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Opinion | I'm locked into my romantasy era, and My Eerie Lair is firmly on my wishlistView the full article

Battlefield 6 will tone down its aim assist in a future update, according to one of its lead developers. Aim assist is a standard feature for console shooters, but how noticeable a difference it should make is often a point of contention among fans. That age-old debate is alive and well in Battlefield 6, but the mechanic won't work the same way for long. View the full article

Remember LawBreakers? I have to be honest: I didn't. Or rather, I didn't until the game was suddenly resurrected in—of all places—the *** Parliament... Read more.View the full article

Firaxis' attempt to right the ailing vessel that is Civilization VII continues, with its latest update bringing a major balance pass for all civs, plus a bunch of new systems designed to enhance oceanic play. And if you've already picked up Firaxis' latest and most divisive entry in the series, you have the opportunity to pick up history's most notorious pirate entirely for free... Read more.View the full article

Obsidian Entertainment has one of the greatest comeback stories in video game development history, and it's hard to believe that at one point the studio had so many canceled projects it nearly bankrupted itself. In an epic return to glory, the crowdfunded Pillars of Eternity project would set Obsidian on course to produce some of the most popular cult hits in modern gaming. View the full article

Fortnite developer Epic Games has issued a fresh user survey polling players over its ****-like Sidekicks — and in particular, the need to rebuy each creature to get another version, after your basic design choices are made permanent. Currently, Fortnite forces fans to lock in their Sidekick's body color, shape and style upon first use, and warns players that their decision cannot be changed again. For now, just one Sidekick animal is available — banana dog hybrid Peels, which you get two of within Fortnite's current The Simpsons battle pass. Upon first equipping the pooch, you must decide from three banana skin colors (yellow, yellow-green, or mottled), an ear shape (pointy, less pointy, flat) and a body style (slender, or thicc). After this, each Sidekick also comes with its own mini battle pass of cosmetic add-ons (Peels has an emote where it dances with maracas, and also a couple of shirt options it can wear that can be equipped at will). But the creature's base design choices are indeed no longer changeable, leaving players who want to try other body options seeking a separate Peels incarnation to change from the ground up. Later this week, on November 7, a selection of additional Sidekicks will be available separately via the Fortnite in-game shop, with upcoming creatures set to include more dog breeds, a dinosaur, and even a Fishstick fish in a bubble. Each will cost either 1,200 or 1,500 V-Bucks (around $10-$14), and each is expected to offer numerous permanent cosmetic options fans will have to buy numerous versions of to own them all. Amid the backlash to this decision, Epic Games has sent a fresh user survey sent to Fortnite players, including myself, that specifically asks for feedback on Sidekicks' permanent customization mechanic — offering some fans a glimmer of hope that the whole thing is being reconsidered. "How do you feel about the Sidekicks cosmetic?" asks one question. "Did you know that Sidekicks have basic features that you can only customize once upon claiming that Sidekick (e.g. its color and shape?" asks another. And then: "How do you feel about having to purchase an additional copy of the same Sidekick if you want to customize your Sidekick with different basic features?" asks a third query, with various options to reply, from "strongly dislike" to "strongly like." Some fans have suggested Epic Games originally envisaged buying Sidekicks to be like adopting a creature from a **** shop — with a specific design you bond with over time (and as you unlock their battle pass). Others have also said that the pricing here, while steep, is little different to Fortnite's also widely-disliked Kicks (digital shoes), which often cost upwards of 1,000 V-Bucks for licensed designs, and regularly require players to buy multiple copies to access different colors. (Around a dozen near-identical digital pairs of Crocs exist in the game, each of which must be bought separately.) But others have compared Sidekicks to the highly customizable nature of many character skins — and indeed, the color options available to Fortnite's more-basic Pets, which launched back during the game's earlier years, and can be customized at will. Certainly, it feels like the widespread response to Sidekicks' design limitations has struck a chord. Far from a fun new cosmetic type — and one that could prove hugely lucrative, when licensed Sidekicks like Grogu and Stitch arrive — launching to positive sentiment, their soft-launch via Peels has only stirred up a backlash, with various reddit threads and social media posts now encouraging other players not to buy more when they do go on ***** later this week. Will Epic Games change course? Time will tell, though answers to that survey (and the sales from this week's shop update) may play a part. 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

