Even if Fallout 5 is still many years away from release, that hasn't stopped plenty of speculation over the next major entry in the franchise following the absolutely massive success of its TV adaptation. While the Fallout show has been raising just as many questions as answers when it comes to the lore of the series, it might have already confirmed the playable setting for Fallout 5. View the full article
This free-to-play RPG used to appear exclusively on mobile from 2017 to March 2025, and it is getting revived with an additional PC release. View the full article
The Thibaut Courtois Winter Wildcards SBC is now live in FC 26 Ultimate Team, and you can add an excellent goalie to your squad. This is the best version of Courtois that we currently have in Ultimate Team. To unlock the card, you'll have to complete two tasks. Both of them have specific requirements to meet, and this guide will help you solve the SBC without breaking your bank. Table of contentsFC 26 Thibaut Courtois Winter Wildcards SBC tasksFC 26 Thibaut Courtois Winter Wildcards SBC solutionsFC 26 Thibaut Courtois Winter Wildcards SBC tasks As mentioned above, there are two tasks, and here are the requirements. Real Madrid Min. 1 Players from: Real MadridMin. 1 Players: Team of the WeekMin. Team Rating: 85 LaLiga Min. 1 Players from: LALIGA EA SPORTSMin. 1 Players: Team of the WeekMin. Team Rating: 86 Let's now look at some cheap solutions that you can use to complete the two tasks. FC 26 Thibaut Courtois Winter Wildcards SBC solutions Real Madrid Any 87-rated TOTW cardViggosdottir 84Nusken 84Ona Battle 86Tonali 86Marc Cucurella 84Esther 84Brahim 82Maddison 84Zaccagni 84Orban 84 LaLiga Any 87-rated TOTW itemBatlle 86Buhl 86Bruno 86Sancet 84Schuller 86Tonali 86Ruben Dias 86Zaccagni 84Joao Cancelo 84Messi 86 The Courtois SBC will cost around 80,000 coins worth of fodder. You can reduce the completion cost by using cards that are already available in your Ultimate Team. Make sure that they're of the same rating so that you can meet the overall requirements of the squad. The 90-rated item is currently the best goalkeeper you can obtain in Ultimate Team, and it also includes the Cross Collector+ playstyle. It's got decent meta stats and playstyles, making it an ideal choice to use in competitive modes. The post FC 26 Thibaut Courtois Winter Wildcards SBC tasks and solutions appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
The Holiday season is upon us, with the happiest day of the year almost at our doorstep. Everyone is at home, with their loved ones, enjoying the jingling bells, and likely hanging around Steam. But Steam isn't hanging around us, as it appears the Christmas spirit has brought it down. On Christmas Eve, i.e. tonight, Steam seems to be buckling, either under the weight of all the people using their free time to play some games, or those who are eager to purchase Christmas presents just in time for the big day. The Steam Winter ***** is currently ongoing, after all, so it was only a matter of time before a great influx of eager buyers brought the platform to its knees. It's just one of those days. Image via Steam According to Steam Status, every segment of Steam is currently offline or “unknown,” whatever that may mean. For most people, the chat seems to be in order, but the store itself and some other Steam services have been going off sporadically during the entire night. At one point, 25 percent of all Steam users were out cold (pun intended), and it's not just weekly maintenance that Steam usually performs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. However, the service seems to come back up rather soon after going out, meaning Valve is likely actively working on keeping everything in order, so if you're running into various errors, like the one that appears when “processing your request,” remember that it's not you but Steam itself. Let's hope all gets resolved and comes back up, permanently, by the time Christmas itself arrives. It'd be a damn waste of a good holiday without a proper round of Christmas gaming. The post The Holiday season seems to have brought Steam down appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
With the overwhelmingly massive expectations going into the development of Grand Theft Auto 6, one of the biggest concerns that have been popping up lately relates to its rumored $100 price tag and how it would set a new standard for the industry. While many studios are still struggling to justify the jump to $80 games, a recent report seems like we don't need to worry nearly as much when it comes to GTA 6. View the full article
The Icy Precision Evolution is now live in FC 26, and it allows you to upgrade two items of your choice in Ultimate Team. The latest evolution, available for free, has two charges. You can either use the boosts on separate cards or chain them together into one. There are plenty of great options to consider, and this guide will help you to lock down the best based on the requirements and the offered upgrades. Table of contentsFC 26 Icy Precision requirementsFC 26 Icy Precision Evolution upgradesBest players for Icy Precision Evolution in FC 26FC 26 Icy Precision requirements Here are the requirements for Icy Precision Evolution in FC 26. Overall: Max 85PlayStyle: Max 10PlayStyle+: Max 1FC 26 Icy Precision Evolution upgrades The Icy Precision Evolution has only one level of upgrades. To obtain the boosts, you’ll need to complete specific tasks. Level 1 upgrades Overall: +1Curve: +10|88Finishing: +12|90Shot Power: +10|90PlayStyles: Finesse Shot, Low Driven Shot|7 Level 1 upgrade requirements Play 4 matches in Squad Battles on min. Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rush/Rivals/Champions/Live Events) using your active EVO Player.Best players for Icy Precision Evolution in FC 26 You can include a wide variety of items in this evolution. I have considered items that will benefit the most from the offered boosts. Karim Adeyemi TOTWNdoye Winter WildcardsCarlos Pobega TOTWTajon Buchanan ThunderstruckHaraldsson Winter WildcardsNdombele Joga BonitoThomasson ThunderstruckRafa LeaoRaso Thunderstruck These are arguably some of the best options you can include in this evolution. It's another perfect evolution that you can chain with other options. The overall rise is minimal, and we already have evolutions that allow you to use 86-rated cards in them. The post Best players for FC 26 Icy Precision Evolution appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
