Since 1985, the Daisenryaku series has defined modern war strategy games. On every battlefield, victory hinges on how you deploy forces, balance offense and defense, and break the deadlock - your “Grand Strategy” is put to the test. Wield over 300 modern weapons, from jets to tanks, and outmaneuver rival forces with your strategy. From small islands to massive total-war maps, turn-based battles let both newcomers and veterans play at their own pace.

Play as Woj to run a successful vintage clothing store in space. Travel through a teleporter to different decades & places on Earth to buy inventory and try to match your customer wants for the most profit. Start the day with an innovative deckbuilding approach of heirachal card playing to gain resources, alter gameplay mechanics and more! Develop & nurture relationships with troubled celebrities to design special clothing. Build out your store with equipment and design it your way.

The Crunchyroll Store's annual Warehouse Sale has kicked off, and, as in previous years, there are some massive deals to take advantage of across Blu-rays, apparel, manga, and collectibles. New items will be added every week for the duration of the sale, and so far, we're seeing savings of up to 70% on select items. If you're a Crunchyroll Mega or Ultimate Fan subscriber, you'll get extra benefits like free shipping on all orders and additional discounts on eligible items. On top of that, there are also "Super Steal" deals on select products that run for 48 hours and slash the price on the discounted products by even more than their sale price. To help you find the best deals, we've rounded up some of our favorite discounts on manga and anime Blu-rays in the lists below.

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If you've got gaps in your manga collection, Crunchyroll is currently offering deals on hundreds of standard paperbacks, with most of them retailing for a cool $7 a pop. This means that it's very easy to stock up on items related to your favorite manga, ranging from classics like Battle Angel Alita and Dragon Ball, to modern-day favorites like Frieren: Journey's End, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Demon Slayer.

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Valve's loot boxes are coming under fire in a new lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James. The AG's office is alleging that loot boxes in Valve's games--including Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2--violate New York's gambling laws and potentially harm children.

In Valve's games, players can use real money to buy loot boxes, which allow them to potentially win a virtual item that may have real monetary value because they can be resold on the Steam Community Market. The lawsuit contends that Valve has made billions by encouraging players of all ages--including teenagers and younger gamers--to keep purchasing loot boxes in the name of winning rare and valuable items. According to James's office, the goal of the lawsuit is to permanently prevent Valve from promoting its "illegal gambling" in games and to fine the company for violating state laws.

"Illegal gambling can be harmful and lead to serious addiction problems, especially for our young people," said James in a statement. "Valve has made billions of dollars by letting children and adults alike illegally gamble for the chance to win valuable virtual prizes. These features are addictive, harmful, and illegal, and my office is suing to stop Valve's illegal conduct and protect New Yorkers."

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Alix Wilton-Regan, the new Lara Croft actor for the upcoming Tomb Raider: Catalyst, has discussed how her version of the character may differ from previous incarnations.

Speaking on the Press X to Continue podcast, Wilton Regan said she is taking the "no Laras left behind" approach, which means she aims to adopt and embrace what came before, but also make her own stamp.

"I've looked at all of the performances. Obviously, I've got all the scripts, so I know where it's going, and, you know, I think all of the Laras that have previously come before will also be informing as we move into a new era of Tomb Raider, I would say," she explained, as reported by Eurogamer.

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A small update arrived to Call of Duty on February 25, and the patch notes detail a few bug fixes for Black Ops 7 and some notable weapon tuning for Warzone. The weapon adjustments for battle royale include a nerf for the popular auto conversion for the M8A1 assault rifle, while a few other guns get improvements to make them more viable.

Recently, the M8A1 assault rifle has been a dominant force in Warzone with the addition of the Autostrike-X8 Conversion barrel. This attachment transformed the gun from a three-round burst rifle into a fully automatic powerhorse. The developer has now detailed a nerf to decrease the damage range for the M8A1 when using the Autostrike-X8 Conversion barrel as well as a slight decrease to the lower torso and leg multipliers. This should be a significant enough change to the gun's time-to-kill to entice players to switch to a different option in battle royale.

Additionally, other guns were buffed to better compete as long-range options in Warzone. The VS Recon sniper rifle had its bullet velocity increased from 720m/s to 745m/s, which should help it compete against the popular Hawker HX sniper rifle. The Warden marksman rifle received buffs to improve the aim-down-sight speed and bullet velocity, as well as a notable 25% increase to its reload speed and a 30% decrease in recoil.

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Full Circle, the studio behind EA's new Skate game, has dismissed an unspecified number of employees. In a website post about the "next chapter" of the free-to-play early access title, the studio said that it is "transforming" as the game evolves.

"These shifts mean making changes to our team structure, and some roles will be impacted," Full Circle's post reads. "The teammates affected are talented colleagues and friends who helped build the foundation of Skate. Their creativity and dedication are deeply ingrained in what players experience today. This decision is not a reflection of their impact, and we’re committed to supporting them through this transition."

An important update from Full Circle: https://t.co/BO7FfXGvF2 pic.twitter.com/sqzMvQ5ljT

— skate. (@skate) February 25, 2026

The studio also thanked players for their "passion and trust." The layoffs come five days after Full Circle unveiled plans for Season 3 of Skate, which begins on March 10. Included in the season update is the Isle of Grom, but Full Circle attracted complaints by locking unlimited access to the map for premium pass subscribers.

