• Mafia: The Old Country Isn't Open World And Doesn't Require A "Massive Time Commitment"

    Mafia: The Old Country Isn't Open World And Doesn't Require A "Massive Time Commitment"
    Mafia: The Old Country is not following Mafia III's open-world format but will instead take the shape of a "linear, narrative-driven" experience, according to 2K Games.The publisher confirmed this in an FAQ that was published today alongside news of the game's release date and a new gameplay trailer. Additionally, Mafia: The Old Country is bucking a AAA trend and will sell for $50 (a more expensive, digital-only Deluxe edition is also going to be available)."We think there's a large audience for
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Free Trial Begins

    In another sign that sales arw not what was expected; a seven day free trial has been announced.
  • Saros: How Housemarque devs are bringing the sci-fi characters to life

    Developers watch the recently revealed Story Trailer and share new insights.
  • Kinect's Revenge: Nex Playground Outsells Xbox Hardware In The US

    Kinect's Revenge: Nex Playground Outsells Xbox Hardware In The US
    The conventional wisdom is that Kinect was an albatross on Xbox One, making the system more expensive at launch and taking away resource power. But now, over a decade later, the Kinect-like Nex Playground has outsold Xbox hardware for November in the US, according to Circana.Nex Playground came in third for hardware units sold last month, outpacing Xbox Series X|S. The only saving grace is that Xbox raked in more dollar sales, as Nex Playground retails for $250 but has been on sale for $200 over
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  • Battlefield 6 "Extremely Likely" To Outsell Black Ops 7 In The US This Year, Expert Says

    Battlefield 6 "Extremely Likely" To Outsell Black Ops 7 In The US This Year, Expert Says
    A leading industry observer has predicted that EA's Battlefield 6 is "extremely likely" to outsell Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 in the US to finish as the year's No. 1 best-selling game.Prior to the release of Battlefield 6 in October and Black Ops 7 in November, industry experts predicted that Black Ops 7 would come out on top. But new data has arrived pointing to Black Ops 7's sales struggles, and now Mat Piscatella of Circana has told IGN that EA's game will likely be the best-selle
  • Fallout 76 Is Free Now On PS5 And Xbox Series X|S, But Only For A Week

    Fallout 76 Is Free Now On PS5 And Xbox Series X|S, But Only For A Week
    Looking for something new to play? Fallout 76 is available now on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S for free, but only for a limited time. Bethesda has announced that the online RPG is now completely free to download and play through December 23. The freebie offer is not available on PC.Additionally, Bethesda has announced that Fallout 76's paid membership, Fallout 1st, is getting a free trial through December 23 as well. The Fallout 1st Limited Preview Trial, as it's called, can be claimed through Fallou
  • Tencent makes minority investment in France's Drama Studios

    The studio says the money is being put towards expansion and speeding up development on hyper-realistic shooter Unrecord
  • Warner Bros. Urges Shareholders To Reject Paramount's Rival Bid For The Studio

    Warner Bros. Urges Shareholders To Reject Paramount's Rival Bid For The Studio
    The battle for Warner Bros. may be down to Netflix and Paramount, but the studio has a clear favorite. Earlier this month, Netflix bid $82.7 billion dollars for Warner Bros., jilting Paramount in the process. Paramount responded with a hostile takeover bid of $108.4 billion. Now, Warner Bros. is urging its shareholders to reject Paramount's "illusory" offer."Following a careful evaluation of Paramount's recently launched tender offer, the Board concluded that the offer's value is inadequate, wit
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  • Fallout 5 May Be Influenced By The TV Show

    Fallout 5 May Be Influenced By The TV Show
    Fallout 5 is one of the games currently in the works at Bethesda Game Studios. It's still years away from release, but now Bethesda boss Todd Howard has shared a small update about it.He told the BBC that Fallout 5 will be influenced in part by the popular Prime Video Fallout TV show. "In short, yes," he said. "Fallout 5 will be existing in a world where the stories and events of the show happened or are happening. We are taking that into account."Fallout 76 has also been influenced by the TV se
  • Tomb Raider 2013 Is Getting A Portable Edition

