curate, and personalize your experience.

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Here’s a swipe-able, all-in-one carousel of everything discussed in the article, for those who feel confident enough about their Arkham Horror: The Card Game knowleged to skip the blurbs. For everyone else, keep on reading.

The Base Game

The core set contains all you need to get started. It contains five pre-built investigator decks that let you dive into the first scenario: the Night of the Zealot campaign. This will give you a great, replayable taste of the Arkham Horror Card Game world. And if you like it, you have a huge selection of expansions to consider.

Arkham Horror Card Game Expansions

Arkham Horror’s card game expansions are a bit different than the board game version. For the board games, expansion boxes include the full stories and scenarios as well as the new investigators to join in on the fun. The card game operates a bit differently. You can buy campaign expansions to add new stories to your game, and/or you can buy investigator expansions to add new characters. In other words, the new stories and new characters are sold separately. This might not be ideal for everyone, but it allows you to choose how much of an experience you want to invest in at a certain time, since you can play an expansion scenario without the newer investigators if you want to.

The Dunwich Legacy

The Dunwich Legacy was the first expansion released. It’s meant to be a gentle step up from the base game, with a user-friendly set of scenarios. In it you search for lost investigators, which coincidentally seems to tie into how the entire card game franchise builds upon itself by adding new investigator sets in each expansion release.

The Path to Carcosa

A theatre production comes to Arkham in this expansion. The added rules in this one are fairly user-friendly for new playersm but the expansion isn’t easy enough for vets to dismiss. If you have the older first edition of this expansion, you may still find the differences in this second edition engaging enough to warrant a purchase.

The Forgotten Age

This expansion has you explore the ruins of an Aztec city, with a mystery that threatens to unravel the fabric of time iteslf. This is a very difficult campaign, so it’s not recommended to newcomers until they’ve played through some of the others first. It’s also on its second edition version now.

The Circle Undone

This expansion has affectionately been called “the witches pack.” The new investigators introduced in this expansion have some powerful bonuses that are a delight to use. That’s a relief, because the campaign is one of the tougher ones of all the expansions as well. If you plan to get this campaign, you should absolutely consider getting the investigators.

The Edge of the Earth

The antarctic tundra is a classic location for Lovecraftian horrors to reside. So that’s exactly where this expansion brings you and your fellow players: to the deep freezing cold. Peril lurks around every corner, so choose your steps wisely, with or without the coordinating investigators.

The Scarlet Keys

This campaign expansion has you traversing the world as you delve into an international conspiracy involving the collection of keys and a race against the Red Coterie. With or without the investigators, this expansion is less linear to explore than most of the others.

The Dream Eaters

This campaign includes two four-part storylines: Dream Quest and the Web of Dreams stories. You can play these separately if you’re tight on time, or you can combine them together into a longer eight-part story.

The Innsmouth Conspiracy

This expansion puts you and your fellow players in an ever-changing world that morphs based on water levels that can flood various locations. This adds a dynamic layer to the strategic decision-making you’ll need to employ as you play through it.

The Feast of the Hemlock Vale

The Feast of the Hemlock Vale is a newer expansion that brings players to Hemlock Vale, where residents are preparing for a festival while somehow remaining blissfully unaware of dangers like mutated wildlife and a sinister presence lurking around them. You have three days to investigate the strange happenings, with different dynamics depending on whether it’s day or night.

The Drowned City

The newest expansions for Arkham Horror is The Drowned City. In this one, the big squiddy lord from Lovecraftian lore has awakened, and it’s up to you and your team to save the day.

Other ways to expand your deck-building adventures in Arkham

Starter Decks

Interested in adding another character to your roster but aren’t sure if you’re ready to jump into a full expansion? You can buy a few starter investigator decks. These decks are less expensive and will give you more investigators to help you through your game.

That said, these characters may not be as great as the investigators that you’ll find in the larger boxes that are connected to campaigns (see above). There are five to choose from: Harvey Waters, Nathanial Cho, Jacqueline Fine, Winnifred Habbamock, and Stella Clark. All of them are $16.99 but can be found cheaper and on sale from time to time.

Scenario Packs

There are also several standalone scenario packs available to purchase. These offer a smaller dose of action than the full expansions above. They cost $21.99 each. Murder at the Excelsior Hotel has been regarded as one of their more entry-level scenarios, so if you’re looking for something smaller before committing to something bigger, like an expansion, you might want to check that one out.

Other scenario packs include Fortune and Folly, Machinations Through Time, War of the Outer Gods, Labyrinths of Lunacy, and The Blob That Ate Everything.

Return to Boxes

Return to boxes are revamps and additions to select campaigns. They require the base campaign set to play them, and while they are a bonus, they are best suited for folks who are serious about Arkham Horror: The Card Game. They are considered to be luxury items, essentially. And some of them are not the easiest to get a hold of. In fact, when going to create this list, I found that some were discontinued or not easily found through sites like Amazon or even Asmodee itself.

