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Welcome back to a slightly surreal Thursday of bargains. Do you know what I say in strange times? Video games—entertainment via escapism, and that's exactly what I have for you here today. I'd start by looking to some top-tier AAA JRPGs on Switch first, then grab a bunch of PS5 Pro Enhanced games cheap (for future wow-factor investment). But hey—you do you. In retro news, I'm Tekken the time to celebrate the illustrious 29th of a 3D fighter king—a long-in-the-jaguar-tooth progenitor of a 58M copies sold series that still endures. Though I was a staunch Virtua Fighter / Saturn man at the time, I remember coveting my mate's copy of this more approachable and well-presented competitor. The concept of controlling each limb with a dedicated face button made much more sense for muscle memorising combos, and the lure of unlocking a bunch of sub-bosses was addictive enough to make us actually go buy a Memory Card. (Or just leave that PS One on all week.) This Day in Gaming - Tekken (PS) 1995. eBay - Eternal Darkness (GC) 2002. eBay - Top Spin (XB) 2003. Sequel - Call of Duty (PC) 2003. Sequel - Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (GC) 2003. eBay - CoD 4: Modern Warfare (PC,PS3,X360) 2007. Redux - Guitar Hero III (PS3,Wii,X360) 2007. eBay - Rock Band (X360) 2008. Sequel - Xbox One X launch, 2017. eBay Table of ContentsNintendo SwitchPCXboxPlayStationLEGONice Savings for Nintendo Switch Persona 5 Royal (-36%) - A$64Shin Megami Tensei V (-50%) - A$49.98Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (-20%) - A$64Borderlands 3 Ult. (-74%) - A$23Spyro Trilogy (-35%) - A$45.68 Expiring Recent Deals Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (-23%) - A$69NFS Hot Pursuit (-35%) - A$39Golf Story (-80%) - A$4.49Moving Out (-80%) - A$7.50Transistor (-80%) - A$4.79Bastion (-80%) - A$3.50 Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card. Switch Console Prices How much to Switch it up? [/url] Back to top Purchase Cheap for PC Trine: Ult. Col. (-77%) - A$16.09Gris (-80%) - A$4.45Talos Principle Gold (-85%) - A$9.29Limbo (-75%) - A$3.79Persona 5 Tactica (-54%) - A$43.67Humankind (-86%) - A$9.79 Expiring Recent Deals Marvel GotG (-100%) - FREE w/Prime******: Definitive (-100%) - FREE w/Prime****** Stranding D.C. (-50%) - A$7.47Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (-50%) - A$9.99Control Ultimate (-80%) - A$11.99Abzu (-75%) - A$7.23SoulCalibur VI (-91%) - A$8.54 Or just get a Steam Wallet Card. PC Hardware Prices Slay your pile of shame. [/url] Back to top Exciting Bargains for Xbox GTA V (-53%) - A$28Park Beyond (-77%) - A$9Remnant II (-52%) - A$36EA Sports FC 25 (-23%) - A$85*********'s Creed Mirage (-65%) - A$ 28 Expiring Recent Deals Dragon Age: The Veilguard (-32%) - A$75X/S controller (-22%) - A$69.95Top Spin 2K25 (-51%) - A$49Tiny Tina's Wonderlands: Next-Level (-86%) - A$15The Crew Motorfest (-72%) - A$28Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora (-50%) - A$55 Or just invest in an Xbox Card. Xbox Console Prices How many bucks for a 'Box? [/url] Back to top Pure Scores for PlayStation System Shock (-50%) - A$29.98Hogwarts Legacy (-55%) - A$49Mortal Kombat 1 (-53%) - A$36EA Sports FC 25 (-23%) - A$85 Expiring Recent Deals Dragon Age: The Veilguard (-32%) - A$75Tiny Tina's Wonderlands: Next-Level (-86%) - A$15Red ***** Redemption 2 (-68%) - A$29Top Spin 2K25 (-64%) - A$36The Crew Motorfest (-72%) - A$28Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora (-57%) - A$47 Or purchase a PS Store Card. PS5 Pro Enhanced Bargain Need a cheap Pro showcase title? Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - $114.95 / $79.95 Here's the basic good news early: via a PS5 Pro exclusive "Versatility Mode" the enhanced visuals of Rebirth look and feel newborn fresh. This is another case of the developers transplanting out the old upscale solution for PSSR (and I believe it was very much needed). The results? A dramatic and highly obvious increase in overall sharpness, geometric/texture detail, and all while it's barreling along at a fluid 4K 60fps (thanks to a CPU High Frequency Mode). Just a gigantic improvement that needs to be seen / felt through a DualSense to be believed. PlayStation Console Prices What you'll pay to 'Station. [/url] Back to top Legit LEGO Deals City: Truck + Sports Cars (-34%) - A$99City: Double-Decker (-34%) - A$33Star Wars: Tantive IV (-33%) - A$148 Expiring Recent Deals Mario: Dorrie's Shipwreck (-40%) - A$54Star Wars: R2-D2 (-35%) - A$129Star Wars: Podrace (-34%) - A$79Sonic: Speed Sphere (-34%) - A$35 Back to top Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

