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MCM Comic Con and EGX are teaming up for a massive Fall 2024 event in London
The biggest comic con in the UK teams up with the biggest gaming con in the UK for MCM x EGX 2024.
April 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Birmingham, England - prepare for MCM's return in 2024
MCM Comic Con returns to Birmingham this fall.
April 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
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C2E2's gaming area gets an upgrade as Side Quest: TTRPGs, an Escape Room, LARPing, video games, and more
Whether you prefer dice, a joystick, or being in the game yourself, C2E2's Side Quest area has something for you
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Fallout: How a category-5 hurricane and its aftermath soured me on dystopian stories... until, maybe, now
Dystopian fiction only works when real life isn't worse
April 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
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What is Fallout 5 and when will we finally get a release date?
At this rate, the actual apocalypse might happen before the game comes out.
April 10, 2024
Trent Cannon
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See the geek inherit the earth at MCM Birmingham 2023's Nerd Bingo!
Can a person "B2" obsessed?
April 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Quadball UK was at MCM Birmingham 2023 - catch up on the action here
Watch the Quadball: A Sport for Everyone panel here on Popverse
April 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Santa brought the gift of a pub quiz to MCM Birmingham's Big Festive Trivia!
Ho, ho, ho - prove what you know, know, know! Watch it here
April 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Fallout: How to play the games and watch the Amazon show in order with this handy guide
It's no Pip-Boy, but our guide to both the release and chronological order of the Fallout franchise will help guide you through nuclear post-apocalypse
April 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Want to DM but don't know where to start? Try the Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide to Worldbuilding
Join TTRPG experts Liv Kennedy and Zoe Delahunty-Light as they guide you through crafting your own rich world and satisfying dangers
April 05, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch MCM Birmingham's CJ Allan host the greatest game show on a Comic Con stage
Attendees to the UK-based convention started their day the right way - by proving their nerd cred
April 05, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Eurogamer's Liv Kennedy and Zoe Delahunty-Light talk Worldbuilding at MCM Birmingham
Watch The Break Quest club members teach a Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Masters 101 session right here
April 05, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Jesse McCartney on how Kingdom Hearts changed his life
The musician and voice actor describes how the game began as "just another voiceover job" and morphed into something awe-inspiring
April 02, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Jodie Whittaker, Rebecca Yarros, Mike Flanagan, and more new panels filmed at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Watch full-length panel conversations about Doctor Who, The Strangers: Chapter One, Fourth Wing, the Flanaverse, and more.
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch James D’Amato, Jef Aldrich, & Jon Taylor discuss which RPG monsters they'd most like to date
The authors of The Ultimate RPG Series and Düngeonmeister books review the romantic prospects of eldritch horrors. In public!
March 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch the Team Fortress 2 cast reunion from Seattle's ECCC 2024
Pyro, Heavy, Sniper, and Medic are together again... hopefully on friendly terms
March 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Disney's D23 Expo tickets are on sale now!
After 140k people attended 2022's D23 Expo by Disney, the next question is simple: how can we do it again?
March 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
A comprehensive visual history of Princess Peach
Princess Peach: Showtime! is the latest step in a 40-year evolution, here's Princess Peach's path to now
March 13, 2024
Kevin Wong
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The best superhero games for PS5, PS4, Xbox, Switch, PC, and more
Take flight, clobber evil, and stand for good with these fantastic superhero games.
March 11, 2024
Carl Waldron
Features
The Traitors season 2 finale is going to be exciting - could it also be good for you?
Is watching the Alan Cumming-hosted, Peacock-streamed game of deception actually beneficial to your well-being? We'll explain
March 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
RWBY creator Rooster Teeth shutting down proves that popularity may not equal prosperity
Warner Bros. Discovery is in talks to sell properties like RWBY and Gen:Lock, despite their considerable fandoms
March 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Escape the sensory overload of con life with the Japanese Freeplay Arcade
The attraction at ECCC 2024 offered fans the opportunity to get away from it all with some free video game action
March 04, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Emerald City Comic Con 2024 show floor trends: Dice and plushies
Every convention show floor is different, here's what we saw at ECCC
March 03, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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Lord of the Rings continues to make more money than you'd think
It's not the Prime Video show that's driving its success, either
March 03, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Elderwood Academy is bringing innovation to dice boxes and rolling trays at Emerald City Comic Con
Want to see something cool?
