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Summary The popularMagic: The Gatheringartist John Avon has announced his temporary retirement in apost on Facebook. Avon, 64, has been working with Wizards of the Coast for 29 years, having made his Magic: The Gathering debut with Mirage, Magic’s ninth-ever expansion. Avon is best known for his beautiful basic land illustrations, having drawn some of the most memorable lands in the trading card game. Avon was commemorated in an October Superdrop in 2023, a set of four cards was released where Avon created the art and wrote the flavour text....

There are many reasons we tend to fall in love withanimecharacters. Some of them can be cool and suave. Other characters have such a sad backstory you just want to give them a hug. However, there is one type of anime character that we all aspire to be. These are characters that simply don’t give up on their goals. Everyone needs a bit of that energy every now and again. Perhaps they push forward despite the odds to achieve their goals....

Summary TheNintendo Switch 2’s big reveal earlier this month was marred somewhat by the US tariff news that came later that same day.Nintendoquickly canceled plans to open pre-orders in the US due to the confusion, but has now confirmed when they will be available in North America, and seemingly how it plans to offset any additional costs it might face due to the tariffs. Ina statement shared on its website, Nintendo confirmed people in the US will be able topre-order the Switch 2 starting from June 20, 2025,so 15 days after pre-orders were originally going to begin....

I loveAstro Bot. He’s been around for going on 12 years now and has more recently become PlayStation’s new official mascot while winning Game of the Year in 2024. Back in 2020, however, thePS5launched withAstro’s Playroom- a pack-in, pre-installed game that let you play an intuitive platformer while learning about the internals of the PlayStation 5 system, showing off everything the console and its fancy new DualSense controller could do. It was fantastic....

Summary Poor Glarthir. He’s one of the most memorable NPCs inOblivion, and yet, he almost definitely dies in most playthroughs. In fact, there’s usually no way tocomplete his quest, Paranoia, without him being killed at the end. Ultimately, he goes hostile against someone, whether that be the guards, one of his neighbours, or even the player, and gets into a fight he is not equipped to win. However, oneOblivion Remasteredplayer made it their mission to keep him alive, albeit without directly helping Glarthir murder people and attract the ire of the guards....

Summary You have to admit, when Bethesda officially teasedOblivion Remastered, there was a tiny part of you that feared that it was going to be anotherSkyrimedition. We’ve had seven different versions of the game, and may still have to wait for The Elder Scrolls 6 to come out sometime in the next five years. Thankfully, Oblivion Remastered is the perfect way to keep fans occupied and keep anticipation high. The game has been immensely successful in the little time it’s been out, garnering an all-time highconcurrent player count of over 190,000....

Summary Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2has been lauded for its accurate depiction of historical Czechia, as well as the buildings that were present at the time. Locations like Trosky Castle, Sedlec Ossuary, St Barvara’s Cathedral, and Kutna Hora’s Italian Court feature prominently in-game and can still be visited in real life today. The game has reached such popularity thatCzech tour providers are already planning Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 tourswhen the tourism season hits....

If you asked me for a wishlist of my dream Mega Evolutions that could be added inPokemon Legends: Z-A, I would have started with Feraligatr. While many people think that the starter Pokemon are getting alternative Lumiosian forms for their final evolutions in Z-A, I’m adamant that they will instead receive Mega Evolutions – it’s the returning gimmick, why wouldn’t Game Freak double down on it? With more information hopefully on the horizon after a winter release date was announced, people are starting to ramp up the prediction game....

Summary With new sets and packs coming our way thick and fast duringPokemon TCG Pocket’s first six months, there are already a lot of cards to collect. Some of those cards have been exclusively available through drop events, and if you want the five newest cards added to Pocket, you’re able to start trying to get them right now. Pokemon Pocket’s Pawmot Drop event has begun and, as is commonplace for these events, there are five cards to collect of varying rarities....

Summary Hello Kittyis among the most recognizable mascots on the planet. You put the Sanrio character and her supporting cast on some merch, and that merch is going to sell. Even more so if that merch is created by a similarly reputable brand, hence why the sneakers in Hello Kitty’s new Puma crossover probably aren’t going to be around for long. Even though Hello Kitty celebrated her 50th anniversary last year, and side character Kuromi turns 20 this year, Sanrio’s new Puma collection doesn’t appear to have been created to mark either of those milestones....

Quick Links There are a lot of interesting and complex quests inThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredthat are not limited to the ones for the main story or factions. Some of these side quests can give you some great rewards, while others give you a lot of gold. The latter one is always welcome in any playthrough. One of the more complex quests is the Goblin Trouble quest, which uses a mechanic in the game that not a lot of players know about....

With the unveiling ofSilent Hill f’s debut trailer last week came plenty of new information about the newest installment to the long-running horror series. We found out that the M-rated game will have a female protagonist, seemingly a student, and will also be the first Silent Hill game set in Japan. There’s still a lot we don’t know, andthere are reasons to wonder whether it will live up to expectations, but I have a good feeling about this one....

When Blizzard first announced Stadium forOverwatch 2,I was convinced it was an awful idea. The mode didn’t soundbad,but PvE story missions were already axed because of how time-consuming they would have been for developers to keep pumping out. If that was too much, then developing and maintaining an entirely untested MOBA-style mode, with its own separate balancing and meta, sounded like the straw to break Winston’s back. I’ve never been more wrong....