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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Is Already on Sale Just Two Weeks After Release

Just two weeks to the day after its PS5, PS4 release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is already on sale on the PS Store. This is a separate offer from the huge PS Store Black Friday sale, and it's only live until midnight on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025.
Between now and then, you can save 15% on the base version of the game, making it £59.49 / $59.49.
This is an incredibly quick turnaround from a full-priced release to a sale, with the game having only been available for 14 days.

Compared to past entries in the series, Black Ops 7 has been selling poorly and below the expectations of Activision. Its main competitor, Battlefield 6, is comfortably outselling it, and it's recording the franchise's worst launch in history in some countries.
In our Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 PS5 review, we gave the game a 6/10 and concluded: "The most ridiculous Call of Duty has ever been, all of Black Ops 7’s multiplayer strengths are overshadowed by the silliest campaign in the franchise’s history."
Are you tempted to pick Black Ops 7 up at £10 / $10 cheaper? Let us know in the comments below.
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Black Ops 7 Gets Its First Xbox Discount Two Weeks After Launch, But You'll Have To Be Quick

Xbox's big Black Friday sale has been live for more than a week now, featuring some massive AAA titles from a broad range of publishers and developers. One game that seemingly missed the Black Friday boat — mostly due to its very recent release date — was Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, but Microsoft has decided to put it on special discount for the coming weekend only.
Yep, live now on the Xbox Store (and indeed PlayStation Network), Black Ops 7 is currently 15% off; the game's first digital discount. The new Call of Duty title is on offer until December 1st, a few days before Xbox's main Black Friday sale ends on December 3rd.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Cross-Gen Bundle (Xbox Store)

This perhaps isn't the best sign for the game's initial sales performance, given that it only came out two weeks ago today, but it is only 15% off - and the promotion runs for just three days in total. Either way, the sale is live now on both Xbox and PSN if anyone wants to grab a digital copy of the game.
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Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Review (Switch 2)

If you’ve spent years of your life waiting for Metroid Prime 4, Silksong, or one of the many other highly anticipated games that spent substantial time on the horizon, just remember that it could always be worse — you could be an Inazuma Eleven fan.
Developer Level-5’s RPG-tinged take on football (or soccer, if that’s your bag) started life back on the DS, where the original game and its sequels cemented the franchise’s status as a refreshingly wacky alternative to the hyper-grounded likes of genre counterparts like FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer. That success continued into the 3DS era with the Inazuma Eleven: GO games, and in 2016 that the company revealed Inazuma Eleven: Ares as the franchise’s exciting next chapter.
Unfortunately, Inazuma Eleven: Ares didn’t hit its original 2018 launch window target. It was delayed. And then delayed again. And again, again, again. As years went by, amid changes to the project in name, scope, and gameplay — and a frightening period in which a report indicated that Level-5 was pulling away from English game releases altogether — it was hard to hold out hope for Inazuma Eleven’s chances of returning to the field.

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked)
Yet, here it is. Nearly 12 years since the last mainline entry, the newly-renamed Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road has finally been released on Switch, Switch 2, and other platforms. It’s more of a relief than anything to finally have it out, but can a game with such an agonising lead-up to launch possibly live up to the hype? I’m happy to report that this return to the classic football franchise mostly delivers the goods and then some.
As with previous Inazuma Eleven titles, Victory Road’s big claim to fame is its core football gameplay. Across each of the game’s various modes, you build and customise teams of players with all sorts of specialised skills for the sole purpose of duking it out on the pitch against other teams. Matches follow the tried-and-true hallmarks of popular football games, with the added wrinkle of characters being able to pull off over-the-top, RPG-style moves that would most certainly get them disqualified in any sort of real-world scenario.
It’s classic Inazuma Eleven gameplay at its finest, with a staggering level of system depth and customisability that will feel rewarding to veterans and, admittedly, a bit overwhelming to newcomers. Level-5 does an adequate job of spoonfeeding the game’s most basic mechanics via Story Mode and optional tutorials, but for every concept that’s clearly explained, there’s another that’s left annoyingly opaque. It’s no stretch to say that having a solid understanding, let alone mastery, of all of the game’s intricate systems can only be accomplished with a significant time investment.

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked)
Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to spend time getting to know Victory Road. This long-awaited release can be summed up in one word: big. The game boasts two full-fat single-player campaigns, along with a bunch of side modes, including a social simulation-style town builder, as well as a robust PvP ecosystem for online matches.
It’s not strictly necessary to start with one particular mode over the others, but Story Mode feels like the most solid landing spot to start your journey. It follows new series protagonist Destin Billows (or Unmei Sasanami if you toggle to the Romanised Japanese character names), a teenager and new transfer to Nagumohara Junior High School. A former child athlete who was diagnosed with a heart condition, Destin has turned his back on his dream of playing football. However, a series of chance encounters with his new classmates reignites his passion for the sport, and he embarks on a challenging quest to restore the school’s long-neglected football club, build a team of unlikely star athletes, and take on Japan’s finest: Raimon.

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked)
You control Destin and progress the plot via world exploration, traditional RPG-style battles, athlete-training minigames, and, of course, football matches. While the format will feel familiar to anyone who’s played an RPG before, and the mode-specific mechanics are pretty basic, it’s a solid little adventure that spices up the core football gameplay with a bunch of other activities.
It also tells quite the compelling tale, with a cast of likeable, well-developed characters and a whole host of surprisingly emotional story beats. The production values are high as well, as the story features full English and Japanese voice-acting, a grandiose soundtrack, and a ton of beautiful, fully-animated cutscenes courtesy of anime studio MAPPA.
If there’s a major downside to Victory Road’s Story Mode, it’s that the pacing is all over the place. While it’s nice to have such a meaty campaign to progress through, there’s a feeling at times that everything is more long-winded than it needs to be. The basic RPG battles and minigames, while generally entertaining, can get pretty repetitive by the time the late-game grind sets in. There’s one point in the story where you’re scouting new team members, and you have to play the same slow-paced passing minigame a whopping 15 times in a row. Some of the fat could have been trimmed here.

