The Star Guardians are back

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This year’s Steam Summer Sale is over, so say goodbye to all the deals. But say hello to some rad-looking art! With the sale over, an artist at Valve is now free to share all the fake video game key art and covers that she helped create that were hidden inside Steam’s large digital catalog as part of the sale’s…

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As has been reported by Gaming on Linux, and chatted about on Reddit, the Steam Deck has got a bit of a security problem concerning its pretty badly outdated version of Firefox. Valve has reportedly promised a fix, but it won’t come until the next SteamOS update. That’s less than ideal.

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Blizzard is celebrating the recent seventh anniversary of its MOBA Heroes of the Storm by trimming development in order to focus only "on client sustainability and bug fixing".

In a brief update posted yesterday on the official website, Blizzard said it would now treat the MOBA in a "manner similar to our other longstanding games, StarCraft and StarCraft II" by continuing seasonal rolls and hero rotations, but with no plans for new "for-purchase content to be added".

As a thank you to all who've stuck with the game, Blizzard is offering the "incredibly rare" Epic Arcane Lizard mount to all players with next week’s patch.

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What’s a mob to a king? What’s a king to a god? What’s a god to the MCU’s extremely convoluted take on mythology? 

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt's summer update will rollout on 14th July, bringing a host of new features, including a new 8v8 Team Deathmatch mode and a refreshed battle pass system.

This new Team Deathmatch sees four duos duking it out to take control of five arenas across the Prague map, whilst the new Summer pass - offering 100 "levels of progression" - will be available for "only" 600 tokens.

Sharkmob also confirms that instead of the "standard" 12-week battle pass, Bloodhunt will now focus on monthly content drops instead.

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So are magic weapons alive, and also really petty?

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HoYoVerse released a short trailer for the upcoming Sumeru region and Dendro element in Genshin Impact. Sumeru will be part of Version 3.0, which will go live after the next update, Version 2.8. While Dendro is an existing element in the game, Sumeru will be the first time players will be able to use it. As well, Dendro will react with elements other than Pyro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DjVUfy_Lng

The Sumeru trailer features the Genshin Impact development team discussing how it implemented and chose to design Dendro in the game. According to the trailer, the concepts ‘catalysis, wisdom, and life’ were key in how the team designed the elemental reactions, level designs, and environmental puzzles. An example of a Sumeru environmental mechanic seems to be a mushroom that the Traveler can jump on like a trampoline.

Version 3.0 will introduce the Bloom and Catalyze reactions. Bloom is Hydro and Dendro, while Catalyze is Electro and Dendro. The video does not explain what the reactions do. However, it does mention that you will be able to use elements to alter states of Dendro objects and monsters. Depending on the state, Dendro monsters will have different attacks, as well as drop different items.

Genshin Impact is readily available on PS4, PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. A Nintendo Switch version is in the work. Version 2.8 will launch on July 13, 2022, with Sumeru appearing in Genshin Impact 3.0. There is no confirmed release date as of yet for Version 3.0.

Bungie has marked Bungie Day with the release of a limited edition NERF gun styled after Destiny's iconic rocket launcher, the Gjallarhorn.

At one meter/four feet long, it's a "faithful" 1:1 replication that includes an illuminated scope and comes in "premium showpiece packaging, covered with intricate details inspired from Destiny lore".

"In addition to capturing the look of this overpowering launcher, the NERF LMTD Gjallarhorn blaster includes the first-ever NERF Mega dart shells, which each hold 3 NERF Mega darts and fire 3 darts at a time," Bungie explains. "Load a shell into the breech, prime, and pull the trigger to send all 3 darts bursting from the blaster. The NERF Gjallarhorn blaster includes 3 shells and 9 darts."

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Good Smile Company has opened up pre-orders for a Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama Nendoroid, so make sure you give the Mob Psycho 100 protagonist plenty of notice before you call him in. Pre-orders are open until September 1, 2022. He costs 6,500 JPY and will ship out in December 2022 for Japan. Meanwhile, North American customers can purchase him for $47.99 and he has a release window of February 2023.

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The Mob Nendoroid will come with three faceplate options. You can make him have his normal blank expression, a blushing expression, or an awakened expression. The awakened expression is what he looks like when he reaches 100% and loses control. There is also a spiky hair part to fully re-create his 100% form. Other optional parts include Dimple, a bent spoon, a bowl of ramen, and a pair of chopsticks.

