Bethesda has broken its silence on the future of Starfield, insisting it’s still working on updates and will share details on the “exciting things” it has planned in the coming months.

Starfield players have for some time now expressed their dissatisfaction at the level of communication coming out of Bethesda on the future of the game, with its no-show at June’s Xbox Games Showcase considered the final straw for some.

The Starfield community had hoped Bethesda would announce something to do with the game at its show, but while The Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout 76 both got their moment in the spotlight, Starfield skipped proceedings entirely. No DLC, no expansion, no PlayStation 5 release… nothing.

Now, ahead of Gamescom in August, Bethesda has piped up with a statement on Steam that is as brief as it is vague, but at least addresses Starfield’s future and promises more content is in the works.

“Looking ahead, we’re continuing work on future updates and will share more about the exciting things we have planned for Starfield in the coming months,” Bethesda said in a post accompanying Starfield Update 1.15.222, which is in beta form on Steam. Patch notes are below.

Starfield players are hoping this means the promised second Starfield expansion is still coming, and that Starfield may follow the likes of Forza Horizon 5 and make the jump to PlayStation 5.

Starfield launched in September 2023 as Bethesda’s first brand new IP in 25 years, but it was not as well received as the studio’s previous games in the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls franchises, and the Shattered Space expansion, released a year later in September 2024, has a ‘mostly negative’ user review rating on Steam.

Starfield went on to reach 15 million players, but the question of whether Bethesda might walk away from the game to focus on its other franchises has been a running theme since release. In June 2024, Bethesda insisted it remained committed to supporting Starfield, and confirmed at least one other story expansion would release following Shattered Space. And in an interview with YouTube channel MrMattyPlays, Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard said the developer was aiming to release an annual story expansion for “hopefully a very long time.”

Bethesda was seriously affected by Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs, with cuts to its London office and ZeniMax Online Studios. Its unannounced MMORPG was canceled, and its veteran studio head stepped down.

Starfield Update 1.15.222 patch notes:

General

• Minor improvements to format and display in Creations menus.
• Addressed an issue that could cause that Extreme Temperature gear to appear incorrectly.
• Minor improvements to sorting in the Missions Menu.
• General crash and stability fixes.

This update is currently in Steam Beta. If you would like to opt in to the Starfield Beta update, please follow these instructions:

• Open your Steam Library and navigate to Starfield
• Right click on "Starfield" and select "Properties"
• In the new properties pop-up window, select "Betas"
• In the beta drop down to opt into, select "[beta]"
• Wait for app to download new build and launch

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy Universes Beyond expansion was really, really, really popular. It was the fastest-selling expansion in Magic: The Gathering history, per Hasbro. Its Secret Lair collaboration drops sold out in record time, and while stocks of the boosters, starter kits, and decks have improved, there was a period there where it was difficult to get your hands on anything Magic x Final Fantasy-related. The set's popularity even pushed a bunch of non-Final Fantasy cards to higher prices, just because of their excellent synergy with the set.

And on top of all that, it apparently earned $200 million in a single day - the same amount that Magic's Lord of the Rings set earned in six months.

This is according to Hasbro in its Q2 earnings call, which revealed the figure alongside a report that Magic: The Gathering revenue grew 23% year-over-year in large part thanks to the Final Fantasy release. Per CEO Chris Cox, it brought in more new players in stores over two weeks than any other set has in 12 weeks. And in the investor Q&A during the earnings call, Cox answered a question about how Final Fantasy's demand correlated to the company's expectations with the following quote (courtesy of Investing.com's transcript):

In terms of Final Fantasy and how it met expectations, I’ll give you a comparison between two of our biggest universe at the onsets. Lord of the Rings took six months to deliver $200,000,000 of revenue.

Final Fantasy took one day. And we left demand on the table. So we couldn’t produce enough. I think we increased production runs on it four times pre release. It was substantially, by many, many very high double digit percentages, ahead of any other production run we’ve ever done.

And we left the market wanting more. And our expectation is there’s going to be a nice long tail of backlist for the product. Likewise, we’re still selling Lord of the Rings product today. So, even though we hit $200,000,000 in December ’2 for Lord of the Rings, We sold a substantial percentage of that in the several years following. We expect Final Fantasy to be no different.

It’s partially what’s powering our backlist, which already in five and a half months in the year did more than we’ve ever done in any year prior. So, I think that’s a little bit on what our bullishness is on Final Fantasy. What drove success for it? I think it’s a couple of things. I think first and foremost, it’s finding the right IPs that are great adjacencies to what Magic fans might appeal to or what Magic might appeal to another fan base.

Lord of the Rings was fantastic because it’s kind of the granddaddy of fantasy. It invented the genre, major books, major movies, major animation and games. Final Fantasy, I think, is almost as strong as Lord of the Rings in terms of IP strength, if not stronger in some regions. I think it has stronger cross regional appeal, and it has probably more of a sweet spot in gaming than Lord of the Rings has, because it was kind of born from gaming. So, I think potentially the overlap of fan bases was stronger than you might have even seen for something like Lord of the Rings.