Five return-to-boxes are currently available: Night of the Zealot (the campaign in the original starter box), Dunwich Legacy, Circle of Carcosa, Circle Undone, and Forgotten Age. Some enthusiasts say that Forgotten Age fixes some of the complexities in the original expansion. As you can see, when you click the name of Night of the Zealot, these are out of print, so collectors may find them difficult to come by.

Parallel Investigator Packs

Parallel investigators are alternate versions of investigators that have abilities different from those of their original counterparts, including enhanced abilities and stats. Like Return to Boxes, these are not as easily found at big retailers. Collectors will have to look around for them to get them.

The Bottom Line

If you are a fan of Lovecraft mythos-themed games, Arkham Horror is a universe you’ll absolutely want to explore. One awesome thing about Arkham Horror: The Card Game is that you can play it as a solo game, as well as with friends. The universes and iterations of games make for lots of capacities for adventure, with seemingly endless replayability for several of them.

That said, like the board games, the card games absolutely veer on the more difficult side. They have quite a bit of chance, which can drastically increase replayability as well as frustration. Setup and learning time can also take a few minutes. You’ll find that the card games are easier to set up than the board games, even without expansions, which makes the journey through less painful.

Jennifer Stavros is a contributing freelancer for IGN, covering everything from comics, games, technology, and nerd culture. She has over 15 years of experience in the gaming industry, including testing and writing for Wired, Inverse, and more. Follow her on Twitter or watch her on Twitch under the handle @scandalous.

Commodore 64 Platformer ‘Beyond The Ice Palace’ Returns With Brutally Difficult Sequel

Out today on Switch.

Today marks the release of Beyond the Ice Palace 2, and no, you’re not imagining things — this is a sequel the 1988 Amiga, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum platformer.

Taking the shape of a Soulslike Metroidvania, Beyond the Ice Palace 2 sees you take up the chains of the Cursed King who has broken from from imprisonment. Touting some brutally difficult combat and platforming and some excellent pixel art, it takes the classic formula established 37 years ago and brings it up to a more modern standard.

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Split Fiction Sells One Million Copies in 48 Hours

Hazelight’s latest co-op adventure, Split Fiction, has officially surpassed one million copies sold in the first 48 hours, setting a new record for the studio.

This news was announced on BlueSky, with the official account saying, “The love you all show for our game is overwhelming! 😍 Everyone here at Hazelight are beyond happy – and we can’t stop enjoying your amazing reactions! 🤩”

Notably this is one million copies sold, which means it’s possible that far more than that are playing Split Fiction. Every copy of the game comes with a Friend’s Pass that lets a friend play the entire game in co-op with the purchaser for free. While not everyone will take advantage of that option (some will play local co-op, some may play with someone who already owns the game, etc), that’s still a whole lot of people playing Split Fiction.

This is a huge sales jump from Hazelight’s last game, It Takes Two, which didn’t reach the one million milestone until a month after launch. But that in and of itself was deemed an impressive milestone, with studio head Josef Fares saying at the time that it proved players want co-op games.

We really dug Split Fiction, calling it “a rollercoaster of constantly refreshed gameplay ideas and styles – and one that’s very hard to walk away from” in our 9/10 review.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

FragPunk Review in Progress

With all the trailers, showcases, and dev diaries that often lead up to a game’s launch nowadays, it’s harder than ever for one to be a real surprise – and that’s especially true of a multiplayer first-person shooter when, like me, you are a Certified Old Gamer™ who’s been playing them since the genre began. Yet FragPunk has done just that. What I worried might end up being a Valorant clone with a card gimmick and a big list of other buzzword features has instead impressed me with how fresh it all feels. It’s still early, and I’m far from ready to say if this is a definite winner, but so far, I’m having a hard time putting FragPunk down.

In many ways, FragPunk reminds me of a reverse Ship of Theseus. If every component of a game came from somewhere else, does it eventually become something original? It’s hard to say, but the result is at least a lot of fun. Like Overwatch, it has very distinct characters with big personalities and unique tools to match them. Like Valorant or Counter-Strike, the primary game mode, called Shard Clash, revolves around teams of five competing to plant or defuse a Converter (aka bomb) or eliminate one another across multiple rounds. And like Fortnite, it has a deep bag of cosmetic items like costumes, weapon skins, stickers, and emotes to entice you to spend some money on this otherwise free-to-play shooter.

FragPunk’s playable characters are called Lancers, and so far this is a fun group to choose from. Some are relatively typical archetypes, like a sniper named Hollowpoint with her abilities that help reveal enemies. Others are way out there, like the punk rocker Axon, who shoots lightning from his guitar. Unlike Valorant, where abilities can give you an edge but are rarely what win a fight outright, Fragpunk places a much bigger emphasis on using them to dominate the map, which I like. When abilities like Broker’s rocket launcher can instantly erase enemies, it feels good to use it yourself or devise a counter on the fly as you see it coming, like throwing down a wall of Fungi as Pathojen to provide cover and then returning fire from a remote controlled combat drone.