During this holiday season, “Aimlabs” is going multiplayer. Yesterday, December 23, “Aimlabs” developer State Space Labs, Inc., announced the launch of its 2025 holiday event, “Snowdays Duos.” Sponsored by Logitech, the event involves the game’s first-ever competitive multiplayer task, inviting participants to team up in pairs of two to compete in challenges together and appear on a joint leaderboard, with results based on their combined team score. Players also gain access to synchronized performance tracking, with “Aimlabs” tracking data on individual accuracy, kills and damage in real time. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Read This Article Free Get instant access by joining the GB MAX Access tier — it’s free to sign up and unlock premium content.Join Now to Start ReadingAlready a member? Sign in The post Aimlabs launches first-ever competitive multiplayer experience with ‘Snowdays Duos’ holiday event appeared first on GamesBeat. View the full article
Destiny Rising is entering the holidays with its biggest content update yet. NetEase Games has officially launched Season 3 Act 1, bringing a steady rollout of new activities, a classic Destiny raid, and a free Mythic character designed to keep players engaged through the end of the year and into early January. The update, which began rolling out on December 17, introduces multiple content beats rather than a single drop. That cadence reflects NetEase’s live-ops approach for the licensed, cross-platform sci-fi RPG shooter, gradually layering in familiar franchise moments alongside new gameplay experiments. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Read This Article Free Get instant access by joining the GB MAX Access tier — it’s free to sign up and unlock premium content.Join Now to Start ReadingAlready a member? Sign in The post Destiny Rising kicks off Season 3 Act 1 with Crota’s End raid and new tower defense mode appeared first on GamesBeat. View the full article
While it took a long time to get there, virtually every major Zelda game has made its way to the Switch, aside from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and some of Nintendo's DS and Game Boy era entries. Even if it's still disheartening to see the lack of any official update for one of TLoZ's most iconic entries, we might be getting something even more exciting in the form of an unofficial native port. View the full article
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive has promised that, in the future, everything from the studio will be made by humans and not AI. To say that the use of generative AI in video game development is currently a contentious topic would be an understatement. Since its advent into the mainstream a few years ago, game companies are regularly called out for suspected AI use, and often the accusations turn out to be true. So when they found out that Clair Obscurhad been released with AI assets, some fans reacted negatively. View the full article
The Witcher 3 fans have been absolutely losing it recently over rumors suggesting that an official paid DLC expansion is in the works that could possibly bridge the gap between The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and The Witcher 4. The rumors began circulating after popular podcasters Rock and Borys reported the DLC was in the works at CD Projekt RED. View the full article
We have so much to be thankful for this year. In the past few years, when the game industry suffered record layoffs and studio closures, it was very hard to watch so many people in the industry struggle, even as the industry recovered. For us, the story has been different. After 17 years under VentureBeat, we spun out in late April as an independent company. We were grateful to have a growing business with potential to do more with a sharper focus on games, entertainment and technology. Gina Joseph, our CEO at GamesBeat, guided us through the complex legal process of spinning out, with the help of strategic adviser Peter Levin and Greg Axelrud and the legal experts at Stubbs Alderton. I thank them for their hard work. We had some wonderful sponsors for our events this year that enabled us to survive. They include Xsolla, Lightspeed, Scopely, Nvidia, Jam City, AWS, ThinkingData, Void Interactive, Livewire, Loaded, FastSpring, Overwolf, the Entertainment Software Association, Google Cloud, Tencent, Voice Patrol, Modulate, Sawhorse and more. If there’s a wish I have for next year, it is to see more of the core of the game industry on that list. Dean Takahashi and Gina Joseph of GamesBeat. We also appreciate the hard work of all of those who helped us with our events and including David Glass, Cathy Simpson, Marta Ordeig, Ji Lee, Michelle Torrey, Eric Vaughan, Madison Shelton, Kelsea Watkins, Livia Greenberg, Aron Garst and our journalists Alex Lee, Rachel Kaser and David Jagneaux. I feel like we’re all building something special. Thanks to the wonderful people in our community who have helped us before and after our spinout. Our GamesBeat advisers did a wonderful job of supporting us and getting speakers for our events. We had great community partners and we have great founding members on GB Max. We know that we’re still because