In a follow-up question, Cox also noted that he feels "pretty good" about future collaborations and first-party sets coming next year "in terms of being Final Fantasy like in terms of the types of players, the size of community, and the adjacencies we have."

That last remark bodes well for fans of the Final Fantasy set. We just saw a Sonic: The Hedgehog Secret Lair crossover debut, and already know about Spider-Man and Avatar: The Last Airbender themed sets in September and November, respectively, so with success like this, more crossovers are likely to make sense to the folks at Hasbro. In the meantime, at least this means Hasbro will keep the Final Fantasy cards stocked for a good while, for those who haven't been able to get their hands on them yet.

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One of the biggest incentives to shop directly through LEGO is their awesome Free Gift With Purchase deal. These are offered through a couple of different routes and vary depending on the gift, but are great little additions if you planned to get particular sets anyway. Sometimes you'd have to spend a qualifying amount to get the free gift, but here all you have to do is purchase the LEGO Botanicals Flower Arrangement (#10345) online. Do that, and the Field Flowers free gift is yours!

Gifts with purchase are only available to LEGO Insiders members, which is free to join.

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Alienware released a new flagship gaming laptop this year - the Area-51 - and it brings to the table a host of upgrades over the m-series laptops including a sleeker redesign, current generation components, and better cooling potential. As part of the Dell Back to School Sale, several Alienware Area-51 gaming laptops have dropped to the lowest prices I've seen this year. They're all equipped with the newest Intel Core Ultra 9 processors and Nvidia RTX 5000 series Blackwell graphics cards. Check out all of the deals below.

Alienware Area-51 Laptops on Sale for Back to School

The Area-51: Curvy Design, More Power, Better Cooling

New for 2025, the Alienware Area-51 gaming laptop features a magnesium alloy chassis with upgraded cooling to tackle the latest and greatest heat generating components. This includes more fans and bigger cutouts enabling greater airflow, more generous use of copper, and a new thermal interface material to better transfer heat away from the core components. Dell claims that the laptop can handle a higher power ceiling of up to 240W TDP without raising acoustics.

Design-wise, the Area 51 accentuates its smooth contours, with rounded edges and soft corners replacing the squared off design you'd see in most other laptops. The hinges are also mostly internally positioned so that they're near invisible. As befits an Alienware laptop, there are ample customization options for RGB LED lighting.

The Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX is a top performing CPU

The Area-51 laptop is also equipped with a very powerful CPU as well. The Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX boasts a max turbo frequency of 5.4GHz with a whopping 24 cores and 40MB total L2 cache. According to Passmark, this is the second most powerful Intel mobile CPU available right now and goes head to head with AMD's Ryzen 9 7945HX3D.

The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 mobile offer the best performance for your dollar

As expensive as these laptops are, you don't want to spend even more on trivial upgrades. The RTX 5070 Ti mobile GPU boasts performance on par with the RTX 4080 but with the added benefit of faster GDDR7 RAM and DLSS 4.0. The RTX 5080 mobile GPU represents a healthy improvement over the RTX 5070 Ti for a nominal price bump; it's about 15%-20% more powerful than the RTX 5070 Ti and the RTX 4080 that it replaces. It also happens to be about 5% more powerful than the RTX 4090 and has the same amount of memory (16GB). Unfortunately, the RTX 5090 only appears to be just 5% more powerful than the RTX 5080, and its only real benefit is the 24GB of memory, which isn't that useful for gaming (but is an attraction option for professionals who work with AI applications).

Check Out More Alienware Back to School Deals

Check out our Best Alienware Deals article with all of Dell's currently ongoing deals on gaming laptops and desktop PCs. Not everyone is the DIY type. If you're in the market for a prebuilt gaming PC, Dell is one of the best brands we'd recommend. Alienware desktops and laptops feature solid build quality, top-of-the-line gaming performance, excellent cooling (further improved on the newer models), aggressive styling, and pricing that is very competitive with other pre-built options. Best of all, there are plenty of sales that happen throughout the year, so it's not difficult to grab one of these computers at considerably less than their retail price.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

It’s encouraging news for DC Universe TV show Booster Gold, which is reportedly set for a pilot for HBO Max. However, it’s unclear whether this will result in a full series getting the green light.

Fresh off the release of DCU kickstarter Superman, we’re starting to get a better idea of what DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran have up their sleeves. We know Supergirl and Clayface movies are set to release next year, with Peacemaker Season 2 and a Lanterns TV show also in the works. There are plans for a supposedly fast-tracked Wonder Woman movie, a DCU Batman movie based on The Brave and the Bold — which is causing Gunn all sorts of problems — and reported TV spinoffs for Superman supporting characters Mister Terrific and Jimmy Olsen.