March 02, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
Come with Popverse to the Baldur's Gate meetup at Seattle's ECCC
We have witnessed far too much
March 02, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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ECCC: Learn to paint a miniature (and take it home) for free at Emerald City Comic Con
Take a look inside the Miniatures Paint-and-Take activity hosted by Arcanum Miniatures
March 02, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
Ben Moser is making gaming dice - with a mechanical engineer's flair
You haven't seen dice like Summit Dice's
March 02, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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Popverse heads to Emerald City Comic Con, Pikmin style
Popverse deputy editor got into the Pikmin spirit at the Seattle Convention Center
March 01, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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Drinks, dungeons, dragons and delights await you at Emerald City Comic Con's The Tavern in Seattle
A thematic lounge with everything, including adult drinks
February 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The McElroys are heading to Chicago's C2E2 2024
Get ready to get in the zone, the adventure zone that is, because the McElroys are heading to Chicago!
February 26, 2024
Illianna Gonzalez-Soto
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Nickelodeon’s Double Dare is reimagined as an interactive off-Broadway show
On your Marc, get set, slime!
February 22, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
Pokemon Go fans catch 'em all at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
Popverse took a field trip to the Pasadena Rose Bowl this weekend to catch some Pokemon
February 21, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
Watch Dungeons & Dragons podcasters Roll Britannia full panel from MCM Birmingham!
The Dungeons & Dragons podcast played a live session in Birmimgham that you can watch right here
February 16, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Looking back (and ahead) on representation in video games with Queer Coded at MCM Birmingham
Dubbed 'A History of LGBT+ Video Games,' this panel examines the gaming industry and its changing attitudes. You can watch it live
February 16, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Gamers unite: Call of Duty's Nolan North is coming to Chicago's C2E2 2024
The voice behind Nathan Drake in Uncharted, Call of Duty, & Batman: Arkham City is heading to Chicago
February 07, 2024
Illianna Gonzalez-Soto
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ECCC 2024: Solve your own whodunnit with Foulplay Games' Curious Carnival
There's murder afoot throughout the entire four-day convention in the Pacific Northwest, and you can help solve it
February 07, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
How to play the horror game series Five Nights at Freddy’s in release and chronological order
Five Nights at Freddy’s boasts a rich lore across its series. Here’s how the games’ history unfolds in order.
February 06, 2024
Sam Stone
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Critical Role is making their way to Seattle's ECCC 2024
Hold onto your D20s, Critical Role is coming to Seattle
February 05, 2024
Illianna Gonzalez-Soto
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Watch the Kingdom Hearts panel from MCM Birmingham now!
Kingdom Hearts superfans Erika Harlacher and Sarah Miller-Crews were in Birmingham to talk about their favorite game series, watch the panel here
January 31, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Fort Solis's Roger Clark and Troy Baker in conversation about the hit horror adventure game
The survival horror game's cast recently came to comic con for an unmissable, exclusive panel
January 31, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Seattle's ECCC 2024 welcomes Penguin Random House, Oni Press, Clarion West, and more
The full list of exhibitors at the 2024 Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle has been revealed.
January 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Palworld's success proves Pokémon fans deserve an official MMO
Despite controversy, Palworld's meteoric rise is proof Nintendo is dropping the ball with their biggest franchise.
January 25, 2024
Carl Waldron
Features
Watch Overwatch voice actors behind Ashe, Tracer & Sigma gush about the game
Ashe, Tracer, and Sigma themselves were at Comic Con, and you can hear what they had to talk about here
January 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Legend of Zelda's titular voice actor & co-star who voices Teba talk about the hit franchise
Patricia Summersett and Sean Chiplock made their way to Birmingham to discuss Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom - and you can watch it here
January 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Baldur's Gate 3 panel with Neil Newbon (Astarion) and Devora Wilde (Lae’zel) from MCM Birmingham!
Summoning all gamers and fantasy lovers! Join the voices of Neil Newbon (Astarion) and Devora Wilde (Lae’zel) as they take the stage to talk about acting in the critically acclaimed video game Baldur's Gate 3!
January 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Blizzard is reviving World of Warcraft's much-beloved bible to its complex continuity
World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 4 is on its way
January 18, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
Highlight VideoRe-live the best of New York Comic Con 2022 with NYCC Insider from Popverse
See the best from the NYCC 2022 show floor, the biggest stages, and backstage with Popverse's NYCC Insider 2022
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
D&D: How to play Dungeons & Dragons
All you need to know to start playing pop culture’s favorite roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons
January 17, 2024
Cole Davies
Features
AEW Fight Forever: The game that brings the hottest wrestling franchise into your hands
Everything you need to know about the wrestling video game AEW: Fight Forever including its roster, gameplay, trailers, and more
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Final Fantasy: The legacy, wonder and curiosity at the heart of the beloved game franchise ahead of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
There's more to Final Fantasy than 'just' gaming; the franchise is focused on storytelling that uplifts its audience
January 17, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Watch now!Watch the Critical Role panel from New York Comic Con 2023!
