As we gear up for the holidays this year, PlayStation gamers will want to be on the lookout for the best deals and offers. There are bound to be some great finds over the upcoming weeks, and many will be in short supply or only available for a limited time. View the full article
There's no question that Grand Theft Auto 6 has given players a lot to talk about over the past few months, with developers at Rockstar Games delaying its release to the end of 2026. While fans are laser-focused on all things GTA 6, it seems Rockstar has big plans for its other iconic IPs like Bully and Manhunt as well. View the full article
Gigabyte Technology recently introduced the X870E Aero X3D Wood motherboard, a peculiar piece of hardware that theoretically aims to blend natural aesthetics with uncompromising hardware features. The Taiwanese manufacturer said that the new motherboard is a statement of sorts, although it doesn't provide any specific info about the product's price.... Read Entire Article View the full article
Big Preview | Catching up with Creative Assembly to discuss the creation of Nagash and how the End Times will affect our campaignsView the full article
A new and unprecedented Genshin Impact collaboration event has commenced, and players who participate will be able to get access to a plethora of in-game rewards, including free Primogems and even an exclusive avatar that isn’t available through other means. HoYoverse’s action RPG has just entered Version 6.2, the patch that introduced Durin to Genshin Impact as a playable character. View the full article
A load of exciting upcoming RPGshave been announced over the course of 2025, with so much to look forward to over the next few years. Fans of essential RPGs like Elder Scrolls and the haunting FromSoftware hit Bloodborne will definitely want to keep a close eye on one dark fantasy RPG in particular. View the full article
Razer finally added a gaming mouse and mouse mat to its Gengar line-up, but I wish there was a keyboard to complete this almost perfect, purple collection.View the full article
Where Winds Meet already has a staggering amount of content, but that’s not the end of what we can expect. Developer Everstone Studio just revealed a host of new additions coming to the game this month. Read more View the full article
One of the first major Xbox Game Pass additions of 2026 is going to be a delight for fans of Cyberpunk 2077 and the cyberpunk genre as a whole when it arrives in Q1 next year. There’s a lot going on with Microsoft’s subscription service recently. Following the introduction of the tier-based system, there has been a continuous influx of new titles, as well as some removals. For example, Routine joined Xbox Game Pass as a day-one release. View the full article
The associate director of Assassin’s Creed Shadows says future games in the series could have two protagonists, despite the furore over Yasuke and Naoe. Following its initial announcement, Assassin’s Creed Shadows received criticism from some corners of the internet, partly because one of the co-protagonists, Yasuke, is a ****** samurai. Some accused Ubisoft of being ‘woke’ by featuring Yasuke in the game, even though Yasuke was an actual person in real life. The game’s director Charles Benoit defended the decision, at the time, telling The ********* Press last year that Yasuke was also chosen so that players “can discover Japan through the eyes of a foreigner” at the same time as he does. Read More... View the full article
This year's Magic: The Gathering World Championships took place over the weekend and they have caused a bunch of price spikes to ripple across the secondary market. When so many cards are soaring at once it's impossible to pick just one to focus on, though my eye was immediately drawn to Stormchaser's Talent. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Otter-based Infinite MTG combo sweeps into Standard The best Avatar MTG card is not Badgermole but a surprise boomerang This 24-year-old MTG card's price spiked 600% thanks to a ferocious free spell combo with Avatar's Iroh View the full article
This year's Magic: The Gathering World Championships took place over the weekend and they have caused a bunch of price spikes to ripple across the secondary market. When so many cards are soaring at once it's impossible to pick just one to focus on, though my eye was immediately drawn to Stormchaser's Talent. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Otter-based Infinite MTG combo sweeps into Standard The best Avatar MTG card is not Badgermole but a surprise boomerang This 24-year-old MTG card's price spiked 600% thanks to a ferocious free spell combo with Avatar's Iroh View the full article
Week 7 Trials in ARC Raiders is now live, and to earn its various rewards, we need to complete five different tasks. Like the previous weeks, you'll have to get three stars for each task to receive the best available rewards. The tasks for the seventh week are primarily related to taking down specific types of ARC enemies. This guide will help you understand the nature of every task and how you can three-star them. Table of contentsARC Raiders Week 7 Trials guideDestroy Ticks, Fireballs, and PopsSearch Supply DropsDamage WaspsDamage BastionsDamage Queens or MatriarchsARC Raiders Week 7 Trials guide The Week 7 Trials can be broken down into five separate tasks. Destroy Ticks, Fireballs, and PopsSearch Supply DropsDamage WaspsDamage BastionsDamage Queens or Matriarchs Screenshot by Destructoid Destroy Ticks, Fireballs, and Pops This is the easiest of all tasks, as Fireballs are extremely common. You can run into them across large buildings on any map. I will recommend playing in Stella Montis as the region has plenty of Ticks and Fireballs. Encountering more of them will allow you to damage them repeatedly until you hit three stars. There's no specific spot, and Fireballs are pretty common in general. Search Supply Drops All maps in ARC Raiders have Supply Call Stations located all over the regions. When you interact with them, you can then call Supply Drops at the location. Supply Drops provide plenty of valuable loot for you to add to your inventory. Repeat this process a few times to earn three tasks at this rank. Damage Wasps One of the easier aerial ARCs, Wasps can be found near larger buildings. You can also find them near elevators, but be careful as they're rarely alone. Moreover, they can also call in larger ARCs, so try to destroy them as quickly as possible. To take down a Wasp, you'll want to target its rotors specifically. Once unbalanced, it won't be able to target you efficiently. Damage Bastions I have yet to find a specific spot after hours of gameplay where you can always find the Bastion. I have encountered them the most on Blue Gate, so you can begin your search there. Typically, you won't want to get caught in front of a Bastion since its guns will absolutely shred you. Instead, try to target the large