But what about Booster Gold? In 2023, when Gunn and Safran unveiled their roadmap for the rebooted DCU, they mentioned a Booster Gold TV show, but we haven’t seen anything of it since.

Now, though, we have news from Deadline that HBO Max has Our Flag Means Death creator David Jenkins writing a pilot. “If taken to series,” Deadline continued, “we understand the plan is for Jenkins to show-run.”

That’s a big “if.” Gunn has made it clear that DC Studios will not progress with the production of films or TV shows unless their scripts are finished and of a high enough quality. Will this Booster Gold pilot make the cut?

So, who is Booster Gold? When Gunn announced the DCU, he said the character “uses basic technology from the future to pretend to be a superhero in present day.” We have a Booster Gold explainer if you want to know about the character’s comic book origins.

In February, Gunn said Booster Gold “is going pretty strong."

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Amazon is finally offering a 2TB PS5-compatible SSD for under $100, which I haven't seen for months. Right now you can pick up an Orico 2TB PCIe Gen 4 M.2 Solid State Drive for only $96.19 after you apply the 26% off coupon on the product page. This is a PS5-compatible SSD with speeds well above Sony's minimum recommendation of 5,600MB/s and the proper form factor to drop right into the PS5's drive bay. You'll need to add your own heatsink, but you can easily get a PS5-compatible heatsink for well under $10. The Orico brand isn't as immediately recognizable as Samsung or WD, but this drive in particular has racked up enough positive feedback for me to feel comfortable recommending it.

Orico 2TB M.2 SSD (PS5-Compatible) for $96.19

While we have put together lists recommending the best DC board games and Marvel board games on the market, there are still plenty of great titles out there that don't fall under either of those banners and instead highlight the "superhero" motif itself. These are games that pit players against one another as heroes and villains, and those that let you work together to stop some dastardly villains. This list takes a look at some of those games that will appeal to fans of capes and spandex, regardless of publisher.

TL;DR - These are the best superhero board games

If you don't have time to peruse the blurbs, you can see all the items on this list in the catalog above. But if you want more info about any of these superhero board games, read on for the info.

Kapow!

Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition

Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game

Invincible: The Hero-Building Game

Astro Knights

Hellboy: The Board Game

The South Park Season 27 premiere is set to go ahead tonight, July 23, after creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker signed a big money deal with Paramount.

The hotly contested new contract for South Park will see the long-running Comedy Central show continue even as Paramount works to get its merger with Skydance over the line.

Earlier this month, Parker and Stone expressed their frustration about Paramount’s decision to delay the premiere of Season 27 for two weeks — using the show’s social media accounts to claim the Paramount and Skydance merger was “f—king up” their show. The pair even enlisted the services of a “bulldog negotiator” lawyer as the row over their contract escalated.

Now, the new deal is official, which means the new season will debut on Comedy Central at 10pm ET / PT tonight, July 23. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the agreement runs for five years and includes 50 new episodes of the show to debut on Comedy Central. It is reportedly valued at $300 million a year, or $1.5 billion over the length of their contract, which makes South Park one of the most valuable franchises in television.

Meanwhile, the South Park library will move to Paramount+ in the U.S. and globally. New episodes will also stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. the day after they air on Comedy Central.

Remember Secret Level, that Amazon Prime miniseries of short films inspired by popular video games? You know the episode that recast Pac-Man as a marooned warrior abducting strangers to help it fight its way out of a prison planet? Well, Bandai Namco fleshed that idea out into a lengthy metroidvania called Shadow Labyrinth – a rare Street Fighter: The Movie-type beat – and this bizarre reimagining of the industry’s oldest eater is a truly challenging experience. Not necessarily because it’s difficult, as it’s not a cake walk but I’ve thrown myself against the rocks of more tortuous games in the past. No, my biggest struggle with it was staying interested in Shadow Labyrinth’s cryptic, slow, and frankly boring story while also fighting through some gnarly difficulty spikes and brutal checkpointing.

I’m not completely against the idea of a gritty reboot of Pac-Man in theory, but the execution here did not make a great case for it in practice. The story, which drapes you in the rags of Puck’s (read: Pac-Man’s) sword swinging goon, sort of exists around you. That makes some sense given you’ve woken up without any memories or understanding of the wreckage of war you’re being lead through by your scheming yellow companion, but Shadow Labyrinth’s insistence on making you stand around and watch broken, vague, trope-bloated dialogue between the handful of active characters is arduous.

The 10-minute Secret Level episode did a much more effective job of weaving an interesting parable by using the “cycle of survival” story as a parallel of the cyclical nature of Pac-Man’s eat-die-repeat gameplay. As a direct sequel to that short, Shadow Labyrinth expands on the story exponentially, but fills that new space with rote sci-fi lore that has very few compelling plot happenings sprinkled throughout. Even on the occasions where the journey of Puck and the Swordsman took big swerves, those twists came and went without much time spent considering their magnitude or potential consequences. I was always dungeon diving just like I would have been a few minutes later.