Naturally, Fragpunk isn’t all lightning guitars and rockets. Your standard assortment of shotguns, SMGs, assault rifles, and more forms the backbone of combat. I don’t mind that the guns really aren’t the star of the show here, but I do wish there was more variety to choose from. There are two options in each category you can select as your primary weapon, and they all shoot pretty much exactly how you’d expect. Most of the maps seem to favor medium-range engagements, so I’ve been gravitating toward the SMGs. The gunplay is smooth and responsive, and the fast time-to-kill does a good job of emphasizing the importance of positioning over raw gun skill.

The star of the show is the Shard Card system.

The other aspect of shooting that stands out is how little movement affects your aim. Unlike Valorant, where stopping and popping is often essential if you want to be accurate, Fragpunk fully embraces running and gunning. I found myself repeatedly lagging behind my squad in kill count until a teammate pointed out that I’m better off treating gunfights like Call of Duty with powers, advice that put me right at the top of the next match’s leaderboard. That style of shooting isn’t necessarily better than the more deliberate action of other games, but it does stick out as atypical for an objective-based tactical shooter in a way that seems like a perfect fit with the general FragPunk vibe.

The star of the show, however, is the Shard Card system. Before every round, each team has three random cards pulled that players can then put Shard Points into, effectively voting on which ones will be active. The costs of effects vary, and you earn more Shard Points by either getting kills or picking them up off the ground mid-round. Some Shard Cards are simple, like one that increases your movement speed, while others are extremely powerful, like another that forces the next round to play out as a melee battle – or one called Big Heads, which (as advertised) gives the entire enemy team overgrown, easy-to-hit craniums. A few are even downright weird, like Egg King, which causes you to lay an egg after crouching for ten seconds, which you can then eat to regain health. It’s hilarious, utterly bizarre, and unlike anything I’ve ever seen in a shooter before.

I’m surprised by how much I enjoy the card-collecting aspect of FragPunk. You start with less than a third of the 169 total Shard Cards in your inventory and can earn more after completing matches. Getting more matters, as the cards that are randomly selected before each round are based on what each team member has unlocked. It’s pretty exciting getting a new card and reading what weirdness it’s going to introduce. I also appreciate that you can easily see your collection, read the effect, and, in some cases, watch a quick video showing you exactly what it does.

Rounds of Shard Clash go by fast – possibly too fast. In theory, one team is trying to plant the Converter on one of two objective points, which the other team would then need to defuse… but in practice, the overwhelming majority of rounds end when one team wipes out the other, often in just a few minutes. That means that matches rarely have the same sort of strategic back and forth that makes hard-fought games of Valorant so engaging. It also means that Lancers with abilities that have more of a nuanced, tactical focus have seemed less viable overall so far. I’d love to hunker down with Nito’s turrets and drone to hold a point, but that’s just a recipe to have all the action happen elsewhere. Hopefully some balance tweaks will arrive to make the objectives a more relevant part of the action.

Matches end when one team wins four total rounds, but if both teams reach three wins before that happens, it activates one of my favorite twists: Duels. This has each team face off in a series of 1v1 fights in a small arena, and whoever survives sticks around to face the other team’s next champion until every member of one has been eliminated. Health and abilities don’t regenerate round to round, which makes it tough for one great player to run the table. The action is as exciting as it is tense, and spectating while you root on your teammate and wait for your own turn is thrilling, especially when you get the win that clinches the Duel and, by extension, the entire match for your team.

So far, I am really enjoying FragPunk, though there are still some unanswered questions before I can render a final verdict. I’m still a few levels short of being able to compete in ranked competition, which is an important mode for this sort of game. Likewise, as much as I’m enjoying both the action and the hilariously mad Shard Cards, I wonder if that novelty could wear off sooner rather than later. There are still more matches to be fought, Lancers to unlock, cards to collect, and quite a few in-game currencies to figure out. For now, I can say that FragPunk is very fun, and while it is pulling a lot from games that came before, it goes against the grain and mixes in twists in a way that feels original, which has me looking forward to playing more.

Ender Magnolia’s latest update invites you to fight its toughest baddies again with a new boss rush mode

It’s not even been two months since the release of Ender Magnolia: Bloom In The Mist, and co-developers Adglobe and Live Wire are already back with a pretty solid update. The major addition is a New Game+ mode, which allows you to start the “evil-purging adventure anew, this time armed with gear and relics from previous playthroughs”, and face “harrowing hordes of smarter, stronger enemies with new attack patterns.”

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Ender Magnolia: Bloom In The Mist Adds New Game Plus In Free Update

Now it’s really blossoming.

Adglobe and Live Wire’s critically acclaimed Metroidvania Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist has received a free update, and its adds a few brand new features to the already fantastic game.

In version 1.1.0, which is now live on Steam and is coming to consoles soon, you’ll be able to take part in Boss Rush Mode. You unlock this once you’ve defeated every single boss in the game, and it can be accessed from the Memories menu at any rest point.

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