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Baldur's Gate 3 has become such a phenomenon since its release in August 2023 that, at least for me, it honestly feels a little difficult to remember a time when the internet didn't vibrate with strong opinions about Astarion and Gale. But it's true: the game is closing in on its third Christmas and, to mark the occasion, Larian has paid tribute to some of the over 10,000 mods that people have created for it... Read more.View the full article

Grand Theft Auto 6 is easily the most highly anticipated game of 2026, assuming that's when it actually releases of course. The game has already faced two delays, pushing its launch back to November of next year and stoking fears that a third delay is entirely possible. But, believe it or not, some players already got their hands on "GTA 6"—and they're playing it on the PlayStation 2. View the full article

How to find Battlefield Redsec unique stashes and Battle PickupsView the full article

Chris Avellone wants you to have a good time. People often ask creatives—especially those in careers some dream of entering—”how did you get started?” Video game designers are no exception, and Avellone says that one of the most important keys to his success was one he learned early in his origin story. “Players are selfish,” Avellone said, reflecting on his time designing the seminal computer roleplaying game Planescape: Torment. “The more you can make the experience all about them, the better. So Torment became that. Almost every single thing in the game is about you, the player.” Read full article Comments View the full article

Previous reports that Samsung would announce and launch the Z TriFold in December have proved accurate – though the exact date was slightly off. Read Entire Article View the full article

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass December 2025 lineup, which is headlined by NetherRealm’s gory fighting game Mortal Kombat 1. Also coming to Game Pass in the coming weeks as day one launches are first-person sci-fi horror Routine and soulslike deck builder Death Howl. Available today, December 2, is Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) across Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. Tomorrow, December 3, sees Monster Train 2 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) and Spray Paint Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC) both hit Game Pass Premium. December 4 is a decent day for Game Pass, with 33 Immortals (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) both arrive on Game Pass Premium. The aforementioned Routine (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) launches day one on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass. Moving on to December 9, A Game About Digging A Hole (Cloud, Handheld, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) arrives on Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass, as does Dome Keeper (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC). Death Howl (Handheld & PC) is a day one Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass release, also on December 9. Here’s a big one: Mortal Kombat 1 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) arrives on Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass on December 10. A day later, on December 11, something that couldn’t be more different hits Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass: Bratz: Rhythm & Style (Cloud, Console, and PC). December already got off to a big start on Game Pass with yesterday’s launch of retro beat 'em up Marvel Cosmic Invasion as a day one release. Meanwhile, on December 3, three more games hit Game Pass Essential: Stellaris; World War Z: Aftermath; and Medieval Dynasty. Xbox Game Pass December 2025 lineup:Monster Train 2 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – December 3, Now with Game Pass PremiumSpray Paint Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 3, Now with Game Pass Premium33 Immortals (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 4, Now with Game Pass PremiumIndiana Jones and the Great Circle (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – December 4, Now with Game Pass PremiumRoutine (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) – December 4, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassA Game About Digging A Hole (Cloud, Handheld, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – December 9, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game PassDeath Howl (Handheld & PC) – December 9, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassDome Keeper (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) – December 9, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game PassMortal Kombat 1 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – December 10, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game PassBratz: Rhythm & Style (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 11, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass Microsoft’s post on Xbox Wire suggests this is the entire lineup for December 2025, but it only takes us to December 11. “We hope you have a chill rest of your December,” Microsoft said. “May your batteries be always charged, your sessions always end in GG’s, and you always have the perfect game queued up next. We’ll be back to talk about what’s coming soon in early 2026! Cheers!” However, this leaves the door open to potential Game Pass shadowdrops, should next week’s The Game Awards have something up its sleeve. As always a number of games leave Game Pass this month. You can save up to 20% off your purchase to keep them in your library. Leaving Xbox Game Pass in December 2025: December 15 Mortal Kombat 11 (Cloud, Console, and PC)Still Wakes the Deep (Cloud, Console, and PC)Wildfrost (Cloud, Console, and PC) December 31 Carrion (Cloud, Console, and PC)Hell Let Loose (Cloud, Console, and PC) Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article

Among the many reasons MTG players dislike the Reserved list is the sheer financial barrier it places on competing in official tournaments for CEDH, Legacy, and Vintage; just one playset of dual lands will set you back over a grand, and a single Gaea's Cradle could cost you over $2,000. But on November 30 Tommaso Ciampolini proved that Reserved list cards aren't essential, with a first place finish in the 950 player Eternal Weekend Europe Legacy Championship using his Affinity deck '8 cast' - and not a Reserved list card in site. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The only good MTG card in the Spider-Man set just had a 200% price spike MTG Commander banlist December 2025 Avatar synergies cause 16 year old merfolk MTG card to undergo a huge price spike View the full article

