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Magic: The Gathering’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Set Is Coming Soon, Here’s Where to Pick It Up at The Best Price

Magic: The Gathering has a busy 2026 planned, but the last set to be revealed was a crossover with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Yes, it marks our second trip to New York in less than a year, thanks to last year’s Spider-Man set (seriously, there are infinite dimensions we could travel to!), but the Heroes in a Half Shell are doing things a little differently.

Not only does it offer our first Universes Beyond Commander Deck since Final Fantasy, but there are some new product types, too. Here’s everything you can preorder, including more than a few sealed products that already have some tidy discounts.

MTG x TMNT Preorders in a Half Shell

As you can probably imagine, there are more products coming than you can shake a Bo Staff at launching on March 6, with pre-release a week prior from February 27 to March 5.

The foundation, as expected, is Play Boosters, and Amazon has a box for $124.99 right now – which is a massive saving.

You can also grab the now-customary booster bundle, which includes a promo card, a series of nine Play Boosters, a storage box and a spindown life counter.

That’s dropped to $61.01 right now, making it an even more appealing gift option for a Turtle-loving Magic player in your life (there are dozens of us!).

We promised something new, and here it is: The Turtle Team-Up box, which offers co-op gameplay where “2-4 players battle for survival against an onslaught of villainous adversaries”.

It’s still $49.99 at Amazon, and includes four pre-built 60-card hero decks, one Enemy deck with 11 bosses, seventeen Event Cards, and four 14-card boosters.

Also new this time is a Pizza Bundle, which includes 9 Play Boosters, 1 Collector Booster, 25 non-foil Pizza lands (yes, really), five foil Pizza lands, 2 foil promo cards, and a spindown life counter. Amazon had this for $99.99, but they’re all gone – almost certainly because there’s a single Collector Booster inside.

Also out of stock is the Collector Boosters. As with any set, these are where you’ll find the high-value cards, and Amazon sold out fairly quick for both boosters and a box of them. Expect them to be expensive, though, with an MSRP of $37.99 each, or around $479.99 for the box.

As a reminder, Collector Boosters include alternate art treatments and foils, but they’re functionally the same cards. Buy them, or don’t, but don’t feel like you have to spend almost $500 for a box just to play this great card game.

Draft Night, a new boxed product making its debut in January’s Lorwyn, is also included. It has a bunch of packs (twelve in total) to play sealed draft, and a Collector Booster for the winner to take home. It’s dropped to $104.99 recently, and now back in stock at Amazon.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is Getting a Commander Deck

Finally, Commander players can expect a return to precon decks… but just one. After being absent since Edge of Eternities, there’s a new precon coming, which is a five-color deck called Turtle Power!

Wizards has the decklist live now, but the big focus is on teamwork, so you can have a pair of Heroes in a Half Shell to be your Commanders. It’s currently up for preorder at $69.99, but I’d expect it to climb in value as we get closer to launch next year.

It’s also interesting that after very few five-color decks in recent years, we’re now getting two in consecutive sets after Dance of the Elements from Lorwyn: Eclipsed.

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I can’t remember the last time a set came with a single Commander precon. In 2025 alone we’ve had sets with no precons (Spider-Man, Avatar), sets with two (Aetherdrift, Edge of Eternities), a set with four (Final Fantasy) and a set with five (Tarkir Dragonstorm).

Why just the one? I honestly can’t complain. Even at my age, picking my favorite turtle is serious business, so having the whole gang in one, 100-card boxed product means I don’t have to make any tough choices.

Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay.

Stardew Valley Creator Shuts Down Rumors Haunted Chocolatier ‘Will Be Abandoned,’ Insisting: ‘It Will Come Out When It’s Ready’

Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has assured fans that he is “not going to abandon Haunted Chocolatier,” saying: “it’s taking a while to finish the game,” and “that’s okay.”

In a new blog posted to the official Haunted Chocolatier website, Barone dispelled a number of myths and rumors that have popped up about him and his work on the upcoming game, admitting: “I know, I know, I shouldn’t have announced the game so early. But I had my reasons.” He added that Haunted Chocolatier will release “when it’s done.”

