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Over a decade later, players are still finding secrets in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim that they didn’t encounter during their first playthroughs. With a massive map and hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of gameplay, it’s easy to miss some details, especially some of the most hidden ones. There’s a dark secret in a useless Skyrim town, for example, which hints at the presence of Daedric activity in the area – which is unbeffiting of this town’s size and nature. View the full article

Borderlands 4 has dramatically fallen to just $35 for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox in the ****** Friday sales. At 50% off, that's a huge deal on a game that only came out a few months ago, and one that I truly doubt is going to stay in stock for long. This is one of the best deals going in both the Xbox and PS5 ****** Friday sales, and absolutely worth picking up ASAP. Deals like this tend not to stick around, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's gone by the end of Thanksgiving, let alone ****** Friday weekend. Just look at Battlefield 6, one of the best deals of the day, and already out of stock at Amazon. You've just got to be speedy with deals of this calibre, I'm afraid. I'd also recommend picking up Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater for $30 right now as well, another deal so good it's almost guaranteed to disappear soon. But is Borderlands 4 worth it as well? Well, I certainly think so. It's a great game! While IGN's reviewer and loot shooter aficionado, Travis Northup, felt the open world wasn’t quite as open as it could be, he still gave the game a recommendable 8 out of 10. “Borderlands 4 gives the series the massive kick in the pants it has needed, with a fantastic open world and greatly improved combat, even if bugs and invisible walls can sometimes throw off that groove.” The game also recently got a big balance patch, which had very positive ramifications for my chosen Vault Hunter, Amon, and the PS5 version in this deal now has an FOV slider and improved performance. Expect Borderlands 4 to be around for a while, too. While the Switch 2 port has been delayed indefinitely, the game’s post-launch roadmap is stacked - and will include a new Vault Hunter, C4SH, who was revealed recently. Should You Wait for ****** Friday on Nov. 28? Wait? Not for a deal like this. ****** Friday proper might throw a few curveballs on November 28, but Borderlands 4 at $35 is already sitting firmly in ****** Friday-deal territory, and it’s absolutely worth grabbing before the stock gets lost to the shadow realm. Only Amazon and GameStop have it right now, so if the price gets nuked, that’s you staring down a fresh dose of ****** Friday FOMO. Hopefully Walmart and Best Buy wake up and match it soon. If it’s been sitting on your wishlist, this is the best price you’re going to see, and it wipes the floor with pretty much anything else in the mix. It also goes head to head with what I’d been calling the best PS5 game deal so far, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater at $30. And if you’ve been lurking around my bargain roundups, you’ve already seen the $20 or less list stuffed with heavy hitters, plus the under $30 guide where MGS was the star of the show. Like BF6, those are going to disappear fast. If you want something broader, I’ve already pulled together a full sweep of the best ****** Friday video game deals. Bottom line, grab the good stuff now and enjoy your Thanksgiving. Robert Anderson is Senior Commerce Editor and IGN's resident deals expert on games, collectibles, trading card games, and more. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter/X or Bluesky. View the full article

A pristine copy of Fortnite has just been sold for $42,500 — which seems a lot for a free-to-play game. To be fair, this is a boxed version of Fortnite — something that also grants access to the game's original Save the World mode, which Epic Games still requires you pay a small amount to access. But there's no suggestion this sealed copy of the world's biggest battle royale will ever actually be played. Indeed, it has been sold encased in a box, and labelled with a 10 A++ rating from video game grading company Wata — its highest possible quality score. Sold by Heritage Auctions, this copy of Fortnite is an Xbox One version from the game's original 2017 print run. Only a limited number of physical copies were ever produced, and this edition dates back to when the game's now-ubiquitous battle royale mode was just a side-offering. As mentioned, it does include access to Save the World, which is worth... something. Epic Games has bundled the original Fortnite mode in numerous ways over the years, but currently sells access as part of a $18.49 add-on that includes 1,500 V-Bucks (which would separately cost $18) as well as an exclusive skin. Even with this in mind, though, you're still paying $42,482 over the odds. These days, Fortnite is a very different beast — a metaverse of battle royale modes, user-generated maps, plus LEGO and music offerings. Oh, and it's home to pretty much every media franchise that has ever licensed itself for a video game, as well as real-life popstars and now even Quentin Tarantino. Earlier today, Tarantino fans got a first glimpse at the director's new 'Lost Chapter' of Kill Bill, which stars an animated Uma Thurman and Fortnite's Peely the banana, and will debut first within the game. Tell that to someone back in 2017, and I doubt they'd believe you. Of course, video games attracting huge sums as collectible items is nothing new — and within the grand scheme of things, $42,500 pales in comparison to other auction prices. Back in 2021, a factory-sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. sold for a record-breaking $2 million, though there's debate over whether the ***** counted as an auction in the traditional sense. Officially, Guinness World Records recognizes a copy of Super Mario 64 sold for $1.56 million as the highest amount successfully bid for a video game to date. But who knows how much that copy of Fortnite will be worth in another 100 years? If you're hunting for the best offers this week, we're actively rounding up the strongest ****** Friday deals on video games, tech, and more. You can find all our top picks and price drops in our full ****** Friday hub, or check out our relevant pages for PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox deals. Image credit: Heritage Auctions/HA.com Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social View the full article