Red Dead Redemption 2 fans have been feeling a bit dismayed lately after the recent release of the Red Dead Redemption 1 remaster, thinking that the RDR2 remaster has been completely abandoned. While Rockstar has not announced an official RDR2 remaster in the same vein as the first one, an industry insider claims it's definitely happening. View the full article

The first release of the 590 driver branch has arrived in Beta for Linux with 590.44.01 now available for those willing to give it a test. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Routine review: "This imperfect but wonderfully atmospheric moon-based horror leaves a strong impression"View the full article

Unsurprisingly, Amazon is now streaming anime with AI dubs. I feared AI voice acting could prove catastrophic, for it can more sneakily replace human performances than, say, a dead-eyed humanoid screen actor straight out of uncanny valley. Luckily, my fears were unfounded. The first anime streaming on Amazon to get caught using AI voice acting was Banana Fish, a popular series among the LGBTQ+ community that features beautiful animation, and that, at some point, featured some actual great voice acting made by humans. Nowadays, however, it sounds like this: [Hidden Content] If you've been to LinkedIn once, you certainly have already been assaulted by some post claiming that making a short animated film will cost you $100,000, whereas making AI animation via Sora will only cost you 4 dollars and the brain mass that'll rot out when you witness the final result. If the claim is true, Amazon's decision to overdub an already good dub has set them back an inexplicable $100,004. That should sound beautiful to anyone, but especially for gamers who grew up in the '00s, as they'll likely see the bar scene above and immediately reminisce about the beautiful scene from Shenmue below, where protagonist Ryo Hazuki goes around asking bartenders about some sailors in the most monotone tone you've ever witnessed, prompting the bartenders to reply in the most awkward tones imaginable. [Hidden Content] In case you're new, you might be wondering why I'm showing you a video from a game seemingly so low-budget its production couldn't even afford actual actors. But they did hire "actors" and pay for voice work; it's just that Shenmue came out when people were starting to pay attention to voice acting in games, so it sticks out in comparison to the remainder of the game. If you want some truly terrifying voice acting, something so bad it'll remind you of Amazon's AI dubs even when both properties share no themes or aesthetics, then what you want is House of the Dead 2. [Hidden Content] Shenmue was actually the most expensive game of all time back when it released, and it paid extreme attention to all manner of non-voice-related details. Shenmue was so costly that for it to turn a profit, every Dreamcast owner would have had to buy two copies. I wonder if that's yet another parallel Amazon definitely wouldn't want us to draw with their beautiful emerging tech. The Amazon AI dubs are such a blessing that they even made me miss bad acting in anime, and sent me down a rabbit hole of re-searching for all the worst anime dubs I could remember. [Hidden Content] ... and they're still better than what Amazon just pulled off. In fact, most ******* low-end YouTube channels featuring AI narration do a better job than Amazon, so Bezos, please step up your game. The post The Amazon AI anime dubs made me nostalgic for Shenmue and House Of the Dead’s legendary voice acting appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Originally called Wild Blue and now Wild Blue Skies, recently we had a fresh proper gameplay reveal and it's clear this is the spiritual successor to Star Fox. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Arrowhead has released Helldivers 2 update 5.0.0, which makes big balance changes that actually raise weapon damage — but there’s also an incoming message from High Command that has the community worried. Update 5.5.0 arrives alongside the jungle-themed Python Commandos Warbond, which adds a number of fan-requested weapons including a minigun. But it’s the incoming message from High Command — an in-universe tease from Arrowhead to the Helldivers 2 community on what’s in store — that has raised eyebrows. “Super Earth has detected strange signals from previously unmonitored worlds on the Galactic map,” the message reads. “The Ministry of Intelligence is investigating the source of the signals. Helldivers, be vigilant and hold the high ground.” What does this mean? Players aren’t sure, although speculation is pointing to something Illuminate related, given the mention of “unmonitored worlds.” As for the patch, it makes a number of fixes, including for audio issues, XP modifiers, and several crashes, as well as more optimizations and improvements. The balancing changes raise weapon damage, and there are much-needed fixes to weapon FOV. The patch notes, courtesy of Steam, are below. In other Helldivers news, we finally have confirmation that Justin Lin is set to direct the upcoming Helldivers 2 movie. Lin is best known for his work on a number of Fast & Furious movies, and was the director of the series from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2006 until Fast & Furious 6 in 2013. Helldivers 2 Update 5.5.0 patch notes:BalancingGeneral changes Decreased ergonomics penalty on magnifying scopes weapon attachments The intent is to make magnifying scopes more a matter of preference by decreasing the penalty they impose on a weapon's ergonomics (low ergonomics makes the weapons muzzle follow the crosshair slower). Some of the Pistol ammo balance update The intent with this change is to make some of the pistol rounds weapons more effective after the last pistol ammo re-balance that did make them more of a close range weapon.The pistol rounds re-balance general intent is to make them more effective at close range while not more effective at long range then for example assault or marksman rifles2x Tube Red Dot Decreased ergonomic