After the massive success of Hogwarts Legacy in 2023, it seemed like only a matter of time before a sequel would be announced. In addition to a follow-up game, the success of the magical RPG has initiated a whole slew of Harry Potter media for Wizarding World fans to look forward to. Warner Bros, the owners of many rights related to the massive Potter franchise, will try to tie new products together through storytelling, but that might not be a good thing for the franchise. View the full article

Mages are powerful spellcasters tapping into the Fade for their abilities in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. With the deep customization options available, players can build their Mage Rook for various playstyles. Mages in Dragon Age: The Veilguard do not necessarily start as strong as their Rogue or Warrior counterparts. However, their combat prowess grows as the story progresses, making them a rewarding choice over time. They are also incredibly effective both at range and in melee combat, with tons of versatility in their kits. View the full article

17 years is a long time for any game to still be pumping out content, yet Lord of the Rings Online is managing it. Launched during the MMO ********** days following the release of World of Warcraft along with other titles like Age of Conan, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and Aion, LOTRO appears to still be fighting fit with tons of content drops over the years. Now its 12th expansion is here, titled Legacy of Morgoth, and it adds a load of new stuff along with continuing the game's ever evolving storyline. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: LOTRO just got way ******* and much more relaxing, all at the same time Free MMORPG celebrates 17th anniversary with massive annual event I'm a big Tolkien fan, and I need this new Rohan gaming keyboard View the full article

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft is testing a big Windows on Arm update to let more x64 software and games run under Prism emulation on Copilot Plus PC with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite or X Plus processors. The capability comes as part of the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27744, rolling out to testers in the Canary Channel. This way, Qualcomm’s new chips can run more kinds of apps that don’t have native ARM64 versions and, until now, weren’t usable with emulation. It could even enable games that use AVX2, like Starfield and Helldivers 2, to work on Windows on Arm. [/url] With this update, Microsoft’s emulator will open up support for 64-bit x86 software to use processor extensions like AVX, AVX2, BMI, FMA, and F16C. However, it says 32-bit software still won’t... Continue reading… View the full article

Striking New York Times tech workers have created a “Guild Builds” page dedicated to strike-themed games you can play, including a spin on Wordle, a word search, and the custom Connections I reported on earlier today. As part of its strike announcement on Monday, the New York Times Tech Guild requested that people don’t cross the digital picket line to play the NYT’s daily puzzle games. This collection of five other games offers an alternative if you want to support the striking workers but also do some brain teasers. There are currently five games on the page: Strikle, the twist on WordleConnections: Strike Edition, which is a puzzle made in a Connections creatorWord SearchMatch Strike, a memory gameFrogger 8th Avenue They... Continue reading… View the full article

First-person shooters combine skill and reflexes with high-octane gameplay, attracting players of every age. While many players consider PC the dominant platform for the genre, the growing number of FPS players on the PlayStation 5 puts that to rest. Here are 13 of the best PS5 FPS games to try. The FPS genre has been prevalent since the 1990s when games like Wolfenstein 3D took the gaming world by storm. Today, you can play several first-person shooter titles on every platform. View the full article

From building giant roller coasters to making sure that trash can is placed just so, the levels of detail and creative freedom in theme park management games is addictively high. The childlike fun of seeing thousands of guests screaming on a loop-the-loop (and the horror of seeing them leave in a rage after you forgot to build them more ******* blocks...) is unmatched. Planet Coaster 2 looks to enhance the excellent action from the original and go one better with the addition of water parks, and it enjoyed high review scores from the press prior to launch. However, with Steam users, it's much less cut and dry. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Planet Coaster 2 system requirements Planet Coaster 2 feels like the ultimate blend of strategy game design Planet Coaster 2 marks the return of one of the best PC strategy games View the full article

****** Mesa: Blue Shift, the fan-made retelling of Barney Calhoun's pre-Half Life 2 adventures in the ****** Mesa research facility (and beyond!), is set to launch its next chapter on November 17... Read more.View the full article

Starfield's approach to points-of-interest, or POIs, has been a point of contention since it initially launched. Currently, Starfield has a number of handcrafted POIs which are then randomly placed on planets. Their loot and ****** placements are then randomly generated to make them feel more distinct. However, as many players have discovered, these POIs end up feeling incredibly repetitive, even with the loot and enemies being switched out each time. They never feel unexpected, mysterious, or challenging, as players approach them the exact same way every time. View the full article