Responding to reports that the game will be abandoned entirely and possibly folded into Stardew Valley, Barone shut that down completely, writing: “No. First, I am not going to abandon Haunted Chocolatier. But even if I did, I am not going to add it to Stardew Valley. Stardew Valley and Haunted Chocolatier are separate games. It doesn’t even make sense from a technical perspective, as Haunted Chocolatier is written from scratch, it’s not the same ‘engine’ as Stardew Valley. You can’t just copy and paste Haunted Chocolatier into Stardew Valley.”

Last summer, Barone admitted that he “didn’t want to just be the Stardew Valley guy,” explaining that was why he’s currently working on Haunted Chocolatier. He’s been clear that we shouldn’t expect a release date anytime soon, though — there’s “still a lot to be done,” particularly as he feels it’s “got to be better” than Stardew Valley. But that doesn’t mean he’s using Stardew to test ideas for Haunted Chocolatier, or vice-versa.

“When working on Stardew Valley, I’m not thinking about Haunted Chocolatier, and vice versa. I wouldn’t ‘test something out’ in Stardew Valley because that would be unfair to Stardew Valley, and also I don’t want to spoil ideas for Haunted Chocolatier by adding them first to Stardew Valley. Also, Stardew Valley is a different game, so you can’t really ‘test something’ for Haunted Chocolatier in it in an accurate way.”

Barone also insisted that at no point did he intimate that the new game wouldn’t be out until 2030, writing: “I was asked in 2025 if it would come out within the next five years, and I said ‘I hope so.’ This is very different than saying ‘it’s coming out in 2030.’ The bottom line is, I don’t want to give a release date. The game will come out when it’s done. Anyway, the only thing that really matters is that I keep making progress on the game and release it. So I’m gonna get back to doing that now.

“TLDR: I’m alive, the game is still in development, and it will come out when it’s ready. Thank you for your patience.”

Talking of Stardew Valley: as fans continue to wait patiently for the previously announced 1.7 update, Barone dropped a couple of small, vague, yet exciting hints just before the holidays about what said mysterious update might entail, including a new farm type, and “more character/social stuff.”

As for why Barone’s working on a Stardew Valley update at the same time as Haunted Chocolatier? “I’m working on a new Stardew update because it’s a very popular game with a large, ever-growing playerbase, and I still have additional ideas for how to improve it.”

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world’s biggest gaming sites and publications. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

Magic: The Gathering’s Full Release Schedule for 2026 Confirmed, Including Which Sets You Can Preorder Now

Magic: The Gathering had some great sets in 2025 (we see you, Edge of Eternities), but it also became clear some of the fanbase is suffering from, uh, ‘non-franchise fatigue’. As crossovers became more prevalent, many felt it just wasn’t the same game anymore.

That’s not to say Universes Beyond was a total bust. Final Fantasy brought in record-breaking numbers of players, and Avatar: The Last Airbender was a return to some semblance of form after the disappointment of Spider-Man.

Still, cardboard waits for no Planeswalker, and there are more sets in 2026 – seven, in total. That’s before we even get into the myriad of Secret Lair drops, and perhaps most worryingly, four of those sets are Universes Beyond.

Will they end up being closer to Final Fantasy or Spider-Man? And will the in-universe sets live up to the high bar set by Tarkir: Dragonstorm or Edge of Eternities? Here’s everything coming to Magic: The Gathering in 2026.

Lorwyn Eclipsed – Released January 23, 2026

If you’ve been yearning for a return to Lorwyn, the first set of 2026 is here to get things started. The set is a Universes Within to kick off the year, and marks the debut of the Draft Night Box.

You can order it now, and it marks the return of Commander Decks for the first time since 2025’s Edge of Eternities with two options: Dance of the Elements or Blight Curse.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – March 6, 2026

Wizards of the Coast revealed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Comic-Con New York, with Universes Beyond going back to The Big Apple for the second time in a few months.

Still, expect colorful new art of the Heroes in a Half Shell, their assorted rogues gallery, and the debut of a Turtle Team Up co-op game mode.

We’ve got a full rundown of the product lineup, so be sure to check out the preorder guide, including a five-color Commander deck that stars all four Turtles.