The English edition of Fate/Grand Order will soon host its annual summer event, and this year's theme is a summer camp. The FGO Summer 2022 event is formally titled "Servant Summer Camp ~Chaldea's Thriller Night~".

Players will investigate a new singularity located in Japan. But it's not beach hijinks, this time. Instead, the Masters of Chaldea and their Servants will retreat to an idyllic lakeside cabin resort. Of course, there's more to the FGO Summer 2022 event than meets the eye. For with mountain vacationing comes the prospect of ghost stories.

Check out a trailer for the event below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaD6Nkt62As

Key to the FGO Summer 2022 event is Yu Mei-ren, star of Lostbelt No. 3. She's this year's free event Servant. She'll join the roster as a 4-Star Lancer-class character. As a former Chaldea master herself and the players' "Senpai", she'll assist during the event story. As for the event itself, it'll use a day-night cycle in its quest structure. Consequently, certain quests will be limited to certain times of the day, which is advanced alongside progress. Finally, objective-based missions can also be accomplished to further quest progress and unlock rewards.

PUBG wants you to check out Deston, "summer's hottest destination" and the first new map to come to the battle royale since it went free-to-play.

Out on 13th July as part of Update 18.2 - initially just for PC, I'm afraid; the console release will follow on 21st July - Deston includes a flooded downtown, a swamp, coastlines, "one of the tallest skyscrapers in the game" as well as the Lodge, the "biggest building ever made" in the game.

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With the approach of Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness' English release date, Spike Chunsoft is revealing in more detail what the game's actually about. A new system trailer for Made in Abyss Binary Star debuted on the Spike Chunsoft official channel on July 7, 2022.

Check it out below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PTCae4rAfo

The Made in Abyss Binary Star system trailer lays out the game's structure in more detail. In particular, its two playable narrative modes are explained. "Hello Abyss" mode follows the plot of the anime, and stars Riko. Meanwhile "Deep in Abyss" mode stars a player-created character. Their name is "Aki", though players can customize this novice "Bell" Cave Raider. Deep in Abyss follows an original story written by Made in Abyss creator Akihito Tsukushi. It'll involve known characters from the series, though.

The trailer also laid out how players will progress the story in Made in Abyss Binary Star Falling into Darkness. First, they'll complete quests, which involve exploring the Abyss. Jiruo and the Cave Raider Guild issue most quests.

In keeping with the themes of the series, the Abyss is a dark, dangerous place. Even with adequate supplies, players will suffer from the Curse of the Abyss as they return to base. The curse intensifies the further they descend, and symptoms include vomiting, statistical penalties or bleeding from their orifices. This renders them vulnerable to environmental hazards and monster attacks.

I first read about Lord Dunsany - I am happy to report his full name was Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett - in a collection of Arthur C. Clarke's non-fiction. In an early essay, Clarke describes going to see Dunsany, a beloved fantasy and science fiction author, when Clarke was young and Dunsany, who was born in 1878, was already getting on a bit. There is a moment in this essay that has stuck with me.

Clarke is getting one of his books signed. "I took with me a copy of his fantasy The Charwoman's Shadow...which he duly autographed with a sweeping DUNSANY running right across the page; it was the only time I ever saw anyone use a quill pen and then sprinkle the result with fine sand to dry the ink." That is wonderful, but re-reading the piece this morning I am delighted to see that Dunsany also corrected a mistake in the text. "'The Country Towards Moon's Rising' was transformed into 'The Country Beyond Moon's Rising.'"

I tried to get into Dunsany shortly after reading that. His books were hard to come by at the time and the only printings I could find were cheap and unpleasant - if Dunsany had tried to sign these, his autograph would have bled through from the first page to the last. But also this: Dunsany is a writer of serious whimsy - more on this in a bit - and serious whimsy is something you have to be in a certain mood to enjoy.

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Honestly, after this week in UK politics, I—as the kids in their early thirties say—can't even. Thank goodness a Duke Nukem 3D level is preserving it all for posterity. But it is now the weekend, and that is the important thing. What are you playing this weekend? Here's what we're clicking on!

