Dan Frazier, one of the original artists for Magic: The Gathering, has been wrapped up in a plagiarism scandal this month over a recently released image of the One Ring from The Hobbit set. Fans on Reddit quickly noticed that Frazier's image greatly resembled a previous One Ring illustration by Marta Nael from the Tales of Middle-earth set. Now, Frazier and Magic: The Gathering's parent company, Wizards of the Coast, have acknowledged that Nael's art was used without her permission or credit for her work.

"I made a mistake, and I feel awful," wrote Frazier in a statement on X. "I especially feel for Marta, whose work I adore. In trying to create an iconic version of The One Ring, while looking at references online, I ended up using Marta's Ring as a reference and painted over it to try to depict the item the fans hold dear to their hearts. In doing so, I didn't make it my own. I'm reaching out to Marta privately to apologize artist to artist."

A message from Dan Frazier and Wizards of the Coast: pic.twitter.com/4VCM8avcay

— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) May 2, 2026

Wizards of the Coast's message stated that it has plans to pay Nael for her work and that both she and Frazier will be credited for the art in the digital versions. The company's statement also noted that it didn't catch the similarities between the two works before adding, "We still value Dan and his contributions and are grateful for his place in the game."

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With rumors swirling that Kingdom Come developer Warhorse is developing a new The Lord of the Rings RPG, actor Tom McKay--who plays main character Henry in the Kingdom Come series--has commented on which The Lord of the Rings character he would like to play in a hypothetical game.

He told Radio Times that The Lord of the Rings is filled with "incredibly rich, complex characters," but if he had to choose one, it would be a character with Aragorn vibes. He also said, should he be cast in a Lord of the Rings game, he would want his character to differ from Henry.

"If I were to do it, and I flatter to think that anybody would want me to do it, I'd probably rather nudge it away from the Henry vibes a little bit. I quite like playing a sort of broad palette of characters," he said.

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One of the biggest banks in the world, Bank of America, said in a new investor note that it believes Take-Two should price GTA 6 at $80 to help drive prices higher across the industry. This is happening against a backdrop where games are getting more and more expensive to make.

The bank attended the recent iicon event in Las Vegas, where Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick discussed GTA 6's pricing at a high level, and said in its note that GTA 6 should be the game that kicks off a new trend of $80 games across the board. Omar Dessouky, the Bank of America securities stock analyst who wrote the note, said he heard from attendees at the event that the video game business is struggling.

He said the industry overall would struggle to sell games for $80 if one of the most anticipated games ever--GTA 6--comes out at $70. And given that, he said, "We think it's in Take-Two's self-interest, as a publisher and partner to many developers, to raise the price point for the entire industry," according to Seeking Alpha.

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One of Walt Disney World's most popular attractions, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, reopened on May 3 after about 1.5 years of downtime for refurbishments and upgrades. The reopening did not go entirely to plan, as cast members had to use a fire extinguisher on the Magic Kingdom ride to deal with an issue, prompting an evacuation of guests and the ride to close temporarily as the issue was addressed.

A parkgoer posted a photo on social media showing a cast member using a fire extinguisher on the ride's tracks, with a white substance covering the area. Whether or not there was an actual fire is unknown. The incident happened around 5:45 PM and the ride later reopened.

No injuries were reported, and Disney has not commented on the mishap.

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Last Flag, the third-person shooter from Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds and developer Night Street Games, has not reached enough players to support the development of new content beyond what was planned already. The game isn't shutting down, however.

"We don't want to kill our game--we want to give it to the community who helped us get here," the developers said in a Steam post. "Although our player count is not currently where we need it to be to support additional development beyond our upcoming planned patches, we are shifting our focus to make sure those updates give tons of value and control to our players so the game can continue to thrive and grow."

In the next few months, Last Flag will add its promised new content, including a new character, a new map, and a new mode, along with more cosmetics and the introduction of leaderboards and custom rulesets.

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