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Time for an Adventure – Grandia HD Collection, Remastered for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, Out Now

Critically acclaimed RPG Grandia HD Collection is out now.
Two timeless adventures with iconic casts of characters.
E nhanced UI, visual improvements to cinematic videos, updated language support, and more.

I am excited to announce that the remaster of the classic role-playing series, Grandia HD Collection, has launched on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S! Whether you are returning to these iconic games or entering these worlds for the first time, the series’ dynamic attack system, rewarding magic and skill progression, and immersive storylines offer dozens of hours of heroic adventures.

Getting You up to Speed on All Things Grandia

The Grandia HD Collection brings two role-playing games that have defined the genre for decades to come to contemporary audiences.

Grandia

Grandia follows Justin, a young adventurer who fatefully inherits a magic stone and thus sets out to uncover the mysteries of a lost civilization. In his search, he attracts all types of attention. Some good, in that he meets other adventurers who aid him along on his quest. However, some are bad, like the Garlyle Forces who work to keep him from unraveling the truth of the past.

Meet the Crew

Justin – Driven by his curious and fearless nature, Justin often dives headfirst into situations without thinking. He possesses the mysterious Spirit Stone—an artifact passed down through his family—which plays a pivotal role in his adventures.

Sue – Justin’s childhood friend from the town of Parm. She often joins him on his misadventures, bringing to them her courageous optimism and unexpected maturity that balances out Justin’s impulsiveness. She is almost always accompanied by her flying ball of fluff Puffy, who is as mysterious as he is adorable!

Feena – The most well-traveled of the bunch, Feena has an independent spirit and impressive skillset that garners the respect of those around her, especially Justin. As the journey unfolds, players delve deeper into her multifaceted character and mysterious past.

Grandia II

Grandia II acquaints us with Ryudo, a Geohound who does odd jobs to get money alongside his loyal eagle companion, Skye. One fateful day, he receives a request from the Church of Granas to serve as a bodyguard to one Elena, Songstress of Granas. Together, they bring out pieces of each other that neither of them knew existed amidst their journey to rid the world of Evil in the form of Valmar, God of Darkness.

Meet The Crew

Ryudo – A mercenary with a tough exterior and noble heart. He takes on various jobs for money—despite the moral implications—and is accompanied by his trusted bird companion, Skye.

Elena – The epitome of innocence and purity, Elena’s world is opened wide when she begins to journey alongside Ryudo.

Millenia – Uninhibited, playful, and mischievous, Millenia is a force to be reckoned with. Her origins and the nature of her existence cause her relationship with the party to take many interesting and unexpected turns.

Key Destinations

On your journey, you’re bound to visit many enticing cities. Here are just a few of the places you will come across on your travels:

Grandia

Port City of Parm – Our protagonist Justin’s hometown. The century of adventurers has ended, and the century of the industrial revolution has begun. Once a port of departure for adventurers, Parm City has now developed into a metropolis with two faces, the birthplace of modern industry and a center of trade. This city, where the pleasant sea breeze and the smell of coal coexist peacefully, is full of bright energy of residents striving for a better tomorrow. Order in this city is protected by the Garlyle Force, the Industrial Foundation’s private army. As a port city, Parm’s main food source is fish; the city is comprised mainly of metal houses with sparse vegetation.

Gumbo – A charming village facing the Sea of Mermaids located in a volcanic region with an everlasting summer climate. The land of love with a beautiful emerald green sea, white sand coastline, and many frogs. This is truly a place of relaxation, especially for young lovers. However, a dragon settled on the top of the volcano and began absorbing the volcano’s power, subsequently cooling the surrounding area.

Grandia II

Cyrum Kingdom – A vast colorful kingdom that finds itself along the coast. In the center of this kingdom sits Cyrum Castle, the key to the Cyrum people’s dark history. In Valmar and Lord Granas’ historic battle, the Cyrum people—or People of Darkness as they were once known—served Valmar. However, once he was sealed away, they renounced their commitment to darkness.
St. Heim Papal State – thehome to Pope Zera and impressive Granas Cathedral.

This cathedral sits atop a looming mountain overlooking St. Heim. The Granas Cathedral is the largest church to Lord Granas, making it a place of religious significance for his followers.

