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In a Pokémon World Championship Series first, the 2026 and future formats will be using yet-to-be-released Pokémon Champions as the game for VGC competitors instead of a "mainline" game. To switch up the format even more next year, Pokémon Champions will include the Mega Evolution mechanic in the official format. Usually, players compete in fierce Pokémon battles throughout the year for a spot at the Pokémon World Championships using the most recent "core," or "mainline" Pokémon game, like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, or Pokémon Sword and Shield before that. Pokémon Champions isn't a self-contained narrative game, but rather a new, multiplayer battle-focused Pokémon game coming to both mobile and Nintendo Switch. It features a simplified training system , which should make competitive battling more accessible than ever. It will also have compatibility with Pokémon Home, allowing trainers to transfer legacy Pokémon from other games. We're unsur...

Pokémon World Championships competitor Kevin Han just won the 2025 Video Game Seniors World Champion title in Anaheim, CA, making him the first to win the VGC Pokémon World Championships in both the Junior and Senior age divisions. To make this achievement even more impressive, Han took these titles back-to-back, and this year, with a completely undefeated record. “I have no words to describe it. It’s an unreal feeling, I still can’t believe it,” Han said after being asked about his unprecedented achievement. Han, a 12-year-old from Pennsylvania, US, faced Sian Lee from South Korea in the Senior division finals. Last year, Han was defeated only twice during his climb to the Junior Championship title, and one of those defeats was at the hands of Lee, making this finals match-up especially nerve-racking. Before the match, Han’s brother, Chris Han, was asked about how Kevin Han was feeling. “I can tell you one thing, he’s super nervous… but Kevin’s got this,” Chris Han said. “I do...

We've rounded up the best deals for Sunday, August 17, below, so don't miss out on these limited-time offers. Lies of P for $29.99 Lies of P has continued to sit atop many favorite game lists over the last few years. A sequel is in development , with a major tease left for players at the end of the base game. The recently released Lies of P: Overture prequel gave yet another reason to re-enter this world, and for new players, there's never been a better time to jump in. The First Berserker: Khazan for $49.99 The First Berserker: Khazan is available on sale this weekend at Amazon for $49.99. That's a discount of $10, and while small, is still solid if you haven't yet picked up the game. In our 8/10 review , we wrote, "The First Beserker: Khazan is a brutal but impressive soulslike that makes pushing through its devastating bosses worth the effort." Attack on Titan Final Season Steelbook up for Pre-Order A brand-new Attack on Titan Steelbook...

We've rounded up the best deals for Saturday, August 16, below, so don't miss out on these limited-time offers. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for $27.99 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is an amazing game that ranks among my favorite Nintendo Switch games. This adorable puzzle game challenges your brain, as each stage can be rotated around. Captain Toad cannot jump, so it's up to you to guide him to find gems, coins, and stars. The Nintendo Switch release packed in a few new levels based on a few Kingdoms found in Super Mario Odyssey, too. Silent Hill 2 for $29.99 Bloober Team's remake of Silent Hill 2 is on sale at Target this weekend for $29.99. Recreating one of Konami's most beloved titles was never going to be easy, but the Silent Hill 2 remake delivers an immersive horror experience that preserves almost everything that made the original so great. In our 8/10 review , we said the game "smoothly polishes down the rough edges of the original game...

Magic: The Gathering is having its biggest year yet with Final Fantasy’s Universes Beyond set , and its cards dominate the top-selling cards of the year. In fact, in putting together this top 10, every entry was Final Fantasy themed, from characters to Surge Foils worth hundreds. With that in mind, we’ve put together the top 10 below, covering Final Fantasy, Edge of Eternities, Tarkir: Dragonstorm, Aetherdrift, and Innistrad Remastered. Here’s the top 10 for each, thanks to data from TCGPlayer . Final Fantasy According to TCGPlayer, the top-selling Final Fantasy cards are as follows: Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER (Borderless - Surge Foil) Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER (Borderless - Surge Foil) Starting Town Yuna, Grand Summoner (Borderless - Surge Foil) Tifa Lockhart (Borderless - Surge Foil) Cloud, Midgar Mercenary (Borderless - Surge Foil) Tifa, Martial Artist (Borderless - Surge Foil) Vivi Ornitier Y’shtola, Night’s Blessed (Borderless - Surge Foil) Yuna, Hope of Spira (Borderle...

Magic: The Gathering has been running for literal decades, and while reprints will always keep making harder-to-find cards a little easier to collect, there are some cards so rare that they become almost like urban legend. There are cards worth thousands, for example, but there are also cards worth millions, from wild serialized, one-of-a-kind prints like The One Ring (famously purchased by Post Malone) to cards like Time Walk, which were so powerful they’ve been banned. Below, you’ll find some of the priciest cards around, marking some of the rarest in the game’s history. Magic: The Gathering’s Rarest Cards Of All Time 10 - Time Walk (Alpha) A card from the game’s Alpha Edition, Time Walk has sold for around $25,000 and offered an extra turn for a measly two mana, meaning it was banned pretty swiftly. It’s not legal in any format, but for collectors it’s a piece of Magic history regardless, forming part of the ‘Power 9’ (more on those shortly). 9 - Euroakus A card so ...

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