cylinders on its back. This job will be easier if you're playing in a group, as one of you can distract it, allowing the other players to hit it. Damage Queens or Matriarchs Screenshot and remix by Destructoid This is arguably the hardest of the five tasks. While you don't have to kill a Queen/Matriarch, it will target you the moment you hit it for the first time. I have attached a map where you're almost guaranteed to either find a Queen or Matriarch (based on whether it has spawned as per the map condition). Make sure to dodge the rockets, and always keep distance (especially if it's the Queen you're up against). The post ARC Raiders Week 7 Trials (Dec. 8) – How to get three stars appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Shenmue developer Ys Net has threatened legal action over a widely-circulated video designed to look like leaked footage of Shenmue 4. The footage popped up on social media last week and was promptly shared by numerous websites, even as questions regarding the video's origins and authenticity swirled. Now, Ys Net has released a statement to confirm that the footage "has absolutely no connection" to itself and uses the company's logo without permission. Additionally, Ys Net claimed that such acts "may amount to trademark infringement and unfair competition" and therefore it was now preparing "appropriate measures" and exploring legal options. Breaking News A trailer for Shenmue IV appears to have been leaked from *****. It is not yet verified by ***** but it seems to be real. [Hidden Content] — SuperSisi (@SuperSisi) December 5, 2025 While some fans took the lengthy "Shenmue 4" clip as too elaborate to be fake, others pointed to a handful of wonky animation effects and its fan-baiting story to suggest it was an elaborate creation made by a fan using generative AI. Just last month, IGN reported on the increasingly convincing AI-generated GTA 6 "leaks" that are racking up millions of views on social media, as many users simply take what they see at face value. While generative AI and deepfake technology are nothing new, the past few months have seen a fresh generation of tools such as Sora 2 and Google's Nano Banana Pro pump out generated content that's now increasingly difficult to distinguish from the real thing. Last week's Shenmue 4 video is, seemingly, yet another example of this. "Ys Net Inc. has confirmed that a video has been posted on social media which uses our company logo without permission, falsely giving the impression that it is an an official 'Shenmue 4' related video produced by us," the company wrote. "This video has absolutely no connection to Ys Net. Furthermore, at this time, Ys Net has not released any trailers, footage or other promotional materials related to 'Shenmue 4.' "We recognize that the unauthorized use of our logo, and any act that misleads viewers into believing such content is official, constitutes a serious issues that may amount to trademark infringement and unfair competition. W are currently working with relevant parties and preparing appropriate measures, including potential legal action. "We sincerely apologize to our fans and all related parties for any confusion this may have caused. We will continue to ensure the proper and accurate dissemination of information, and we ask for your understanding and cooperation." As of now, it's unknown if a fourth major Shenmue game will ever get made, though the franchise's hardcore fanbase certainly hope it eventually happens. Last year, a group of fans paid to briefly rent a billboard in New York's Times Square to highlight their hopes for a Shenmue 4. Alas, it's unknown if the stunt had much impact. Currently, Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki is working on an enhanced version of Shenmue 3, which wll see the 2019 action adventure release on new platforms with new features and enhanced visuals. Suzuki told IGN in 2023 that he wants to create a fourth game eventually but, following the poor critical reception of the third game, would look to make it more accessible to new fans. "Rejoining Ryo Hazuki’s quest to avenge his father is exciting, but Shenmue 3 feels like a game that has ignored the innovation and progress of the last 20 years of video game development," IGN wrote in our Shenmue 3 review, scoring the game 5/10. 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
Across the US, the rise of dedicated AI-undergraduate degrees – something almost unheard of a decade ago – marks one of the most significant changes in higher education. Read Entire Article View the full article
Speaking to Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday, Luckey said, "When it comes to life-and-death decision-making, I think that it is too morally fraught an area, it is too critical of an area, to not apply the best technology available to you, regardless of what it is." Read Entire Article View the full article
Baldur's Gate 3 has dialogue. A LOT of dialogue. Heaping, great stonking helpings of dialogue. This was to be known already, given the sheer volume of NPCs you talk to when you're running around in the thing—'tis a fact that is self-evident... Read more.View the full article
It’s time to admit, before God and the good readers of Ars Technica, that I have a problem. I love roguelikes. Reader, I can’t get enough of them. If there’s even a whisper of a hot new roguelike on Steam, I’m there. You may call them arcane, repetitive, or maddeningly difficult; I call them heaven. The second best part of video games is taking a puny little character and, over 100 hours, transforming that adventurer into a god of destruction. The best thing about video games is doing the same thing in under an hour. Beat a combat encounter, get an upgrade. Enter a new area, choose a new item. Put together a build and watch it sing. If you die—immediately ending your ascent and returning you to the beginning of the game—you’ll often make a pit stop at a home base to unlock new goodies to help you on your next run. (Some people distiguish between roguelikes and “roguelites,” with the latter including permanent, between-run upgrades. For simplicity’s sake, I’ll use “roguelike” as an umbrella term). Read full article Comments View the full article
As a new week begins, ARC Raiders players officially have a new set of Trials Challenges to complete. Those looking to get their hands on some new in-game rewards can now do so by competing in the latest set of Trials for ARC Raiders, which once again require players to take on Wasps, Pops, Bastions, and even the Matriarch, which is currently the deadliest enemy in the game. View the full article
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As we gear up for the holidays this year, PlayStation gamers will want to be on the lookout for the best deals and offers. There are bound to be some great finds over the upcoming weeks, and many will be in short supply or only available for a limited time. View the full article