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If you didn’t already know, YouTuber and new professional wrestler Logan Paul had bought himself the world’s most expensive Pokemon card in the form of the extremely rare Pikachu Illustrator. Based on the PSA authentication and grading company’s rating, it stands at the highest rating of 10, which is also why it cost the YouTuber an eyewatering $5,275,000. Now, in a move that will make even more waves, Paul is turning that precious card into a non-fungible token (NFT).

According to Paul’s latest video, the Pikachu Illustrator card will be minted and listed as an NFT on Liquid Marketplace on July 9 at 3 p.m. EST. If you are planning to purchase the NFT, it will cost a cool $5 million, or 50 million tokens that are going for $0.10 each, which is still cheap compared to The Merge NFT which was sold for $91.8 million. Even then, Paul will retain 49% minority ownership of the card, with it being stored in a yet-to-be-decided community vault.

Depending on the leanings of the majority NFT holders, Paul technically can still do whatever he wants with the physical card.

The Liquid Marketplace platform is also coincidentally co-founded by the YouTuber, with no readily available information about its functionality and uses. However, it does have a mission to “offer collectors the opportunity to co-own physical and digital assets through the power of tokenization,” so make of that what you will.

Today Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse released a new trailer focusing on the upcoming version 3.0 of the popular online RPG.

The trailer is particularly juicy as it showcases the new Sumeru region that will come with 3.0 (and that was teased just a few days ago with another video) and a brand new element that will be introduced in the gameplay, Dendro.

It appears that Dendro comes with some interesting gimmicks, and in Sumeru, we’ll also find some new gameplay elements like elements of the environment or even monsters that will react differently to different elements.

The video is labeled “Sumeru Preview Teaser 01” which seems to indicate that more will be coming in the future, introducing more elements that we can expect in the new area.

You can see what awaits us in the future of Genshin Impact below.

The third-party industry bound to Microsoft Flight Simulator never stops, and developers shared news about upcoming and released add-ons today.

We start with IndiaFoxtEcho, which provided news about its Aermacchi M-346 Master, Tornado, TA-4J and (possibly) A-4 Skyhawk, and Aermacchi MB-326, on top of their stance on Xbox support.

The developers also teased “a couple of surprises” which should make their fans happy.

EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON
See separate post from few days ago

TORNADO
We were not happy on the level of detail of the models we have used for the images we have previously posted… so we are remodelling most of the aircraft with a much better level of detail.

TA-4J SKYHAWK
We have finished reworking the nose section, so that it is now much closer to the real deal. We will completely remodel the cockpit (as opposed to using our P3D geometry). Looking good but will take a while to complete.

A-4 SKYHAWK (NOT CONFIRMED)
We are, of course, evaluating to port over our single seater Skyhawks… but again, we will have to remodel many parts to achieve a good level of detail, so at the moment the project is not green lighted yet.

AERMACCHI MB-326
We have not stopped working on this… but it has lower priority than other projects.
All of the projects above are “done when they will be done”. No rush, no cash-cowing. We will try our best to make decent products we’ll take the time we need.

Just about every week brings something new to Destiny 2, whether it's story beats, new activities, or interesting new combinations of elements that let players devastate each other in the Crucible. Iron Banter is our weekly look at what's going on in the world of Destiny and a rundown of what's drawing our attention across the solar system.

After weeks of plumbing the secrets of the Leviathan for answers about Calus' intentions, we've reached the end of Season of the Haunted's story. The season has spent a lot of time building and exploring the personalities and traumas of characters we've been dealing with in the game for some time--in a few cases, for years--while also giving us something of a direction for where Destiny 2's story is headed in the future.

As far as seasonal storytelling goes, I'd log Season of the Haunted as one of Destiny 2's stronger outings. Though it was a bit shorter than some of the more recent episodic stories, it used its time to hit a lot of emotional beats while also expanding on the greater world in a lot of important ways. We've learned a shocking amount of backstory from Season of the Haunted, while seeing a ton of character development--not only in members of the main cast and current villain Calus, but also in Destiny characters who've long since passed on.

Trying to game with your friends, but you can’t, because discord fails to update? Or are you trying to collaborate on a group project, but you have the same issue? No matter the reason, today we are going to illustrate how to fix Discord Stuck on Checking for Updates.