of all of your help. We know how strong and fragile the community can be. We saw it again as we all mourned the passing of Vince Zampella, the head of Respawn and Battlefield at EA, in a car ****** on Sunday. The outpouring of grief and love for Vince has been overwhelming. I am sad to mourn the passing of a friend who was responsible for providing so much joy in my life through his games. May we all hug the ones we love tighter as we consider the loss of someone so great. Members of GamesBeat’s team at our Hollywood and Games event. Source: Overwolf This year was our most exciting one yet. From going independent to expanding our editorial focus, launching GB MAX, The BIG Show podcast, and new event series — to growing our team and pushing beyond traditional coverage — this year marked a defining new chapter for GamesBeat. For 2026, we envision that GB will continue to be a safe place for creators and execs in the industry to come together, as we slowly expand our presence in entertainment, media, technology, consumer brands, culture, and beyond. We’re also hoping to become a more global brand. Our goal is simple: to ensure GamesBeat continues to be a critical point of intersection for the industry’s biggest players. We will do it through our community approach, with meaningful conversations with the leaders of the industry, regardless of their roots. Join us on this adventure, as we can only get that far on our own. We know that we’re still here because of all of your help. We’re deeply grateful for the support, trust, and belief you’ve shown us along the way. As Gina says, we’re just getting started. Here’s the speech I gave at our GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games event. It was about the inspiration I found for games and Hollywood in the K-pop ****** Hunters song, Golden, by Huntrix. I hope you find your own inspirations during the season of joy and rest. My message on this holiday is the same as what the movie and the song told us. You’re already Golden. Our Hollywood and Games opening speechhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/yebNIHKAC4A?feature=oembed Imagine that song from K-pop ****** Hunters. Golden. Who cried when you heard that song? Come on. Tell me the truth. I know more than 400 million people – most of you people here – watched that movie. That song is nominated for four Grammys. It’s empowering, like Let It Go from Frozen. It’s interesting for me to see the Asian version of that. Think of K-pop ****** Hunters, that two-hour movie, a 3D animated show. With a 3.5-minute song that made me look at the screen and see those three young women singing. It made me think about my three grown-up daughters, all out of the house now. Empowered to go out into the world and seize their moment. That is emotion. It’s a perfect experience that rises above the kids’ worlds of LEGO or anime and it moves us into a 3D world that adults like me can feel comfortable in. I’m happy to cry when I watch that. What would K-pop ****** Hunters be if it were a game? It might be a 100-hour experience. For every time I shed a tear, I would have a microtransaction go kaching. And after I killed the Saja Boys and took out about 2.5 thousand demons, I would find the boss ******, which would look a lot scarier than it did in the movie. More like something out of Elden Ring. I would die 100 times and then finally take down the boss. And then I would move on to episode 2. And eventually, I would get through episode 100. You see where I’m going with this. Sometimes, you have to think about your audience. Know when to stop. Could we respect the time of our players and deliver the same emotional impact as that movie in a two-hour game? Should we milk them for all they’ve got? [Hidden Content] We have very different media, between film, music, TV and games. You don’t need to compare yourself to another, nor do you have to take one medium into another. Here’s all you need to think about. And that song is my whole speech. What were you born to be? Well, after covering the game industry for 30 years, I figured out what I was born to be. With the help of Gina Joseph, we spun out of our parent company and became independent. That was just seven months ago. And now we’re putting on our third major event in that time. We’ve got more people working on our team and event than we’ve had in years. I’m very thankful to have them. And we’re living a dream that we share with the people we write about every day in the game industry. We’re controlling our own destiny. Were you born to be part of the biggest corporation on Earth, shutting down the competition with your massive marketing budget? Do you have to cross oceans to get your money and arrive in your promised land? Do you need to wait for someone to say yes to you so you can build that game that you always dreamed about doing? You should know inside what the answers to those questions are. And if there’s an inspirational message I have for you, it is that you are already Golden. You’re on top. You should control your own destiny. And as for Hollywood and games and the marriage of the arts, this is your moment. It’s time for you to shine. And we plan to always be here, cheering you on from the sidelines, because we have the same goals, ambitions, dreams and aspirations. In fact, GamesBeat would like to be part of your mission, helping you on that journey toward controlling your own destiny. I want to see all of you get your shot and take your shot. Hit your mark. Find your Golden trio. Just remember that we have seen a lot of movies before. And the movies don’t always end the way we expect them to. Right now, in Netflix’s analyst call about its big acquisition, the subject of games never came up once as the execs explained why they were buying Warner Bros. The narrative is that games are a niche. And in Warner Bros.’s