As announced yesterday during the Middle-earth: The Adventure Ahead panel at San Diego Comic Con, the survival crafting game The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is getting a brand new expansion. This new expansion, titled Durin's Folk, is very light on details though. It's currently slated for release in Q4, 2025, and a Steam post explains that you'll "continue the fight to restore Moria with an expanded end-game story, exciting new game mechanics, plus many unrevealed secrets!"

A small teaser trailer was also released, showing off a big empty hallway with a massive door being opened by a group of dwarves. Various characters speak over the trailer too, with one notably saying "Khazad-dum is the home of Durin's Folk." For some context, Khazad-dum is another name for Moria, so it sounds like this end-game focused expansion might actually be living up to the base game's subtitles. Durin is also one of the seven fathers of the dwarves, the original group of dwarves that founded the dwarven race, for any non-Lord of the Rings loreheads out there.

Return to Moria didn't receive an outstanding reception when it launched back in 2023, averaging a critics' score of 59 on Metacritic, and a user score of 6.8. The game appears to be doing better on Steam these days, with a very positive rating across all of its reviews.

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EA's upcoming Skate reboot was announced just over five years ago, but the long wait apparently hasn't diminished interest in the game. Over 1 million players have signed up for the latest Skate playtest, and that's a milestone for EA.

According to EA, the eye-popping represents the biggest playtest sign-up in the history of the company. Although sign-ups are currently closed, EA indicated that everyone who registered for the current playtest will get their invitation by the end of July.

The original Skate was released in 2007, but the series had been on ice since Skate 3 in 2010. In 2020, EA announced that a Skate reboot was in development. The new title isn't following the same single-player path as the original trilogy. Instead, Skate will be a free-to-play game with live-service elements. Developer Full Circle recently revealed that Skate will require a constant internet connection because it was developed as a multiplayer sandbox title.

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Better Call Saul and Mr. Show actor Bob Odenkirk usually comes off as a mild-mannered person in real life, but in an interview, Odenkirk spoke about just how his character of Hutch Mansell from the Nobody movies would fight, maim, and kill Nintendo's mascot Mario.

"I'll kill Mario, I'll tear that mustache off his face, jam it down his throat, take his swimming goggles, rip them to pieces, and stab him with those. It's gonna be bloody," Odenkirk said to IGN during San Diego Comic-Con.

Other pop-culture icons that would face the wrath of Hutch include most of the Brady Bunch family and--rightfully--Alvin and the Chipmunks. "I will step on them and crush them under my foot," Odenkirk said about the cinematic vermin. You'll hear the bones and the gush inside their bodies. And you're going to cheer."

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MegaRacer QuantumRush sets a new standard for VR racing games, offering an immersive open-world kart racing experience. Set in the massive futuristic city Mega City, players can drive unique karts with charming animated characters through various modes. Race through the streets of Mega City, take on diverse challenges, and create your unique racing style. MegaRacer QuantumRush delivers a racing experience unlike anything you've seen before.

Monopoly: Pokemon Edition Board Game

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Monopoly: Pokemon Edition is on sale for only $18.74 at Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Normally $25, this edition of the classic board game launched last December and became an instant bestseller. Outside of brief one- or two-buck discounts, Pokemon Monopoly has maintained its original list price since launch.

If you're interested in this deal, it'd be wise to grab it soon. While it's likely this deal is scheduled to run through August 2--Amazon and Walmart are matching Target's deal--Pokemon Monopoly is regularly on Amazon's top charts for board games at full price, so this could sell out before the week ends.

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The biggest first-party Nintendo Switch 2 launch games are on sale for the first time at Woot as part of the retailer's Video Game Super Sale. The Amazon-owned discount shop that has become one of the best places to get Nintendo game deals over the past year. Mario Kart World, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom are discounted by eight bucks each. Though not massive discounts, these games are pretty unlikely to be featured in official Nintendo sales anytime soon.

Make sure to browse the much, much larger list of original Switch game deals below the trio of Switch 2 deals. Woot has dozens of first-party game deals, including multiple Zelda titles, a handful of Pokemon adventures, and a wide selection of Super Mario platformers and spin-offs.

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Amazon briefly discounted Donkey Kong Bananza to $63 on July 25. We've included a link to it below, because it's worth checking to see if it's back on sale.

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