Chess is one of the most popular board games in the world, and with good reason. Chess isn't always about winning; it's an art, science, and a sport to continue learning from. Even after an uptick in interest due to the popularity of Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit a few years ago, chess remains a favorite game in and out of these trends. Why? It’s not too hard to grasp the rules, yet it provides such depth of strategy that you can keep learning and improving your whole life. It’s no wonder many people like to have a chess set in their home, even if they only play occasionally (or not at all). A good set is a lovely centerpiece for a sideboard or coffee table, and with it sitting there, it’s a constant, gentle encouragement to grasp the nettle and give it a try.

Buying a good chess set is, however, slightly more involved than you might imagine. You can get a very cheap option from pretty much any toy store, but it won’t necessarily be as satisfying to play on, nor very durable. A good set of chess pieces needs a certain amount of weight to play, so weights are added to better-quality plastic and wood pieces (you ideally want a triple-rated set). The colors should be chosen carefully to get good contrast as, weirdly, plain black and white pieces get lost on a black-and-white board.

Whatever your budget and whatever material or theme you want, we’ve got you covered with our selection of the best chess sets available right now.

Best Basic Chess Set

Weighted Gambit Plastic Set

Basic can mean cheap and cheerful, but if you want the simplest set around without sacrificing quality, this is a trustworthy choice. After all, chess is a game you can focus on for your entire life, so you might as well spend a little extra to get something substantial. This Weighted Gambit set is the classic set of plastic pieces you’ll likely have seen and played with at schools and chess clubs across the country.

Adding weights makes the pieces more stable and makes them smooth and comfortable to play with. The roll-up vinyl board is super convenient to take on the go and to store. Plus, having green and white squares, rather than black and white, offers better visual contrast with the pieces during play. No wonder it’s allegedly the most popular plastic chess set in the world, according to the manufacturer.

Best Wooden Chess Set

High-Quality & Hand-Carved

Wood is the traditional material used for chess sets, so there are a multitude to choose from. If you want a straightforward set, look for one with weighted pieces and a good contrast with the board. But if you really want the best wooden chess set there is, there are a few luxury brands to choose from.

The most astonishing of all is this hand-carved set Dubrovnik II from Slovenia – claimed by the maker to be the “best chessmen ever.” The design is based on that used for pieces in the 1950 Chess Olympiad held in Dubrovnik, which became an instant classic, acclaimed and loved by chess champions including the famous Bobby Fischer. This Dubrovnik II set has a slightly more modern feel but retains the original styling. However, you'd have to wait until the year 2025 for this cream-of-the-crop set, so we've found an alternative that matches the same craftsmanship and quality.

If you'd like a luxurious wooden chess set in this iconic style, there's a more affordable and accessible alternative set available from Royal Chess Mall. The 1950s Reproduction Fischer Dubrovnik Chess Set is made of light boxwood and, like the original, the dark pieces are mahogany-gilded for an authentic feel. The one nod to modernity is a slightly increased weighting in the base to make them slightly more satisfying to move around.

Best Glass Chess Set

For Elegant Design and Decor Appearance

Glass isn’t the most obvious material for a gaming set due to its obvious fragility. But glass sets are popular, nevertheless, because they look fantastic without breaking the bank. They capture the light beautifully, and the common clear and frosted distinction used on squares and pieces look clean and modern. And, of course, so long as you’re careful with it, it’s a pleasure to play on.

This particular set from Gamie is our top pick because it delivers quite a bit extra over its peers for only a little extra cash. The pieces are larger than standard, they’re nicely designed, and the set has extra touches like felt feet to avoid damage and a storage box if you want to put it away. It’s a nice enough display piece, however, that you’re unlikely to need that latter benefit.

Best Marble Chess Set

For a Luxurious Set at a Higher Budget

This stunning set from Italfama is the best top-of-the-line marble chess set to own. Sadly, there’s no availability for the set with the ideal color palette of black and pink for U.S. shoppers at the moment, but rest assured this set is still worth the investment for serious buyers and players alike.

Stone is another frequent material used for chess sets, and marble is particularly popular because it looks and feels so luxurious. However, there are some minor problems with marble sets. Firstly, they’re a little more fragile than they appear, so care is needed. Second, the very qualities that make marble attractive — its rich colors and veining — can be an active distraction in a chess set. They give the pieces a tendency to blend in with the board because the color contrast isn’t enough and the veins disrupt the piece outlines.

Best Option for Those in the U.K.:

If you're based outside of the U.S., you’re in even more luck as our favorite set avoids some of these difficulties by using well-contrasted pink and black stone with thick veins, bringing warm looks while still retaining enough visual distinction for ease of play. U.K. folks can shop the Italfama Black and Pink Marble Chess Set here:

Best Lego Chess Set

Fun for the Whole Family

As one HBO primetime show ends (farewell, The White Lotus), another must rise to take its spot. Two years after The Last of Us first aired on Max, the video game adaptation starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey is returning for a second season.

The Last of Us game and the first season of the show both end with a cliffhanger that has... consequences. Anyone who’s already played The Last of Us Part 2, myself included, is probably feeling as much terror as excitement at the thought of witnessing what comes next on screen. In IGN’s review of Season 2, Simon Cardy acknowledges that it was “always going to be a challenge to adapt The Last of Us Part 2’s sprawling, twisting story into a television show," so it makes sense that the story will continue over a third season.

If you’re planning to tune in for the premiere of The Last of Us Season 2 or still need to catch up on Season 1, check out the details below.

How to Watch The Last of Us Season 2

The first season of The Last of Us show adapted the entirety of the first game with some creative liberties. Season 2 brings us to the storylines of The Last of Us sequel, which will be split up across the next two seasons.

Both Naughty Dog games have been remastered, with new edition of The Last of Us Part 2 arriving on PC just last week. This is Naughty Dog, so a new "Complete" edition of both games has also been announced, with a physical release arriving this summer. Aside from the games themselves, Sony also released a special edition DualSense controller to celebrate the series.

The Last of Us Season 2 Cast and Crew

The Last of Us Season 2 is led by the original game’s creator, Neil Druckmann, and Craig Mazin (Chernobyl), both of whom feature as writers alongside Haley Gross, who co-wrote The Last of Us Part 2 game. Each individual episode has its own director, with the full list including Mark Mylod (Succession, The Menu, Game of Thrones), Peter Hoar (It's a Sin, Daredevil, Doctor Who), and Stephen Williams (Lost).

Here’s the main cast starring in the new season of The Last of Us:

• Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller
• Bella Ramsey as Ellie
• Gabriel Luna as Tommy
• Rutina Wesley as Maria
• Kaitlyn Dever as Abby
• Young Mazino as Jesse
• Isabela Merced as Dina
• Danny Ramirez as Manny
• Ariela Barer as Mel
• Tati Gabrielle as Nora
• Spencer Lord as Owen
• Catherine O'Hara as Gail
• Jeffrey Wright as Isaac Dixon
• Joe Pantoliano as Eugene
• Alanna Ubach as Hanrahan
• Ben Ahlers as Burton
• Hettienne Park as Elise Park
• Robert John Burke as Seth
• Noah Lamanna as Kat

Don't be surprised if you don't recognize some of these names; several original characters are being introduced in the new season. You can check out our full breakdown of which characters are new or returning for more details.