What to Check Before We Continue

First things first:

1. Check here to see if discord servers are down before you continue and needlessly reinstall Discord.
2. Check to make sure you have a connection to the internet: conduct an internet speed test, the exact speed isn’t important, and make sure in the bottom right of Windows it shows a connection.

With no connection, Discord won’t be able to update.

Figuring out how to beat Espinas in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak can be challenging, especially since most players won't be familiar with it. Though it's technically a returning monster, the only game it's been in before was the Japan-exclusive Monster Hunter Frontier. So for everyone outside that country, facing it is an entirely new experience. If you’re having difficulty figuring out how best to approach Espinas, we’ve given a rundown of everything you need to know to tackle what can be a difficult hunt, from your prey’s weaknesses and strengths to the best strategies to take it down.

What is Espinas in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak?

Espinas is a Flying Wyvern monster in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. You'll first find it during the Urgent Hunting Hub Quest named "A Slumbering Jungle Espinas." Espinas is resistant to Thunder and completely immune to Fire. It's not without its weaknesses, though. You'll be able to fell it using Blast- and Ice-type moves. You'll have to watch out for its tendency to use Fireblight, however.

This is the first appearance Espinas has made in the main Monster Hunter series, aside from Monster Hunter Frontier, where it was originally introduced. It also made appearances in Monster Hunter Online as well as the crossover title Teppen. This is the first time most players will have had a chance to get up close and personal with the monster.

Netease Games, the studio behind Diablo Immortal, is starting a playable technical test today for its upcoming game Mission Zero. The test covers four regions: Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Thailand. Players can pre-register to try to get access to the beta on the game's website. The test will begin on July 8 in selected regions and players can pre-register before launch. Mission Zero is a 2v4 stealth game where one team takes the role of Sirius (Invaders) while the other team takes the role of Mobius (Chasers). Upon the game's full release, it'll launch with a cross-platform play on Android, iOS, and PC.

In Mission Zero, players will either join the Sirius team, which is made up of four players, or the Mobius team, which has only two players. Sirius players are tasked with hiding from the Mobius team by using disguises that let them blend in with the non-player characters in the surrounding area. The Sirius team can dress like janitors, waiters cooks, and more to blend into whatever room they're in. The Mobius team is tasked with finding Sirius and can use their abilities to knock out the opposing team.

Although the Mobius players are outnumbered, they'll have unique traits and abilities that give them advantages when working together. Each character will have abilities based on their specific archetype, which include Assault-type, Scout-type, Strategy-type, and more. To combat Mobius, the Sirius team will have 11 different types of gadgets to pick from to help them escape.

The beta lets players choose from eight different characters on the Mobius team, including:

If you're an Amazon Prime subscriber looking for an Echo Dot deal, Prime Day is here early. It all kicks off officially next week, but the Echo Dot is already on sale now. It's normally $50, but right now you can get it for a steep discount at $20.

Amazon Prime Day 2022 kicks off next week, but both Amazon and its competitors like to start early and get people hitting the Add to Cart button as soon as possible. We're already seeing a ton of discounts on stuff like gaming monitors, video games, new TVs, and more from brands like Apple. Amazon Prime members can also grab 25 games included with their subscription, while Target is hoping to take its own cut of the shopping holiday with Anti-Prime Day deals of its own.

The latest animated adventure from the director of Big Hero 6 and Moana, and much more!

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Netmarble has launched a new update for their RPG mobile game Marvel Future Revolution, inspired by the newly released Marvel Studios movie Thor: Love and Thunder. Players will be able to participate in a new Epic Invasion called The God Butcher and recruit Mighty Thor as a companion.

For the Epic Invasion: The God Butcher, players will partner up with Thor: Love and Thunder characters and attempt to rescue Thor from Gorr, the villain of the film. After completing each phase of the fight, Thor will regain his power and join in on the fight against Gorr alongside Miek, Korg, and Valkyrie. Upon completion of the fight, players will be rewarded with a new Gorr-themed Special Battle Badge.

In addition to the Epic Invasion, players can now recruit the Mighty Thor, who can charge lighting energy. She can also use lighting to pierce enemies and increase damage as it travels from one enemy to another. While an enemy is electrocuted, they'll do less damage, so players can effectively target multiple enemies.