Last checked for The Forge codes: November 27, 2025. [/url] The Forge is a fantasy RPG Roblox experience, where you'll play as one of the many races that inhabit the lands. Whether that's as a human, a goblin, or a dragonborn will all depend on reroll chances. Each race has its unique perks, influencing stats such as health, damage, attack power, and more. But if you don't like the character you get given, our list of The Forge codes will help you out with additional rerolls. It's no surprise that The Forge focuses heavily on mining. The core gameplay centers around mining for ores, in the hopes of finding rare ores to forge powerful weapons and armor. You'll then throw those ores into the forge, where the blend of resources you use allows you you make items with special traits and designs. Working The Forge Codes (November 2025) These are the currently active for The Forge: 15KLIKES - Free Rerolls x210KLIKES - Free Rerolls x2, Luck Totem x15KLIKES - Free Rerolls x2, Miner Totem x1BETARELEASE! - Free Rerolls x2POSTRELEASEQNA - Free Reroll x1 Expired The Forge Codes (November 2025) These codes have now expired and can no longer be used: RELEASE If a code is expired or you've entered it incorrectly, you'll see "This code does not exist" in the code bar. [/url]How to Use The Forge Codes Ready to redeem the codes above? Here's what you need to do: Load up The Forge on RobloxOpen the Settings menu in the top left corner of the screen.Scroll down to the bottom of Settings to find the Codes barCopy the code from this articleEnter the code into the "Type Here" barPress claimWhy Isn't My Code for The Forge Working? When a code doesn't work for The Forge, it's usually because of two reasons: The code for The Forge has expiredThere's a spelling mistake or an additional space in the code Codes for Roblox experiences are typically case-sensitive, so the best way to ensure you've got a working code is to directly copy it from this article. We check all codes before we upload them, so you can guarantee they're working. Just double-check that you haven't copied over an extra space! How to Get More Codes for The Forge We regularly check and test new codes for popular Roblox experiences, so the best way to get more codes for The Forge is to visit this article. But if you want to mine for codes yourself, then the Discord server for The Forge is the best place to go. When Is the Next Update for The Forge? The Forge has just released in beta and is currently celebrating its Release Event. This is due to run until Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025. No updates have been currently announced, but the creators of The Forge have said that new features, content, and mechanics will be added to the experience. As soon as new information is announced, we'll add the information here. 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. View the full article

Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios released update 1.4.0 this week, and in the patch notes teased a “very hot fix for the locked room exploits.” It turns out they weren’t kidding. Following the release of the patch, players — as they often do — jumped into the hugely successful extraction shooter to give this fix a proper test. They’ve been able to cheat their way into locked rooms as before, but what they now find inside… well, Embark called it a “very hot fix” for a reason. As redditor Forward_Problem_7550 discovered, locked rooms now turn you into a fireball if you glitch inside. The clip below shows the trap in action. Locked rooms now turn you into a fireball if you glitch inside byu/Forward_Problem_7550 inArcRaiders .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Reaction to the change is positive, with most players getting a kick out of what Embark has done here. “Best part of this is the clowns doing the glitch lose all their stuff to someone who legitimately opens the door with a key. CLASSIC!” enthused A_Tortured_Crab. “It's genuinely a really good fix,” added vedomedo. “Hopefully this is the mindset they keep going forward. Punish the exploiters and reward legit players.” Now, some players are saying they’re more inclined to use their keys to enter locked rooms legitimately in the hope of finding “some dingus who hasn't read the patch notes.” Technically this isn’t a fix, as players can still use the exploit to enter locked rooms. But it is an eye-catching workaround, and will surely put off players from trying to cheat their way inside a room after they’ve been cooked once. “Would’ve been better if they just didn’t say anything and rolled this out,” suggested Maverixk_. “Imagine all the door glitches finding this out and losing all of their s**t before word of mouth spread. Would’ve been hilarious.” That’s not all the update did. It’s also patched the gun quick swap exploit. Full patch notes are below. Arc Raiders Patch Notes 1.4.0:Content and Bug FixesExploit mitigation mechanisms have been added for all locked rooms across all maps.Fixed the gun exploit that allowed you to shoot quicker than intended by swapping to a quick use item and back.The exterior access to Spaceport's Control Tower locked room has been blocked off.Fixed the issue that sometimes caused low resolution textures in the Main Menu.Fixed players being able to push each other by jumping on each other’s backs.Fixed lighting artifacts that would sometimes occur upon entering maps.Raider Voice now correctly respects the selected voice option after restarting the game. What if you exploit the doors now: [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] — Scrappy (@TheRooster) November 27, 2025 If you're hunting for the best offers this week, we're actively rounding up the strongest ****** Friday deals on video games, tech, and more. You can find all our top picks and price drops in our full ****** Friday hub, or check out our relevant pages for PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox deals. 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

Balatro transformed poker into one of the best roguelike games ever made, and in the wake of its huge success, we've seen so many other physical games and pastimes get similar treatment. Now, it's Scrabble's turn. Beyond Words brings the addictive multipliers and rule-bending modifiers of Balatro to the iconic board game, and as someone who often points to Scrabble first in the annual 'what will we play while recovering from a Christmas Day food coma' debate, this is music to my ears. However, the most surprising thing about this game is its creators. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

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Долгожданный вампирский ролевой экшен Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 от разработчиков из британской студии The ******** Room разочаровал не только игроков и критиков, но и издателя в лице шведской компании Paradox Interactive.View the full article

Destiny 2's had a bad go of it in 2025. I've only been watching from the sidelines, but you only have to listen to PC Gamer's resident D2 enjoyer (well, not so much, recently) Phil Savage in his tear-down of the game's portal update to get a sense of what's gone wrong:.. Read more.View the full article

A lot of controllers have launched this year, and that means there are now so many discounted gamepads to choose from, so I'm here to help find the right one.View the full article

"Our internal content review team discussed that extensively"View the full article

Handheld gaming PCs have made PC gaming more relevant than ever before. One of the greatest advantages of gaming on a PC as opposed to a console is the nearly inexhaustible library of games. Unlike consoles, which eventually lose backwards compatibility at some point in their life, even the oldest of PC games can be revisited. At this point, there are literally tens of thousands of PC games for you to choose from. The tradeoff, in the past, was mobility; either you had to settle for an immovable desktop computer, or lug around a gaming-worthy laptop. Not so anymore. With the advent of gaming PC handhelds, your entire library of PC games is at your fingertips. Now you can play Clair Obscur, Hades, Silksong, or Baldur's Gate on a device that's not much ******* than a Switch console. Some of these handhelds are pretty expensive, and the highest end models can cost upwards of $1,000. Fortunately, a couple of SteamOS models happen to have major discounts for ****** Friday, including one of our favorites. SteamOS is more intuitive to use on a handheld than Windows and anyone who wants an easy, bug-free plug and play experience that "just works" should stick with this over a Windows-based handheld. Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Extreme SteamOS Edition Best Buy's ****** Friday ***** has officially kicked off with some great deals on gaming hardware. Possibly the very best deal I've found so far is on the Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Extreme SteamOS handheld gaming PC, which has dropped to just $649.99 after a $250 instant discount. This is the more powerful model with the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme chip and it is easily one of the best Steam-based gaming handhelds currently available. It's essentially a souped up Steam Deck. Check out Jackie's Legion Go S review, in which she concludes that it is one of the "best handheld gaming PCs on the market, and a legitimate Steam Deck alternative." Lenovo Legion Go S Z2 Go SteamOS Edition Also on ***** is the Legion Go S Z2 Go Edition, which is currently $449.99 after a $200 discount. Despite the fact that the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go is a 2nd gen chip, it's less powerful than the Z1 Extreme, but more powerful than the Steam Deck's APU. Since this version also runs SteamOS, you'll get generally better performance out of it, especially if you knock the resolution down to 1280x800. There are other advantages over the Steam Deck, such as a ******* 8" display with smoother 120Hz refresh rate, storage capacity that matches the most expensive Steam Deck models, and a faster charging rate. Steam Deck 256GB LCD Edition For ****** Friday, Steam has discounted its base model with a 7" 1280x800 LCD display and 256GB of storage to $319.99, a 20% discount from its $400 list price. If you're pinching pennies, you won't find a less expensive gaming handheld PC. Every Steam Deck is equipped with the same processor, so the base model will still run games just as smoothly as the highest end $650 system. You can also upgrade the storage yourself with some technical know-how. How to Follow IGN Deals Recommendations The IGN Deals team has over 30 years of combined experience finding the best discounts and preorders available online. If you want the latest updates from our trusted team, here’s how to follow our coverage: Sign up for our IGN Deals NewsletterSet IGN as a preferred source in GoogleFollow us on social mediaIGN Deals on XIGN Deals on InstagramIGN Deals on FacebookIGN Deals on Tiktok[/url] Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time. View the full article

