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Disney Lorcana's new Winterspell expansion is out this week on February 20 , but that's not the only thing for fans to look forward to in the coming days. As part of the 11th set's rollout, the Lorcana team is also launching a brand new "Collection Starter Set" alongside the "Scrooge McDuck Gift Box" on March 13, 2026. Both are now up for preorder at Amazon and are priced at $29.99 each. So what's included in these new sealed sets? Starting with the Collection Starter Set, the first of which is themed around Stitch, it includes four Winterspell boosters, a Stitch Rock Star Card portfolio, and a Glimmer Foil promo collector’s guide. The card portfolio is ready to hold up to 80 cards, which is perfect for any collectors who are just getting started, or even long-term fans who just want another fun way to keep their cards safe. You'll certainly need it as well, as the four boosters for the new Winterspell expansion will contain 48 cards jus...

The developer of Stellar Blade is looking to expand the game to more platforms, signalling a potential release on Xbox and Nintendo Switch 2. Korean studio Shift Up mentioned the move in the Q&A section of its most recent financial report. It said Stellar Blade had established itself as "a steady, long-tail IP, supported by sustained sales momentum and strong user reception since launch," and that the team was "reviewing platform expansion beyond PS5 and PC to broaden audience reach." "This approach is expected to both introduce the title to new players and gradually build anticipation for the next chapter in the series," Shift Up continued. That "next chapter" is, of course, sequel Stellar Blade 2 , which is now in development. "We expect 2026 to be a year in which more users experience the existing title while momentum and anticipation builds toward the next phase of the Stellar Blade franchise," Shift Up added. Shift Up ...

Rainbow Six Siege is getting Snake from Metal Gear Solid as a new Operator next month — but the game also nearly had a cardboard box item to hide in, too. Speaking to IGN, Rainbow Six Siege creative director Josh Mills confirmed that the idea had been discussed internally, but ultimately was dismissed pretty quick — and for good reason. Simply put, Siege fans know the game's maps too well. While hiding from enemies in a cardboard box might work against NPCs, Siege fans simply remember the game's levels too intricately to be tricked by a random package lying around. "Our players already know every inch of every map, and among the team we have a saying, Operator's eyes don’t lie," Mills told IGN. "So, if there were suddenly a box in the corner of a room on any given map our players would promptly shoot that box." It's a fair point, though sadly one which does mean we won't be crouching inside any cardboard in Rainbow Six Siege anytime soon....

Bloober Team has revealed the video game it teased last month as Layers of Fear 3. In a video presentation celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Layers of Fear franchise, CEO Piotr Babieno thanked fans for keeping the series "close to your hearts for all these years," before setting up the final reveal: Layers of Fear 3. Layers of Fear is a psychological horror series that has seen three main releases so far: 2016’s Layers of Fear; 2021’s Layers of Fear 2; and a remake released in 2023. Layers of Fear 3 doesn’t have a launch window or confirmed platforms, but Bloober Team did release a creepy live action teaser, which features a man reading William Blake’s The Sick Rose in a grand room. We see a painting of a woman, presumably the “sick rose,” and another painting of what looks like a humanoid figure, potentially the same woman, amid a sickness with their mouth sewn shut. A ghostly figure moves past this painting before the painting of the woman falls to the ground....

Presidents Day weekend is here, and tons of great deals are available for a limited time. Check out our picks for Presidents Day deals below. Lost Soul Aside for $20 This Presidents Day weekend, you can pick up a PS5 copy of Lost Soul Aside for just $20, saving you over $40 off this 2025 PlayStation-published game. This debut game from Ultizero Games follows protagonist Kaser on a mission to find his lost sister. Dangerous enemies await, and there are many different systems to unlock and discover throughout your journey. AirPods Pro 3 for $209.99 The Apple AirPods Pro 3 are on sale for $209.99 today. These are the latest in the Pro line, and they're packed with upgrades over the 2nd generation. There's an in-earbud heart rate sensor to track your heart rate while exercising, and the entire earbud has been redesigned for better fit, sound isolation, and comfort. Ninja Gaiden 4 for $39.99 Ninja Gaiden 4 is on sale for $39.99 this weekend, and now is the perfe...

“Hell is not other people. Hell is yourself.” - Ludwig Wittgenstein It begins with a group of children looking down a hole. A boy in a hood, the remains of a hangman’s noose around his neck, pilots a boat adrift at sea. I do not know where he has come from or where he is going or if he was one of the ones staring into that well’s abyss. I only know the way forward. Red lights peak through the dark and fog. They are my compass, and I follow them. Buoys. Where they guide me, I do not know, but there is no other path. The ocean is so vast, and my boat is so small. For a time, I am alone. At the fourth buoy, the boy stops the boat and pulls aboard a girl. When he reaches for the hare mask covering her face, she pins him to the small outboard’s wooden bottom, her hands ripping at his mask until he kicks her away. They stare at each other from opposite ends of the boat. It might as well be a chasm. “I thought you were dead,” the boy offers. “Where are the others?” the girl asks. The boy d...