Yes, we have filmed the NYCC 2023 Critical Role panel. Presented by Tumblr. Welcome back.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
AEW Fight Forever: Watch as Popverse plays the exciting new wrestling game of the summer
Popverse's Veronica Valencia and Vito Scutti are creating their own wrestler for AEW Fight Forever
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi talks about heading up the acclaimed game franchise
"I think what is important is keeping the core elements and the essence of things," the director says of reimagining the franchise for today's fans
January 17, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Watch now!Watch the official Final Fantasy VII Rebirth panel from NYCC 2023!
Square Enix brought Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to New York Comic Con, and Popverse is bringing it to you. Presented by DoorDash.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Neopets to revamp its classic game. First step? Fix the economy
It's trickier than you think
January 09, 2024
Tiffany Babb
News
Blumhouse exec says studio unsure about Five Nights at Freddy's 2 yet, but will go full-steam on more M3GAN
Small horror flicks are becoming big business.
January 02, 2024
Fran Ruiz
News
Furiosa is reportedly making a surprising Mad Max: Fury Road tie-in canon - even more than the original movies
Another good reason to replay it this year.
January 02, 2024
Fran Ruiz
Features
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: The real reason Red XIII is riding a chocobo
The decision behind Red XIII riding a chocobo is explained by director Naoki Hamaguchi
December 28, 2023
Veronica Valencia
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Anthony Mackie's Twisted Metal is getting a second season at Peacock
Pedal to the metal for round two
December 12, 2023
Fran Ruiz
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Video game trade show E3 has been permanently cancelled, organizers announce
The video game trade show, created in 1995, is no more as organizers look to new areas of focus
December 12, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Critical Role: Which campaign is your favorite so far?
Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein, or Bells Hells: you have to pick one in our... Critical Poll (Sorry)
December 08, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Grand Theft Auto VI's first trailer exudes chaotic energy in a return to Vice City
We're so back.
December 05, 2023
Fran Ruiz
News
The first official look at Amazon's Fallout series is here
I don't want to set the world on fire, but this looks nuclearly good
November 28, 2023
Fran Ruiz
Features
Watch The Witcher 3 cast spill (some amount of) tea at MCM Comic Con 2023
Doug Cockle, Denise Gough, Jaimi Barbakoff, John Schwab Steven Hartley, and Katie McGuinness came to London for a... Draw Off? See it here
November 27, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
News
Five Nights at Freddy's movie is coming to your house like an evil animatronic Santa before Christmas
The #1 horror movie of 2023 expands its influence.
November 21, 2023
Fran Ruiz
Features
Dicebreaker brought some of the biggest names in the UK TTRPG community to MCM; you can watch it right here
Johnny Chiodini, Liv Kennedy, Jasper William Cartwright, Jess Jewel, Shamini Bundell, and Mark Sherlock Hulmes were all in attendance
November 15, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer calls out “cringe culture”
Mercer is against calling things "cringe."
November 09, 2023
Jim McDermott
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Critical Role is doing even more Bells Hells - with a prequel!
Critical Role returns to print with Bells Hells: What Doesn't Break
November 09, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Who should play iconic video game characters Link and Princess Zelda in the upcoming Legend of Zelda movie?
We have some ideas, but we're also curious who YOU want to see in the roles
November 08, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
The actors of Baldur's Gate 3 took over MCM 2023, and you can watch it here
Join Neil Newbon, Tim Downie, Dave Jones, Tracy Wiles, Samantha Béart, Devora Wilde, Emma Gregory, Amelia Tyler, Jennifer English, and Theo Solomon in London
November 06, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Want to roll the dice on your own fantasy adventure? Watch the Guide to D&D panel from MCM here
D&D pros Sophii (@SophiiRPG), Ophelia (@OpheliaDeckard), Kay (@kayPOWXD) and Tim (@ChaoticQuesters) take the London stage to help you get started
November 02, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The developers of Star Ocean The Second Story - R were at MCM, and you can watch the panel here!
Yuichiro Kitao, Kei Komaki, and Yukihiro Kajimoto stopped over in London to ell us all about the remake of Star Ocean Story
November 02, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Oxventure's latest D&D liveplay - filmed at MCM Comic Con!
Watch the ragtag team of brave-ish heroes (you know them as Corazon, Dob, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence, joined by long-suffering Johnny Chiodini) on their latest adventure live, without a net.
November 02, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the rising stars of TTRPG play Sexy Battle Wizards at MCM!
Grant Howitt leads a TTRPG campaign of Sexy Battle Wizards with Liv Kennedy, Drakoniques, Edward Spence, Fiona K.T. Howat, and Zack FG.
