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Last month, Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering Arena’s Historic Anthology 1, which added 20 cards from across MTG’s history to the Historic format. These cards include the likes of Burning-Tree Emissary and Serra Ascendant, and WotC has since stated that the “new” cards are appearing in more than 20% of high-level Historic decks. However, this is not the end of the “new” cards slated for Historic, and Wizards has recently revealed another one that will be available very soon....

Team17 and Small Impact Games have announced they’ll be holding a closed alpha test for upcoming PvPvE shooter Marauders next month. Anyone who decides to pre-order the game from today will get access to the alpha. It’ll run from May 4 through until May 9, and allow players some hands-on time with the looter shooter. They’ll be able to squad up or embark on their mission solo. They’ll then be thrown into the fray against up to 15 human players, and a bunch of AI opponents....

If you are like most people, you probably don’t know a whole lot about the red tin can, Juggernaut. Unbeknownst to most, Cain Marko has an incredibly large inventory of superpowers making him one of the strongest marvel villains. In his early years his mother passed away at an early age and his father, Kurt, married a woman by the name of Sharon Xavier. Yes, that Xavier. Professor X, the leader of the school for gifted youngsters and Juggernaut, an incredibly powerful villain with insurmountable abilities, step brothers to one another....

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a lot like the expansion pack of old: the same characters, a new story, a visual revamp and a small dose of new technology. For the PC version of the PS5 launch game, developer Nixxes builds on all of the great work it did with its port of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, the new release benefiting from the various optimisations and revisions made over time - while the addition of ray-traced shadows adds further to the PC version’s already impressive upgrades over the PS5 version....

The Mass Effect trilogy, released between 2007 and 2012, is a generation-defining series. Mass Effect does a great job of building out its universe and populating it with exciting factions and characters. At the heart of its storytelling remains a core feature than most all fans recall fondly. That’s the Paragon/Renegade system, that allowed fans to choose dialogue options and actions that were either good or evil. Despite its popularity, however, it seems most players didn’t explore the feature significantly....

The sidescrolling beat ’em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge attracted a fair bit of hype after its announcement. It has some notable talent behind it, with some of the developers behind Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game and the team who published Streets of Rage 4 contributing to the project. This combined with the TMNT franchise’s beat ’em up history meant that players had plenty of reason to look forward to the game’s release....

Today, third-party developers for Microsoft Flight Simulator has plenty of news to share about airports and aircraft. We start with an announcement from FSimStudios, which is working on Calgary (CYYC) in Canada. Below you can see a look at Calgary Tower, which appears to be included. Next is Pyreegue, which revealed renders of one of the big warehouses around East Midlands Airport (EGNX) in the UK. We then move on to Syracuse Hancock International Airport (KSYR) in the United States, courtesy of Verticalsim....

Today Third-party developers had a few new reveals to share about upcoming aircraft and airport add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Headwind shared an update about the freeware Airbus A330neo currently in active development and already available on Flightsim.to. Next is a single screenshot of the upcoming and much-anticipated Airbus A320 by Fenix Simulations, showcased on its official Discord server. We then move on to airports and down-under, with NZA Simulations showcasing new screenshots of its upcoming Christchurch Airport (NZCH)....

Today third-party Microsoft Flight Simulator developers revealed new add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator, on top of showcasing new assets. We start with DC Designs, which revealed new screenshots of the AV-8B Harrier II, alongside a development update. Next, M’M Simulations revealed new screenshots of Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari (BKPR), serving the capital of Kosovo. “This week, I have been working to add all of the final animations, controls, switches, buttons and dials to the Harrier cockpit, while CodenameJack has been making final adjustments to the VTOL system and other coding requirements....

If you’ve ever had the urge to farm in your car, never fear - Stardew Valley will be ported to Tesla models sometime this holiday season. For some reason, Elon Musk is pushing Tesla towards the video game scene. He is being very inclusive with his Full Self Driving (FSD) interface and has recently announced that Tesla will have a “holiday software update” featuring an FSD preview, Stardew Valley, Lost Backgammon, among other unannounced items....