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If Escape From Tarkov is the PUBG of the extraction shooter, boldly striking out into a new genre despite humble origins, then Bungie’s upcoming shooter, Marathon, is the big-budget refinement that could become the emerging category’s Fortnite. Coming from a studio with a pedigree for first-person shooters that’s virtually unmatched, and which wields the resources to take a good idea and reimagine it in a disturbing, beautifully detailed sci-fi universe, it’s easy to see how Bungie just might pull it off. But with a concept that’s so inherently geared towards the hardcore PvP crowd and such a clear departure from what they’ve done in the past, it’s certainly not without risks, even if they do manage to capture the usual FPS magic they’re known for. Even so, after spending the better part of two days sliding and gunning my way through Tau Ceti’s relentless ruins, I was hooked, and can’t wait to group up with my most tryhard friends and ruin people’s day.

Marathon is an extraction shooter where you and two friends are dropped into an extremely unmerciful wasteland to battle deadly enemies, including rival players, all in the name of loot and glory. If you’ve played Escape From Tarkov, then you’ll be familiar with this PvPvE framing, which forces you to ante up any loot you bring along with you, as it’s permanently lost if you fail to exfiltrate before time runs out or your team is killed. Those distressingly high stakes immediately got my blood pumping and made each match feel like the most important one so far. After fighting tooth and nail against surprisingly challenging AI enemies and ruthless fellow Runners to get a high-level rifle that could down most enemies in two hits, I wasn’t about to let my guard down for even a moment and risk losing it all to some unworthy foe.

If, like me, you bemoaned the quiet, undignified death of PvP’s relevance in Destiny 2, then you might share my eagerness to see Bungie focused squarely on a competitive experience here, and everything I played so far indicates they’ve still more than got what it takes to pull it off. Weapons and movement feels crisp, fluid, and incredibly satisfying in that rarified way that few studios can achieve, and the added element of hero shooter-like abilities, like one that lets you blast enemies with kinetic energy, sending them flying away, gives that extra kick you need to feel like a supernaturally powered badass. Marathon almost immediately feels fantastic to play, and as soon as I took out a robot who took a potshot at me from the window of a nearby building and tried out his weapon for myself on a nearby enemy, it was love at first snipe.

This gets even better once you start to familiarize yourself with the class-based Runners available to you (four of which I got to play extensively, out of the six that will be available at launch). Glitch is all about mobility and controlling positioning, and has abilities that help her move fast, jump up to areas others can’t reach, and push enemies away with a blast of kinetic energy. Locus is a tanky soldier who can pull up a shield to block incoming fire and launch a flurry of homing missiles at enemies, while Blackbird is all about intel and using her gadgets to ping any enemies within an area for the whole team, and sending out little robotic drones to seek and destroy nearby enemies. My personal favorite though, was Void: a deft ninja who can turn invisible for a time and deploy massive clouds of smoke to lose and confuse the enemy within. Each of these characters offers a completely different way to play Marathon, and by coordinating with my teammates, we were able to put together a balanced team of Runners who complemented one another’s strengths and helped make up for any weaknesses.

That came in handy as we explored dark and forgotten places throughout Marathon’s maps, which were filled with deadly creatures, like a species of giant ticks who ran at me frantically, and surprisingly accurate robots who were much, much better at surrounding and overwhelming players than the vast majority of AI enemies found in other games. Fighting these foes was no joke, but the loot was well worth it, whether it was finding a backpack that allowed for more storage space, a weapon that gave me better odds against a rival crew, or just some consumable healing items I could rely upon in a pinch. Some of the extremely rare and powerful items, of which my team only found a handful during our matches, changed things up quite significantly, like a backpack that turned the user invisible whenever they interacted with a container while wearing it – extremely useful in a game where you’re being hunted by everyone else on the map.

Marathon’s tensest moments, though, happen when you encounter enemy crews and inevitably clash in a bid to claim one another’s loot. Maybe we’d spot a crew in the distance and stealthily follow them – waiting for the right moment to stage an ambush – or sometimes we’d hear other players in the distance fighting off security forces and decide to go catch them when their guard was down, scooping up whatever goodies they were about to claim. And, of course, sometimes we found ourselves on the receiving end of that ruthless equation and had to scramble as one of us was downed by sudden gunfire from a rival team. These moments are when the PvP magic really shines and leaves you with stories to tell your friends, like the time my group got entangled in a nine-player free-for-all and came out unscathed thanks to some well-timed smoke grenades, or another time where both of my teammates were killed, but we came back to win it thanks to a clutch revive the other team didn’t see coming. Just like the most epic, heart-pounding moments of a battle royale match, Marathon provided me with tons of memorable moments of elation after a narrow victory and the occasionally sour taste of defeat.

Once we’d gotten our spoils or completed an objective or two, it was time to haul ass to the exfiltration beacon and stand near it long enough to be pulled out of the firefight and returned safely back to our base in outer space with our bloody bounty. But lighting that beacon also lets everyone else on the map know you’re trying to make off with your goods, via a giant blue light that shoots up into the sky for a prolonged period of time. This makes your last moments in the area pretty intense, or, if you’re like me, offers some exciting opportunities to kill a group right as they’re preparing to leave and benefit from all of their hard work.

The downside of Marathon’s “to the victors go the spoils” reward system is that in a pretty short amount of time, those with skill will enter fresh matches with gear that easily outmatches less skilled players, making them even less likely to be able to pull off a victory. Bungie’s gone out of its way to try and make it so a poorly geared squad still stands a chance against those with better loot if they play well, and you can always simply employ the strategy of avoiding other players until you’ve got a few extractions and some at least decent loot under your belt, but even so, it seems like it could get pretty demoralizing in short order if you run into a bout of bad luck and start to feel like you’ll never catch a break.

I was lucky enough to win the vast majority of my matches, and after the initial hump of stockpiling some basic equipment in my vault and unlocking a few permanent upgrades to make the going easier, I felt like even if I fell in battle and lost all my best stuff, at least I’d have some adequate backup gear to recover with. But that won’t be the case for everyone, and I wonder how big the chunk of players will be who simply run into a brick wall in their first few hours, log off, and never return. At least in Escape from Tarkov you’ve got your Kappa case to hold your most valuable items and protect them from being lost on the battlefield – Marathon has none of those safety measures, instead opting for a system where you’re given a sort of pity loadout, called a sponsored package, which sets you up with some basic gear after you’ve been quite literally bled dry. This definitely helps ice the wound of a string of bad luck, but might not exactly be the most comforting consolation prize.