Secrets of Strixhaven – April 24, 2026

We still don’t know a great deal about our return to Strixhaven, but it is getting its own tie-in novel.

This Plane has been fertile ground for fun card designs and characters in the past, so here’s hoping for something good when it arrives in April. You can already preorder the full Secrets of Strixhaven set ahead of its release date.

That includes five Commander decks, a la Tarkir Dragonstorm.

Marvel Super Heroes – June 26, 2026

Spider-Man arrived in 2025, and now more Marvel heroes are coming to MTG, too.

We’ve already seen cards for Iron Man, Black Panther, Fantastic Four, and more, and the set will lean on comic book versions of the Marvel universe’s characters. Will it be better than the underwhelming Spider-Man set, though? We’re at least hoping the increased roster of heroes and (hopefully) villains will make this more exciting. You can now preorder all of the Marvel Super Heroes boosters and bundles ahead of their June 26 release date, with four Commander Precons and a new Beginner Box in the lineup.

The Hobbit – August 2026

We’re going back to Middle-earth! Universes Beyond: Lord of the Rings was a colossal win for Magic: The Gathering, and the fact its fantasy theming fit so well with the card game means it feels a lot less jarring than other crossovers.

The only information we have so far is the following:

“Join Bilbo’s adventure of a lifetime with Dwarves to befriend, Trolls to trick, Elves to outwit, and songs to sing. There’s gold or dragon’s fire at the end, so enjoy the journey!”

Give us some Five Armies Commander Decks, please, or at least a Smaug card that isn’t just a Token creature.

Reality Fracture – October 2026

The last in-universe set of 2026 is Reality Fracture, and it’ll feature callbacks to Tarkir: Dragonstorm and Outlaws of Thunder Junction.

The team has suggested it has a theme players have wanted for a long time, but that’s all we know so far.

Star Trek – November 2026

If you felt Wizards had got the sci-fi out of their system with the (excellent) Edge of Eternities, think again.

November 2026 will see the arrival of a Star Trek set to celebrate that franchise’s 60th Anniversary, and it’ll incorporate everything from the original series to Strange New Worlds. It even got a trailer.

Magic’s 2025 Sets – At a Glance

It’s also good idea to take stock of 2025’s sets, because it was definitely a year that divided opinion.

Innistrad: Remastered – January 24
Aetherdrift – February 14
Tarkir: Dragonstorm – April 11
Final Fantasy – June 13
Edge of Eternities – August 1
Marvel’s Spider-Man – September 16
Avatar: The Last Airbender – November 21

That’s seven sets in total, with three of those being Universes Beyond collaborations with the likes of Square Enix, Marvel, and Nickelodeon. And, from looking at the 2026 schedule, it looks as though Wizards is looking to stick to that ratio.

The Pokémon Company Officially Delays Ascended Heroes TCG Booster Set, With Release Week Now Featuring Just a Single Sealed Product

The Pokémon Company has officially delayed the Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution – Ascended Heroes Erika/Larry two-pack blisters from its original release date of January 30, 2026, to February 20 in the US and Canada.

Ascended Heroes is the latest Pokémon TCG set from the new Mega Evolution series. But, with the latest delay, this means that just a single sealed product will now be available to fans during its release week.

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— Pokémon TCG (@PokemonTCG) January 28, 2026

The new set is already getting a fairly staggered release, with the majority of products now releasing between February 20 and April 24. That includes some of the most popular items from a new Pokémon card set, such as the Elite Trainer Box, Booster Bundles, and more.

The delayed booster set features a promo card with either Erika’s Tangela or Larry’s Komala, a metallic coin featuring the chosen Gym Leader, and two booster packs from the Mega Evolution – Ascended Heroes expansion.

The only new booster set available in release week will be the Ascended Heroes Tech Sticker Collection, featuring Charmander and Ghastly as a foil promo card, plus a sheet of tech stickers featuring Mega Charizard Y and Mega Gengar, plus three Ascended Heroes boosters.