Shadow Labyrinth looks pretty good, though. The sort of moving paper doll animation used so well in games like Salt and Sanctuary is mostly solid here, too. There’s a surprising level of detail in many of the monsters, especially the mechanical ones with all of their bits and doodads. Animations can feel a little stilted and floaty, like a marionette on strings, but it doesn’t affect the action in any meaningful way. The levels themselves make good use of color in their fore and backgrounds, though I wouldn’t call its renditions of the depths of a lava filled cavern or the many stories of a high tech tower all that unique. There are disappointingly few locations that aren’t an underground cavern or high-tech base using similar backgrounds with the colors remixed. My favorite zone is the most interesting both in how it looks and how you have to navigate it, a valley filled with sometimes deadly flowers that is a completely optional and can’t be accessed until late.

Unfortunately, the actual task of moving through these expansive areas takes far too long. Platforming never gets too out of hand, the bigger challenges are relegated to side paths occasionally leading to more dangerous mini-puzzles and obstacles that’ll test your timing and reflexes. I was regularly presented with rails that morph you into the round yellow chomp machine we all recognize. These tracks allow you to waka waka waka up designated walls, around corners, and across ceilings, munching on pellets (which is a currency to spend on perks and upgrades) as you go. Hopping from line to line or launching Puck at foes with a spinning sword attack is funny at first, but I can count on one hand the times I encountered sections of this that feels truly clever outside of the fact that the gimmick exists in the first place. They are such isolated experiences that if you removed all of these sections from Shadow Labyrinth, I wouldn’t miss any of them.

While on foot, obscure signposting and an abundance of crossroads often made it unclear where the critical path laid and I regularly stumbled into side paths by accident, which sometimes lead to goodies like bonus health and other times to roadblocks I didn’t have the upgrade to surmount. Sauntering around these corners was oppressively dangerous as death would jettison me back to a checkpoint that almost always felt miles away from where I fell. It was made more stressful because of the two-tiered checkpointing: the larger Miku Sol points that you can upgrade your warrior with and teleport between, and smaller pylons that are checkpoints in the strictest, old school sense of the word. As resources dwindled and the paths splintered and multiplied seemingly endlessly, a little misstep here or there could erase so much of my progress that I felt just as trapped in these places as Puck did. Maybe that's the point, they don’t like it and neither do I.

One thing I did really like were the MAZEs, little pocket dimensions that unlock about midway through the journey that pull you into chaotic versions of Pac-Man levels. You’re doing much more than zooming and eating in these, with various puzzly obstacles like moving walls that you essentially throw at enemy ghosts to make them edible. The flashy colors and arcade music provided a sort of Championship Edition DX energy that was a welcome reprieve from the mostly by-the-numbers dungeon delving I was undoubtedly doing before I approached their glowing headstones, and would return to as soon as they were over.

Combat is full of your standard fare for a game like this. You can dodge around and swing a sword in a basic combo from the start. You unlock a power attack that provides a large amount of ranged damage when used alone or can be linked to the end of your basic combo as a satisfying finisher. There’s an air dash, a grappling hook, a parry, and more all waiting to be found and added to your repertoire as well, each of which cost a little bit of your ESP gauge to use. Running that meter to empty puts you in a Street Fighter 6-style burnout condition, meaning you can’t do anything but attack until it recharges again. This is a heavy and meaningful penalty, one that asks you to really pay attention to how much offense you’re attempting to unload at once.

Meanwhile, perks can alter you in smaller ways, like making your dodge cost less ESP or showing the remaining health of the last enemy you hit. The most effective ones for me were those that make your special abilities stronger or allow Puck to passively gather bits for you. But while those are useful, none of these perks changed combat in significant ways or made the fact that I was just mashing attacks until everything died feel less repetitive.

Puck can get in on the action on occasion, combining with your swordsman to become a sort of mechanical dragon creature that rips and tears until its timed energy bar is done. It was fun to be big enough to ignore enemy damage and adverse terrain for a short period of time, but you are still largely just mashing the basic attack button until you can’t anymore. To recharge this mode, you have to devour fallen foes, which also give you various materials that can be spent at specific vendors for perks. I spent almost no time trying to hunt down specific enemies to farm pieces, and my available perks list was understandably slim because of it. That said, there was nothing sitting on a vendor’s shelf that made me think my odds of beating a nagging boss or a tough jumping puzzle would be greater if I did.

