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2026 marks milestone anniversaries for some of the most popular Final Fantasy titles. Final Fantasy IV celebrates 35 years, while PlayStation 2 classic Final Fantasy X is now 25 years old.
To mark the occasion, Square Enix has just released a new set of merch featuring exclusive anniversary art at Amazon. You can shop the full sale for a closer look, but I've also picked out my favorites from the new line of phone cases, tumblers, water bottles, and shirts just below.
Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary MerchFinal Fantasy X's new collection is made up of an eclectic selection of accessories and clothing options, with both classic and bespoke art created exclusively for its 25th anniversary. The rendered art with Tidus and Yuna alone is available as T-shirts, long sleeves, and crew neck sweaters.
They're also all available in all sizes, from small to XXL, and come in a variety of colors like black, white, red, blue, and grey. The new anniversary art from Tetsuya Nomura is available on these clothing options, as well as on a stainless steel coffee tumbler, water bottle, and phone case.
Final Fantasy IV 35th Anniversary MerchFinal Fantasy IX (released on the SNES as Final Fantasy II in the States) is celebrating 35 years, and is one of my personal favorite entries. Like the Final Fantasy X merch, each art is available on every clothing style option, but these also come as pullover and zip hoodies.
Tetsuya Nomura's exclusive anniversary art features Cecil in his Paladin form, as well as the summoner Rydia holding a Bomb enemy. The tumbler, water bottle, and phone case features pixel art of the entire ragtag group of party members you can recruit throughout the game.
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Riftbound landed late in 2025, and the general vibe around Riot’s League of Legends card game has been that it’s fun to play - it’s just not always easy to get hold of.
Still, with stock getting easier to come by, and with more sets on shelves, that could be a problem of the past. Is Riot's crack at a physical TCG game ready to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Pokémon?
Here’s everything coming to Riftbound this year, updated thanks to Riot's latest roadmap.
February 13, 2026 - SpiritforgedSpiritforged was the first post-launch set for Riftbound, and gave us a good idea of what to expect going forward.
New this time around are mechanics like Equipment which can be attached to Units, Gold that can be spent, and new keywords like Quick-Draw, Repeat, and Weaponmaster.
As for new Legends, you’ll be able to grab cardboard versions of Azir, Draven, Ezreal, Fiora, Jax, Rumble, Rek’Sai, Ornn, Sivir, Lucian, Rneata Glasc, and Irelia. Fiora and Rumble get their own Champion Decks, too.
May 8, 2026 - Unleashed
Unleashed is (at the time of writing), the game's current set for a little while longer, but it's also focused on one of the MOBA game's most important roles: The Jungler.
New mechanics include XP, levels, Ambush, and Hunt, while there are new Champion Cards for Jhin, Rengar, Pyke, Vi, Lillia, Vex, and more.
The set also introduced a new rarity: Ultimate. The only card in Ultimate rarity is Baron Nashor right now, and appears in less than 1% of booster packs. Good luck!
31 July, 2026 - VendettaVendetta is a slightly smaller set for Riftbound, including 166 cards that include Legends like Zed, Shen, Ambessa, Renekton, Nasus, and Akali.
Riot has also suggested that Vendetta will see it merge the Chinese and North American release schedules into one.
Pre-Rift will be 24 - 26 July.
23 October, 2026 - RadianceWhile we have the set name for Radiance, we have no further information. What Legends will it include? What mechanics? ANYTHING!?
Until Riot is ready to talk, it remains a mystery, but as always we’ll have this page updated as we hear more. Pre-Rift is pencilled in for 16 to 18 October.
What about Origins?Origins is Riftbound's launch set, and maybe I've been lucky but I've seen it become more readily available in the last few months.
The launch set’s tutorial set, dubbed Proving Grounds, can be found a little closer to the MSRP now, and preconstructed Champion Decks are getting easier to find (the Origins decks are for Lee Sin, Victor, and Jinx).
As we said at launch: “Sadly, as the first set of Riot’s first card game hits shelves, it’s being snapped up by scalpers and put on the secondary market.
“It’s a standard practice in TCGs, but Riot is reportedly printing more. If you can hold out, there will be more product.”
Thankfully, things appear to be getting better - so there's hope that we'll all be on the Rift playing together soon.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay.
It’s hard to believe we’re approaching our fifth Magic: The Gathering set of the year, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feeling like it was years ago - despite launching in March.