It’s already been hard to come by Ascended Heroes preorders, and undoubtedly this delay won’t make it any easier for fans after release day. Ascended Heroes ETBs, for example, are currently averaging around $115-120 on resale markets – around a 135% markup from its MSRP of $49.99.

Ascended Heroes’ Booster Bundles are also looking a little steep right now, and sit at $79.10 market price. That’s a fair lot more than its $26.94 list price, roughly a 194% markup, and almost triple the cost for what accounts for just six boosters.

It’s a similar story across the board, with fans likely to find it tough to find boosters from the new expansion outside of retailers like TCGplayer. That’s also consistent with the follow up expansion for Mega Evolution, Perfect Order.

Ascended Heroes being hard to come by won’t be surprising for most fans. The scarcity of the Mega Evolution series isn’t exactly an outlier for Pokémon TCG, with stock issues, lack of common availibility, and delays plaguing the world’s most popular trading card game for the past couple of years, at least, and stretches back through its Scarlet and Violet series as well.

Robert Anderson, Senior Commerce Editor, and IGN’s resident deals expert on games, collectibles, trading card games, and more. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Bluesky.

The 10 Priciest Cards From Magic’s New Lorwyn Eclipsed Set That I’m Already Chasing

Magic: The Gathering’s Lorwyn Eclipsed set is here to kick off 2026, and marks our first ‘Universes Within’ set since Edge of Eternities back in August.

Early signs suggest it’s a welcome return to a much-beloved Plane, too, having been delayed from 2025. Lorwyn has been part of Magic’s locations since 2007, and there are some great cards in the set – including some that are already spiking in value.

The Most Expensive Cards From Lorwyn Eclipsed

We’ve got the most expensive Lorwyn Eclipsed cards you can find right now listed below, courtesy of data from the lovely folks at TCGPlayer.

Don’t forget, if you’re after these cards, you’ll likely want to pick up Collector Boosters – but those aren’t cheap.

10 – Bloom Tender (Showcase) – From $80

At the time of writing, this Showcase Bloom Tender is being sold for around $80.

It’s a 1/1 Elf Druid, but it taps for mana from permanents you control. Could be a good inclusion if you’re upgrading the Dance of the Elements precon.

9 – Bloodline Bidding (Showcase Fracture Foil) – From $83

This eight-cost Sorcery brings back all creatures of a chosen type from the graveyard to the battlefield – and I think I’m going to need it for my Sultai Arisen precon upgrade.

Bloodline Bidding is currently sitting at a market value of $83, but it’s recently sold for around $68.

8 – Collective Inferno (Showcase Fracture Foil) – From $95

This five-cost Enchantment doubles damage of a chosen creature type, making it an ideal inclusion in just about any typal deck that has access to Red.

It’ll set you back $188 with current listings, but Collective Inferno’s Showcase (Fracture Foil) version’s actual value is closer to $95.

7 – Glen Elendra Guardian (Showcase Fracture Foil) – From $96

This three-cost Faerie Wizard has some absolutely stunning artwork, and can be cast with Flash. It’s a 3/4 with flying, but arrives with a -1/-1 counter, which can be removed as an activated ability that also counters a noncreature spell.

That’s a lot to remember, but if you find Glen Elendra Guardian in Fractured Foil Showcase art, you could earn around $96.

6 – Harmonized Crescendo (Showcase Fracture Foil) – From $102

This six-cost Instant has Convoke, and lets you draw cards based on the number of cards you have in that type. There’s great artwork, too, showing merfolk singing.

It looks as though the price will drop, but for now, the Showcase version of Harmonized Crescendo in Fracture Foil is north of one-hundred bucks.

5 – Winnowing (Showcase Fracture Foil) – From $200

This version of Winnowing just about breaks the $200 barrier, with some gorgeous, colorful art and that always impressive Fracture Foil treatment.

As for what it does, this six-cost Sorcery has Convoke and allows you to essentially boardwipe all but one of your opponents’ creatures.

4 – Spinerock Tyrant (Showcast Fracture Foil) – From $200

A late addition post-launch, Spinerock Tyrant is a 6/6 flying dragon with Wither and the option to copy single-target instants and sorceries.

It’s sitting at around $200 right now, with some amazing artwork in the Fracture Foil treatment.