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Docked)
Perhaps Story Mode’s most egregious pacing issue, however, is that it takes a surprisingly long time to actually start playing football matches with any level of frequency. The start of the mode is still entertaining enough on its own, but, strangely, you have to spend a decent handful of hours before football matches start factoring into the story in any meaningful capacity. That said, once it really gets going, Story Mode is a pretty fun ride all the way through its satisfying conclusion.
If Story Mode wasn’t enough, Victory Road also features a secondary campaign with its own distinct story and progression in the way of Chronicle Mode. This follows Victorio Cryptix, a boy from a post-apocalyptic future who travels to the past to assemble a team of the best football players from Inazuma Eleven history in the hopes of stopping the threat to his time.
Victorio’s journey retells the events of all six previous Inazuma Eleven mainline entries in visual novel format, and sees you progressing through all of the major story matches from each game. In essence, Chronicle Mode contains abridged versions of the series’ entire history of campaigns — an impressive feat that will tide voracious players over with hours upon hours of content.

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked)
That said, the mode can feel rather repetitive as it lacks Story Mode's gameplay variety and requires that each match be completed twice (once with a set story team and once with your own custom team) to progress.
Additionally, crucial bits of context for each historic match are often glossed over, making it far from the ideal way to experience previous games' narratives. It’s hard to complain too much, though, as having a bunch of the franchise’s history easily accessible in any form feels like gravy more than anything else.
If you’re still not satisfied, beyond the game’s two main campaigns are a plethora of side modes to sink even more time into. Battle Bay Stadium features playable dream matches between powerful teams from series history. Kizuna Station allows you to build your own Bond Town with collectible items and objects and interact with other players off the pitch. Meanwhile, Competition Mode lets you play free matches against the computer or other players online, testing the mettle of your hard-trained team.

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Docked)
Crucially, progression in most of Victory Road’s modes feeds into each other as you share obtained characters, items, and currencies within your central profile. That means that there’s really no wrong way to pass your time, and this freedom of choice in how you interact with its wealth of riches is commendable. Unfortunately, the game has far too many segmented currencies for obtaining items and summoning new characters to your roster, and determining what to do to gain a certain currency is way more complicated than it needs to be.
Performance-wise, Victory Road runs very smoothly on the Switch 2 with no visible frame-rate drops from its 60fps target during my time playing. Controlling everything feels just as responsive as it should. The game also looks decent graphically, though there’s a disappointing amount of shimmer in the background of various environments. Thankfully, the game’s clean and colourful art style keeps its visual identity strong and enjoyable to look at.
Conclusion
Having more content does not necessarily equal a better game, but there’s no denying that Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road’s massive wealth of modes, options, and gameplay variety make it feel like the franchise’s most premium experience yet. Between a fun and heartfelt story mode, a second story mode that includes the highlights of all previous games, and a bunch of additional side content along with robust PvP systems for longevity, it really does feel like you could play Victory Road forever.
At the end of the day, though, it all comes down to that core loop of teambuilding and playing football matches, and Victory Road’s take on the series’ trademark RPG-esque customisability and intuitive action on the pitch feels just as fresh and stylish as ever. Perhaps all those delays really were worth it.
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No More Robots Is Putting Out Switch 2's Next 120fps Game

Little Rocket Lab is a sweet pixel art automation game from No More Robots and Teenage Astronauts. It arrived on Steam and Xbox last month, and we have been wondering when a Switch release would follow ever since. Well, it's coming real soon. What's more, there's a Switch 2 Edition in tow.
Little Rocket Lab - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, and its Switch 1 counterpart, will be available on the eShop from 10th December for £15.99 / $19.99 (or as a free upgrade for those who make the jump between systems down the road), and it boasts some pretty slick performance on the new hardware. Alongside the promise of boosted resolution, Teenage Astronauts have also got things running at a sweet 120fps — so you know those conveyor belts are going to be looking smooth as anything.
It's not necessarily the kind of game that we can imagine being drastically impacted by a triple-figure frame rate, but S2 Editions hitting those upper reaches are always a welcome sight.
For those curious, this is a chilled little factory-building game, where you set out to transform your rundown family home into a prime site for rocket construction. To do so, you'll have to lay down transport, delegate machinery, and make the most of your surrounding resources, all while keeping the locals happy.
You'll find a brief rundown of the game's key features and a handful of screenshots below:


Images: No More Robots
The first half of December is looking particularly rammed at the moment, but if you're after something to kick back with between the stresses of Metroid Prime 4 and Assassin's Creed Shadows, this might just end up fitting the bill.

