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Embrace 'Danger Hugs'

1 month ago | icv2.com | Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez

Danger Hugs, a new card game, into retail on April 16, 2025. Danger Hugs is an easy-to-learn kids game where players try to match cuddly animals and "hug" them by slapping down the cards after they are revealed. The last player to slap matches adds all the cards on the table to their deck or if they slap a dangerous animal, they get all the cards automatically. If both dangerous and cuddly animals match on the table, players race to pick up a foam heart.
Exploding Kittens Announces Three Games

1 month ago | icv2.com | Mark Waid |Jerry Ordway |Todd Nauck

Two new games join the Exploding Kittens summer slate of releases (see "Two New Card Games" and also, "'Exploding Kittens: The Board Game' Revealed"). The first game announced was What Were You Thinking? It is a word-guessing game where players take turns give one or two word clues about a secret word using a letter grid. It is for three or more players, ages 10 and up, and plays in 15 minutes. This game will come out on July 30, 2025.
New 'Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG' Core Booster Set Incoming

1 month ago | icv2.com | Mark Waid |Jerry Ordway |Todd Nauck

Duelist's Advance, a new core booster set for Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, into retail on July 4, 2025. Details about this set are limited at this time. From what was released, so far, this new booster set is 100 cards and features brand-new cards for Duelists to add to their decks. Boxes come with 24 packs with 9 card per pack. MSRP per pack is $4.49. More set details will be announced at a later date. For release dates of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG products in 2025, see “’Yu-GI-Oh!’ TCG 2025 Release Calendar.”
New 'Nucleum' Expansion Heads to Retail

1 month ago | icv2.com | Mark Waid |Jerry Ordway |Todd Nauck

'Energy Research Institute' Energy Research Institute, a new expansion for Nucleum, into retail in August 2025. The new expansion adds 8 new Experiments to the game (see " Enter the Atomic Age in 'Nucleum'"). It also offers players thematic Patron cards for the new experiments as well as the previous experiments. There are also new Patron cards for solo mode included in the expansion alongside new mechanics to enhance the replayability of the game.
Preview: 'Godzilla Vs. Avengers' #1 (One-Shot)

1 month ago | icv2.com | Mark Waid |Jerry Ordway |Todd Nauck

From Marvel Comics Godzilla Vs. Avengers #1 (One-Shot) Publisher: Marvel Comics Release Date: June 18, 2025 Cover Price: $4.99 Writer: David F. Walker Artist: Georges Jeanty Cover(s): Leinil Francis Yu (Main) and Various Variants (See Below) Format: 32 pgs., Full-Color Rating: Teen+Publisher Description. This June, Godzilla faces off against Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Godzilla Vs. Avengers by writer David F.
Court Approves Increase in Diamond Credit Limit

1 month ago | icv2.com | Mark Waid |Jerry Ordway |Todd Nauck

The amended agreement between Diamond and lender JP Morgan Chase provides for loans of up to $44,700,000, an increase of $3.7 million over the initially agreed $41 million (see "DIP Financing Order"). Since Diamond owed $32.6 million to Chase when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, this increases the amount of new financing to $12.1 million from the $8.4 million available under the original agreement.
'New History of the DC Universe' in June

1 month ago | icv2.com | Mark Waid |Jerry Ordway |Todd Nauck

New History of the DC Universe, a four-issue miniseries with artists Jerry Ordway and Todd Nauck on the first issue, for launch in June. The history will be told through the eyes of Barry Allen, the Flash. The first issue will cover the birth of the DC Universe through the rise of the Justice Society and the Golden Age of heroes. Waid described his plans for the project.
'Magic: The Gathering: Final Fantasy' Product Line Deets Revealed

2 months ago | icv2.com | Jimmy Palmiotti |Amanda Conner

Magic: The Gathering: Final Fantasy, a new Standard-legal booster set, which will hit retail on June 13, 2025. The Final Fantasy set marks the first time a set that is entirely themed around a non-Hasbro IP will hit the market as a Standard set.
Exclusive: Rocketship Signs Distribution Deal with Lunar

2 months ago | icv2.com | Jimmy Palmiotti |Amanda Conner

And Adds Former Paramount Exec as VP of Sales and Marketing Rocketship Entertainment has signed on with Lunar Distribution, the latest of a number of small publishers to make that move (see “Archie Adds Lunar for Distro”). The new contract will take effect this week, and Rocketship will be in Lunar's upcoming Next Phase catalog. Rocketship will continue to be distributed by Simon & Schuster to comic shops who order through them as well as to the book channel.
Indie Board & Cards Will Release 'Aeon's End: The Descent'

2 months ago | icv2.com | Jimmy Palmiotti |Amanda Conner

Aeon's End: The Descent, a new card game, into retail on March 5, 2025. The newest game in the Aeon's End series (see "‘Aeon’s End’") is a standalone game that features a shuffle-free deck-building game system. The game offers players a new narrative that revolves around the founding of Gravehold. In this setting, players will encounter new mages and nemeses as they play through the new "Friends & Foes" module included.