The Weave is magic in the Forgotten Realms. It's the thread and the loom that makes magic happen in this particular Dungeons & Dragons world. Yet the Weave hasn't manifested itself in any meaningful way before. Yes, it's why you can cast spells, in theory, but it's not a gameplay mechanic.

The Spellfire Sorcerer changes that—and this subclass is found in the Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun – Player Expansion. The Weave is finally a physical manifestation of the Weave (a blue radiant flame) in the form of Radiant energy. Spellfire is a power source that heals, burns, shields, and fuels magic. Other sorcerer subclasses have origins in draconic blood, aberrant mutations, wild magic, etc., but Spellfire Sorcery says, Your magic is the Weave itself.

Also, it's the only Sorcerer subclass that is built around spending Sorcery Points as a trigger: Every time you spend a Sorcery Point, you also burst with spellfire. Boost a spell and hand out temp hit points. Boost a spell and ping an enemy. Boost a spell and trigger defensive effects.

Spellfire Sorcery (Sorcerer)

"Wield Raw Magic." That's what you do. 

Level 3: Spellfire Burst

• Bolstering Flames. Spend at least 1 Sorcery Point and give someone temporary HP.
• Radiant Fire. Spend at least 1 Sorcery Point and inflict Radiant damage on someone.

Level 3: Spellfire Spells. At levels 3, 5, 7, and 9, you gain always-prepared spells like Cure Wounds, Dispel Magic, Fire Shield, and Flame Strike. Healing, disruption, protection, blaster.

Level 6: Absorb Spells. You always have Counterspell prepared. Refuel some Sorcery Points while you're at it.

Level 14: Honed Spellfire. Your Spellfire Burst (from level 3 above) gets bigger and better.

Level 18: Crown of Spellfire

• Burning Life Force. Damage reduction that makes you harder to kill.
• Flight. Fly Speed of 60 feet and can hover.
• Spell Avoidance. When rolling saving throws against magical effects, take only half damage on a failure, and no damage on a success.

The Spellfire Sorcery Sorcerer might be the most all-rounder spellcasting subclass. Head over to D&D Beyond if you're ready to build your fire Spellfire Sorcerer. 

The Spellfire Sorcerer appears in the D&D Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun – Player Expansion.

Oh boy here we go. This is something that had really divided the WWE 2K community when it was first announced and now we have the full details of what will be what is known as the "Ringside Pass" for WWE 2K26.

Instead of a season pass where you just get access to all the DLC as soon as it's released we now will have the DLC wrestlers available via a premium battle pass. Here is how it will work. There will be a free track which has 40 tiers and 60 rewards. By simply playing the game across all game modes you will earn "RXP" which increases you battle pass level. Here is the list of what game modes you can earn RXP in. 

• Play Now
• Universe
• MyRISE
• Showcase
• MyGM
• MyFACTION
• The Island

Rewards on the free track include VC, My Faction packs, MFP Island banners and more. 

There is also a paid premium track. This is how we will be unlocking the DLC wrestlers and we can also earn Create a Superstar parts, Island taunts, Personas and more. Seasons of the Ringside Pass will not expire, so thankfully there will be no FOMO. The other thing that's changing is there will no longer be a Supercharger to unlock all in game unlockables instantly. Instead the Legends, arenas, championship belts that are usually in game to unlock every year will be part of the free track of Season 1. 

Here is what will be available via the first seasons Ringside Pass

• 4 new wrestlers
• 2 new Personas 
• 2 new arenas
• 2 new championships 

We also learned the release schedule for the Ringside Passes which is as follows... 

• Season 1 - March 6th
• Season 2 - April (before Wrestle Mania)
• Season 3 - June
• Season 4 - July 
• Season 5 - September
• Season 6 - October

Of course it's completely optional but if you don't want to bother with the pass you can buy tier skips for an additional cost. 

You can read the full Ringside Report for all the details on their official website.