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Nintendo's Dishing Out In-Game Codes For Festive Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sweaters

November might not be in the rear-view mirror yet, but Nintendo's already feeling festive with its new range of Animal Crossing: New Horizons in-game Christmas jumpers (or sweaters, if you'd prefer).
If you want to deck out your New Horizons avatar in the holiday gear, you can pick up all three custom designs by heading to the company's official Ninten Island via Luna's Dream Address service (Island code: DA-6382-1459-4417), or by using the kiosk at the back of the Able Sisters' shop and entering the following Design-ID codes:
Jingle Sweater: MO-T2XL-S43L-9JTW


Image: Nintendo
Bells Sweater: MO-5KL7-989R-MTP5


Image: Nintendo
Wreath Sweater: MO-DP24-0WP7-6D2J


Image: Nintendo
Once you've saved the designs, you'll be able to bosh them on a sweater of your own via the Custom Designs app on your NookPhone.
It sounds like the perfect way to ease yourself back into Animal Crossing: New Horizons before the game gets all manner of additions next year. As a reminder, the New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will arrive via a £4.19 / $4.99 upgrade path on 15th January, adding mouse mode and higher resolution alongside the chance to play online with more friends at once. On the same day, the free ver. 3.0 update will drop for Switch 1 and 2 users, including crossover content, a new hotel resort and more.
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"Snake Logan Is Back" - Apogee's 'BioMenace' Is Getting A New Remaster, And It's Out Next Month

Update #2 [Fri 28th Nov 2025, 7am]:
We now have a release date for Rigel Gameworks' BioMenace remaster. According to the developer and publisher, the game is now scheduled to launch on December 18th, 2025, and will be available to buy across both Steam and GOG.
To coincide with this piece of news, a new trailer for the remaster has also been released, going over again what folks can expect from this new version of the 1993 Apogee title. This includes a better look at its newly improved graphics, parallax backgrounds, and controller support.
You can watch the trailer below:
Update #1 [Thu 10th Jul 2025, 2:30am]:
Dosgamert has announced on social media that a demo for BioMenace Remastered is scheduled to drop tomorrow (Friday, July 11th).
According to the trailer, the demo will include four levels from the finished game, allowing you to get "a feel" of what BioMenace Remastered is like, while the team continues working behind the scenes, producing Episode four of the game. This will be available to download from Steam, and interestingly, doesn't seem to be the only piece of news we've had about the project over the last two weeks or so.
That's because the developer Rigel Gameworks has also recently produced a Q&A video and an FAQ, answering some of the common questions it has been getting about the project, such as why Apogee Entertainment aren't involved at all.
In both of these, the developer states that they did approach Apogee to get involved, hoping to utilise the publisher's resources to bring the project to life, but that Apogee was simply too busy focusing on new IP. Nevertheless, Apogee did the team a solid, putting them in touch with the BioMenace creator Jim Norwood and agreeing to spread the word if he approved of the project. Norwood is the person who owns all the rights to the game today, and, according to the devs, has licensed the rights to the BioMenace Remastered team to go ahead with the project.
The game is currently only scheduled for a Steam release, but Rigel Gameworks is also reportedly considering publishing on GOG, as well as other platforms like Nintendo Switch. The latter, however, will depend on the success of the PC release, as the team will need to invest in a devkit.
Original Story: Apogee Software is a company that will probably be best known to most people for creating games like Duke Nukem and for publishing early Id Software titles like Commander Keen and Wolfenstein 3D. But that isn't all it had to offer the world of gaming.
A fairly good example of this is 1993's BioMenace — a fun and colourful run 'n gun platformer that was built in Commander Keen's 'Keen Dreams' engine for MS-DOS and focused on a CIA operative, named Snake Logan, saving a city (and its residents) from an evil scientist named Dr. Mangle.
Created by one of the future designers of Shadow Warrior James Norwood, and featuring music from the legendary composer Bobby Prince (of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom fame), the game has largely been confined to history in the decades since its release, becoming a footnote in the careers of those who worked on it.
But that hasn't stopped a small cult following from developing around the title, especially among those who continue to fly the flag for the MS-DOS era of gaming. This likely explains why it was recently announced that the game is getting a remaster for Steam later this year.


Images: Rigel Gameworks
The new remaster was announced yesterday on social media by Dosgamert and is being developed by Rigel Gameworks. It will reportedly launch in Fall 2025 and will feature enhanced graphics and various other improvements, with the option also being included to switch between the original and remastered graphics for the purists among you.
Here's are the features listed on its steam page:
• Enhanced graphics including widescreen support, smooth scrolling & movement (60 FPS or higher), • and parallax scrolling backgrounds
• Modernized HUD & UI
• Switch between original and remastered graphics at any time
• Controller support
• Full Steam Deck support
• Rebalanced difficulty
• Gameplay tweaks and new mechanics, including weapon/grenade type switching and infinite lives
• Mid-level saves and quick saving
• Completion and stats tracking
• Includes Bobby Prince's Original Soundtrack from the DOS version
• Steam achievements
If you want to wishlist the project ahead of its launch, the game is already has a Steam page, which you can visit here.
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Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Dev Not Quite Sure Which Classic RPG to Remake Next

After the release of the near universally acclaimed Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter back in September, it was revealed that developer Falcom was already well into making another full-on remake with Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter.
Although we don't have an official release window for it, the remade sequel is expected to launch next year — and expectations are sky high (pun intended) given how beloved the original title is.
But what happens after 2nd Chapter? Well, you'd think that Falcom's most obvious course of action would be to then remake the third game in the Sky trilogy — Trails in the Sky The 3rd. The name basically fits with the remakes and everything!
Apparently, though, the situation isn't quite so clear cut. In a new interview with Dengeki Online (as translated by Automaton), Falcom CEO Toshihiro Kondo admits that the studio is actually divided on which classic Trails title they want to remake next.
"We’re not sure whether to do Trails in the Sky The 3rd or Trails from Zero next – opinions are divided among us," he states.
"Some of the members are saying that it would be better to do a remake of from Zero before The 3rd."
Trails from Zero is the game that, chronologically, takes place after the Sky trilogy. It introduces a mostly fresh cast of characters and a different setting.
At first glance, you might think that it makes zero (pun intended, again) sense to jump straight to the next saga in the franchise — but it sounds like the issue lies with The 3rd being a very unconventional Trails title.
Without spoiling anything, The 3rd wraps a nice little bow around the Sky games and many of its surrounding plot points, but its unorthodox, dungeon-based structure makes it a bit of a black sheep.
"I think we have to do a remake of The 3rd at some point, but there are many possible ideas for what form it could take," says Kondo, alluding to the possibility of reworking the game's design.
And of course, these remakes aren't the only Trails projects that Falcom's cooking. The next game in the Daybreak saga — the title that comes after Trails beyond the Horizon, which launches in the West in January — is deep in development at this point.
Falcom's only getting busier, then, and so it'll be fascinating to see how it tries to balance things out between these full-blown remakes and the titles that'll define the future of the series.
What do you want next from Falcom? Is The Third the one? Would you want a remake to tweak its unique design? Overcome some barriers in the comments section below.
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Assassin's Creed Shadows Microtransactions Will Fund 'Chunkier' Updates Going Forward