What’s New

Embrace the collection and unlock your childhood nostalgia—now with enhanced UI, sprite, and texture art details. Watch cult-favorite cinematics, now visually improved along with widescreen support. The collection also has updated language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (simplified and traditional). You can also play the games in entirely English or Japanese audio!

The Grandia series is known by its loyal fanbase for its unique Skill Point system, turn-based combat, incredible world-building, melodic compositions, and more.

Interested? Check out the Grandia HD Collection launch trailer on the ID@Xbox YouTube Channel!

The Grandia HD Collection can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store for $39.99 USD.

Grandia HD Collection

GungHo Online Entertainment America, Inc.

☆☆☆☆☆
31

★★★★★

$39.99

Get it now

The highly-anticipated Grandia HD Collection for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S are here! Get your hands on two games that changed the landscape of RPGs forever, in beautiful HD graphics.

GRANDIA: Dive into the captivating journey of Justin and his allies as they race against the sinister Garlyle Forces. Unravel the mysteries of a forgotten civilization and immerse yourself in an RPG hailed as a timeless classic, inspiring generations of games to come.

GRANDIA II: Step into the shoes of Ryudo, a jaded Geohound with a heart, as he embarks on a magical quest alongside a group of unlikely allies. Their journey is riddled with twists and turns as they seek a divine weapon to save the world. Delve deep into this tale where the line between good and evil blurs, and everything is open to question…

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Wyrmspan Board Game Review

You might have heard about a game called Wingspan, which went from being acclaimed in the hobby space to selling a massive million-plus copies in retail. It did so not only by being a fun board game but thanks to its accessible and appealing theme where players manage a bird sanctuary. It was not without its critics, particularly over its slightly repetitive structure, and those concerns have fed into the design of a more complex re-skin, Wyrmspan, where players represent mighty dragon wranglers in a fantasy setting.

What’s in the Box

The original game was famous for its high production values–that’s another key plank of its wide appeal–and while Wyrmspan isn’t quite as pretty, it doesn’t disappoint in that department either. It has a collection of multicolored, speckled resin eggs just like its predecessor, a slew of punch out cardboard resource tokens and two neat plastic storage boxes to keep them in. The coins are cardboard but are silvered, which is a lovely touch.

Players each get a selection of wooden cubes and an adventurer piece in their color, along with one of five boards to track their growing menagerie of dragons, which is where most of the game state will get tracked. There are three other shared boards, one to track the round and its associated bonuses, another is a dragon guild board with four different bonus tiles to sit in the middle, and the final one organizes the dragon and cave decks.

The dragon deck is enormous–almost 200 cards–each with its own distinctive art. While the dragons are impressive, it’s not on a par with the luminous illustrations of real-world birds in Wingspan. And the graphic design generally verges on the bland, with most of the boards being empty space printed with generic fantasy-style fonts. Not that that matters so much once they’re covered in face-up dragons.

Rules and How It Plays

If you’re familiar with Wingspan you’ll already have a good grasp on how to play Wyrmspan–there’s a boxout in the rules that should make learning it a cinch–but there are some key differences. Players start each of four rounds with six coins, and each of the game’s three actions–excavate, entice and explore–costs a coin to perform. Sometimes an action will cost an additional coin or give you a coin back, so the number of actions you can take each turn varies.

Excavate lets you play cave cards from your hand into one of three different dragon habitats on your player board. You’ll need to have a cave card to get dragons into anything other than the initial slot, and playing a card also nets you a bonus printed on the card, such as additional resources or card draws. Entice allows you to play a dragon from your hand into an empty cave. This will cost you resources like meat and gold, printed on the dragon’s card, in addition to the coin. Dragons are a major source of victory points, and most have other printed effects.

Some dragons have an ability when played, others at the end of a round, but for most you’ll need the third action type, Explore, to get the most out of them. This is the most complex action, in which you send your little adventurer meeple into any inhabited caves, gaining benefits depending on which habitat you’re exploring and what dragons you’ve got played there. The Crimson Cavern will let you get food resources to spend on dragons, while the Golden Grotto and Amethyst Abyss will net you cave and dragon cards, respectively, from a face-up selection. The more dragons in a given habitat, the deeper you can go and the better the rewards will be.