Ubisoft has confirmed it no longer plans to launch a second major Assassin's Creed Shadows expansion, something that previously would have formed part of the game's now-abandoned season pass. Shadows' first — and now, it seems, only — major expansion launched in September. The 10-hour Claws of Awaji had previously been described as the "first expansion" included in Shadows' season pass, an offer that was formally scrapped a year ago when Ubisoft delayed the game's launch from November 2024 to February 2025. As an apology to fans for the game's delay, Ubisoft said it instead would gift Claws of Awaji for free to all pre-order customers. But fans still assumed a second expansion would follow at some point, as has become custom for every other major Assassin's Creed title over the past decade. "As of now, at this moment for Year Two, there is no expansion on the size of Awaji that is planned," associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois said in an interview with JorRaptor. Lemay-Comtois caveated his answer by noting some exceptional examples in the past where Ubisoft had changed its plans to make more add-on content than it had originally envisioned (such as with the recent Saudi-funded DLC that arrived two years post-launch for Assassin's Creed Mirage). But, currently, it seems clear that no second expansion is on the cards, and there's no suggestion that Shadows' post-launch plans will extend into a Year Three. It's an extremely surprising decision by Ubisoft, which followed up the launch of 2017's Assassin's Creed Origins with two expansions (The Hidden Ones and The Curse of the Pharaohs), 2018's Assassin's Creed Odyssey with two expansions (Legacy of the First Blade and The Fate of Atlantis), and 2020's Assassin's Creed Odyssey with three expansions (Wrath of the Druids, The Siege of Paris, Dawn of Ragnarök) alongside numerous other smaller DLC drops. 2023's smaller-scale Assassin's Creed Mirage was itself originally planned as yet another Valhalla expansion, before it was ultimately released as a standalone game. "We're still working on content for post-launch and supporting it, but it's not a full-on DLC the way a season pass would have had in the previous years," Lemay-Comtois said, confirming at least that Ubisoft still had plans for smaller additions to Shadows within 2026. "We're trying to re-adjust for Year Two a little bit," he continued. "There's learning from Year One we can apply to Year Two. Any content we want to do in Year Two will probably be more sparse, not a drip-feed... but chunkier updates that shake things up a little more. I'm not announcing anything at this point but our strategy for Year One was to be quick and reactive, so it means smaller drops often, but for Year Two we don't need to put fires out or anything, so it's more what good, chunky little piece of meat... we can drop and have people come back and enjoy it." Digging into Lemay-Comtois' comment, the suggestion here is that Ubisoft's decision to change course on Shadows following its pre-release reception impacted the company's plans for post-launch support, with priority placed on fighting immediate "fires." And indeed, Shadows has enjoyed a series of recent patches that have added numerous fan-requested features, in a clear bid to turn sentiment around. Going into further detail, Lemay-Comtois also suggested Shadows had been a tougher game to develop technologically, further complicating plans to get post-launch content ready. "I think with Shadows, we had a big jump in generations," he continued. "The engine work that we had to do on Shadows took a lot of time and a lot of our resources. So the planning for the post launch was not really clear as soon as it would have been on another [game] where the technology was more stable and well known. "We started fairly late on Shadows... because I remember during pre-launch we had the Season Pass," he admitted. "And the situation changed when we pushed back on the release date. That plan changed quite a bit and then we had to kind of adapt to the situation. So because of the new tech, because of the new generation, because of the pushes we had in production, we chose an approach that was way more, let's put our ear to the ground when the game launches... and react." For 2026, Lemay-Comtois suggested Shadows would receive updates "not to the size of a DLC or expansion, but like yesterday's update plus," referencing the free update that arrived this week that added a new story quest, the game's Attack on Titan crossover, as well as a significant Isu Easter egg. "At minimum this size," he emphasized, without stating whether these updates would continue to be provided for free or not. "And whether or not this is the right way to go, or a good learning, I think it's more of an experience we're trying with Shadows, to keep things small and reactive and see how the community feels about it and reacts to it," he concluded. "And the learnings that come out of that will be applied to whatever other projects we do next." Of course, it's to be expected that Shadows' lead developer Ubisoft Quebec is already planning its next major Assassin's Creed project (and indeed, it was previously reported that the studio had begun early pre-production work last year on a now-scrapped entry set in the post-U.S. Civil War *******). But the mention here of those projects is interesting, alongside confirmation of what sounds like smaller plans for Shadows in 2026 than fans have seen this year. And then there's what else fans expect is coming: a remake of Assassin's Creed: ****** Flag reportedly waiting in the wings, as well as numerous other Assassin's Creed projects that Ubisoft has already confirmed, including a multiplayer spin-off and the witchcraft-themed Assassin's Creed: Hexe. Amongst all that, and coupled with Shadows' delay drama, Ubisoft seems to have simply decided a second Shadows expansion isn't necessary. If you're hunting for the best offers this week, we're actively rounding up the strongest ****** Friday deals on video games, tech, and more. You can find all our top picks and price drops in our full ****** Friday hub, or check out our relevant pages for PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox deals. Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social View the full article