Ever since Assassin's Creed Origins, Ubisoft has pushed the series towards a live service model, opting to support each game over a long period of time with free updates and DLC.
And to be fair, it's a model that's proven to be successful; Assassin's Creed Valhalla ended up being the franchise's most profitable instalment to date off the back of two whole years of support.
But these major updates and DLCs do, of course, have a cost in terms of resources — and that's what Assassin's Creed Shadows director Simon Lemay-Comtois gets at in a new interview with YouTube channel Access the Animus.
Ubisoft has explained its methods in the past, but Lemay-Comtois reiterates: "Microtransactions, for all the flak it gets, it allows us to do the Isu stuff, the quest stuff, the parkour updates, all of it."
The idea is that each Assassin's Creed titles funds its own ongoing support through paid content. Shadows, for example, gets premium equipment packs on a regular basis, featuring themed weapons, armour, and cosmetics.
We wouldn't call them microtransactions given that they're actually rather expensive, but again, it's apparently a model that works well for the franchise.
It's not without issue, however — particularly in the case of Shadows. Just this week, the title received a new update that introduces an Attack on Titan crossover quest, of all things. The quest is entirely free for all players — but the rewards are meagre at best.
Indeed, the update's marketing showcases cool Attack on Titan-themed outfits, but they're actually locked behind an accompanying paid DLC pack. The same thing happened with Shadows' Dead by Daylight crossover quest a few months back.
So it's certainly not all sunshine and rainbows for dedicated players, but in a different interview with YouTube channel JorRaptor, Lemay-Comtois assures fans that bigger updates are in the pipeline, and the dev team's definitely not done with Shadows yet.
"[We're working on] chunkier updates that shake things up," he says, although he does state that there are currently no plans to release a second, Claws of Awaji-style expansion in 2026.
"As of now, at this moment for Year Two, there is no expansion on the size of [Claws of Awaji] that is planned, currently [...] We're still working on content for post-launch and supporting it, but it's not a full-on DLC the way a season pass would have had in previous years."
So there you have it. It looks like Shadows will be getting a second year of support, and there's scope for larger content drops — but don't go expecting any big story-driven DLCs.
What do you think of the modern approach of Assassin's Creed? Are you okay with microtransactions as long as they continue to fund free updates, or is Shadows leaning a little too far into the model? Equip some better gear in the comments section below.
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Shuten Order - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Out Now, Includes Paid Upgrade For Switch Owners

Update [Thu 27th Nov 2025, 5:30pm]: SHUTEN ORDER's Switch 2 Edition and upgrade is now available today. Once again, it supports a higher frame rate, including variable frame rate between 60 to 120 fps in docked and portable modes. There is also Joy-Con 2 mouse controls in areas of the game where it's supported.
The Upgrade Pack for existing Switch owners will set you back $2.49 (or your regional equivalent). And the Switch 2 and Switch versions of the full game are currently on sale in select locations.
Original Story: Following the release of SHUTEN ORDER on the Switch in September, a Switch 2 Edition has now been officially announced.
It will arrive later this month on 27th November 2025 for the launch price of 6,579 yen. This 10% discount is available until 4th December 2025. Local pricing for the full game hasn't been confirmed just yet, but there will be a paid Upgrade Pack for existing Switch owners. Thankfully, it's only a small sum of 330 Yen (about $2).
As for what you can expect, the Switch 2 Edition will support a higher frame rate, including variable frame rate between 60 to 120 fps in both docked and portable modes. There will also be Joy-Con 2 mouse controls in areas of the game where it's supported.

Will you be checking out the Switch 2 version of this title? Have you already got the Switch version? Let us know in the comments.
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Bloober Team Is Bringing Layers Of Fear To Switch 2 Next Month

Well, here's a welcome surprise! Hot off the back of Silent Hill 2 and Cronos: The New Dawn, Bloober Team has shared with us the next project that it's working on for Switch 2, and it's none other than an all-new Layers of Fear package.
Layers of Fear: Final Masterpiece Edition will arrive on Switch 2 on 19th December, bundling together Layers of Fear, Layers of Fear 2, every DLC expansion, and brand-new chapters into one spooky edition fully optimised for the new system.
There are the added bonuses of HDR, ray tracing, and dynamic lighting, too, and you have the option to play with motion controls or touchscreen inputs if you see fit. Here's the official blurb from Bloober Team and a handful of screenshots:


Images: Bloober Team
It all sounds like a pretty strong way to experience these psychological horror titles. The full Final Masterpiece Edition will be available on the eShop for $39.99 (or your regional equivalent) next month — because the holiday season really needs some more scares, right?
For those curious, we had a perfectly good time with Cronos: The New Dawn when it arrived on Switch 2 back in September, describing it as "a celebration of survival horror, paying homage to all the genre greats effectively.
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Captain Wayne Is A New Retro FPS About A Ticked-Off Sailor With A Shotgun For An Arm