You can ****** the Vox Relay into Fairfield or Westport in The Outer Worlds 2, but there's a third optionView the full article

If there was an award for grossest sounds per minute, I'm positive that the Roadside Research demo would take it. It's like any other shop/restaurant/venue simulator on the surface: buy goods, sell goods, make customers happy, make a profit... Read more.View the full article

Lethal Company creator Zeekerss says "I just don't have a reason to put unnecessary pressure on myself"View the full article

Activision appears to have accidentally revealed a new map for Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7 ahead of schedule, as an updated roadmap briefly appeared on the game's website with a Christmas-themed version of Hijacked known as Sleighjacked. Map variants have become a popular tradition in Call of Duty games, and while Activision quickly removed any mention of Sleighjacked, Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7fans likely have another map to look forward to for Season 1. View the full article

"G'raha Tia's voice IS the sexiest in the entirety of 14 so I agree"View the full article

Crusader Kings 3's major expansion All Under Heaven released last week. It was generally well-received, adding China, Japan, and Southeast Asian cultures to the hit medieval sim. Launching with 'mostly positive' Steam reviews, however, pits it a little below the score achieved by the base game. I get it, it's difficult to live up to the standards set by one of the best strategy games ever made, which has received five years of incremental updates and DLC. However, developer Paradox isn't resting on its laurels, and has already detailed numerous changes it's making to the game in the form of hotfixes, balance patches, and a forthcoming major update. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Ambitious new Crusader Kings 3 expansion All Under Heaven is a win for Paradox, right when it needed it most Crusader Kings 3 is about to get "30-40% *******," but Paradox says you can leave performance concerns at the door Crusader Kings 3 update aims to fix 17%-rated DLC labeled "baked slop" by fans View the full article

Football Manager 26 and 1000xResist have been added to the PC and Ultimate tiers of Xbox Game Pass. The day-one releases are the service’s first additions for November, bringing the total number of new Xbox Game Pass titles in 2025 to 191. View the full article

Yesterday, the *** Parliament conducted a small debate on an e-petition that had been raised by concerned constituents about consumer law and videogames. In layman's terms, it was all about how frustrating it is when players don't have ownership over their games and get left hung out to dry by big studios, unceremoniously ending support for live service games... Read more.View the full article

В Палате общин Великобритании состоялось обсуждение инициативы Stop Killing Games, выступающей за сохранение игрового наследия и расширение прав потребителей в сфере игровой индустрии. Дискуссию возглавил член парламента Бен Голдсборо, упомянувший во время своего выступления Concord от Sony — этот шутер был закрыт в рекордно короткие сроки, оставив покупателей в недоумении. View the full article

Interview | Lethal Company 2 is just one of many ideas for ZeekerssView the full article