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 will not include the version of Metal Gear Online featured with the original release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Konami confirmed the omission, as well as many other details about its recently announced collection of ports , on its official website . Buried beneath information about both MGS4 and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a single line confirming the multiplayer offering will not return when the former finally sneaks onto more platforms this August. This iteration of Metal Gear Online launched with MGS4 as a bundled-in multiplayer experience in June 2008. Featuring a variety of game modes that ranged from standard team deathmatch to a unique encounter that saw one player assume the role of Old Snake – the offshoot tied together elements from the fourth mainline Metal Gear Solid game for players to enjoy in an online setting. It received several post-launch expansions through the years before Konami shut down th...

Kojima fans, the day has arrived. Konami has finally announced Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2; it’s coming to PS5, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, Xbox, and PC on August 27. It collects Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and Metal Gear: Ghost Babel. It’s available to preorder now on all platforms ( see it at Amazon ). Let’s take a look at where you can find it, how much it costs, and what to expect from the collection. Preorder Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Physical Amazon - PS5 | Switch 2 | Switch | Xbox Best Buy - PS5 | Switch 2 | Switch | Xbox Walmart - PS5 | Switch 2 | Switch | Xbox Digital PlayStation Store Xbox Store Nintendo eShop Steam Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 has an MSRP of $49.99. Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Game List For those who enjoy looking at contents in list form, here’s what games are included in the collection: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Metal Gea...

Developer Sucker Punch has announced Ghost of Yotei: Legends, an upcoming free DLC for the studio's hit 2025 open-world action-adventure. The DLC will be released on March 10 and include support for up to four players in online co-op, along with four distinct classes for players to choose from. Together you'll team up against the Yotei Six IGN called Ghost of Yotei " great " in our review last year. Catch up on everything announced in today's Sony State of Play. Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked , as well as our semi-retired interview show, IGN Unfiltered . He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan . from IGN Articles https://ift.tt/kJjbCos via IFTTT

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and Vince Zampella, co-creator of the Call of Duty, Infinity Ward, and Respawn Entertainment, apparently discussed an "FPS version of Metal Gear" sometime after Metal Gear Solid 4 came out. This comes from Kojima himself, speaking via pre-recorded video at the DICE Summit 2026 in Las Vegas in a tribute to Zampella, who passed away in December at the age of 55 . As a part of the conference's keynotes, industry luminaries including Kojima, Phil Spencer, Geoff Keighley, Todd Howard, Laura Miele, and others spoke at length about Zampella's contributions to the industry as well as their personal relationships with him. Kojima appeared several times in the video to speak about Zampella. In one of his segments, he said, "I've kept this quiet for a long time but after Metal Gear Solid 4 came out, we actually talked about making an FPS version of Metal Gear." Kojima continued, saying that he and Zampella spoke about it...

On his RTGame channel in 2021, YouTuber and streamer Daniel Condren made headlines by dragging countless NPCs from a Hitman level into a walk-in freezer, in an attempt to simultaneously kill every single NPC in one map. He didn't quite succeed. Now, he's made another go at it , using the gigantic grape press in the winery that is Hitman 3's final map. And this time, it went better. You can watch it take place in a 40-minute edit of the stream. Well, actually the edit seems to be of two streams – in the first, he drags the NPCs one-by-one to smash them after knocking each one out with a baseball bat. That takes over 15 hours, according to the timer at the top of the stream. Then, the video cuts to what looks to be another stream, started at 5 hours and 49 minutes in, after he had dragged each body to the area just in front of the press, ready to be crushed by Condren's cruel hitman. For over an hour after that, he hauls each body beneath the press, framerate tanki...

Blizzard will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Diablo by adding the Warlock class to a swathe of games — including Diablo 2: Resurrected , more than 25 years after the game's original launch. Resurrected, the 2021 remaster of Blizzard's classic sequel , will receive the Reign of the Warlock DLC today, February 11, priced at $24.99 across PC, PlayStation, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. The paid add-on is available already on Battle.net — and on Steam, where Diablo 2: Resurrected has also launched. The news was announced just moments ago at Blizzard's Diablo Anniversary Spotlight showcase, which featured Warlock-flavored reveals for the franchise's other games, too. A Warlock class will arrive as part of Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred on April 28, across PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, before dropping in the free-to-play Diablo Immortal this summer. But it's the addition to Diablo 2: Resurrected that comes as the biggest surprise — since the class was ...

