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The PlayStation 5 is getting a major Black Friday discount, with $100 off consoles starting November 21. That will bring the PS5 Digital Edition down to $399, the standard PS5 to $449 and the new PS5 Pro to $649. If you’ve been holding out for the right time to upgrade or buy your first console, this is the deal to beat. You'll find the deals direct at Sony and from other retailers including Amazon and Walmart. Sony’s flagship console remains one of the most popular gaming systems available, and...

The Sims 4 remastered is said to potentially feature an upgraded engine, open neighbourhoods, and incorporate elements from DLC packs.

Ghost of Yotei creative director Jason Connell sat down with Vince Gilligan to discuss the game's violence, mocap trouble, and more.

Ahead of Resident Evil Requiem, free-to-play Survival Unit lets you assemble a roster of iconic characters and fight in RTS-style battles.

Put a Deadline on an enemy that will leap towards you, and see what happens.

In other news, my DMs remain unread.

Dispatch developer AdHoc has no interest in using AI to replace voice actors or game development.

Mastodon's founder Eugen Rochko has officially stepped down as CEO. The move comes ten months after the company announced it would transition into a nonprofit entity and that Rochko would leave his post. Rochko will take on an advisory role with the company.  In a blog post about this decision, Rochko pointed to a desire for guardrails to avoid becoming another egotistical founder "sabotaging thriving communities." He added, "But it would be uncouth for me to pretend that there isn’t some self-i...

If there's one game that's been almost universally praised this year, it's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It won critical acclaim for its deep turn-based battle system; its characters and storytelling are beloved by fans; and now it's the most nominated game in the history of The Game Awards.

The Klipsch Promedia Lumina is a 2.1 PC speaker set that brings you big bass, convenient USB-C and Bluetooth connections, and of course RGB.

Clair Obscur is up for indie game awards, showing that we -- players, press, and awards voters alike -- still don't quite know how to classify games.

The creators of The Binding of Isaac Board game are developing the adaptation, which begins a Kickstarter campaign on Nov. 18

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Fancy an OLED monitor this Black Friday?

This is just weeks after the AWS outage.

Rebecca Heineman, co-founder of video game company Interplay Entertainment, has died at 62. As Rock Paper Shotgun has reported, her friends and colleagues from the industry broke the news on their social media accounts. According to Heineman’s GoFundMe campaign, she was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma a few months ago. In her last update, she revealed that “all further treatments [were] pointless” and that all donations will go towards her funeral being arranged by her children. Heineman’s last po...

Activision's own response to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's release seems more muted than previous years.

If you really dug Fallout 4's Far Harbor DLC, you'll be glad to know a couple of modders have been gradually working away at adding a bunch more post-apocalyptic versions of real-life islands off the coast of New England to the RPG's map for a little while now. Following the release of their first atomic-boomed atoll, Boon Island, last year, the pair have just released a trip to Massachusetts' Misery islands.

Apple today shared its annual Apple Podcasts Top Charts of 2025, highlighting the most popular shows, episodes, and listening trends of the year. The 2025 charts are now available in the New tab of the ‌Apple Podcasts‌ app and will remain accessible through the end of the year. Listeners in more than 15 countries will also see a curated Best Shows of 2025 selection chosen by its editorial team. Apple identified The Joe Rogan Experience as the most popular podcast in the United States for 2025, b...

Mousing it your way.

"No one company should own a technology as powerful as AI"

Numerous games, including League of Legends and Valorant, are down at the moment thanks to a Cloudflare “network issues.”

Here at PlayStation, we’re excited to celebrate the holiday season and another year of gaming experiences with PlayStation’s Black Friday offers which kick off this week. Starting from November 21 for a limited time* gamers and gift givers alike can explore a range of incredible deals on PS5 consoles, games, accessories, and more across PlayStation...

Even twenty years after its premiere, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire still delivers the best version of Voldemort’s introduction

Holiday travel is getting closer and that means a lot of babies, crowds and nosey seat neighbors to contend with through it. Fortunately, Black Friday comes first and, with it, sales on a bunch of tech products that can make your journey a lot more enjoyable. Take the second-generation Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, which are 17 percent off in an early Black Friday sale. Our choice of best noise-canceling earbuds for 2025 are currently available for $249, down from $299. The deal brings these ...

"They were very courteous". Earlier this week, we got the news that Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars was being 'reforged' once again, into a new Switch 2 Edition this time. Huzzah, we thought, as we pondered who would be the best person to talk to about the 1996 point-and-click adventure making its way to Nintendo's latest hybrid. The answer, of course, is Charles Cecil MBE, the co-founder of Revolution Software, and someone who has worked on the series from its very inception right up to th...

Take-Two Interactive's CEO believes the gaming industry is heading towards PC dominance, despite the company's upcoming publishing juggernaut GTA 6 so far only slated for Xbox and PlayStation.

All well and good, if the price is right.

Next, we need to figure out which region is the nicest.

If you're experiencing internet issues this morning, you're far from alone. Infrastructure company Cloudflare has been hit with what it calls "widespread 500 errors, [with] Dashboard and API also failing." The company said that services are starting recover, but customers may continue to see "higher-than-normal errors rates" as it continues to investigate the problem.  "Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers," the company wrote in a status...

"The upcoming generation of gamers are Bane in Dark Knight Rises saying 'You merely adopted the slop, I was born in it.'"

And it's a great loot route, too.

While unofficial videos from filming The Legend of Zelda hit the internet first, Nintendo also unveiled the first images of its live-action project. One photo shows Link and Zelda amid the hills of New Zealand — if you’ve got characters with Elven ears, you have to film in NZ. As Engadget’s Nathan Ingraham notes, Zelda appears with a bow and quiver, so hopefully it’s a more modern spin than the damsel-in-distress original. I mean, the game is named for her. Filming has just started, so this is a...

Battlefield 6's latest set of additions, dubbed the California Resistance update, have arrived today, November 18th. Alongside the unboxing of the new suburban skirmish setting that is the Eastwood map and a sabotage mode, the update brings a sizeable patch with tweaks aimed at the likes of ensuring bullets do end up where you intend and making sure mortars are clean enough to eat meals off of.

To enhance its safety measures, Roblox has become the "first" game platform to require age verification to participate in its in-game chat.