It grants players who purchase physical booster packs access to random in-game items in the new digital version of the game, called Magic: The Gathering Arena. Magic: The Gathering Arena is being developed internally at Wizards of the Coast, the developer and publisher of the physical card game. It will also give them a random in-game item — either a digital booster pack, a single digital card to add to their collection, or some in-game currency. Note that this is not an effort to key individual

Nintendo Labo is both an amazing amount of fun and just plain amazing, as we’ve seen several times over already. There’s a whole bunch of very good Labo keyboard covers online, ranging from Kanye West to Kingdom Hearts and beyond. “Billie Jean” on Nintendo Labo is probably the best Michael Jackson cover ever. (The Nintendo Labo keyboard can be reprogrammed to make non-traditional piano sounds — one of the coolest features of this complex toy.) heres dearly beloved on nintendo labo, sounds just l

Nintendo Labo is both an amazing amount of fun and just plain amazing, as we’ve seen several times over already. There’s a whole bunch of very good Labo keyboard covers online, ranging from Kanye West to Kingdom Hearts and beyond. “Billie Jean” on Nintendo Labo is probably the best Michael Jackson cover ever. (The Nintendo Labo keyboard can be reprogrammed to make non-traditional piano sounds — one of the coolest features of this complex toy.) heres dearly beloved on nintendo labo, sounds just l

“Sometimes we had to pull a few little tricks, but, you know, we’re talking about six-to-seven, six-to-eight tricks in all of the whole game,” Cory Barlog, God of War’s director, told Polygon. Previous games stuck the camera in one place for each scene, zooming way back to show off the scale of the environments. But 2018’s God of War keeps you pinned to Kratos, and the camera shows you the game’s immensity by showing how things would look from his perspective. It means that the camera is doing i

“Sometimes we had to pull a few little tricks, but, you know, we’re talking about six-to-seven, six-to-eight tricks in all of the whole game,” Cory Barlog, God of War’s director, told Polygon. Previous games stuck the camera in one place for each scene, zooming way back to show off the scale of the environments. But 2018’s God of War keeps you pinned to Kratos, and the camera shows you the game’s immensity by showing how things would look from his perspective. It means that the camera is doing i

Bungie will show off the next expansion for Destiny 2, Warmind, on Tuesday, April 24 in a livestream on Twitch. Based on Bungie’s teaser, it appears the developer is taking a different, more direct approach to how it reveals Warmind compared to Curse of Osiris, Destiny 2’s first expansion. The studio ultimately canceled its third and final Curse of Osiris livestream amid rising tensions within the community. Warmind’s reveal appears to be confined to a single stream. Bungie’s livestream for Dest

Bungie will show off the next expansion for Destiny 2, Warmind, on Tuesday, April 24 in a livestream on Twitch. Based on Bungie’s teaser, it appears the developer is taking a different, more direct approach to how it reveals Warmind compared to Curse of Osiris, Destiny 2’s first expansion. The studio ultimately canceled its third and final Curse of Osiris livestream amid rising tensions within the community. Warmind’s reveal appears to be confined to a single stream. Bungie’s livestream for Dest

God of War is a big, sprawling game that could easily take you dozens of hours. That’s the kind of challenge that speedrunners love, and they’ve already been able to beat the PlayStation 4 game in sub-10 hours. Streamer uhTrance holds what appears to be the current world record for running the game; he finished it in seven hours, 49 minutes. There’s nothing wrong with cutscenes or plot development or story moments to flesh out characters; those are some of the things God of War does best. But he

The Mid-Season Invitational is getting close and the first group draw is already here, though we forgive you if you forgot about it. Since I’m not sure how much this was announced The #MSI2018 Play-In Group Draw is TOMORROW! Both of these teams received a group stage bye thanks to their regions’ previous performances. In these results, Riot has prioritized events for Worlds qualifications like the IWCQ, over events like previous MSI qualifiers. The MSI 2018 Play-in Group Draw will go live at 8 a

The Spring Split wasn’t a great for the Golden Guardians. Lam’s replacement is former Team Liquid and Liquid Academy player Son “Mickey” Young-min. In his most recent split, Son helped take Team Liquid Academy to a first place finish in the NA Academy League Spring Split regular season, as well as a semifinal appearance during the playoffs. Also notable is the fact that the Golden Guardians interim coach, Tyler Perron, will be officially moved to the head coaching job. Also joining the team as a