Blizzard Entertainment is just minutes away from showing off the future of Diablo 4 , Diablo 2: Resurrected , and Diablo Immortal with its 30th Anniversary Spotlight, and we're collecting all of the highlights right here. As revealed late last month, the next event in the World of Warcraft company’s line of presentations will cover a lot of what’s coming to its classic dungeon-crawling franchise in 2026 . The three aforementioned titles are the subjects of today’s Spotlight, with fans told to expect updates that include everything from a fresh look at Diablo 4 and its upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion to a taste of some of the updates coming to its Diablo 2 reimagining and Diablo mobile spinoff. Blizzard has teased an all-encompassing 30th Anniversary Spotlight for Diablo fans, and we’re here to gather and break down every last announcement, reveal, and surprise. The show starts at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m., so kick back, relax, and get ready to refresh this page for all of the bigg...

The Secretlab Presidents Sale has officially commenced and with it are a couple of different promotions that are running concurrently (some are stackable). For starters, you can save up to $139 off across Secretlab's lineup of Titan Evo gaming chairs and Magnus gaming desks, including themed editions from One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, Star Wars, Demon Slayer, and more. Secretlab's highest-end gaming chair, the Titan Evo Nanogen, has also ben discounted. In addition to these instant discounts, you can get extra tiered savings by hitting a certain order amount for each category. These should be stackable with the instant discounts, although some themes are excluded. Extra $40 off Chair orders of $850+ with code " SLEV-MINCPRES26 " Extra $50 off Desk orders of $1,489+ with code: " SLEV-MINDPRES26 " $100 off all orders of $1,999+ with code: " SLEV-MINSWPRES26 " Finally, Secretlab's Genshin Impact themed gaming chairs gets some love of its ow...

When you have a series that's consistently gotten new games for almost 40 years, you have to think about how younger generations will be able to play them. That, and, of course, thinking about your bottom line, has led every publisher to lean more and more into multiplatform releases . On top of PC ports, Square Enix has released a decent amount of remasters and special editions of the Final Fantasy series specifically for Nintendo's handheld. The Final Fantasy games hitting Switch isn't entirely unprecedented. The connection between Final Fantasy and Nintendo dates back to the series’ infancy, when the first game debuted on Nintendo's Famicom system in 1987. In fact, the first six mainline Final Fantasy games debuted on Nintendo platforms before Square Enix jumped to PlayStation as the series’ primary platform with Final Fantasy 7. We've got a lot to look forward to on both Switch systems in 2026, including Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on Switch 2 . Below, we’ve c...

Magic: The Gathering is months away from its Marvel Super Heroes set, but you can preorder it right now. Better yet, it’s already seeing a discount at Amazon. The retailer is offering around $20 off a Play Booster box of 30 packs , meaning you’re getting an awful lot of cards for $189.99 instead of $209.70. Save On MTG’s Marvel Set Before It Launches In June Doing some quick math, a box of 30 Play Boosters (which each contain 14 cards) would usually mean you’re paying $6.99 per pack. That’s around the standard for Play Boosters in Universes Beyond. With this deal, though, you’re getting them for $6.33 - not a huge drop, but enough on a per-pack basis to add up, especially if you’d planned on getting a box anyway, or are looking to split one with a buddy or two. Each pack guarantees you a foil card, but it’s worth noting that whatever the chase alternative art treatments are, there’s a good chance you’ll have better luck finding them in the much, much more expensive Collecto...

Details on the upcoming, PlayStation-published Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls have appeared online, just days ahead of this week's big State of Play broadcast . The highly-anticipated Marvel fighting game will feature 20 characters at launch, and also include a single-player "Episode Mode." That's according to a Steam page description of the game briefly seen before it was pulled (but not before the leak was spotted and shared on social media ). Marvel Tokon's roster is described as "expanding" — so it sounds like we should expect further heroes from the Marvel universe to turn up in future. Online, there's mention of 64-player online lobbies, including standard VS modes. PC players will require a PlayStation account, meanwhile. Developed by Guilty Gear Strive maker Arc System Works, the game has currently been announced for PlayStation 5 and PC with a vague "2026" launch window. But the timing of this week's leak, just days ahead...

Overwatch's game director has responded to calls for the appearance of new hero Anran to be changed, following fan criticism and a public declaration of support by the character's English-language voice actress. Over the weekend, Anran voice actress Fareeha took to social media to address "the elephant in the room" surrounding her character's in-game appearance — which she and many other fans have called out as being a victim of the so-called "Same Face Syndrome", and different to her earlier appearances in a comic and cinematic. Those appearances set a "precedent" for Anran, Fareeha said, leaving her to now "mourn" the final in-game design made available to play in early access at the weekend. "There was an unspoken promise that said 'we're going to challenge the beauty standards that are plaguing and ransacking media these days'," Fareeha stated. "The Ozempic chic, the 'contour your nose,' ...