    Tomb Raider 2013 Is Getting A Portable Edition
    The 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider has found its way to several platforms over the years, but in 2026, Lara Croft is about to find herself shipwrecked on mobile devices. Tomb Raider is officially coming to iOS and Android devices on February 12, 2026, and it's priced at $20. This version of the game will also include all 12 DLC packs, adding more outfits, upgrades, and a bonus Challenge Tomb.Feral Interactive says the game has been "expertly optimized" for smartphones and tablets and will feature a
  • One Of 2025's Best Games Looks Like It's Coming To Switch 2

    One Of 2025's Best Games Looks Like It's Coming To Switch 2
    Down under may have just given us the down low on Dispatch coming to Switch and Switch 2. That's because the Nintendo storefront for Australia has listings up for the episodic game, revealing that the title is planned to launch January 29 on both Nintendo systems.There hasn't been an official announcement from Dispatch developer AdHoc Studio yet about Switch and Switch 2 ports. However, the official Nintendo eShop pages point to this being a matter of when, instead of if, Dispatch arrives on the
  • FIFA's Gaming Comeback Is A New Netflix-Exclusive Game

    FIFA's Gaming Comeback Is A New Netflix-Exclusive Game
    For years, EA Sports was the one-stop shop for FIFA-branded soccer, but that partnership officially ended in 2023. Since then, FIFA has been absent from the video game scene, but today Netflix Games and Delphi Interactive have announced that they will be bringing officially branded FIFA soccer back in a new game slated to launch in 2026.The unnamed FIFA soccer game will be available via the Netflix app on both iOS and Android devices, and it is planned to launch "this summer," just in time for t
  • The Last Of Us Co-Director: "I Don't Like AI"

    The Last Of Us Co-Director: "I Don't Like AI"
    The Last of Us co-director Bruce Straley has shared his thoughts on using generative AI to aid in game development, saying the technology cannot "grow and think for itself."The technology "just consumes, and tries to mimic what it's consumed," he told Polygon. "That's the best it can do right now." He also described generative AI as "a snake eating its own tail."One of the reasons why AI has been such a contentious issue in gaming is that not everyone defines it the same way. For his part, Stral
  • Hardware Sales In The US Just Had Worst Month In 30 Years

    Hardware Sales In The US Just Had Worst Month In 30 Years
    Circana released its monthly sales report for November today, shining a light on how the North American video game business is performing. Hardware sales had a particularly difficult month, with sales falling 27%, from $949 million in November 2024 to $695 million in November 2025.November 2025 represented the lowest hardware spending total for a November month since November 2005 ($455 million). A total of 1.6 million game hardware units were sold in North America for November 2025, and that's
  • Black Ops 7's Sales Struggles Come Into Focus

    Black Ops 7's Sales Struggles Come Into Focus
    It's no secret that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 hasn't sold as well as 2024's Black Ops 6, and now Circana has released more sales data that speaks to the performance of the military shooter.Black Ops 7 was the No. 1 best-selling game in North America for November, but the Call of Duty franchise experienced a double-digit percent decrease for full-game dollar sales compared to November 2024. Last year's game, Black Ops 6, was released in October. Despite the sales downturn, this marks the 18th str
  • Forza Motorsport Content Updates Are Coming To An End

    Forza Motorsport Content Updates Are Coming To An End
    Developer Turn 10 Studios has announced that it is ending development of new content for Forza Motorsport. In a blog update, the studio confirmed that there will be no "new cars, tracks, features, or regular bug fixes" for the game, but it will continue to support Forza Motorsport by keeping the servers online."As our team shifts its focus toward delivering the best possible experience with Forza Horizon 6 in 2026, we do not plan to introduce new cars, tracks, features, or regular bug fixes for
  • Xbox December Update Adds Store Tab To Xbox Mobile And Headset Improvements

    Xbox December Update Adds Store Tab To Xbox Mobile And Headset Improvements
    Xbox's December update is here, and this time it's focused on your off-console experience. The update brings new store functionality to the Xbox mobile app, as well as adding Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio support to the Xbox Wireless Headset, improving battery life and audio quality with certain Windows 11 devices.In April, Microsoft added the ability to purchase games and subscribe to Game Pass directly from the Xbox app. Now, making it even easier to buy games from your phone, the app is get
  • Nintendo Wants Monolith Soft To Have A Central Role In Development Of The Next Legend Of Zelda Game

    Nintendo wants Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolith Soft to have a central role in the development of the next Legend of Zelda game.
  • Open-world survival crafting game Westlanders announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC

