The Best Yu-Gi-Oh! References In Other Games

Yu-Gi-Oh!has been around for over twenty years at this point, having a surprising amount of staying power compared to many of its contemporaries that launched around the same time, with a few exceptions, of course. RELATED:Yu-Gi-Oh!: Archetypes Based On Other Series Like many other well-known series, Yu-Gi-Oh! has been parodied or referenced in many forms of media, including movies, shows, other anime series, and even video games. In video games, in particular, these references can be either the type where if you blink, you’ll miss it, or they’ll be extremely obvious, not being open to question or debate purely because of how obvious they are....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 969 words · Matthew Bennett

The Division 2 Getting Resident Evil And Splinter Cell Crossovers This Month

It’s Division Day, and Ubisoft has made a slew of announcements for Tom Clancy’s post-apocalyptic universe.The Divsion 2is entering Year 5, The Division: Heartland has new details, and The Division: Resurgence is getting a new playtest later this summer. And forResident Evilfans, Ubisoft announced a new crossover is coming to The Division 2 that’ll bring some RPD to Washington DC. WhileThe Division 2’s fifth year of seasonal contentbegins in June, it’s starting to give away some fine costumes starting later this month....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Laura Levine

The Inbetweeners' James Buckley Wants People To Know He's A "Genuine Gamer"

James Buckley is more down to earth than I expected. I grew up watching him as the filthy, foul-mouthed, and compulsive liar Jay Cartwright in The Inbetweeners, so to meet him face to face and suddenly find ourselves talking about video games is oddly surreal. He’s lovely though, and remains surprised when fans meet him and aren’t bombarded with sex jokes. “I don’t really think I’ve got a particularly big personality,” Buckley tells me....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Jacob Mata

The Mageseeker Is Going To Be 2023's Sleeper Hit

The Mageseeker, an upcoming Riot Forge game set in the League of Legends universe, was just announced in January, yet it already feels like it’s getting lost in the shuffle. Ever since Riot revealed its major publishing ambitions during 2019’s ten year anniversary event, it’s been hard to keep track of everything coming out. But before you write The Mageseeker off as just another one of ‘those’ League of Legends games, take a closer look....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 930 words · Regina Perez

The Most Difficult Video Games For Speedrunning!

Over the past few decades, there have been plenty of video games that have given us great challenges. Games likeDark Soulsare just downright difficult and would make anyone want to stop playing them. Even with difficult settings, this hasn’t stopped speedrunners from trying to beat the most difficult games. Related:Amazing Speedrun Tricks That Impressed Everyone Speedrunning isn’t a new concept and has been around since 1977. Getting the highest score and completing the game by gathering all achievements might be more rewarding, but there is a method to speedrunning....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1190 words · Joshua Byrd

The Most Relaxing VR Games

When reality bogs you down, it makes perfect sense to turn to virtual reality for a place to relax, and escape.Whether you prefer to play VR standing or sitting, you will find a game sanctuary in this list. While virtual reality can be greatly enjoyed with an emphasis on player movement, it is also a treat to play with minimal movement and focus on the all-consuming visual display. RELATED:Best Multiplayer VR GamesThis list will give you a variety of games to discover, that vary in levels of effort....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 894 words · Jordan Lee

The Owl House Watching And Dreaming: A Deep Dive Into The Trailer

Disney Channelhas released a short, sweet, and achingly tragic tease forThe Owl House’s final extended special. I am not ready to say goodbye to Luz Noceda and the Boiling Isles in a couple of week’s time, nor have I begun to process the impact this show has had on both myself and thelandscape of queer animation. Watching and Dreaming is set to air on April 8 and clocks in at almost an hour, which is time it will spend wrapping up all The Owl House’s remaining narrative threads....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 1017 words · Lori Medina

The Problem With Mass Effect 3's Ending Is Not The Child Catalyst

I’ve given up fighting about theMass Effect 3ending. With the Extended Cut,I think the Destroy ending is perfectly serviceable. Mass Effect’s ending is effective - the hero sacrifices themselves to save the galaxy, ridding it of its mightiest threat, just after taking down their corrupted enemy and joining forces with their loyalest ally. The world is saved, but our hero is lost.It’s a bittersweet finale, topped off by the final shot of our fallen warrior gasping for breath on an abandoned rock somewhere before a cut to black....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 1061 words · Derek Nichols

The Scariest Moments In The Dead Space Remake

The next-gen remake of the survival horror classic arrives with updated graphics and features bound to generate nerve-shredding scares in fans, old and new.Dead Spacefollows engineer Isaac Clarke and his fellow crew as they’re met with a terrible incident aboard an interstellar planet cracking ship called the USG Ishimura, wheretotally nothing bad has transpired, honest. RELATED:Games To Play If You Like Dead Space Well, that statement couldn’t be further from the truth sincethings go awry from the get-go....

August 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1311 words · April Garcia

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy And Melatonin Are The Games I Need Right Now

I’m tired, folks. You know that beeping sound that a fire alarm makes every five minutes when the 9-volt battery is almost dead? That’s how it feels for me to be alive. The very thought of getting out of bed in the morning gnarls up my fingers like a tree in a haunted forest. Sometimes I just eat frosting from a jar for breakfast. Sometimes I mix in Cap’n Crunch and remind myself that I’ll die surrounded by strangers....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 691 words · Dana Lloyd

UK's CMA Blocks Microsoft-Activision Merger

In a shocking turn of events, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has blocked Microsoft’s merger with Activision Blizzard. Today is the date of the CMA’s final decision on the proposed deal and in a surprise it has prevented it from going forward, citing concerns over the future of the cloud gaming market and not the expected issue of Call of Duty. The ruling comes as a surprise because earlier this weekthe Financial Times had reported that the CMA would likely wave the deal aheadand it was widely reported that the CMA had softened in its position after Microsoft had made efforts to placate the market regulator....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 693 words · Kelly Martin

Warhammer 40,000 10th Edition Is Perfect For Newcomers

Warhammer is an inscrutable beast. Or at least, it often seems so to outsiders. Those of us who know our Sammaels from our Sanguiniuses have it easy. We’ve already put in the work, read the novels, and memorised hundreds of pages of rules. While you don’t have to remember how Feel No Pain worked back in 7th edition in order to play with your Iron Hands Primaris in 9th, it’s the sort of thing that sticks in your memory long after its expiry date....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 743 words · David Hoffman

What Are Battle Cards In MTG

Quick Links Magic: The Gathering’smultiverse can be a violent place. Whether it’s a small-scale scuffle between individuals on Zendikar, or a full planar invasion by the Phyrexians on New Capenna, conflict is at the heart of the game. This is perhaps best represented by battles, a card type introduced in 2023’s March of the Machine set. RELATED:Magic: The Gathering – What Are March Of The Machine’s Draft Archetypes? Battles can be incredibly confusing, as they fly against a lot of what you may already know about Magic: The Gathering....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 756 words · Joseph Russo