There’s quite a variety of different types of enemies to use all of this offense on, but you spend so much time in large zones that baddies turn from new challenges to nuisances pretty quickly. Enemies that you can’t simply whack to death at first sight are few and far between, and they’re rarely arranged in a way that makes them a real threat to your progress, the occasional archer standing on a platform you need to jump up to hit notwithstanding. Bosses on the whole don’t require much strategy outside of basic pattern recognition, either. A giant rooster mini-boss early on gave me an opportunity to use my air dash optimally just after unlocking it, but it wasn't until much later in the roughly 30-hour campaign that any big enemies forced an extra technical layer out of my combat strategy. And when the challenge did finally ramp up, it was completely over-tuned. The damage output exploded and the time between attacks shrank, turning some late game fights into frustrating walks of shame from the closest checkpoint to the boss.

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise has a rich history in the comic book realm, with multiple publishers adding to the mythology of the classic TV series. Now Dynamite Entertainment has become the newest home for Buffy comics, with the publisher announcing a pair of interconnected titles - Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Both books will be written by Absolute Wonder Woman and Birds of Prey writer Kelly Thompson and feature cover art by David Nakayama. No interior artists have been revealed yet.

The Studio star Ike Barinholtz is reportedly set to play Elon Musk in Amazon’s Artificial, a movie about ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

The Hollywood Reporter said Barinholtz is in talks to play the X / Twitter and Tesla owner in Artificial, which also stars Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield as OpenAI boss Sam Altman, and Anora actor Yura Borisov as OpenAI co-founder Iya Stuskever.

“Here be monsters,” says the legend on so many antique maps, firing the imagination with thoughts of kraken, chimeras, or worse. But what if it were true? What if Lewis and Clarke, setting out on their expedition across the American interior, encountered buffalo-headed minotaurs and man-eating plants.

That’s the premise of the Corps of Discovery comic and now of this board game adaptation. The game comes from the same designers as the superb Mind MGMT, although, save for the comic book connection, this is a very different kind of game.

What’s in the Box

There are two folders of paper maps that slide into the sandwich, one for each of the two scenarios included in the game. There’s also a second board which is used for tracking the current game state, with spaces for three challenge cards, backpack items and water: this doubles as a handy reminder of the flow of each game day. There are tokens for the various resources that go in your backpack and for your water supply. There are also several card decks, not only the challenge cards that’ll outline the obstacles you must overcome each day, but also characters to play, items for them to use and so on.

As a scenario-based game, there are also additional cards and tokens applicable to particular scenarios. One thing to note is that, as a game based on a comic book series, all the components are furnished with excellent art from the original comics. While it might not be to everyone’s tastes, it does a fantastic job of bringing the game’s dangerous world to life, especially if you’re familiar with the source material.

Google has announced the official launch date of its Google Pixel 10 lineup, and it's just around the corner.

According to media invites shared by Google, the Google Pixel 10 will launch on August 20. Google is expected to share more information about the phone alongside a collection of other Pixel devices, including new earbuds and watches, at its Made by Google event on the same day.

Google is officially showing the Pixel 10 already. Assuming this isn't a 10 Pro, looks like 3 cameras on the base phone is the main thing that's new. Otherwise... same design 🤓 pic.twitter.com/i3gF7Mshts

— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) July 22, 2025

Unsurprisingly, the Google Pixel 10's launch comes almost exactly one year after the Pixel 9. And based on the brief showcase video on the device's Google Store page, it appears to share an identical design to the previous iteration, sporting the same rounded display and pill-based camera bump that defined that generation of the popular smartphone lineup.

Despite the similar look, leaks suggest the phone will come with the new Tensor G5 chip, a moderately larger battery, and a third camera. We're certainly eager to learn more about the differences between the standard and Pro models of the phone, too, as Google is known for pushing some of its most attractive features to its premium device.

Fans will also get a look at the Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Pixel Watch 4, both of which are set to be iterative devices rather than substantial updates—at least in terms of design. If you need new earbuds, you can expect a formal announcement of fresh Pixel Buds, too.

Google hasn't confirmed anything regarding pricing for the Pixel 10 family yet, so it's yet to be seen if ongoing tariffs will have a larger impact than usual on those looking to upgrade to the company's newest flagship series.

If you want to watch the announcements from the Made by Google event, you'll be able to livestream it on YouTube. The keynote, which will take place in New York, starts August 20 at 1 PM ET.

For all you budget TV shoppers, Walmart has just released an excellent deal on a sizeable TV. Right now you can pick up a 58" Hisense R6-series 4K Roku Smart TV for just $214 with free delivery. That's pretty much Black Friday tier pricing. If you're looking for a a high-end TV with fancy features like 120Hz or HDMI 2.1, then you've come to the wrong place. If you're looking for an inexpensive TV that offers the best bang for your buck, then this deal can't be beat.

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Half the fun of San Diego Comic-Con is shopping for exclusive toys and collectibles, and Nickelodeon is bringing an impressive crop of exclusives to this year's show. Whether you prefer Avatar: The Last Airbender, SpongeBob SquarePants, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, there's something for you at the Nickelodeon booth this year.