    Publisher Radical Theory and developer The Breach Studios have announced Westlanders, a Western-themed open-world survival, crafting, building, and management game planned for release across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam, following a Kickstarter campaign in early 2026 and an Early Access release for PC. A release date for Early Access was not announced.
  • Wuthering Waves 3.0 Hands-On Preview Gotta Go Fast | The Outerhaven

    Wuthering Waves 3.0 is just around the corner, and The Outerhaven got a hands-on experience with it before it launches December 25th, 2025.
  • Duskpunk Review - Revolutions and Dice Rolls | Console Creatures

    Console Creatures writes, "Duskpunk is excellent, a dark and dirty story of revolution, choice, and ultimately, hope, if you so choose. It's a fantastic Citizen Sleeper-like that stands on its own merits."
  • Yakuza 0 Director's Cut & New Versions Of Yakuza Kiwami 1/2 Have Released To Mixed Reviews On Steam

    Yakuza 0 Director's Cut as well as updated versions of Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 have all received mixed reviews on Steam.
  • Steam Winter Sale Runs December 18 to January 5 Across the Entire Store

    Steam Winter Sale runs from December 18 to January 5, bringing store-wide PC game discounts and a wide mix of games to browse.
  • Forgotten VR Gems That Need a Remaster

    Remastering old games is a trend that doesn't seem to be slowing down. When it comes to VR, what we tend to get are VR ports instead, but with modern VR gaming now over a decade old, there are some forgotten VR gems that deserve a remaster.
  • Rainbow Six Siege Devs Reflect on 10 Years and the Games Future

    Ten years after launch, Rainbow Six Siege is still evolving, and its developers are more focused than ever on protecting what makes the game special while planning for what comes next.
  • Ubisoft Launches Wildcards Siege Mode to Celebrate 10th Anniversery

    Tom Clancys Rainbow Six Siege X is getting a limited-time mode called Wildcards Siege to mark the games 10th anniversary, introducing player-voted modifiers that change gameplay each round.
  • Diablo 4's Goblin Greedings Lets You Beat Up Goblins For More Loot

    Diablo 4's Goblin Greedings Lets You Beat Up Goblins For More Loot
    It's not an easy life for Sanctuary's citizens in Diablo 4, but players can make things a little brighter in the upcoming holiday event Goblin Greedings. Starting on December 18, players will be to put presents under their tree--so to speak--by clobbering creatures for loot and bringing a little hope back to Estuar.To claim their prizes, players will have to face hordes of Treasure Goblins and earn their place on the March of the Goblins reputation board. There are multiple tiers to unlock, and
  • Fallout Season 2 Episode 1 Kicked Off With A Bang, Literally

    Fallout Season 2 Episode 1 Kicked Off With A Bang, Literally
    SPOILERS for Fallout Season 2 Episode 1: The Man Who Knew to follow:The last time we saw Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell), The Ghoul aka Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins), and beloved pup CX404, their situation looked dire.Lucy had learned her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan) was responsible for the destruction of Shady Sands, The Brotherhood of Steel was in a heated battle with the New California Republic over control of Griffith Observatory, and Cooper realized that Hank held the answers to the whereabou
  • Fallout Season 2, Episode 1 Easter Eggs Include A “Damn Fine” Twin Peaks Reference

    Fallout Season 2, Episode 1 Easter Eggs Include A “Damn Fine” Twin Peaks Reference
    SPOILERS for Fallout Season 2 Episode 1: The Man Who Knew to follow:Fallout finally returns with Season 2, and with it comes an exciting new setting, taking the show from the sunny shores of Los Angeles to the sweltering heat of the Mojave Wasteland. While this setting hails from the beloved classic Fallout: New Vegas, it provides new opportunities to expand on the world of Fallout with an entirely fresh perspective.Even though we’re only one episode in, there are plenty of easter eggs and
  • TMNT Trilogy 4K Limited Edition Is Now Available - Save $42 On Launch Day

    TMNT Trilogy 4K Limited Edition Is Now Available - Save $42 On Launch Day
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy: Limited Edition (4K Blu-ray)$58 (was $100) | Available Now See at Amazon The highly anticipated 4K restorations of the first three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies are available now. TMNT Trilogy Limited Edition features 4K Blu-ray editions of the early '90s live-action movies for $58 (was $100). The 4K restorations are accompanied by new bonus features and archival content as well as multiple posters, a booklet with new commentary, trading cards, and mo

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