Where Winds Meet continues to be a big hit on Steam and it works quite well on Desktop Linux but it needs a lot of improvements on Valve's Steam Deck. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The Epic Games Store has officially announced The Jackbox Party Pack 4 and The Darkside Detective as its December 4 freebies. The former will mark the first entry in the popular series that the platform has given away in almost seven years, with Epic Games Store users having exactly one week to claim it. View the full article

Diabloand Dark Soulshave both spawned countless imitators, but interesting combinations of both aren't as common. If you want to shell out for a game in early access, there's always No Rest for the Wicked. If you don't, however, you might want to check out an upcoming game with a lower barrier to entry. View the full article

Marvel Rivals' big anniversary event has finally arrived, bringing with it the absolutely chaotic 18v18 Annihilation mode that I definitely won't be spamming Scarlet Witch in, alongside a boatload of freebies for you to scoop up in the multiplayer game. If you haven't logged in for a while, you'll want to at least grab the goods, seeing as there are enough Units being dished out to buy yourself a premium outfit. Plus, there's a free Jeff skin; praise Jeff, love Jeff. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: All Marvel Rivals codes and how to redeem - November 2025 All Marvel Rivals characters and full roster The 30 best Marvel Rivals skins View the full article

Opinion | ****** Ops 7's Endgame is part extraction shooter, part Destiny 2 power grind, and a really odd way to end the co-op campaignView the full article

Paradox Interactive has announced it’s making a multi-million dollar write-down of developments costs for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 after poor sales. After numerous delays the game was finally released on October 21, but Paradox says an updated sales forecast made 30 days after release suggests it won’t hit the numbers it expected. As a result, it’s decided to make a non-cash write-down of 355 million SEK ($37.4 million), which means it’s reducing the value it previously assigned to the money spent on developing the game. Read More... View the full article

There are so many beloved characters in Baldur's Gate 3 that are the hot topic of conversation, such as Shadowheart, Karlach, and Astarion, as well as the other origin characters to a certain extent. But BG3's list of amazing characters extends well beyond the core lineup, and there are countless NPCs with extremely compelling stories that deserve more attention. View the full article

You ask me (which, by clicking on this article, you did), Yakuza 0 is one of the best games I ever played. It's so good—such a pitch-perfect blend of high drama and high camp, and with perhaps the most engrossing minigame known to man packed in—that I kind of struggle to pick up other Yakuza games. I feel like I've already spent 100+ hours with the best one... Read more.View the full article