Check out the slideshow gallery below to see images of the various plushies, figurines, vinyl records, and other Nickelodeon collectibles, and then read on for more information and how to acquire them for your collection.

All images courtesy of Paramount Consumer Products

Where to Buy Nickelodeon's SDCC Exclusives

All of these items can be purchased at the Nickelodeon booth at Comic-Con (#4113). Note that not all of these items are exclusive to SDCC. One is making its debut at the show, and several items will be more widely available for purchase later.

EXCLUSIVES

Avatar: The Last Airbender Golden Aang (SDCC 2025) - 4-Inch Mini Figure in Kawaii Style with Golden Deco (1 of 500)

Celebrate a new dawn with Golden Aang! Based on the hit show Avatar: The Last Airbender, this 4-inch mini figure is sculpted in a unique kawaii style and depicts the popular Airbender Aang. It includes unique gold and black deco and commemorates the launch of Jazwares’ new line of Avatar figures and collectibles. This special edition figure is limited to 500 units worldwide and exclusive to SDCC 2025. Officially licensed Avatar product from Jazwares.

SRP: $20.00

Avatar: The Last Airbender 20th Anniversary Painterly Pins

It's the best celebration ever! Celebrate 20 years of Avatar: The Last Airbender with our SDCC exclusive, limited-edition pins by Zen Monkey Studios. Collect pins of Aang, Katarra, Sokka and Uncle Iroh spattered with vibrant paint to capture the festive spirit of this milestone anniversary! Available only at San Diego Comic-Con, each pin is a colorful explosion of artistry, with only 250 pieces per design, making them the perfect keepsake for any fan.

SRP: $20.00

Bear Walk Avatar: The Last Airbender Carved Skate Deck

SDCC Exclusive Appa Surfer

The Appa Surfer is a handcrafted skate deck made in the US, exclusively for SDCC. It features custom artwork and premium materials. The design shows Appa flying over the Air Nomads, and a small graphic of Momo on the back. Each board comes with custom packaging and a signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

30"x9.1"

A-Grade Maple

SRP: $325.00

Avatar: The Last Airbender Wanted Posters

The Avatar: The Last Airbender Wanted Posters. Collect all three Wanted posters featuring Aang, Iroh and Zuko, and Blue Spirit. Each poster is printed on Japanese Masa paper with hand ripped edges for authenticity. Posters will be numbered 1 of 100, 2 of 100, etc. and each poster will come with a detail card that provides the poster's translation.

SRP: $25.00

Avatar: The Last Airbender Uncle Iroh’s Tea for Two

The Avatar: The Last Airbender Uncle Iroh’s Tea for Two set includes a teapot with two cups from Uncle Iroh’s shop. The teapot and mugs feature the logo of The Jasmine Dragon, Uncle Iroh’s tea shop. The teapot comes with a bamboo handle and holds 26 ounces of your favorite tea. The matching traditionally sized teacups hold 5 ounces, making it the perfect size for savoring delicious jasmine tea.

SRP: $40.00

Eddie Valentin Smurfette Bag Charm

Smurfette believes that happiness is contagious. Add this blinged out charm to your bag or keys as a constant reminder.

SRP: $15.00

Eddie Valentin SpongeBob SquarePants Bag Charm

Adorn your bag with this blinged out bag charm that features America’s favorite Bikini Bottom resident, SpongeBob SquarePants.

SRP: $20.00

Diamond Art Club Sparkle Pal – SpongeBob (Rainbow)

Diamond Art Club Sparkle Pal - SpongeBob (Rainbow). Bring a little imagination to life with this shimmering SpongeBob™ Sparkle Pal™! Celebrate endless creativity with this dazzling reminder that anything is possible when you dream big. Made by Diamond Art Club®, the leader in premium diamond painting kits, this bite-sized project lets you create a sparkling character standee one gem at a time. Diamond painting is a relaxing craft that combines the satisfaction of paint-by-numbers with the brilliance of faceted resin diamonds. Perfect for gifting, family bonding, or just adding a little sparkle to your space, Sparkle Pals™ feature your favorite characters in miniature form!

SRP: $15.00

Nickelodeon San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Custom T-shirt

Fans can purchase a t-shirt and tote bag from a customized market stall and personalize it on the spot with characters and art from their choice of 9 fan-favorite Nick shows and Paramount Pictures Movies: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, Danny Phantom, Smurfs and The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender.

Choose your nation! A special Avatar: The Last Airbender feature allows fans to pick from the four nations – Water, Earth, Fire and Air – to customize. Hard to pick? Non-benders can stick with an overall ATLA item.

