Month: September 2020

Magic: The Gathering’s Zendikar Rising – the legendary card game’s 85th set – will be released on September 25, and we have 4 new cards to show off.

One of Zendikar Rising’s new mechanics is the “party” system, built around the classic fantasy set-up of Warrior, Rogue, Cleric and Wizard – and we have a full party to show off.

Check out the Kor Blademaster, Seafloor Stalker, Kitesail Cleric and Ardent Electromancer – as well as an art card which will be available in Zendikar Rising’s new Set Boosters.

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The party mechanic revolves around offering benefits to decks that are able to play at least one each of a Warrior, Rogue, Cleric and Wizard. As you can see from the cards above, some cards will directly benefit from a full party, while others wil lsimply contribute to that count. Expect to see decks that revolve around specific party compositions to reap major rewards from the effects each card can have.

As for the art card, that will be a part of the new Set Boosters, which have been designed to make a booster opening more exciting, offering an art card on top, followed by a set of interconnected cards and rarities.

Zendikar Rising is the first in a run of cool-sounding Magic sets on the way, which includes a full Dungeons & Dragons crossover coming next year.

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Madden NFL 21, the latest entry in EA’s NFL-based sports franchise, released on August 28 to mixed critical reviews, but the fans are undivided in their anger towards the game. A slew of bad reviews on GameSpot sister site Metacritic have pushed Madden 21 to a 0.4/10 user score, the worst of any video game on the site.

Fans of NFL have long been critical of EA’s Madden series, which holds the exclusive license to produce NFL simulation games. According to a report by Sporting News, fans got the hashtag #NFLDropEA trending in a plea to get the license picked up by a new developer. Some have accused EA of getting lazy, with the lack of competition meaning there is little motivation to keep improving a generally solid base game.

As with past releases, Madden 21 has launched full of bugs, many of which have been shared on Twitter.

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The new James Bond movie, No Time To Die, was initially scheduled to come to theatres in April but it was pushed to November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s been some time since we’ve seen or learned more about the film, but that’s set to change very soon.

A new trailer for No Time To Die will be released this Thursday, September 3. While we wait, a new poster has been released, showing Daniel Craig looking suave and wielding the super-spy’s trademark pistol. Have a look below.

No Time to Die’s release date is now November 20 in the US. As per usual for a 007 movie, it’ll be out prior to that in the UK, where it debuts on November 12.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a direct sequel to 2010’s Black Ops, and it features a number of the characters you might remember, including Frank Woods and Alex Mason.

Developers Treyarch and Raven Software have begun to share some new story details for the game, and specifically the roles that its main characters have to play.

The studios kicked things off with a profile on Frank Woods. In the events of Black Ops Cold War, Woods is in Trabzon, Turkey on January 13, 1981 when he learns about a new evil in the world.

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Capcom will be showing Resident Evil Village at Tokyo Games Show this month, NVIDIA has announced its new line of 30 series of GPUs: the 3090, 3080, and 3070, and PS5 devs talk about the console’s SSD.

It is now September, and neither Microsoft nor Sony have announced the release dates or prices for their next-generation consoles which are due to launch in just a few months.

Understandably, fans want to know when they can buy a PS5 or Xbox Series X and what they should expect to pay for them. However, those details remain a mystery, and now Microsoft has acknowledged the long wait.

Xbox UK marketing lead Samuel Bateman said on Twitter, “I understand everyone is excited to know and people want to plan purchases etc. We’ll let you all know when we’re ready.”

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If you’re playing Pokemon Go on an older mobile device, you might find yourself needing to update soon. In October, the game will cease support for multiple kinds of device and operating systems, locking some players out of the game.

On Twitter, the official Pokemon Go account has announced an end to support for devices running Android 5, iOS 10, and iOS 11 in October. If you’re running iOS 12 onwards, you will be okay–unless you’re on certain older iPhone models.

Support for the iPhone 5S and iPhone 6, currently the oldest iPhones supported by Pokemon Go, will also be discontinued in October. An exact date has not been set, but an update will render the app unusable on these phones at that time.

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We breakdown the info on Nvidia’s new Ampere-based RTX 30 series cards into what you need to know and if they are worth the upgrade.