If you like your retro first-person shooters to be colorful, gory, and feature extravagant, larger-than-life characters, then Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation could be exactly the game you're looking for.
Released earlier this month exclusively on Steam, the "fast-action" shooter has previously been described by its creators as "half game, half cartoon" and features detailed hand-drawn graphics, gallons of blood, and a charismatic "cigar-huffing", "hot pink-wearing" ship captain as its lead. It is the creation of a small studio, called Ciaran Games, and was built using GZDoom, a fork of the ZDoom source port of the original Doom games.
As you'll see, though, from looking at any of the screenshots or trailers that are already available, the Doom resemblance is pretty much non-existent, with Captain Wayne instead featuring a much more humorous and far less hellish take on the popular genre.


Images: Ciaran Games
The story of the game sees players step into the shoes of the titular sailor, as he is attacked by mercenaries and marooned on Orca Isle. Shipless and hunted by the merciless mercenary group, the Killer Whales, he finds himself turning to his trusty shotgun arm, Ol' Reliable, and his personal stash of explosives, to get him out of the jam, blasting his way through the waves of enemies that dare to get in his way.
In total, the game features 8 humongous areas to explore, from a picturesque resort to ancient ruins, which will end up taking players all across Orca Isle, in their quest to defeat the Killer Whales and get back their ship.
Here are some of the features you can expect:
If this sounds like something that is up your street, you can grab it now for £6.74 (as part of an introductory offer lasting until December 7th).
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The Room Devs Return to PSVR2 with Spooky Puzzle Thriller Ghost Town in Early December

Fireproof Games, the British studio behind the acclaimed puzzle series The Room, is soon to release its latest title on PSVR2.
It's called Ghost Town, and it's set for release on Sony's virtual reality hardware on 1st December 2025:
You play as Edith Penrose, a witch who turns her talents to ghost hunting in this supernatural thriller.
You'll use her magical abilities to solve puzzles and track down clues to the whereabouts of her missing brother.
Here's the Steam version's launch trailer to put you in the mood:
The Room series is held in high regard, so there's every reason to be hopeful about this new title.
Ghost Town was very well received when it launched for PC VR formats earlier this year, so PSVR2 and puzzle fans should definitely take note.
Are you interested in this one? Tell us in the comments section below.
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The Next Game from the Makers of GoldenEye and TimeSplitters Is Balatro Meets Scrabble

Two legendary developers have joined forces once again, and it's a game that's a teensy bit outside what they're best known for.
From Steve Ellis and David Doak, two of the minds behind renowned shooters GoldenEye 007 and TimeSplitters, comes Beyond Words, a strategic, roguelike word game.
Coming to PS5 in early 2026, the easiest way to describe Beyond Words is that it's a combination of Scrabble and Balatro.
You'll be spelling out words in a similar vein to the legendary board game, and it seems combos, alongside hundreds of gameplay modifiers, will help you reach enormous scores.
Each board will challenge you in different ways, and there are even bosses, seeded runs, time attacks, and "negative scoring" challenges to overcome.
Published by PQube and developed by the pair's new studio Mindfuel Games, it looks like the kind of thing word game fans, as well as fans of numbers getting bigger, will certainly love.
What do you make of Beyond Words? Tell us in the comments section below.
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Dying Light: The Beast Gets New Game+, Legend Levels, Much More in Massive Update on PS5

Techland has unveiled update 1.4 for Dying Light: The Beast, an enormous update for the action title that incorporates brand new features and hundreds of improvements.
Largely based on feedback from the community, update 1.4 brings fixes, improvements, and features requested by players.
Here's a quick rundown of all the major additions in the update:
New Game + mode: New Game + is added to the game, meaning you can replay the adventure while keeping all your gear, weapons, and character progression from your first playthrough. Each time you start New Game +, the level of challenge increases, but so does the power and rarity of the weapons you find.
Legend Levels: This is an endgame progression system that allows you to continue building your character beyond the main skill tree. After reaching level 15, XP you earn converts to Legend XP, which allows you to invest in passive upgrades like more health and better stats.
Visual improvements: The update fixes "over 70 graphical issues", with improvements and fixes to textures, clipping, misaligned architecture, and more.
Refined gameplay: There are "over 200 parkour and environment navigation" fixes, according to the press release, based on input from the community.
On top of all this, Techland is offering an exclusive in-game item, the Bloody Bowie Knife, to anyone who logs into the game between now and 2nd December.
There's also a double XP period happening between now and 30th November.
We really enjoyed Dying Light: The Beast at launch, but it sounds like Techland has delivered a meaningful update here that makes some serious improvements to the experience.
Will you be hopping into the game to check out this big new update? Tell us in the comments section below.
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PS5 Sales in Japan Quadruple as New Model Launches

PS5 console sales in Japan have skyrocketed in the past week, as the new model designed specifically for the country enters the market.
Accounting for around two to three days' worth of sales, there were exactly 23,381 purchases of the PS5 Digital Edition in Japan through until 23rd November. In comparison, PS5 sales the week before slumped to just 5,855.
This means that the Japan-specific PS5 model, which has launched at a lower price and is essentially region-locked to Japan, has resulted in roughly four times as many sales upon its first few days on the market. The Switch 2 is still very comfortably outselling it, with 126,000+ purchases recorded between 17th and 23rd November, but the PS5 has at least seen a noticeable uptick in sales.
The new model of PS5 for Japan comes with a price drop (from ¥72,980 (~$473) down to ¥55,000 (~$350)) and can only be used in the Japanese language, also requiring the use of a Japanese PSN account. This renders the unit almost useless outside of the country, as Sony specifically targets sales improvements in the Japanese market. Nintendo does offer a similar version of the Switch 2, and its sales successes are clear to see.
Here's how the Japanese hardware sales look overall for 17th-23rd November (via Gematsu):
Switch 2 – 126,953
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 23,381
Switch OLED Model – 12,486
PlayStation 5 Pro – 11,367
Switch Lite – 10,908
Switch – 5,976
PlayStation 5 – 2,235
Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 201
Xbox Series X – 118
Xbox Series S – 30
PlayStation 4 – 17
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Dying Light: The Beast Gets Its Biggest Update Yet, And It's In The Xbox Black Friday Sale

