It's beginning to look a lot like Smissmas in Team Fortress 2. The fan-favorite yuletide event has made its annual return, bringing with it six new community maps, fresh taunts, a host of unusual effects, and, crucially, a ton of new targets for your Festivizer. There's also a slew of bugfixes, ensuring none of the pesky critters scuttle into your eggnog. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: [Hidden Content] .hack//G.U. remaster trilogy is coming to PC Video with a Vampire: Watch humans and vampires not get along in Nosgoth View the full article
Microsoft's brutal cost-cutting in 2025 has led to the axing of several first-party projects, such as the Perfect Dark reboot and a new game from the Elder Scrolls Online devs. However, the company also pulled the plug on some third-party projects it had backed, one of which was the new shooter from Romero Games. Led by Doom co-creator John Romero, the studio has been looking for a way to save or repurpose its project and prevent its doors from completely closing. Well, it seems like it's found a solution. Speaking on a panel at an event in Spain, Romero confirms that his new shooter has "survived" but has been "basically completely redesigned" as a smaller-scale "indie game." Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Maingear's hellish new Doom gaming PC mixes Dark Ages lore with retro nods to the first game, and I love it In an alternate timeline, Doom co-creator John Romero made System Shock Doom co-creator's canceled game could be saved as new publishers begin talks View the full article
One of the most exciting reveals in the MTG Marvel stream on December 9 was The Incredible Hulk, and not least because it's super easy to go infinite with this big Gruul monster. If you've ever stepped on a Lego brick or plug head, you'll know it's a feeling you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. So we can't blame Magic: The Gathering's new Incredible Hulk card for raging when he's subjected to infinite foot spikes. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG Marvel reveals a four-color Fantastic Four commander deck and a hero that starts on the battlefield This humble MTG Avatar card costs $30 now for a very silly reason Tournament-winning MTG deck sets off price spikes of up to 1000% View the full article
One of the most exciting reveals in the MTG Marvel stream on December 9 was The Incredible Hulk, and not least because it's super easy to go infinite with this big Gruul monster. If you've ever stepped on a Lego brick or plug head, you'll know it's a feeling you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. So we can't blame Magic: The Gathering's new Incredible Hulk card for raging when he's subjected to infinite foot spikes. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG Marvel reveals a four-color Fantastic Four commander deck and a hero that starts on the battlefield This humble MTG Avatar card costs $30 now for a very silly reason Tournament-winning MTG deck sets off price spikes of up to 1000% View the full article
Pathfinder, the major rival and younger sibling of D&D has announced a festive new Humble Bundle deal. Paizo's 'Holiday Haul' bundle features 35 Pathfinder products, collectively worth $487. The real Christmas miracle is that you only need to spend $40 to get them. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: D&D Beyond's New Year's resolution is to give DMs better tools - and actually talk to its users DnD Tiefling 5e - the full species guide D&D's new Cartographer subclass sucks, but can multiclassing fix it? View the full article
Well, there you go. Arc Raiders' winter update's now got got a proper release date. Snow will be coming to the shooter on December 16th, and judging by the way Embark have revealed that, it looks like there could be a temperature-based twist coming to the usual *******-deathing and trying to sneak into places you shouldn't. Read more View the full article
Netflix has admitted it did not attribute any value to Warner Bros.’ video game business in its $82.7 billion acquisition deal, sparking concern for the future of everything from Mortal Kombat to Hogwarts Legacy. While Warner Bros. is best known for its movie and TV business, Warner Bros. Games includes a number of well-known video game developers and brands. Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady, LEGO games developer Traveller's Tales, Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche Software, and Mortal Kombat maker NetherRealm are all on Warner Bros. Games’ books. And despite the fact some of Warner Bros. games, in particular smash hit Hogwarts Legacy, have sold tens of millions of copies and generated billions of dollars in revenue, as far as Netflix is concerned, they’re pretty much an afterthought in this mega deal. Speaking during a conference presentation about the deal reported on by Pocket Gamer, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters responded to a question about whether buying Warner Bros. would accelerate its own gaming plans. He said that while Warner Bros. had done “great work in the game space, we actually didn’t attribute any value to that from the get-go because they’re relatively minor compared to the grand scheme of things." “Now we are super excited because some of those properties that they’ve built, Hogwarts is a great example of that, have been done quite well, and we think that we can incorporate that into what we’re offering. “They’ve got great studios and great folks working there. So we think that there’s definitely an opportunity there. But just to be clear, we haven’t built that into our deal model.” While Warner Bros. Games does have some big hitters under its belt, it has struggled since the release of Hogwarts Legacy. In January, previous games boss David Haddad exited the company following the costly failures of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and MultiVersus. Soon after, Warner Bros. Games announced plans to shutter Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and Warner Bros. San Diego alongside the cancelation of its Wonder Woman game. And in June, Warner Bros. Games announced a restructure to focus on four key franchises: Mortal Kombat, Harry Potter, DC, and Game of Thrones. Indeed, 2024 was a brutal year for Warner Bros. Games, with Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League sparking a $200 million hit to revenue, and then Smash Bros.