The dragon deck is enormous – almost 200 cards – each with its own distinctive art.

You’re thus immediately caught in a classic board game dilemma: you need food and cave cards to play dragons, but without dragons, it’s hard to get food and cave cards. There’s nothing for it but to bite the bullet and take some pathetically weak explore actions while you try and build a strategy, but the big question is what aspects are you going to favor, and which can you neglect?

Decisions here will be heavily impacted by what dragon and cave cards you start with. For example, some cave cards give you food tokens, so you might feel you can wait on populating your Crimson Cavern. And this is where the additional complexity of Wyrmspan begins to bear fruit over its predecessor. The extra concepts ensure there’s a lot more interplay in effects between the cards in your hand and the actions you can take, ensuring there’s more strategy and tactics in your choices.

Perhaps the most notable of these new features is the dragon guild board. You can earn moves on this board in various ways, and each earns you a small bonus from the space you land on. However, for each half-cycle you get to pick a larger bonus from the tile in the middle, many of which include big end-game scoring bonuses. The rewards you get here are substantial enough to build a strategy around, and with four different middle tiles together with that colossal stack of dragon cards there’s a ton of variety to explore during repeat plays.

This is where the additional complexity of Wyrmspan begins to bear fruit over its predecessor.

Other particularly noteworthy changes include the removal of the random food roll of Wingspan in favor of a free choice of food resources and the swapping out of action cubes for the coins resource. While the latter might sound like a small change it has a big impact, because now cards can earn or cost you coins, changing the amount of actions you can take in a turn, which you have to factor into your planning. It even introduces a bigger element of timing into the game, as if you have more or less actions than other players it will change the urgency with which you feel you might have to take things from the shared boards, like the selection of face-up dragons and caves.

Hatchlings, a specific subtype of dragon card, add to this sense of time-based pressure. They can be awkward to put into play because they require milk, a resource that’s otherwise largely useless. But once on your player mat, each visit from an adventurer yields a bonus until the third, which offers an extra-impressive benefit. This imparts a real sense of urgency to try and get these whelps played, to make sure you’ve got time for enough visits to trigger the bonus and enjoy its effects.

However, timing your plays effectively to get what you need before others do is about the only level of player interaction you’ll find in the game. For most of it, you’ll be preoccupied with building your own dragon-powered game engine, not caring what your opponents are doing. Thankfully, this is a fully absorbing task on its own, thanks to all the different ways in which card effects overlap, and the sheer amount of in-game variety takes up some of the slack left by the lack of in-game interaction.

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World of Warcraft Is Revisiting Mists of Pandaria in World of Warcraft: Remix

World of Warcraft’s grand nostalgia tour of old content is going strong, with Blizzard announcing that in addition to World of Warcraft: Classic adding the Cataclysm expansion, it’s running a new event that will send players back to 2012’s Mists of Pandaria expansion.

The event is called World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria, and it will be available to all WoW subscribers as a separate playable game regardless of whether they play retail, classic, or both. Players will create new characters and level at super speed from 10 to 70 through the Mists of Pandaria expansion, playing through quests, dungeons, raids and other events as they were back in the day, but with a twist. Powerful items will be more readily available than before and with new customization options, and any collected items can be used as cosmetic upgrades in the main retail game.

Notably, this isn’t World of Warcraft: Classic. Remix uses character talents, classes, and abilities from the current retail version, and characters will be able to be carried over at the end of Remix into the main game. Blizzard is teasing that the new Mists perks and upgrades will “enhance” current character abilities, so it will be interesting to see what, for instance, a Demon Hunter or a Dracthyr can get up to when plopped into the Timeless Isle.

This Remix event seems to be taking cues from a number of other successes World of Warcraft has enjoyed recently. Like battle royale mode Plunderstorm, it’s a limited-time event separate from the main versions of the game with rewards that can carry over. Like Classic, it’s an effort at revisiting a specific point in Warcraft history, but like Season of Discovery, there are a number of new twists. Blizzard seems poised to capitalize on a fan-favorite expansion here, and perhaps remind players of some of its key lore points ahead of the next retail expansion, The War Within. Could the Sha play a role in the Worldsoul Saga? What about Y’Sharrj? We’ll have to wait and see.