To be clear, it very well might be a good thing that Marathon seemingly refuses to compromise on its dedication to ensuring each match has real, keenly felt stakes, even if it turns some folks off from it – I certainly count myself among those who enjoy a bit of sweatiness and quite liked how invested I was forced to be every single time I deployed onto a new map. But they definitely risk a situation where it feels like the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, to the detriment of those who are on the unfortunate side of that brutal equation. Time will tell before we know how that will shake out, but even in my short time with it, I already felt a bit of friction emanating from those on the server who kept dying repeatedly and felt like they were getting outclassed by those with quality loadouts.

One thing that could be the key to preventing people from falling off is Marathon’s ongoing meta progression system, which I found surprisingly engaging in my time with it. Even though your loot is probably destined to be stripped off your still-warm corpse and stuffed into some rude opponent’s backpack, you can at least comfort yourself in the various perk trees and ongoing quests you’ll find in the menus between rounds of play. You might not have made it back alive from your most recent escapade, but maybe you were able to loot some chests from a specific part of the map or complete some other objective in your quest log before you went cold. In that case, you can at least still make your way through the faction questlines and upgrade systems, which unlock new bits of story and improve your reputation with each of the three groups who have taken a marked interest in your progress. Doing so grants you perks that make the going a bit easier, like those that let you buy slightly better gear from the vendor, in case you find all your existing loot confiscated by the enemy.

Elsewhere, despite some clear indications that some kind of plot will be included in Marathon even though multiplayer mayhem is plainly the focus, it’s still unclear to me how much that story will matter or deliver something that makes me want to progress, beyond just finding better weapons to use. As a mercenary called a Runner, your consciousness is repeatedly uploaded to a synthetic body and sent into dangerous territory in search of riches. Beyond this basic premise and some really cool details, like how your artificial bodies are sewn together out of synth silk by robotic caterpillars, there wasn’t a whole lot to go off of, and I could easily see this not being an area of particular focus for Marathon. That said, the world Bungie has built is every bit as beautiful as it is creepy and dystopian, and there are moments where they satisfyingly hint at the events of the Marathon trilogy from the ‘90s. But Bungie also told me that they’re not entirely following the events of the original games, and what little I saw did only slightly more than pay lip service to the world.

Another question is just how much support and longevity we can expect from Marathon. Bungie has earned its reputation for mastering the live-service model over the past decade of Destiny, and shows no signs of letting players down here, as they told me they already have plans to support Marathon with new maps, weapons, characters, and more as they develop it, but as always, there’s the question of whether they’ll do so at a fast enough pace to appease ever-ravenous players. And importantly, Marathon also plans to use the seasonal reset model found in the likes of Diablo 4, where you’ll be stripped of your loot and progress at the end of each season to do so again with new content and a new meta to mix things up. While I could definitely see this working for Marathon, there’s always the question of how they’ll manage to incentivize making that arduous climb from scratch each season.

After playing enough Marathon to get a pretty good feel for it in its alpha state, I’m already fairly confident it’ll scratch the Bungie PvP itch that’s been left unscratched for a number of years now. Here’s hoping they’ll knock it out of the park when it comes to PC and consoles in September.

The Lion King ride headed to Disneyland Paris has received new exciting images, details, and a construction start window of Fall 2025.

As detailed by Disney Parks Blog, the first-ever land and attraction themed to The Lion King will be one of the biggest draws of the reimagined Walt Disney Studios Park that will be known as Disney Adventure World. Alongside this new water ride that will take guests through the biggest moments of the 1994 classic, the land will feature a 120-foot-high Pride Rock and tons of dining, shopping, character meet-and-greets, and more.

Disney shared a new concept image from the ride, which you can see above, that shows Audio-Animatronics of young Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa chowing down on some grubs in a beautiful jungle setting. This will be just one part of the ride that will also send guests down a 52-foot drop, which is two inches taller than Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

While we don't have a date yet, it will be arriving after the grand opening of World of Frozen in 2026. This will also be one piece of the puzzle that is Disney Adventure World, which will be double the current park's footprint.

Alongside World of Frozen, The Lion King ride, and the previously announced Raiponce Tangled Spin ride that will see Mandy Moore returning to voice Rapunzel, guests will get to look forward to the first-ever attraction themed after Up. This ride will be a "spinning carousel" that will offer a "bird's eye view of the park's stunning scenery."

World Premiere will also be one of the stars of Disney Adventure World when it opens on May 15, 2025, as it will be a brand-new park entrance that will aim to recreate a "glamorous premiere in the heart of Hollywood." There will also be World Premiere Plaza, which is inspired by Broadway and the West End district and will have theaters with such shows as TOGETHER: A Pixar Musical Adventure, Mickey and the Magician, and Frozen: A Musical Invitation.

For more in the world of Disney, check out our 30th anniversary retrospective of The Lion King, when you can get your tickets for Destination D23: A Journey Around the World of Disney and our recently updated top 25 Disney animated movies list.

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This review contains full spoilers for Doctor Who season 2, episode 1, “The Robot Revolution”

“The Robot Revolution” kicks off Doctor Who’s second season (which is also the 15th of the revived era, and 41st of the series overall) with all the subtlety of a glitter cannon. It’s loud, bright, and begging you to have fun. It opens strong, racing through a pulpy rescue mission filled with bellowing red robots who shout “Behold!” like they’re auditioning for a live-action Thundercats reboot, and introduces a charmingly absurd polishing droid that deserves its own Star Wars-esque merch line. There’s visual invention to spare, and campier instincts that are proudly leaned into. But for all its spectacle and self-aware chaos, this premiere rarely pulls itself together into something emotionally or thematically solid. The pace is frantic, but the plot is hollow, and the initial spark fades quickly, leaving a forgettable story where a flagship return should have been.

Nowhere is that hollowness more obvious than in the central twist: The reveal that Belinda’s ex, Al (with a lowercase “l,” short for Alan), is actually the AI (with an uppercase “I”) Generator controlling the robot horde doesn’t so much twist as it unravels. It’s another of Russell T. Davies’ increasingly worn-out wordplay gambits, a spiritual cousin to last season’s Sue Tech/Sutekh gag and the ongoing parade of Susan Twist cameos. And like those, it doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Al shows up for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it intro, vanishes for 40 minutes, then returns as the “surprise” villain with all the dramatic impact of a Windows error message. The AI Generator itself looks like it stumbled out of a garish Fallout mod, all cartoon menace and flickering CRT pomp, but even that fizzles once the punchline lands. The problem isn’t just the twist itself, but that it mirrors a larger issue: It’s content to coast on style and quirk without giving the story anything to chew on.

Despite the limp plot and undercooked villainy, “The Robot Revolution” isn’t a total loss. Its best asset, by far, is its character work, which offers a promising glimpse at the season ahead. Belinda Chandra, played with disarming charm and quiet authority by Varada Sethu, isn’t exactly new. She first popped up in “Boom” as Mundy Flynn, a military medic in one of last season’s better standalone episodes. Here, we get a resolution to that setup: Belinda and Mundy are simply related, and separated by thousands of years. It’s not exactly the first time Doctor Who has had to account for an actor cast in multiple roles, and it does add just enough narrative gravity to Belinda’s TARDIS debut.

