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Magic: The Gathering’s crossover sets bring the game to some strange worlds, and Equestria’s up there with the weirdest of them all.My Little Ponywas introduced to Magic in a Hasbro IP crossover charity product for the Extra Life program. WotC released a second wave in ‘Ponies: The Galloping 2,’ as a Secret Lair drop. Related:Magic: The Gathering — My Little Pony Secret Lair Info All MLP cards are silver-bordered, and therefore illegal in tournaments or sanctioned events....

Peter Molyneux and other key figures behind theFableseries discuss how game development has changed since the 2000s, with some feeling that the industry has become too “risk averse”. Molyneux in particular says that he fears Fable 2’s changes from the first game wouldn’t have been possible today, feeling that there’s now more pressure to stick with formulas that have been proven to work. This comes as part of TheGamer’s deep dive into the development of the Fable series....

Quick Links Final Fantasy 16tells the story of Clive Rosfield on his quest to destroy the Mothercrystals, massive crystal formations that are slowly draining the life force of Valisthea. The gradual decay of Aether in the land eventually causes it to become barren and dead if nothing is done. Related:Final Fantasy 16: What Are Bearers? After destroying the Drake’s Head Mothercrystal in Sanbreque, Clive faces Ultima for the first time. From then on, Ultima remains the primary antagonist of the game, manipulating characters and empires for his plans....

Blumhouse’s founder and CEO, Jason Blum, has revealed that theFive Nights at Freddy’smovie has already made back its $25 million budget, despite not even being out for another few weeks. Considering howrabid the Five Nights at Freddy’s fandom can beand how well the horror industry is doing in cinemas right now, it seems likely that Blumhouse is going to have a hit on its hands with the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s movie....

I recently wrote about howI turned my Steam Deck into a PS2which has let me try out games I never had the chance to play when I was younger. As a kid, my gaming habits were dictated by my dad who would show me titles he’d worked on like Midnight, Driver San Francisco, andWheelman, as well as his up-and-coming favourites likePrince of PersiaandGod of War. That meant I missed the boat onSilent HillandResident Evil....

The idea of zen originally comes from meditation, but it is a word that can be suitably applied to a variety of games -Journey,A Short Hike, and, from my own personal experience, titles likeMinecraftandStardew Valley, depending on how you approach them. In these games you often enter a state of cognizant but zoned-out bliss. That’s a bit of a contradiction, but it’s something I usually more informally call ‘Lego talk’, wherein two people play Lego and their minds wander and their brains keep functioning, but often you chat absolute nonsense....

Quick Links Half-orcs are, traditionally,Dungeons & Dragons’ big, brutal, and mean species. They can take a hit and keep on coming. They love to wield big, angry melee weapons and can keep fighting when most other characters are already deep into their death-saving throws. As such, most people assume that Half-Orcs make the ideal barbarians and fighters, and they’d be mostly right. Related:Dungeons & Dragons: Natural Places To Encounter A Mimic Still, half-orcs have evolved quite a bit since Dungeons & Dragons first released, so you might be surprised to find other, less violent options available to your half-orc character....

Summary Hogwarts Legacywas consumed by millions of people and made billions of dollars, but less than a year later it’s hard to find anyone with enough passion to talk about it. It came and went, which is a big feat for a game which once brought up so much controversy. What was once a calling card for the transphobic and those who wished to bat against the ‘go woke, go broke’ crowds has grown into little more than yet another forgettable open world game in a sprawling sea of them....

EA FC 24, EA’s first game following the conclusion of its 30-year partnership with FIFA, introduces numerous new gameplay mechanics to players. Thus, you now have more options on the field, and you can give your opponents a hard time by performing them. Precision Passing is one of the fresh mechanics added to the game and can be performed with a few easy key combinations. This is a type of pass often preferred by players such as Toni Kroos and Kevin De Bruyne in real football matches, and learning it can be the key to winning your matches easily....

The folks at Insomniac really knew how to up the ante on well-earned melodrama inMarvel’s Spider-Man 2, and there is perhaps no greater example than the decision to cash in on the obvious arc that is ‘Miles Morales putting the hurt on Martin Li’. But Martin, for all his obvious acts of wickedness, isn’t a wholly evil man. We see that throughout the story - but for now, it doesn’t matter....

Quick Links Blasphemous 2has a large number of side quests for you to take on. While the game doesn’t employ a quest log of any kind, it’s quite easy to remember which characters have quests for you by their cryptic, hint-laden dialogue and often grotesque appearances and situations. RELATED:Blasphemous 2: How To Unlock All Endings One such quest deals with two bickering siblings, Cástula and Trifón. This pair can be found in the Palace of the Embroideries, with only one half of the pair seeming alive, depending on which side of their room you enter through....

Quick Links WhileCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Libertyadds a bunch of new characters to the game, it also brings back some familiar faces. For example, some people may recognize Muamar “El Capitan” Reyes. In the base game, he has gigs for you in the Santo Domingo region. Mr. Hands sorts out the gigs in Dogtown, yet El Capitan still has work for you. That work involves finding and stealing expensive cars. The first of these car collection missions is its own quest called Push It To The Limit....

Quick Links Navigating the expansive landscapes ofStarfieldoften calls for a little extra edge, especially when you find yourself facing down challenging terrain and the game’s plethora of enemies. Chems, Starfield’s equivalent of potions, can become invaluable assets in these ventures. You’ll find some Chems while scavenging through loot crates and enemy bodies, but what happens when you run out of that meagre supply? RELATED:Starfield: How To Get A Home In New Atlantis With the right ingredients and recipes in hand, you can craft your own Chems, starting as soon as you set foot in the game’s first city....