It’s a busy time in World of Warcraft right now. Limited-time battle royale event Plunderstorm is chugging along as the current main expansion, Dragonflight, winds down with upcoming closing event Dark Heart. The next expansion, The War Within is planned for release later this year. And in Classic, Cataclysm just got a release date of May 20, with a pre-patch on April 30.

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

What’s better: Gliding powers or Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Unmaking Arrow?

Last time, you decided that shopkeepers annoyed when you don’t buy anything is better than security cameras following your every move. So rather than an implied surveillance which doesn’t actually have consequences, you wish to be actively scolded for things you’ve not done. Alright reader dear, I’m noting that in your psychological profile. Onwards! This week I ask you to choose between soaring through the sky or making something else soar. What’s better: gliding powers or Dragon’s Dogma 2‘s Unmaking Arrow?

Vampire Survivors Officially Coming to PlayStation, Contra DLC Revealed

Vampire Survivors is officially come to PlayStation platforms. Announced during today’s Triple-I Initiative showcase, Vampire Survivors’ devs confirmed that the wildly popular roguelite will be releasing this summer. It was previously released on PC, Switch, mobile, and Xbox.

Additionally, new Vampire Survivors DLC was revealed, this time featuring characters from Contra. They include Brad Fang from Contra: Hard Corps, better-known as the wolf with the gun grafted to his arm. The new DLC will be out May 9.

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Kat Bailey is IGN’s News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

Vampire Survivors is getting guns in a new Contra crossover gun-focused DLC called Operation Guns

Revealed at the Triple-I Initiative just now, Vampire Survivors is getting another cool DLC, this one a crossover with classic Konami run ‘n’ gun Contra. It’s called Operation Guns. Get on board. Trailed with, as is now traditional, a cool animated trailer that suggests the game is a Saturday morning cartoon and not a top down pixelated nightmare that will flush out any latent photosensitivity lurking in your skull (complimentary), Operation Guns is arriving on May 9th, so about a month away.

Book Review: ‘The Most Relaxing Video Games’ – More Than Just Cute ‘N’ Cosy

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When it comes to relaxing games, you probably already have a reasonably sound idea of what these might look like and entail. Perhaps it’s a jaunty farm sim like Stardew Valley or Story of Seasons, a laid-back puzzler like Unpacking, or even a cute adventure like A Short Hike. The point is that many of us have preconceived notions of what a relaxing game should look like, but if Ryan Janes’ ‘The Most Relaxing Video Games’ book is anything to go by, then blissful relaxation can potentially be found in the most unlikely genres imaginable.

Published by White Owl, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books (which has also published books from the likes of Kirk McKeand and Chris Scullion), ‘The Most Relaxing Video Games’ immediately struck us as being geared toward those who perhaps don’t consider gaming to be their primary hobby. Indeed, for those of us at Nintendo Life, our first glimpse of the book consisted of casually flicking through the pages while muttering “Yep… Yep…” under our breath as we cross checked each entry with our own internally curated list.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Trail Out: Explosive Racing Hits Xbox Today

Explosive racing action for all ages.
A variety of destruction modes across 40 different locations.
Customize and upgrade over 70 vehicles, from sports cars to unconventional options like tanks and school buses.

If you’re a fan of classic games like Carmeggedon, Wreck Fest, and Burnout Paradise, Trail Out’s own brand of destruction is right up your alley. From the creative minds at Good Boys indie game studio and publisher Crytivo comes the explosive racing game Trail Out, now available on Xbox! The game explores different avenues of destruction through a variety of modes, including Roulette and even Zombies. You will build your own vehicles, upgrade them, and destroy them and your opponents in a story campaign and free races.

Imagine this: you’re behind the wheel of your customized ride, tearing through destructible environments, battling it out with fierce competitors, and leaving a trail of chaos in your wake. That’s the thrill of Trail Out.

Key Features

Total Car Carnage: Experience heart-pounding action as you unleash chaos with destructible cars that shatter, crumble, and explode in spectacular fashion.
Dynamic Environments: Immerse yourself in the thrill of the chase amidst destructible environments where every building, barrier, and obstacle is fair game for demolition.
Endless Excitement: Choose from a variety of adrenaline-fueled game modes, including intense battle royales, high-speed pursuits, and unpredictable challenges.
Customization Galore: Take control of over fifty unique vehicles, from sleek sports cars to monstrous tanks, and personalize them to suit your racing style.
Uncharted Territories: Blaze a trail across fifty diverse tracks, from bustling city streets to rugged off-road terrain, each offering its own set of challenges and surprises.

