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Logan Paul’s one-of-one PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator card — widely considered the “Holy Grail” of Pokémon collecting — has officially sold fora total of$16,492,000 at Goldin Auctions. The auction closed early Monday morning after 41 days of bidding, with the vast majority of bids coming in during an extended bidding period that took place after the auction ended. The final hammer price came to $13.3 million plus a 24% buyer’s premium, making the final price more than triple what Paul paid for it. Paul purchased the card for $5.275 million in July 2021, which at the time set a Guinness…

The best turn-based strategy games do more than just replicate chess in video game form, and the genre has evolved over the last decade far beyond 2D maps with pixel knights and wizards duking it out for the honor of their lord. They build layers of tactics around unique systems, factor relationships into your troop choices, make the battlefield your biggest enemy, and push you to think 10 steps ahead–and sometimes do all of these at once.We’ve listed 16 of the best turn-based strategy games below, from reboots of classics like Advance Wars and Tactics Ogres, to surprise spin-offs, story-driven…

Diablo 4’s segment in the big Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight was among the biggest, even if the reason most of us tuned in was somewhat spoiled earlier in the same livestream. Blizzard unveiled the Warlock, the second of two classes coming to the game with the upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion. The first class, being the Paladin, is already available to play for anyone who pre-ordered the expansion, but the Warlock won’t be accessible until the expansion arrives in late April. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings The Warlocks are positioned as the opposite of…

PC gamers were left scratching their heads when Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight revealed its surprisingly beefy spec requirements last month. The recommended rig to play the open-world action game would need a whopping 32GB of RAM. No longer. The action-adventure’s developers have now slashed that requirement in half as the great AI-fueled RAM shortage of 2026 intensifies. The Lego Batman specs were a shock when they were first spotted on January 17. They were immediately compared to the specs for the last Lego game, 2022’s Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, which had a recommendation of just 8GB…

If Valentine’s Day makes you cranky or just bores you as a concept, you aren’t alone. For every person who takes the day as a prompt for big romantic gestures or warm feelings, there’s someone who thinks of it either as a crass, commercial, empty holiday, or a conspiracy to make single people feel bad about their lives. But whether you’re actively annoyed about Valentine’s Day or just enjoy a good, dark down-with-romance movie any day of the year, Polygon has you covered. Here are some of our favorite anti-romance movies, and where to stream them. 1 Midsommar (2019) A24…

There are a lot of different jobs to choose from in The Sims 4, including a pretty robust group of careers included with the base game and plenty more that have been added via DLC over the decade-plus that The Sims 4 has been out. What jobs you have your sims sign up for is totally up to you, but there are a lot of factors that can affect your performance, like whether your sim’s skills are appropriate for the job you want. If you want your sims to be successful, some knowledge and effort are required–just like it is…

Nioh 3 has received a hot new update that brings plenty of bug fixes to very specific issues, but it also implements fixes for a few of the most common – and incredibly annoying – bugs. Patch 1.03.01 arrived earlier on all platforms, and it comes with a chunky set of notes. This latest update, predictably, doesn’t add any gameplay features, but some of the included fixes will absolutely delight – or vindicate – so many of the game’s millions of players. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings There’s plenty to go through in the…

High on Life 2 is here on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, and it’s even wackier, weirder, and bigger than the original game. While not every part of this new sci-fi comedy FPS works, there’s still a lot of fun to be had in the sequel, featuring new talking guns and larger worlds to explore. To help you out on your journey to save humanity (again), we’ve put together a list of 13 tips that you should know before hopping into High on Life 2.  Talk to people! High on Life 2 is at its best when it isn’t forcing you…

Link copied to clipboard Updated  Feb 13, 2026, 7:51 PM EST Four to start, nine more to unlock Image: Edmund McMillen/Tyler Glaiel There are 13 Mewgenics classes in this cat breeding turn-based roguelike, although you’ll only start the game with four. Knowing how each of the classes works, alongside what the best ones are and how to unlock them in the first place, is key to progressing through this incredibly deep and layered game from the creator of The Binding of Isaac. So whether you’ve just started the game and you want to know what’s coming up for you or you…

The newest expansion for The Sims 4, Royalty and Legacy, introduces some major new wrinkles to the way this digital world works. The main one is that your Sims can now become ruler of the city they live in and start a dynasty that can solidify the family’s power for generations.Since the Royalty and Legacy expansion is fueled by pretty much entirely new mechanics, it’s not actually that obvious how to get started on the road to power. But that’s what we’re here for.Table of Contents [hide]It’s all about the noblesIt’s all about the noblesA Sim who wants to rule…