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Riftbound: Radiance Hands-On Preview and Interview - Riftbound Embraces Complexity

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Riftbound’s final set of the year, Radiance, is finally upon us, and I went hands-on with the cards at a very early Pre-Rift tournament. This marks the League of Legends TCG’s fifth set, and features musically-inspired designs and brand new mechanics poised to disrupt the meta. I also had the chance to talk with Chengran Chai, the executive producer of Riftbound, to get some insight about the set straight from the source in a joint interview with Temple of Geek’s Myles Obenza. First, a quick recap of the new mechanics being introduced in Radiance, with some of Chai’s commentary: New Radiance Keywords: Disarm, Show Off, Deploy Disarm is the simplest of the new mechanics: When your unit with Disarm attacks , it reduces the might of an enemy unit at that battlefield, usually by one. It immediately made me think of Ahri’s original abilities, which is fitting, since the new green (Calm) Ahri, Confident, comes with Disarm. Her unit has a built-in buff when you reduce the Might of an enemy u...
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Doom 2016 Composer Mick Gordon Says "F##k AI"

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Aussie composer Mick Gordon is highly regarded for his experimental approach to musical composition. For 2013's Killer Instinct he employed a kangling, a Tibetan instrument traditionally carved into a human femur or tibia, to build a theme for the skeletal Spinal character out of actual bones. For 2016's Doom he famously sampled real chainsaw noises to pull off the unique guitar riffs that elevated the game's soundtrack into a heavy metal masterpiece. However, when asked if he's considered incorporating any form of generative AI into his creative process, Gordon doesn't mince his words. To paraphrase the late Meatloaf, Gordon will do anything to create a great soundtrack, but he won't do that . "F##k AI," said Gordon, during an interview with IGN at PAX Australia 2026. Gordon can next be heard in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 when it's released on October 14, since he's contributed another bone-shattering banger to score the first-person shoo...
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Doom 2016 Composer Mick Gordon Says He'd Return to the Doom Series "In a Heartbeat"

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Mick Gordon, the legendary Aussie composer who brought a headbang to every headshot in 2016's Doom and its 2020 follow-up Doom Eternal, has told IGN that he's open to the idea of contributing to future instalments in id Software's iconic shooter series. During an interview conducted at this weekend's PAX Australia, Gordon seemed to indicate that his involvement with Doom isn't necessarily done for good, despite the very public falling-out that occurred between the composer and Doom Eternal's development team in the wake of its release. "There are a lot of dominoes that would have to fall in a very specific way for that to occur," said Gordon. "If those dominoes ever fell in that way, I would. Of course. Within a heartbeat." Gordon didn't elaborate on exactly what those "dominoes" might be, but it's possible that disputes between the composer and Doom Eternal's executive producer Marty Stratton have yet to be fully resol...
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The Best Deals Today: Doom: The Dark Ages, Star Wars Zero Company, 007 4K Blu-ray, and More

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A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save big on Doom: The Dark Ages, Star Wars Zero Company, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, Shuten Order, LEGO KPop: Demon Hunters, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, October 11, below. Doom: The Dark Ages - Premium Edition for $30.09 Fanatical has Doom: The Dark Ages - Premium Edition on sale today for $30.09. This edition packs in the base game, this Summer's Revelations DLC , and a few other bonuses, too. If you have not had a chance to check out id Software's latest, it's hard to beat this deal. The Revelations DLC is a great time. Star Wars Zero Company for $47.97 Star Wars Zero Company is one of the biggest sleeper hits of the year, and you can save $12 off a physical copy today at Amazon. In our 9/10 review , we wrote, "Star Wars Zero Company is an excellent tactical game that does a fantastic job of slathering on the same cinematic look and feel we saw in Respawn's Star Wars Jedi games, incorporating stro...
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Marvel Tokon DLC Roadmap Reveals First Look at Jane Foster Thor, Venom and Jubilee Coming in 2027

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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will continue its Year 1 DLC roadmap with Thor (Jane Foster) this winter, with two more characters coming in 2027. Developer Arc System Works confirmed the lineup alongside Evo France 2026. The Jane Foster version of Asgard's God of Thunder is now officially set to follow Phoenix Cyclops after he releases November 2, 2026, with today's announcement coming with both a sneak peek at her Marvel Tokon model in Odin's Vault on Asgard. The clip doesn't show too much, only teasing that we'll probably see Jane fight off Loki while wielding Mjolnir when a proper gameplay trailer premieres at a later date. Arc System Works said she's scheduled to launch in Marvel Tokon "winter 2027," so expect to see her arrival sometime before March of next year. Despite some concerns from players that poor sales could jeopardize the Marvel fighting game's future, at least two more characters will arrive in spring and summer 2027, too. Yes, Spi...
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Arc Raiders' 2.0 Update and 'Spider-Man' Grappling Hook Drive Player Count to Reach 7-Month High

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The new Arc Raiders 2.0 update has triggered a seven-month high for its concurrent player count on Steam as fans show up for its "Spider-Man" grappling hook, a new map, a free weekend, and more. Embark's once-viral extraction experience has had a rough few months. As the studio slowed down updates and vowed to rework its divisive Expedition prestige system , Arc Raiders players have largely left it behind, hoping to one day return to Speranza should more enticing updates arrive. After reaching an all-time peak of nearly 500,000 players on Steam (via SteamDB ), it's consistently struggled to reach more than 35,000 players on PC since July. It was a fall from grace that's left fans missing the honeymoon phase, but the Frozen Trail update, which launched two days ago, October 8, across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, has almost immediately brought back some of that hype. In September, Arc Raiders reached a player count low of just 10,000 on Steam. As of th...
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Blumhouse Partners With MatPat to Make Amanda the Adventurer Movie, Confirms More Indie Horror Game Adaptations Are Coming | NYCC 2026

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Blumhouse Productions has partnered with YouTube star Matthew ‘MatPat’ Patrick to create a series of movies based on viral indie horror games, and Amanda the Adventurer is first on the docket. Representatives from Blumhouse and MatPat confirmed this partnership at New York Comic Con 2026, where they said the YouTuber has “a few projects in the works” with the studio. “I am proud to announce that I’m working with Blumhouse to launch some new movies. I am taking some of my all-time favorite indie games and horror channels from the interwebs and partnering with Blumhouse to bring them to the big screen,” MatPat said at the panel. The first of these is Amanda the Adventurer, a first-person, puzzle-solving indie horror game that sees the player character unravel an unsettling mystery involving a low-budget animated children’s show of the same name. MatPat announced that he and Blumhouse are currently in talks with writers and directors, saying they’re “actually moving fast” to get this pro...
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