Before landing on the design that made it into Halo: Combat EvolvedView the full article

There is increasing concern that skyrocketing RAM prices will impact high-end gaming not just in the short term, but the long term. With the explosive growth of generative AI, AI data centers are hoovering up the world's memory and storage supply, sparking price hikes that some experts fear could last for decades. Cheap SSDs, DRAM, and HDDs are pretty much a thing of the past, with prices rising as AI demand outstrips supply. This has already caused price rises, with PC retailer CyberPowerPC announcing a hike for memory modules across the U.S. and the *** “due to market conditions.” “Recently, global memory (RAM) prices have surged by 500% and SSD prices have risen by 100%,” CyberPowerPC said. “This has had a direct impact on the cost of building gaming PCs since 10/1/25.” Price rises thus kick in on December 7. The impact on PC gaming could be significant and long-lasting, Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney tweeted. “RAM price increases will be a real problem for high-end gaming for several years,” he said. “Factories are diverting leading edge DRAM capacity to meet AI needs where data centers are bidding far higher than consumer device makers.” The situation has become so out of control that, as PCWorld reports, stores are beginning to sell RAM at 'catch-of-the-day' market prices. As CyberPowerPC pointed out, these price rises come with the holidays right around the corner, which is less than ideal. Just checked the price of the RAM that is currently installed in my gaming PC; the AI bubble cannot implode fast enough. [Hidden Content] — Rin | 凛 (@TheIshikawaRin) November 24, 2025 "Bro stop being such a loser, get a gaming PC" CPU: $500 GPU: $1000 Motherboard: $300 RAM: Notify me when available Primary SSD: $150 CPU Cooler: $150 PSU: $150 Case: $125 OS: $50 Just take my kidney and go [Hidden Content] — Bahamut (@Icewallowcumin) November 23, 2025 But the issue may stretch out for years to come. “The AI build-out is absolutely eating up a lot of the available chip supply, and 2026 looks to be far ******* than this year in terms of overall demand,” Dan Nystedt, vice president of research at TriOrient, told CNBC. As CNBC points out, AI servers primarily run on processors from chip designers like Nvidia. These AI processors heavily rely on High-Bandwidth Memory or HBM. Nystedt said AI server companies are willing to pay top dollar for premium chips. “It could be very bad for PCs, laptops, consumer electronics and automotive, which depend on cheap memory chips,” he added. And there is concern for the price of video game consoles, too. There are online rumors that Microsoft may soon be forced to up the price of Xbox consoles again in reaction to the RAM crunch. Valve has yet to announce a price for its next-gen Steam Machine, and fluctuating RAM prices may have something to do with it. If you're hunting for the best offers this week, we're actively rounding up the strongest ****** Friday deals on video games, tech, and more. You can find all our top picks and price drops in our full ****** Friday hub, or check out our relevant pages for PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox deals. Photo by Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu via Getty Images. 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

The update is live today also bringing in new weapons, Sync Strikes, and some feature improvements for actions and battles. View the full article