Some mark the start of fall as September 1st; others say fall doesn’t begin until the autumn equinox later in September. Any Apple loyalist will tell you that the true beginning of fall is indicated by the announcement of a brand new iPhone model. © ms_pics_and_more/Shutterstock.com In the fall of 2021, that model was the iPhone 13. Announced alongside the iPhone 13 Mini, the iPhone 13 Pro, and the iPhone 13 Pro Max, the iPhone 13 brought along some exciting, innovative new features....

This Iron Fist review contains spoilers. Iron Fist Season 2 Episode 9 Oooh, now we’re getting interesting. Although it looked like they were going to walk back the idea of Colleen taking the Iron Fist off Danny, she ends this episode with her own glowing white version of it! Are we going to get multiple Iron Fists? Is she going to properly take over from Danny? At this point I’m actively frustrated to be writing this instead of watching the next episode because I’ve seen nothing this exciting in a Netflix show that wasn’t Daredevil....

Bandai Namco has revealed JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, the latest in the anime beat-em-up series coming this Fall. Touted as the publisher’s biggest JoJo game ever, the fighter will include a whopping 50 characters from the series. These include heroes from different universes, who’ll be interacting for the first time. Some of these characters include Jonathan Joestar, DIO, Jolyne Cujoh and many more. Players will be able to create their dream match-ups with this massive roster, with the game also including a brand new ‘Support Attack’ tag-team battle system....

The Joker is Batman’s greatest adversary, and just as iconic of a character in his own right by now. He’s also no stranger to video games. The Joker has appeared in most of the best Batman games of all time, and has been featured in other major gaming franchises as well. With the latest Joker movie out now and making a huge splash, it felt like an appropriate time to reflect on all the different takes on the Joker that have been featured in over three decades worth of games....

Today The Pokemon Company announced that well-known Pokemon developer Junichi Masuda took on a new role. Masuda-san used to be the Managing Director of Pokemon developer Game Freak, but he will now be the Chief Creative Fellow at The Pokemon Company, the company dedicated to the brand management of the Pokemon franchise. At the moment, it appears that Masuda-san’s mission in his new position will be to “develop new services and products....

Developer Ember Labs has released a launch trailer to herald tomorrow’s arrival of action adventure Kena: Bridge of Spirits. In case you’re not up to speed, Kena is a young spirit guide in search of a sacred mountain shrine. You’ll team up with a bunch of timid and illusive spirits known as The Rot. Finding and collecting them will be key as they grant you powerful new abilities and transform the environment....

For EV shoppers looking to purchase an all-electric car that isn’t a Tesla, the Kia EV6 is well worth a look. © JustAnotherCarDesigner / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license From its strong technology, excellent displays, and sporty design, Kia’s first entry into the EV space has already won plenty of praise. Is it a Tesla Model Y killer? No, but the EV6 offers a truly impressive blend of price, comfort, and style....

One game that absolutely nobody was expecting has been officially revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Yes, that’s right, Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game is a thing and it’s coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. Behold the announcement trailer down below… if you so dare: Clocking in at just over a minute long, the new footage is largely a cinematic introducing the new video game adaptation....

Today Netflix released a new trailer of the upcoming season 2 of the popular anime Komi Can’t Communicate. The continuation of the super-wholesome anime will debut on Netflix on April 27 in the west (April 6 in Japan) and the trailer hints at the deepening romantic involvement between the protagonist, the appearance of possible rivals, on top of typical elements of high school life, like the field trip and winter break....

I don’t know what it is, but there’s just something about the Noir style. When Noir is applied to damn near about anything, it makes things infinitely better. Everything from the dark brooding narrative to the admittedly stereotypical saxophone bellow in the background just draws me in. As soon as I heard about the recently released Lacuna and its Noir-inspired vibe, I was in. Thankfully, once again, going with my gut hasn’t disappointed me....