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Lasher joined Marvel SNAP's roster as a free card, rewarded to players who collected enough Volts during 2024's last High Voltage event. This two-Cost, two-Power card belongs to the Activate category and has an interesting ability: it deals damage equal to its own Power to an enemy. If you're looking to build a solid deck around Lasher and explore its best synergies, we’ve got you covered. This guide offers a budget-friendly blueprint for a Lasher deck that can hold up in Marvel SNAP's current meta and win you some cubes. View the full article

Super Roboy is a passion project by solo developer Vincent Penning. Using his artistic talents as a tattoo artist and programming skills learned alongside his late father, Penning decided to pay tribute to his forebear by creating a video game that he felt they'd enjoy making together. This led to him taking his indie game to Kickstarter to help earn additional funds, playtesters, and feedback to create the final product that fans can now try out for themselves. All of these elements combined create Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania adventure that sees the titular android character making his way through a desolate world searching for his lost memories and father. …

Final Fantasy games are known for being packed full of dialogue, which makes sense considering how long and complex many of the stories are, alongside the characters who always embark on their own lengthy personal arcs throughout the narrative. However, while most Final Fantasy games feature incredible endings that tend to stick with players long after the credits roll, the final line can make them all the more emotional and memorable when done right. View the full article

Mitch and Stan are two of the many NPCs you run into in Road 96, and the Thieves in The Temple chapter is where they teach you how to lockpick. Lockpicking is one of the most useful skills in the game, but this chapter can also be difficult to get through as it can possibly end with your arrest. View the full article

When Kingdom Hearts 4 eventually launches, the Kingdom Hearts All-In-One Package will no longer live up to its name. Released in 2020, this comprehensive collection was intended to serve as a definitive way for fans to experience the Kingdom Hearts series. The collection includes Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts 3, offering an expansive look at the series’ mainline storylines. The collection already had some notable exclusions upon release, and with the arrival of Kingdom Hearts 4, it will feel even more incomplete. …

Sung Jin-Woo's journey began as an E-Rank Hunter, but thanks to the System, he is now on a journey to become the strongest Hunter ever to exist. So far in the story, Jin-Woo has completed several Dungeons and tasks assigned by the System to earn points and rewards. View the full article

With Act 3 of Destiny 2's Episode Revenant, the Kell's Fall exotic mission has been released, and with it comes the Slayer's Fang exotic shotgun. Thanks to this latest addition, there are now 8 exotic shotguns in the game, each holding a unique place in players' arsenals. Each gun in this category has a specific use case, from the Lord of Wolves with its absurd solar bursts to the Tractor Cannon with its weakening spread. View the full article

Everhood 2 is Foreign Gnomes' sophomore release, chasing its 2021 predecessor. A decidedly Undertale-influenced game, Everhood plays with Toby Fox's unmistakable styles of art and comedy, infusing them with a unique flair through several impactful means, not the least of which being a vibrant and cathartic rhythm-based combat framework. With an injection of classic RPG mechanics and a healthy dose of gameplay variety, Everhood has proven to be one of the most fascinating indies of the last few years. View the full article

A Pokemon fan crafted a pixel-art map of Japan and highlighted where some game regions would fit, based on official information from each title. The Pokemon cartographer was complimented for spotlighting the main series and some entries from fan-favorite side games on their virtual map of Japan. View the full article

A Pokemon GO player has pointed out a problem with the game's current Legendary Flight event and its connected Timed Research, and they're furious about it. It seems they're not the only one, as other Pokemon GO players have shared similar frustrations. View the full article

The latest Minecraft DLC revolves around Hello Kitty and its most iconic characters, including the titular hero. Hello Kitty has been a popular franchise since the 1970s, and the whimsical world created by Yuko Daniel is finally making its Minecraft debut. View the full article

Palworld recently teased its future plans for its early access period, promising an endgame boss and much more. On January 19, Palworld celebrated its first anniversary, and its second year is gearing up to be just as content-packed. Since its launch, Palworld has made huge waves, and its future roadmap hints at even bigger things ahead for both the game and players. View the full article

