2025 Is A Big Year For Magic: The Gathering Crossovers With Final Fantasy, Spider-Man, And Spongebob On The Way

Over the years, Wizards of the Coast has worked tirelessly to expand its Universes Beyond releases, with crossovers including Stranger Things, Hatsune Miku, and Warhammer 40,000, to name but a few. In 2025, they’re expanding further with Final Fantasy, featuring cards spread across all sixteen mainline franchise entries—initially teased in late summer of 2023. So far, we’ve seen Sephiroth, Lightning, and a Moogle. However, Square Enix producer Shoichi Ichikawa revealed we’d also see Cloud Strife and Noctis, along with a few summons, fan-favorite monsters, and iconic weapons. Maybe the Buster Sword?Suggested ReadingDragon Age: The Veilguard Is Already Proving To Be One Of BioWare's More Divisive Sequels9 Of Our Favorite Halloween Gaming Updates To End Spooky SeasonFornite's Convoluted Battle Pass Is Getting StreamlinedSpider-Man 2's New Web Wings Make It Feel Like A Proper Sequel

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The Pokémon Leak Has Revealed A Scrapped Form Of One Of Its Most Controversial Monsters

Earlier this month, Pokémon developer Game Freak suffered a massive data breach and ever since, details about and assets for projects new and old have been trickling out onto the internet. These have ranged from unused Pokémon who never saw the light of day, to information on upcoming games like next year’s Pokémon Legends: Z-A. In the midst of it all, one detail that’s surfaced is concept art for an unused form of one of the more controversial Pokémon in the original 151. It turns out that Jynx almost had a more powerful mega evolution form in Pokémon X and Y.Suggested ReadingA Video Game Flopped Harder Than Anything At The Box Office This Year, And The Mainstream Press Barely NoticedThe PS2 Turns 21, The Future Of Twitch, Doom 3 VR Comes To PS4, Valve Kills Artifact And MorePlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid ForWhat’s Coming Out Beyond Pokémon: The Indigo Disk | The Week In Games

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Monster Hunter Wilds Releasing In February 2025

During today’s Sony State of Play, Capcom released a new trailer for the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds and confirmed that the highly anticipated game will arrive on February 28, 2025. Suggested ReadingAmazon’s Like A Dragon: Yakuza Is Already A Divisive Adaptation Of The Beloved GamesOne Of 2024's Best Games Continues Its Crossover Domination With Cyberpunk And Stardew ValleyStar Wars Outlaws' New Patch Makes The Game Look Bad On PS5What Is Dragonsplague? Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Devastating Contagion Explained

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The Late Lance Reddick’s Character Has Been Recast In Lego Horizon Adventures

The upcoming Lego Horizon Adventures, a spin-off of the main Horizon franchise, is recasting the character of Sylens after the death of actor Lance Reddick in 2023. Suggested ReadingEverything You Need To Know About Batman: Arkham ShadowThe Last Of Us And Other Games Reveal Their PS5 Pro ModesArkane’s Amazing Library Of Immersive Sims Gets Big Discount On SteamLive Forever in the Universe of 'New World: Aeternum'

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Campaign Will Be Longer Than Cold War Even If You Try To ‘Speed Run’ It

People love to complain about how long Call of Duty campaigns are even though most people never finish them and just play the multiplayer deathmatch meat grinder instead. Even so, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 promises a set of story-based missions that should run longer than both Cold War and Modern Warfare III, both of which contained some of the shortest campaigns in the entire franchise. Suggested ReadingHalloween Is Frighteningly Close, And You Still Don’t Have A Costume — Let’s Change ThatI Have A Complicated Relationship With Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZeroThe Best Weapons In Helldivers 2, The Must-Play Demos At Steam Next Fest, And More Tips For The WeekThis Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Feature Spices Up A Weak Campaign

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The Next Big Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Update Is Here

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is still going strong on Steam and 4.5 million players later the sci-fi shooter is finally getting its first new operation since launch. Patch 4.0 adds a new multiplayer mission on the planet Kadaku called Termination as well as some notable changes to the underlying gameplay. Suggested ReadingRobert Pattinson Told To Stop Doing His Jackass Voices Because They Sounded Like 'Nails On A Chalkboard'Amazon's God Of War TV Show Is Starting Over From ScratchThe Pokémon Center Just Released A Ton Of Adorable Winter Holiday MerchHow Alan Wake 2 Builds Upon The 'Remedy-Verse'

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Publisher Condemns Scalpers As Collector’s Edition Hits $3,000

Scalpers are just capitalism working efficiently. As such, they’re absolute scumbags who ruin fun things, proven yet again with the release of Larian’s physical “Collector’s Edition” of Baldur’s Gate 3. The enormo-box, sold out by official means, is now being listed for prices over $3,000.Suggested ReadingDestiny: Rising Announced For Mobile, From Developers Of Diablo ImmortalNeva: The Kotaku ReviewGTA Online Players Kill 430 Million Zombies In Just 3 DaysUnboxing The Baldur’s Gate 3 Collector’s Edition

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Three More Tomb Raider Games Are Getting Remasters In 2025, Including The Most Divisive One

Following a year after the Tomb Raider I-III Remastered collection, three additional Lara Croft games are getting updated with visual upgrades and new features. Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered arrives in February 2025 for $30. Suggested ReadingKotaku’s Weekend Guide: Five Epic And Exciting Games We’re Getting Lost InXbox Game Pass Will Soon Get A Feature It First Announced Years AgoThis Road Trip RPG Looks AwesomeThe Week In Games: Reignited Rivalries And More New Releases

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Little Big Planet 3 And All Its DLC Will Be Delisted Very Soon

PlayStation announced earlier today that Little Big Planet 3, as well as all LBP DLC, will be removed from the PSN Store on October 31. If you’ve ever wanted to own LBP3 digitally, you only have three weeks left to purchase it before it’s gone.Suggested ReadingMadden NFL 25: The Kotaku ReviewThere’s One Part Of Metaphor: ReFantazio That Feels Like A Step Back From PersonaGTA Online Is Getting A Zombies Mode Set In GTA V's Snowy Opening LocationWhat’s Coming Out Beyond The Day Before | The Week In Games

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Microsoft Has Started Asking Devs Why They’re Skipping Xbox

In 2024, when a new game is announced, you can usually count on it to be released on PC, PlayStation, and possibly Switch. But it’s become a bit less of a guarantee that new games or ports will land on Xbox consoles, and it seems Microsoft is aware of this and is asking devs why. Suggested ReadingDiablo IV's Big Expansion Faces 'Small Delay' On Launch DayWe Spoiled Joker 2 For Ourselves And Here’s What We Think About That Wild EndingDragon Ball Z Voice Famous For 'Find Out Next Time' Has DiedThe Week In Games: What’s Releasing Beyond Baldur’s Gate 3

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