Kaladesh is back, and with it, an endless supply of Blossoming Defenses and Gearhulks. Man, that set was wild, wasn't it? Well, sets, to be precise. The 2016-2017 Kaladesh and Aether Revolt sets are now revived under one "remastered" banner...

The Commander gametype has really taken off in Magic: The Gathering in recent years, no doubt due to its accessibility and the excitement of playing as a "hero," which standard Magic play can often lack. In very basic terms, ...

Final Fantasy VIII. Final Fantasy XIV. The Witcher 3. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Am I just naming cool RPGs, or games that have card battlers inside of them? Both! The onslaught of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot DLC and updates continues, as Band...

Publisher Playdigious has revealed that the Lovecraft-inspired card game Cultist Simulator is in the process of being ported to Nintendo Switch, following on from its 2018 release on PC and its transition to iOS and Android platforms last y...

Magic: The Gathering Arena just hosted its new Zendikar Rising set alongside of the paper version of Magic, and things are going...better now, following a huge set of bans. Yes, much to the chagrin of players everywhere Wizards only banned ...

Hearthstone has been enjoying a fairly healthy cadence of content and updates, shuffling between major expansions and Battlegrounds mixups, but that whole formula is going to fundamentally change this year. Amid the announcement of the...

Hearthstone is in a pretty decent spot right now. The current cadence includes big Battlegrounds patches between major standard expansions, and I'm really enjoying the seesaw approach there. Whenever standard is getting me down I have the o...

For the past several years, it's not uncommon to see a Magic: The Gathering meta where a single card archetype is defining the vast majority of competitive decks. We saw it with Oko, then we saw it with Uro. Now we're seeing it ag...

Bandai Namco has announced a free update headed to Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot this fall that will add a new card-fighting mini-game to the open-world anime RPG. The "Dragon Ball Card Warriors" mode will allow players to build a deck of notable ...

Last week Wizards of the Coast said that they were "monitoring" standard play for Magic: The Gathering Arena, and would report back with any potential bans to smooth out the meta. Well, they did: Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath is now ban...

Magic: The Gathering standard is in a very weird spot right now thanks to the new rotation. In the hundred plus games I've played since Zendikar hit, the vast majority of decks in competitive play err on the side of ramp. For those of ...

Mike Bithell has endeared himself to fans of indie games ever since he exploded onto the scene with his story-focused platformer Thomas Was Alone. Since then he has continued to make narrative the central part of every game he puts out, ev...

Yesterday, Wizards of the Coast was all set to roll out the Zendikar Rising set for Magic: Arena, but the client had other plans. It was a massive update. Not only was a new set arriving, but Wizards also had to introduce a brand new rotati...

Just ahead of the new standard rotation for Magic: The Gathering, the Arena team has posted a "state of the game" blog to give folks a heads-up on what to expect in the near and far future. As a reminder, rotation is a yearly event tha...

In all of the years I've played Hearthstone (about six years now), the free bits and the adventures are the portions I've enjoyed the most. There's something so relaxing about hunkering down and solving a single-player puzzle, engaging in a...

I've been playing a lot of Hearthstone lately thanks to the release of the battlegrounds game mode. It's such an easy way to jump into the Hearthstone system without having to strictly worry about the meta, or buying into new pric...

Magic: The Gathering is showing no signs of stopping anytime soon, and we're about to zoom headfirst into yet another set. But before we all crack open Zendikar Rising boosters together, Wizards of the Coast has announced a ton of new ...

Ah battle passes: the "natural evolution" of the loot box. But it's not so natural for a lot of studios, who saw the legislative writing on the wall for loot boxes and decided to give their playerbase another rat race to run. While several ...

Standard rotation is nearly here for Magic: The Gathering Arena, but before that happens, it's spoiler season for Amonkhet Remastered! In short, Wizards of the Coast is literally remastering 2017's Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation...

After a fairly lively set of bans, the rest of the year is going to be pretty big for Magic: Arena. First up, Amonhket Remastered is set to debut next week, which will usher in both of the recent Egypt-themed sets that have since rotat...

As I was getting ready for my morning Magic: Arena "few game wind-down" break, I was immediately greeted with a pop-up: bam, four cards have been banned. Popular standard cards, mind! Announced this morning and effective immediately, C...

I play a lot of card games. Competitive, cooperative: I'll try them all. That's partially why I've dipped in and out of the Pokemon Trading Card Game since 1998. While I'm generally not down with blind box collectible packs, starter sets li...

Following Hearthstone since the start and dabbling in every expansion has been fascinating. I feel like I've seen it all: super dark storylines, narratives that ape Warcraft proper with loads of fan service and super silly themes ...

While the status of the mobile port is still very much a mystery, the Magic: Arena team reminded us this week that it's still being worked on, and will likely arrive before the end of 2020. In the meantime, there's a lot planned for Ar...

It's time for yet another Magic: The Gathering set, which means that it's time for another Magic: Arena set. As the two formats — paper and digital — debut together, we enter yet another busy year with four sets to jug...