modifier from (-3) to (-1)4x Combat ScopeDecreased ergonomic modifier from (-6) to (-2)10x Sniper Scope Decreased ergonomic modifier from (-9) to (-4)APW-1 Anti-Materiel Rifle is also effected by this change so it will get an increased ergonomics from 26 to 31Primary weapons SMG-37 Defender Increased damage from 100 to 110Increased durable damage from 20 to 22 SMG-32 Reprimand Increased damage from 135 to 140 M7S SMG Increased damage from 80 to 90Increased durable damage from 16 to 18 VG-70 Variable Increased durable damage 20 to 23 M90A Shotgun Increased durable damage 15 to 20Sidearms weapons P-2 Peacemaker Increased damage from 95 to 100Increased durable damage 30 to 32 P-113 Verdict Increased damage from 135 to 140 M6C/SOCOM Pistol Increased damage from 110 to 125Increased durable damage from 25 to 28Enemies War strider Decreased force strength on grenade explosion from 50 to 30 Bile Spewer Decreased force strength on artillery explosion from 50 to 30Decreased force impulse on artillery explosion from 60 to 40 Stalker Decreased force strength from 40 to 35 when a tongue attack hits the player (Force strength is the value that decides if a player or enemy should stagger or ragdoll.) Gameplay Keybind options for quick weapon function: New, unbound keybind options have been added for quickly swapping weapon functions (like changing fire modes or ammo).The intent is to give players better ease of use, especially for weapons with multiple ammo types like the Halt, Autocannon, and the new "One Two" AR. Updated First Person View (FPV) We updated how First Person View (FPV) works with the intention of improving the aiming experience across different FOV settings (Field of view). The intent is that the size and distance of the scope will be more consistent with different FOV settings.We also updated how ergonomics works in FPV with the intent to make it more responsive.Fixed instances of flickering textures in various city locationsFixes ****** Fixes & Softlocks Fixed a rare ****** that would occur when combat music would startFixed a rare ****** that could occur during 'Nuke Nursery' missionFixed ****** after hotjoining a game that just started where the existing players are using certain stratagemsFixed a rare ****** when enemies would fall through the groundFix rare ****** on mission load Weapons & Stratagem Fixes Fixed an issue with the BR-14 Adjudicator, when aiming with the 10x scope on 200 m setting which would cause the model to disappear Fixed a visual issue on VG-70 Variable during the reload animation when aiming down sightsFixed a torso clipping issue with the CE-07 Demolition Specialist armorFixed pump-shotguns sometimes not showing a new shell being inserted on reloadPLAS-45 Epoch now correctly zooms in ADS mode, just like any other support weaponFixed display related to no ammo being shown for Infinite Ammo weapons Fixed the VO (Voice Over) line for “no ammo” being played after pressing reload whilst using Infinite Ammo weaponsFixed a small bug where supply packs were giving ammo without consuming a charge when droppedFixed a bug that locks stratagems after drowning while holding that stratagem ballFixed the red glow that would happen if the player would empty one or two magazines with MG-206 Heavy Machine Gun, M-105 Stalwart or MG-43 Machine Gun Enemies Factory Striders will no longer be launched to sky erratically when dyingHellpods that hit Factory Striders will no longer remain in the air after the enemy diesWar Striders now detonate minesEnemy presence around Cognitive Disruptor Towers is now cleared from the mini-map when the objective is completedChargers no longer speed up when exiting chargeFixed Rupture Warriors getting stuck below SentriesAdded a medium-armored weak spot to the vents on the backside of the Bunker, AA, and Mortar emplacements. This was done so these structures behave similarly to other comparable defenses.. Miscellaneous Fixes Fixed the terrain not being affected by explosions and the Entrenchment Tool (PS5 only)Fixed a bug where the lights were missing/flickering on the Orbital GatlingFixed a thumbnail glitch in the Acquisition Center menuCryo-pods no longer clip into the Engineering Bay when playing the ship arrival cutsceneFixed an armor gap affecting CE-27 Ground Beaker and CW-9 White Wolf whilst using the 'Draw!' emoteThe UI will no longer show inaccurate objective info on the Mission Summary screen if the host has left the gameFixed a bug whilst joining a non-host in a cross-play lobby.Fixed the NPC technician’s neck sticking through their shirtMini-map fog of war effect while exploring caves no longer persists between missionsSoon-to-be Helldivers will no longer be stopped from progressing the tutorial if they die in the flag roomFixed issue where the automaton grinder sludge would be affected by weathering even though it's sealed behind glassFixed an issue where a missile inside the Destroyer’s hangar was misaligned. This dangerous act of asymmetry has been corrected. The undemocratic ship operator responsible for this disgraceful display of inefficiency has been promptly re-educated in a high-orbit correctional facility. Glory to the Office of Corrective Deployment!Helldivers will no longer be locked out of the GATER when trying to get into the driver's seat simultaneouslyFixed a bug with missing haptics when a controller disconnects or reconnectsFixed an issue on a command bunker where there was a lack of collision Optimizations Optimized lights on Automaton VFXOptimized physics of rock assets throughout the game to improve performanceImproved the way environmental effects such as sandstorms, blizzards, and acid storms apply their status effects for reduced impact on performanceImproved ADS weapon placement and behavior Reduced the amount of camera clipping on weaponsFixed texture details used for weapons while aiming down sightsImproved depth of field when ADS and whilst scopes are zoomed inFix for textures sometimes appearing low resolution even when memory is available (PC only) Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article