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has labelled this summer’s Borderlands movie “disappointing”, but claimed it had a positive impact on game sales. Based on the video game series developed by its Gearbox studio, the Borderland film was written and directed by Eli Roth, and starred Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack ******. The film grossed just $33 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo, against a reported production budget of roughly $115 million, plus marketing and distribution costs of $30 million. Read More... View the full article

It has been over 10 years since EA initially launched The Sims 4 in 2014, and with the announcement that it will continue to be the core game in The Sims franchise, it's interesting to speculate what may lie ahead. The Sims 4 has been arguably the most aesthetically pleasing game in the franchise, with a brilliant Build Mode and a Create-A-Sim mode that is constantly improving as the years go by. However, the game's life simulator elements have been lacking in what has made the game a success over its lifespan, as its Live Mode gameplay features have fallen short with their lack of unpredictability, spontaneity, and charm. View the full article

If there's one announcement that would cause the most hysteria within the gaming community, it'd be a delay to GTA 6. Fans have been waiting well over a decade for this behemoth of a sequel, and it would be a huge ***** if they had to wait any longer than they've already endured. As a result, Take-Two's quarterly earnings reports have become nail-biting moments - no one wants to see its current launch window shift as it updates shareholders on its future pipeline. Thankfully, another report has been and gone without any bad news about the new Grand Theft Auto - it's still on track. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Ex GTA 6 dev says this core aspect will be Rockstar's top priority right now GTA 6 fans are once again looking to the Moon, and this time I believe them GTA 6 release date window, trailers, and latest Rockstar Games news View the full article

Thousands against thousands war MMO Foxhole has a new major chapter coming in Summer 2025 with the Airborne update. Announced this week, the update will add various warplanes that complete Foxhole's trifecta of player-driven battles on land, sea, and now air with hundreds of players at once fighting over one giant, isometric battlefront... Read more.View the full article

Overwatch 2 has officially begun Limit 2, its newest Quick Play: Hacked experiment that allows players to exchange one of their damage or support heroes for an extra tank. This game mode temporarily replaces Open ****** in Overwatch 2, and will only be available for a limited time. View the full article

Illustration: The Verge Roblox is going to block kids from accessing certain types of experiences following reports alleging that the platform has enabled child ******. One new measure will stop kids under 13 from accessing experiences with “certain types of interactive features,” Roblox says in a post on its developer forum. Those include “social hangouts,” where the primary purpose is to communicate with others over text or voice chat, and “free-form 2D user creation” experiences, where players can do things like draw on a chalkboard or whiteboard. This change goes into effect beginning November 18th. [/url] Another change stops kids under 13 from playing, searching for, or being able to discover unrated experiences. This change goes into effect after December 3rd.... Continue reading… View the full article

J. R. R. Tolkien's famous fantasy creation is one filled with vast dichotomies, much like the ******* of history he lived through. You have the bucolic existence of the Hobbits contrasting with Sauron and Saruman's industrial evils, being weaved together throughout the story before culminating in the Scouring of the Shire. That sense of wild contrast is fully alive in The Lord of the Rings Online, which has just unleashed some new horrors on players while also giving them the most relaxing hobby ever to enjoy. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Free MMORPG celebrates 17th anniversary with massive annual event I'm a big Tolkien fan, and I need this new Rohan gaming keyboard The new Lord of the Rings MMO wants to be around for a decade View the full article

I don't know about you but I've never associated the Metal Slug series with strategy. The legendary run and **** games have always had more in common with Contra, Shootas, Blood & Teef, and Broforce rather than slower, more cerebral offerings like Final Fantasy Tactics, Triangle Strategy, or ***** Emblem. That's all changed now, as Metal Slug Tactics is here to serve up a side order of strategy along with the series' trademark explosive action. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