One of the coolest parts of the set was Turtle Team Up, a unique co-op boxed product for 2 to 4 players, and now it’s seeing a steep discount on Amazon. In fact, it’s hit the lowest price since launch and is now just under $30.
Magic’s Co-Op TMNT Adventure Just Got a Huge Price CutThe list price of the box was $49.99 at launch, but you can save 40% right now at the retailer, bringing it down to $29.99.
You’ll need to play with friends, but rather than a traditional competitive match or adversarial multiplayer format like Commander, you’ll all be on the same team to tackle a series of bosses including Shredder.
In the box, you’ll find four decks for up to four players, as well as an enemy deck that includes 11 bosses to fight.
There are also four Play Boosters, making this a decent value proposition. In fact, those four booster packs get you to around $28 of value, and that’s not including the entire co-op game. In many ways, you’re getting everything else in the box for a couple of bucks.
It’s also a great way to introduce friends and family to Magic: The Gathering, since the co-op nature makes it a gentle way to ease them in. Honestly, if this deal was available at Amazon UK, I’d be diving in like a turtle smelling pizza through a sewer grate.
Even if you just want the packs, this is a solid deal.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay.
Disney Lorcana has the unique advantage of being able to pull from the entire Disney universe for its collectible card game, and Ravensburger has been doing just that.
2026 began with a flurry with Winterspell, and Wilds Unknown followed in May. Now we're in Attack of the Vine territory, but there's more to come this year (and beyond).
Here's everything coming to the game in 2026.
Lorcana Release Schedule 2026 - At a GlanceWinterspell - February 20 (Available Now)Wilds Unknown - May 15 (Available Now)Attack of the Vine! - July 17 (Available Now)Hyperia City - October 16While Ravensburger has confirmed some new products coming this year, the second half of 2026 still remains something of a mystery. Here’s all we know coming to Disney Lorcana in the coming months, and we’ll update this as we hear more.
Winterspell - February 20
Winterspell, as we mentioned, had the unenviable task of offering cards related to Christmas almost two months late (or ten months early, if you’re an optimist). The set launched on February 20, with a prerelease on February 13, and will introduce snowy variants of characters.
Alongside the sweet snowy designs on the covers, if you're curious what comes with each of these items, here's the breakdown: the booster pack sets you up with 12 cards, including six Common cards, three Uncommon cards, two cards of either Rare, Super Rare, or Legendary rarity, and one random foil card.
If you're hoping to have a bit more than just the booster pack on hand, the booster pack display comes with 24 packs. And for a little bit of everything, the Illumineer's Trove comes with a card storage box, six card dividers, eight booster packs, six damage-counter dice, and a lore counter.
Expect Mickey Mouse, Snowboard Ace, to bump shoulders with Jiminy Cricket, Willie the Giant, and Lonely Resting Place pulling double duty as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Get ready for more card reveals in the coming weeks ahead of launch. TCGPlayer also has listings for individual cards, booster packs and boxes, and the new Illumineer’s Trove.
IGN was also able to exclusively reveal two new Frozen-themed cards from the upcoming expansion that have exciting implications for both the lore and gameplay of the TCG, and they are Anna - Soothing Sister and the Do You Want to Build a Snowman? song card.
Scrooge McDuck Gift Box + Collection Starter Sets - March 13While not tied to a fresh set, there are two new releases on March 13 which Collectors will want to be aware of. The first is the Scrooge McDuck Gift Box. It’s not up for preorder right now, but will include an exclusive Scrooge McDuck, S.H.U.S.H. Agent in Glimmer Foil, and five random booster packs.
The curious thing to note is that those packs are from prior sets, so you could get five from Winterspell, or you could end up with some classics. Up next, the Collection Starter Set has a portfolio adorned with Stitch, Rock Star, a Glimmer Foil variant of Stitch, Carefree Snowboarder, and four booster packs.
Wilds Unknown - May 15
With all due respect to Winterspell, this is the set that’s drawn a lot of excitement on Disney Lorcana’s 2026 release schedule. It leans into cowboy fantasies, and who better to lead that charge than Woody himself, alongside Buzz Lightyear? Wild Unknown marked a significant change for Lorcana releases, as the TCG leans more into Disney's Pixar characters, starting with The Incredibles and Toy Story.
It also added new Prelease Kits to the Lorcana product pool, each including a promo card, dice, six booster packs from the latest set, and a deck box. Honestly, Ravensburger, you had me at Toy Story, but I’m excited to see the game grow.