SRP: $25.00

Nickelodeon San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Custom Tote Bags

Fans can purchase a t-shirt and tote bag from a customized market stall and personalize it on the spot with characters and art from their choice of 9 fan-favorite Nick shows and Paramount Pictures Movies: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, Danny Phantom, Smurfs and The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender. Choose your nation! A special Avatar: The Last Airbender feature allows fans to pick from the four nations – Water, Earth, Fire and Air – to customize. Hard to pick? Non-benders can stick with an overall ATLA item.

SRP: $15.00

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Play-Doh Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cowabunga Creations

The world's favorite mighty mutant Turtles band together for imaginative adventures with the Play-Doh Cowabunga Creations set! This Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figure collection features a creative twist with squishy modeling compound and tools. There are lots of ways to create and play with the Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Leonardo Ninja Turtle toys. Each 4-inch figure has bendy, flexible arms and legs and a hidden mold in their turtle shell for unique ways to play. They also come with their own tools that they can hold in their hands to imagine even more training battles.

SRP: $44.00

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Magic: The Gathering x Avatar: The Last Airbender Planeswalker Elemental Symbol Tote Bag

The world of Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Magic: The Gathering! Featuring the Planeswalker symbol surrounded by the four elements, this tote bag is perfect for epic adventures or transporting your favorite decks.

Check out BoxLunch's exclusive Magic: The Gathering x Avatar: The Last Airbender collection coming this fall!

SRP: $15.00

Republic Records Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 2: Earth Music From the Animated Series

Featuring music by Emmy Award-winning composer and musician Jeremy Zuckerman, Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book 2: Earth expands his original compositions and employs a full orchestra for this long-awaited release of the score from the second season of the iconic animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The music sweeps listeners into the adventures of main protagonist Aang and his friends, who must defeat Fire Lord Ozai and end the Hundred Year War to restore balance to the Four Nations. The original vinyl artwork was created by Bryan Konietzko, co-creator and art director of the award-winning series and co-Chief Creative Officer of Avatar Studios.

SRP: $38.00

YouTooz Avatar: The Last Airbender Ronin Momo 9” Plush

As you stand there, you hear the wind whistle by and all of a sudden, a fallen leaf is split in two and Ronin Momo floats down ready to fight! This brand new plush brings Ronin Momo to real life as a plush, perfect for protecting you! Sitting at 9 inches tall with his feet kicked forward and wearing his iconic blue robes and sandals, he holds aloft a katana in each hand as his face has furrowed brows and a top bun of hair sits atop his head. This plush is packed to the seams with 100% PP cotton and is made of the softest minky material with faux fur material accents, perfect for cuddling or fighting for what's right with!

SRP: $30.00

YouTooz Avatar: The Last Airbender Baby Appa 9” Plush

Finally, an apple that is Appa-sized! Everyone's favorite Sky Bison is back for a brand new Youtooz plush with freshest fruit around! This 9-inch plush shows Appa seated as 4 of his arms (or legs) hold a delicious bright red apple close to his chest. The apple and two of his arms include magnets so the apple can be removed for you to take a bite!

SRP: $30.00

Lethal Cosmetics Avatar: The Last Airbender Eye Shadow Palettes

Yip Yip! Ground your look with eye shadow palettes inspired by the Water, Earth, Fire and Air Kingdoms. The palettes help you to experience an earth-shattering mix of matte, metallic and multichrome shadows, soar to new heights, release your inner waterbender, and ignite your look. Each 9 shadow palette sold separately.

SRP: $33.00

Lethal Cosmetics Avatar: The Last Airbender Makeup Bag

An irresistibly cute makeup bag that looks like Appa, has Momo hanging from the zipper, and the interior lining features Appa and Momo!

SRP: $30.00

Lethal Cosmetics Avatar: The Last Airbender My Cabbages! Makeup Sponge

The only makeup sponge that looks like a cabbage. Stackable, but use caution when Aang is around.

SRP: $7.00

KidRobot SpongeBob SquarePants – PVC/Vinyl 5” Scale Figures – SpongeBob and DoodleBob 2 Pack

SpongeBob and DoodleBob vinyl figures are the perfect good and evil pair.

SRP: $40.00

KidRobot SpongeBob SquarePants – PVC/Vinyl 5” Scale Figures – Barnacle Boy and Mermaid Man 2 Pack

Barnacle Boy and Mermaid Man are the retired superheroes we all need.

SRP: $40.00

Eddie Valentin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hoodie

Show off your love for the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with this stylish black hoodie, featuring rhinestone faces of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Mikey. Complete with sparkling rhinestone hoodie cords, it’s the perfect blend of nostalgia and bold fashion.

SRP: $75.00

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Edge of Eternities kicks off this week (in prerelease at least), and while it’s yet another Magic: The Gathering set, it’s also shaking things up in the most popular format: Commander.

With the new set, Legendary vehicles (and the Spacecraft within Edge of Eternities) will be able to be used as your Commander, meaning there are almost two dozen Legendary Vehicles you can opt to lead your deck.