A special mighty event is also coming to celebrate the new update. Players can spin the wheel for a chance to recruit the new Mighty Thor. The "Thunder Fragment Craft" will also be available, allowing players to partake in the Invasion: The God Butcher to earn a three-star Thor.

There’s so much pre-release footage of Skate 4 out in the wild right now you’d think it’s my kitchen sink! Yes, gameplay clips for the next entry in EA’s skateboarding series, which does not have a release window, appear to have leaked yet again. So far, the game looks amazing—like, “Oh no, this is gonna eat all my…

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Curious as to what Valhalla is and how it works in the MCU? Want to know who can get there and why? Well, we have got the answers for you. The rules of the afterlife can be a bit confusing in the MCU, but luckily, thanks to other MCU entries, we are starting to get a pretty good idea of what the afterlife looks like and how it works.

***Warning: There are major spoilers for the ending of Thor: Love and Thunder and Moon Knight below. Read at our own risk.***

What Is Valhalla in the MCU?

Valhalla is the afterlife that is reserved for Asgardians who die in battle. It is often seen as a place where warriors wish to go, as it is supposed to be a beautiful place where people can drink endless mead and experience many great pleasures.

As for how the place looks, it is indeed shown to be beautiful and seemingly peaceful in Thor: Love and Thunder’s post-credit scene. We don’t get too much of a look at it, so we will have to wait and see just how true this is.

Valhalla seems to be one of the many afterlives that exist in the Astral Dimension, including the Ancestral Plane from Black Panther and The Duat from Moon Knight. In Moon Knight, it is revealed that all of these afterlives exist in the same dimension, but it depends on the person who’s died’s beliefs and culture when it comes to which kind of afterlife they will be welcomed in.

In Thor: Love and Thunder, a brand-new mystical weapon was introduced to the MCU. The Necrosword is a pure black blade that seems to have a mind of its own at some times. Here’s everything you need to know about who wields the Necrosword in Thor: Love and Thunder and what it does.

***SPOILER WARNING: All of the content down below contains important story spoilers about Thor: Love and Thunder.***

Who Created the Necrosword?

As of right now, we don’t know who created this weapon. Even though there’s no apparent connection between the Symbiotes and the Necrosword in the MCU, it’s still entirely possible that the existence of this weapon could be hinting at the introduction of Knull.

In fact, there has been a connection to Knull in the MCU for a long time now. The decapitated Celestial head known as Knowhere was severed by none other than Knull. It’s very possible that he lost the Necrosword and has just been sitting back and waiting until the time was right.

And if that’s the case, then it’s possible we may even be getting some Symbiotes (currently owned by Sony) in the MCU like Venom and Grendel. But that’s something that’s likely years down the line if it’s going to happen at all.

Michael “shroud” Grzesiek, the former Cloud 9 CS:GO player and incredibly popular Twitch streamer, is making a sensational return to Valorant. North American esports organization, Sentinels, has unveiled he will join the roster ahead of the upcoming LCQ tournament over on Twitter earlier this afternoon.

The legend returns, and he’s here to win@shroud joins the Sentinels Valorant roster pic.twitter.com/VaIYTeR2nq

— Sentinels (@Sentinels) July 8, 2022

The move comes after Hunter “SicK” Mims opted to temporarily withdraw from competitive Valorant due to an ongoing situation with his family. His departure naturally prompted speculation as to who might replace him, with many believing that coach Shane “Rawkus” Flaherty would be the obvious option.

Of course, we now know that Sentinels had something much more dramatic in its plans, as the signing of shroud is likely to send intrigue in the team’s success skyrocketing.

Get ready for a dose of backstory. In Madison, after you cut the power in search of the red lightbulb your possessed self drew in your notebook, the front door will open. It isn’t freedom you’ll find behind it, however; it’s an elevator and mausoleum for the victims of Madison’s titular serial killer. Each floor introduces you to one of her victims, revealing the path of her killing spree. On the fifth floor is a mirror that reflects a chair and a noose. But what does it all mean? Let us help you through one of Madison’s most poorly explained puzzles, the elevator in the mausoleum puzzle.

Note: Madison features changing puzzles for different playthroughs, so the specifics of solving this puzzle may change, but the method will be the same.

Assembling the clues

To solve this puzzle, you’re going to need your hammer. If you put that in storage previously, you’re going to want to pull it out beforehand, since it’s a long walk back to the item locker.

