Looks like Baldur's Gate 3 patch 5 will give the RPG a new epilogue – here's your invite from Withers

Every year, about this time, I have friends that come out of the woodwork asking for advice on what gift to get the gamer in their life. Some already have a list they’ve been given, while others are frantically begging for ideas. From basic kit, to $2000 monitors to gift ideas for the gamer who has it all, our holiday gift buying guide has you covered. To ensure you are getting a quality gift, we did our best to stick to items reviewed by our team this year, but we have relied on older reviews as well as outside reviews for picks to fill in gaps in our coverage. I’ve also added a few items on my wishlist this year, and you can always check out our 2022 holiday buying guides for even more picks.

Many fans of Baldur’s Gate 3 were expecting the game to launch on Xbox Game Pass; Larian has now confirmed that the game is worth the price it is set at and will not be coming to the subscription service. 

If you’ve been holding out hope that Baldur’s Gate 3 might find its way onto PC Game Pass in the future, I’ve got some bad news for you: it’s very unlikely to happen.

Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) finally got its first trailer earlier this month (December 4), and while it arrived to much applause, there was at least one person who didn't look upon it so favorably. 

As actual play continues to mature, Larian Studios basks in the success of Baldur’s Gate 3, and Warhammer 40,000 gets its deepest video game treatment yet, it’s not a stretch to claim that we’re on the cusp — if not already in the throes — of a role-playing game renaissance. Seen one way, it could mean stiff competition for the next developer to throw its hat in the ring. Through another lens, however, it could be the perfect time for a symbolic comeback. The creative minds at Archetype Entertainment are hoping for the latter.

Archetype Entertainment has announced Exodus, a sweeping interstellar RPG that will star Matthew McConaughey in va video game for the first time, and feature some time-altering elements and a focus on repercussions to your actions.

Sony’s said that PS5 will “attack” the all-important Christmas shopping period this year, as it seeks to meet lofty holiday sales targets and outpace its predecessor, the PS4. While the company’s latest console has been a huge success, it’s first two years were impeded by stock shortages caused by the pandemic. With those issues now overcome, it intends to really establish its authority on the generation this fall.

Shadowheart's actor is the latest of Baldur's Gate 3's main cast to romance their own in-game character.

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is set to grace PlayStation 5 consoles next month, and fans can also look forward to experiencing three ‘lost levels’ — playable sequences cut from the original game. Speaking about these levels, director Matthew Gallant teased that they’ll help give “a full idea of what could have been.”

Rockstar has released the first official trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 early, and in 12 hours it's already smashed through 60 million views (and counting). Needless to say the 90-second video is jam-packed full of details and hints about what we'll be getting up to in Vice City, and if you want the nuts-and-bolts breakdown we've got you covered. But one element of the trailer really jumped out at me: TikTok framing, and the real-world parallels.

Last year, Christopher Judge won Best Performance at The Game Awards for playing Kratos in God of War Ragnarok. But it's not the award that people remember most, it's how long his speech was. Breaking a world record, Judge spoke for seven minutes and 59 seconds. It ran so long that the teleprompter reportedly said, "Please wrap it up".

Perhaps the Last Of Us TV show on HBO getting it right was the dawn of a new era of good TV based on video games, but I still approach each adaptation with trepidation. That includes Amazon's Fallout series from Westworld and Person Of Interest writer/director Jonathan Nolan, which just got its first trailer.