Let’s be real, Magic: The Gathering is complicated. I’ve been playing it for decades, but knowing how or where to start is intimidating if you haven’t – until last year, when a product called the Foundations Beginner Box finally provided the excellent starting point paper Magic has needed. Now, with a brand new Beginner Box themed around the game’s upcoming crossover with Avatar…
Battlefield 6 Dev Confirms Playlist Changes, Custom Search, and Start Time for Open Beta Weekend 2
August 15, 2025
Following the hugely popular Battlefield 6 Open Beta Weekend 1, developer DICE has outlined the changes and additions fans can expect for the upcoming Weekend 2, and confirmed its start time.
Weekend 2 kicks off today, August 14, at 8am UTC (1am PT), and runs until Sunday…
I think fans of combat-dense action-roguelites will have to splash around when they dive Into the Unwell. Its elasticky, sometimes grim slapstick humor brings a one-of-a-kind energy to a familiar-playing game, but looks aren’t the only thing that makes it stand out. Combat…
Stalker 2 Development Roadmap Includes Unreal Engine Upgrade, As Well as PS5 and PS5 Pro Release
August 14, 2025
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl‘s roadmap for the latter half of this year is now available, and it includes changes to both the base game and the Zone Kit Modifications Tool, as well as plans for its previously-confirmed release on PS5 and PS5 Pro.
“Our main mission in the near future is upgrading the game to Unreal Engine 5.5.4,” GSC Game World explained. “This will…
Drag x Drive Review
August 14, 2025
If you’re one of the Nintendo fans who worried the company lost its creative spark after playing it fairly safe with the Switch 2, let me introduce you to Drag x Drive: a wheelchair basketball-inspired sports game that’s controlled almost entirely with the Joy-Con 2’s…
Phasmophobia: The Big Interview With Kinetic Games as Revamp for Fan-Favorite Grafton Farmhouse Map Goes Live
August 13, 2025
2025 has already been a productive year for Phasmophobia maker Kinetic Games, not least because though it’s only August, we’ve already seen a major overhaul of the in-game journal, the release of the (terrifying) reworked Bleasedale Farmhouse, and now a revamp…
Monster Hunter Wilds’ crucial update 1.021 goes live tomorrow, August 13 (Tuesday August 12, 2025 7.30pm PT), and ahead of that Capcom has released early patch notes alongside a message to the community apologizing for the state of the game.
Director Yuya Tokuda confirmed update 1.021 expands the endgame, adds 9★ Monsters and Talismans, and makes improvements to weapon balance, quality of life…
Developer Remedy believes the release of its first self-published game and Control spin-off, FBC: Firebreak, “succeeded technically,” but acknowledged it “underperformed” on Steam, admitting that “commercially, we were unsatisfied.”
In a…
If your wallet is still nursing bruises from the Final Fantasy and Edge of Eternities Magic: The Gathering sets, you might want to brace yourself for another hit.
For the first time in months, Amazon has restocked part of the Marvel’s Spider-Man MTG lineup, one of the most…
Civilization 7 Player Trends and Performance
August 12, 2025
We’re now half a year since the troubled launch of Civilization 7, which has fewer players on Steam than both Civilization 6 and the 15-year-old Civilization 5. But according to the boss of Take-Two, Civ 7 is projected to meet the company’s initial internal expectations over the course of its lifetime.
Civilization 7 has had a rough launch on Steam and has struggled for players on…
