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Magic just revealed 47 new Strixhaven cards (including a ridiculously powerful planeswalker)

Class is back in session

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An illustration of the Void Shepherd in Nightholme, a Lovecraftian-esque monster with countless tentacles.
Nightholme mixes Arc Raiders, Dead by Daylight, and LoL for a true 'extraction horror' game

Studio Ellipsis may be onto something

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Some Miis jump for joy in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
7 great new Switch 2 games to play in April

Spring has sprung a pretty interesting crop

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5 great PlayStation 5 games to play in April

Sci-fi fans are going to be eatin' good this spring

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Scizor in Pokémon Champions
Pokémon Champions is a dream for competitors but a nightmare for nostalgia

You Poké-relationships don't really matter anymore

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The 5 best tabletop games we played at PAX East 2026

Slay the Spire, Cyberpunk, and more

Yuru and Asa pose against the backdrop of mythical creatures in Daemons of the Shadow Realm
Can the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist strike anime gold twice?

Daemons of the Shadow Realm aims for the peak with an impressive premiere — but it's a steep climb

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The Division is getting a brutally tactical TTRPG — and sooner than you’d think

Following a Kickstarter campaign this spring, copies of the game should reach backers before the end of 2026

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I visited the set of S.S. Rajamouli's epic new movie, and it blew my mind

The RRR director built an entire ancient city in downtown Hyderabad, India

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A closeup of a woman's eyes shows her looking at a couple in art from Clara and the Devil
Check out an exclusive excerpt of Olivie Blake’s graphic novel Clara & the Devil

The New York Times bestseller and artist Little Chmura kick off a dark romantic thriller

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Official art for the League of Legends character Jhin
Exclusive: Riftbound reveals full-art Jhin Virtuoso card for Unleashed

The assassin Jhin finally makes his way to Riftbound in the Unleashed set

An astronaut duck on a bright and colorful environment in a screenshot from Duck Side of the Moon
12 under-the-radar games to wishlist this spring

Your future backlog knows no bounds

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A character stands in a hub in Crimson Moon.
How a metalhead's high school doodles became a badass new Soulslike

The upcoming ARPG is an Iron Maiden t-shirt come to life

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Starfield’s 'biggest update' ever makes the game better in every single way

Free Lanes will be available on April 7, alongside PS5 version and new story expansion

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Hugh and Diana stand in front of a robot in Times Square in Pragmata
Pragmata’s 6-year wait is starting to feel worth it

Two hours with Capcom's latest was one hell of a blast

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This Magic: The Gathering documentary says the real magic isn’t the cards

A Kickstarter to help fund its completion launches April 7

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The stars of The Lost Boys musical, lit in dark neon colors, pose in front of a painted image of a boardwalk
The writers behind The Lost Boys Broadway show explain the resurgence of vampire musicals

They want their show to be more like Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, less like Dracula, the Musical

A character dodges an axe swing in Brain Jar Games.
The 11 best games we played at GDC 2026

No two games we played at GDC were quite the same

A young girl closes her eyes and listens to a vinyl record in In Old Records
Junji Ito’s classic horror short is now a vinyl-exclusive audio drama

In Old Records comes to life with audio performances by Shoko Nakagawa and Poppy

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Shovel Knight team's homage to Zelda is going to be a very big deal

Mina the Hollower digs way deeper than expected

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