Better still, she arrives fully formed. Belinda’s got opinions, she pushes back, and she doesn’t let the Doctor get away with his usual verbal sleight of hand. That alone already sets her apart. While I appreciated Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday last season – her energy with Ncuti Gatwa was electric – she sometimes felt more like a tag-along rather than a co-lead. So, it’s refreshing to see someone arrive with momentum and bite. With a Doctor who’s spent the last run veering between whimsy and wistfulness, a companion to properly bounce off in the TARDIS could be exactly what Doctor Who needs.

It also helps that the TARDIS finally starts acting like a character again. It’s not just a glossy teleportation pod: It’s temperamental, tactile, and responsive, and the Doctor doesn’t just pilot it, he negotiates, pleads, and wrestles with the console. “The Robot Revolution” gives Gatwa ample opportunity to showcase his physical performance skills, and he shines in those moments, injecting a raw drive and frustration into the scenes. The increased TARDIS action is a welcome shift, and its lavish, yet sterile, new design is finally made use of. It’s still missing the kind of lived-in charm it had back when Amy and Rory were knocking around in it, but getting to spend more time with its ravishing glowing panels will have to do for now.

Visually speaking “The Robot Revolution” throws everything it’s got at the wall. Time fractures shimmer, transitions snap into gear, and the robots, while one-note, benefit massively from those bulky, theatrical, practical suits. The production’s gunning for cinematic flair: Sometimes it lands, sometimes it looks like the green-screen footage was finalized at the 11th hour. The ambition’s admirable, even if the execution wobbles – which, to be completely fair, isn’t that unusual for Doctor Who sets.

For the most part, “The Robot Revolution” feels like mid-season filler dressed up in premiere clothing. There are flashes of fun, such as the episode’s humor, that occasionally manage to cut through its visual and narrative chaos. The throwaway “planet of the incels” line stands out as one of the few sharp moments that sticks. And while the rest of the plot is rather forgettable, there’s some semblance of narrative direction by its resolution. The Doctor and Belinda are being blocked from reaching Earth in 2025, nudging them toward a longer, stranger road home. It’s a modest hook, but enough to give the season a spine. If Doctor Who leans into that structure and continues building on the sharp chemistry between Gatwa and Sethu, there’s still time and space to grow.

So no, “The Robot Revolution” isn’t a knockout. But it’s a fast, intermittently funny, and mostly empty slice of sci-fi that may just be laying the groundwork for something more. If season 2 manages to focus on its new TARDIS team, and maybe even dial back some of the universe-ending theatrics, that journey back to Earth might be worth taking.

Just like any other gaming PC, gaming laptops are extremely complicated devices. When reviewing a gaming laptop, we need to look at it from every angle to make sure it is actually worth the often exorbitant prices they command. Here at IGN, we do primarily judge gaming laptops by how well they, well, play games, but we also want to know if they’re good laptops in general – whether it’s for doing work or just watching movies in your downtime.

That’s why after we run the system through a suite of benchmarks, we live with the device for a while – usually for around a week. After all, there are so many gaming laptops that absolutely kill it when it comes to benchmarks, but have uncomfortable keyboards, speakers that sound like they’re about to explode or have fans that immediately pull you out of any game you’re playing.

The Setup

Obviously, the first thing we do when getting a new gaming laptop is run it through the Windows 11 setup process. This is almost completely uniform among Windows gaming laptops, but once Microsoft’s process is over, there is room for a gaming laptop to show its flaws. Most laptop manufacturers these days include a suite of software that’s meant to make your life easier, but can seriously complicate the setup process with needless sign-in requests or ads for McAfee.

After everything is set up, we make sure the laptop is fully updated. First, we run Windows Update to make sure the operating system is up to date, then check any bespoke driver utilities provided by the manufacturer to make sure all drivers are current. Then, we check either the Nvidia App or AMD Adrenalin to make sure the GPU drivers are updated. After all updates are in place, we reboot the system to make sure everything is saved properly.

When the laptop is fully updated, it’s important to configure the laptop to make sure it lines up with other comparable devices. The biggest part of this is going into the power settings and setting the power profile to ‘Balanced’. For a lot of laptops this is all you really have to do, but there are some devices – like the Razer Blade 16 – which have their own power profiles in the manufacturer’s software. Because every laptop maker labels their power profiles a little differently, we need to use our best judgement to make sure that we’re not constraining the system with a silent profile or overclocking it with a “turbo” or “performance” mode – at least for comparative testing.

After all the benchmarks are recorded, reviewers are encouraged to test the system on any special performance modes.

There are a couple of things we need to do before running battery tests, too. First, we go into the power options and change when the display turns off and when the system goes to sleep to ‘never’. This is to make sure the battery actually drains down, rather than the system going to sleep randomly and ruining the result. We also set the screen brightness to 50%, the volume to 50% and disable Bluetooth. Then, if the laptop has RGB lighting of any kind, we turn it off for the battery test – those lights are pretty but everyone should have them turned off when using the laptop on battery power.

The Tests And Why We Run Them

When testing gaming laptops, we want to run them through a suite of games that cover a wide gamut of engines and graphics APIs that are relevant right now. The specific games tested might change over time, but in general we try to have a wide variety.

There are three tests we run in 3DMark – Speed Way, Steel Nomad and Night Raid. Speed Way tests DirectX 12 performance with ray tracing, while Steel Nomad tests the same engine, but without ray tracing. We also test Night Raid, which is a DirectX 12 test that’s a bit more lightweight, and geared towards non-gaming laptops. In general, 3DMark gives a good picture of the potential of the laptop, usually getting much better performance than actual games using the same API.

While we all love to play games, gaming laptops need to be, well, good laptops. We run the Procyon Office Productivity benchmark to measure how well the laptop handles office workloads. This benchmark cycles between Microsoft Office apps to measure how well it handles common productivity tasks. Most gaming laptops are way too fast for this to be any kind of challenge, but it does give a good picture of how the system works as a whole. Then, we run the Procyon battery test, which is essentially the same thing, only looped until the battery dies. It’s a varied enough workload that it gives a realistic picture of the battery life you can expect from your gaming laptop.

When it comes to the actual PC games, we advise our laptop reviewers to run each game benchmark at least twice. If the difference between those two runs is significant – i.e. more than 1-2 fps – the benchmark should be run a third time, with the reviewer figuring the average between them. That way we get a clearer picture of the actual performance you can expect from the gaming laptop.

The first gaming benchmark is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. This is an extremely popular online shooter, and while it isn’t the most demanding game in the world, it does give a glimpse into performance in fast-paced online games. Though, this game does tend to favor AMD GPUs, so that should be noted when comparing gaming laptops with GPUs from different manufacturers.