The Borderlands Movie hit box offices back in August to poor results, to say the least. But Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn't think the film hurt the Borderlands video game franchise at all. In fact, if anything, he thinks the movie was good for the games. Speaking to IGN ahead of the company's Q2 earnings call today, Zelnick admitted that Borderlands hadn't performed as well as he'd hoped, but that he doesn't feel too torn up about it: "Obviously that movie was disappointing," he said. "That said, it actually sold more catalog. So, I don't think it hurt at all, if anything I think it may have helped a little bit. It does highlight something that I've spoken about many times which is the difficulty of bringing our intellectual property to another medium." What Zelnick is referring to here are his previous comments on video game film adaptations. When we spoke to him back in August, he told us that the economic impact of licensing a game IP to a movie is small, and in previous interviews (like this one with Inverse) he's talked about how risky it is to adapt vidoe game licenses to other mediums. While it didn't seem to hurt Borderlands in this instance, it's clear that the performance of the film has confirmed at least some of Zelnick's predictions about such an endeavor. We gave the Borderlands film a 3/10 at IGN, calling it "a catastrophic disappointment that plays like hacked-to-pieces studio slop, betraying everything fans adore about Gearbox Software’s franchise in derivative, regrettable fashion." Meanwhile, Take-Two confirmed in its earnings that Borderlands 4 is still planned for release in fiscal 2026 (which runs from April 2025 through March 2026), as is ******: The Old Country. Grand Theft Auto 6 is still planned for fall of 2025, with Zelnick saying he still feels confident in that date. Ken Levine's Judas is still TBA, with Zelnick telling IGN that he feels "really, really good about it and I think Ken Levine's team is totally focused on innovation." Take-Two says it has approximately 37 games expected to release through its fiscal 2027. The company reported today net bookings of $1.47 billion driven by GTA and Borderlands, with digitally delivered net bookings accounting for 96% of the total. 82% of Take-Two's console game sales were digital for the quarter, up from 75% at this time last year. Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold over 205 million units globally, Red ***** Redemption 2 has sold over 67 million units, and NBA 2K25, which launched September 3, has reached nearly 4.5 million copies sold. Take-Two is expecting full year net bookings of between $5.55 billion and $5.65 billion. The company also just announced it sold its indie Private Division label to an unknown buyer, after the label suffered a slow demise including layoffs and studio closures. Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected]. View the full article

Changing up Rooks look is now easier for players to do than ever before in Dragon Age. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the newest entry in a series that has been dormant for ten years, but that long hibernation has brought plenty of great changes. Like past games, and other fantasy RPGs, players can create their own custom character to play as. However, unlike past games, The Veilguard allows players to change their appearance after theyve already started the game. View the full article

Take-Two Interactive has announced they’ve sold off publishing label Private Division for an undisclosed number to an undisclosed buyer. Company CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed the news to GamesIndustry.biz and said they will reveal the buyer of Private Division “relatively soon.” The new buyer has acquired the Private Division publishing label but also all its live […] Source View the full article

The strength of a Pokémon that you can catch in Pokémon Go is determined by their combat power (CP), which you can see directly underneath them when you catch and level them up. Every Pokémon has a maximum CP limit they can reach, and some are significantly stronger than others. A Pokémon’s CP is a combination of their *******, defense, and stamina stats, which determines how hard they hit with attacks, how much they can endure from an ****** *******, and how much health they have. The higher CP for a Pokémon means these stats are larger, and if you’re looking for a Pokémon with the largest amount of CP, there is a certifiable winner. Here’s what you need to know about the Pokémon with the highest CP in Pokémon Go, and how you can get it. View the full article

World of Warcraft is doing away with the old Renown system for Plunderstorm, instead replacing it with the Plunderstore a marketplace where players buy the items they want. This rewards system, along with new cosmetics to earn, will be introduced during the second run of Plunderstorm in World of Warcraft. View the full article

Take-Two has sold its indie publishing label Private Division. It announced the move alongside its second quarter earnings results on Wednesday, but it didn’t disclose who the studio was sold to or for how much. “We recently made the strategic decision to sell our Private Division label so we could focus our resources on growing our core businesses for the long term,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told Variety. “So as part of that transaction, the buyer purchased substantially all of Private Division’s existing and unreleased titles. Read More... View the full article

Take-Two has sold indie publisher Private Division to an unknown buyer in the wake of shuttering Roll7 and Intercept Games, saying that it wants to focus on its core and mobile businesses going forward. While virtually all of Private Division's live and unreleased games will go to the new buyer, Take-Two says it will continue to support No Rest for the Wicked, the recently-released action RPG from Moon Studios that's currently in early access. Take-Two announced the move during Wednesday's earnings results, saying in a statement, "We are grateful for the contributions that the Private Division team has made to our company and are confident that they will continue to achieve success in their new home." The Private Division ***** follows Take-Two's decision to wind down indie studios Roll7 and Intercept Games, both of which operated under the label's umbrella. An IGN report at the time revealed Take-Two's plans to offload the label and that it had found interest from a private equity firm, with discussions faciliated by individuals with connnections to Moon Studios leadership. It's unclear whether that firm ultimately followed through on its interest. Private Division was founded in 2017 with the goal of provide funding and support to "triple-I" game such as The Outer Worlds. Its upcoming releases include Tales of the Shire, the cozy Lords of the Rings game that was recently delayed into 2025, and an untitled action-adventure game from Game Freak codenamed Project Bloom. Take-Two has spent much of 2024 trying to sell Private Division, telling employees in April that it would no longer support the label and laying off many of its employees. A small group has remained to continue support No Rest for the Wicked as well as Private Division's other upcoming games. Take-Two, for its part, is turning even more of its focus toward Grand Theft Auto VI, which it still expects to release in fall 2025. Kat Bailey is IGN's News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot. View the full article