In this The Forge crafting guide I'll explain how the entire crafting system works as well as some advanced tips like armor variations (Dark Knight/Samurai) and Ore trait combos. This guide is meant for beginners but non-beginners might also learn something useful. Here's my complete The Forge crafting guide. Table of contentsThe Forge Crafting ExplainedOre Multipliers ExplainedOre TraitsDark Knight and Samurai Armor VariationsThe Forge Crafting Explained Here's a run down of how crafting works in The Forge: Weapon Basics: Once you start adding ores and have 3 you can craft a Dagger class weapons and from there the more Ore you add the more chance you have to craft "larger" class weapons. The number of ores you put in doesn't increase the stats of the weapon, just the size category. "Larger" size category weapons tend to have more base damage but less attack speed while it's the opposite for "smaller" categories. For a full breakdown of size categories check out our Weapon tier list.Armor Basics: It's a similar case for armor as well except the size categories are Helmet as the smallest then Leggings then Chestplate as you add more Ore. Then you move into the next tier which is weight so it goes from Light (Helmet>Leggings>Chestplate) to Medium to Heavy. For Armor, the larger and heavier the more Defense/Health you get so go for Heavy if you can.Weapon Variations: There are different weapon variations within each weapon category. For example the Dagger category has Daggers, Gladius Daggers and Hooks and you'll see the odds of crafting a specific variation on the left. Let's say you put in 5 ores so that your crafting chance is 86% for Daggers and 14% for Straight Swords. Whatever category you get, the game will then roll another number to determine what variation in that category you will get. Some variations are locked behind a certain level to unlock.Armor Variations: These work similarly to Weapon Variations however variations like the Dark Knight set or the Samurai can only be crafted on Island 2, not Island 1.Optimal Crafting Chances and Ore Requirements: Below you'll find a table of how much Ore you need for each weapon and armor categoryItemMin OreOptimal OreDagger33Straight Sword48Gauntlet711Katana915Great Sword1220Great Axe1637Colossal Sword2146Light Armor33 (For Helmet, More for Leggings/Chest)Medium Armor10 (Helmet)17Heavy Armor20 (Helmet)46 Pro Tip: Here's how to farm money in The Forge. Ore Multipliers Explained Each Ore has a Multiplier that modifies the base stats of weapons/armor you forge like Damage or Defense. The higher rarity Ore you use the higher the multiplier and the higher the damage/defense. If you're mixing different Ores with different multipliers the game will use the average so the combined sum of the multipliers divided by the number of different multipliers. So if you put in a few ores that have a multiplier of x2 and a few ores that have a multiplier of 1x the end result will be a 1.5x multiplier. Better ores have higher multipliers. For weapon buffs the ore with the higher amount in the bunch gives all the buffs from the ore rarity. If you put in 15 common ores and 3 Legendary ores you get no buffs from the Legendary ore. But if you put in 10 Legendary ores and 6 common ones you'll get buffs from the legendary ore. Check out all The Forge Ore Stats and Locations for details on each one. Ore Traits Some of the Ores I listed below in a table have special traits that apply to your weapons and armor when you craft them using these Ores. You need at least 10% to 15% of the ore with a trait when forging for that item to have the trait once crafted. The optimal amount is to have 30% for the best stats from the trait. For example, if you want armor with the Obsidian Defense trait and you want to craft it using 10 Ores, 3 Ores should be Obsidian for the optimal trait effect. Here are all Ores that have traits. Ore & RarityDrop ChanceRock Node (All except Poopite are Island 2)MultiplierPriceTrait Poopite Epic 1/131Pebble, Rock, Boulder (Island 1)1.2x18$Deal % poison damage around you for X seconds, fearing enemies. Activates when below 35% HP and has a 15 second cooldown. Obsidian Epic 1/333Volcanic Rock2.35x35.25$30% extra defense on Armor Rivalite Epic 1/569Basalt Vein, Volcanic Rock3.33x49.95$+20% critical strike chance on Weapons Uranium Legendary 1/777Basalt Vein3x66$5% of player max health as AOE damage while in combat, on Armor Mythril Legendary 1/813Basalt Vein3.5x52.5$15% extra defense on Armor Eye Ore Legendary 1/1333Basalt Rock, Basalt Core, Basalt Vein, Volcanic Rock4x37.5$-10% health, +15% damage boost on Weapons/Armor Fireite Legendary 1/2187Volcanic Rock4.5x67.5$20% burn for 2 seconds with 30% chance on-hit on Weapons Magmaite Legendary 1/3003Volcanic Rock5x75$50% AOE explosion damage with 35% chance on-hit on Weapons Demonite Mythical 1/3666Volcanic Rock5.5x82.5$20% burn for 2 seconds with 15% chance on-hit & ******'s Backfire passive on Armor Darkryte Mythical 1/5555Volcanic Rock6.3x94.5$Armor Only: Upon taking damage, there is 15% chance to turn into a shadow to dodge the attack.Dark Knight and Samurai Armor Variations [/url] [/url] [/url] There are two Armor variations which are the Dark Knight Heavy Armor variant and the Samurai Medium Armor variant. These can only be crafted on Island 2 since they don't show up as options on Island 1. There's no variation for Light armor even on Island 2. The odds for these special armor options are usually 1/2 instead of the default 1/1 for base variations. Both Dark Knight and Samurai give more Health than the base version of the armor. For example, see the picture above comparing the base Heavy Armor Knight Chestplate and the Dark Knight Chestplate. That's it for my The Forge crafting guide. Check out my The Forge race tier list for more guides. The post The Forge Crafting Guide – Multipliers, Variants, Traits & More appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article