What truly sets Trail Out apart from the rest? It’s the player-centric experience that puts the power in your hands. Over 70 vehicles await your command, each one a canvas for your creativity and racing prowess. Whether you prefer the sleek lines of a sports car or the sheer mayhem of a tank, the choice is yours to make.

But here’s the kicker: These cars aren’t just vehicles; they’re your ticket to total domination on the track. Start with a humble rust bucket and transform it into a racing marvel in the junkyard. Earn cash from races and loyal fans who’ll dish out special requests, propelling you towards unlocking new rides and upgrading existing ones. From custom paint jobs to personalized license plates, every detail is yours to mold to perfection.

And let’s not forget the wild cards in your arsenal. Ever dreamed of tearing through the competition in a school bus or unleashing chaos in a Mario-inspired Kart? Trail Out makes it possible, with unconventional options that add a whole new level of thrill to the race.

You got the car of your dreams? Well, let’s now embark on a thrilling journey through fifty diverse locales in Trail Out, each presenting its own set of challenges and surprises. From sprawling metropolises to adrenaline-pumping arenas, every location offers a unique racing experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

But be prepared for the unexpected as you navigate through these dynamic environments. Whether you’re sliding across icy terrain, dodging aggressive vehicles, or facing off against wild animals, each map is filled with obstacles to test your skills.

But fear not, because destruction is your ally. Cut through buildings, smash barriers, and leave a trail of chaos in your wake to create shortcuts and gain the upper hand. And with every structure you demolish, you’ll not only gain valuable time but also attract more fans to cheer you on to victory.

Tired of Storylines and Campaigns?

Choose from eight action-packed modes, each offering its own unique challenges and opportunities for destruction. Dive into Derby Classic Mode for a pure battle royal experience, or test your skills in Derby Domination by earning points through skillful collisions with opponents.

Experience the fast-paced chaos of Cross Mode, where intersecting tracks invite intense clashes, or take control of a police cruiser in Hunter Mode and deploy spikes, traps, and missiles against your rivals. And don’t forget about the excitement of Roulette Mode, where fate decides your next challenge and vehicle.

But the fun doesn’t stop there. Explore thrilling stunt modes like Bowling and Darts, race against the clock in No Time Mode, or face off against bosses in Catch Me Up Mode. And for those craving even more destruction, Trail Out offers the ultimate challenge with Dead Out Mode, where you’ll battle hordes of zombies and equip your cars with guns for epic boss battles.

Now, let’s not forget about the fans. In Trail Out, you’ll earn fans as you race, and these loyal supporters will not only send you cash but also make special requests to fuel your racing dreams. It’s like having your own cheering squad on the sidelines!

Grab your controller, buckle up, and get ready for the ride of a lifetime. Trail Out is now available on Xbox, and trust me, you won’t regret it.

TRAIL OUT

Crytivo

☆☆☆☆☆
1

★★★★★

$29.99

Get it now

The game contains the following DLCs: Legendary Cars, Luxury Life, Steel Wheels

Welcome to the festival of explosive races, TRAIL OUT!
You’re in for a mad race in different parts of the world, your main goal is to live to the finish line and take the main cup of the festival! Exploding cars, flying and screaming drivers, the hype from the fans, and unseen destruction around the entire track – it’s all waiting for you here! Relive the story of racer Mihalych, a simple story where you’ll try to take the main cup of the festival by defeating all the bosses in unique battles.

You are expected: Up to 50 cars in different classes, different eras, and different conditions 50 different tracks, from big-city tracks with lots of destruction, derby arenas and to dangerous tracks

The game contains the following DLC’s:
Legendary Cars
Luxary Life
Steel Wheels
Hunt 007 Special

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for April: Dave the Diver, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, The Crew 2 and more

Rely on your wits in Animal Well, slip into a wetsuit with Dave the Diver and journey through mystical 2.5D realms in Tales of Kenzera: Zau. All three games launch onto PlayStation as part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. And there are even more games joining April’s Game Catalog lineup. Let’s take a closer look at each. Aside from Animal Well and Tales of Kenzera: Zau, all titles will be available on April 16.