It's been a few months now since Dying Light: The Beast launched on Xbox and other platforms, and the game has just received its biggest update since release today - perfect timing considering it's part of the Xbox Black Friday Sale 2025!
This update adds a New Game+ mode, ray tracing on PC, three new finishers and Legend Levels that provide you with the "classic Dying Light end-game progression system". Here's a bit more on the main two features on Xbox:

In addition to all this, there are over 400 improvements as mentioned above, spanning the likes of environmental & navigational fixes, gameplay fixes, graphical improvements and much more. If you're interested, the full list of everything is available on the official Dying Light website.
So, if you fancy grabbing Dying Light: The Beast on the Xbox Store, you'll be glad to hear it's been reduced by 20% for the Xbox Black Friday Sale, bringing it down from £59.99 / $59.99 to £47.99 / $47.99 until early December!
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Microsoft Rewards Is Allowing You To 'Double Your Points' Until Early December

Fancy topping up your Microsoft Rewards earnings over the next week?
Well, there's a new promotion on the Microsoft Rewards dashboard that's allowing you to "double your points" until early December through Bing searches, which you can do on PC, mobile or through the Microsoft Edge browser on Xbox.
To find it, you just need to head to the Microsoft Rewards dashboard and look for the relevant banner and "activate now" button that'll hopefully show up in your region. Here's what it looks like:

After this, you'll get a brief explanation of what "double your points" means:
For me personally, I can see that the cap of earning 90 Microsoft Rewards points through Bing searches on PC every day has now risen to 180 points, and the cap of earning 60 points on mobile every day has now risen to 120 points.
If you're someone who makes these Bing searches part of their daily routine, you're set to earn a lot more Microsoft Rewards points with this! Just make sure you go and activate it first - it doesn't apply unless you specifically ask it to.
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Mini Review: Morsels (Switch) - A Punishing, Obscure, But Thoroughly Entertaining Roguelite Dungeon Crawler

A scared mouse scurries through an unforgiving landscape packed with abominations that may be friend or foe. This timid squeaker can join forces with Morsels, strange creatures with offensive abilities that fight at their side. With this help, the mouse travels upward toward the domain of the evil overlords who control this twisted world.
From that simple premise, Morsels presented me with a wealth of visual information and a relentless assault of creatures and environmental hazards. It's a lot to take in and it never really lets up.
An odd blend of Enter the Gungeon and Binding of Isaac, Furcula Games has crafted a twin-stick shooter cum card-based companion collector. The resulting creation is just as bizarre as that sounds.
Starting off in the sewers, you are gifted a morsel at the beginning of each attempt. You assign this friendly creature to a slot, collecting others later that can be added or swapped out. Morsels can level up from use or via power-ups scattered throughout levels.
For the first few runs, I had no idea what I was doing. There is no useful flavour text or tooltips in the game. Aside from a rough guide to the Morsel’s ability set, you don’t really know what you're getting until you learn what everything does. Some are powerful from the start, others have a steep learning curve to master. All of them are unique.
The general trial-and-error nature of Morsels isn’t a detriment. Much like Animal Well, the compulsion to learn more about your purpose in this world is strong.
Death comes swiftly across the densely populated environments. The intricate art style and twitchy gameplay go hand in hand. I found myself trying to dodge benign creatures wandering the maps, jumping headlong into hostile ones spewing projectiles in my general direction. Enemies come in myriad flavours and boss battles are typically chaotic bullet hells. Luckily, each attempt will accrue XP, rewarding buffs that make subsequent runs a bit more forgiving.
Morsels is a pleasingly nightmarish experience, with an oppressive atmosphere and an aesthetic that sets it apart from its peers.
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond: amiibo Unlocks Revealed

Like most first-party Nintendo games, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond contains some bonus material unlocked by tapping amiibo figures onto the Switch 2's NFC spot.
The new amiibo figures are Samus, Samus & Vi-O-La, and Sylux. Meanwhile, previous Metroid amiibo figures are also compatible, but other franchises – like Mario and Zelda – are not.
Nintendo's Japanese amiibo website has detailed what each of these amiibo do in the game, so let's take a look at all the unlockables, shall we?
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - All amiibo Unlocks
Before we begin, please keep in mind, this information was obtained via machine translation from Nintendo's Japanese website, so there may be some minor inaccuracies. We'll update as and when we're able to confirm for ourselves.
Samus

Tapping the MP4 Samus amiibo into the game will unlock two key features.
The first is the ability to listen to background music tracks while riding Vi-O-La in Sol Valley.
Meanwhile, a shield is awarded only once daily to boost Samus' health by 99 points while also replenishing any health lost in battle. Once it's been depleted from enemy attacks, you can't use it again until the next day.
Samus & Vi-O-La

Tap the Samus & Vi-O-La amiibo and you'll again unlock two features: the ability to change the colour of Vi-O-La, and a daily perk to Vi-O-La's boost regeneration.
You'll also see the total distance travelled in Vi-O-La upon each scan.
Like Samus' shield bonus, the boost regeneration can only be activated once per day.
Sylux