-style brawler MultiVersus flopping to the tune of $100 million. Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, meanwhile, failed to make an impression. Speaking in a financial call, Warner Bros. Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav said: "We recognise [the games business] is substantially underperforming its potential right now.” So what’s next for Warner Bros. Games while it awaits its fate? The promising Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is set to launch at some point in 2026, and given Netflix's deal may not close until summer 2027, this one feels safe. Elsewhere, there's a Hogwarts Legacy sequel in the works and a single-player Batman game from Rocksteady reportedly in development, but neither is announced nor do we have release windows. NetherRealm has yet to announce its next project, having ceased work on Mortal Kombat 1 updates. Will it make another Mortal Kombat game or another game in the DC fighting game series, Injustice? Gotham Knights developer WB Games Montreal, meanwhile, reportedly pitched a John Constantine game but it was never approved. A Flash game was scrapped after the DCU Flash film bombed. It’s now allegedly helping out with other games and is reportedly working on a pitch for a new Game of Thrones game. Will Netflix be interested in any of this? So far, Netflix has seen mixed results from its video game efforts, with a number of high-profile hires and subsequent studio closures. It’s currently focused on narrative games based on Netflix shows, games for children, social party games, and Grand Theft Auto ports. 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
It’s once again that special time of year when we give you a chance to do well by doing good. That’s right—it’s the 2025 edition of our annual Charity Drive! Every year since 2007, we’ve encouraged readers to give to Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play charity, which provides toys and games to kids being treated in hospitals around the world. In recent years, we’ve added the Electronic Frontier Foundation to our charity push, aiding in their efforts to defend Internet freedom. This year, as always, we’re providing some extra incentive for those donations by offering donors a chance to win pieces of our big pile of vendor-provided swag. We can’t keep it, and we don’t want it clogging up our offices, so it’s now yours to win. This year’s swag pile is full of high-value geek goodies. We have over a dozen prizes valued at nearly $5,000 total, including gaming hardware and collectibles, apparel, and more. In 2023, Ars readers raised nearly $40,000 for charity, contributing to a total haul of more than $542,000 since 2007. We want to raise even more this year, and we can do it if readers dig deep. Read full article Comments View the full article
Microsoft Gaming меняет стратегию развития франшизы Call of Duty на фоне неудачного релиза шутера Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7. Об этом разработчики сообщили в официальном заявлении. View the full article
Take, an upcoming board game project due to be published by Leder Games, has been unexpectedly canceled. Leder shared an update to Kickstarter on December 9, stating that "Take's designer, Ted, has decided to move on from the studio and onto his next grand adventure". "He will be bringing Take with him. Due to this, we are canceling this crowdfunding campaign. We wish him the very best!" Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This tragic, apocalyptic board game will probably make you cry - but you should play it anyway King of Tokyo, the beloved kaiju-battling board game, gets a digital edition in 2026 The publishers of Catan announce a new board game about committing the Perfect ******* View the full article
With 2025 rapidly approaching its end, Final Fantasy 14 has officially revealed the return of its annual Christmas event, the Starlight Celebration festival. Players will be able to take part in a short Final Fantasy 14 seasonal questline to acquire six new emotes as well as some cute housing items. View the full article
The Razer Boomslang is back in business, but you'll need to be fast to grab one of these super limited edition anniversary releases.View the full article
This is going to be horrible for my free time. Substructure sounds like a real interesting entry into the factory building automation genre. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Arc Raiders has a "cold snap" on the way, and it's set to arrive on December 16. As already confirmed by developer Embark Studios, the Cold Snap December update adds a new map condition called Snowfall, a new event called Flickering Flames, new quests, and a new raider deck (Arc Raiders' equivalent of a battle pass). What does the Snowfall map condition mean, exactly? We're not sure, but Embark shared the image, below, showing what appears to be a dead raider in the snow, suggesting the frigid weather could be more deadly than merely inconvenient. As one fan quipped in response: "I can’t wait to have all of my s**t stolen from people camping in basements on extraction points covered in snow." 16.12.25 [Hidden Content] — ARC Raiders (@ARCRaidersGame) December 9, 2025 Cold Snap is the last update listed as part of Arc Raiders' 2025 content roadmap, and Embark has yet to outline what's coming in 2026. The previous update, rolled out at the end of November, involved a "very hot fix for the locked room exploits," and it turned out they weren’t kidding after some players had been cheating their way into locked rooms as before. Arc Raiders sold over 4 million copies worldwide within two weeks of launch, cementing its commercial success. Nexon also revealed that the extraction shooter had reached a huge concurrent count of 700,000 players across all platforms. It's done so well it's crossed over into the world of South Park with a surprise appearance that was put together in just a few days. IGN's Arc Raiders review, returned a 9/10. We said: "With polished gunplay and an irresistible grind, ARC Raiders sets a new standard for extraction shooters." If this has tempted you into jumping into Arc Raiders, check out our guide to the best settings, find out what skills we recommend unlocking first, and see how to earn loot by delivering field depot crates. Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky. View the full article