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass November 2025 Wave 1 lineup of games, headlined by Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7. As a Microsoft-owned video game, ****** Ops 7 launches straight into Game Pass day one when it comes out on November 14. That’s across cloud, console, and PC for Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers only. But there are a number of games hitting Game Pass before Treyarch and Raven’s first-person shooter arrives. On November 5, Dead Static Drive (Cloud, Console, and PC) arrives on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as another day one release. As per Xbox Wire, Dead Static Drive is “Grand Theft Cthulhu.” "An indie survival-horror game following a nightmarish road trip across a 1980s Americana, Dead Static Drive blends weird fiction and uncanny Eldritch themes with a spooky unease underlying this small-town life," Microsoft said. Also on November 5 is Rebellion's Sniper Elite: Resistance (Cloud, Console, and PC) on Game Pass Premium. Here's the official blurb: Offering unparalleled sniping mechanics, stealth and tactical third-person combat, Sniper Elite: Resistance turns the attention of the award-winning series towards a hidden war, far from the front lines, deep within the heart of occupied France. Bring a friend – the full campaign can be experienced in co-op. On November 6, Egging On (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) hits Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as a day one launch. The day one launches continue with Whiskerwood (PC), also on November 6, for Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Moving on, November 7 sees Voidtrain (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) launch across Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Premium. November 11 sees Great God Grove (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) across Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Premium. Also on November 11, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (Cloud, Console, and PC) hits Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Premium. And, on November 11, Pigeon Simulator (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) is a day one launch on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. November 12 sees Relic Hunters Legend (Cloud, Console, and PC) on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Premium. Also on November 12 is the day one release of Winter Burrow (Cloud, Console, and PC) on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. And of course, Wave 1 ends with the big one: ****** Ops 7 on November 14. Xbox Game Pass November 2025 Wave 1 lineup:Dead Static Drive (Cloud, Console, and PC) – November 5 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassSniper Elite: Resistance (Cloud, Console, and PC – November 5 Now with Game Pass PremiumEgging On (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – November 6 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassWhiskerwood (PC) – November 6 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassVoidtrain (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – November 7 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass PremiumGreat God Grove (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – November 11 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass PremiumLara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (Cloud, Console, and PC) – November 11 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass PremiumPigeon Simulator (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – November 11 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassRelic Hunters Legend (Cloud, Console, and PC) – November 12 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass PremiumWinter Burrow (Cloud, Console, and PC) – November 12 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassCall of Duty: ****** Ops 7 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – November 14 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass It’s worth remembering that, following Microsoft’s recent Game Pass price hike and rebranding of some tiers, we’re now talking about what’s on Game Pass Premium and Essential, rather than Standard and Core. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass keep their names. As already announced, a number of games leave Game Pass this month. The loss of Stalker 2 in particular has caused some subscribers to express their frustration, coming as it does a year after its timed console exclusive release on Xbox and ahead of its PS5 release date. As always, you can save up to 20% if you buy these games to keep them in your library. Games leaving Xbox Game Pass on November 15:Blacksmith Master (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC)Football Manager 2024 (PC)Football Manager 2024 Console Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC)Frostpunk (Cloud, Console, and PC)Spirittea (Cloud, Console, and PC)S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chernobyl (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

There are a lot of promising upcoming Warhammer video games, but this is one I did not expect to add to my list: Warhammer Survivors. It’s a Warhammer twist on indie smash hit, Vampire Survivors, and was developed in partnership with poncle (Luca Galante), the creator of the much-loved fast-paced rogue-like. Indeed, Warhammer Survivors uses poncle’s Vampire Survivors engine. Warhammer Survivors lets you play as characters from both Warhammer 40,000 (the grimdark far future one) and Warhammer: Age of Sigmar (the fantasy one), and, this being a Survivors game, tasks you with destroying endless swarms of enemies in ‘pixel-vomit’ gameplay. It’s due out in 2026, developed and published by Auroch Digital (Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun). Here’s the official blurb: Endorsed as part of the official Survivors lineage, this standalone game brings familiar tides of endless enemies with fresh twists, iconic characters, and powerful weapons, packaged in an entirely new setting. Or should we say, settings! Choosing from the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar universes, players will lead a roster of iconic characters and endure against the swarms of relentless enemies. Weapons and power-ups can be combined into devastating new forms to create screen-clearing storms of bullets, blades and magic. Experiment in every run with new strategies, unlocking new characters, upgrades, weapon combinations, as well as troves of secrets and collectables waiting to be discovered. On the 40K side, playable characters include Malum Caedo, the hero from Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Cadian Shock Trooper, Trooper Kozlowski, and the Space Marine Intercessor, Brother Luca, who face off against the Tyranid swarm. Age of Sigmar has Neave Blacktalon, warrior of the God-King Sigmar, Gotrek Gurnisson, and Sharynn Azurwrath, Stormcast Eternal Vanquisher, armed with a Celestial Greatsword. They’re up against the Skaven. Warhammer Survivors features: Fast and frantic Survivors gameplay. A roster of iconic characters from the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer: Age of Sigmar universes, featuring Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun’s very own Malum Caedo! Multiple modes and stages from across the grimdark 41st Millennium and the Mortal Realms. An arsenal of familiar weapons, such as the Boltgun, Astartes Chainsword, Whirlwind Axes, and ​​glorious​ easter eggs such as ​the humble pot of Citadel Nuln Oil paint. A mighty cache of passives and power-ups to aid in enduring against the monstrous legions. Esoteric secrets and easter eggs to uncover and collectables to collect! ...and much more still to be announced! As I mentioned, Warhammer Survivors joins the ever-growing list of cool-looking Warhammer video games set to come out over the course of the next few years. There’s Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2, Auroch Digital’s own Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3, and perhaps a few more yet to be announced. 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

