The futuristic Night City, an overpowered demon lord, and a world-ending biscuit are just some of what you can expect this summer anime season. There's a new season full of anime to check out this Summer like Studio Trigger's Cyberpunk Edgerunners, the dark Made in Abyss Season, and part 2 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean. We're also seeing the return of The Devil is a Part-Timer! after almost a decade. Across Crunchyroll, HIDIVE, and Netflix, as well as others, there are a lot of places to enjoy anime at the moment.

Check out some anticipated series in the video above or the slideshow gallery below, followed by the full list of new Summer season 2022 anime in the U.S. and their respective streaming platforms. Anime listed are available now unless otherwise stated.

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (Crunchyroll, VRV, Hulu)

We weren’t kidding about the world-ending biscuit. Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer follows Amamiya, a student who is visited by a talking lizard asking him to help save the world. Amamiya starts to gain mysterious powers and is met by another powered person who happens to be a princess. The two join forces in hopes of destroying the gigantic biscuit hammer that hovers over the world. Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer has been a hilarious and weird ride right out the gate. We’re looking forward to seeing what else this kooky series has to offer as the season goes on. Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is available on Crunchyroll, VRV, and Hulu.

The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2 (Crunchyroll, Hulu, Funimation)

Speaking of Lucifer, The Devil is a Part-Timer! is back after almost a decade since season one was released. The series follows Satan, a demon lord who flees his world and ends up in modern-day Tokyo with one of his underlings. Having lost a major battle, Satan or Maou, as he likes to be called now, has chosen to rebuild his empire by starting a job at a fast food chain. Maou soon finds out that there are more beings from his world that followed him to Tokyo. The Devil is a Part-Timer has a surprising amount of action for a ridiculous comedy series. If you enjoy Miss Koboyashi’s Dragon Maid, you might like this series too. The Devil is a Part-Timer Season 2 is now available on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Funimation.

Classroom of the Elite Season 2 (Crunchyroll, VRV)

Classroom of the Elite is another series that we haven’t seen in a long time. It’s been about 5 years since season 1 and the series continues to follow a lowly ranked first-year class in a merit-based school. This special school has students living on campus, and the only way to buy anything is to use points that are mysteriously given to each student every month. What seems like a typical slice of life turns dramatic as the students learn more about the school and their classmates. This series really escalates so it’ll be interesting to see how season 2 pans out for our now experienced first-year class. Classroom of the Elite Season 2 is available now on Crunchyroll and VRV.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Netflix)

The long-anticipated Cyberpunk Edgerunners is almost here! From the world of Cyberpunk 2077, this series follows a street kid who relies on seedy outlaw jobs to survive in Night City. Studio Trigger is behind the anime and based on the trailers and opening that we’ve seen so far, it’s going to be a wild and beautifully animated series. Also to get Franz Ferdinand in the opening credits is just icing on the cake. We’ve seen enough and can’t wait to check out Cyberpunk Edgerunners when it releases in September on Netflix.

Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun (HIDIVE)

Made in Abyss is back with season 2, The Golden City of the Scorching Sun. The series follows Riko, an orphaned girl, who lives in a town surrounding the Abyss, a huge hole that goes deep into the planet. She soon meets Reg, a boy-looking robot, and seeks to venture into the Abyss to find her mother. The series seems playful at first but it can be very dark with the dangerous mysteries below. Like Demon Slayer, Made in Abyss has a canonical movie between seasons 1 and 2. If you want to be caught up before going into season 2, watch Dawn of the Deep Soul. Both Made in Abyss Season 2 and Dawn of the Deep Soul are available now on HIDIVE.

Uncle from Another World (Netflix)

Uncle from Another World follows Takafumi, a student who has an uncle who’s been in a coma for 17 years. When he goes to visit his uncle who just woke up, Takafumi finds his uncle murmuring about another world. Turns out, his uncle was really in another world and actually uses magic. Uncle from Another World is an interesting spin on the isekai genre where a protagonist is transported back into the present world after the apparent death or one-way teleportation. If you’re looking for a new comedy series this summer, Uncle from Another World is worth a try. The series is available now on Netflix.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Part 2 (Netflix)

The second part of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean is almost here! The series follows Jolyne Cujoh who is wrongfully convicted of murder and tries to escape through the use of her new mysterious powers. For those that don’t know, the series has an intergenerational storyline and Stone Ocean takes place over 100 years after Part 1 or season 1. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is known for its intense action, wild art style, and cultural music references. If you like action with a lot of weirdness, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure will be worth a watch. We recommend catching up on the series before checking out this latest addition. Stone Ocean part 2 will be available September 1 on Netflix.