3 – Moonshadow (Showcase Fracture Foil) – From $231

Yep, that’s a big jump for this version of Moonshadow, which is functionally the same as any other Moonshadow card in the set.

This Fracture Foil variant commands a fee of almost $231 post-launch.

2 – Selfless Safewright (Showcase Fracture Foil) – From $298

TCGPlayer marks the current market value of Selfless Safewright in Showcase Fracture Foil at $298, but it’s been sold for less already.

1 – Bloom Tender (Showcase Fracture Foil) – From $482

This version of Bloom Tender is gorgeous, and could net you a sizeable windfall if you open a pack and find it waiting for you.

It’s sitting at around $480 for market value, and the most recent sale is around the same amount. Happy hunting!

For more on Magic: The Gathering’s latest set, be sure to check out our guide to the two new Commander precon decks: Blight Curse and Dance of the Elements.

Where to Buy – Lorwyn Eclipsed

Not only is Lorwyn Eclipsed the first set of a fairly packed year for Magic fans, but it marks big changes to the product lineup as well.

For starters, theme decks are back for Standard play, while a new Draft Night boxed product encourages players to, well, draft cards to build their decks. Then there’s our first Commander decks since Edge of Eternities, and both look pretty great.

If you’re looking to pick up the rarest cards going, then you’ll want to invest in the Collector Booster Box, as it has the highest pull rates going. Good luck, and let us know if you manage to score anything good when cracking those new packs.

Disney Afternoon Collection Finally Announced for Nintendo Switch Consoles With February Release Date and 2 New Games

The nostalgia-packed The Disney Afternoon Collection finally has a Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 release date, and it’s bringing two more games for patient fans.

A Switch version of the bundle of ‘90s Disney video games was announced today after first launching for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One back in 2017. Retro remaster developer Digital Eclipse has the original collection – which includes DuckTales, DuckTales 2, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2, Darkwing Duck, and TaleSpin – set with a digital Switch release date of February 26, 2026, with Goof Troop and Bonkers packed in, too.

Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 announcement trailer for The Disney Afternoon Collection. Eight games total: DuckTales, DuckTales 2, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2, Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin and they’re adding Goof Troop and Bonkers. pic.twitter.com/BHXAClWaiD
— IGN Deals (@IGNDeals) January 28, 2026

Both are Capcom games that made their way to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in the ‘90s, and both will only be available on the Switch and Switch 2 versions of The Disney Afternoon Collection. Goof Troop sees Goofy and his son, Max, go on a swashbuckling co-op adventure to save Pete and PJ, while Bonkers follows Bonkers D. Bobcat as he solves crimes in Toontown.

It’s a bundle fit for the biggest fans of classic gaming from the House of Mouse, with the total game count now reaching eight. The February re-release will finally bring the bundle to Nintendo’s hybrid consoles, with access to soundtracks, a behind-the-scenes gallery, and rewind features, available, too. There are also Time Attack and Boss Rush modes for those looking to shake up that classic gameplay.

A Disney Afternoon Collection physical edition is also confirmed to be in development for those willing to wait until after the February digital release. Disney says the physical Switch release – which comes with the game cartridge, two sticker sheets, eight retro milk caps, and three collectible cards – is now available for pre-order and will ship “at a later date.”

The Disney Afternoon Collection launches digitally next month. For more, you can check out our 7/10 review from 2017.

“With three hits and three duds from Capcom/Disney years that you might remember with varying levels of fondness,” we said at the time, “the Disney Afternoon Collection is clearly aimed at children of the 90s. I have trouble seeing its appeal to anyone else. But if vintage duck-based platformers are your thing, grab a Capri Sun and a handful of Gushers and invite your friends over to play.”

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Magic’s Upcoming Secrets of Strixhaven Set Has Five Commander Decks, And You Can Preorder In The UK

Magic: The Gathering is all over the place in 2026, from Turtles to Star Trek, but Secrets of Strixhaven preorders are now live in the UK.

The set, which is getting its own prequel novel and includes a whopping five preconstructed Commander Decks and two Theme Decks, can be found on Amazon right now.