I’ve also long lauded Gateway as a great starter product for new Lorcana players, but in May we got a new 2-Player Starter Set with preconstructed decks, lore trackers, tokens, and some playmats, also as part of Wilds Unknown.
Attack of the Vine - July 24
Attack of the Vine! brings characters from Turning Red, Up, and Monsters Inc. to Lorcana, and has a huge 207 cards in it.
Hitting prerelease on July 17, the set includes the new Prerelease Box, an Illumineer's Trove, and the usual acoutrement of booster packs and playmats, and it wraps up a long-running storyline featuring The Vine.
Hyperia City - October 23Here we go, it's Coco time! Lorcana's fourteenth set is set to debut in October, but we haven't seen a ton of cards outside of Miguel Rivera, Hector Rivera, and the song Un Poco Loco.
It's centered around a town "where metro meets fantasy", and the box art includes Cinderella and Goofy, so expect them to pop up.
Don’t be surprised to see the House of Mouse and Ravensburger pull out some even more deep cuts in 2026, and beyond.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay.
Games Workshop has confirmed that Ork Warboss Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub is not only getting a new miniature for the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game, but that he’s also in Creative Assembly’s upcoming strategy game, Total War: Warhammer 40,000.
Nazdreg is boss of the Bad Moon clan, sitting comfortably behind the all-conquering Ghazghkull Thraka, the mighty prophet of the Waaagh!, in the pantheon of Ork characters. In a post on Warhammer Community, GW revealed Nazdreg’s impressive mini, which includes his Kustom Blasta X and Bad Moon banner, as well as a screenshot of how he looks in Total War: Warhammer 40,000.
It’s a long time coming, as fan-favorite Nazdreg hasn’t had a model release this century, despite being a prominent figure in the lore. And that’s where his appearance in Total War: Warhammer 40,000 comes in.
Nazdreg has history on Armageddon, the war-torn world at the heart of the 11th edition narrative. And there’s a lot of Armageddon bleeding into Total War: Warhammer 40,000, not just in terms of characters, but the planet itself.
GW said Nazdreg will be one of the “key characters” you can battle with, and against, in Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Nazdreg will feature “heavily in some of the early in-game narrative, in events that tie in to the ongoing pivotal battles around Armageddon.”
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 named characters confirmed so farNazdreg isn’t the only named character confirmed for Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Marneus Calgar, boss of the Ultramarines chapter of Space Marines, is in the game, as is Commissar Sebastian Yarrick of the Astra Militarum (once known as the Imperial Guard). The aforementioned Ghazghkull has also joined the fray. Yarrick and Ghazghkull in particular have plenty of history — a mutual respect, perhaps, fueled by endless war — so it will be fun to see these two legendary characters lock horns in Total War.
We know that more named characters are set to be announced for Total War: Warhammer 40,000. We expect more Space Marine and Astra Militarum characters, for example, since we only have one each confirmed so far. Ursula Creed, Lord Castellan of Cadia, seems like an obvious Astra Militarum choice to me. We know the Aeldari are a launch faction, so surely Creative Assembly has two space elves ready to go. Eldrad Ulthran, one of the most potent Aeldari psykers to have ever lived, would be a good shout here, as would Asurmen, the legendary Phoenix Lord of the Dire Avengers Aspect Warriors. But CA has plenty to choose from; Warhammer 40,000 lore is vast and packed with eyecatching characters.
Could Total War: Warhammer 40,000 add a primarch to its ranks? To me, having a character so clearly ahead of the others in power status could feel like a bit of a stretch. But that’s not stopping Dawn of War 4 from having Dark Angels primarch Lion El'Jonson playable in the game, albeit briefly and in specific moments where the campaign is letting the player cut loose. Could Ultramarines boss Roboute Guilliman, for example, appear in Total War: Warhammer 40,000 in a similar “cameo” form?
In truth, we don’t know how these named characters will actually work in Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Nor do we know exactly how Armageddon will factor into the overall campaign. GW’s note about Nazdreg being one of the “key characters” you can battle with, and against, featuring “heavily in some of the early in-game narrative, in events that tie in to the ongoing pivotal battles around Armageddon,” may apply to the other named characters, too.
Creative Assembly’s Total War: Warhammer games have Legendary Lords, or LLs, which are powerful characters from Warhammer Fantasy lore. They’re playable in the campaign, multiplayer, and custom battles, leading their own faction unique to them. Will these 40k named characters work much the same?
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is due out on PC and console. There's no release window yet.
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.
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