Players using controller should start having an easier time soonView the full article

I find myself quite disappointed by Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork. The Terry Pratchett TTRPG was my most anticipated new system of the year by far - so much so that, rather than waiting for Modiphius to provide review copies, I put my own money towards the Kickstarter campaign. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Shocking no one, the Discworld tabletop RPG gets extremely political Five Discworld RPG minis I'm painting to get in the mood The Discworld RPG Kickstarter offers impossible dice and a Tray Of Death View the full article

There's one major problem with most Warhammer videogames. In fact, it's an issue that extends to the tabletop as well. None display the true power fantasy of the lore. A lone Space Marine should be able to defeat an opposing force armed only with a Bolt Pistol and the guidance of the Emperor. These are superhuman creatures bred for the sole purpose of war, and the myriad novels detailing the 41st millennium show just how brutal, how powerful, they are. In a game, that doesn't make sense. You need jeopardy as well as agency. Space Marine 2 has come closest to matching this so far, but Warhammer Survivors, looks set to turn the power up to 11. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

Dwarf Fortress' Siege Update has finally arrived, representing the first major evolution of Bay 12 Games' inimitable management sim since its triumphant arrival on Steam. Up until February this year, the focus of brothers Tarn and Zach Adams was on catching up with the ASCII version features-wise, culminating with the launch of Adventure Mode. Now that's done, the duo are wholly focussed on doing what they do best—embellishing their already preposterously detailed simulation to make it more involved than life itself... Read more.View the full article

Warhammer 40K: Boltgun developer Auroch Digital has a second Warhammer game in developmentView the full article