November 02, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Critical Role: Matthew Mercer teases future appearance of "underwater nations"
Is everyone ready for a Mighty Nein mermaid wedding?
October 31, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Critical Role cast explains who makes them laugh the most, and why ads are a terrifying experience
To be fair, the combination of whip cream, hot dogs, and Cheetos does sound horrifying
October 31, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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RoboCop: Rogue City review roundup: What the critics are saying
Spoiler: It's exactly what we were expecting after the explosive demo.
October 31, 2023
Fran Ruiz
News
Five Nights at Freddy's post-credits scene explained
A small tease which means a lot.
October 30, 2023
Fran Ruiz
News
Critical Role's cast come up with a surprisingly dark end to Bells Hells (accidentally)
MCM October 2023's fans were the first to hear an unexpected direction the current campaign could take
October 30, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Critical Role x Baldur's Gate 3 crossover? Matt Mercer meets the actors behind it and has a few ideas
Also, which CR cast member knows Neil Newbon as "the hot vampire guy"?
October 29, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
The Mighty Nein will return, Critical Role cast confirms
They're coming back.
October 29, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Five Nights at Freddy’s timeline: The horror games’ in-universe chronology and history explained
Five Nights at Freddy’s is packed with fan-favorite lore. Here’s how the story plays out chronologically
October 28, 2023
Sam Stone
Features
Watch now!Watch the Baldur's Gate 3 cast panel from London's MCM Comic Con!
The heroes of Baldur's Gate - Amelia Tyler (Narrator), Devora Wilde (Lae’zel), Jennifer English (Shadowheart), Neil Newbon (Astarion), Samantha Béart (Karlach), Theo Solomon (Wyll), Tim Downie (Gale) - talk about the game.
October 28, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch the Halo game voice cast panel from London's MCM Comic Con!
The voices of Master Chief and Cortana from Halo spoke with Popverse at MCM Comic Con in London.
October 28, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Baldur's Gate 3 is the hottest panel of MCM October 2023 (so far)
How busy was the panel? Ask the fans lined up outside the at-capacity 4,000+ seat room
October 28, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Five Nights at Freddy's theater showing starts with real-life brawl in the front row
Come for the jumpscares, stay to get jumped
October 28, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Five Nights at Freddy's: Inside the animatronic characters, the mythology, and the lore of the game-turned-movie franchise
FNAF is more than just creepy animatronics.
October 28, 2023
Fran Ruiz
News
Five Nights at Freddy's sequel? There's already hope for a trilogy from the actors, director, and studio.
More than five nights at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, probably.
October 28, 2023
Fran Ruiz
Features
Full Panel VideoWatch Five Nights at Freddy's stars Kellen Goff and Marta Svetek from Security Breach from MCM May 2023!
Revisit Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex with Kellen Goff and Marta Svetek.
October 28, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Popverse challenges all of London to a pub quiz at this weekend's MCM Comic Con
There may not be an actual pub involved, but the prizes are very real nonetheless
October 26, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Spider-Man 2 is out on PS5 today... and the devs are already open to a Venom spinoff
The Candyman himself, Tony Todd, provides the voice of Marvel's symbiote in the new game... and if fans want it, he might get his own
October 20, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Spider-Man voice actor teases surprises for Spider-Man 2: "I'm just so excited for people to play the game"
Yuri Lowenthal breaks down gameplay, story, memes, and other surprises in Insomniac's Spider-Man 2
October 19, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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BioShock: Writers are back to work on Netflix adaptation
The journey toward a live-action Rapture is back on, according to writer Michael Green
October 19, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 review roundup: What the critics are saying
One last dose of hype ahead of this Friday's superpowered launch to get your Spider-Sense tingling
October 16, 2023
Fran Ruiz
News
Invincible's big bad Omni-Man joins Mortal Kombat 1 in a perfect crossover
The Viltrum Empire from the hit comic book (and Prime Video series) invades Fire God Liu Kang's timeline
October 16, 2023
Fran Ruiz
News
Final Fantasy VII Vincent Valentine voice actor announced at NYCC
Who's cast in this Critical Role?
October 16, 2023
Dave Buesing
News
Miles Morales and Miguel O' Hara swing into Fortnite
Two brand new Spider-themed skins will be available for purchase with the new Fortnite update
October 13, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Critical Role's Matt Mercer is here for dating advice
Critters rejoice: now the DM is ready to help you with your love life (No, really)
October 08, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
MagicCon Las Vegas 2023: The best cosplay from the Las Vegas Convention Center
Take a look at what's going on in Las Vegas Convention Center this weekend!
September 25, 2023
Tiffany Babb