case, they have $1.5 billion in games revenue and $38 billion in other entertainment revenue. But games represent competition for the time of consumers. Their competition is for players’ time, as Netflix founder Reed Hastings always said. That means they are an existential threat to companies like Warner or Netflix, said Michael Pachter. [Hidden Content] With game platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, young people are concentrating there. And they don’t know brands that advertise on TV. That means that if you are not on those platforms now, in a generation, your famous brand may be gone. What we’re here to talk about is not how Hollywood and games will try to annihilate each other. It’s about how they will work together. Thank you all for coming here, and enjoy the show. Happy holidays. The post Thank you for supporting GamesBeat during its year of going independent appeared first on GamesBeat. View the full article
We don't know much about the next Mass Effect game in development at BioWare except that it's happening, and even that feels a little soft right now, what with all the layoffs and looming ***** of Electronic Arts to Saudi Arabia. But one thing we do now know, thanks to a Fall Damage interview on YouTube with Commander Shepard actors Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale, is that they're both pretty eager to return to the role... Read more.View the full article
You'd be forgiven for forgetting that Netflix was making a Magic: The Gathering series. The show has been a twinkle in the streaming service's eye for many years now, but not much meaningful progress seems to have been made. We know there's a script, though there's still no sign of a release date. The problem is that when (or, maybe, if) this thing finally does have a material announcement to make, I'm not sure I'm going to care. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG head designer suggests Reserved List alternative that might have worked An MTG card that's older than me just jumped up 500% in price Vivi's back on top thanks to the new Final Fantasy MTG scene boxes View the full article
The Callisto Protocol has been officially revealed as the Epic Games Store's latest freebie, available from today until December 25. The 2022 survival horror experience is the second AAA title that has been featured in this year's holiday season giveaway on the Epic Games Store. View the full article
If there’s one thing you can say about the folks at IO Interactive, it’s that they absolutely love a celebrity appearance. While it’s dabbled with famous faces in the past – Gary Busey appeared as an Elusive Target mission in the 2016 Hitman reboot, while Sean Bean turned up as one in Hitman 2 – the number of celebrity deals has really ramped up in recent years, since Hitman 3 was rebranded as the catch-all Hitman: World of Assassination. Recent Elusive Targets in the past couple of years have included former UFC fighter Conor McGregor, action star Jean-Claude Van Damme, martial arts icon Bruce Lee, rapper Eminem (and his alter-ego Slim Shady), and – most recently – actor and long-time video game fan Milla Jovovich. Read More... View the full article
The Winter Offensive event in Battlefield 6 has three new challenges for you to grind, and you can unlock some unique camos in the process. Winter Offensive has added plenty of exciting stuff ever since it went live on Dec. 9. The current event objectives will allow you to increase your rewards haul if you're unsatisfied with it. This guide will provide all the essential information required to complete the tasks as quickly as possible. Table of contentsHow to obtain all Battlefield 6 Winter Offensive event rewardsFlying High weapon charmScatterplot SU-57 vehicleUndergrowth B36A4 weapon packageHow to obtain all Battlefield 6 Winter Offensive event rewards Three new objectives were added to the Winter Offensive events earlier on Dec. 24, and here are the available rewards. Flying High weapon charmScatterplot SU-57 vehicle skinUndergrowth B36A4 weapon package You can obtain all the rewards by completing three separate tasks over the next five days (more on that in the following parts of this guide). Let's look at how to obtain the rewards. Screenshot by Destructoid Flying High weapon charm To get this charm, you'll need to get 100 kills on freezing enemies. You'll have to take part in the Ice Lock game mode, as it features the freezing zone mechanics. To complete the objective, you'll have to kill 100 enemies that are affected by the freezing status. Scatterplot SU-57 vehicle The next part also needs to be completed in the Ice Lock game modes. Wait for enemies to appear in heat zones (areas that have fire sources). Deal damage to enemy players in those zones to complete this part of the objective. Undergrowth B36A4 weapon package This is the easiest task to complete, as you have to simply win 10 matches across any mode. The post All Battlefield 6 Winter Offensive event rewards and how to get them appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
In a recent year-end assessment, Cloud Imperium Games founder and CEO Chris Roberts revealed that Squadron 42, the story-based portion of Star Citizen, is content-complete and quickly approaching beta. The ambitious space simulation action game has suffered multiple delays spanning over a decade. Read Entire Article View the full article
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Even if Fallout 5 is still many years away from release, that hasn't stopped plenty of speculation over the next major entry in the franchise following the absolutely massive success of its TV adaptation. While the Fallout show has been raising just as many questions as answers when it comes to the lore of the series, it might have already confirmed the playable setting for Fallout 5. View the full article