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog

Animal Well* | PS5

Explore a surreal, forsaken labyrinth and unravel its many secrets. Discover a mysterious, non-linear, interconnected world as you solve puzzles in over 250 rooms in whatever order you choose. Rely on your wits to avoid danger in this combat-free Metroidvania. You’ll encounter creatures both beautiful and unsettling, and have to decide what is safe and dangerous. Manipulate a pixel-art world in surprising and meaningful ways and try to survive what lurks in the dark. In Animal Well, there is more to the world than what you can see.

*Animal Well will launch May 9.

Tales of Kenzera: Zau* | PS5

Embark on a poignant single-player story shaped by actor Abubakar Salim’s own experience with grief, discovering how love gives us the courage to press on after devastating loss. Wield powers from the Sun and the Moon to defeat restless spirits in rhythmic combat and become a worthy Nganga: a spiritual healer. Discover a rich universe with untold lore of chaos & order and journey through mystical 2.5D realms awash with color and depth, emboldened by multi-award-winning composer Nainita Desai’s enchanting original score.

*Tales of Kenzera: ZAU will launch April 23.

Dave the Diver | PS4, PS5

Dave the Diver is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.

Oddballers | PS4

Play a new type of hard-hitting dodgeball and use brutally unfair tactics to mess with your opponents in this wacky multiplayer party game. Dodge, block, and grab whatever you can to throw at the faces of your frenemies. And use the environment to crush opponents with electrical fences, explosive gas tanks, or tennis ball launchers. Every arena comes with its own rules and features various frantic mini-games where anything can happen. Play with up to four players in your living room, or take the matches online and compete against five other contenders.

Construction Simulator | PS4, PS5

Construction Simulator has returned – larger and more impressive than ever! Fulfil your ambition to become a successful construction entrepreneur by establishing your business from scratch, assisted by your mentor Hape. Tackle intriguing projects of different sizes and requirements that help you increase your income, so that you’re able to add even more powerful machinery to your vehicle fleet. Along the way, diverse clients will test your abilities as you navigate challenges, making every task a test of your skill set. Get ready to showcase your process as you tackle a variety of construction challenges in this dynamic and engaging adventure.

The Crew 2 | PS4

Get ready for a high-speed trip across the USA and enjoy one of the most complete open-world action driving experiences ever created. With access to free content, new game modes, tracks, vehicles, events, and more added every season, The Crew 2 has all you need for an unforgettable ride. Take on the American motorsports scene, discover exhilarating landscapes and pick your favorite vehicles among hundreds and play with up to seven friends online.

Raji: An Ancient Epic | PS4, PS5

Inspired by Indian mythologies such as Mahabharata and Ramayana, and by the medieval architecture of Rajasthan, Raji: An Ancient Epic brings a refreshing new style to the action-adventure scene. Battle ferocious demons and bosses, solve ancient puzzles, explore massive forts and palaces and experience a sibling story who find themselves at the center of a divine war. Every corner of the game’s environment is drawn in the Pahari art style and combines hand-painted textures, rendered in 3D.

Lego Ninjago Movie Videogame | PS4

Play as your favorite ninjas, Lloyd, Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane, Nya and Master Wu to defend their home island of Ninjago from the evil Lord Garmadon and his Shark Army. Master the art of Ninjagility by wall-running, high-jumping and battling the foes of Ninjago to rank up and upgrade the ninja’s combat skills. Experience the film across eight action packed locations each with its own unique Challenge Dojo. And with the Battle Maps, play against friends and family locally in competitions for up to four players!

Nour: Play With Your Food | PS4, PS5

Nour is an experimental food art game that blends mouth-watering visuals, dynamic beats, and playful exploration. Unbound by scores, time limits, or realism, Nour invites you to play with your food in a variety of surreal scenes ranging from chill to unhinged – from a symphony of toasters to a bathtub full of ice cream, and far beyond. Rediscover the joy of play in this unique foodie fantasy.