We run three different versions of the Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark. The first we run on the RT Ultra preset, with upscaling depending on the resolution of the benchmark. For instance, at 1440p, DLSS, FSR or XeSS will be set to ‘Balanced’, but at 1080p, upscaling should be set to ‘Quality’. This is generally our guidance with upscaling in all of the games we test. Then, we set the game to RT Overdrive, which introduces path tracing to the equation. We run it under those conditions once without frame generation and once with frame generation set to 2x. That gives us both a good idea how this demanding game runs normally, and how much benefit you’ll get from frame generation tech. We only run it at 2x Frame Gen, to keep results comparable between AMD and Nvidia GPUs.

Then there’s Metro Exodus. This is an older game at this point, but an interesting one. The game only supports DLSS, not FSR or XeSS, which means we test the game with no upscaling, just to keep it fair. The byproduct of this approach is that Metro Exodus gives a good representation of what ray tracing performance without upscaling looks like. As such, despite it being an older game, it is still extremely demanding at any resolution.

We run Red Dead Redemption 2, another aging game, because it supports Vulkan and is still demanding on modern hardware. That said, new GPUs are starting to run into bottlenecking issues, even at higher resolutions, so the test also helps us identify if that’s a potential issue.

When it comes to Total War: Warhammer 3, the game doesn’t support any upscaler or ray tracing, which makes it one of the rare PC games that’s purely rasterized these days. It’s also extremely CPU heavy, which will highlight when the CPU is too weak for the GPU.

Assassins Creed Shadows is another game that’s extremely CPU heavy, but it also supports ray tracing and upscaling, which paints an excellent picture of how the entire system contributes to gaming performance. This is another game that we run both with Frame Generation and without it.

Living With the Laptop

After all the benchmarking is done, we encourage our laptop reviewers to live with the system for at least a week. That means using it for work, playing games on it, watching movies and carrying it around while they commute. It’s one thing to put a laptop through a suite of tests and mathematically rank it somewhere, but sometimes a slower laptop is just more comfortable to use, and that means something.

Likewise, there are a lot of extremely fast gaming laptops out there that are so heavy that they’re a pain to move around, whether it’s because of dual charging bricks or just a huge chassis that allows for that extra performance. There are some laptop manufacturers that also shove their laptops so chock-full of bloatware that using the device becomes a major headache until you go in and uninstall all of it. This is becoming less common these days, but it definitely still happens, especially in more affordable laptops that are subsidized by software companies.

Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. You can follow her @Jackiecobra

The featherweight title is on the line tonight with the UFC 314 fight happening live down in Miami. Former champion Alexander Volkanovski is looking to reclaim his title by defeating up-and-comer Diego Lopes. The most recent featherweight champion, Ilia Topuria, left the title wide open by deciding to move up to the lightweight division. Will Volkanovski be able to take back the crown after getting KO'd in round two the last time this title was on the line? Or will Lopes surprise us with a KO?

If you're wondering when and where you can watch tonight's main PPV event, we've gathered all of the details below. There's also the prelim rounds starting earlier in the day that you can watch without purchasing the PPV package.

Where to Stream UFC 314 Live Online

After months of intense speculation, rumors, and leaks, Nintendo fully unveiled the Switch 2 with its own Direct. Not only did we receive trailers for new games like Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and even Nintendo GameCube games exclusive to Switch 2 Online, maybe more importantly we also got a good look at the system itself. I’m happy to report that, from an accessibility perspective, the Switch 2 is looking undoubtedly like an upgrade to its predecessor in almost every way.

Several months ago, I explored my accessibility predictions for Nintendo’s latest console. I wanted more robust accessibility offerings, better usage of Joy-Con controllers, and unique inclusive design practices. And to my surprise, Nintendo answered every wish while also giving extras. For this Access Designed, let’s examine the exciting and confirmed accessibility of the Switch 2

New Accessibility Settings

The Direct offered little in terms of tangible accessibility options, aside from fully customizable controls for each virtual GameCube game, respective of the system settings. Instead, Nintendo released an accessibility page detailing a bevy of returning and new features.

Fully customizable controls are back, with the feature performing exactly like the original Switch. Settings to adjust text size to three different variants also return but with the additional capability to also implement High Contrast and change general display colors. Even the Zoom functionality is making a comeback, a necessary inclusion for blind/low vision players. Yet, Nintendo’s biggest surprise comes in the form of a new “Screen Reader” setting.

Blind/low vision individuals often need settings like Text-to-Speech to help navigate menus and settings. While the option is only available for the HOME menu and system settings, this accessibility feature is a necessary tool, allowing disabled players to independently navigate the Switch 2. Options to choose different voices, read speeds, and volume levels accompany the Screen Reader feature. We still don’t know if individual games will support these tools or come equipped with their own accessibility offerings, but Nintendo’s acknowledgment of their disabled audience is a welcome sight, one that absolutely piques my interest regarding the future of accessibility at the company.

Innovative Design

While not within a specific menu, Nintendo did advertise a new inclusive tool that not only adds more depth to a beloved franchise, but also vastly improves the cognitive, physical, and blind/low vision accessibility. Within the renamed Nintendo Switch App, is Zelda Notes, a companion app for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. With the Navigation option in the app, players can choose to locate shops, areas of interest, and even the elusive Korok’s all within the app’s GPS-like UI. The app, which comes with audio cues and voices, will direct players to the exact location of their selected object. While not perfect, as the app does not help with precise navigation or enemies, it helps blind/low vision individuals navigate the overworld while reducing the cognitive overload of having to travel across a vast world.

For cognitive, blind/low vision, and physically disabled players in particular, another feature in the app — the Autobuild Sharing tool — lets players share their custom Zonai tech creations. By scanning a QR code, disabled individuals can automatically build a Zonai machine if they have the corresponding materials. For me, especially, I immensely struggled with the control layout and required buttons to properly build Zonai machinery in Tears of the Kingdom. But thanks to this new tool, I only need to worry about gathering materials, and not the actual building process of Zonai contraptions. And all of this is done with Inclusive design, something I’ve regularly praised Nintendo for in the past.

Finally, disabled individuals can even share items with one another through Item Sharing, a feature identical to Autobuild Sharing. By scanning a QR code, I can immediately access items that my friends send me, reducing physical strain by no longer having to continuously scour the world for weapons and food. Does this make Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom fully accessible? Absolutely not. However, it’s an incredible step forward.

Wheelchair Sports

The biggest surprise for me was by far the announcement of Drag X Drive, a Rocket League-esque game that lets players control characters in manual wheelchairs on a basketball court. Not only is this surprising announcement a fantastic way to show proper disability representation, but it also highlights one of the Switch 2’s few new hardware changes – mouse control.