Here are the ones you should consider, along with some key points to keep in mind.

The Seriema

Hulu has been around for a while and, for our money, it's one of the absolute best streaming services available. From great movies like Anora and Predator: Killer of Killers to excellent television series like Shogun, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Bear (check out our glowing review of season four here), there is always something awesome to watch. We've also got the highly-anticipated Alien: Earth series on our radar this year, which premieres its first two episodes on August 12.

Below, we've detailed all of the best Hulu deals and bundles so you can get started on your streaming adventures with its library right away. This includes the Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max streaming bundle, which starts at just $16.99/month and is currently the best value available for the streaming services. To see even more streaming deals, make sure to check out our roundups of the best Disney Plus deals and the best HBO Max deals.

How to Get The Disney Plus, Hulu, and HBO Max Streaming Bundle

The Disney Plus, Hulu, and HBO Max streaming bundle can be purchased on any of the three streaming services and starts at $16.99/month for the ad-supported tier or $29.99/month for ad-free access across all three platforms. If you're looking to cut down on streaming costs and currently own all three of these, this is an excellent bundle to invest in. It'll save you quite a bit compared to what you'd pay for the three of them separately per month - 43% on the ad-supported plan and 42% on the ad-free plan.

Hulu deal for students — Get Hulu (With Ads) for just $1.99/month

If you're a student enrolled in a university (a US Title IV accredited college or university, per Hulu's website), you can sign up for Hulu (With Ads) for $1.99 a month. That's an excellent deal that saves you $8 on the usual monthly price.

Hulu subscription tiers

Hulu: Bundle to Best

If you want a more affordable option when it comes to a Hulu subscription, you can't go wrong with a bundle, and Hulu has several to choose from:

• Hulu + Live TV (With Ads) — Hulu + Live TV (With Ads) is $82.99/month and includes Disney+ and ESPN+. It also gives you access to more than 75 channels with live TV and unlimited DVR functionality. The Hulu + Live TV plan also has a three-day free trial to test out the service.
• Hulu + Live TV (Ad-Free) — The ad-free version of Hulu+Live TV is $95.99/month and comes with ad-free versions of Hulu and Disney Plus, although ESPN still shows ads.
• Disney+, Hulu Bundle Basic — This is the most economic bundle. It will set you back $10.99/month and comes with subscriptions to Disney+ and Hulu. It lets you stream on multiple devices at once and comes with ad-supported versions of both Disney+ and Hulu.
• Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ Bundle Basic — This bundle adds ESPN+ (with ads) into the mix alongside ad-supported versions of Disney+ and Hulu, bumping up the price to $16.99/month. You can also download and watch select content on ESPN+ at this level.
• Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ Bundle Premium — This bundle is $26.99/month and comes with ESPN+ (with ads) and ad-free versions of Disney+ and Hulu. You can also download select content across all three streaming services.

What can you watch on Hulu?

There is a bonkers amount of shows and movies you can watch on Hulu. Let's start at the top and simply talk about the verticals on offer with the base subscription, because if we also talk about what is available via Disney+, ESPN+, or live TV, we'll be here forever. (You can also sync up Hulu with HBO Max to gain access to things like The Last of Us and House of the Dragon.)

Here's what you get:

• Network and Hulu Original television shows (AMC, Adult Swim, ABC, A&E, FX, etc.)
• Movies (HBO, Hulu Originals, anime films, etc.)
• Sports (NHL, Soccer, MLB, Auto Racing, NFL, College Football, PGA, Tennis, etc.)
• News (ABC News Live, Good Morning America, World News Tonight, 20/20, The View, etc.)

Hulu television

Hulu has some amazing shows, both those that are finished and many which are ongoing. For comedy, there are plenty of options to choose from, including New Girl, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, What We Do In The Shadows, Modern Family, Cougar Town, Broad City, Abbott Elementary, and so much more.

There are also some big Hulu originals to watch, including The Bear, The Old Man, The Handmaid's Tale, and Only Murders In The Building. With an FX partnership, Hulu is also home to those shows, including Shogun and the upcoming Alien: Earth series.

As far as animated fare, there are modern adult classics like Rick and Morty and Bob's Burgers, as well as Futurama, Family Guy, and King of the Hill. Anime staples like Cowboy Bebop are also available. And if you want to bring more youth-friendly fun, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Adventure Time, and Curious George are just a small sample of what Hulu has available.

The future of Hulu

Hulu isn't going anywhere. Beyond it being awarded the best streaming service by us, it also received a 9/10 in our updated Hulu review. Writer Rosie Knight said, "Hulu's ease of use, solid UI, and ever- expanding catalog has moved it ahead of top competitor Netflix to secure our highest score for a streaming service."

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelance writer who works with the Guides and Commerce teams here at IGN.

Original story from Brian Barnett.