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From the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh, Mewgenics is promising to be one of the most interesting roguelites released in forever. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Ubisoft has appointed a new game director for its Splinter Cell remake, and he should be a familiar face to many of the development team. David Grivel was game director on the Splinter Cell remake between November 2021 and October 2022, after which he left Ubisoft to “go on a new adventure”. Now, in a post on his LinkedIn page, Grivel has confirmed that he has returned to Ubisoft to resume the role he left three years ago. Read More... View the full article

Now freshly Steam Deck Verified and with MicroProse Software backing it as publisher, TFC: The Fertile Crescent has a big upgrade out now. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

There are a few official Warhammer 40k RPGs that let you play as Space Marines: Deathwatch, Wrath and Glory; or if you want to play as Grey Knights or Chaos Space Marines, the Daemon Hunters supplement for Dark Heresy, or ****** Crusade. But that didn't stop indie RPG designer Erika Chappell when she was struck with inspiration this October about how to make the "Perfect Space Marine RPG" - in just under a week, she hammered out 34,000 words of rules for her original game 'Oath of Moment', and uploaded them for free to the internet. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: 15 more killer Warhammer 40k anthems, suggested by the community - this time with Bolt Thrower Multiple Warhammer games are discounted deep for Steam's ****** Friday ***** Five dirt cheap Warhammer 40k ****** Friday deals (on hobby stuff you'll actually use) View the full article

A 10/10 video game has made its way to the Netflix catalog this Tuesday, as was previously announced, and if you’re a subscriber to the streaming service, you won’t want to miss out on the opportunity of playing it. In addition to TV shows and movies, Netflix’s catalog offers a series of games that users can download and play without any extra costs. You can play GTA and Dead Cells on Netflix, for example. View the full article

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I do love a bit of Hitman, and by proxy that should mean I'll love a bit of 007 First Light when that arrives next year, too. Even with its James Bond veneer, it's the closest thing we'll get to a new Hitman game from IO Interactive as it continues to support and expand the immensely successful World of Assassination trilogy. However, it appears that Hitman 4 is starting to come into view for IOI, knowing there's only so long it can keep plugging things into the current game. In a new interview, CEO Hakan Abrak says the studio will begin "talking about the next Hitman" only after it brings the Stone and Knight co-op mode to Hitman World of Assassination. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: After nine years, IO dev says Hitman World of Assassination is far from finished Grab Hitman World of Assassination's best mission for free if you're fast enough Hitman devs are making an "online fantasy RPG," yes, seriously View the full article

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When I first played Runescape: Dragonwilds during April's launch, it didn't take long for me to immediately disregard all of the quests to spend hours upon hours crafting the perfect house. Don't get me wrong, I made good progress through my to-do list eventually, but I certainly enjoy spending more time than necessary on the game's less central activities. Luckily, the anticipated farming update is set to launch on December 15, which I'm sure is only going to make my quest procrastination worse... Read more.View the full article