If you bought a special edition of God of War with a Steelbook case — there were two, I think — you might notice the reverse cover has a runic inscription. Well, that has a translation, and the internet being the internet, someone found it out. Redditor Wolfstrong recognized that the runes came from Elder Futhark, the oldest of the runic alphabets. According to this page, that alphabet was forgotten from the Middle Ages until about 150 years ago, when someone deciphered it. The translation seems

Get caught up on everything you need to know about Dolores, William, Bernard, Maeve and all the rest of the inhabitants of the Wild West theme park known as Westworld. During a routine maintenance session with Maeve, a self-aware host trying to escape the park, Bernard learns that he too is a host. Hoping that this other version of Arnold would align better with his goals for the park, Ford created Bernard after Arnold’s death. But after getting to know Dolores, William realized his feelings for

Dungeons & Dragons is in the middle of a major renaissance, thanks in part to dedicated groups performing the role-playing game online. As fans of Critical Role or The Adventure Zone will tell you, podcasts are vehicles for some of the very best D&D stories of our time. That’s why developer and publisher Wizards of the Coast is inviting nearly two-dozen live play podcasts to sample its newest sourcebook, and you can listen in all throughout the month of May. The result should be a month-long cav

For 100 Thieves’ owner Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag, learning that his team made it into the NA LCS was like jumping out of an airplane. But for Haag and 100 Thieves, that couldn’t have been further from the case. Instead, 100 Thieves put in one of the most impressive first splits ever in North America. Staffing the team with veterans, according to Haag, had a huge hand in helping 100 Thieves start winning immediately. The same was true of top laner Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho, when his former team, Team D

They’re offering up to 75 percent off horror-themed Xbox games in what’s being billed as an “Un-Halloween Horror Spectacular Sale”. Jackbox Party Pack 3 — in my opinion the best edition of the Jackbox party games — is included in this sale, too. Nintendo Switch users can take advantage of a few deals on Switch controllers and accessories this week. Amazon Prime members can also grab a Nintendo Switch Stand as an add-on purchase for $6.27 (usually $11.99) with an order over $25. Nintendo Switch S

However, I have some strong advice for the new God of War: The game is just as good (if not better) when you know absolutely nothing about past God of War games. Don’t just avoid spoilers about this new game — avoid reading about any of the past games at all, if you can. Why this mattersThe point of view in God of War shifts depending on your knowledge of past events in the series. God of War seems to know this as well, and doles out information at a deliberate pace. If you want to get the most

Steven Spielberg is producing Blackhawk, his first DC Comics adaptation, and may even direct. But on a list of DC Comics best known properties, Spielberg’s chosen subject is very, very low. But given how synonymous DC Comics is with “superheroes” these days, it’s understandable to be surprised that the company has any non-superhero stories in its back catalog. The Blackhawk comic even survived the shuttering of Quality Comics in 1956, when it was picked up and continued by DC Comics with the sam

But the game doesn’t just profit from these strategies — it makes fun of the players for buying in. Fate/Grand Order is very aware of how it makes money, and it’s comfortable turning it into a joke. How the game is so cruelPlayers don’t need to recruit the rarest characters to progress in Fate/Grand Order. What’s interesting about Fate/Grand Order is that the game’s marketing features a vicious caricature of dedicated players. This sort of unquestioning fandom is destructive, even if the Fate/Gr

PlatinumGames is taking its brand of intense action games to touchscreen devices with a new title, World of Demons, developed in cooperation with mobile company DeNA. The character action game looks just as responsive as Platinum’s other character action games, though it uses a simplified control scheme suitable for touch-based devices. Not only is World of Demons Platinum’s first mobile game — the studio is also working on Lost Order with Cygames — it’s also the developer’s first live service g

PlatinumGames is taking its brand of intense action games to touchscreen devices with a new title, World of Demons, developed in cooperation with mobile company DeNA. The character action game looks just as responsive as Platinum’s other character action games, though it uses a simplified control scheme suitable for touch-based devices. Not only is World of Demons Platinum’s first mobile game — the studio is also working on Lost Order with Cygames — it’s also the developer’s first live service g