Here’s everything you can preorder right now, including Collector Boosters.

Grab Magic’s Secrets of Strixhaven Set In The UK

As with any MTG set, the Play Booster Pack is the cheapest way to open some cards. It’ll cost you £4.45 to preorder one, but there’s a nine-pack bundle for £48.45 or a box of 30 for £141.45.

Collector Boosters can’t be purchased on their own just yet, but it looks as though the Collector Booster Box may have already sold out.

Elsewhere, there’s a Draft Night boxed product for £86.45 (which includes one Collector Booster), as well as a pair of themed decks for Standard play: Eerie and Lifegain. Those are £19.99 each.

As we mentioned, there is not one, not two, but five Commander decks for this set – the most since Tarkir Dragonstorm last year.

Silverquill Influence (White/Black)
Prismari Artistry (Blue/Red)
Winterbloom Pestilence (Black/Green)
Lorehold Spirit (Red/White)
Quandrix Unlimited (Green/Blue)

Whichever one you grab will include a 100-card deck to play right out of the box, and they cost £43.99 each. They might end up being put in a bundle, too, but there’s nothing live for that just yet.

For more on Magic’s current set, Lorwyn Eclipsed, be sure to check out our list of the best chase cards in the set right now, as well as a look at all eight creature types in the new set.

Elden Ring: Nightreign Is Getting a Tabletop RPG Adaptation From the Folks Behind Dark Souls, Elden Ring TTRPGs

Elden Ring: Nightreign is getting a tabletop RPG adaptation from Group SNE, the same team behind the tabletop RPG versions of Dark Souls, Elden Ring, and Armored Core 6.

This news was first spotted by Polygon having been shared by Kadokawa’s official Fujimi Dragon Book Editorial account on Twitter/X. According to the post, it’s set to be published soon, in spring of 2026.

There aren’t any further details as to what this campaign will entail, but as a Nightreign lover, I don’t find it too hard to imagine. Nightreign already has a wonderfully clear-cut class system, and the potential for different DMs to shuffle abilities, monsters, bosses, hazards, events, points of interest is extremely strong. Like the game itself, such a campaign could be extremely replayable as well.

There is a sneak peek of the Nightreign campaign coming in GM Warlock magazine, but unless you can read Japanese, this probably isn’t that useful to you. We also don’t even know that it will get a localization into English.

Group SNE is responsible for a number of tabletop campaigns, board and card games, and light novels, including the aforementioned tabletop games based on FromSoftware properties, as well as the entire Record of Lodoss War campaign setting and Sword World RPG, a tabletop game first published in ’89 that has since gone on to become a phenomenon in Japan.

I hope we see the Nightreign campaign make it to the USA, because Nightreign rips, dude. It’s probably one of the most addictive 7/10 games I’ve played in years, and the recent DLC has only managed to get its hooks in me even deeper. Sure, the new map is confounding, but once you’ve fallen off it 10 or 20 or 30 times, you really do get the hang of it.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Dispatch Is Censored on Nintendo Switch Due to Platform ‘Content Criteria’, Developer Says

Dispatch, the superhero workplace comedy made by Telltale veterans at AdHoc Studio, is out now on Nintendo Switch. But a number of excited new and returning players aren’t super happy about the release, as it turns out the game has been pretty aggressively censored on the system.

It’s been well-known since its release on other platforms that Dispatch is a game with signficant adult content. Some characters are fully or partially naked in various scenes, with their full anatomy on display. There are some sex scenes where characters make sounds associated with sex. Sometimes characters flip the bird at one another. For those who don’t want to see all this, there’s a censorship toggle in the settings that covers up the nudity and the middle fingers, and silences any unwanted sex noises. On most platforms, this is entirely optional and up to the player to turn on.

But not on Nintendo Switch. Earlier today, reports began to drop from reviewers of the Switch version that Dispatch’s censorship toggle is missing from the options on the platform. That’s because it’s permanently turned on (no pun intended). So all the censor bars and silence are just stuck that way, with no way to turn on the more mature version of the game.