Deliver Us Mars | PS4, PS5

Sequel to the award-winning Deliver Us The Moon, Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure offering an immersive astronaut experience. Explore new frontiers on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward. Board the Zephyr as you journey from Earth to the surface of Mars. Traverse and endure its harsh and unforgiving terrain as you quest to discover the secrets left behind by Outward. Use both brains and brawn to overcome mental and physical challenges, find the ARKs, and uncover the motivations of those behind the distress call that brought you here.

Lego Marvel’s Avengers | PS4

Avengers Assemble! The best-selling Lego Marvel videogame franchise returns with a new action-packed, Super Hero adventure. Join the Lego Marvel’s Avengers team and experience a videogame featuring characters and storylines from the critically-acclaimed films and more. Play as the most powerful Super Heroes in their quest to save the world.

Miasma Chronicles | PS5

Realtime exploration gameplay meets tactical, turn-based combat with RPG elements in Miasma Chronicles. In the not-too-distant future. America has been torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’. Meet Elvis, a young man brought to the mining town of Sedentary as a baby. Left by his mother in the care of a robotic older ‘brother’ and given a mysterious glove with which he can control the Miasma. Join the brothers on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland to find the answers they crave. Answers which may change the course of human history forever.

Stray Blade | PS5

Prove yourself in this action-adventure and master intense combat while exploring the ancient ruins of a mysterious civilization. Legends tell of Acrea the Lost Valley, a wild and overgrown place but unmistakably powerful. You found this forgotten land yet died. Time passes, and miraculously you are brought back to life. The price you pay: You are bound to this land. Regain your freedom and embark on the quest of restoring balance in this ravaged and war-torn place guided by your trusty companion, Boji. Explore towering throne rooms of giant god-kings and long-lost cities. As you uncover their secrets, prepare to face even deadlier foes. Get ready to explore a world that is constantly altered by your discoveries and the waging forces.

PlayStation Premium | Classics

· Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (original PlayStation version) | PS4, PS5

· Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire (original PlayStation version) | PS4, PS5

· MediEvil (original PlayStation version) | PS4, PS5

*PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup may differ in certain regions. Please check the PlayStation Store on launch day for your region’s lineup.

Our Favorite Power Bank for the Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally Is on Sale at Amazon

This excellent deal is back! Amazon is offering the powerful and high capacity Anker PowerCore 737 24,000mAh USB Power Bank for only $90, a massive 40% price drop from its original $150 MSRP. This is close to the highest capacity power bank you’re allowed to bring on airplane carry-on, and it also boasts an absolutely massive 140W of USB power delivery to charge even the hungriest MacBook Pro.

Anker PowerCore 737 24,000mAh Power Bank for $90

with 140W of USB Type-C Power Delivery

The Anker PowerCore 737 can be used like any other power bank; it does a fine job of charging any of your standard mobile electronics. It has two USB Type-C ports and one USB Type-A port. One of the USB Type-C ports is bi-directional, meaning it can be used to charge devices AND it can also be used to charge the power bank itself. The massive 24,000mAh is just under the TSA’s 27,000mAh limit; it can charge a Nintendo Switch OLED over 5 times, iPhone 15 Pro Max over 5 times, Steam Deck over 4 times, and an ASUS ROG Ally over 9 times. The power bank is physically larger than smaller capacity ones and weighs in at 1.4 pounds.

What really makes special about the PowerCore 737, however, is it’s massive power delivery spec. The 737 is capable of delivery 140W of power output That’s enough power to charge the 16″ MacBook Pro laptop even while you’re using it. That kind of power output is hard to find in a power bank and usually pricier.

The Anker 737 is our pick for best Steam Deck / ASUS ROG Ally charger

We picked the Anker 737 as our favorite portable charger for the Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally portable gaming handhelds. Portable PC gaming has never been better, but there’s still a way to go when it comes to batteries in these incredible devices. Both the ROG Ally and Steam Deck suffer from a short battery life when gaming on the go. For instance, when playing most games at 60 FPS, you’re likely looking at four hours of battery life, at most. During our review, we even found games like God of War or Spider-Man would tap out in under 2-hours as well. At the end of the day, you’ll never get the full potential out of your Steam Deck or ROG Ally if you’re not equipped with a decent portable charger.