Overlord Season 4 (Crunchyroll, VRV)

The almighty Sorcerer King is finally back with Season 4 of Overlord. The series follows Momonga, an MMO player who becomes trapped in the game when the servers shut down for the last time. Not only that but the NPCs have become livelier prompting Momonga to look into this mysterious situation with their help. What’s pretty cool about this isekai is that the protagonist starts off really powerful, so a lot of the interesting bits are from interactions with the characters and civilizations met along the journey. If you’re familiar with That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, you may enjoy this series too. Overlord Season 4 is now available on Crunchyroll and VRV.

Those are some anticipated new anime available to watch this Summer 2022 season. If you want more anime, check out our 10 Best Anime to Video Game Adaptations and also our list of the Spring 2022 anime in case you missed the last batch of new series.

All the New Anime Arriving in Summer 2022

Here’s the full list of anime coming out in Summer 2022 that will be available to watch in the US:

Crunchyroll

• Black Summoner
• Cardfight!! Vanguard: will+Dress
• Classroom of the Elite II
• DR. STONE SPECIAL EPISODE – RYUSUI
• Dropkick on My Devil!!! X Season 3
• Engage Kiss
• Extreme Hearts
• Fuuto PI (7/31)
• Hanabichan ~The girl who popped out of the game world~
• Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World
• Love Live! Superstar!! 2
• Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
• Lycoris Recoil
• Musasi-no
• My Hero Academia Season 5 OVA (8/1)
• My Stepmom’s Daughter is My Ex
• Obey Me! The Anime Season 2
• ODDTAXI IN THE WOODS (TBD)
• ORIENT Part 2
• Overlord Season 4
• Parallel World Pharmacy
• Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 2
• RWBY: Ice Queendom
• Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac – Battle for Sanctuary – (TBD)
• SHADOWS HOUSE 2nd Season
• Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys!
• Shoot! Goal to the Future
• Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation
• Teppen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til you Cry
• The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2
• The Girl From the Other Side (8/4)
• The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious
• The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup
• The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting
• TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Special Episode (Aug 2022)
• Utawarerumono Mask of Truth
• YUREI DECO

Netflix

• Case Closed: Zero's Tea Time (7/29)
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Sep 2022)
• DOTA: Dragon's Blood: Book 3 (8/11)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Part 2 (9/1)
• Kakegurui Twin (8/4)
• Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure (8/25)
• Tekken: Bloodline (8/18)
• Uncle from Another World

Hulu

• Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
• The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2

VRV

• Black Summoner
• Cardfight!! Vanguard: will+Dress
• Classroom of the Elite II
• Dr. STONE Special Episode – RYUSUI
• Dropkick on My Devil!!! X Season 3
• Engage Kiss
• Extreme Hearts
• Hanabichan ~The girl who popped out of the game world~
• Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World
• Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
• Lycoris Recoil
• Musasi-no
• My Stepmom’s Daughter is My Ex
• ORIENT Part 2
• Overlord Season 4
• Parallel World Pharmacy
• Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 2
• RWBY: Ice Queendom
• Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys!
• Shoot! Goal to the Future
• Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation
• Teppen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til you Cry
• The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup
• The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting
• TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Special Episode (Aug 2022)
• Utawarerumono Mask of Truth
• YUREI DECO

HIDIVE

• Call of the Night
• Cardfight!! Vanguard: will+Dress
• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV
• League of Nations Air Force Aviation Magic Band Luminous Witches
• Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
• My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World!
• Phantom of the Idol
• SHINEPOST
• Tokyo Mew Mew New
• Vermeil in Gold
• When Will Ayumu Make His Move?