Tapping the Sylux amiibo (available on launch day - 4th December 2025) will unlock a specific cutscene.
Nintendo states that this cutscene can be viewed without the amiibo, but only once 100% of items and logbook scans have been obtained through gameplay.
You'll also hear a random line from Sylux every time you tap the amiibo.
Metroid Series amiibo
Previous amiibo from the Metroid series, including Ridley, Metroid, Samus, and E.M.M.I., will apparently play a simple jingle from the game.
Yeah, that's it!
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The C64 Mini - Black Edition - Commodore's Beloved Home Micro Gets Shrunk Down (Again)

As far as micro consoles go, The C64 Mini has been a resounding success, and, according to its manufacturer, is the best-selling 'mini computer' yet released.
I can certainly believe that – The C64 Mini was one of the first devices of its kind to hit the market, and the allure of the Commodore name carries significant weight among retro gamers.
Now, Retro Games Ltd. is back with a new variant of the system that sports a new colour scheme and a totally new selection of pre-loaded games.
While the original beige model came with 64 titles that included the likes of Attack of the Mutant Camels, Boulder Dash, Impossible Mission, Monty Mole and Speedball 2, this new variant ships with a much smaller array of titles – and all of them are 'modern' classics that have been released in the past couple of decades.


Here's the full list of games:
Yeti Mountain
Spinning Image
Steel Ranger
A Pig Quest
Hessian
Joe Gunn: Gold Edition
Hunter's Moon Remastered
It's Magic 2
Runn 'N' Gunn
Guns 'N' Ghosts
Metal Warrior Ultra
Millie & Molly
Rocky Memphis: The Legend of Atlantis
Good Knight
Planet Golf
Nixy and the Seeds of Doom
PO Snake
Grid Pix
Caren and the Tangled Tentacles
Ooze: The Escape
Sam's Journey
Shadow Switcher
Pains 'N' Aches
Knight 'N' Grail
Galencia
To be fair, Retro Games Ltd. has been very clear on this point: the Black Edition is primarily about celebrating the efforts of modern-day homebrew coders, and the 25 pre-installed titles are all highly rated by the C64 community.
Outside of the colour change, the Black Edition is very much the same deal as the original machine – I noticed that the Micro USB port has been upgraded to a USB-C one, but that's about the only difference I could spot.
It features an HDMI output for 720p HD gaming, two USB-A ports and the welcome ability to load C64 ROMs from a USB flash drive. That latter point is essential, as it mitigates some of the sting of losing access to the 64 titles that came bundled with the original variant.


The joystick bundled with the system is insanely clicky, and while it works perfectly fine with most titles, it's pretty uncomfortable to use for prolonged periods. Fortunately, you can use an alternative USB controller with the C64 Mini.
Given how small The C64 Mini is, it should come as little surprise that the keyboard is only for show, which is perhaps the biggest shortcoming of this particular venture; while most C64 games are perfectly playable with a joystick, the keyboard is a major inferface method for home micro computers, so you might encounter some problems when booting up ROMs (an on-screen keyboard is a button click away, but it's not as good as using a physical one, in my opinion).
If you already own the C64 Mini, then I'm not sure the Black Edition is worth a double dip – unless, of course, you really like the new colour and want to power it via USB-C. However, newcomers might want to give this a look if they haven't yet taken the plunge.

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This New Mega Man X6 Fan Reimagining Aims To Fix One Of The Series's Most Disappointing Entries

When people rank their favorite Mega Man X games, the PS1 title Mega Man X6 usually winds up appearing towards the bottom of the list.
Released in 2001 (or 2002 if you live in Europe), the sixth entry in the Mega Man sub-series is often viewed by many fans online as a bit of a rush job, with the game coming out a mere 12 months after Mega Man X5, which was originally envisioned by series producer Keiji Inafune to be the end of the story.
Because of this tight production timeline, it ultimately ended up featuring a lot of rough edges and ideas that didn't necessarily come together (like the Nightmare System), making it one of the more challenging games to recommend to newcomers in its original form.
Thankfully, over the years, we have seen some amazing fan-made hacks being produced, which have sought to give the game a much-needed overhaul (like Mega Man X6 Tweaks and Megaman X N's Edition), but it appears that there is also another option that will soon be available to players: a PC fan reimagining from the developer Cat Yard Games (thanks Rockman Corner).
This PC reimagining, which is being called Mega Man X Viral Nightmare, is being developed "from the ground up" in Gamemaker Studio 2, and is Cat Yard Games' own vision of what he'd like to see in X6, as well as Mega Man games in general.
The armor system, for example, has been tweaked, letting you wear armor pieces as soon as you get them (rather than having to collect all four parts) and can be mixed and matched, as in Mega Man X8. There are also new abilities for some of the less useful armor parts, to give them something to make them more desirable.
In addition to that, how you acquire parts has also been changed. In the original game, parts are acquired from rescuing Reploids, with the number of parts you can equip being dependent on your Hunter rank, determined by the number of Nightmare souls you've collected. But this will apparently be the opposite in Viral Nightmare.
Parts will now be bought directly from Douglas and will be paid for with Nightmare Souls, with your rank instead being determined by the number of Reploids you save. New parts will become available in the shop by completing levels, with these parts being based on the level.
The plan for the game seems to be to release it in chunks, with the first volume set to contain the intro stage, and four levels (Commander Yammark, Rainy Turtloid, Blaze Heatnix, and Infinity Mijinion). Of these, 4/5 are complete, meaning the first release shouldn't be too far off (hopefully).
You can watch Cat Yard Games' explainer video here for more information on the project. He's also posted a couple of videos of the game in action, including the Rainy Turtloid boss fight and Commander Yammark's stage.
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SEGA Actually Admits Persona 5 Royal-Style Re-Releases May Result in Stunted Game Sales

