Magic Arena Offering Free XP Code and Refunds After Weekend of Server Issues

The Arena Open should be one of the most exciting events ofthe monthlyMagic Arenarotation, but unfortunately things did not fire off as planned for the big event last weekend. Throughout the weekend many players were plagued by server issues that caused login delays, matchmaking issues, and more problems and some members of the community were pretty unhappy with how things went down. Wizards of the Coast is definitely hear the feedback and is attempting to make it up to the player base....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 468 words · Russell Cooper

Marvel's Spider-Man, Insomniac's X-Men Should Explore One Bold Concept

Summary Over the last six years and throughout three games, Insomniac has managed to create one of the most beloved versions of the Marvel universe to date. Officially designated as Earth-1048, Insomniac’sMarvel’s Spider-Manuniverse is bursting at the seams with creativity and life from its titular Spider-People protagonists to its bustling open-world playground of New York City. But this is still onlythe start of Insomniac’s Marvel universe. Though many of them haven’t been officially confirmed, according to last year’s hack Insomniac Games has a slew of Marvel projects currently in the works, including DLC forMarvel’s Spider-Man 2, a potential third entry in the series, the confirmedMarvel’s Wolverine, and maybe even a full-scale X-Men game....

June 4, 2025 · 4 min · 654 words · Luke Barry

Mass Effect Darkest Choices

TheMass Effectseries has always been praised for the many incredibly difficult choices, ranging from basic “left or right”, to deciding the fate of companions, and entire civilizations. While the system mostly divides the options intoRenegadeandParagon, there are plenty of situations where the premise and the outcome are not so simple. RELATED:Best Cosmic Horror Scenes In The Mass Effect Trilogy Sometimes, the players won’t see theresults of their actions until many games later, by which point it is far too late to change anything....

June 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1139 words · Jonathan Chandler

Metroid Prime Dev Shares How Nintendo Ended Crunch at Retro Studios

Despite the fourteen year long absence,Metroid Primeremains a beloved piece of Nintendo history by many in the gaming community. Known as the game series that broughtMetroidinto 3D and putRetro Studioson the map,Metroid Primechanged up the franchise’s formula in a major way. Although, the development of the first entry in the series was quite taxing and arduous for the development team as a result of crunch. Crunch cultureis an unfortunate and common by-product of video game development that forces game developers to work unreasonably long hours as a way to meet deadlines....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Brittany Ramirez

Minecraft: 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Ender Dragon

It’s typical for a game to have some type of an ending, butMinecraft, among a bunch of other sandbox or competitive games, doesn’t exactly have one ⁠— not officially at least. The only accepted final boss to survival is generally considered the Ender Dragon, found when accessing a portal within a stronghold. RELATED:Minecraft: 5 Best Updates Coming To 1.16 (& 5 Worst) As the first boss ever introduced toMinecraft, the Ender Dragon has seen a few changes to her character over the years....

June 4, 2025 · 5 min · 964 words · Jennifer Elliott

Minecraft: Best New Wolf Skins

Summary One of the oldest mobs and iconic pets inMinecraft, the Wolf mob has finally received a much-needed and much-wanted facelift. Beyond all the technical changes to the Wolf, as well as incredible buffs thanks to theArmadillo’s victory in the mob vote,the actual design of the Wolf has been lacking compared to its familiar rival, the Cat. Ever since Cats received a wide variety of variants in the 1.14 update, the demand for Wolves to have a similar variety of skins has remained consistent....

June 4, 2025 · 7 min · 1330 words · Kimberly Dunn

Natalie Portman's Apple TV Plus Show Halts Filming Due To Threats

Production on Natalie Portman’sApple TV Plusseries,Lady in the Lake, started in April 2022. However, on Friday, August 26, filming was forced to halt after locals threatened to commit acts of violence unless their demands were met. The Baltimore Bannerreported that a group of locals confronted a driver for production and would only allow filming to resume if they were paid $50,000, threatening to return later in the evening and shoot someone if production had resumed after the driver refused to pay....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Rebecca Daniels

New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for July 11, 2025

Strandshas a whole new grid of seemingly-random letters to search through for eight new themed words. If you are stuck on this puzzle but don’t like to use the in-game hint system, this article has got you covered. This puzzle is challenging enough that just knowing therules of how to playStrandsis not enough. You’ll also need a very good understanding of the subject without knowing what it is first, and you might still get stuck....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Jamie Cowan

Octopath Traveler 2: How to Restore Reputation

Reputation returns toOctopath Traveler 2as a core gameplay mechanic that determines what Path Actions you can perform within towns and villages. Unlike in otherturn-based role-playing games, you do not need to gain renown with the local inhabitants by doing them favors. They will always hold you in high regard. However, get caught five times while doingrogue chance-based Path Actions(Allure, Scrutinize, Steal, and Provoke) and you will lose your reputation stats inOctopath Traveler 2....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Andrea Long

One Piece Episode 1083 May Have Revealed How The Straw Hats Can Claim The One Piece

Summary Warning: The following contains spoilers for One Piece Episode 1082, “The World That Moves On! A New Organization, Cross Guild.”, now streaming onCrunchyroll. One Pieceanime has begun to wrap up the Wano Country arc. The anime entered the arc in 2019, and it will end in 2023. There have been plenty of iconic moments in Wano, which indubitably live on in the memories of the fans. InOne PieceEpisode 1083, as the pirates were getting ready to leave Wano, Eustass Kid was talking to Killer about a man who would give them an advantage in the Final War....

June 4, 2025 · 4 min · 808 words · Kimberly Adams

Payday Dev Making Dungeons and Dragons Co-Op Game

Summary The company behindPayday, Starbreeze, is developing an officially licensedDungeons and Dragonsvideo game. This news follows this year’sdisappointingPayday 3launch, which delivered a blow to Starbreeze’s reputation. Despite the issues withPayday 3, Starbreeze generally has a history of offering solid cooperative multiplayer games.Payday 2, developed by Starbreeze subsidiary Overkill Studios, was a massive critical and commercial success, with fans praising its unique mechanics and potential for emergent, strategic co-op gameplay. The game maintained a fairly strong player base over the last decade, due in part to the wealth of content it received post-release, in the form of both free expansions and paid DLC....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Tanner Wells

Pokemon Fan Makes Impressive Gengar Art Using Trading Cards

APokemonfan has made an impressive Gengar art piece usingPokemon TCGtrading cards featuring its evolutionary line that includes Gastly and Haunter. Many of today’sPokemonfans around the worldstill enjoy the original 151 from thePokemon Red and BluePokedex, and this fan art is a unique way of celebrating some of the first Ghost Pokemon. A Reddit user has garnered nearly 2,000 likes on theirPokemon TCGfan art that combines several trading cards to create a Gengar silhouette while representing the Pokemon that evolve up to it....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Cristian Liu

Reality Augments Set to Return to Fortnite Soon

Summary Leaks suggest that Reality Augments might return toFortnitebefore the next update, which is bound to mix things up in the competitive scene. November was certainly different forFortnitefans. After years of asking for the return of the OG map, players finally got to experience it once again thanks to the release of Season OG. That season went live at the end of Chapter 4 and ended a month later in order to make way for Chapter 5....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Robert Moore