Funimation

• Cardfight!! Vanguard: will+Dress
• Love Live! Superstar!! 2
• Obey Me! The Anime Season 2
• SHADOWS HOUSE 2nd Season
• The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2

What anime are you watching this Summer? Let's discuss in the comments!

The Italian football club, Juventus, is coming back to EA starting with FIFA 23 which will be released on September 30.

In a press release, EA announced it has agreed to a multi-year partnership with Juventus that will welcome the Italian club back to EA Sports starting with the next FIFA game and continuing when EA rebrands as EA Sports FC.

Juventus previously had an exclusive relationship with Konami for its Pro Evolution Soccer series for the past three years.

The new deal means Juventus’ players, stadium, and jerseys will appear in the next EA soccer game, but the two brands will also “work across a number of lifestyle and cultural initiatives bringing new opportunities outside of football.”

EA announced earlier this year that it would not renew its license with FIFA, choosing instead to remain in the soccer sim space under the name EA Sports FC. Despite the name change, Along with Juventus EA has secured other teams from Europe’s top leagues who announced they are sticking with EA.

Meanwhile FIFA says it will work with other developers to create authentic football games and carry on the FIFA series with FIFA 23, FIFA 24, and so on.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Ubisoft says that Roller Champions isn't going to be canceled and that it will continue to support the game with more content and fixes.

"Let's clear it out of the way first, Roller Champions isn't getting canceled, and Ubisoft fully supports it. What the Roller Champions dev team is doing is making sure we focus on what our players have told us needs improvements, and that supersedes all other priorities," Ubisoft said in a statement on Twitter.

The game's first and current season, Disco Fever, will be extended and an upcoming patch will include cross-invites, which allows players to bring in friends who play Roller Champions on other platforms. Additionally, the team is trying to fix issues and address player feedback before moving on to the game’s next season.

Ubisoft’s statement is seemingly a response to rumors that began circulating saying that Roller Champions would be canceled after its third season.

Hello Champions! Let’s clear it out of the way first, Roller Champions isn’t getting cancelled, and Ubisoft fully supports it.

You can rest assured we’ll keep you updated as we roll forward.

Full statement: pic.twitter.com/U8mfQRZRoH

— Roller Champions (@RollerChampions) July 25, 2022

“As far as content is concerned, we can tell you that we’ve got exciting stuff planned for the net seasons,” explains the development team. “We strongly believe, however, that before we release new content, we’ve got to do right by our players, hence why we are taking the time needed before we do.”

Roller Champions is a free-to-play game that launched on May 25, 2022, for PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One. In our Roller Champions first impressions, we said, “Though it’s a solid start to what could be my next team-based competitive addiction, it also feels in danger of becoming repetitive rather quickly.”

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey

Stray is an adorable new game about a cat exploring a post-apocalyptic future full of robots, and now, you can play through the whole thing as the laziest, chillest cat of them all: Garfield.

A new mod by modder Chris Rubino replaces the cat in Stray with a surprisingly believable rendition of Garfield of comics fame, right down to the lazy expression and chubby cheeks. That's it, that's all it does – no lasagna or Odie or Lorenzo Music voice, just the good old Garfield wandering around a robot city, fending off Zurks, and probably getting into more trouble than Garfield himself ever could at Jon Arbuckle's house.

For me, the best part of this mod is the deep expression of total ennui on his face:

It's no surprise that Garfield has entered Stray given that the original kitty is an orange tabby just like him, but other modders have taken it even farther already. There's a weird mod you can add that replaces Stray's meowing action with the sound of Heavy Rain protagonist Ethan Mars calling for his lost son. And delightfully, a number of modders are jumping on a new trend of making the cat in Stray look like their own cats at home.

Even though we reviewed a version of Stray sans Garfield, we still found it to be a "delightful cat-based adventure in a cyberpunk world worth exploring." If you're picking it up for the first time, there are a number of wonderfully cat-like things you can do in Stray's world, and IGN has a full wiki guide to help you through from start to finish.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

Board games have been around for thousands of years. So when a designer comes up with a genuinely new idea for a game mechanic, the hype train takes off like a rocket. Such was the case for deck building in over a decade ago — and we've come along way by now in 2022.