Two more titles headed to the PlayStation Plus catalog for Extra and Premium members have reportedly been revealed, and are due to become available next week. That's according to the ever-reliable Dealabs, which has reported that both Assassin's Creed Mirage and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty will arrive for subscribers on Tuesday, December 16. Mirage is the enjoyable, city-sized Assassin's Creed game that launched in 2023 as a brief respite from the sprawling, country-sized epics the series now regularly delivers. Its tighter gameplay, set across the rooftops and alleyways of a historical Baghdad, was well received. Last month, Mirage received a major update adding a further six hours of gameplay — set in what is now modern day Saudi Arabia, and reportedly funded by modern day Saudi Arabian interests. The game has also recently been added to Xbox Game Pass, as Ubisoft seeks to get the game in front of as many players as possible. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, meanwhile, is the 2023 historical action role-player from Nioh maker Team Ninja, which is loosely based on the ******** epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In addition to these, Dealabs reported that Soulcalibur 3 is "expected" to be included in the PlayStation Plus Premium Classics Catalog, after it was previously confirmed as on its way during September's State of Play broadcast. We'll know for certain soon. Sony is expected to officially reveal its PlayStation Plus selection for December later today. We'll update this post with any further titles then. 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
Dungeons of DUSK has been announced from New Blood Interactive. It's a retro dungeon crawler set canonically between the episodes of the classic FPS DUSK. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has emerged as the fastest-rising region in blockchain gaming, now representing nearly one-fifth of all industry professionals surveyed by the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA), according to the newly released 2025 BGA State of the Industry Report. The findings were unveiled on stage at the Global Blockchain Show Abu Dhabi 2025 by Sebastien Borget, co-president of the BGA and cofounder of The Sandbox, in a statement. He made the remarks during a panel discussion titled ‘Web3 Gaming’s Big Bet’ with Yat Siu, Chairman of Animoca Brands, and Cathy Hackl, CEO of Future Dynamics, moderated by Wissam Younane, CEO, Entrepreneur Middle East. .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 Middle East emerges as growth engine for blockchain games | BGA 2025 report appeared first on GamesBeat. View the full article
A political social stealth narrative game about lying and stealing from the ultra-wealthy? Better Than Us certainly sounds like a game for the times. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
There's a ton of RPG customization you can do in SBL Reborn from classes to weapons and more so a Trello really comes in useful. Luckily there is one and it's very well organized to keep track of everything. Here are the links for the official SBL Reborn Trello and Discord. SBL Reborn Trello Board and Discord Server Guide Image by Destructoid Here are the SBL Reborn Trello board as well as many other useful community links: SBL Reborn Trello BoardSBL Reborn Discord ServerSBL Reborn Game PageSBL Reborn YouTube Channel SBL Reborn has an exceptionally well-organized Trello that's basically like a Wiki with a ton of info on the game. You have everything form basic mechanics, a starter guide and controls all the way up to end-game content. You can find info on: All stats, skill upgrades, ranks and missionsAll classes and class detailsAll mining materialsAll locationsAll NPCs and questsAll upgrades and info about crafting and enchantingAll dungeons, enemies and bossesAll weapons and statsAll armor and statsAll accessories, cosmetics, items and costumes It's a massive Trello but you should also check out the Discord server. It's where all the announcements and update-logs are located so that you can stay in tune with the game. For an RPG game like this it pays to stay updated on the latest additions, changes, reworks, buffs and nerfs. Plus, it's where you can chat with the community and developers. You can ask specific questions or tips since there's always a tester/experienced player who can help you out. Last but not least it's the best place to track codes and giveaways. That's it for our SBL Reborn Trello board and Discord server walkthrough. Don't forget to check out the SBL Reborn codes for free goodies in the game. The post SBL Reborn Trello and Discord Links appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Absolutely smashing their goals, the KDE team have managed to have a huge success for the 2025 fundraiser that's currently ongoing. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
World of Warcraft Classic has just had a major content drop for its Mists of Pandaria expansion, bringing with it two new zones, three new factions, and much more. Most importantly, the 2025 version of the classic 2012 expac has also reintroduced one of WoW's most iconic raids, Throne of Thunder. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: World of Warcraft Decor Treasure Hunt quest riddle solutions World of Warcraft's housing has finally arrived, but thanks to a new teaser I've now got my eye on marriage Despite Blizzard's World of Warcraft Midnight changes, the WeakAuras mod team still has no plans to return View the full article
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It's beginning to look a lot like Smissmas in Team Fortress 2. The fan-favorite yuletide event has made its annual return, bringing with it six new community maps, fresh taunts, a host of unusual effects, and, crucially, a ton of new targets for your Festivizer. There's also a slew of bugfixes, ensuring none of the pesky critters scuttle into your eggnog. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: [Hidden Content] .hack//G.U. remaster trilogy is coming to PC Video with a Vampire: Watch humans and vampires not get along in Nosgoth View the full article