Last week's second season premiere of Apple TV+'s acclaimed series Severance was full of the kind of unsettling, surprising, and unexpected moments that make the show so fun to watch and wonder about. After a three-year absence from streaming, creator Dan Erickson and director Ben Stiller knew they couldn't waste any time bringing viewers back into the series' carefully crafted sci-fi workplace dystopia, especially after the major shake-up of the first season finale. View the full article

James Gunn's Superman movie releases in theaters this summer, but the DC Studios boss is simultaneously balancing multiple other DCU projects. Now, Gunn has offered insight into how he's managing his duties and provided an update on his next DC project after Superman. View the full article

It still feels as though Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has only just come out, but already there's plenty of talk about the next entry in the annual military shooter franchise. Though there's no official word from Activision or any of the usual Call of Duty franchise developers, there have been plenty of leaks over the last year or so that suggest 2025's Call of Duty entry will be another Black Ops game, and a direct sequel to Black Ops 2 at that. View the full article

Anime producer Koichiro Ito is on trial, almost a year after being detained. He previously worked on several movies by Makoto Shinkai, including Your Name, Suzume, and Weathering with You. It is worth noticing that the renowned director is not involved in the case. View the full article

Balatro has sold five million copies as it approaches its first anniversary in February 2025. One of 2024's most unique indie games, Balatro is a poker-based roguelike deck builder that took the gaming world by storm last year. Nominated in five categories at The Game Awards 2024 including Game of the Year, it walked away with three of them: Best Indie, Best Debut Indie, and Best Mobile Game. View the full article

Adapting a beloved story from one medium to another is a tricky endeavor. Fans expect faithfulness to the source material, while creators often face the challenge of tailoring the story for a new audience or medium. It seems this is an especially drought situation when dealing with video game adaptations like Until Dawn. When the filmmakers claim they are making a film based on the Until Dawn movie but then proclaim the setting and characters will be different, people wonder what the point of giving it the Until Dawn name is. View the full article

Undead Unluck fans have already realized that the series is heading to its end, but it might conclude earlier than expected! The anime adaptation, available on Disney+ and Hulu, has been well-received, so some might have thought Shonen Jump would try to extend the manga serialization, but that's not how it seems to be going. View the full article

The Mario franchise has expanded and changed a lot since its debut in the 1980s. From the visuals to the gameplay, Mario has continued to evolve and adapt as he enters each new era of gaming, with the developers at Nintendo experimenting with new concepts and mechanics. View the full article

Dragon Ball Daima has proven to be a gem so far, and fans are absolutely loving the direction this story has been taking. While, initially, a lot of the readers assumed that Daima would enjoy a lower popularity compared to the older Dragon Ball series, the most recent of which was Dragon Ball Super, things turned out quite well in the long run. View the full article

Ever since its debut on the SNES in 1992, Mario Kart has been one of Nintendo's most consistently good franchises, bringing together all their star characters and having them battle it out on courses filled with weapons, traps, and other drivers, all looking to finish in first place. Over thirty years later, the franchise is still going strong, and Mario Kart 9 is poised to be one of the most hyped launch games for the Switch 2, which launches sometime in 2025. View the full article

Solo Leveling is set in a world where portals to other dimensions teeming with monsters appeared sometime in the past. Around the same time, ordinary people awakened powers capable of defeating these beasts and came to be known as hunters, marking the start of an era that was filled with conflicts and uncertainties. View the full article

Baldur's Gate 3 is an RPG that many are already enjoying through the mass amount of content that is available in the game through the multiple patches it has received. However, some fans have taken it into their own hands to add content to Baldur's Gate 3 through various mods that have been created. Since BG3 has mod support, these mods are a lot easier to add, with them fulfilling all sorts of wants. View the full article

In your quest to escape through the Petrian border in Road 96, many NPCs along the way will inform your personal journey and maybe need your help to to get by. As with most games, a lot of these chapters have special achievements attached to them and collectibles to find to get those achievements. View the full article