Each floor of the mausoleum is plus-shaped, with the elevator on one point, and a burial chamber on all the others. A loudspeaker will explain to you what happened to the victim on each floor. In the middle of each floor is a column with a ring of numbers on it. On the top floor is another column, but this one only has circular holes dotting its sides. The column has four rings on it and bears a resemblance to the ones beneath it.

Playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in multiplayer has always been a dream for many fans of Bethesda’s ultra-longevous game, and today, that dream has become a reality, at least on PC.

A small team of fans has launched Skyrim Together Reborn, a mod designed to let player enjoy the game on a multiplayer server.

This is not the first mod of this nature (hence the “Reborn” in the title) but previous solutions have always been glitchy, unstable, and unreliable.

The folks at The Together Team have revamped the mod radically in order to create a reasonably stable and reliable experience that has finally the potential to be enjoyed beyond the odd evening.

At the moment, only Skyrim Special Edition for Steam version 1.6 (the latest, also included in the Anniversary Edition) is officially supported and the team clearly states that the console versions, the Game Pass version, and Skyrim VR will never be supported.

The aim of the mod is to provide a good experience for 2-8 players, but it has been tested successfully with 30+.

You can download it here, and take a look at an official guide on how to get started below.

A wiki is also available alongside a Discord server to find more information and support.

I swear I saw the logo for Small Claims Court and just thought, yeah, that seems like an indie game. Turns out it wasn't, it was one of several pieces of "fake game art" created by Valve artist Claire Hummel as part of the Steam summer sale. Now that the sale is over, Hummel shared all of the made-up key art on Twitter, and it's all great.

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A day after releasing Patch 8, Larian Studios has implemented a small hotfix for Baldur's Gate 3. The quick patch addresses a peculiar issue that had recently sprung up in the game, which was causing the corpses of dead characters to go about their business as if they hadn't just been murdered in cold blood.

"Some folks just like to hang around long after they've overstayed their welcome, and we had a pesky issue where some summons and characters were really making their presence felt on your portrait bar," Larian Studios writes in a Steam blog post. "This has now been rectified."

The issue in question was affecting both summons and NPC characters, causing their in-game portraits to multiply uncontrollably within the UI. And in a creepy turn, their corpses would remain active even after they were unsummoned or killed.

Beyond that fix, the hotfix addresses several issues that were causing Baldur's Gate 3 to crash. The full patch notes can be found below.

In a new video, YouTuber and professional wrestler Logan Paul shared how he purchased an exceedingly rare Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card from 1998, which PSA grading company rated a minty ten and for which Paul paid a whopping $5,275,000. The video also reveals the harrowing truth: He’s turning the precious Pikachu…

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Developers making space games have a habit of trying to make every game, all at once. So it seems with Introversion's The Last Starship, which in its latest update video looks to be about shipbuilding, crew management, engineering, exploration, real-time combat and much more. More impressively, they all look like games I want to play.

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Loki is the god of mischief, brother of Thor, adopted son of Odin, faker of deaths, and a trickster through and through. His place in the MCU has always been a bit of a mystery. Is he dead? Is he alive? Is he really working with Thor or is this just another trick to help him gain power and become ruler over the nine realms? The latest question is whether or not Loki is In Thor: Love and Thunder.

Does Loki Appear In Thor: Love & Thunder?

The quick answer is, yes, he does appear in Thor: Love and Thunder, but only in flashbacks and by mention. The longer answer is a bit more complicated.

In the current MCU, Loki is fittingly in two places at once. Technically, this depends on the Loki you are referring to, but the Loki we know from the original series is indeed dead.

If you're an Amazon Prime subscriber looking for a deal on the company's Fire TV Stick, you don't need to wait for Prime Day to kick off next week. It's already on sale now--and at a deep discount, too. The Fire Stick normally sells for $40, but right now you can get it for nearly 60% off.

Amazon Prime Day 2022 kicks off next week, but both Amazon and its competitors like to start early and get people hitting the Add to Cart button as soon as possible. We're already seeing a ton of discounts on stuff like gaming monitors, video games, new TVs, and more from brands like Apple. Amazon Prime members can also grab 25 free games with their subscription, while Target is hoping to take its own cut of the shopping holiday with Anti-Prime Day deals of its own.