By flipping the Joy-Con on its side, players can move the controller across any surface, making the device behave similarly to a computer mouse. While we still don’t know how much force is required to move the cursor, – for comparison, my mouse on my ultrawide monitor has a DPI of 6400. But any new way to play will no doubt have accessibility benefits for an array of disabled players. It’s exciting to imagine just how Nintendo will utilize this new feature, but more importantly, it’s yet another tool for disabled individuals. Combine this with the multitude of controller types already available on the Switch and Switch 2, and Nintendo continues to innovate with controller usage.

As a Nintendo fan, I’m beyond excited for the Switch 2. While I’m admittedly hesitant to spend upwards of $450 for the system, my love of gaming began with Nintendo. And with each new system comes exciting accessibility additions that continue to demonstrate Nintendo’s commitment to accessibility and inclusive design. While we still don’t have a first party accessible device like the Xbox Adaptive Controller and PlayStation Access Controller, Nintendo is in its own way innovating with new ways to play for disabled individuals.Combine these innovations with the recent announcement of Nintendo joining other developers to create standardized accessibility tags, and I believe we'll see Nintendo continue to elevate accessibility for the better.

Grant Stoner is a disabled journalist covering accessibility and the disabled perspective in video games. When not writing, he is usually screaming about Pokémon or his cat, Goomba on Twitter.

On the hunt to devour some GHOUL://RE codes? Well, you're in luck. We've put together a list of all the active and working codes you can currently use to earn yourself some Ghoul Points.

Working GHOUL://RE Codes (April 2025)

These are all the active codes we've found that can be redeemed this month:

• 100kFavourites - Rewards (NEW)
• 300kDiscord - Rewards (NEW)
• DelayCompensation - Rewards (NEW)
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All Expired GHOUL://RE Codes

Sadly, these codes no longer work:

• MilestoneReached
• MilestoneReached2
• UpdateOne
• EmergencySD
• TY10K!
• Sorryfordelay
• MACFIX
• WeWantCodes
• OrdinaryPumpkin

How to Redeem GHOUL://RE Codes

1. First, load up the Ghoul://RE experience and hit the Play button
2. If this is your first time playing the game, complete the tutorial, then create your character
3. Once you've loaded into the game, click menu in the top left corner.
4. Look at the icons, then click the </> on the far right for the code bar to appear
5. Enter the code then press confirm to redeem it for your rewards!

Why Isn't My GHOUL://RE Code Working?

If you find your GHOUL://RE codes aren't working, it's usually for one of two reasons. Firstly, lots of codes for Roblox experiences are case-sensitive, so you'll need to make sure you're putting it in correctly. The best way to do this, is just to copy it over directly from this article. Be mindful about including extra spaces accidentally, though!

Alternatively, it might just be the case that a code has expired and it's time the rewards are no longer available. Whether a code has expired, or has just been pasted in incorrectly, it will say "this code does not exist."

How to Get More GHOUL://RE Codes

We're always on the lookout for more codes, so we'd recommend coming here each day to see if there's more GHOUL://RE codes that have dropped. If you'd rather do the searching yourself, you can head over to the dedicted Discord Server for GHOUL://RE and browse for them there.

What is GHOUL://RE in Roblox?

GHOUL://RE is an open-world PVP experience based on the popular anime Tokyo Ghoul. You can choose to join either the CCG or the Ghoul factions, each with their own weapons and abilities. If you choose to join the CCG in this battle of survival, you'll be taking down Ghouls, but if you choose to be one of them, you'll play as a creature able to consume others. It's not all fighting, though, as you'll also need to complete missions, which you can pick up from the Mission Boards. Participate in events, open loot boxes, earn currency, and craft weapons to survive.

Lauren Harper is an Associate Guides Editor. She loves a variety of games but is especially fond of puzzles, horrors, and point-and-click adventures.

If there’s something Doctor Who is known for besides time travel hijinks, sonic screwdrivers, and regeneration, it’s having a massive catalog of memorable monsters. With a new season of Doctor Who upon us, we’re taking a look back at the Doctor’s rogues gallery to highlight the most vicious monsters our favorite Time Lord has run into.

Before we begin, a couple of notes: We’ve left off villains that we don’t think qualify as “monsters” in the traditional sense, so don’t expect to see the Master on here. Additionally, although some of these creatures date back to the classic show, every entry in this list has made at least one televised appearance since the 2005 revival. We just think the “modern” monsters tend to be more effective (and are more in our wheelhouse anyway). With that settled, let’s get into it. Here are our top 20 Doctor Who monsters.

20. Macra

As all PlayStation fans know, few things are as terrifying as a giant enemy crab. Doctor Who first introduced the alien race known as the Macra during the Second Doctor’s era. Initially large, intelligent crabs, they had an interstellar empire and were referred to by the Doctor as the “scourge of this galaxy.” Millions of years later, the Macra fell on hard times and devolved into mindless beasts that survived on noxious gases and ate whatever fell through the cracks of the planet-wide gridlocked motorway of New Earth. They aren’t the most prominent Doctor Who enemy, but would you want to meet one in a dark alley? I didn’t think so.

19. Clockwork Repair Droids

“The Girl in the Fireplace” is commonly considered one of the quintessential Steven Moffat-penned episodes, and as such features a set of memorable antagonists. Those would be the Clockwork Repair Droids, a group of robots with a penchant for 18th century French fashion and stealing organs from human beings. They want to snatch the brain of Jeanne Antoinette “Reinette” Poisson, also known as Madame de Pompadour, to repair the computer of their 51st century starship. The audacity of their plan contrasts well with the tender romance between the Tenth Doctor and Reinette, making them the perfect villains for this iconic episode.

18. Sontarans

The stocky, dome-headed race of cloned soldiers known as the Sontarans are one of the Doctor’s most recurring foes. Bred for nothing but endless warfare, Sontaran culture is centered purely on the honor of death in combat. But despite their militaristic nature, the Sontarans lose some points by rarely coming off all that threatening because of their goofy appearance and easily outwitted schemes. All that said, the Doctor considers them among the “finest soldiers in the galaxy,” so they are still worth a spot on this list. Plus, they gave us Strax, one of the funnier and more interesting of the many side characters the Doctor has encountered.

17. Vashta Nerada

Why is every species in the universe afraid of the dark? According to Doctor Who, it’s because of the Vashta Nerada, microscopic carnivores that are essentially piranhas living in shadows. These invisible terrors encountered the Tenth Doctor at the Library, a planet that the Vashta Nerada had rendered devoid of life. While the sight of their skeletal victims trapped in their spacesuits is definitely spooky, the Vashta Nerada suffer a bit from how they actually “work” not being as clear as it should. They basically kill whenever the script wants them to, but the Doctor having no plan for them beyond “run” certainly makes them a credible threat.

16. The Vespiform

In what other show could an episode be an Agatha Christie style murder mystery that actually includes Agatha Christie as a character, and also the murderer is an evil alien wasp in disguise? That’s exactly what Doctor Who gave us with “The Unicorn and the Wasp,” one of the most deliriously eccentric episodes of the Tenth Doctor’s tenure. The Vespiform, a giant wasp that can shapeshift into human form, plays the part of a serial murderer at a 1920s dinner party. We won’t spoil the identity of the creature (it’s a mystery, after all), but as one-off Doctor Who villains go, the Vespiform is one of the more memorable for its genre-bending mischief.