Fortnite is already teasing what's next for the game, even as it enjoys a positive response to its just-launched The Simpsons-themed mini-season. Following its current foray into Springfield, which is set to conclude on November 29, Fortnite is expected to fully transition to its seventh Island home — an era that Epic Games is already teasing as "Chapter Seven." An official "Chapter Seven" teaser shared by Fortnite content creator NickEh30 includes real-world coordinates for the Hollywood sign, and the following text: "Now Playing / Zero Hour / Chapter Seven / Fortnite After Dark With Q&U." Fortnite sent me a teaser... [Hidden Content] — Nick Eh 30 (@NickEh30) November 3, 2025 "Q&U" was quickly linked by fans to the acronym used by Hollywood's Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman for their work as director and lead actor in Kill Bill. (Notably, Kill Bill is set for re-release on December 5 as Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, a fresh, newly-combined version of the two Kill Bill films — something that would be well-timed for a Fortnite crossover.) In a separate tease, a collection of Fortnite characters appeared yesterday at a LA Dodgers victory celebration, holding up signs and posing for photos with fans. Banana hero Peely, hotdog man The Brat, and rapper pickle Big Dill were spotted by fan Reetlol, and can be seen holding signs saying "Game 7 first, Chapter Seven Next!!," "Seven," and "Nov 29" — a date fans now think is when we'll get a first glimpse at Chapter Seven. @Fortnite [Hidden Content] — JOGO Reet (@Reetlol) November 4, 2025 Fortnite has always labelled the different incarnations of its battle royale map as different "chapters" of the game (which are then sub-divided into seasons). But this one, fans have noticed, is being referred to as Chapter Seven, spelt out, rather than the usual Chapter 7 numbering. Seven holds a big significance in Fortnite lore (and thankfully no, it's nothing to do with the 6-7 meme). Throughout Fortnite's first five years, The Seven were slowly revealed as a heroic team of characters who defended the game's multiverse, and who led the charge during the game's big story events (such as the one where the original Chapter 1 Island got sucked into a ****** hole). Over the years, The Seven's helmeted heroes were revealed to include characters played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Brie Larsen, though after Chapter 3's grand finale, the team's story was abruptly concluded, with their members seemingly defeated and dispursed. More recent Chapters have acted as something of a reset of the game's narrative, following the departure of Epic Games' previous creative lead Donald Mustard, though fans have long held out hope of seeing The Seven once again. In a Chapter named after them, surely it's finally time? Separately, numerous Fortnite leakers have claimed that the Chapter Seven map will include a large desert biome, with mention of an "Area 51" style location. FortniteLeaks, meanwhile, has specifically reported that the game will feature a weapon called the Gambler Shotgun — "which is related to one of the major themes of the map." Now, fans are putting two and two together and arriving at the idea of Chapter Seven featuring a Nevada-style location, and have suggested a crossover with another upcoming franchise: Fallout. The game has already featured Fallout in the shape of an outfit sporting the franchise's power suit. But with new episodes of the Fallout TV series scheduled to debut from December 17, fans have wondered whether a larger collaboration is also now on the cards. Until then, there's three weeks left of Fortnite's really very enjoyable The Simpsons era to enjoy, before a big live event on November 29 that's expected to usher in Chapter Seven — and whatever it holds — in style. Image credit: Medios y Media/Getty Images. 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

CORN, a little cryptic title that's not even exactly new, is now soaring through the Steam charts with a 2,673% player uptick over the past 24 hours. What the hell are we looking at? CORN came out in October 2024 and struggled to break a 50 concurrent player average until midway through May of 2025, when it surged to an average of over 1,000 concurrent players. It remained there until just about now, when it exploded in popularity out of nowhere once more. At the time of this writing, CORN is sitting at 20,000 concurrent players. That's a figure way past anything you'd expect from a non-marketed title that released so modestly over one year ago, and one that may be very outdated by the time anyone reads this. Table of contentsWhere does CORN come from, what does CORN play likeIs CORN the new Banana?Where does CORN come from, what does CORN play like CORN is the brainchild of Team Sneed, an indie studio that uses CORN's Steam page to proudly remind users that they're also responsible for a game called CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck, which I definitely won't get into here because we're short on time and absolutely no other reason. CORN, despite its studio's history and a name that the Internet recently chose to represent something much less innocent than this poor cereal, is actually as tame as it gets. You click on a still image of a corncob to see a counter appear above it, and you end up getting more pieces of corn. That's it, or is it? Image via Team Sneed Is CORN the new Banana? I apologize to anyone flabbergasted by the apparent lack of sense in the header above. Banana, you see, is the name of another mystifying game, one we've covered extensively in a desperate attempt to explain its mid-2024 extreme surge in popularity. Long story short, it's a game where players just click on a still image of a banana and see a counter go up by one with each click. Not exactly riveting gameplay, making the fact that it once reached 400,000 concurrent players—and still sits as Steam's 8th biggest game, with over 100,000 players—all the more puzzling. Image via Team Sneed The thing is, it's all about money. Though the Internet is no stranger to joining random bandwagons, the deal with Banana was that the items it provided players were integrated into the Steam marketplace, with the rarest bananas turning up pretty valuable. Corn is but a more evolved version of the same game. So, Steam users aren't looking at corn for fun, but profit, for once. Another possible explanation for the large uptick in player count is the high likelihood that a huge number of bots are already exploiting the opportunity to profit from this "new" trend. CORN still doesn't have Banana's numbers, but growing to over 20,000 concurrent players in just 24 hours, it might get there soon. The post What is CORN, Steam’s newest inexplicable hit appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article