Like many fresh ideas, the concept of a deck building game is startling in its simplicity. Card games where you build a custom deck before you play have been around a while. In a deck building game, though, you build the deck while you play. Starting with a hand of currency cards, you cash them in for other, more interesting cards, and make a deck on-the-fly you think is good enough to win.

It wasn't just gamers who got bowled over by the brilliance of the concept: it was designers too. Gaming was soon awash in copycat games, many of limited interest. Since then, the mechanic has seen redeployment into other genres of game with mixed results. But there are loads of awesome examples, too. These are the best deck-building board games.

Dune: Imperium

In Dune: Imperium your deck represents resources that your noble house can draw on as you seek power and influence in the universe of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic. It’s married to another classic mechanic, worker placement, as each card play sends one of your agents to a board space, either courting influence with a faction like The Guild or The Fremen, or to the planet’s surface, to harvest spice or do battle for territory. It’s a clever melange of thematic and abstract concepts that mesh to create a fascinating whole with many parts to master. There’s also a whole new concept for deckbuilding called reveal turns where you discard your remaining cards to get a secondary effect, meaning you’re building and playing your deck on two different levels at once.

Tyrants of the Underdark

Another game where your deck corresponds to assets belonging to a noble house, only this time they’re minions in the employ of Dungeons & Dragons’ fiendish dark elves. Card play spreads your troops, assassins and influence from your starting city over a network of Underdark locations from the well-known fantasy novel trilogy The Legend of Drizzt. There’s a real sense of struggle as you tussle for territory with other players, card and counter-card adding and removing pieces from the board. Many of the cards represent iconic characters and monsters from the role-playing game with art to match. And there are multiple card sets to combine for new and interesting strategic and tactical options with every play.

Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game

Legendary does a couple of interesting things with the deck-building formula. For starters, it’s cooperative, with all the players working together to defeat a supervillain, although if you defeat them you can tally points and declare a top, legendary, player. Second, the villain has a deck too, which functions as a game engine and a scenario which dictates the win and loss conditions. You’re not, as you might expect, playing as individual Marvel heroes but rather controlling them as a group with your card plays, recruiting new cards and attacking the villain’s henchmen. It’s a riot of replayability with so many different combinations out of the box, plus it’s fast and smooth with lots of options to fine-tune the challenge level to your group’s needs. There’s a whole series of Legendary games built on the same mechanical engine, including the excellent Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game.

Dominion

Or you could start with the deck building game that started it all. Dominion wasn't only novel: it was also simple, with quick, three-step turns. All the complexity is on the cards themselves. The goal is to use the starting copper cards to buy better cards, allowing for more money and actions, working up to buying victory point cards. Strategy comes down to honing your deck into the leanest card-buying machine you can manage. With 25 card options, of which 10 got chosen for use in each game, it also has impressive replay value. Yet it's popular enough to have spawned a slew of expansions, of which Dominion: Intrigue is often considered the best.

Aeon's End

Aeon's End takes deck-building into the popular category of cooperative games. It's a smart move: deck-based games are often low on interaction, and having players work together is a solid solution. Here, you're all wizards working together to save a fantasy city from a marauding evil. And there are plenty of cards to heal and buff your fellow players, so there's plenty to think about. Its particular genius, though, is that you flip your discard pile over rather than shuffling when it's empty. This makes the order of card play critical, allowing you to set up combos for the next time you run through your deck. With other timing-based innovations and a tense random turn order, it's thrilling and challenging in equal measure. You can now choose from two sets, facing off against demons in the original box or taking on the undead in a longer, more complex campaign with the new Legacy of Gravehold.

Clank!

Numbers are at the heart of what makes deck building work, and they're at the heart of what makes Clank! special. Players are adventurers seeking to loot a dungeon and escape before a dragon wakes up. The engine of each hero is their deck, which lets them move and fight, open doors and spend gold. These are just abstract numbers that you use to overcome challenges: the real game is the frantic race in and out of the dungeon. That's where all the themes and thrills are. By separating the strategy from the theme, Clank! manages to satisfy fans of both camps with a winning combination. If you fancy taking these concepts into a long-form legacy game where the results of one game impact the next, there’s also Clank Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated which brings the game into the Dungeons & Dragons universe. And for more strategic game ideas, check out the best strategy board games.