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The popular prediction market site Kalshi has announced that it took action against an editor working for YouTube star Mr. Beast, accusing him of insider trading and ordering him to pay a huge financial penalty.

In a blog post, Kalshi reiterated that it bans insider trading, and has recently closed a case against Artem Kaptur, an editor for Mr. Beast who is accused of trading "about $4,000" on streaming markets related to YouTube. The punishment? A two-year suspension from Kalshi and a financial penalty equal to five times the size of the offending trade. The statement says Kaptur must pay $20,397.58, plus a penalty of $15,000.

Kalshi said its disciplinary committee "found reasonable cause to conclude Kaptur traded while employed by or legally affiliated with a Source Agency for Mr. Beast contracts, and that he traded on material, non-public information he obtained because of this employment."

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Since its debut in 1992, Konami's X-Men arcade game has only had a brief digital release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and mobile. Now, after 34 years, X-Men: The Arcade Game is getting its first-ever physical release for the upcoming Marvel Maximum Collection. And it's not the only classic Marvel game on the way, many of which have been unavailable for over three decades.

There will be a total of 13 Marvel games on this collection, which includes arcade games, home console, and handheld titles for the following selections:

• X-Men: The Arcade Game
• Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge
• Captain America and the Avengers
• Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage
• Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety
• Silver Surfer

Game composer Chris Huelsbeck is contributing new music for this collection, which also has a few other upgrades. X-Men: The Arcade Game will have rollback netcode and six-player co-op, and all of the games will allow players to rewind the action and save at any time. There will also be cheat menus, a museum section, and other extras to be announced.

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Pokemon turns 30 this year, and to celebrate this momentous anniversary, several big events are planned for Pokemon Day on Friday, February 27, 2026. The Pokemon Company and Nintendo are holding an official Pokemon Presents livestream that day to highlight upcoming Pokemon news, while other companies are holding their own events, including a day-long Pokemon Day 2026 eBay Live event featuring auctions, live-streamed segments, and more, starting at 8 am PT / 11 am ET on February 27.

Pokemon Day 2026 eBay Live: 30/30 Collection Auction

While there are numerous segments planned for the Pokemon Day eBay Live event, the biggest draw is eBay's 30/30 Collection Auction, which will give fans the chance to bid on a curated lineup of 30 pieces of classic and rare Pokemon merch, including several collectible cards from the Pokemon Trading Card Game, sealed copies of classic video games, and more. A few highlights include:

• Original Japanese holographic Charizard card from the 1996 Pokemon TCG base set
• Sealed, graded, collect-in-box copies of Pokemon Red and Blue Versions for Game Boy
• Rayquaza EX holographic card from the 2003 Pokemon TCG Dragon set
• A limited-edition Seiko SBPY162 Blastoise wristwatch (one of only 700 made)
• Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat 2023 Pokemon x Van Gogh SVP Black Star Promo Card #085

Those are just a few of the items in eBay's 30/30 Collection, so be sure to tune into the eBay Live event if you want to see them all. The auction segment starts at 3 pm PT / 6 pm ET. Each piece in the collection will be auctioned on eBay, with bidding starting at its original retail price. You can sign in with your eBay account ahead of the event to turn on notifications for when the 30/30 Collection auction--and all the Pokemon Day 2026 eBay Live streams--kicks off.

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A Minecraft Movie was a huge hit at the box office last year, but it's no longer the highest-grossing 2025 movie in the US. The film was just recently surpassed by Disney's Zootopia 2 for the crown.

A Minecraft Movie earned $424,087,780 from the domestic box office. Zootopia 2 has now surpassed that, reaching $424.2 million. Both movies did better in the US than Avatar: Fire and Ash, which made $399.5 million at the domestic box office.

Globally, Zootopia is far bigger than A Minecraft Movie. Zootopia 2 made $1.85 billion worldwide, compared to $961.2 million globally for A Minecraft Movie.

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If you have the Xbox mobile app and you have notifications enabled, your phone may be blowing up today. Many people, including editors here at GameSpot, have received numerous "test" notifications from the Xbox app today, February 25.

The message states, "Mobile Test Message" as the header, with text that reads, "This is a dummy message sent via braze, please capture a screenshot once you receive it. This should take you to the recently added gallery."

Braze is the name of an AI-powered customer-engagement platform, so it seems Microsoft is working with this outfit on its mobile notifications. Obviously, this kind of spamming was not supposed to happen, as evidenced by the repeated notifications and the text of the messages.

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Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for the next Mortal Kombat movie, and the focus is on the film's new character, Johnny Cage. The Lord of the Rings and The Boys star Karl Urban plays Cage, a movie star who gets called in to fight in a new Mortal Kombat tournament.

In this story, Cage appears to be a has-been, as we see him sitting at a signing booth at a fan convention with no one coming to see him. Things change quickly, though, and Cage is called upon to fight Shao Kahn and save the world, basically.

Simon McQuoid returns as director, following 2021's Mortal Kombat. That film earned $84.5 million worldwide, but hopes are no doubt higher for the sequel given the first was released during the pandemic.

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