15. Ice Warriors

Another longtime foe dating back to the original show, the Ice Warriors are a race of armored reptilian humanoids native to Mars. Originally starting off as enemies of the Second Doctor who wanted to colonize Earth, the Ice Warriors eventually changed their tune and became an ally of the Third Doctor. They returned in the revival era in the episode “Cold War,” where the Eleventh Doctor found himself trapped on a Soviet submarine with a single villainous Ice Warrior who hunts down the crew one by one. They aren’t quite among the most iconic of Doctor Who monsters, but the Ice Warriors deserve credit for their versatility and longevity.

14. The Veil

“Heaven Sent” is widely considered one of the best Doctor Who episodes of all time, and for good reason. The Twelfth Doctor is trapped in a confession dial, where he spends 4.5 billion years trying to find a way to escape and undo the death of beloved companion Clara Oswald. All the while, he’s hunted by the Veil, a being with a burning touch that forces the Doctor to share his darkest secrets. The slow movement and omnipresent nature of the Veil makes it an unsettling presence, but the real star of the show is Peter Capaldi’s performance. Even so, the Veil earns a spot on this list for being a big part of such a great episode.

13. The Flood

A good Doctor Who monster can make the most innocuous things scary, and one of the best examples of that is what the show did to water with the Flood. A virus trapped in a Martian glacier, it infected the water of the first human colony on Mars, turning those who came in contact with it into horrific zombie-like creatures. Their cracked mouths and them constantly spilling water from their skin made the Flood’s victims into the stuff of nightmares. They’ve only had one televised appearance in the Tenth Doctor special “The Waters of Mars,” but pretty much everyone who’s seen it would say the Flood made one hell of a first impression.

12. The Silence

Steven Moffat introduced a long-running mythology arc at the beginning of Season 6 with the Silence, who were hyped up by the creators at the time as the scariest Doctor Who monster ever conceived. These suit and tie wearing aliens had the power to make people forget they existed whenever they weren’t being observed, making it difficult to fight back against the Silence’s machinations. What those machinations actually were and how convoluted their subplot became is why the Silence don’t make the top 10 here, but even then they’re still among the most conceptually interesting and unnerving antagonists in the Doctor’s storied history.

11. The Ood

The Ood are unique on this list because they are far more sympathetic than monstrous. A race of benign and easily manipulated creatures, the Ood were enslaved by humanity but insisted they were okay with it. However, their telepathic abilities led them to become pawns of another, more powerful villain (who we’ll get to later), turning them into red-eyed terrors ready to hunt down the Tenth Doctor and his allies. Thankfully, the Doctor escaped intact. The Doctor later returned alongside Donna Noble to help the Ood in “Planet of the Ood,” where the pair assisted the Ood Brain in freeing all Ood across the galaxy from their enslavement.

10. Autons

For most modern fans of the show, the Autons are the first Doctor Who monster they ever encountered. Resembling walking mannequins, they were animated by their master, the Nestene Consciousness, as plastic foot soldiers in its attempt to conquer Earth. The Autons started off as recurring enemies of the Third Doctor, who thwarted their schemes on two separate occasions. They returned again in “Rose,” the pilot episode of the 2005 revival, where the Ninth Doctor once again put down an invasion attempt. They would also factor into the two-part Season 5 finale, with companion Rory Williams being revived as an Auton.

9. The Foretold

The best one-off monster of the Twelfth Doctor’s tenure, the Foretold is the eponymous mummy in “Mummy on the Orient Express.” This eerie creature is only capable of being perceived by its intended target, who it kills after exactly 66 seconds, no matter how the victim tries to escape. Watching the Doctor and Clara Oswald try to figure out how to stop a monster they can’t see or hear as it picks off its prey makes for one of the most tense episodes of Capaldi’s era. Plus, when the Doctor finally does see it, him figuring out what the Foretold actually is and how to stop it during the time limit makes for one of the Doctor’s finest moments.

8. Sutekh

Most science fiction properties eventually introduce a god-like antagonist, and the Doctor finally received one with Sutekh. Originally an adversary of the Fourth Doctor, the evil Osiran was seemingly defeated in “The Pyramids of Mars,” only to come back decades later in the two-part finale of Season 14 as the leader of the Pantheon of Discord. Sutekh revealing himself to the Fifteenth Doctor and explaining how and why he’s survived turns him from a pretty good one-off foe into one of the Doctor’s all-time greatest enemies. Plus, the Doctor even refers to Sutekh as “the greatest monster I have ever fought,” so that’s got to count for something.

7. The Empty Child

Creepy children are a staple of horror media, and Doctor Who turned in one of the best examples with the Empty Child. Originally a boy named Jamie who died during a WWII air raid on London, he was revived via extraterrestrial means and plagued the streets as a gas mask-wearing menace who turned anyone he touched into zombies similar to him. He and all of his victims would chant “are you my mummy?” over and over again. Luckily, the Ninth Doctor and his companion Rose Tyler were able to figure out what caused the Empty Child’s condition and reverse it, making for one of the most triumphant endings to a Doctor Who episode.

6. The Time Beetle

Season 4 of the revival era, the last season starring the Tenth Doctor, features two of the best one-off monsters in the show’s history. First up is the Time Beetle from “Turn Left,” a sinister insect capable of latching itself to a victim’s back and altering their personal history by creating a parallel timeline. This happens to Donna Noble, who makes a crucial choice that prevents her from ever meeting the Doctor, resulting in the Doctor’s death and numerous cataclysms that he was supposed to prevent. After it’s stopped, the Doctor recognizes the beetle as being affiliated with the Trickster, a villain who should be familiar to viewers of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

5. The Midnight Entity

Our second Season 4-exclusive monster is the Midnight Entity, perhaps the most mysterious Doctor Who monster of all time. It’s never seen, named, or properly understood; it simply is. While on a tour of the diamond planet Midnight, an unseen presence breaks into the tour bus and possesses one of the passengers, repeating every word said to it with perfect accuracy. It eventually takes control of the Doctor, stealing his voice and nearly convincing his fellow passengers to jettison him from the vehicle. Although the Doctor does survive the altercation, it’s still one of the most haunting encounters with the unknown in the show’s history.

4. The Beast

The two-part episode “The Impossible Planet” and “The Satan Pit” is arguably a better space horror movie than most actual space horror movies. In this story, the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler wind up trapped on Krop Tor, a planet somehow orbiting a black hole, where they come in contact with a being known as the Beast. This demonic monstrosity is implied to be the literal Devil, or at least the inspiration for such a creature in all the mythologies in the universe. Given how much he terrorizes the Doctor and his allies, both by controlling the Ood and possessing Toby, one of the poor souls stranded with them, we’d say he’s more than welcome to the title.

