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With Croteam’s The Talos Principle 2 out soon, some new extensive gameplay is available courtesy of IGN. Taking place about five hours into the story, it sees 1K and his allies happening upon the Megastructure while also solving different puzzles. Check it out below.

By Andrew Webster, an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.

After impressions for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora went live recently, extensive gameplay has emerged courtesy of GameSpot. At about 18 minutes, it showcases several aspects of the open-world first-person shooter. Check it out below.

If you're anything like us, then you've already played all there is to offer in Insomniac's excellent superhero romp and are left pondering, «Does Spider-Man 2 have New Game Plus?»

Old World Lab's Abyss Online celebrated their popularity at Gamescom Singapore with a series of content teasers showing off several choice clips of combat and gathering. The developers were excited to announce the popularity of their game during the convention, captivating attendees with their immersive world rendered in Unreal Engine 5. The team stated in a recent Steam post that they are eager to replicate their success, and plan to conduct live demos and AMAs with gamers around the world, with Taipei being the next stop.

Old World Lab's Abyss Online celebrated their popularity at Gamescom Singapore with a series of content teasers showing off several choice clips of combat and gathering. The developers were excited to announce the popularity of their game during the convention, captivating attendees with their immersive world rendered in Unreal Engine 5. The team stated in a recent Steam post that they are eager to replicate their success, and plan to conduct live demos and AMAs with gamers around the world, with Taipei being the next stop.

Arizona Sunshine 2, the sequel to developer Vertigo Games' well-received 2016 VR zombie shooter, is coming to PlayStation VR 2, Meta Quest, and Steam VR on 7th December — and there's a new gameplay trailer to accompany the news.

Itch.io has put together a new bundle of more than 250 games to raise funds in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians, a UK-based charity founded in 1982 that «works in partnership with Palestinian communities to uphold their rights to health and dignity.»

As another week draws to an end, we're back with another batch of streaming recommendations. We've got a spooktacular selection for you this weekend with Halloween on the horizon, but we've got something for everyone if things that go bump in the night aren't your bag. 

Alan Wake 2 launches this week, and developer Remedy Entertainment has detailed post-launch content including the two expansions and New Game Plus mode.

Over the last few weeks, we've covered various aspects of Grand Theft Auto 6 or GTA 6, Rockstar's next big game and the sequel to massively popular GTA 5. Courtesy of the big leak that took place last year, we now know that GTA 6 might have two playable protagonists - Jason and Lucia. The game might also feature a new cover and stealth mechanics, as well as an RDR2-like health and eagle eye system. Today, we take a deep dive into the new gameplay systems of GTA 6.

Julia Roberts and Moon Knight's Ethan Hawke find themselves on a hellish holiday in the first official trailer for Leave the World Behind, the upcoming Netflix thriller based on Rumaan Alam's best-selling novel of the same name and produced by former US president Barack Obama.