Well, well, well... How the tables turn.
For a long time now, Atlus, and by extension, parent company SEGA, have dabbled in re-releasing their games. Typically, these re-releases feature expanded and / or improved content, and are often labelled as 'definitive' versions of the original title.
Generally speaking, potential buyers have become more and more critical of this practice over the years. An increased focus on expansions, DLC, and updates has largely painted re-releases as an anti-consumer approach, as they're essentially asking fans to pay up for two versions of the same game.
And according to SEGA, this once fairly common strategy could now be having a negative impact on initial sales — because too many people are just deciding to wait on the eventual 'definitive' edition.
As part of the publisher's latest question and answers session with shareholders (as reported by GameBiz and translated by Automaton), the company was queried on "a sudden drop in sales of catalogue titles".
Games like Metaphor: ReFantazio — which launched in previous years — seem to be the driving force behind this topic. Reportedly, numbers for such titles have fallen off, despite them receiving critical acclaim and positive feedback from players.
In response, SEGA outlines a number of possible factors, including busy release schedules and competition from similar games.
However, it goes one step further in actually admitting that the possibility of future definitive editions may make customers "hesitant" when a new title hits the market.
Indeed, this is a sentiment that we often see expressed across social media and our own comments sections. For example, there were plenty of people around Metaphor's launch saying that they would simply hold out for the seemingly inevitable re-release.
Of course, the Metaphor re-release hasn't actually happened yet, and rumours have suggested that Atlus intends for it to be a singular entity. Which, if true, could be a direct reaction to what SEGA's alluding to in this report.
What do you make of this? Have you ever avoided an Atlus game while banking on a definitive edition to arrive later down the line? Don't miss out in the comments section below.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Now at a Staggering 35 Million Sales as Work on Sequel Continues to Ramp Up

It's actually mad to look back on the beginnings of Cyberpunk 2077 and compare that time to where the game is now.
It's taken basically five solid years of updates — along with one hell of an expansion — to turn things around, but the open world RPG is now a colossal commercial success, with developer CD Projekt Red confirming that it's topped 35 million sales in its latest business briefing.
That's a ridiculous achievement for any title, but in Cyberpunk's case, it just goes to show how things can (eventually) turn around.
At this point it's worth mentioning that we're fast approaching the game's fifth anniversary. It first launched for PS4 on the 10th December, 2020. And honestly, we'd be shocked if CDPR doesn't have some kind of surprise up its sleeve.
But what about the sequel, the currently named Cyberpunk 2 (previously known as Project Orion)? Well, the company's continuing to ramp up development on that one, with developer numbers increasing from 116 in July of this year, to 135 as of the 31st October.
For comparison, CDPR currently has 447 employees hard at work on The Witcher 4, which is obviously targeting a release well before the next Cyberpunk.
Did you ever think Cyberpunk 2077 would go on to be such a heavy hitter? What are your hopes and dreams for the sequel? Help yourself to some new chrome in the comments section below.
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Digital Foundry Dives Into Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition's "Big Downgrades" On Switch 2

Our good friends over at Digital Foundry have delivered their tech review of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, which shadow dropped onto Switch 1 and 2 last week, and it's something of a mixed bag.
Starting on a positive note, the Switch 2 version of the game sets out to hit 60fps, and it does so consistently. DF's Thomas Morgan notes that he noticed "barely any drops" when playing in either handheld or docked modes, so that's a big bonus for fans of smoothness.
What's more, the Switch/Switch 2 'Definitive Edition' boasts many of the re-release 'pros' over the PS3 original — upgraded textures, foliage placement, colour grading, etc. — and renders at 1920x1080p resolution in docked (similarly hits 1080p in handheld). Nice.
Unfortunately, there are some pretty glaring visual omissions in the Switch version to get things running at the specs outlined above. Shadow density is pulled way back, foliage thickness is reduced, the advanced TRESSFX for Lara's hair is MIA, and many of the cutscenes' cinematics are dialled down for simplicity.
It falls behind the Definitive Edition's PS4 release, in this instance, but strangely, there are select points where the Switch 2 version is even a step back from the PS3 original. There are no screen-splat rain effects, the geometry is more simplistic, and even shadow coverage is a bit of a downgrade. It should be noted that these cutbacks also apply to the PS4 re-release, but, as the DF video states, "the drawbacks are disappointing, given the multi-generational divide between the systems".
For those wondering about the Switch 1 version, the older system runs things at 30fps (sometimes dipping into the 20s in demanding cutscenes), with a "surprisingly respectable" 864p-900p. Many of the visuals are matched between the systems, and while Switch 1 does see a further drop in shadow quality, it "holds up much better than you might expect," according to DF.
You'll find the full Digital Foundry tech review in written form, as well as our thoughts on Lara's latest, down below.
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Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Makes It onto PS5 Just in Time for Christmas

An early indie hit this year was Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, and it's taken the best part of a year to finally slalom its way onto PS5.
The game finally has a release date on Sony's system; it arrives on 3rd December, which is near-perfect timing for some cosy Christmas chill time.
Here's its initial release date trailer from January to get you in the mood:
Despite its name, Snow Riders features co-op, allowing you to ski down the slopes with friends.
The PS5 release will include all the previously added content, and the Highlanders DLC will also be available for separate purchase.
As big fans of the previous game, we're quite looking forward to zipping down the mountain. Are you looking forward to Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders on PS5? Tell us in the comments section below.
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