Undaunted: Normandy

Deck-building has proved a surprising proxy for warfare in several games. Undaunted is the best of them, using the flow of cards from your deck as a way to simulate casualties and command confusion on the battlefield. It's a great fit, giving players a real sense of running an infantry platoon from simple rules. Atop the deck-building strategy, there's the extra dimension of moving pieces on the map. This isn't so realistic, but it's still a ton of fun as you tussle over tiles using tactics and dice. A selection of scenarios and troop types ensures there's plenty of replay puzzling as you work the game's layers to gain the upper hand. There are two editions of the game to choose from. Undaunted: Normandy focuses on squad-level combat in France while Undaunted: North Africa moves the action to single-soldier special forces and adds rules for vehicles. For other ideas in this space, check out our list of the best war board games.

Orleans

One of the greatest pleasures of deck-building is having to work out a new plan each turn, based on what fate gave you. Bag-builder Orleans is the absolute epitome of that pleasure. Your drawn tokens represent French peasants that you must set to work on tasks of your choice. There's a dizzying array of work for them to do, from building walls to brewing beer, each of which gains you some reward. It's all about balancing rewards like new workers or special buildings now against the promise of points later. But unlike most building games, Orleans has so many routes to victory that all the options blend into a deliciously rich strategic soup.

Mage Knight

While many games add a board or two to deck-building, Mage Knight adds the whole kitchen sink. It's a sprawling, complex fantasy adventure in which you'll explore, recruit armies, and plunder dungeons. Most notable of all, it offers deep reserves of both narrative and strategy, a rarity in game design. Deck-building is the cornerstone on which the whole, huge edifice rests. Your deck, at first, represents your heroic abilities. As you explore and grow it also comes to include spells, followers, magical treasures, and a good deal more besides. With several scenarios and styles, including competitive, cooperative, and solo, Mage Knight tries to be all things to all gamers and succeeds.

Paperback

Paperback takes a whole different approach to diversifying the deck-builder. Rather than trying to evoke a theme, it gives up and makes an abstract word game instead. Each card is a letter or a wildcard, and your task each turn is to use your hand to make the highest-scoring word you can. To ensure the game isn't just card-based Scrabble (speaking of, see the best classic board games), most letter cards in Paperback also have a special ability, such as extra draws. By being both an efficiency engine and a phonetic puzzle, it combines the best challenges of two worlds. And, at the same time, offers a great entry point to deck building for fans of more generic games.

Trains

Turns out that something as simple as adding a board adds a ridiculous amount of fun to deck-building. The best example is Trains, in which players compete to build rail routes across a map. It's got the same attractive simplicity as Dominion, with a focus on the cards but two key innovations. First, building on a map adds a bunch of spatial and time-based considerations that don't exist with cards alone. Second it adds waste cards, a thematic way to clog up your deck with rubbish which you need to manage effectively to do well. The whole package adds a ton of fun to the deck-building concept, especially for lower player counts.

Automobiles

Inevitably, the publisher of Trains has another game called Planes and a third called Automobiles, which is the best of the lot. Rather than building a deck, this game seems you building a bag instead, filling it with colored cubes. Each cube represents one of the cards in use for that game, so when you pull it from the bag you essentially play that card. This makes the game much faster and less fussy than the endless effect-checking and shuffling of most deck-builders. That speed suits this thrill a minute track-based racing game just fine, yet still gives players a smorgasbord of strategic options.

Shards of Infinity

At first, Shards Of Infinity looks like a typical example of the genre, with currency cards to buy more cards and one weapon to damage opponents. But it has two breathtaking new tricks up its sleeve. First is that you can spend leftover currency on Mastery which slowly accumulates and makes certain cards work better. Second, rather than adding a card to your deck when you buy it, you can use it straight away but then discard it. These two aspects lend then game impressive depth and flexibility. Plus, since the aim is to take out other players, it's got an exciting level of interaction lacking from most of its peers.

If you like these, be sure to check out of picks for the overall best board games to play in 2022.