Why? According to AdHoc, it’s because of Nintendo policies. “Different platforms have different content criteria, and submissions are evaluated individually,” the studio said in a statement shared with Eurogamer. “We worked with Nintendo to ensure the content within the title met the criteria to release on their platforms, but the core narrative and gameplay experience remains identical to the original release.”

This has understandably frustrated some people. A number of members of Dispatch online communities in places like Reddit and other social platforms have alternatingly expressed frustration with Nintendo for its policies, and AdHoc for bending to them so readily. While it’s true that other games in the past such as, notably, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE and Fire Emblem Fates, have also been censored in various ways. But by comparison, Dispatch’s censorship is extremely blunt and distracting. Who wants giant black bars across the screen? Especially if you can’t turn them off?

What’s more, as some have pointed out, both Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 are on Switch too. Both of those games have nudity, and neither has been censored in such a way, leading to questions about what makes Dispatch different. We’re reached out to Nintendo for comment.

Dispatch is amazing, as we determined in our 9/10 review of the game, calling it “a sharp-witted workplace comedy that charms with its smart dialogue choices, great writing, and lovably aggravating cast.” You can play it without big black censor bars on PC or PlayStation 5, but no Xbox version yet.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Riftbound’s 2026 Set Release Schedule Is Taking Shape, But Can Riot Keep Up With Demand?

Riftbound landed late in 2025, and the general vibe around Riot’s League of Legends card game has been that it’s fun to play – it’s just not always easy to get hold of.

With an Origins restock dropping this week, the Riot storefront once again crashed out, leaving players frustrated in their attempts to get starter sets, decks, packs, and more.

While it remains to be seen if Riot can fix those teething issues from its first set, the good news is that there are four planned for 2026. Here’s everything coming to Riftbound this year.

February 13 – Spiritforged

Spiritforged will be the first post-launch set for Riftbound, and will likely give us a good idea of what to expect from sets going forward.

New this time around are mechanics like Equipment which can be attached to Units, Gold that can be spent, and new keywords like Quick-Draw, Repeat, and Weaponmaster.

As for new Legends, you’ll be able to grab cardboard versions of Azir, Draven, Ezreal, Fiora, Jax, Rumble, Rek’Sai, Ornn, Sivir, Lucian, Rneata Glasc, and Irelia.

Q2 2026 – Unleashed

While other TCGs (ahem, Magic: The Gathering) will overlap previews with releases, Riot is squarely focused on Spiritforged for now – so details about Unleashed are pretty scarce at the time of writing.

Expect it to introduce new mechanics as with its predecessor, but we’re also expecting to see the arrival of fan-favorite Vi as a Legend, alongside Master Yi, Rengar, and LeBlanc.

We’ll update this page as more information becomes available.

Q3 2026 – Vendetta

Again, information for another upcoming set is thin on the ground for Riftbound’s Vendetta. We know it’ll come in Q3 (or at least, that’s the plan), and that Mel, Akali, and Ambessa are likely to arrive.

Riot has also suggested that Vendetta will see it merge the Chinese and North American release schedules into one. Here’s hoping the supply issues are sorted by then…

Q4 2026 – Radiance

While we have the set name for Radiance, we have no further information. What Legends will it include? What mechanics? ANYTHING!?

Until Riot is ready to talk, it remains a mystery, but as always we’ll have this page updated as we hear more.

What about Origins?

Origins is still Riftbound’s current set, and while it’s tough to get hold of, that should get easier in the coming months (otherwise, Riot will be in big trouble).

The launch set’s tutorial set, dubbed Proving Grounds, is still going for inflated prices on the secondary market, making it tricky to, you know, learn how to play the game.

The same can be said of the preconstructed decks for Jinx, Lee Sin, and Victor, but anecdotally, I’ve at least seen some stock of those on local game stores, even if they’re not always readily available online.

Boosters are a mixed bag – sometimes you’ll find some, but you’re unlikely to find a box right now.

As we said at launch: “Sadly, as the first set of Riot’s first card game hits shelves, it’s being snapped up by scalpers and put on the secondary market.

“It’s a standard practice in TCGs, but Riot is reportedly printing more. If you can hold out, there will be more product.”

That still rings true today – stay strong, and wait it out.