Now for me I don't mind battle passes but I can see some problems with this. First off the reason why I think this could be great for players is that we are getting more with the DLC than we have gotten before. New arenas, championships, personas, those are things that we have wanted via DLC for a while now. On the other hand, not having access to those things right off the bat, especially if someone wants to use them for their Universe mode is kind of crappy for them.

Really I think what this is gonna come down to as to whether or not this is a cool addition or completely insufferable will be how much time it takes to complete these Ringside Passes. If it's a situation where one level of the pass takes 1000XP and you only earn 5-10XP per match, then yeah we are cooked and this isn't going to go over well. At the very least it seems that earning Persona cards will be much easier than grinding and opening hundreds of card packs in My Faction and we can earn the DLC wrestlers from levels 1-20. I am going into this with an open mind but I can easily see this becoming problematic. We shall see. 

WWE 2K26 launches on March 13th for PS5, Series X, Switch 2 and PC. Those who buy the King of Kings, Attitude Era or Monday Night Wars editions will get early access on March 6th. 

Well, I’ve certainly got to give developer Build a Rocket Boy credit – they haven’t given up on MindsEye, and don’t plan to anytime soon it appears. Today, the studio announced Update 7 for the third-person sci-fi shooter, which brings further polish and improvements to the much-maligned game.

Build a Rocket Boy says this update serves as a reset for the brand as it races head down into 2026, focusing on smoothing the flow of the campaign, making objectives easier to follow, enhancing AI behavior, and more. They also teased further updates coming this year, including continued improvements, end-game content, enhanced world exploration, and a multiplayer mode.

After releasing seven updates in nearly as many months sinch launch, I believe what they say, and honestly, I’m rooting for them to get this right eventually.

What a headline! For those of you who are still out there playing the excellent Tekken 8 (I still enjoy it), Season 3 has been announced, and instead of waiting, they have released 3 of the 4 character already. And they're all returning, but now I'm a little worried. 

This is the first news we have since Harada-San retired. And we're getting Kinimitsu (Late Spring), Bob (Summer) and Roger (the kangaroo, Autumn). There is a 4th character coming Winter, but that is the only character that remained a mystery. 

Bandai-Namco also promises a "back to basics" patch, bringing more balancing, gameplay changes, and cosmetics. Ranked mode is getting a full reset, so I'm sure people have things to say about that. Shouldn't take that long to climb back up the ranks. I do hope we get more info for the second anniversary. 

Last year Synth Riders released The 80's Mixtape - Side B onto VR platforms which included Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now". Now we have another Queen hit as "We Are the Champions" is available as DLC for $1.99. As a fan of 70s and 80s rock I'll likely be picking this one up at some point in the near future, though I'm also surprised we didn't get "We Will Rock You" since I rarely didn't hear one on the radio without the other right behind. Still, I'll take any Queen song that Synth Riders wants to release.

I will admit that watching the presentation for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream was weird. At least weird to me. But maybe it's the kind of weird I want. My 5 year old has watched the presentation 3 separate times. Hear me out. 

This game, to me, looks a lot like The Sims, and I don't like the Sims. I know it's a pop culture icon, and I know that people love it. It just want for me. I do have the 3DS version of Tomodachi Life, and I think I slept on the concept. I wasn't aware that you can just keep creating people. As you're creating people, you can give them names, nicknames, personality traits, and even pick their favorite color. You can even teach the game how to pronounce your character's names. If you want to create these Miis from scratch, you can, but you can also use a wizard. 

Your main job is to keep them happy. To keep them fed. To keep them safe. Check in with them as the island opens up. Watch news briefs. Make them get along. You are essentially an entity. You can make them make conversation with each other. This makes their relationships stronger. They sleep, and go to the beach, and get jobs, and everything. The difference here, is that they actually talk. It gets weird all things considering. 

The upcoming iteration turns everything up to 11. The island is now fully customizable. There are many more places to visit. While the core experience here stays the same, they've added more flourish, options, and character slots to create your own custom utopia. 