3. Cybermen

When it comes to recurring monsters, there’s only one that can claim to have battled the Doctor more often than the Cybermen. Originally a group of cyborgs created from the bodies of humans native to Earth’s twin planet Mondas, they also developed in a parallel timeline as part of a scheme by John Lumic, head of Cybus Industries. No matter their origin, the Cybermen seek to “upgrade” other humans into more Cybermen, whether the victims want to or not. They are scary not just for their relentlessness and lack of emotion, but because it seems that no matter what universe the Doctor visits, the Cybermen will always rise up eventually.

2. Weeping Angels

For the most terrifying Doctor Who monster of all time, there really can’t be any answer but the Weeping Angels. These fearsome killers look like statues to the uninitiated, but that’s because they’re quantum-locked while observed, meaning they only move when no one is looking at them. Turn your eyes away for a moment, even by blinking, and those statues will be a little bit closer. They kill by sending their victims back in time, meaning if they catch you, you’ll never see your loved ones again. If you somehow haven’t seen their debut episode “Blink,” sometimes cited as the best Doctor Who episode of the revival era, you’re seriously missing out.

1. Daleks

Did you really think number one would be anything else? Of course it’s the Daleks, the Doctor’s most iconic and enduring foes. Not only have they opposed the Doctor ever since the First Doctor’s second story, they are arguably just as responsible as the Doctor for popularizing the franchise. These fascist alien mutants encased in metal shells exist for only one purpose: to “exterminate!” They believe in Dalek supremacy above all else, and have sought universal conquest time and time again. Yet no matter how many times they battle their archnemesis, Doctor Who fans are always looking forward to the next clash between the Doctor and the Daleks. And that’s why they will always be the greatest Doctor Who monster of all time.

What’s your favorite Doctor Who monster? Vote in our poll and let’s discuss in the comments!

Carlos Morales writes novels, articles and Mass Effect essays. You can follow his fixations on Twitter.

Note: This story was updated to be a top 20 in April 2025. It originally ran as a top 10 in 2014.

Want some codes for extra cash to spend on animations, styles, emotes, and more in Azure Latch? Or should that be Delay Latch? Anyway, we've got you covered. In this article, you'll find all the currently working codes for the game, so be quick to redeem them and bag that cash.

Working Azure Latch Codes (April 2025)

• RINRELEASE - 10,000 Cash (NEW!)
• sorryfordelay - 10,000 Cash (NEW!)
• AMMISTHEOWNERNOTLEFTRIGHTTH - 10,000 Cash

All Expired Azure Latch Codes

This codes are now expired:

• RINSOONTRUSTME
• sorryforlatency
• SAEREWORK3TIME
• SorryForRollback

How to Redeem Azure Latch Codes

1. Before you can use Azure Latch codes, you'll need to be a part of the community, so load up Roblox and join the twi game group
2. Then jump into Azure Latch and find the Menu button at the bottom of the screen
3. In the Menu options, go to the far right tab to find Rewards
4. Enter the code and press Redeem to get that cash!

Why Isn't My Azure Latch Code Working?

Codes are often case-sensitive, so to avoid any errors, we'd recommend copying the codes directly from this article into the redemption bar in Azure Latch. We test them all before we upload them here to make sure they're valid for you.

If you have copied them from here, and they're still not working, it could be one of two things. You may have accidentally copied over an extra space, so be sure to check for that first. The other option is the code may have just expired.

How to Get More Azure Latch Codes

We check for codes daily, so you can visit this article to see when new Azure Latch codes are released. There's also a dedicated Discord Server, that you can visit to look for code announcements yourself.

What is Azure Latch in Roblox?

Whether you're a fan of anime or sports games, Azure Latch is likely to be a game you'll want to check out. The 5v5 football game is another Roblox experience that takes inspiration from the popular manga and anime series Blue Lock. For this one, however, you'll get super abilities that you can use to make those tackles, passes, and goal attempts a bit more exciting.

Lauren Harper is an Associate Guides Editor. She loves a variety of games but is especially fond of puzzles, horrors, and point-and-click adventures.

The Masters is one of the biggest golf events of the year and it's finally arrived for 2025. As one of the four major championships in golf, The Masters has rich a history dating all the way back to 1934 when the Augusta National tournament first began. The event has influenced golf with its traditions over the years, including the idea of the winner getting a special jacket (just like in Happy Gilmore). Now in 2025 those traditions are still going strong, with the added benefit of being able to stream the whole thing online.

The second round of The Masters has wrapped up at Augusta National. The third round is happening today, and it already has all of the tee times and pairings lined up. If you're looking for a way to watch the golf tournament live today, we've got you covered with everything you need to know below.

Where to Stream The Masters Online

UFC is a popular mixed martial arts league that has been entertaining fans for over 20 years. With over 300 pay-per-view events aired since 1993, UFC has exploded in popularity and now features frequent fights, exclusive originals, and more. With so many people ditching cable in favor of streaming services, you may be wondering how and where you can watch UFC fights online. Check out our full rundown below to learn where UFC events are streamed online, information on pay-per-view (PPV) events, as well as the schedule for 2025's biggest upcoming fights.

Where to Watch UFC Fights Online

The best place to catch UFC fights online is with an ESPN+ subscription, as it's currently the exclusive streaming home for UFC. An ESPN+ subscription offers a bit more than what you get with the standard ESPN broadcast channels available on cable as it features access to a variety of live sporting events and a massive archive of UFC content.

ESPN+ can be purchased as a standalone subscription for for $11.99 per month, or you can opt for the ESPN+ Annual Plan which will run you $119.99 per year, saving you 15% off the monthly price. Additionally, you can bundle ESPN+ (With Ads) with Disney+ (With Ads) and Hulu (With Ads) for $14.99 per month. You can also get access to the service via a Hulu + Live TV subscription, which is a great overall option for live TV streaming in 2025.

With an ESPN+ subscription, you'll gain access to a plethora of UFC content including all pay-per-view fights after they air, UFC Fight Night events, as well as an archive featuring more than two decades of modern and classic fights from across UFC's storied history. You'll also be able to stream every season of The Ultimate Fighter, as well as other exclusive originals such as UFC Embedded, Dana White's Contender Series, Rowdy's Places, and more.

Additionally, every UFC pay-per-view event is added to ESPN+ 16 days after it airs, allowing subscribers to catch up on the event if they happened to miss it live.

You can watch ESPN+ on a variety of devices in HD with support for up to three simultaneous streams through the ESPN app on your mobile device, streaming devices such as Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, and Google Chromecast, select smart TVs, as well as consoles such as PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.

UFC Pay-Per-View Explained

UFC's numbered events have traditionally been pay-per-view (PPV) events, and that hasn't changed since the move to ESPN+ in 2019. The only difference is you'll need to have an active ESPN+ subscription in order to view the current and upcoming PPV events. The next big event is UFC 314 happening on April 12.