The game released April 16th for both Switch 1, compatible with Switch 2. I think I'm going to have to buy it, and in the mean time, pry the 3DS away from my 5 year old.  

In a shock to all those "drop the price" folks, the Nintendo announced that they have sold 17.37 million Nintendo Switch 2 consoles from launch to December 2025. Mario Kart World still tops the software list at 14.03 Million, while Donkey Kong Bananza hits 4.25 million. Sakurai knew what he was doing when he made Kirby Air Riders, coming in at 1.76 million in about a month's time. But that's not the news everyone is talking about.  

The original Nintendo Switch officially hit 155.37 million, becoming the best selling Nintendo console of all time, and taking the #2 spot in best selling console of all time. They are a little under 5 million away from taking over the Playstation 2 at the #1 spot, which will be crazy. People will say it's a handheld, so it won't count, because, internet. 

Animal Crossing was at 49.32 Million, and after that update, I'm sure everyone went back to the island. With that Nintendo Switch 2 update, I think we're going to see plenty more consoles sold throughout the year. You can check out all the stats here.

How about this one? Publisher Toplitz Productions and Vampires: Bloodlord Rising developer Mehuman Games asked players to donate blood leading up to the game’s Early Access release on January 30^th, and in return they could get a free copy of the game. Over 700 people across the world donated enough blood to help save approximately 2,000 lives, and in return they now get to suck blood from digital blood donors in Vampires: Bloodlord Rising. Bravo to all involved, especially those who donated.

If you’re curious about Vampires: Bloodlord Rising, check out the fresh release trailer below, or pick it up on Steam, GOG, or Epic Games Store.

The 2026 Royal Rumble is well underway in Saudi Arabia and during a commercial break we saw our first gameplay trailer for WWE 2K26. We got a glimpse of a couple of the new match types in game including the Inferno and Dumpster match along with the big reveal of the weapon we have waited decades for. Thumbtacks.

We also got the reveal of ROH CM Punk which will probably be a special "what if" match during Showcase mode. The trailer also ended by showing off the new weapon physics as Rhea Ripley slams Liv Morgan through the roof of the Hell in a Cell and she goes crashing through double stacked tables. 

For a more in depth look at WWE 2K26 check out our own Joseph Moorer's amazing write up with full into on all of the new features added to WWE 2K26 along with what you get with each addition of the game. 

WWE 2K26 launches on March 13th for PS5, Series X, Switch 2 and PC. Those who buy the King of Kings, Attitude Era or Monday Night Raw edition get early access to the game on March 6th. 

Breaking news for all Villainous fans, or just Disney fans in general (because if you have not seen the artwork for these games, you're sorely missing out, every character is absolutely breathtaking)!

If you haven't caught wind by now, Ravensburger, the makers of the award-winning Villainous board game franchise recently announced two upcoming expansions for their line, which will become available later this year. And not to get ahead of myself, but one of the new expansions promises to include character and stories from a live-action, cult-classic film...

Coming July 2026 - Disney Villainous: Success at Any Cost will introduce Ernesto de la Cruz from Disney Pixar’s “Coco” and Prince Hans from Disney’s “Frozen,” to the franchise in an expandalone option. You'll have the opportunity to either battle these two against one another as their own on one game, or you can add them to one of your current Disney Villainous games, adding another level of complexity and strategy to current gameplay. U.S. fans can also be on the lookout for additional special editions and exclusive offerings coming straight from the manufacturer.

Now, if you're a fan of spooky season like I am, you'll be delighted to know that the Sanderson Sisters are also joining the Villainous lineup later this year when Ravensburger unleashes Disney Villainous: Come, We Fly! The addition of these Hocus Pocus characters marks the franchise’s second live-action playable Villain (first being Davey Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean), interpreting the cult-classic coven through all-new illustrations, unique gameplay mechanics, and of course, Villainous’ signature sculpted movers.

Of course, more details on the game, including character objectives and gameplay, will be revealed ahead of the games’ launches later this year.